The rating difference between the top 4 players in the world are now within 20 points! The old foxes are not about to clear the way for Magnus that easily. 2010 will be a very interesting year as Anand and Kramnik are approaching 2800 again.
| Rank | Name | Rating | Change | # games | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Topalov | 2805,1 | -4,9 | 4 | ||||
| 02 | Carlsen | 2797,3 | -3,7 | 7 | ||||
| 03 | Anand | 2795,1 | +7,1 | 7 | ||||
| 04 | Kramnik | 2786,5 | +14,5 | 7 | ||||
| 05 | Aronian | 2777,0 | -9 | 15 | ||||
| 06 | Gashimov | 2762,6 | +4,6 | 11 | ||||
| 07 | Gelfand | 2758,4 | +0,4 | 7 | ||||
| 08 | Ivanchuk | 2751,5 | +12,5 | 7 | ||||
| 09 | Morozevich | 2747,2 | -2,8 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | Svidler | 2745,2 | -8,8 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | Leko | 2742,7 | -9,3 | 7 | ||||
| 12 | Radjabov | 2738,4 | -9,6 | 9 | ||||
| 13 | Wang Yue | 2738,2 | +4,2 | 2 | ||||
| 14 | Ponomariov | 2736,6 | -2,4 | 7 | ||||
| 15 | Grischuk | 2736,0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Eljanov | 2733,5 | +4,5 | 11 | ||||
| 17 | Vachier-Lagrave | 2727,6 | +9,6 | 15 | ||||
| 18 | Shirov | 2726,8 | +7,8 | 13 | ||||
| 19 | Mamedyarov | 2725,7 | +6,7 | 9 | ||||
| 20 | Jakovenko | 2725,1 | -10,9 | 7 | ||||
| 21 | Karjakin | 2723,0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | Navara | 2722,3 | +15,3 | 11 | ||||
| 23 | Dominguez | 2719,0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | Movsesian | 2719,0 | +1 | 2 | ||||
| 25 | Nakamura | 2715,0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | Tomashevsky | 2711,7 | +3,7 | 8 | ||||
| 27 | Almasi | 2709,8 | +5,8 | 7 | ||||
| 28 | Wang Hao | 2709,6 | +1,6 | 3 | ||||
| 29 | Short | 2707,0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | Alekseev | 2706,7 | -8,3 | 7 | ||||
| 31 | Bacrot | 2706,2 | +6,2 | 10 | ||||
| 32 | Malakhov | 2705,5 | -0,5 | 3 | ||||
| 33 | Vallejo | 2704,6 | -6,4 | 10 | ||||
| 34 | Kasimdzhanov | 2702,1 | -2,9 | 2 |
Source: http://chess.liverating.org
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Topalov will break 2850 after he crushes Anand in Sofia.
It is a wonderful time for chess. A Golden Age perhaps.
If Topailov wins in Sofia the actual headline should read “Hidden Rybka becomes new World Champion & Topailov is it’s human face!”
The Golden age of chess was before computers! Then true talent counted!Bobby was the last hero!
Karpov never worked with computers.
Nor Topalov did.
At least a lot less than the rest of the pack.