Thursday, June 30, 2005

FIDE Top Ten (well, eleven)

1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2812
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2788
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2752
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2744
7 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738
8 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2735
9 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2729
10 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2724
10 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2724


Some things to note:
* Kramnik continues his slide, dropping one more slot to #6 as Ivanchuk slipped past him.
* Topalov joins Anand in the #2 slot.

Other noteworthy Top 100 items:
* Karpov is tied for #31 at 2672.
* Korchnoi at age 74 is tied for #99 at 2615.
* The top USA player is Kamsky tied for #18 at 2700.