![Chess Rating Progression of the Current World Champion, His Expected Challenger, and the Top 100 Players [OC]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/7yscd8vhjxug1-1024x662.png "Chess Rating Progression of the Current World Champion, His Expected Challenger, and the Top 100 Players [OC]")
Sindarov is dominating the candidates, and there's a 99% chance he'll be the challenger. Although his progression curve is not standout, it seems clear that he's still improving / has not plateaued.
Interactive Dataset:Â https://data.tablepage.ai/d/top-100-chess-player-ratings-over-age
Posted by aspiringtroublemaker
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Data Source: [https://ratings.fide.com/top_lists.phtml?list=open](https://ratings.fide.com/top_lists.phtml?list=open)
Built using pandas, matplotlib
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It’s always crazy to me that Carlsen peaked so high, but it’s even crazier he stayed so high.
I am wondering whether it is possible to have a game similar to chess but with data analysis mechanics. It would be nice to become a grandmaster in something that can actually be useful in real life.
Who is the player who peaked at around 17 years old at 2700 ELO and then stopped?
”One line to rule them all”
This graph doesn’t do lot of justice to Magnus rating. Difference between 2880 and 2700 rating is huge in chess.
To average viewer it might seem that the new kids are close to him and that at their age bracket they are outperforming him.
But if you account to revolution which chess engine brought and overall deflation of ratings its not a wonder that new kids outperform him in their age brackets.
Nowdays with the engines you can learn much faster then in the age Magnus was kid. Those days you could learn only by reading books. Nowdays you get all of that with just consulting the engine.
The average ratings also deflated because of that. Its just so much easier to be prepared to all kinds of openings today then in the past..
As the consequence Magnus peak rating of 2880+ will probably remain a forever record.
Ding and Gukesh both immediately hitting a mental boom and rating decline as soon as they become world champion is insane. Maybe we should just retire the FIDE WCC format at this point if being world champion is really just who is willing to endure this level of stress for a title
It would be hilarious if the fates decided to punish you for making such a beautiful chart by gifting Anish two wins and making Sindarov lose his next two games.
Why isn’t Magnus the favorite to be the world champion if his elo is higher?
Damn Gukesh was on Magnus line for his age until the dip.
It’s incredibly difficult to win a world championship but even harder to repeat. The mental needed to remotivate after achieving your end goal is not easy. Most people once hitting a large goal will lose some amount of interest in whatever it was in and your interest in something is really critical to your performance