Christmas Live Chess Ratings

1 Carlsen 2810
2 Topalov 2805
3 Anand 2790
4 Kramnik 2788
5 Aronian 2781
6 Gelfand 2761
7 Gashimov 2759
8 Wang Yue 2751
9 Ivanchuk 2749
10 Mamedyarov 2741

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