Here’s an item from newswise.com about a Texas Tech student, who is the world’s newest chess Grandmaster.
International Master Davorin Kuljasevic scored five wins and four draws at the 2010 Pula Open in Croatia to become the first Knight Raider to enter the elite ranks of the approximately 1,000 grandmasters worldwide.
The news item says that Kuljasevic is Coratian, and as I couldn’t find him listed on the “top” lists at uschess.org, he has likely played in the U.S. only very recently.
Nevertheless, it’s a great achievement for Kuljasevic, Texas Tech, and the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence.
Being a blawger is like being in charge of your own personal insane asylum.
Yes, I see what you mean.
Quick qeutsion. It is generally accepted at club level that most keen players can easily achieve 160 standard. But how do players like myself who are (and have been for many years) graded 170/180 improve further, perhaps even to your standard? There seems to be a wall that most players run into and never learn to climb. Am I right in thinking it’s simply brute-force calculation? When you beat the likes of me OTB so easily I realise the gap between us is far greater than the width of the board.