African chess players

@wakaflacahypocrite above: (also, you used K's in your I.d., what are we to make of that?!). Alright, let me clear my throat. Why on earth would a flag on someones profile or how they spell contribute in any way to what their reasoning is? People spell words all kinds of ways, it doesnt change their intended meaning. Also, ignorant one, if he had a flag from an African country that still enslaves people just like they started in the first place would you have a problem

with that? Im guessing not, you hypocrite.

I know, I know: go ahead and bring on the attacks because you don't believe in treating people equal or free speech or thought. The result of many generations of liberal controlled education (brainwashing, dumbing down, etc. I mean, the whole world can see the results, we just keep dropping lower and lower on the world rankings because of it): try to explain the world isn't really flat and here's the evidence and you get shouted down and demonized. So bring it on. Oh, I guess the thread will be locked now. Thread closed.

@MrDamonSmith -Besides the flag, his name speaks just as loudly if not more so.

lmfao

great

is this not a pseudo racist blog?

It implies that non white chess players, most notably black african are substandard. 

I am disappointed

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That's old, old info Martin Stahl .... from May 25,2010:

http://www.thezimbabwean.co/sport/sports-news/31222/gwaze-now-a-grandmaster.html

Rob Gwaze made his norm... 1st ever GM from Zimbabwe... 2nd ever African GM from Southern and Sub-Saharan Africa... 2 years after Zambian Amon Simutowe got his norm.

While that article does say that he is a GM the FIDE site still lists him as a IM; not saying that he didn't get that last norm and and the fees weren't paid, just that he isn't listed as such. Also, his rating hasn't been over 2500 so I don't think he did qualify, even if he has 3 norms.

So, at the time I posted that (2 years ago), it doesn't look like the information was incorrect. Of course, it is entirely plausible I missed something and I still don't know how to find out how many norms a player has so the part about the 3 norms may be correct.

 Justus Williams has no title yet. He has to pass 2300 first (fide rating, the only one that matters internationally) to even be a FM & his fide rating is 2251. He is however ranked # 115 in the world for his age group (under 16, he's 15 years old) & # 12 in the U.S. for under 16 year olds. Here's the website

 http://www.ferimex.com/icc/frl.php?list=0&country=0&title=1&sex=0&year=0&old=0&cat=0&size=9&update=yes

Currently, Kayden Troff is the only IM in the U.S. under 16. On this site you can filter your searches various ways. Under category you can select age ranges. By country, by title, etc. Also, you have to leave the title section blank (it'll show - ) in order to search by age category because if it's set to show GM's, IM's, & FM's it will limit the ranking list to only titled players. Leaving it blank it will show all players based on just the rating.

Omg you guys r African players l am african which part of Africa do you come from

Because it's only pseudo racist?

I was wondering if you had died.

Yes, for a time. 

Andy is immortal. I like to think of him as Abe Lincoln 2.0

Interesting facts. I had this discussion with my girlfriend only recently. She is a psychologist and she thought it might be due to difference in culture.

Before you can become a grandmaster (or a chessplayer) you have to be exposed to the game of chess. I found that an interesting point of view. If noone in your direct family plays chess and you don't get exposed to it as a (young) kid it will be a tough cookie to ever get to GM levels.

Uri Geller?

Boy, could that guy play the spoons.

So you think people will misunderstand when you say something... try typing it.

Szammie has a point that Africans may not have the same opportunities to obtain titles as most of the rest of the world.