Here are the top 10 players in the world at the end of 2007.
1 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2801
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2787
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2785
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2769
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2755
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2755
7 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2752
8 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2742
9 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2741
10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2739
Who do you think will be in the top 10 by the end of 2008?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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hello vishy!
oh, i thought this is the updated top 10 list… need to improve my reading skill.
This cant be right? Looks more like october list than Jan08.
True its in fact Oct list. Not jan list.
But next year I expect Mamedyrov and Aronian to go out and make a way for carlsen, Kamsky or Karjakain. Even Radjabov is doubtful after a year.
This is the October 2007 list. It is likely that the rankings will be different even by the Janary 2008 listing. Given his win in the World Cup, Kamsky will probably enter the top 10- as he is set to gain 22 points from it. Given this boost, and his upward trajectory, I don’t see him falling from the top 10 for some time.
Brad Hoehne
Super GM Anand, of course!
Anand vs. Gata on Pay-per-view!
A bonus feature can be a fight between Gata’s dad and Anand’s dad in a slapping match in a metal cage no-holds-barred fight to the death a la Ultimate Fighting Championship.
At the 31st december 2007, that’s the ranking we have, no?
someone is kind enough to calculate the projected ratings for the top 25. take a look:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessuser?uname=frogbert
New to the top ten will be
Kamsky, Carlsen, Karjakain and Sloan
SHORTEST GAME OF THE YEAR 2007 ??
between
Pert, N &
Gagunashvili, M
http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/gameview/live/h07r09/default.htm