ELO ratings
› Carlsen way ahead (11/01/2012 21:10)
Carlsen way ahead
World No.1 Magnus Carlsen is 30 points ahead of his closest rival Levon Aronian in the January 2012 ratings. After poor recent form, Viswanathan Anand has dropped below the 2800 mark and down to fourth.
The next big test for the world elite will be in Wijk aan Zee at the Tata Steel tournament starting on Saturday.
Here is the new ELO list which was published on the 1st of January.
Note the rise of a youthful generation: Teimour Radjabov, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wang Hao.
Rank
Name
Country
Rating
1
Carlsen, Magnus
NOR
2835
2
Aronian, Levon
ARM
2805
3
Kramnik, Vladimir
RUS
2801
4
Anand, Viswanathan
IND
2799
5
Radjabov, Teimour
AZE
2773
6
Topalov, Veselin
BUL
2770
7
Karjakin, Sergey
RUS
2769
8
Ivanchuk, Vassily
UKR
2766
9
Morozevich, Alexander
RUS
2763
10
Gashimov, Vugar
AZE
2761
11
Grischuk, Alexander
RUS
2761
12
Nakamura, Hikaru
USA
2759
13
Svidler, Peter
RUS
2749
14
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
AZE
2747
15
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
RUS
2740
16
Gelfand, Boris
ISR
2739
17
Caruana, Fabiano
ITA
2736
18
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
RUS
2735
19
Wang, Hao
CHN
2733
20
Kamsky, Gata
USA
2732
21
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
CUB
2730
22
Jakovenko, Dmitry
RUS
2729
23
Ponomariov, Ruslan
UKR
2727
24
Vitiugov, Nikita
RUS
2726
25
Adams, Michael
ENG
2724
26
Leko, Peter
HUN
2720
27
Almasi, Zoltan
HUN
2717
28
Giri, Anish
NED
2714
29
Le, Quang Liem
VIE
2714
30
Navara, David
CZE
2712
31
Shirov, Alexei
LAT
2710
32
Polgar, Judit
HUN
2710
33
Riazantsev, Alexander
RUS
2710
34
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
POL
2706
35
Moiseenko, Alexander
UKR
2706
36
Vallejo Pons, Francisco
ESP
2705
37
Malakhov, Vladimir
RUS
2705
38
Jobava, Baadur
GEO
2704
39
Bacrot, Etienne
FRA
2704
40
Laznicka, Viktor
CZE
2704
41
Sutovsky, Emil
ISR
2703
42
Naiditsch, Arkadij
GER
2702
43
Movsesian, Sergei
ARM
2700
44
Sasikiran, Krishnan
IND
2700
More details on the World Chess federation site:
http://www.fide.com/
Published: 11/01/2012 21:10 , modified: 13/01/2012 10:13
ELO ratings
