Can't be 100% sure but I think that's the issue as well. His big motion means he needs to play farther back from the table, which is not great for today's game.
Yeah, Lin Shidong also had a bad post Olympic mental state, he barely beat Faraji at the same tournament.
He is 15, playing with a Mizutani SZLC, it's completely normal for kids at that age to have underpowered forehands and to struggle with them playing against top pros until their full strength kicks in at 17 and 18 with more growth and training.
Those were interesting displays of potential and taking advantage of an unfamiliar game, they do not mean the kid doesn't have exploitable gaps. Same with almost any player at that age not named Fan Zhendong
how about this kids?
I dont have time to check all the ages of all those kids but ibam extremely familiar with Wassid Essim and he is at least 17, possibly older. Maybe your other kids are accurate but I dont have time ro check and it doesnt give me confidence to know that the one kid i am familiar with is already being misrepresented.
i also dont have time, and chatgpt could be wrong (1 age difference between the two, 2008 vs 2009 - wow)
Yes but you were wrong on the ages. Listing a bunch of older players gives a misleading sample to evaluate his strength. My point is that even Harimoto was beatable so that is uninteresting. He is dominating bis age group. He is not losing to players who are less experienced than him on a regular basis. Being beatable is meaningless. Even Wang is beatable. Insightful analysis please.i also have time, and chatgpt could be wrong
but again, he is very much beatable, same message i'm pointing out for the 3rd time
Good at least you hopefully didnt just trust chatgpt. Like I said I dont have time to check. The one player I know there for sure Essim is at least 17. Lee Seungsoo i do know is 14. But if you can put in Wassim Essid, that for me caused enough credibility doubt. In the end, everyone is beatable. Even Harimoto. But the boy is doing well for his age group and most of the juniors higher ranked than he is are older
Harimoto wasn't beatable, at least not from random French unknown that is 2 years younger
Yeah the same data that showed Wassim Essid as younger than Faraji
No, he isn't Tomo, Felix or Alexis. That said, you probably have your facts about the ages when these players made their first great runs (other than Tomo) messed up.
Felix’s first great run imo is Star Contender Goa 2023 (qualifying rounds all the way to semis, beat LSS, Truls, JWJ). That would make him a young and sprightly 17 year old, which is just a year older than Beyamin is right now. And I mentioned Alexis was the only one not making good runs that early, more where he made his first real good run at 18-19.
