Karjakin Blog
Apparently I'm not the only person to have noticed the disparity in coverage between Magnus Carlsen (all hail the wonderboy) and Sergey Karakin (random Russian-speaking GM). Of course, the disparity is merited: Carlsen, who was born in 1990, sports a stupendous 2733 rating, was a World Cup semifinalist and has already been a GM for several years. Contrast this with Karjakin's meager achievements. He was born in 1990, sports a pathetic 2732 rating, only made it to the semi-finals of the World Cup and although he holds the record for becoming the youngest GM ever, that's sooooo 2002. It's obvious that Carlsen deserves approximately 6,235 times as much coverage as Karjakin, which is about what he receives...
Exaggeration and sarcasm aside, and acknowledging that Carlsen's results have been a little more impressive than Karjakin's - but not much - it is true that the latter generally doesn't receive nearly as much press as Carlsen. And one blogger has set out to rectify this - his blog is here, and his statement of purpose can be read here.
HT: Brian Karen
Exaggeration and sarcasm aside, and acknowledging that Carlsen's results have been a little more impressive than Karjakin's - but not much - it is true that the latter generally doesn't receive nearly as much press as Carlsen. And one blogger has set out to rectify this - his blog is here, and his statement of purpose can be read here.
HT: Brian Karen
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Friday March 21, 2008 at 2:02am
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