Andy

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Andy

Andy

@data4viz

Data Science, Finance, Chess, Politics, Wildlife Protection

Planet Earth Katılım Temmuz 2009
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Andy@data4viz·
@chess_feed Capablanca had arguably the worst career out of him, Alekhine and Lasker. He is too high. Kramnik is too high. Has no business being above Lasker, Alekhine and Anand, who is not even on the list somehow. Tal above Alekhine must be a joke.
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Chess Feed@chess_feed·
Do you agree with this Top 10 chess players of all time list?
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@Arnaust7 @MsLancesScream @ChessProblem How can you talk about facts and Elo and then suggest Kasparov is only "probably" better than Caruana. Ivanchuk was supposed to be way better than Topalov as well? Go check their Elo ratings. Your arguments make no sense.
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@Arnaust7 @ChessProblem Because if prime Toplaov and prime Caruana play in a world championship (match or tournament) then they have roughly equal chances to win it.
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Andy@data4viz·
@Arnaust7 @ChessProblem The fact that you put Ivanchuk there says a lot. None of these players were WAY better than prime Topalov. He doesn't have the longevity of Keres or Korchnoi, but that's about it. Prime Toplaov was ridiculously strong and without a doubt briefly the best player in the world.
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Ast7 ❤️🤍❤️@Arnaust7·
@ChessProblem Has to be the worst chess take I've ever heard. Fabiano, Ivanchuk, Korchnoi, Keres, Morphy... They are all way better than Topalov
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@GMJacobAagaard @KarstenKrogh14 @PHChess Yep. I see no case for the others at all. You would probably need to COMBINE careers of Fischer and Karpov to be in the conversation.
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@MikeFritzell But there are nuances since Soros is also known for saying that he buys a bubble when he sees one forming.
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@DoubtfulAcct @julesgambit I have known over the years plenty of 2200-2400 level players who couldn't give up chess at the right time and ended up only making ends meet by coaching youth players. Most of them could have had decent corporate careers.
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Doubtful Account@DoubtfulAcct·
I love chess, but it is objectively false that "plenty" of people make a (reasonable) living playing chess. You know better than I do that the average earnings of the top 5-500 chess players (excl. 1-5) in the entire world are...underwhelming. Maybe there are another 5-10 streamers/authors, like you, who earn a reasonable living. I used to pay one of the better chess players in the world ~$70/hr to give my kid lessons over Zoom. Compare this to the top 5-500 lawyers, doctors, bankers, baseball players, etc. It's not even close. Frankly, this dynamic reflects a more pernicious truth; that chess actually *is* a misallocation of human capital, and it attracts precisely the people who should be allocating their time to something more socially important than a game. See, e.g., Morphy.
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Julesgambit@julesgambit·
I’ve seen parents look at chess as a viable career for a son but just a way to get into college for their daughter. Excellence starts early
Anna Cramling@AnnaCramling

Happy International Women’s Day! I hope today and everyday you are reminded of the strong and incredible women in this world. There are many things I wish for on this day, but the one I’ll mention now is for parents and coaches in chess: Please stop putting different goals for young girls and boys. I still see so many parents being more “ambitious” with their sons and not giving the same opportunities to their daughters. I believe this change in mentality would go a long way - everything starts from home!

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Andy@data4viz·
@DarkViperAU Helsinki is pretty mid (even more so in March). Especially if you go to Copenhagen as well. Good idea to take a day trip to Tallinn if you are in Helsinki for more than a day.
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DarkViperAU@DarkViperAU·
I am travelling for my Birthday and other stuff for the next 20 days (My Birthday is March 15th). New York, Finland, and Denmark. I wont be streaming at normal times but videos will release as normal. I am not doing IRL streaming but I have a laptop so I may stream and say Hi. Wish you all the best.
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Andy@data4viz·
@ChessProblem @AlexanderWiaze1 I'm no fan of Kramnik and it was really unfair to Shirov, but Garry called the shots. He made the choice. Also, I believe Anand was offered the match before Kramnik, but Vishy declined. So Kramnik was not even the first choice.
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MrDodgy is on ChessFam@ChessProblem·
@AlexanderWiaze1 this is a myth - there’s no world where there is “no sponsorship” for a world championship match. it may have been less, but it was never zero kramnik had an obvious principled stance he could’ve taken. he took the one that benefited himself
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MrDodgy is on ChessFam@ChessProblem·
kramnik, a man of great integrity, strongly believes in the qualification path to the world championship being followed to the letter of the rules we can assume this belief started some time between him losing to shirov and playing the wc match anyway
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Andy@data4viz·
@GMJacobAagaard Median age is a much better metric to measure this.
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GM Jacob Aagaard@GMJacobAagaard·
Whenever I think of it, I check the average age of the top 100. We should always add half a year to the average, as this is the average time a player will have to his next birthday. The average was over 30 all other times I checked. This is the lowest average for top 25 I have seen. The main change is Anand being inactive. Top 10 is 28.6 Top 25 is 29.3 100: 31.3 The peak years of a chess player remains around the age of 30, with some making the elite in their late teens/early 20s. It was the same 30 years ago, where top 25 had a low average age, due to 15 year old Judit Polgar being no 25. There is only 31 players with 2700 or higher. Equalling the lowest number I remember. The deflation is continuing. A 2600-rating will be enough to be in the top 100 in a decade, if it continues like this. (Van der Wiel's top rating was 2950 in the mid-1980s. No 16 in the World...)
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Andy@data4viz·
@NewInChess @GMJacobAagaard I started reading it a few days ago and found Fischer - Kovacevic, 1970 really remarkable. Prime Fischer got simply outplayed (in 30 moves!) in Winawer French.
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New In Chess@NewInChess·
eBook of the Week: The Unstoppable American @GMJanTimman chronicles the full story of Fischer’s sensational run and takes a fresh look at the games. The annotations are in the author’s trademark lucid style, that happy mix of colourful background information and sharp, crystal-clear explanations. Available @ForwardChess until March 8 for only $11.99! forwardchess.com/product/the-un…
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Andy@data4viz·
@TUUR1 @FIDE_chess Keres has also 10 if we count from 1938 onwards: 1938, 1941, 1944, 1947.
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!TUUR (Arthur van de Oudeweetering)@TUUR1·
@FIDE_chess Keres was there before 1950 too: he 🇪🇪 came shared 1st in the "de facto" candidates' tournament - the famous AVRO 1938 tournament (no WC-match ensued), while of course in 1948 he (like Smyslov) participated in the event that decided the World Championship in TheHague/Moscow.
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International Chess Federation@FIDE_chess·
The history of the FIDE Candidates in numbers. ♟ This year, Fabiano Caruana will play in his 6th Candidates Tournament — the highest number of appearances among all players in the 2026 field. Will that experience make the difference? 🤔 From 1950 to 1991 and from 2007 to 2026, these legends have recorded the most appearances in the event that decides the World Championship challenger. Viktor Korchnoi leads the all-time list with 10 appearances, followed by Tigran Petrosian and Lajos Portisch with 8 each. ℹ️ The flags shown represent the countries under which the players competed in their respective Candidates tournaments. Here’s what you need to know about the 2026 edition: 🗓 Dates: March 29–April 16 🌍 Location: Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort 🇨🇾 🎟 Book your tickets now: 🔗 tickets.fide.com #FIDECandidates #Cyprus #FIDE #Chess
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Andy@data4viz·
@mouhximwn @FIDE_chess Yes, it's not a straightforward comparison at all. 3-year gap back in the day. But in some cases far more participans than today. In case of Keres, candidates were not even a thing before he was in his 30s.
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@PHChess to be precise. did with no outside training dataset. purely self-play. still ended up playing the Berlin.
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@PHChess Pretty sure that's what AlphaZero did.
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Andy@data4viz·
@AdrianP_doc Yep, it's not a particularly hard thing to figure out. Just compare Lithuania to Belarus, Romania to Moldova and Croatia to Serbia. Those who took the EU path are far better off 30 years later.
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Adrian P 🇷🇴🇺🇦🇪🇺@AdrianP_doc·
30% of Romanians are drumber than a bag of potatoes.
French Response@FrenchResponse

@RepLuna 74% think that their country benefits from EU membership - the best result ever recorded since this question was first asked in 1983 🇪🇺 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇪🇪 🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇭🇺 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇱🇺 🇲🇹 🇳🇱 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇸🇰 🇸🇮 🇪🇸 🇸🇪

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Andy@data4viz·
@OnTheQueenside Chiburdanidze at 48 should be with an asterisk. All women besides Susan Polgar got extra 100 elo points in 1987, which catapulted Maia above Susan and into a top 100.
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Women's Chess Coverage@OnTheQueenside·
In honour of the new Judit Polgar documentary, the top-ranked women in chess history! 🇭🇺 Judit Polgar: No. 8 🇬🇪 Maia Chiburdanidze: No. 48 🇨🇳 Hou Yifan: No. 55 🇭🇺 Susan Polgar: No. 106 🇮🇳 Humpy Koneru: No. 130 🇨🇳 Xie Jun: No. 134 (Vera Menchik was also Top 100 pre-rankings!)
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Andy@data4viz·
@anishgiri On Lazavik. It's a numbers game. There are blitz experts at every level - players who are clearly better in blitz than in classical. There are roughly 90 players between 2600-2699. It's not too crazy you will see 1-2% of them outperforming their classical rating by 100-150 elo.
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Anish Giri@anishgiri·
Hot takes from the recently finished online blitz event! -Hikaru's body language distracts him from performing at his best, which took its toll -Carlsen better than ever at online blitz -Alireza is also just very good -Lazavik is the absolute top, only 2600 classical is crazy
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Andy@data4viz·
@DarknightM64B @LucasNo33480556 @ChessProblem Read what? That you don't understand what an amateur level means in chess? It's not an insult. There are books called Grandmaster vs Amateur or Amateur to IM. These are targeted at club players.
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MrDodgy is on ChessFam@ChessProblem·
holy shit did the world champion of chess defeat 3 amateurs at once? this would never happen against 3 men!!!!!
︎ ︎venom@venom1s

Youngest chess world champion ever Gukesh D played against three female chess influencers at the same time and defeated them while having one hand in his pocket. Women say men are better in sports because men are biologically stronger, then why can't women compete with men in mind games like chess? Why are there different criteria for the grandmaster title and the female grandmaster title if men and women are equal?

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