[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Karjakin Blog

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Karjakin Blog
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1206079353.shtml


   Apparently I'm not the only person to have noticed the disparity in
   coverage between Magnus Carlsen (all hail the wonderboy) and Sergey
   Karakin (random Russian-speaking GM). Of course, the disparity is
   merited: Carlsen, who was born in 1990, sports a stupendous 2733
   rating, was a World Cup semifinalist and has already been a GM for
   several years. Contrast this with Karjakin's meager achievements. He
   was born in 1990, sports a pathetic 2732 rating, only made it to the
   semi-finals of the World Cup and although he holds the record for
   becoming the youngest GM ever, that's sooooo 2002. It's obvious that
   Carlsen deserves approximately 6,235 times as much coverage as
   Karjakin, which is about what he receives...
   Exaggeration and sarcasm aside, and acknowledging that Carlsen's
   results have been a little more impressive than Karjakin's - but not
   much - it is true that the latter generally doesn't receive nearly as
   much press as Carlsen. And one blogger has set out to rectify this -
   his blog is [1]here, and his statement of purpose can be read [2]here.

References

   1. http://karjakin.blogspot.com/
   2. http://karjakin.blogspot.com/2008/03/about-making-this-blog.html