Recently, i received a FREE digital copy of Anish Giri's latest NIC ebook entitled: "After Magnus - Who can dethrone the World Chess Champion?" A very nice and interesting topic to discuss amongst the chess community. Two Thumbs UP!!
"Thank you for the GIFT, Dirk!"
(Won a year subscription of DIGITAL New In Chess Magazine c/o Internet Chess Club)
My Top 10 Choice
1. Wesley So - Winner of the 1st Millionaire Chess in Las Vegas. The "dark horse" (if ever) of 2016 Candidates Tournament and beyond.
2. Wei Yi - Became a grandmaster before 14, the fourth youngest in history. "More talented than all of the Chinese grandmasters put together!?"
3. Fabiano Caruana - Achieved one of the most impressive tournament victories in history, Sinquefield Cup in 2014 (+7, =3, -0).
4. Hikaru Nakamura - One
of the more colorful figures of the world's elite. Won the 2011 edition of Tata
Steel and a four-time US Chess Champion.
5. Vishy Anand - The only player to win the World Championship in all formats; match, round-robin and knock-out tournament.
6. Ding Liren - The youngest winner ever of the Chinese Championship @16. Currently the highest rated Chinese grandmaster.
7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - MVL won the Biel tournament three times (2009, 2013 and 2015).
8. Yu Yangyi - Winner of the 1st Qatar Masters Open 2014 and 2015 Capablanca Memorial.
9. Richard Rapport - Became a grandmaster before 14, the fifth youngest in history.
10. Alexander Grischuk - Blitz World Champion in 2006 and 2012. Possess a deep and unique positional chess understanding.
... adding to my list is a gifted writer and super-strong GM: Anish Giri
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A Promoted Pawn
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