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[edit] Old talk

I don't understand this:

Chessplayers tend to gain the Grandmaster title earlier and earlier, one of the reasons being the importance of using computers in Chess.

Why do computers make it easier for players to become grandmasters sooner? I mean, everybody uses computers, not just young players. I would have thought that the real reason for the lowering in the age of grandmasters is a general devaluation of the grandmaster title (certainly there are more grandmasters now than ever before). --Camembert

I've decided to remove that setence. Maybe I'm not thinking right, but I just don't see what relevence computers have here. --Camembert
OK

Pascal 22:38 13 Jun 2003 (UTC)

A reason would be that it accelerates learning, thus leading to increasingly younger grandmasters. Mathmo Talk 11:27, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

I've changed the Morphy score against Löwenthal from 3-0 back to 2.5-0.5 (which is what it was before). I'm pretty certain this is correct: Morphy won the first two games, and agreed a draw in the third despite having a much superior position, if I remember correctly. Admittedly I don't have anything definitive to hand to check this right now, but I'm fairly confident its correct, and [1] (first paragraph below the second picture) and [2] for example seem to back it up. --Camembert

Turns out I was wrong - see Paul Morphy. --Camembert

[edit] Prodigies

in the list of chess prodigies, someone needs to decide if the list items will end in periods or not- we can't have it change from item to item. also, I removed the redundant link to paul morphy; removed (See Paul Morphy) from "Paul Morphy blah blah blah blah. (See Paul Morphy)" where 'Paul Morphy' is linked both times.

Rashad9607 06:23, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Table of youngest GMs

It seems to me this table is of arbitary length. I propose shortening it to a set length, probably the youngest 10. Rocksong 02:48, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I think Nakamura should be added this list as youngest grandmasters. He beat Fischer by a very little margin: 15 years and 79 days

The list was getting too long and vague, with entries of "possible" 15 or 16 y.o. GMs; so I cut it to be only those who reached the GM title before their 15th birthday. If you want to add Nakamura, then for consistency you should add all players who reached the title before they turned 16. I decided there was little point, but others are welcome to disagree. Rocksong 00:05, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ray Robson

Ray Robson may make it to GM in a couple of years. If so, he needs to be listed. Fide master at 10, USCF master at 11, International Master at 13. Bubba73 (talk), 01:02, 19 December 2007 (UTC) --Voorlandt (talk) 18:03, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed?

Andy Soltis writes in Chess Lists of Bu Xiangzhi, "some critics dispute this and claim Ponomariov's record was broken by Teimour Radjabov at 14 years, 14 days in March 2001." Does anyone know why this might be disputed? Pawnkingthree (talk) 23:11, 3 February 2008 (UTC)