02 Aug 17
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Originally posted by @ogbIndividual woman, no.
So, all you people who think women players are inferior....Yifan Hou has won first place in Biel 5oth Anniversary Tournament. First time ever for female to win..Hou is world's top rated player.
Women as a group, when it comes to chess skills, yes.
Btw, still seeing Maggy on top.
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03 Aug 17
Originally posted by @eladarPonomariov is ex WORLD CHAMPION !!
1. HOU, Yifan
2. BACROT, Etienne
3. HARIKRISHNA, Pentala
4. PONOMARIOV, Ruslam
5. LEKO, Peter
6. GEORGIADIS, Nico
7 MOROZEVICH, Alexander
8. NAVARA, David
9. VAGANIAN, Rafael
10. STUDER, Noël
Any top 10 rated GMs in this list?
03 Aug 17
Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemHe's ranked 52 in the world today. I guess you are right. Not a long lived title.
Under the meaningless two-game knockout system, which also produced "world champ" A. Khalifman.
03 Aug 17
Top 100 women by FIDE ranking, August 2017:
https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=women
Hou appears at position 1
Top 100 players (men and women) August 2017:
https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=men
Hou appears at position 100
What I find interesting is how many Chinese are in the top 100 (on both lists). Who ever heard of Chinese GMs in the 1970s?
03 Aug 17
Originally posted by @moonbusHow about the high divers?
Top 100 women by FIDE ranking, August 2017:
https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=women
Hou appears at position 1
Top 100 players (men and women) August 2017:
https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=men
Hou appears at position 100
What I find interesting is how many Chinese are in the top 100 (on both lists). Who ever heard of Chinese GMs in the 1970s?
But then how many white kung fu experts were there back then?