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Wrt 'young Chinese kid' - Wei Yi - he is indeed a prodigy but there have been many prodigies and whilst they all end up very very vyer strong players by no mean
by petegrif 13y ago
Wrt 'young Chinese kid' - Wei Yi - he is indeed a prodigy but there have been many prodigies and whilst they all end up very very vyer strong players by no means all of them challenge for the top spot.
If you look at the list of youngest GMs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_prodigy#List_of_youngest_grandmasters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_prodigy#List_of_youngest_...
you will see that of all these prodigies only a very small number are current super GMs with any real chance at the very top spot. Even Karjakin (a GM at 12) is currently not at that level.
For what it's worth my tip to be a serious challenge is Caruana.
- asdfologist 13y agoEven Caruana has plateaued a bit the last few years, whereas Carlsen just keeps getting stronger. At Caruana's age, Carlsen's ELO was well into the 2800s. Right now Carlsen's competition looks pretty bleak.
- petegrif 13y agoYes - I can't justify my instinct here. I believe there have only ever been 7 players >2800 ELO and Caruana is one of them. But of those Kasparov is retired and Anand, Topalov and probably Kramnik have probably peaked. That leaves Carlsen - out on his own - and Aronian and Caruana. Aronian has probably peaked (he is 31)which leaves Caruana. The next 2-3 years should tell us what he is capable of.