Vincent Keymer, Germany’s most promising talent, was seeded only 99th at the Grenke Open in Karlsruhe played alongside the elite invitation Classic where Carlsen and Caruana are the top seeds and which finishes this weekend. Keymer’s rating performance of 2795 was at elite GM level,and he surpassed the GM norm by 1.5 points. Carlsen became a GM at 13, when he won the C group at Wijk aan Zee. But no under-14 has ever matched Keymer in winning such an important tournament with a near-90% score. Keymer goes to school full time, which limits his tournaments, whereas some of his rivals are already semi-professionals.

Source: The Guardian April 06, 2018 12:45 UTC