Sunday, October 07, 2007

Anand Breaks 2800 Barrier

The World Chess Federation's new Top 10 rating is out and newly crowned World Champion Viswanathan Anand is not only in the top spot, but he has again broken the 2800 barrier, one of only four people to ever have done so (Veselin Topalov, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik are the others).

1. V. Anand (India), 2801 (+9)
2. V. Ivanchuk (Ukraine), 2787 (+25)
3. V. Kramnik (Russia), 2785 (+16)
4. V. Topalov (Bulgaria), 2769 (=)
5. P. Leko (Hungary), 2755 (+4)
6. A. Morozevich (Russia), 2755 (-3)
7. S. Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), 2752 (-5)
8. T. Radjabov (Azerbaijan), 2742 (-6)
9. L. Aronian (Armenia), 2741 (-9)
10. A. Shirov (Spain), 2739 (+4)

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