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Listed below are the latest Fèdèration Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) world ratings, which are a measure of expected performance versus known opposition. Once again, Garry Kasparov has eclipsed the
elusive 2800 mark – he is the only player to have ever reached this plateau.
| Rank |
Name |
Fed |
January |
Change |
Rating |
| 1 | Kasparov, Garry | RUS | 2795 | 11.00 | 2806.00 |
2 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2765 | 7.00 | 2772.00 |
3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2740 | 9.50 | 2749.50 |
4 | Karpov, Anatoly | RUS | 2760 | -13.00 | 2747.00 |
5 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2740 | -5.00 | 2735.00 |
6 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2725 | 2.00 | 2727.00 |
7 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2720 | 0.00 | 2720.00 |
8 | Gelfand, Boris | BLR | 2700 | 2.50 | 2702.50 |
9 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2690 | 1.70 | 2691.70 |
10 | Salov, Valery | RUS | 2665 | 14.80 | 2679.80 |
11 | Short, Nigel D. | ENG | 2690 | -12.10 | 2677.90 |
12 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | SLO | 2665 | 3.30 | 2668.30 |
13 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2665 | 0.00 | 2665.00 |
14 | Bareev, Evgeny | RUS | 2665 | 0.00 | 2665.00 |
15 | Jussupow, Artur | GER | 2665 | 0.00 | 2665.00 |
16 | Yermolinsky, Alex | USA | 2630 | 25.90 | 2655.90 |
17 | Andersson, Ulf | SWE | 2655 | 0.50 | 2655.50 |
18 | Piket, Jeroen | NED | 2640 | 13.70 | 2653.70 |
19 | Akopian, Vladimir | ARM | 2660 | -8.90 | 2651.10 |
20 | Azmaiparshvili, Zurab | GEO | 2650 | 0.00 | 2650.00 |
21 | Dreev, Alexey | RUS | 2650 | 0.00 | 2650.00 |
22 | Khalifman, Alexander | RUS | 2650 | 0.00 | 2650.00 |
23 | Rozentalis, Eduardas | LTU | 2650 | 0.00 | 2650.00 |
24 | Sadler, Matthew | ENG | 2650 | 0.00 | 2650.00 |
25 | Timman, JanH | NED | 2630 | 19.00 | 2649.00 |
26 | Van Wely, Loek | NED | 2645 | 1.80 | 2646.80 |
27 | Georgiev, Kiril | BUL | 2645 | 0.00 | 2645.00 |
28 | Polgar, Judit(GM) | HUN | 2645 | 0.00 | 2645.00 |
29 | Rublevsky, Sergei | RUS | 2645 | 0.00 | 2645.00 |
30 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2640 | -2.20 | 2637.80 |
31 | Nikolic, Predrag | BIH | 2655 | -18.90 | 2636.10 |
32 | Chernin, Alexander | HUN | 2635 | 0.00 | 2635.00 |
33 | Ehlvest, Jaan | EST | 2635 | -2.80 | 2632.20 |
34 | Movsesian, Sergei | CZE | 2630 | 0.00 | 2630.00 |
35 | Portisch, Lajos | HUN | 2630 | 0.00 | 2630.00 |
36 | Seirawan, Yasser | USA | 2630 | 0.00 | 2630.00 |
37 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | KAZ | 2630 | 0.00 | 2630.00 |
38 | Lautier, Joel | FRA | 2630 | -3.70 | 2626.30 |
39 | Hracek, Zbynek | CZE | 2630 | -4.70 | 2625.30 |
40 | Illescas Cordoba, Miguel | ESP | 2635 | -10.00 | 2625.00 |
41 | Oll, Lembit | EST | 2625 | 0.00 | 2625.00 |
42 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | PER | 2620 | 2.60 | 2622.60 |
43 | Korchnoi, Viktor | SUI | 2635 | -15.00 | 2620.00 |
44 | Sokolov, Ivan | BIH | 2615 | 3.40 | 2618.40 |
45 | Adianto, Utut | INA | 2615 | 0.00 | 2615.00 |
46 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | BLR | 2615 | 0.00 | 2615.00 |
47 | Komarov, Dimitri | UKR | 2615 | 0.00 | 2615.00 |
48 | Krasenkow, Michal | POL | 2615 | 0.00 | 2615.00 |
49 | Lputian, Smbat G | ARM | 2615 | 0.00 | 2615.00 |
50 | Malaniuk, Vladimir P | UKR | 2610 | 0.00 | 2610.00 |
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