Current LIVE ratings
| Rank | Name | Rating | Change | # games | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Anand | 2819,4 | +9,4 | 11 | 1969 |
| 02 | Aronian | 2812,0 | +7 | 11 | 1982 |
| 03 | Carlsen | 2811,7 | -2,3 | 11 | 1990 |
| 04 | Kramnik | 2786,9 | +2,9 | 11 | 1975 |
| 05 | Karjakin | 2776,0 | 0 | 0 | 1990 |
| 06 | Topalov | 2775,0 | 0 | 0 | 1975 |
| 07 | Nakamura | 2773,7 | +22,7 | 11 | 1987 |
| 08 | Mamedyarov | 2772,0 | 0 | 0 | 1985 |
| 09 | Ivanchuk | 2763,5 | -0,5 | 13 | 1969 |
| 10 | Gashimov | 2745,8 | +9,8 | 9 | 1986 |
| 11 | Ponomariov | 2744,3 | +0,3 | 11 | 1983 |
| 12 | Radjabov | 2744,0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 |
| 13 | Grischuk | 2742,6 | -30,4 | 11 | 1983 |
| 14 | Wang Yue | 2734,0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 |
| 15 | Nepomniachtchi | 2733,6 | +0,6 | 11 | 1990 |
| 16 | Gelfand | 2733,0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 |
| 17 | Wang Hao | 2731,3 | +0,3 | 11 | 1989 |
| 18 | Adams | 2730,3 | +7,3 | 11 | 1971 |
| 19 | Kamsky | 2730,0 | 0 | 0 | 1974 |
| 20 | Svidler | 2729,5 | -0,5 | 5 | 1976 |
| 21 | Eljanov | 2724,0 | 0 | 0 | 1983 |
| 22 | Vachier-Lagrave | 2721,3 | +6,3 | 13 | 1990 |
| 23 | Bacrot | 2719,9 | -3,1 | 18 | 1983 |
| 24 | Almasi | 2719,0 | 0 | 0 | 1976 |
| 25 | Jakovenko | 2718,0 | 0 | 0 | 1983 |
| 26 | Movsesian | 2717,6 | -3,4 | 15 | 1978 |
| 27 | Leko | 2717,0 | 0 | 0 | 1979 |
| 28 | Dominguez | 2716,0 | 0 | 0 | 1983 |
| 29 | Caruana | 2715,9 | -5,1 | 13 | 1992 |
| 30 | Malakhov | 2714,0 | 0 | 0 | 1980 |
| 31 | Navara | 2711,4 | +3,4 | 25 | 1985 |
| 32 | Wojtaszek | 2710,8 | -15,2 | 18 | 1987 |
| 33 | Jobava | 2707,0 | 0 | 0 | 1983 |
| 34 | Efimenko | 2705,5 | +4,5 | 17 | 1985 |
| 35 | Vitiugov | 2704,5 | -4,5 | 5 | 1987 |
| 36 | Vallejo | 2704,1 | +6,1 | 17 | 1982 |
| 37 | Alekseev | 2701,0 | 0 | 0 | 1985 |
| 38 | Shirov | 2700,9 | -21,1 | 13 | 1972 |
| 39 | Sutovsky | 2700,5 | +5,5 | 2 | 1977 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Carlsen needs to focus more.
Go, Naka!!
Carlsen will be back in 10 years ala Fischer. The world will be destroyed by then.
It’s a shame.
Where’s the “Nakamura rises to 7th!” headline…? Pretty good stuff….! 🙂
Nakamura 7th. ! Go forward Hikaru.
Interesting what shall happen he will be recognized in US.
Alone as Bobby or the problem is Japanese origin.
Carlsen has propbably better future then chess ruled by current FIDE.
The games here between the top 4 players in the world have all been drawn except for Kramnik – Carlsen which Carlsen one. I have often seen remarks that Carlsen only had a higher ELO because he was more determined in beating the weaker players and that against players of comparable rating he could only draw.
One tournament doesn’t make a summer or something like that. And as Arpad Elo wrote in his book on the rating system, 10 points is not a significant difference. The rating difference between Carlsen, Anand & Aronian is thinner than a credit card.
Why is nobody saying “Aronian needs to focus more” or “Anand needs to focus more” ?
Carlsen shows no signs of going away & he plays a lot more chess than Fischer ever did. Maybe he should focus by playing less. He’s only just turned 20 & there are 1,245 games by him on the chessgames site. The book by Muller on Fischer gives 735 games in his career, & only 415 before he was 20. Maybe if he played only a third as much there’d only be a third as much criticism.
Chris in St. Maur:
Loved your comments! They provides some well-needed perspective.
Very interesting observations about the number of games played by Fisher versus Carlsen.
In a way, the comments are back-handed compliments, implying that Carlsen can go much further, but Aronian, Anand and the others are performing at or close to their peak. Fans have very strange standards, and I personally think the top players are all working as hard as they could.
(Although, I am an Anand supporter).
Cheers,
– Anand (also)
Furthermore, I believe Topalov will come back to beat all of the current champions.
Felicitations,
-Topalov (also)