Author: stuart taylor
Date: 10:34:53 04/27/04
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On April 27, 2004 at 10:41:19, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: >On April 27, 2004 at 10:20:17, Jonas Bylund wrote: > >>On April 27, 2004 at 10:03:21, Sune Fischer wrote: >> >>>Well, that's the story here in the papers, anyone have more information on >>>that? >>> >>>Looks like FIDE and Google aren't up to speed on this, if it's true that is. >>> >>>-S. >> >>Here is a link to the Danish chess federation with the story: (in Danish) >>http://www.dsu.dk/nyhed04/04/n04-091.htm >> >>For those who don't speak Danish this is what is says, roughly translated: >> >>With 6 point in 8 of 9 rounds, in the international open of Dubai the 13 year >>old Magnus Carlsen Achieved his last GM-Norm to become the second youngest GM >>ever (this article does not say by how much he missed the first spot for >>youngest GM) >> > > Ukranian GM Sergey Karjakin achieved his final GM-norm at the age of 12. More >info at http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=310 > > Pablo > > >>More about Carlsen: >>http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/bs.htm >> >>Jonas How does this really look? A GM at 12, and we're not exagerating, nor was it absolutely unusual luck, was it? I have a nephew age 4. He draws ingenious pictures for that age! So he seems talented. Let's say at age 6 he can fully grasp chess concepts, and at 8 he is near master level, at 9, a master, at 11 an IM, then with great luck and hard work, a GM at 12. A nice plan! But surely it takes an unusual freak of an adult-like child to do that. You need conceptualization, as well as a crystal clear and healthy mind. The latter, might apply to some children, but not the conceptualization. So let's simply say that THAT can also be on the rare occasion. So then you have a GM at 12! Good luck to all of us! S.Taylor Needless to say, a mind full of filth and nudity etc. is not going to be one that will be a GM at an early age! S.T.
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