Anand passes 2800 mark
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 1976Top 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 1979Here you can download the full list.
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