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The players seem to be falling into their true rating range. Notice Wang Yue's consolidation despite an end to his winning streak. Also, Ivanchuk's fall has started again. His waves typically have high crests and real deep trough, so please pray for him. 01 Topalov 2809 02 Anand 2791 03 Morozevich 2772 04 Carlsen 2770 05 Ivanchuk 2763 06 Kramnik 2760 07 Aronian 2755 08 Radjabov 2753 09 Wang Yue 2749 10 Leko 2749

The latest Chess Ranking 01 Topalov 2802 02 Anand 2791 03 Morozevich 2772 04 Carlsen 2771 05 Ivanchuk 2770 06 Kramnik 2760 06 Radjabov 2760 08 Aronian 2751 09 Leko 2750 10 Wang Yue 2749

The only change in the top ten is that Ivanchuk gained a measly point and a half at Bali Benidorm. Ivanchuk had a chance to overtake Anand, but he earned just 0.5/2 in the last two rounds after a spectacular show in the first half. Updated Top Players List based on Live Rating Calculations 01 Topalov 2796 02 Anand 2791 03 Ivanchuk 2780 04 Carlsen 2776 05 Morozevich 2772 06 Kramnik 2760 07 Leko 2758 08 Radjabov 2753 09 Wang Yue 2751 10 Aronian 2750

GM Ivanchuk won the 2008 edition of the Bali Benidorm tournament. He finished just half a point ahead of Shirov after being ahead by 2 points at one time. Ivanchuk drew and lost games in the last two rounds. Final Standings after Round 10 1 GM IVANCHUK Vassily UKR 2786 8 2 GM SHIROV Alexei ESP 2726 7,5 3 GM TIVIAKOV Sergei NED 2686 5,5 4 GM LAHNO Kateryna UKR 2488 4,0 5 IM VILA GAZQUEZ Xavier ESP 2422 3,0 6 WGM VEGA GUTIERREZ Sabrina ESP 2278 2,0

Ivanchuk continues to dominate the Bali Benidorm tournament 2008. He has virtually won the tournament with 2 rounds to spare with 7.5/8 and a mind boggling 2918 rating performance. He is gaining more than 10 FIDE points in this tournament alone. If you thought Ivanchuk would be affected by the drug controversy, think again! He is now just 2 points behind World Chess Champion Anand. Shirov is in second place, way behind Ivanchuk. Lahno is putting up a strong show. Top Players based on Live Rating Calculations 01 Topalov 2796 02 Anand 2791 03 Ivanchuk 2789 04 Carlsen 2776 05 Morozevich 2772 06 Kramnik 2760 07 Leko 2758 08 Radjabov 2753 09 Wang Yue 2751 10 Aronian 2750

We are finding it hard to dig up information on the Hotel Bali International Chess tournament, Benidorm 2008. After the first half, Ivanchuk is leading the field with 4.5/5, having conceeded a draw only to the formidable Shirov. The shocking news though, is that Kateryna Lahno has beaten Alexei Shirov and is now placed 3rd. Earlier, she had lost her first two games of the tournament. Shirov is placed 2nd right now. Ivanchuk's rating so far is 2886. Standings after Round 5 Ivanchuk 4.5 Shirov 3.5 Lahno 3 Tiviakov 2.5 GUTIERREZ Sabrina 1 VILA GAZQUEZ Xavier 0.5 In the Open Masters section, Anand's former second Ubilava is leading with 5.5 points out of a maximum six closely followed by favourite Dreev, Felgaer and Delchev. 1 GM UBILAVA Elizbar ESP 2551 Cnt 5,5 2 GM DELCHEV Aleksander BUL 2632 Cat 5,0 3 GM FELGAER ZIEGLER Ruben ARG 2591 Cat 5,0 4 GM DREEV Alexey RUS 2670 5,0 5 GM MOSKALENKO Viktor UKR 2568 4,5 6 IM KOVACEVIC Slobodan SRB 2404 Val 4,5 7 FM DELORME Axel FRA 2

We start a series on the players that are participating in the 2009 edition of the Corus Chess tournament. We are focussing on players that are relatively less known on the International circuit. Please pass on any extra information that you have or if you spot any errors since we've dug up information that is available on the internet and put it together. Anish Giri Corus Chess 2009 - Group C Facts - Was born on 28th June 1994. That makes him 14, running 15. - Anish's father, Sanjay Giri, is of Nepalese origin. His mother is a Russian. Anish himself was born in St. Petersburg, the beautiful city that already boasts of famous names. - Anish's father was working in Russia. They recently moved to The Netherlands. - His hero is the legend Garry Kasparov. - Started playing chess at the age of 7, sparring with his mom and later improved by reading Chess books and playing on the internet. - Anish stresses a lot on his school studies and tries to maintain a fine balance between Ch

Participants grandmaster group C Name Country Rating GM Wesley So PHI 2610 GM David Howell ENG 2593 GM Abhijeet Gupta IND 2580 GM Tiger Hillarp Persson SWE 2543 GM Friso Nijboer NED 2540 GM Eduardo Iturrizaga VEN 2538 IM Manuel Leon Hoyos MEX 2535 GM Oleg Romanishin UKR 2532 GM Frank Holzke GER 2524 FM Anish Giri RUS 2466 WGM Dronavalli Harika IND 2462 IM Roeland Pruijssers NED 2458 IM Manuel Bosboom NED 2416 FM Ali Bitalzadeh NED 2370

Participants grandmaster group B Name Country Rating GM Krishnan Sasikiran IND 2694 GM Zahar Efimenko UKR 2680 GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov UZB 2672 GM Alexander Motylev RUS 2672 GM Francisco Vallejo Pons ESP 2664 GM Andrei Volokitin UKR 2659 GM Nigel Short ENG 2642 GM Fabiano Caruana ITA 2640 GM David Navara CZE 2633 GM Erwin l'Ami NED 2610 GM Jan Werle NED 2582 WGM Hou Yifan CHN 2578 GM Henrique Mecking BRA 2567 GM Dimitri Reinderman NED 2543

The final list of participants for Corus Chess 2009 has been announced. The tournament will be played from January 16 - February 1 at Wijk Aan Zee. Participants Grandmaster Group A Name Country Rating GM Alexander Morozevich RUS 2787 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2786 GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2786 GM Levon Aronian ARM 2757 GM Teymour Radjabov AZE 2751 GM Wang Yue CHN 2736 GM Michael Adams ENG 2734 GM Sergei Movsesian SVK 2732 GM Sergei Karjakin UKR 2730 GM Gata Kamsky USA 2729 GM Leinier Dominguez CUB 2719 GM Loek van Wely NED 2618 GM Daniel Stellwagen NED 2605 GM Jan Smeets NED 2604

Top Players based on Live Rating Calculations 01 Topalov 2796 02 Anand 2791 03 Ivanchuk 2779 04 Carlsen 2776 05 Morozevich 2772 06 Kramnik 2760 07 Leko 2758 08 Radjabov 2753 09 Wang Yue 2751 10 Aronian 2750 11 Movsesian 2748 12 Jakovenko 2743 13 Gelfand 2733 14 Shirov 2731 15 Mamedyarov 2728 16 Alekseev 2726 17 Ponomariov 2726 18 Kamsky 2725 19 Bacrot 2720 20 Grischuk 2719