Men & Women Chess World No. 1 - Carlsen, Judit Polgar with similar FIDE rating?

Hello Everyone,

The July 1, 2010 FIDE rating list has been released. And, as expected, Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and Grandmaster Judith Polgar top the men's and women's lists respectively.

But a one in a million coincidence: Their rating is 'similar' (because only the digits are shuffled)!!!

Carlsen has notched up the second highest FIDE rating in history at 2826. Just re-arrange those digits and you get Polgar's highest rating of 2682! Thirteenth World Champion Gary Champion has held the highest rating in chess history of 2851 eleven years ago.

The top 15 players in the open category are:

1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2826

2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2803

3. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2800

4. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790

5. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2783

6. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2761

7. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2760

8. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2755

9. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2749

10. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2748

11. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2747

12. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2739

13. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2739

14. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2734

15. Svidler Peter g RUS 2734

The top 15 players in the women's category are:

1. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2682

2. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2600

3. Hou, Yifan g CHN 2577

4. Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2562

5. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2560

6. Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2551

7. Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2535

8. Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2527

9. Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2527

10. Sebag, Marie g FRA 2519

11. Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2519

12. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2517

13. Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2514

14. Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2504

15. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2501

You can check other statistics and ratings at the official FIDE website.

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