Fide Chess Rating List Nov 2012: Carlsen Leads, Aronian 33 Points Behind

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Magnus Carlsen, World No. 1 from Norway, is just three points away from former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov's all-time high rating point of 2851 recorded in July 1. This is according to the November 1 Fide rating list. Coming up is the London Chess Classic for Carlsen which could see him break the record. Meanwhile, except Hikaru Nakamura and Vassily Ivanchuk, all the other top-10 players have remained in the top-10 list. These two Grandmasters are now replaced by Alexander Grischuk and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. For those interested in statistics, here is Magnus Carlsen's rating progress chart:

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2848 10 1990
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2815 10 1982
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2795 0 1975
4 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2793 6 1987
5 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2786 15 1992
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2775 10 1969
7 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2775 10 1990
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2769 17 1975
9 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2764 17 1983
10 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2764 16 1985
11 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2763 18 1969
12 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2762 7 1974
13 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2755 18 1987
14 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2751 16 1968
15 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2748 6 1977
16 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2747 6 1976
17 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2741 15 1983
18 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2741 15 1983
19 Wang, Hao g CHN 2737 14 1989
20 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2737 0 1986

Also, Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk is up and up in the list with a nice elo 60-point gain.

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2705 0 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2610 7 1987
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2606 6 1994
4 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2586 6 1990
5 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2565 4 1985
6 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2555 0 1987
7 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2553 15 1989
8 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2539 0 1985
9 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2524 6 1983
10 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2521 0 1986
11 Gunina, Valentina m RUS 2517 10 1989
12 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2516 6 1963
13 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2515 0 1986
14 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2512 7 1991
15 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2504 0 1988
16 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2501 6 1984
17 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2501 4 1991
18 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2501 0 1987
19 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2491 5 1979
20 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2491 0 1976

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