Fide Chess Ratings: Carlsen, Judit go into 2011 as World No. 1

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Hi Everyone,

Fide Chess Ratings for January 1, 2011 are released.

Magnus Carlsen and Judit Polgar go into 2011 Rated No. 1 on the official Fide List. Find more statistics and all the details at the official Fide website here. Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk is at the 15th slot among the women.

Top 20 Players January 2011

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2814 17 1990 2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2810 17 1969 3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2805 9 1982 4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2784 16 1975 5 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2776 20 1990 6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2775 10 1975 7 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2773 20 1983 8 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2772 9 1985 9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2764 0 1969 10 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2751 16 1987 11 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2744 0 1983 12 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 0 1987 13 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2736 10 1986 14 Wang, Yue g CHN 2734 21 1987 15 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2733 11 1990 16 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 9 1968 17 Wang, Hao g CHN 2731 33 1989 18 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2730 11 1976 19 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2730 6 1974 20 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2726 0 1987 Top 20 Women January 2011 Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2686 0 1976 2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2607 18 1987 3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2602 23 1994 4 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2570 15 1986 5 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2552 11 1985 6 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2550 4 1987 7 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2546 4 1979 8 Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2529 6 1990 9 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2526 14 1983 10 Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2520 16 1991 11 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2518 8 1989 12 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2516 4 1963 13 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2514 17 1991 14 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2502 4 1961 15 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2498 17 1984 16 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2497 11 1972 17 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2496 30 1985 18 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2495 10 1976 19 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2493 6 1978 20 Socko, Monika g POL 2489 9 1978

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