Best newcomer of 2018!

Then maybe we can shift the threshold not from June 1, 2017, but from January 1, 2017?
So that Khosenk fairly gets into the candidates, and then it's up to the voting.

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I understand. Well, if you're going to judge by dates, don't forget about Sanya either. He was also a kind of average player at the beginning of 2018.

Sanya's first ranked game was in June 2015, and besides, he was nominated for Player of the Year. Perhaps there's nothing wrong with one player, even theoretically, getting both awards in one year, but it seems a bit unfair to other newcomers.