New FIDE ratings: Kramnik and Anand share 1st

The new FIDE ratings have just been published at the FIDE website. World champion Viswanathan Anand is topping the list alone, with a rating of 2803. Magnus Carlsen is no longer a talent, he's the 5th best player in the world.

It's nice to see the two players who will play a World Championship match in October in Bonn, having the same rating. This will probably change on the coming list and the first meeting between the two will take place in a few weeks from now in Wijk aan Zee. For the moment Kramnik is the world's no. 1, based on a higher number of rated games.

Topalov has won 11 points (and Cheparinov 43 by the way, he's now a 2700 guy too). Ivanchuk's free fall feels a bit unjust, considering his recent successes in blitz chess, but we've seen it before and he'll probably rise again on the next list. Morozevich won 10 points to go to 4th place, and in Moscow he's adding some more points so who knows where he will end. Svidler won no less than 31 points and is now the world's 5th player. For Carlsen and Karjakin it might be the last list not being in the top 10 (now 13th and 14th respectively).

On the ladies list, Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru are 1 and 2 of course but the not very active Xie Jun is third again, because Cramling lost 7 points. The young Hou Yifan won 25 points and elevated to 5th position. On the juniors list, Carlsen and Karjakin are a class of their own - note that Nakamura and Radjabov are now too old to be called juniors.

FIDE JANUARY 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2799	9	1975
2	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2799	3	1969
3	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	14	1975
4	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2765	12	1977
5	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2763	19	1976
6	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2760	35	1985
7	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2755	49	1972
8	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2753	9	1979
9	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751	30	1969
10	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2739	16	1982
11	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2737	9	1968
12	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2735	20	1987
13	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2733	37	1990
14	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	36	1990
15	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2726	32	1974
16	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2726	31	1971
17	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2720	33	1983
18	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2719	40	1983
19	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2713	36	1986
20	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2711	35	1985
21	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2711	21	1983
22	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2707	10	1976
23	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2700	30	1971
24	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2700	23	1983
25	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2698	49	1987
26	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2695	26	1974
27	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2692	8	1983
28	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2691	51	1985
29	Dominguez Perez, Lenier	g	CUB	2691	15	1983
30	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	2690	17	1972
31	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2689	40	1980
32	Sokolov, Ivan	g	NED	2686	23	1968
33	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2684	33	1976
34	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2681	21	1979
35	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2681	16	1972
36	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2681	12	1985
37	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2680	62	1983
38	Navara, David	g	CZE	2680	20	1985
39	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2677	30	1981
40	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2677	27	1976
41	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2677	25	1966
42	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2677	21	1978
43	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2676	18	1983
44	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2675	23	1982
45	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2674	12	1986
46	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2670	22	1987
47	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2667	29	1976
48	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2665	62	1989
49	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2665	21	1986
50	Nikolic, Predrag	g	BIH	2665	21	1960
51	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	2664	23	1985
52	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2664	12	1975
53	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2664	8	1986
54	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2663	7	1971
55	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	2662	28	1965
56	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	2659	26	1983
57	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	2657	18	1973
58	Lautier, Joel	g	FRA	2657	0	1973
59	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2656	19	1981
60	Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2655	10	1951
61	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	UKR	2652	27	1981
62	Ivanisevic, Ivan	g	SRB	2649	32	1977
63	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2649	30	1973
64	Amonatov, Farrukh	g	TJK	2649	13	1978
65	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	2647	24	1978
66	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	2647	22	1978
67	Sakaev, Konstantin	g	RUS	2646	32	1974
68	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2646	31	1987
69	Afromeev, Vladimir	f	RUS	2646	0	1954
70	Korneev, Oleg	g	RUS	2645	80	1969
71	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2645	23	1986
72	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2645	15	1965
73	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2644	24	1979
74	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2643	20	1983
75	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2643	19	1980
76	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2642	17	1977
77	Predojevic, Borki	g	BIH	2641	27	1987
78	Landa, Konstantin	g	RUS	2641	17	1972
79	Zhang, Pengxiang	g	CHN	2640	42	1980
80	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2638	30	1985
81	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2638	27	1953
82	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2638	25	1985
83	Khalifman, Alexander	g	RUS	2638	12	1966
84	Izoria, Zviad	g	GEO	2637	10	1984
85	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2637	8	1990
86	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2636	27	1963
87	Tregubov, Pavel V.	g	RUS	2636	18	1971
88	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2635	21	1978
89	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	g	GEO	2635	9	1979
90	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2634	15	1977
91	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	2633	28	1969
92	Mikhalevski, Victor	g	ISR	2632	27	1972
93	Delchev, Aleksander	g	BUL	2630	24	1971
94	Pantsulaia, Levan	g	GEO	2629	16	1986
95	Kotronias, Vasilios	g	GRE	2628	31	1964
96	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	2628	18	1978
97	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2628	8	1985
98	Seirawan, Yasser	g	USA	2628	3	1960
99	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	2627	28	1981
100	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	2627	11	1976
101	Vladimirov, Evgeny	g	KAZ	2627	0	1957

FIDE JANUARY 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2707	10	1976
2	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2612	11	1987
3	Xie, Jun	g	CHN	2574	4	1970
4	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2548	24	1976
5	Hou, Yifan	wg	CHN	2527	67	1994
6	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2524	11	1963
7	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2523	8	1984
8	Zhao, Xue	wg	CHN	2517	52	1985
9	Sebag, Marie	m	FRA	2510	8	1986
10	Xu, Yuhua	g	CHN	2500	14	1976
11	Ruan, Lufei		CHN	2495	35	1987
12	Kosintseva, Tatiana	m	RUS	2495	8	1986
13	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2489	12	1961
14	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2484	22	1985
15	Danielian, Elina	m	ARM	2480	21	1978
16	Socko, Monika	m	POL	2479	15	1978
17	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2476	25	1985
18	Hoang Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2475	20	1980
19	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2475	16	1983
20	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2475	16	1989
21	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2473	18	1983
22	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2472	8	1985
23	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2470	20	1984
24	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2464	13	1979
25	Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman	m	IND	2464	0	1979
26	Peng, Zhaoqin	g	NED	2461	21	1968
27	Muzychuk, Anna	wg	SLO	2460	22	1990
28	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2460	0	1972
29	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2458	0	1978
30	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	m	GEO	2457	21	1968
31	Korbut, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2457	14	1985
32	Hunt, Harriet V	m	ENG	2457	4	1978
33	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2455	32	1991
34	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2455	12	1974
35	Zhukova, Natalia	wg	UKR	2443	25	1979
36	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2443	11	1976
37	Khurtsidze, Nino	m	GEO	2441	22	1975
38	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2437	32	1981
39	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2433	5	1969
40	Huang, Qian	wm	CHN	2430	58	1986
41	Shen, Yang	wg	CHN	2429	41	1989
42	Dzagnidze, Nana	m	GEO	2429	25	1987
43	Dembo, Yelena	m	GRE	2427	17	1983
44	Li, Ruofan	wg	SIN	2425	23	1978
45	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2422	22	1976
46	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2420	28	1985
47	Vajda, Szidonia	m	HUN	2418	18	1979
48	Tania, Sachdev	wg	IND	2417	11	1986
49	Wang, Pin	wg	CHN	2415	10	1974
50	Foisor, Cristina Adela	m	ROU	2412	22	1967
51	Shadrina, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2412	17	1974
52	Maric, Alisa	m	SRB	2412	7	1970

FIDE JANUARY 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 20 JUNIORS

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2733	37	1990
2	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	36	1990
3	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2665	62	1989
4	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2637	8	1990
5	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	2614	23	1989
6	Kuzubov, Yuriy	g	UKR	2606	27	1990
7	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2600	11	1990
8	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2598	26	1992
9	Popov, Ivan	g	RUS	2595	39	1990
10	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2595	30	1988
11	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2583	23	1988
12	Baramidze, David	g	GER	2582	27	1988
13	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2573	22	1990
14	Lenic, Luka	m	SLO	2568	32	1988
15	Li, Chao b		CHN	2566	33	1989
16	Vovk, Yuri	m	UKR	2561	45	1988
17	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2558	18	1989
18	Brkic, Ante	g	CRO	2558	15	1988
19	Gareev, Timur	g	UZB	2557	0	1988
20	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	g	VIE	2551	12	1990

FIDE JANUARY 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 20 GIRLS

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Hou, Yifan	wg	CHN	2527	67	1994
2	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2475	16	1989
3	Muzychuk, Anna	wg	SLO	2460	22	1990
4	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2455	32	1991
5	Shen, Yang	wg	CHN	2429	41	1989
6	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	wg	ROU	2386	21	1989
7	Tairova, Elena	m	RUS	2386	13	1991
8	Charochkina, Daria	wm	RUS	2383	18	1990
9	Ju, Wenjun		CHN	2360	29	1991
10	Vasilkova, Svetlana	wm	RUS	2359	23	1988
11	Muzychuk, Mariya	wm	UKR	2357	9	1992
12	Nebolsina, Vera	wm	RUS	2348	26	1989
13	Stock, Lara	wm	CRO	2346	10	1992
14	Nemcova, Katerina	wm	CZE	2342	39	1990
15	Girya, Olga	wf	RUS	2342	22	1991
16	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	wf	RUS	2317	9	1992
17	Soumya, Swaminathan	wm	IND	2315	35	1989
18	Mamedjarova, Turkan	wg	AZE	2313	18	1989
19	Paikidze, Nazi	wf	GEO	2311	20	1993
20	Zhang, Xiaowen		CHN	2309	29	1989