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Seems like its not that big of an accomplishment relative to the way the headline makes it (obviously a big personal accomplishment). I figure 18 year old ches
by boringg 2y ago
Seems like its not that big of an accomplishment relative to the way the headline makes it (obviously a big personal accomplishment). I figure 18 year old chess should have the mental abilities and maybe experience at that point to be able to rise to the top...
- nottorp 2y ago... but you can infer from the HN post title that it's unusual.
- boringg 2y agoAgreed. I think all the people who don't like my take i offer this. Blasting a headline like that typically implies like a 13-14 year old. This is impressive but its not some massive upset - 18 is a grown adult for all intents and purposes (brain still developing true…)
- roughly 2y agoAll intents and purposes not requiring the brain, then. Which one is chess? The only people who consider 18 year olds fully grown adults are 18 year olds.
- willy_k 2y agoNo one said very young. Youngest is a comparison, and having 6 years on the previous youngest is massively impressive.
- boringg 2y agoIs it though? You can play so many more games now with computational aid and speed up your learning rates. I'm impressed but this isn't the same as coming from another era -- this feels like technology pushing the learning rate for younger people.
- monooso 2y agoGukesh rarely plays online (he prefers OTB), and only began using computers for opening prep four years ago. Does that make his achievement suitably impressive for you?
- borski 2y agoHe’s only been playing chess for 11 years. That’s very impressive.
- robertlagrant 2y ago18 is young. It's impressive.
- zanellato19 2y agoHAHAHA Only an HN comment could call the youngest person ever to do something would be said to "not that big of an accomplishment". How would you change that headline?
- dtquad 2y agoTo really put it in perspective right now is the hardest and most competitive chess era in history thanks to computer-aided practice and international popularity.
- chatmasta 2y agoIt’s not the most competitive world championship though, since Magnus opted out of playing it. If previous champions had similarly opted out of defending their championship at the age of 30 then maybe the average age of champions would have trended downward and this wouldn’t have been the first 18 year old champion.
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- smus 2y agoNot nearly as big of an accomplishment as that guy reducing latency by 3.7% on the legacy microservice at work
- griomnib 2y agoHey now, that microservice happens to violate data protection law in 40 jurisdictions per second, that’s basically a criminal mastermind.
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- jstanley 2y agoYou think materially everyone over the age of 18 who plays chess ought to be good enough to be world champion?