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Who wins a World Chess Championship at a younger age?

Posted on October 16, 2009 By Liquid Egg Product 10 Comments on Who wins a World Chess Championship at a younger age?
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Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen
Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan

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Before voting, consider the below evidence:

This TV show will present evidence that the racial intelligence totem pole goes Asian > White > Black > Australian Aborigine. (Hey, there’s no shame in being second!)

On the other hand, GM’s like Bobby Fischer (“Women are weakies”) and Levon Aronjan (“Women cannot play chess”) make it clear chess is a man’s game.

(My observations in the comments section.)

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10 thoughts on “Who wins a World Chess Championship at a younger age?”

  1. Donnie says:
    October 16, 2009 at 9:51 am

    Originally, the poll question was “Who wins a championship first?” before realizing how unfair that was. Carlsen has the capability of winning a World Championship right now, and Hou’s being 3 years younger is too much of a disadvantage.

    Looking at the rating curves for both players, Hou’s seems too far behind at the same age to believe she has Carlsen’s talent (but then again, who does?)

    I’ve heard Carlsen is not particularly disciplined…not that many 18-year-olds are, and he still has growing to do. Only laziness or bad luck will stop him from winning a championship soon.

    As far as Hou? She’ll certainly become a top 10 player during her career…world champion material?…not quite as confident.

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  2. Derek Slater says:
    October 16, 2009 at 10:33 am

    I don’t understand why I’m not presented as a third option.

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  3. annie says:
    October 17, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    HA! after years mired in the compost on the bottom of the social totem pole… it feels good to be at the top of a way more important totem pole!! We Asians would like to thank math camps, our parents who beat us for B’s, and those arbitrary but possibly skewed studies for this honor. Oh, and a special salute goes to idiotically desultory scientists hellbent on divisive statements for attention.

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  4. Donnie says:
    October 18, 2009 at 3:46 pm

    @Derek: Fair point. But if you were an option, people wouldn’t even have to think about whether to vote for you. That’s just not interesting.

    @Annie: Yeah, right, but whites can actually drive.

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  5. The Mascot says:
    October 18, 2009 at 11:26 pm

    All I know is that in three years no one will be able to call me a pervert for wanting to see Hou Yifan in a “Babes of Chess” calendar.

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  6. Derek Slater says:
    October 18, 2009 at 11:38 pm

    @ Annie – “our parents who beat us for Bs” 🙂

    @ Donnie – as in egg whites?

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  7. Q says:
    October 19, 2009 at 7:02 am

    @ Derek – My parents beat me up for getting anything below a B grade in any subject. Sounds like Annie’s parents are stricter.

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  8. Egg Fu Yung says:
    October 20, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    My parents were like that, too. They beat me for getting less than an A.

    But if I didn’t even get a B, it was worse — they forced me to watch a Full House marathon.

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  9. Allen says:
    October 21, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    I remember coming home with a 100 on my test. Parents were upset because I didn’t get the extra credit.

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  10. Donnie says:
    October 23, 2009 at 10:39 am

    @Allen: You were always a slacker.

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