Race to become the current youngest member of the 2700+ club
Current youngest member of the 2700 (and 2800) club is Alireza who is 18y10m.
Lots of his slightly younger peers are now making good progress, and it is an interesting race on who hits 2700 first. The 3 likeliest candidates are
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Keymer (17y5m) - 2681 live ; next games are likely the Bundesliga on May 14/15.
74 points gained in the last 9 months -
Arjun Ergaisi (18y8m) - 2680 live ; playing Tepe Sigeman currently. Beat Shirov in Round 1.
83 points gained in the last 10 months -
Gukesh (15y11m) - 2668 live ; playing Sunway currently. Leading with 4.5/5 after 5 rounds.
90 points gained in the last 10 months
Other candidates (but less likely)
4. Abdusattorov (17y8m) - 2661 live ; playing Sharjah open in 3 weeks
13 points gained in last 9 months ; hasn't played as much
5. Nihal (17y10m) - 2653 live ; might play the Bundesliga on May 14/15.
Down 2 points over last 10 months ; was the first to hit 2650 of his cohort.
Hans is older than Alireza
Posted May 4, 2022, 1:57 AM UTC · edited