Is there a story behind the PC results 2008-2011 where they deviate from the fairly straight line?
Nitpick: There’s an issue with Magnus Carlsen’s ratings—he became a GM at 13 in 2003, not 21 in 2011 or in 2009 as shown in the graph (famously he was the second youngest ever GM at the time).
Is there a story behind the PC results 2008-2011 where they deviate from the fairly straight line?
Nitpick: There’s an issue with Magnus Carlsen’s ratings—he became a GM at 13 in 2003, not 21 in 2011 or in 2009 as shown in the graph (famously he was the second youngest ever GM at the time).
Oh, thank you for the correction about Magnus Carlsen! Indeed, my script to convert the timestamps had an error. I fixed it in the figure.
Regarding the jump in 2008 with Rybka: I think that’s an artifact of that particular list. Similar lists don’t have it.