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Anand passes 2800 mark

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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.
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