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Russia is playing China in the world championship. I wonder if US is getting a serious heartburn
by ShivShankaran 4y ago
Russia is playing China in the world championship. I wonder if US is getting a serious heartburn
- dmurray 4y agoFour of the world top ten currently [0] represent the US, versus one from each of six other countries. They're the favourites for the upcoming Olympiad. Elite level chess in the US is just doing fine. [0] add your own asterisks for how important it is, but all four moved from abroad, three when they were already world class players
- jstx1 4y agoIt's 3 - Caruana, Aronian and So - https://ratings.fide.com/ https://ratings.fide.com/ Also, Caruana was born in Miami to Italian parents and lived in the US and played for the US until he was 12.
- dmurray 4y agoAnd Nakamura, who is joint 9th on that list although it displays as #11. (he's outright 8th on the 2700chess live list, which I used originally but is less authoritative).
- ShivShankaran 4y agoAt some point Americans have to realize that this unwarranted hostility towards China, Russia and India will bite them back. It's already biting the lower and middle class back and this is most likely the beginning of the end of American empire led by a senile demented dude. Love always trumps hate but the arms industry of US will keep pushing for arms inside and outside of US at all times even if the people being murdered are it's own kids.