For the first time in around two decades, the top spot on the world rating chart is not occupied by Kasparov. It is Topalov at 2804, 1 point higher than Anand at 2803. Anand also became the fourth person to break 2800. Congratulations to both! Below is the top 20 in the world:
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2804
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2756
4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2743
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2738
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738
7 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2730
8 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2729
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2727
10 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2723
11 Adams, Michael g ENG 2720
12 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2719
13 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2717
14 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2711
15 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2708
16 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2706
17 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2701
18 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699
19 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2699
20 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2695 
Too funny that an obvious addition error needs to be corrected by such an intelligent person as yourself. Unless someone else posted this for you. 🙂 But it is great that Topalov is proving to be a great successor and yet he too has such a great “rival” as Anand to push at his heals!
Go Topalov, go Kramnik!
” Anonymous said…
Too funny that an obvious addition error needs to be corrected by such an intelligent person as yourself. Unless someone else posted this for you. 🙂 But it is great that Topalov is proving to be a great successor and yet he too has such a great “rival” as Anand to push at his heals! “
what are you talking about?
– Vinay
what are you talking about?
– Vinay
Monday, April 03, 2006 1:26:00 PM
When I originally made the comment Topalov’s rating was posted as 2805 but obviously this was a typo and now… all is well.
hey anonymous your going to be critical about 1 rating point? You need help!
TFK
hey anonymous your going to be critical about 1 rating point? You need help!
TFK
Well, try to give a guy the benefit of a doubt here. I was just amused the other day when it showed Topalov’s rating as 2805 and Anand at 2803 and called it a one point difference. Turns out it was a typo on Topalov’s rating. As for one point not making much of a diffrence, in this case without in Topalov would be SHARED first.
Susan,
Anything you can tell us about Judit and her future plans? It is obviously very difficult in the chess world to compete at the level that she is used to and it is not a level that can be maintained casually and she now has a very beautiful young child to care for. Just curious if you could give us a hint.
I am just curious why is Kasparov not on the April list? He was on the list of top players for January.
He has been retired and for over a year now and is therefore an inactive player having played no rated games during this period.