Dortmund proved costly for Kramnik. He lost 15 points to drop all the way to #6 according to LIVE rating calculation. Ivanchuk moved to #2 and Leko #7.
01 Anand 2798,0 0
02 Ivanchuk 2791,5 +10,5
03 Carlsen 2791,1 +16,1
04 Morozevich 2788,0 0
05 Topalov 2777,0 0
06 Kramnik 2772,9 -15,1
07 Leko 2746,0 +5
08 Radjabov 2744,0 0
09 Mamedyarov 2740,8 -1,2
10 Aronian 2737,0 0
Source: http://chess.liverating.org/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Yes that agrees with my post under Ivanchuk beating Kramnik, where I said..
‘Ivanchuk is now second on the virtual rating list with 2791.5, Kramnik 6th with 2772.9.
1 Anand 2798
2 Ivanchuk 2791.5
3 Carlsen 2791.1
4 Morozevich 2788
5 Topalov 2777
6 Kramnik 2772.9
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So it is according to me too! (it takes just 15 seconds to calculate for yourself- I wrote that post before the live ratings were updated)
Of these players Ivanchuk is my favourite and I hope he can make it to 2800 and world number 1 (not far to go now…)
Ivanchuk is great!
Maybe he can win Bilbao and make it to the top there!
“So it is according to me too! (it takes just 15 seconds to calculate for yourself- I wrote that post before the live ratings were updated)”
Wow, really! You deserve a medal :p
he is in the back cleaning my toilet.
It must be a long time since Ivanchuk was last ranked atleast 3 times better than Kramnik (ie number 2 against number 6 or number 5 against number 15 or worse)
The title of this article is a bit misleading, as Live Ratings aren’t official. Confusing the two is just going to lead to angry situations, if for example, Ivanchuk or Carlsen makes it to “Live #1”, but never succeeds in getting the official #1 spot.
And very rightly so. We don’t want to look at yo-yo daily list. It’s the same in every sport.
You have to admit it’s a silly thing to have Carlsen on spot no 1 and one week later he dropped to 3.
That’s of no interest.
This rating list, Ivanchuk #2 versus #6 Kramnik, is a great credit to Chucky.
It also shows that the rating list is sometimes given more weight than it deserves.
Could Chucky really defeat Kramnik in a head to head match?
Well their last game of Dortmund suggests that it would not be that unlikely..
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