Possibly, if she works hard enough :)
Is Carissa Yip the next Magnus
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She was the youngest female chess expert in the US. Not the best for her age, so probably not.
But she seems fun and like she enjoys the game so good look to her.
Awonder Liang is better than her by far and he is 9
Dec 31, 2013
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No, she is not the next magnus. I will take your money on that chance any day.
An expert at 9 is great, but not so good as to be thinking world champion yet. Wait to see where she is in 5-6 years. If she's 2600+ then we're talking potential Carlsen beater.
bobingbobs wrote:
Carissa Yip is the youngest chess expert in the US at just nine years old. She says that she wants to become a master next year. And win the world championship. This raises the question. Is she the next Magnus. Could she beat Magnus in the future and become the world champion?
I am quite confident she could wipe me off the board and I wish her the best. I hope she doesn't get pressured into just playing chess though...
GasPedal wrote:
we know her family pretty well, her dad is supernice guy, so doubt if she is pressured...
that's cool; nothing wrong with being a chess master and a good human being as well. some kids just got it
Jan 21, 2014
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pfren wrote:
Ah, OK, now I see that the FIDE standings list is updated just up to round ten. And I would not expect at a girls U-10 the first four boards ending as draws...
no you're looking only at fide rated games. some of the games were against players without fide ratings(this is common at youth events, doesn't mean opponents are weak, just that they don't play fide games). you need to look at the full crosstable as posted on the FIDE website or on chessresults.com.
Jan 21, 2014
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pfren wrote:
Ah, OK, now I see that the FIDE standings list is updated just up to round ten. And I would not expect at a girls U-10 the first four boards ending as draws...
http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=90868
Jan 21, 2014
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It would be easier to get comparisons in some years, if she plays more in FIDE rated events, that way we can check her evolution against other juniors around the world.
Now her FIDE rating is 1677, but it should be easily higher than 1900 (according to her USCF rating of 2024).
Jan 21, 2014
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socialista wrote:
It would be easier to get comparisons in some years, if she plays more in FIDE rated events, that way we can check her evolution against other juniors around the world.
Now her FIDE rating is 1677, but it should be easily higher than 1900 (according to her USCF rating of 2024).
people don't really play fide games that much in the US. especially kids.
Jan 21, 2014
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emraldape2 wrote:
socialista wrote:
It would be easier to get comparisons in some years, if she plays more in FIDE rated events, that way we can check her evolution against other juniors around the world.
Now her FIDE rating is 1677, but it should be easily higher than 1900 (according to her USCF rating of 2024).
people don't really play fide games that much in the US. especially kids.
I was thinking that since she is the U.S. Wonder Girl, she could get invitations or funding to travel to tournaments in other countries.
Jan 21, 2014
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chesskingdreamer wrote:
socialista wrote:
emraldape2 wrote:
socialista wrote:
It would be easier to get comparisons in some years, if she plays more in FIDE rated events, that way we can check her evolution against other juniors around the world.
Now her FIDE rating is 1677, but it should be easily higher than 1900 (according to her USCF rating of 2024).
people don't really play fide games that much in the US. especially kids.
I was thinking that since she is the U.S. Wonder Girl, she could get invitations or funding to travel to tournaments in other countries.
thats a total lol
Well, I know about other kids that got their traveling expenses covered (by a cement producer and a private school), but it was not in the U.S., it was in Peru.
I didn´t think it was a total impossibiliy in the U.S., it looks like it is, according to the lols.
lol 
No, just no.
Jan 21, 2014
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going into the last round of the liberty bell open in philadelphia, which finished yesterday, 6 of the top 20 were U13 in age (including a 2031 US on bd 2! who came back with 15 seconds on his clock from lost positions with over 25 moves to time control to win two games against strong masters [there was a 10 second delay]), of the others, 5 were GMs, 1 IM, 1 FM and the rest NMs. but it's clear that these youngsters already were fulfilling some of their great potential. time will tell if they should evolve into great players...
Carissa Yip is the youngest chess expert in the US at just nine years old. She says that she wants to become a master next year. And win the world championship. This raises the question. Is she the next Magnus. Could she beat Magnus in the future and become the world champion?