Imagine a tournament involving Kasparov, Rogers, Chandler, Petursson, van der Wiel, Nikolic amongst others. You would expect Kasparov to easily win such an event. But not as a 13 year old.
Leafing through my copy of "Fighting Chess: Games and Career" by Kasparov and Bob Wade, I saw the crosstable from the 1976 World Cadet (Under 16) Cup. Kasparov played as the USSR Junior Champion but only tied for 3rd (5th on tie break), equal with Ian Rogers (3rd on tie break). Both scored 6/9 behind the winner N.Grinberg (ISL) and Murray Chandler (NZD). Kasparov did defeat Rogers in their individual game but lost the following game to Chandler.
Chandler,M - Kasparov,G [B22]
Wch U16 Wattignies, 1976
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.cxd4 e6 7.a3 d6 8.Bd3 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 dxe5 12.dxe5 Be7 13.0-0 Bd7 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Qg4 0-0-0 16.Rfc1 Kb8 17.Qc4 Rc8 18.b4 f6 19.Nf3 Qb6 20.Qe4 f5 21.Qe1 a6 22.Rab1 g5 23.Nd2 Nd4 24.Qe3 Rxc3 25.Rxc3 f4 26.Qe1 g4 27.Ne4 Bc6 28.Nc5 Ka7 29.a4 Bf3 30.a5 Qd8 31.Bc4 Bxc5 32.bxc5 Qh4 33.gxf3 gxf3 34.Kh1 Rg8 35.Qe4 Rg7 36.Qxd4 Qg5 37.c6+ Kb8 38.c7+ Rxc7 39.Rg1 Qh5 40.Rg8+ Rc8 41.Qd6+ Ka7 1-0
Another future GM, Julian Hodgson finished down the list on 3.5.
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