Anand passes 2800 mark
2 October 2007 15:09 PM | Last modified: 15:11
We’re back home and here too the laptop is opened of course. The latest news is the appearance of the new rating list. He was already the world’s no. 1 and after Mexico naturally he still is, but yesterday Vishy Anand also passed the 2800 mark again. His new rating is 2801. Second is Vassily Ivanchuk, who had a fantastic chess summer.
Top 20 October 2007 (between brackets the July rating):
1. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2801 (2792) 21 1969 2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2787 (2762) 20 1969 3. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2785 (2769) 21 1975 4. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2769 (2796) 0 1975 5. Leko, Peter g HUN 2755 (2751) 21 1979 6. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2755 (2758) 19 1977 7. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2752 (2757) 11 1985 8. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2742 (2746) 9 1987 9. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2741 (2750) 14 1982 10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2739 (2735) 11 1972 11. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2736 (2733) 21 1968 12. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2732 (2735) 25 1976 13. Adams, Michael g ENG 2729 (2724) 16 1971 14. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2724 (2718) 9 1974 15. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2716 (2689) 17 1985 16. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2715 (2726) 23 1983 17. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2714 (2710) 25 1990 18. Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2713 (2708) 5 1971 19. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2710 (2735) 23 1983 20. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2708 (2707) 9 1976
Top 20 October 2007 ladies (between brackets the July rating):
1. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2708 (2707) 9 1976 2. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2606 (2572) 27 1987 3. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2531 (2533) 20 1963 4. Zhu, Chen g QAT 2531 (2522) 9 1976 5. Zhao, Xue wg CHN 2530 (2500) 3 1985 6. Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2515 (2515) 0 1984 7. Sebag, Marie m FRA 2509 (2491) 12 1986 8. Hou, Yifan wg CHN 2502 (2523) 19 1994 9. Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2500 (2496) 10 1961 10. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2492 (2502) 10 1986 11. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2486 (2502) 19 1985 12. Harika, Dronavalli wg IND 2480 (2478) 28 1991 13. Krush, Irina m USA 2475 (2479) 22 1983 14. Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2474 (2460) 16 1984 15. Socko, Monika m POL 2473 (2479) 27 1978 16. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2469 (2456) 19 1990 17. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2469 (2475) 10 1985 18. Hoang Thanh Trang g HUN 2466 (2466) 0 1980 19. Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2464 (2467) 10 1983 20. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2464 (2464) 0 1979
Here you can download the full list.
Hmmm. A new conspiracy theory: Chucky took Radja compute to open his way to a new summer of amazing renewal! (Toungue firmly in cheek). In any case, 1969 was a very good chess vintage indeed!