Be interesting to see at what age on average chess players peak.
For physical sports there’s a wide variation, twitch muscle sprinters, endurance sports, reflex and endurance for boxing and overlaying that there is experience which is hard to gauge but all up I’d say physical sports people would peak between 22 and 33.
Chess players would peak at what age?

Peak Warming Man said:

Be interesting to see at what age on average chess players peak.
For physical sports there’s a wide variation, twitch muscle sprinters, endurance sports, reflex and endurance for boxing and overlaying that there is experience which is hard to gauge but all up I’d say physical sports people would peak between 22 and 33.
Chess players would peak at what age?

the brain peaks as the rest of the body at that age

Peak Warming Man said:

Be interesting to see at what age on average chess players peak.
For physical sports there’s a wide variation, twitch muscle sprinters, endurance sports, reflex and endurance for boxing and overlaying that there is experience which is hard to gauge but all up I’d say physical sports people would peak between 22 and 33.
Chess players would peak at what age?

Before dementia or normal ageing memory loss sets in perhaps

All I can say is that there is great variation between individuals. Some appear to burn out in their early 30s, whereas Anand is probably as good as he ever was at 45 years old.

I have seen charts of chess player rankings, for famous male and female players plotted as a function of time. They should answer your question.

mollwollfumble said:

I have seen charts of chess player rankings, for famous male and female players plotted as a function of time. They should answer your question.

Add birth dates for players to this and you have your answer. For full size follow link.
https://xkcd.com/1392/

mollwollfumble said:

mollwollfumble said:

I have seen charts of chess player rankings, for famous male and female players plotted as a function of time. They should answer your question.

Add birth dates for players to this and you have your answer. For full size follow link.
https://xkcd.com/1392/

Thanks Moll.
It would seem that as expected physical sports people (basketball is not a bad marker) peak about ~6 years after entering the rankings while chess players peak about 25 years after entering the rankings.

Oooh that seems long, I’ll recheck it again sometime later.

Here’s a chart that goes back further.

I’m looking for a chart I saw on the improvement over time of teenage chess players. Found it. No chess player ever reaches their peak before age 20. Image looks better with a white background, see http://en.chessbase.com/portals/4/files/news/2011/topjuniors01.gif

I only just got the “Chess man” joke.

Just for a recap: this discussion started because of a query about whether she could be fired rather than jailed, but unfortunately the legal situation is that it would be next to impossible to fire her. She’s like Dyson Heydon, but computer literate.

There is a difference to being computer illiterate and having a work flow that doesn’t necessitate someone using one.

Peak Warming Man said:

There is a difference to being computer illiterate and having a work flow that doesn’t necessitate someone using one.

Rrright but by his own words: “Indeed it is notorious among the legal profession that I am incapable of sending or receiving emails.”

the whole purpose of gaoling a minor clerk in the system is to send a message to anyone opposing gay marriage

you don’t like gay marriage, you don’t like gays – we will punish you and throw you in gaol

from a human psychology thing that moves any opinion from just asking for tolerance to full blown genocidal mania

Christianity went from just asking for tolerance to massive genocidal programmes killing people in the name of jesus

in the real world you fire people for refusing to do their job, if someone doesn’t want to make you a wedding cake , you go somewhere else regardless if they were stoking the fire.

its a power thing, you need to wield a bloodied fist into peoples faces and tell them they like it

wookiemeister said:

the whole purpose of gaoling a minor clerk in the system is to send a message to anyone opposing gay marriage

you don’t like gay marriage, you don’t like gays – we will punish you and throw you in gaol

from a human psychology thing that moves any opinion from just asking for tolerance to full blown genocidal mania

Christianity went from just asking for tolerance to massive genocidal programmes killing people in the name of jesus

in the real world you fire people for refusing to do their job, if someone doesn’t want to make you a wedding cake , you go somewhere else regardless if they were stoking the fire.

its a power thing, you need to wield a bloodied fist into peoples faces and tell them they like it

wrong thread

At what age would Monopoly players peak? How old is Rupert Murdoch again? Would Gina Reinhardt beat Donald Trump?

Woodie said:

At what age would Monopoly players peak? How old is Rupert Murdoch again? Would Gina Reinhardt beat Donald Trump?

Bloody brilliant!