US Top 10 (July 2008) 1 Kamsky, Gata 27232 Nakamura, Hikaru 26973 Onischuk, Alexander 26704 Seirawan, Yasser 26345 Shulman, Yuri 26236 Shabalov, Alexander 26117 Akobian, Varuzhan 26108 Kaidanov, Gregory S 26059 Ehlvest, Jaan 260310 Becerra Rivero, Julio 2598 Source:...
The future of the chess world
Here are the top juniors in the world: 1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775 16 1990 2 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2727 27 1990 3 Wang, Hao g CHN 2691 28 1989 4 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2681 35...
Russia has 2 new #1
Morozevich became the #2 ranked player in the world and #1 in Russia in the July 2008 list with a rating of 2788, which is the same as Kramnik. However, he is listed higher because of the FIDE tie-break...
29 over 2700 in the July 2008 list
Here are the players who are rated over 2700. There are 29 of them!! Rank Name Country Rating 1 Anand, Viswanathan IND 27982 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 27883 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 27884 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 27815 Topalov, Veselin BUL 27776...
Biggest gains
Biggest rating gainers for the upcoming July 2008 FIDE list: Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA +49Khenkin, Igor GER +46Najer, Evgeniy RUS +43Naiditsch, Arkadij GER +41Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR +41Gashimov, Vugar AZE +38Grachev, Boris RUS +30Eljanov, Pavel UKR +29Tregubov, Pavel V. RUS +29Movsesian,...
The guessing game
Final FIDE July List top ratings estimateMeasure Up, with Hans Arild Runde (June 20th)by Chessdom And the saga continues… I must admit that trying to predict what FIDE will do, sometimes feel like trying to hit a moving target!...
An important historical review
1970 1 Fischer Robert James………….. USA 2720 WC2-3 Spassky, Boris……………….. URS 2670 WCKortchnoi, Viktor…………….. URS 26704-5 Geller, Efim…………………. URS 2660Keres, Paul………………….. URS 26606-7 Larsen, Bent…………………. DEN 2650Petrosian, Tigran…………….. URS 2650 WC January 1975 1 Fischer Robert ………….. USA 2780...