Quote: (06-16-2016 05:32 PM)AboveAverageJoe Wrote:
Yes, men are more intelligent and better at almost everything than women. That doesn't erase the fact that Judit Polgar was the youngest Grandmaster ever at the not even close to legal age of 15.
What are you talking about? It's not even close.
This is a list of the players to become Grandmasters before their 15th birthday:
No. Player Country Age
1. Sergey Karjakin Ukraine 12 years, 7 months, 0 days
2. Parimarjan Negi India 13 years, 4 months, 22 days
3. Magnus Carlsen Norway 13 years, 4 months, 27 days
4. Wei Yi China 13 years, 8 months, 23 days
5. Bu Xiangzhi China 13 years, 10 months, 13 days
6. Samuel Sevian USA 13 years, 10 months, 27 days
7. Richárd Rapport Hungary 13 years, 11 months, 6 days
8. Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijan 14 years, 0 months, 14 days
9. Ruslan Ponomariov Ukraine 14 years, 0 months, 17 days
10. Wesley So Philippines 14 years, 1 month, 28 days
11. Étienne Bacrot France 14 years, 2 months, 0 days
12. Illya Nyzhnyk Ukraine 14 years, 3 months, 2 days
13. M. Vachier-Lagrave France 14 years, 4 months
14. Péter Lékó Hungary 14 years, 4 months, 22 days
15. Jorge Cori Peru 14 years, 5 months, 15 days
16. Hou Yifan China 14 years, 6 months, 16 days
17. Jeffery Xiong USA 14 years, 6 months, 25 days
18. Anish Giri Russia 14 years, 7 months, 2 days
19. Yuriy Kuzubov Ukraine 14 years, 7 months, 12 days
20. Dariusz Świercz Poland 14 years, 7 months, 29 days
21. N. Ngoc Truong Son Vietnam 14 years, 10 months
22. Daniil Dubov Russia 14 years, 11 months, 14 days
23. Ray Robson USA 14 years, 11 months, 16 days
24. Fabiano Caruana Italy 14 years, 11 months, 20 days
25. Yu Yangyi China 14 years, 11 months, 23 days
The only female on that list is Hou Yifan, who's the current women's world champion.
Here are the holders of the record for the youngest ever female to become a grandmaster:
1978 Nona Gaprindashvili Soviet Union 37 years
1984 Maia Chiburdanidze Soviet Union 23 years
1991 Susan Polgar Hungary 21 years
1991 Judit Polgár Hungary 15 years, 4 months
2002 Humpy Koneru India 15 years 1 month
2008 Hou Yifan China 14 years, 6 months