![chess books by rating chess books by rating](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/images_users/tiny_mce/pete/phpIG1UUf.jpeg)
The problem has been that now and again a sub-par performance creeps in among the glittering successes. Carlsen’s performance in the first half of 2019 was also well above the required target at 2942. Having got so close, why has the No 1 not already surpassed his target? His all-time peak tournament performance rating of 3002 was achieved as long ago as 2009 at Pearl Spring, China, which among TPRs of nine rounds minimum ranks second behind Fabiano Caruana’s 3103 at St Louis in 2014. He achieved 2882 in Fide’s monthly lists in the years 20, while his unofficial daily peak on the live ratings is 2889. A 10/13 total would take him to 2876, within range of his personal bests. His current rating after his world title match in Dubai is 2865, and he will need to score 9/13 at Wijk to gain just a single rating point. There was an Everest expedition a century ago in 1922, two years before the tragedy of the famous 1924 attempt.Ĭarlsen’s chances of reaching his personal summit are a good deal better than those of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. Add on another zero for what used to be calculated as the exact height of the mountain, although it was publicly stated as 29,002 feet in order to avoid the impression that 29,000 was a rounded estimate. Black threatens to draw by Nxa5, so White needs a speedy solution,Ĭalling the 2900 target an Everest is an apt metaphor. 3798: Mark Taimamov v Bukhuti Gurgenidze, world senior championship 1993.