Argentina’s Faustino Oro and Turkey’s Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, both in their early teens, are taking the chess world by storm and Magnus Carlsen has praised them.
Magnus Carlsen has been at the top of the chess rankings for more than a decade and a half now and the Norwegian still continues to be at his best in all formats of the game. A generation of players have tried but have been able to be anywhere even close to him but can the next generation take him on and become as dominant as Carlsen has been?
FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky in a recent chat with ChessBase India’s Sagar Shah revealed the three young players he thinks can break into the top 10 of rankings before 2030. He also than evaluated if these players have in it them to be as good as Magnus in their careers.
FIDE CEO names three prodigies to take over chess world
Talking about the best up and coming players, Sutovsky named Argentina’s Faustino Oro, Turkey’s Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and America’s Andy Woodward as the three young players who will soon be among the best in the world.
However, he also cautioned that it is too early to say whether these players will be able to emulate Carlsen who is considered one of the greatest chess players in the game’s history.
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Magnus also was of a very high opinion of Oro few days ago and now he’s of Erdogmus. I think all these guys are exceptional talents but it’s tad too early to claim they would be next Magnus or similar to that. It would be not difficult to expect or to forecast that,” the FIDE CEO said.
“Both Erdogmus and Oro would make into top 10 that’s for sure. Top five very likely because after all, if they are already best in this age group so what will happen in three or four years? The generation who are much older than them they will start fading away and then they’re best around this age so it’s natural to expect them by the year 2030 to be in top five for sure. But to be a dominating player like Magnus is very difficult feat,” he added.
“I will also add Andy Woodward. I like how he plays. I like very much his attitude. He’s very devoted to the game. So, I would surely think that both Erdogmus and Oro but also Woodward belong to a top 10 list for 2030 or maybe earlier,” Sutovsky predicted.
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