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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Jan 1, 2012 chess Fide rating list: Carlsen at No. 1 spot, Aronian 30 points behind!

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Hello everyone,
 
Here is the first chess rating list of the year. The very talented Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is right there on top with a 30-point lead over Levon Aronian at second place. Also, Fide would now be starting the World Chess Blitz ratings also with the first-ever rated blitz event to be held on Monday at the Hastings Chess Congress. You can check the Fide chess ratings-dedicated website at this link.

Top 30 Players as on January 1, 2012

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2835 17 1990
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2805 25 1982
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2801 17 1975
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2799 17 1969
5 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2773 9 1987
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2770 9 1975
7 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2769 16 1990
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2766 16 1969
9 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2763 6 1977
10 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2761 9 1986
11 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2761 8 1983
12 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2759 17 1987
13 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2749 17 1976
14 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2747 9 1985
15 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2740 0 1987
16 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2739 9 1968
17 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2736 19 1992
18 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2735 16 1990
19 Wang, Hao g CHN 2733 6 1989
20 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2732 0 1974
21 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2730 6 1983
22 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2729 0 1983
23 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2727 13 1983
24 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2726 1 1987
25 Adams, Michael g ENG 2724 17 1971
26 Leko, Peter g HUN 2720 9 1979
27 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2717 8 1976
28 Giri, Anish g NED 2714 15 1994
29 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2714 0 1991
30 Navara, David g CZE 2712 8 1985

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