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Re:Iranian teen shocks Magnus Carlsen to win $14k prize by thom on Sunday April 19, 2020 @08:46AM (#22915542)
Anand, Gelfand, Dreev and Ivanchuck are all 50 or older, unless you just mean blitz, in which case it's just Anand and Dreev.
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Re:Iranian teen shocks Magnus Carlsen to win $14k prize by DiogenesKynikos on Sunday April 19, 2020 @02:07PM (#22917595)
Anand is about 100 Elo points weaker than Carlsen at all time controls. It's impressive that Anand is still #15 at his age (50 years), but he's the only 50-year-old at that elite level (2700+ Elo).

The age distribution of the top 100 Classical players is:

    16-19: 5
    20-29: 39
    30-39: 40
    40-49: 12
    50-51: 4
The 20s and 30s are really the peak ages for chess.
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Re:Iranian teen shocks Magnus Carlsen to win $14k prize by thom on Sunday April 19, 2020 @05:20PM (#22918892)
Wasn't disputing that, just the inaccuracy of the previous comment.
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