> This also ignores a once in a century pandemic. Hans Niemann was almost 17 years old when the pandemic started. When he turned 15 (June 2018) his rating was

> This also ignores a once in a century pandemic. Hans Niemann was almost 17 years old when the pandemic started. When he turned 15 (June 2018) his rating was 2313, almost 200 points (an immense gulf at that level) below the minimum to become a grandmaster.