Here are the top juniors in the world according to FIDE. Which one will make the biggest impact in 2009? Will it be Carlsen or are there other dark horses?
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus |
g | NOR | 2776 | 17 | 1990 |
| 2 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2706 | 17 | 1990 |
| 3 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2696 | 28 | 1990 |
| 4 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2691 | 7 | 1989 |
| 5 | Rodshtein, Maxim | g | ISR | 2650 | 25 | 1989 |
| 6 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2646 | 22 | 1992 |
| 7 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2628 | 8 | 1989 |
| 8 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2628 | 8 | 1990 |
| 9 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2627 | 19 | 1993 |
| 10 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2626 | 22 | 1990 |
| 11 | Howell, David W |
g | ENG | 2622 | 43 | 1990 |
| 12 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2614 | 14 | 1990 |
| 13 | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2600 | 35 | 1993 |
| 14 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2591 | 22 | 1991 |
| 15 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2587 | 19 | 1989 |
| 16 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2578 | 40 | 1990 |
| 17 | Khairullin, Ildar | g | RUS | 2574 | 27 | 1990 |
| 18 | Gupta, Abhijeet | g | IND | 2569 | 23 | 1989 |
| 19 | Saric, Ivan | g | CRO | 2566 | 38 | 1990 |
| 20 | Andriasian, Zaven | g | ARM | 2564 | 10 | 1989 |
| 21 | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2564 | 9 | 1992 |
www.fide.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
You forgot Henrique Mecking!
I suppose Carlsen
I’m hoping Wesley So will make the big move in 2009. But more than that, I wish the best in life…not just chess…for that fine young man.
Carlsen is not a dark horse.
Rodshtein!
Tommy!
It is impossible to predict who will continue to climb and who will not. I have read many great things about the (17) world junior champions from 1984 to 2000, but Kasparov remained world champion during that period…
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And Hou Yifan is still not considered as a junior. I think she’ll make a huge impact in women’s chess.
Abhijeet Gupta