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== inconsistent phrasing ==
The section "Youngest to defeat a grandmaster" has an illogical formulation in the paragraph headers, using "8th year","9th year","10th year" while referring to 8 year olds,9year olds,10 year olds. Someone at 8 years of age is in fact in their 9th year etc. [[User:Flight714|Flight714]] ([[User talk:Flight714|talk]]) 12:40, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

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I don't understand this:

Chessplayers tend to gain the Grandmaster title earlier and earlier, one of the reasons being the importance of using computers in Chess.

Why do computers make it easier for players to become grandmasters sooner? I mean, everybody uses computers, not just young players. I would have thought that the real reason for the lowering in the age of grandmasters is a general devaluation of the grandmaster title (certainly there are more grandmasters now than ever before). --Camembert

I've decided to remove that setence. Maybe I'm not thinking right, but I just don't see what relevence computers have here. --Camembert
OK

Pascal 22:38 13 Jun 2003 (UTC)

A reason would be that it accelerates learning, thus leading to increasingly younger grandmasters. Mathmo Talk 11:27, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed the Morphy score against Löwenthal from 3-0 back to 2.5-0.5 (which is what it was before). I'm pretty certain this is correct: Morphy won the first two games, and agreed a draw in the third despite having a much superior position, if I remember correctly. Admittedly I don't have anything definitive to hand to check this right now, but I'm fairly confident its correct, and [1] (first paragraph below the second picture) and [2] for example seem to back it up. --Camembert

Turns out I was wrong - see Paul Morphy. --Camembert

Prodigies

in the list of chess prodigies, someone needs to decide if the list items will end in periods or not- we can't have it change from item to item. also, I removed the redundant link to paul morphy; removed (See Paul Morphy) from "Paul Morphy blah blah blah blah. (See Paul Morphy)" where 'Paul Morphy' is linked both times.

Rashad9607 06:23, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Table of youngest GMs

It seems to me this table is of arbitary length. I propose shortening it to a set length, probably the youngest 10. Rocksong 02:48, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think Nakamura should be added this list as youngest grandmasters. He beat Fischer by a very little margin: 15 years and 79 days

The list was getting too long and vague, with entries of "possible" 15 or 16 y.o. GMs; so I cut it to be only those who reached the GM title before their 15th birthday. If you want to add Nakamura, then for consistency you should add all players who reached the title before they turned 16. I decided there was little point, but others are welcome to disagree. Rocksong 00:05, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What about Polish grandmaster Dariusz Świercz? He was born on May 1994. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.0.125.55 (talk) 07:50, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Carlsen shouldnt appear at the first table: he never was the youngest grandmaster ever (karjakin became GM in 2002, Carlsen only made it in 2004...); the funny thing is that the table itself has this contraditory info... Can anyone put some proof that Bronstein was cypriot when he received the GM title in 1950? he was born in ukranian territory, and also represented USSR. I heard he represented Cyprus, but it isn't quoted in his wikipedia article and neither there's some kind of reference here... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.101.177.224 (talk) 18:56, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ray Robson

Ray Robson may make it to GM in a couple of years. If so, he needs to be listed. Fide master at 10, USCF master at 11, International Master at 13. Bubba73 (talk), 01:02, 19 December 2007 (UTC) --Voorlandt (talk) 18:03, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed?

Andy Soltis writes in Chess Lists of Bu Xiangzhi, "some critics dispute this and claim Ponomariov's record was broken by Teimour Radjabov at 14 years, 14 days in March 2001." Does anyone know why this might be disputed? Pawnkingthree (talk) 23:11, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jorge Cori?

  • Why is Jorge Cori added to the list? He has not passed 2500 yet, so even if he got the required norms, he will not be awarded the title officially. -EeEk —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.195.8.242 (talk) 12:08, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Jorge Cori achieved GM title when he was "14 years, 12 months old"?! I thought that 12 months = 1 year.
Yes, it doesn't make sense. We need a source to confirm that a) he's a GM and b) he earned it before the age of 15. Removed for now.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 22:45, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
14 years, 2 months. Added with source http://players.chessdom.com/jorge-cori. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 22:52, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Article needs serious work

Who cares about a table of the world's youngest chess masters? This article ought to explain why some people are "chess prodigies", how their abilities differ from adult masters, what they are like as children, etc As it stands, this article tells almost nothing about the subject. 128.146.172.101 (talk) 21:56, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:SOFIXIT.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 22:46, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed - perhaps rename this to a "list"? Or only discuss achievements under age ten (definition of prodigy - see below), drop the list and include chess-related material about prodigies in general leveraging material at Child prodigy and about learning the game at Chess. ★NealMcB★ (talk) 14:43, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Rapport

Richard Rapport just earned his thrid GM norm at age 13, but he doesn't have an article. Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 22:14, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Now he has an article. Of course, the GM title isn't official yet. Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 17:49, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yu Yangyi

ChessBase's table claims Yu Yangyi became a GM at 15 year and 23 days old, referring to the fact that his rating of 2510 was published on July 1st, 2009, but this rating was achieved at the end of the tournament where he achieved his final GM norm (see rating calculation for July 2009), the 2nd Subic International Open (see his GM title application), which ended on May 30, 2009, before his 15th birthday. Therefore it turns out that Yu Yangyi qualified for the GM title at 14 year, 11 months and 23 days (he was born on 8 June 1994, as you can easily check on his page). Sophia91 (talk) 11:33, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Official definition by governing body

The article includes this: "(since 1950, when the title was introduced)". That implies there is a governing body, possibly FIDE, that has a policy for determining who qualifies. The policy might be an official definition, or a voting procedure. Whichever it is, the policy should be quoted and cited in the article. SlowJog (talk) 17:58, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@SlowJog: The note refers to the grandmaster title. Chess prodigy is not a FIDE title. Hrodvarsson (talk) 00:05, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Inconsistent: "child prodigy" refers to skill demonstrated below age 10, few of which are documented here

The article refers to child prodigy which defines it in psychology research literature as a person under the age of ten who produces meaningful output in some domain to the level of an adult expert as in the List of child prodigies in other fields. But while surely that applies to many of these players, most of the article talks of older achievements. Just a few achievements are documented below age 10. ★NealMcB★ (talk) 14:00, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Funnily enough I added the section on "youngest to defeat a GM" quite recently; before that there would have been virtually nothing in the article meeting that "under 10" standard. There have not yet been any Grandmasters below age 10, so I don't think its unreasonable to bend the definition a little. A list of the youngest Grandmasters seems an encyclopedic topic, and I think this is the most appropriate article in which to have it, unless there's one I've overlooked.-- P-K3 (talk) 14:30, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Child prodigies" are not necessarily high achievers in adulthood. Jutta Hempel springs to mind, as far as I can tell she's had a fairly ordinary life since she was 10. Thing about chess is it requires university degree level study to achieve master status. Yes, a few 13, 14 year olds are able to do it. But not 10 year olds. Can't happen. Needs more than "natural talent", if such a thing even exists. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 15:46, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Female grand masters

Is there some reason the article separates male and female Grandmasters? Does FIDE do it that way? Sundayclose (talk) 01:16, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, I will remove it. Nona Gaprindashvili certainly doesn't belong in this article. While winning the world women's championship at 21 is certainly an achievement, it is not evidence that she was a child prodigy. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 02:18, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

sultai Chyngyz beats eric hansen?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTGcUotg3Ss Thewriter006 (talk) 13:21, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

why no WGM lists?

why no Youngest to defeat WGM?

why no List of youngest WGMs?

why not List of youngest WGMs since 19XX?


Thewriter006 (talk) 13:23, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

inconsistent phrasing

The section "Youngest to defeat a grandmaster" has an illogical formulation in the paragraph headers, using "8th year","9th year","10th year" while referring to 8 year olds,9year olds,10 year olds. Someone at 8 years of age is in fact in their 9th year etc. Flight714 (talk) 12:40, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]