Friday, April 01, 2005

New FIDE Ratings List

The new FIDE ratings list is out. Here are the top 20...
1 Kasparov, Garry 2812
2 Anand, Viswanathan 2785
3 Topalov, Veselin 2778 (+21)
4 Leko, Peter 2763 (+14)
5 Kramnik, Vladimir 2753
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily 2739 (+28)
7 Adams, Michael 2737
8 Polgar, Judit 2732
9 Bacrot, Etienne 2731 (+16)
10 Svidler, Peter 2725
11 Grischuk, Alexander 2724 (+14)
12 Morozevich, Alexander 2717 (-24)
13 Shirov, Alexei 2714
14 Gelfand, Boris 2713 (+17)
15 Bareev, Evgeny 2709
16 Dreev, Alexey 2705
17 Akopian, Vladimir 2703
18 Bologan, Viktor 2700 (+17)
18 Kamsky, Gata 2700
20 Ponomariov, Ruslan 2695

Some quasi-random observations...

[1] The 2700 Club has four returns (Polgar, Kamsky, Gelfand, Akopian), one new member (Bologan) and one drop-off (Ponomariov).

[2] Kasparov picked up 8 points and Anand droped 1, increasing the gap between them to 27. But I guess if Kasparov really is retiring, Anand should inherit the #1 spot.

[3] Leko picked up 14 points and Kramnik dropped 1, so Leko comes up to 4th place (his highest spot ever) and Kramnik drops to 5th place.

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