2014 Chess Olympiad - Tromso
08-11-2014
, 05:56 PM
BJJ might have to add another name to his prodigy watch.
Andreas Kelires, from Cyprus, born 1999, rated 2216. Doesn't sound like a prodigy, does it? Well, so far in the Olympiad he is 8/9 and is gaining 138.8 points. That is One Hundred Thirty Eight point Eight points. In 9 rounds.
His initial rating was 1702, in May 2010. Now, four years later, his live rating is around 2350. What is more interesting is that he has achieved these gains with a relatively small amount of games, compared to other prodigies who play a ridiculous amount of games.
Not up to par with everyone else on BJJs list yet, but if he starts playing more... who knows what will happen
Andreas Kelires, from Cyprus, born 1999, rated 2216. Doesn't sound like a prodigy, does it? Well, so far in the Olympiad he is 8/9 and is gaining 138.8 points. That is One Hundred Thirty Eight point Eight points. In 9 rounds.
His initial rating was 1702, in May 2010. Now, four years later, his live rating is around 2350. What is more interesting is that he has achieved these gains with a relatively small amount of games, compared to other prodigies who play a ridiculous amount of games.
Not up to par with everyone else on BJJs list yet, but if he starts playing more... who knows what will happen
08-12-2014
, 03:24 PM
08-12-2014
, 05:02 PM
08-14-2014
, 08:54 PM
Well, that's variance; to organisers' honour, they did everything in their power to resuscitate the victim and soothe the pain of those who witnessed it.
I thought that things wouldn't get worse after the historic reverse fool's mate and bad Carlsen's performance (a small feast for Croatia and Ivan Šarić, though) but so optimistic and wrong I was
I thought that things wouldn't get worse after the historic reverse fool's mate and bad Carlsen's performance (a small feast for Croatia and Ivan Šarić, though) but so optimistic and wrong I was
