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This is just not true. Check out the analysis here [0], for example. His rating improvement has been steep but he's also played a very large number of games, so
by vecter 4y ago
This is just not true. Check out the analysis here [0], for example. His rating improvement has been steep but he's also played a very large number of games, so his rating gain per game as opposed to per unit of time is not so crazy.
Also, no one seriously expects Hans to be a world championship contender.
[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/x9bgtx/how_quickly_did_niemanns_rating_rise_the_data/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/x9bgtx/how_quickly_d...
- planetsprite 4y agoEvery chess player plays a lot of games, Hans' have just been more public/documented ones. You really don't think that every 2400+ player is treating chess like a full time job, and Hans just simply is just outworking them?
- vecter 4y agoBased on his performance at the US Chess Championship that just concluded, I would say either that, talent, or both.