| Rank | Name | Rating | Change | # games | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Carlsen | 2805,7 | +4,7 | 9 | ||||
| 02 | Topalov | 2805,1 | -4,9 | 4 | ||||
| 03 | Anand | 2789,7 | +1,7 | 9 | ||||
| 04 | Kramnik | 2785,7 | +13,7 | 9 | ||||
| 05 | Aronian | 2781,3 | -4,7 | 17 | ||||
| 06 | Gashimov | 2759,4 | +1,4 | 19 | ||||
| 07 | Gelfand | 2754,1 | -3,9 | 17 | ||||
| 08 | Wang Yue | 2749,0 | +15 | 8 | ||||
| 09 | Ivanchuk | 2748,7 | +9,7 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | Svidler | 2746,4 | -7,6 | 27 | ||||
| 11 | Mamedyarov | 2746,1 | +27,1 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | Leko | 2738,7 | -13,3 | 9 | ||||
| 13 | Grischuk | 2736,2 | +0,2 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | Ponomariov | 2736,1 | -2,9 | 17 | ||||
| 15 | Eljanov | 2735,5 | +6,5 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | Radjabov | 2733,4 | -14,6 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | Morozevich | 2732,3 | -17,7 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | Vachier-Lagrave | 2730,0 | +12 | 25 | ||||
| 19 | Jakovenko | 2729,1 | -6,9 | 15 | ||||
| 20 | Karjakin | 2724,4 | +1,4 | 8 | ||||
| 21 | Shirov | 2720,0 | +1 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | Bacrot | 2718,7 | +18,7 | 20 | ||||
| 23 | Navara | 2715,7 | +8,7 | 17 | ||||
| 24 | Nakamura | 2715,0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | Wang Hao | 2714,8 | +6,8 | 10 | ||||
| 26 | Dominguez | 2712,2 | -6,8 | 4 | ||||
| 27 | Almasi | 2709,8 | +5,8 | 7 | ||||
| 28 | Movsesian | 2709,0 | -9 | 4 | ||||
| 29 | Malakhov | 2708,9 | +2,9 | 11 | ||||
| 30 | Vallejo | 2707,7 | -3,3 | 12 | ||||
| 31 | Short | 2707,0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 32 | Tomashevsky | 2705,1 | -2,9 | 14 | ||||
| 33 | Jobava | 2704,1 | +8,1 | 15 | ||||
| 34 | Alekseev | 2703,3 | -11,7 | 13 | ||||
| 35 | Kasimdzhanov | 2702,1 | -2,9 | 2 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

Garry Kasparov retired on 10 March 2005 maintaining the number one Chess ranking for 20 years. Now, on 4 December, 2009 he is back on top of the rating list again. what must be going through the minds of Anand, Topalov and Kramnik?
What a silly comment. Carlsen is number one… perhaps a little earlier than expected but he is the one on the front line.
Yeah we know Magasparov! hehe.
How can he be eralier than expected? He already was first on the list before. Please stay alert or just live by the dayly news and forget.