Top FIDE list for January 2008
1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2799
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2799
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2780
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2765
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2763
6 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2760
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2755
8 Leko, Peter g HUN 2753
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2751
10 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2739
11 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2737
12 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2735
13 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2733
14 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732
15 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2726
16 Adams, Michael g ENG 2726
17 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2720
18 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2719
19 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2713
20 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2711
21 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2711
22 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2707
23 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2700
24 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2700
Top women’s list:
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2707
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2612
3 Xie, Jun g CHN 2574
4 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2548
5 Hou, Yifan wg CHN 2527
6 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2524
7 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2523
8 Zhao, Xue wg CHN 2517
9 Sebag, Marie m FRA 2510
10 Xu, Yuhua g CHN 2500
The World Championship match Anand-Kramnik next year has the two best players and is therefore Spot-On !!!
Why is Kramnik listed above Anand? Both are evenly rated. Anand has the upperhand and the crown.
Is this FIDE bias?
Kramnik is listed above Anand, because he has played more games than Anand in the last period.
The number of games played is the tiebreaker in case the rating is equal. This also holds for the qualification spots for events like the World Cup.
Note Ivanchuk’s (relative) fall from glory…and the three wonder-kids, Radjabov, Carlsen and Karjakin – #12-13-14 and within THREE points of each other!! The new generation has officially arrived…..
Technically Kramnik is in first place and Anand is in 3nd place. There is technically not a tie for first place.
The tie breaker as noted is the number of games played in the 3 month period between listed ratings. Kramnik played more games so he gets first place.
Sorry I had a typo.
Kramnik is first place
Anand is 2nd place.
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Why is Kramnik listed above Anand? Both are evenly rated. Anand has the upperhand and the crown.
Is this FIDE bias?
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LOL. You should do a little research before guessing at the answer you want to hear. It just makes you look ridiculous when proven wrong, whereas had you been right, you would have looked better for having waited for the facts.
“Technically Kramnik is in first place and Anand is in 3nd place. There is technically not a tie for first place.”
True. Kramnik is the World #1, but the title of this article obfuscates that fact. The same way Topalov was ahead of kramnik a few months back when they were both at 2779.
“LOL. You should do a little research before guessing at the answer you want to hear. It just makes you look ridiculous when proven wrong, whereas had you been right, you would have looked better for having waited for the facts.”
That is why I asked my question, Stooge!
Go take a long walk off a short pier.