Anand at 2803 Alone on Top in April 2008 FIDE Rating List

No one would doubt now on who's the best in chess at this time. With a rating of 2803 in the 1st April FIDE Rating list, current world champion Viswanathan Anand recaptured top slot alone and to remain the only active player above 2800. Though his below average performance at Amber, a "fun" tournaments that doesn't affect ones rating, his victory of Morelia Linares propelled him at the top of the list. His rival at the top spot for three months, Russian Vladimir Kramnik lost eleven points but still held the second place, 15 points behind Anand. But with an upcoming event in Dortmund, Kramnik is expected to get closer or even catch up with Anand before their championship match later this year.

And oh by the way, perhaps one of the most interesting story is the 32 points surge of the 17 year old wunderkid Magnus Carlsen who is now the worlds 5th best. Meanwhile, other top players in the list includes Morozevich who is now third after winning nine points; he passed Topalov who lost thirteen. Aronian climbed from ten to six; Radjabov from twelve to eight. Svidler, who was fifth, went down to the ninth place. Leko went from eight to ten and Karjakin climbed one spot without playing a rated game.

Here are the new top 100, the female top 50, the juniors top 20 and the girls top 20.

FIDE APRIL 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2803	27	1969
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2788	13	1975
3	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2774	11	1977
4	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2767	27	1975
5	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2765	27	1990
6	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2763	27	1982
7	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2752	13	1985
8	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2751	27	1987
9	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2746	11	1976
10	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2741	27	1979
11	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2740	35	1969
12	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2740	14	1972
13	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	0	1990
14	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2729	13	1971
15	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2726	0	1974
16	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2723	13	1968
17	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2719	0	1983
18	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2716	11	1983
19	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2711	11	1983
20	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2711	0	1985
21	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2708	16	1985
22	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2705	13	1983
23	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2703	28	1983
24	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2695	29	1978
25	Dominguez Perez, Lenier	g	CUB	2695	15	1983
26	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2695	13	1986
27	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2695	0	1974
28	Sokolov, Ivan	g	NED	2690	1	1968
29	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	2690	0	1972
30	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2689	33	1987
31	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2689	5	1980
32	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2687	13	1983
33	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2686	17	1987
34	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2684	25	1989
35	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2684	20	1985
36	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2684	16	1986
37	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2684	7	1982
38	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2684	0	1976
39	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2681	0	1979
40	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2679	30	1986
41	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2679	18	1986
42	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2679	5	1981
43	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2677	0	1966
44	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2676	15	1972
45	Nikolic, Predrag	g	BIH	2674	17	1960
46	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2674	9	1976
47	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2674	9	1976
48	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2673	17	1971
49	Navara, David	g	CZE	2672	9	1985
50	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	UKR	2671	24	1981
51	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2666	18	1979
52	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2665	19	1971
53	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	2665	10	1965
54	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	2664	29	1985
55	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2664	0	1975
56	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2660	19	1985
57	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2660	13	1965
58	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	2659	9	1983
59	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2658	25	1983
60	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2658	11	1987
61	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	2657	20	1969
62	Lautier, Joel	g	FRA	2657	0	1973
63	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	2657	0	1973
64	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2656	0	1981
65	Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2655	0	1951
66	Korneev, Oleg	g	RUS	2651	44	1969
67	Predojevic, Borki	g	BIH	2651	27	1987
68	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2650	27	1980
69	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2650	19	1986
70	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	2649	16	1981
71	Sakaev, Konstantin	g	RUS	2649	11	1974
72	Ivanisevic, Ivan	g	SRB	2649	0	1977
73	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	2647	0	1978
74	Afromeev, Vladimir	f	RUS	2646	0	1954
75	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2644	26	1978
76	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2643	20	1983
77	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	2642	18	1978
78	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2641	26	1953
79	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	2640	10	1976
80	Zhang, Pengxiang	g	CHN	2640	0	1980
81	Delchev, Aleksander	g	BUL	2639	9	1971
82	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2638	18	1985
83	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	g	GEO	2635	0	1979
84	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2634	26	1973
85	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2634	22	1990
86	Shabalov, Alexander	g	USA	2633	22	1967
87	Landa, Konstantin	g	RUS	2633	19	1972
88	Volkov, Sergey	g	RUS	2633	18	1974
89	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	2632	9	1978
90	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2632	9	1990
91	Asrian, Karen	g	ARM	2630	29	1980
92	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2630	16	1977
93	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2630	14	1968
94	Solak, Dragan	g	SRB	2630	9	1980
95	Seirawan, Yasser	g	USA	2630	1	1960
96	Tregubov, Pavel V.	g	RUS	2629	16	1971
97	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2629	5	1973
98	Sadvakasov, Darmen	g	KAZ	2629	3	1979
99	Khalifman, Alexander	g	RUS	2628	9	1966
100	Istratescu, Andrei	g	ROU	2628	7	1975

FIDE APRIL 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN

Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2709	13	1976
2	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2603	13	1987
3	Hou, Yifan	wg	CHN	2549	22	1994
4	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2539	38	1963
5	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2538	35	1979
6	Zhao, Xue	wg	CHN	2523	17	1985
7	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2523	0	1984
8	Sebag, Marie	m	FRA	2521	13	1986
9	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2521	10	1976
10	Socko, Monika	m	POL	2505	33	1978
11	Xu, Yuhua	g	CHN	2500	0	1976
12	Kosintseva, Tatiana	m	RUS	2497	11	1986
13	Ruan, Lufei	wg	CHN	2495	0	1987
14	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2489	0	1961
15	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2486	34	1990
16	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2479	34	1983
17	Danielian, Elina	m	ARM	2479	18	1978
18	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2479	18	1989
19	Hoang Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2477	10	1980
20	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2474	39	1985
21	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2470	38	1985
22	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2468	11	1985
23	Korbut, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2467	11	1985
24	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2466	21	1983
25	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2466	18	1984
26	Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman	m	IND	2464	0	1979
27	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2461	48	1991
28	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2460	0	1972
29	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2458	0	1978
30	Peng, Zhaoqin	g	NED	2455	15	1968
31	Hunt, Harriet V	m	ENG	2454	7	1978
32	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	m	SCO	2452	19	1968
33	Zhukova, Natalia	wg	UKR	2450	9	1979
34	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2449	25	1985
35	Dzagnidze, Nana	m	GEO	2443	32	1987
36	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2443	0	1976
37	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2442	18	1976
38	Shen, Yang	wg	CHN	2439	17	1989
39	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2438	14	1986
40	Ovod, Evgenija	m	RUS	2437	30	1982
41	Bojkovic, Natasa	m	SRB	2434	9	1971
42	Dembo, Yelena	m	GRE	2429	18	1983
43	Tania, Sachdev	m	IND	2423	35	1986
44	Li, Ruofan	wg	SIN	2423	25	1978
45	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2421	20	1974
46	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2420	29	1969
47	Shadrina, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2418	11	1974
48	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROU	2415	9	1978
49	Wang, Pin	wg	CHN	2415	0	1974
50	Melia, Salome	wg	GEO	2413	30	1987
51	Khurtsidze, Nino	m	GEO	2413	21	1975
52	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2413	9	1982
53	Vajda, Szidonia	m	HUN	2413	2	1979

FIDE APRIL 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 20 JUNIORS

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2765	27	1990
2	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	0	1990
3	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2684	25	1989
4	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2634	22	1990
5	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2632	9	1990
6	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	2626	35	1989
7	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2620	42	1992
8	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2617	27	1988
9	Kuzubov, Yuriy	g	UKR	2603	18	1990
10	Popov, Ivan	g	RUS	2594	11	1990
11	Lenic, Luka	g	SLO	2584	18	1988
12	Baramidze, David	g	GER	2583	9	1988
13	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	2581	28	1989
14	Zhou, Jianchao	g	CHN	2580	23	1988
15	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2580	18	1990
16	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	g	VIE	2579	25	1990
17	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2568	24	1991
18	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2568	22	1989
19	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	g	IND	2562	27	1989
20	Amin, Bassem	g	EGY	2558	10	1988

FIDE APRIL 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 20 GIRLS

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Hou, Yifan	wg	CHN	2549	22	1994
2	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2486	34	1990
3	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2479	18	1989
4	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2461	48	1991
5	Shen, Yang	wg	CHN	2439	17	1989
6	Tairova, Elena	m	RUS	2412	29	1991
7	Muzychuk, Mariya	wg	UKR	2387	18	1992
8	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	wg	ROU	2375	39	1989
9	Ju, Wenjun		CHN	2374	9	1991
10	Vasilkova, Svetlana	wm	RUS	2373	16	1988
11	Charochkina, Daria	wm	RUS	2361	44	1990
12	Girya, Olga	wf	RUS	2361	20	1991
13	Zhang, Xiaowen	wm	CHN	2361	18	1989
14	Tan, Zhongyi		CHN	2353	0	1991
15	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	wf	RUS	2347	36	1992
16	Paikidze, Nazi	wf	GEO	2347	25	1993
17	Stock, Lara	wm	CRO	2346	0	1992
18	Nebolsina, Vera	wg	RUS	2345	8	1989
19	Nemcova, Katerina	wm	CZE	2344	23	1990
20	Majdan, Joanna	wm	POL	2338	22	1988

For everyone who made it at the top of the world, cheers!