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On Rating Deflation in Modern Chess

Wondering why chess players are losing rating points left and right? Rustiness, old age, and poor physical shape might not be the key reasons! »

Play Magnus 09 June 2021
magnus carlsen, garry kasparov, bobby fischer, ratings, tournaments, prodigies

How to Choose Your Opponent in Chess

Interested in improving as a chess player? What opponents should you prefer to make the process as efficient as possible? »

Play Magnus 02 June 2021
improvement, ratings, emanuel lasker, training

At What Age Do Chess Players Peak? Part 2

Let’s take a look at women’s chess and see at what age the Women’s World Chess Champions peaked. »

Play Magnus 20 May 2021
improvement, training, ratings, fun facts, age, women's world champions, judit polgar, nona gaprindashvili, kateryna lagno

At What Age Do Chess Players Peak?

"Nowadays, when you're not a Grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it." Viswanathan Anand »

Play Magnus 12 May 2021
improvement, training, ratings, fun facts, age, world champions, challengers

Your rating progress

Chess players are obsessed with ratings these days, even though, because of the COVID pandemic, there is an understandable shift from comparing FIDE Elos to boasting »

Play Magnus 17 March 2021
magnus carlsen, improvement, ratings
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