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Re:Iranian teen shocks Magnus Carlsen to win $14k prize by jquery on Sunday April 19, 2020 @10:56AM (#22916309)
People are reading a bit too much into this loss. It is a big deal that someone was able to beat Magnus Carlsen at any time control, especially in this era where Magnus has seemingly reached a new level of chess skill, but bullet is by far the the easiest for a champion to make a mistake or series of them. Magnus is ridiculously strong at bullet but I’ve watched his live-streams and sometimes he blunders really badly, that’s just part of bullet. Although he is incredibly strong at bullet, probably 50-100 points higher than the world #2. Anyone not a high ranked GM wouldn’t stand a chance of beating him in a series of more than 5 games. But I’ve seen him lose to players he is obviously better than. He’s the #1 so they try their hardest. Nothing comes easily for Magnus.
Re:Iranian teen shocks Magnus Carlsen to win $14k prize by freyir on Sunday April 19, 2020 @02:57PM (#22917969)
> "probably 50-100 points higher than the world #2"

He can't be 50-100 points higher than himself. Hikaru is #1.

https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=men_blitz

Re:Iranian teen shocks Magnus Carlsen to win $14k prize by Taek on Sunday April 19, 2020 @03:13PM (#22918079)
That's blitz. Bullet is a faster time control
Re:Iranian teen shocks Magnus Carlsen to win $14k prize by freyir on Sunday April 19, 2020 @05:50PM (#22919084)
Oh, you're right. Google pulls up FIDE's blitz rankings when you search for bullet chess rankings.
Re:Iranian teen shocks Magnus Carlsen to win $14k prize by ganeshkrishnan on Monday April 20, 2020 @10:40AM (#22924178)
Bullet games are not officially rated
Re:Iranian teen shocks Magnus Carlsen to win $14k prize by pedrosorio on Sunday April 19, 2020 @12:25PM (#22916882)
“Although he is incredibly strong at bullet, probably 50-100 points higher than the world #2”

Are you forgetting about Hikaru Nakamura?