Re:Becoming a Chess Grandmaster
by Andrew_nenakhov on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:51PM
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Hm, there seems to be just 2 Australian players with more than 2550 rating (3 if we take 2549!), and all of them have played rated games recently.
(Two of them are from exUSSR, and the last one has a surname that sounds Chinese)
See my edit. I just don't feel comfortable dropping his name here. I wanted to make a general point about my impression of the impact of playing chess on people, I don't want to turn this into some personal thing.
Re:Becoming a Chess Grandmaster
by Andrew_nenakhov on Monday July 26, 2021 @04:18PM
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Well the pool of 2500+ players is significantly larger. It just immediately raised my attention because 2600 is superrare, and prior to 1990s only select few ever had a higher rating: it is really something special.
(Also, verifying the plausibility of statements by internet users is a personal hobby of mine, hope you understand)
Googling "Australian chess grandmasters" I get the following list: Walter Browne, Max Illingworth, Darryl Johansen, Temur Kuybokarov, Moulthun Ly, Ian Rogers, David Smerdon, Anton Smirnov. The guy I'm talking about is on the list, I won't give the exact name.
> verifying the plausibility of statements by internet users is a personal hobby of mine, hope you understand
https://xkcd.com/386/ not sure it's the healthiest hobby, but I guess I understand.
Yes. He's a pretty well known Australian player, not sure how active he is anymore though. Now has a full time academic career.
Edit:
After verifying on the FIDE website, I see his ranking is around 2500 now. He is a GM though.