Closing in on 2800 and #1 – The power of the "Red Dragon"
Posted on October 2, 2009 - Filed Under Chess News | Leave a Comment
After only 5 games in Nanjing, Magnus is now #2 in the world on the LIVE rating list. He is within 12 points from catching the current world #1 Veselin Topalov. He is also within 9 points from breaking 2800.
LIVE ratings as of 10-2-09
| 01 | Topalov | 2803,8 | -9,2 | |||||
| 02 | Carlsen | 2791,4 | +19,4 | |||||
| 03 | Anand | 2788,0 | 0 | |||||
| 04 | Aronian | 2784,2 | +11,2 | |||||
| 05 | Kramnik | 2772,0 | 0 | |||||
| 06 | Leko | 2757,0 | -5 | |||||
| 07 | Ivanchuk | 2756,0 | 0 | |||||
| 08 | Gelfand | 2752,9 | -3,1 | |||||
| 09 | Radjabov | 2752,6 | -4,4 | |||||
| 10 | Morozevich | 2750,0 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | Gashimov | 2748,0 | +8 | |||||
| 12 | Wang Yue | 2740,4 | +4,4 | |||||
| 13 | Jakovenko | 2738,8 | -3,2 | |||||
| 14 | Ponomariov | 2738,5 | -2,5 | |||||
| 15 | Svidler | 2738,0 | -3 | |||||
| 16 | Grischuk | 2733,8 | +0,8 | |||||
| 17 | Shirov | 2726,0 | -4 | |||||
| 18 | Alekseev | 2725,0 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | Karjakin | 2724,0 | +2 | |||||
| 20 | Eljanov | 2719,3 | +2,3 | |||||
| 21 | Dominguez | 2719,0 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | Vachier-Lagrave | 2718,0 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | Movsesian | 2717,3 | +6,3 | |||||
| 24 | Mamedyarov | 2715,5 | -5,5 | |||||
| 25 | Nakamura | 2712,8 | -22,2 | |||||
| 26 | Wang Hao | 2709,7 | +19,7 | |||||
| 27 | Malakhov | 2708,3 | -6,7 | |||||
| 28 | Navara | 2707,4 | +15,4 | |||||
| 29 | Short | 2706,7 | +0,7 | |||||
| 30 | Tomashevsky | 2705,8 | +17,8 | |||||
| 31 | Kasimdzhanov | 2705,2 | +3,2 | |||||
| 32 | Bacrot | 2704,3 | -4,7 | |||||
| 33 | Almasi | 2702,3 | +17,3 |
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