Below are some of the questions I was asked in my January 2007 ChessCafe Column:
Q: Who are some of the brightest young players of the world today?
I am sure the first name on everyone’s list is Magnus Carlsen. He is the real deal. The other easy pick is Sergey Karjakin. Meanwhile, Teimour Radjabov has definitely come into his own, while one youngster making a name for himself of late is Dmitry Jakovenko of Russia. His rating will soon be above 2700. I first met Jakovenko in Montreal a few years ago and I was very impressed by him.
Q: Who are some of the brightest female stars of the world today?
A: First on my list has to be Humpy Koneru from India. She has the work ethic and determination to be a future Women’s World Champion. China has a number of very good young female players such as Yifan Hou, Xue Zhao and Yang Shen. Russia has the two Kosintseva sisters. Of course, I must also mention Kateryna Lahno from the Ukraine. Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia is now approaching 2500 and Marie Sebag from France has also become a little more consistent of late. These are some of the brightest stars of today and tomorrow.
Here is my full January 2007 column on chesscafe.com. Do you agree with the names I gave? Do you have additional names of young talents?
Susan,
We want your opinion on Leko being rapid world champion.
16 yr old. Russian Ian Nepomniaschchi played grerat, fighting chess during Russian championship.
They hope he is able to catch up with Carlsen and Karjakin.
Nakamura seems to have talent but not discipline or work ethic. He has often employed very questionable openings and seems sometimes to lose favorable positions through lack of technique. See his recent ending with Gelfand as one example.
Young Yifan Hou =overrated.
M.Sebag =a bit oldish.
I agree with your K.Humphy number 1 choice.
Regards
i dont have a player i like young and rising. ive studied some of there games and im not thinking whoa what moves like i am when i go over a young fischer’s games. to me nobody compares to bobby fischer and maybe thats why its hard to be impressed with any young talent. i will say that i like karajkans attacking style and think if honed could be a great player.
wolverine
It’s so sad he is not an American. for him to have been born in the greatest nation in the world (or history) would have be of great benefit to the chess world.
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If you said: Greatest nation in the history of chess, it would make more sense.
… and what about Teimour Radjabov, isn’t he the brightest shining amongst the young stars, besides Shak Mamedyarov?
time will show when the “computer kids” (Carlsen, Karjakin) will hit their’s peak …
No…I mean “America: The greatest nation on Earth today, with the greatest president, most freedom, and a place that Europeans mock, yet just do anything to get get into the country!
Europe’s history = Communism, Nazism, Socialism, Fascism, etc.
America’s history = Freedom, Lincoln, and the most powerful nation in the history of the world.
Europe is jealous. Remember…we saved you…twice (WWI and WWII).
Paul Morphy was the greatest chess player in history! He beat Europe’s best….they still can’t get over it.
JEB BUSH for President in 2008!!!!!!!
“to me nobody compares to bobby fischer and maybe thats why its hard to be impressed with any young talent.”
You are absolutely right. None of these kids is as emotionally immature, parinoid or as big a racist as Fischer. I also doubt than any of them will win the World Championship and then be too big a coward to defend his title. Fischer is a lock to keep his title of biggest chess loser in history for many centuries to come.
No…I mean “America: The greatest nation on Earth today, with the greatest president, most freedom, …”
Oh, I see. I misunderstood you. But if this is what you mean, than you are right, no doubt.
Quote : “No…I mean “America: The greatest nation on Earth today, with the greatest president, most freedom, and a place that Europeans mock, yet just do anything to get get into the country!
Europe’s history = Communism, Nazism, Socialism, Fascism, etc.”
1- there is no greatest nation , China or France or Italy have a way richer history
2- a country like USA where 50 millions of people live under the poverty criteria , use death penalty , and regroup the highest number of psychopaths , violent organisation , and number of death by guns , sects and religious fanatics , depressive people by square meter of all the western countries is hardly a proof of freedom and enlightment .
3- Freedom and Democracy are an European concepts , pretty much like all the values that inspired the US creation , mainly by French and German philosophers ….
4- You didn’t get your indepedance alone ,without a country like France that fought a war alongside Americans for their independance , you’d still be a British colony …. last time i checked Statue of Liberty is French made …
5- USA wouldn’t exist without the slaughtering and massacre of millions of Indians , your identity is partly built on a genocide ….
6- Socialism has nothing bad for the people , actually , a social care system is a proof of civilisation …
7- I don’t want to speak about Vietnam , US Korea chemical experiment , Atomic bomb on civilians , Imperialism and racism , war on lies etc…
But all these show that every country has its moment of darkness , and TBH , USA exist only since 200+ years ,which is nothing , a country like England or France have won about 4 times as many between the 12th and 19th century …
And by the way , you saved the ass of nobody , you came in 1917 when the Front was stabilized , it’s like putting an extra queen in a drawn position …. you came for your interests , not for saving anyone … same in WWII , even if we Europeans will always have a Huge respect for all the Americans that risked and lost their lives in Europe during that period , we probablt honor them more than ignorant people like you …..
Out here in the Philippines (*not* the greatest nation in the world), we have a young buck named Wesley So. Kid is 13 and gunning for his second GM norm in the upcoming Asian zonals. He’s worth watching too.
I would add to the list Petala Harikrishna and Elli Pähtz. Nakamura would be there with some self-discipline.
do you even know anything about bobby fischer. i doubt it. he has the highest ranking i chess history if you project his 2785 to todays ratings it would be over 2900.20 straight wins against the best players in the world. he has best game of all time and best book of all time. he won the world title at a time when people thought it was impossible. against the russin machine. he had no help at all from the uscf. all these youngster have it easy compared to fischer with there coaches and opening books. they play computers to figure out which lines of play are better. you know what fischer had nothing but a small chess board. no computer showed him which is the best opening line to play. his work with e4 furthered and brought back the ruy lopez which people had thought was unwinnable until his time. he wasnt a coward not defending his title he reached his peak and had nothing else to prove. he made specific conditons that needed to be met for the 1975 match with karpov to procede. these were rejected and therefor he didnt defend his title. it was the people organizing the match that caused him to forfeit his title. its no talent creeps like you that try and disparage someone of the talent and acomplishment of fischer.
wolverine
“it was the people organizing the match that caused him to forfeit his title. its no talent creeps like you that try and disparage someone of the talent and acomplishment of fischer.
wolverine”
First, nice comic book name loser. Second, it wasn’t the organizers that lost Fischer his title, it was him not wanting to get beat that lost it. He had plenty to prove. He had to prove that he could beat a Karpov who was at the top of his game rather than a washed-up Spasky who couldn’t endure a full match any more. Maybe you need to learn something more about Fischer instead of this incesent worshiping of him unconditionally. If young players are going to use anyone as a role model, they should use someone like Anand or Karpov who have class to go along with great play instead of someone who is morally bankrupt and obviously mentally ill. It doesn’t say much about you “wolverine” to worship someone like that.