Biggest rating gainers for the upcoming July 2008 FIDE list:
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA +49
Khenkin, Igor GER +46
Najer, Evgeniy RUS +43
Naiditsch, Arkadij GER +41
Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR +41
Gashimov, Vugar AZE +38
Grachev, Boris RUS +30
Eljanov, Pavel UKR +29
Tregubov, Pavel V. RUS +29
Movsesian, Sergei SVK +28
(This list does not include Carlsen due to Foros)
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Carlsen got robbed.
They robbed Magnus to pay Vishy.
I.e., FIDE made some sort of nonsensical speech to justify including Anand’s late surge late last year, while excluding Carlsen’s. I don’t buy a lick of it.
Carlsen got robbed
There are enough opportunities for criticizing FIDE for breaking it’s own rules, but this is not one of them:
Not rating Foros for the July list is according to the regulations for the rating list.
In addition, Carlsen will gain rating from this. Having a lower official rating in July-September will cause him to gain more from wins and lose less from draws and possible losses.