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Topic: So who'll be the next champ?
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| Philidor wrote: Anand is getting older and as people age there skill tends to decline. Just look at Karpov, Spassky, and Larsen. |
But Anand is much younger than Karpov, Spassky and Larsen! And there's the minor point that Anand is currently top of the FIDE rating list by a considerable margin (23 points).
Anand is only 37, which corresponds to Kasparov in 2000, Karpov in 1988, Spassky in 1974 and Larsen in 1972. OK, all were past their best by that age but all were still formidable players, with Kasparov and Karpov only just losing World Championship matches at around that age. Spassky was getting deep into the candidates' process and Larsen had a fantastic run in tournaments up to the age of about 36.
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The previous post is too big 
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[The previous post is too big]
It's also off-topic
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Sorry, deleted. I send the whole message to Philidor in private.
Although I thought the subject is interesting and took a lot of time to type everything, it is no problem to delete.
Thanks for the comments.
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Beco: Your post was very interesting, indeed, and my feeling is also that it was not totally off-topic. Manuel.
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