3 Chinese players among the top 30 players in the world!

Just ten to fifteen years ago China could hardly produced Grandmasters that breaches the 2600 ELO rating points. But look at them now; based on the LIVE ratings, three of their best players, Yue, Bu, Ni are rank among the top thirty each boasting a remarkable 2700+ ELO points. The strongest Chinese chess player in history, Wang Yue is occupying the number ten spot ahead of other notable players like Kamsky, Gelfand, Adams, Ponomariov, Karjakin et al.


Latest LIVE rating of the top thirty players as of November 6, 2008

Rank	Name	Rating	Change	Born
01	Topalov	2791,0	0	1975
02	Anand	2790,8	+7,8	1969
03	Ivanchuk	2788,1	+2,1	1969
04	Morozevich	2778,8	-8,2	1977
05	Carlsen	2778,7	-7,3	1990
06	Kramnik	2764,2	-7,8	1975
07	Radjabov	2756,8	+5,8	1987
08	Aronian	2752,3	-4,7	1982
09	Leko	2747,0	0	1979
10	Wang Yue	2745,0	+9	1987
11	Movsesian	2740,8	+8,8	1978
12	Jakovenko	2737,2	+0,2	1983
13	Mamedyarov	2729,7	-1,3	1985
14	Alekseev	2726,2	+11,2	1985
15	Ponomariov	2725,6	+6,6	1983
15	Shirov	2725,6	-0,4	1972
17	Svidler	2723,4	-3,6	1976
18	Grischuk	2723,3	+4,3	1983
19	Adams	2720,5	-13,5	1971
20	Dominguez	2719,0	0	1983
21	Gelfand	2718,5	-0,5	1968
22	Kamsky	2717,5	-11,5	1974
23	Ni	2715,4	+5,4	1983
24	Bu	2713,0	-1	1985
25	Eljanov	2711,5	-8,5	1983
26	Polgar	2711,0	0	1976
27	Bacrot	2710,9	+5,9	1983
28	Vachier-Lagrave	2708,8	-7,2	1990
29	Karjakin	2708,3	-21,7	1990
30	Sasikiran	2707,9	+13,9	1981