Live Chess Ratings: Carlsen keeps No. 1 slot but Topalov slides to No.4

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Hello Everyone,

Do you keep track of rating the live chess ratings at http://chess.liverating.org? It is interesting to note how the 39th Chess Olympiad that concluded recently in Khanty Mansiysk has shuffled the order of rankings.

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen keeps his top slot despite losing a huge 15.3 points! However, Veseelin Topalov who lost 17.5 has slid to the fourth slot even as Lev Aronian climbed to the third spot with a plus 10.8. Vassily Ivanchuk who had a memorable performance is now up to sixth spot with an addition of 17.9 points.

Here is the list of rating point fluctuations after the Olympiad in Khanty Mansiysk. There is also a very interesting statistical report on the various results at the Olympiad at chessbase here.

01 Carlsen 2810.7 -15.3

02 Anand 2800.0 0

03 Aronian 2793.8 +10.8

04 Topalov 2785.5 -17.5

05 Kramnik 2779.6 -0.4

06 Ivanchuk 2771.9 +17.9

07 Grischuk 2762.3 +2.3

08 Karjakin 2760.9 +13.9

09 Mamedyarov 2760.0 +4

10 Wang Yue 2753.3 +21.3

11 Shirov 2750.8 +1.8

12 Radjabov 2749.3 +1.3

13 Gelfand 2745.3 -5.7

14 Ponomariov 2744.3 -4.7

15 Nakamura 2740.5 +7.5

16 Eljanov 2739.7 -21.3

17 Gashimov 2733.4 +14.4

18 Nepomniachtchi 2731.3 +25.3

19 Movsesian 2729.0 +6

20 Jakovenko 2728.6 +2.6

21 Wang Hao 2728.1 +4.1

22 Wojtaszek 2725.5 +14.5

23 Adams 2723.9 -4.1

24 Svidler 2723.7 -7.3

25 Kamsky 2721.3 +16.3

26 Almasi 2721.2 +14.2

27 Leko 2716.5 -7.5

28 Dominguez 2715.7 -0.3

29 Bacrot 2714.7 -1.3

30 Jobava 2714.6 +4.6

31 Malakhov 2714.3 -10.7

32 Fressinet 2712.7 -5.3

33 Vachier-Lagrave 2711.3 -9.7

34 Caruana 2710.1 +10.1

35 Vitiugov 2709.1 +0.1

36 Efimenko 2706.2 +23.2

37 Alekseev 2703.8 +12.8

38 Navara 2703.7 -18.3

39 Vallejo 2701.6 +4.6

40 Morozevich 2700.0 0

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