July 2007 Rating List (updated)
Rnk | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2792 | 4 | 1969 |
2 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2769 | 10 | 1975 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2769 | 1 | 1975 |
4 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2762 | 22 | 1969 |
5 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2758 | 18 | 1977 |
6 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2757 | 14 | 1985 |
7 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2751 | 9 | 1979 |
8 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2750 | 15 | 1982 |
9 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2746 | 7 | 1987 |
10 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2735 | 29 | 1983 |
| Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2735 | 28 | 1972 |
| Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2735 | 6 | 1976 |
13 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2733 | 21 | 1968 |
14 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2726 | 18 | 1983 |
15 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2724 | 18 | 1971 |
16 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2718 | 28 | 1974 |
17 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2710 | 19 | 1990 |
18 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2708 | 5 | 1971 |
19 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2707 | 10 | 1976 |
20 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2706 | 16 | 1983 |
21 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2701 | 24 | 1983 |
- Anand keeps the #1 slot, expanding his lead to 23 rating points
- Ivanchuk moves to #4, picking up 8 slots and 33 rating points (I've always liked Ivanchuk)
- Returning 2700 club member: Shirov at #10 (up 36 points)
- New 2700 club members: Carlsen (up 17 points) and Eljanov (up 15 points)
- Falling off the 2700 list: Bacrot (down 14 points) and Navara (down an incredible 64 points and 41 slots)
Another interesting fact
ReplyDeleteThe list with the top 100 players only contains Grandmasters with the exception of number 78 on this list: Vladimir Afromeev
I hear Afromeev's rating is at least partly based on fraud, though.
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