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World No. 1 Chess player Magnus Carlsen's Chess rating tomorrow will be the official new record when FIDE announces the January 2013 FIDE Chess rating list. Carlsen will overtake former record holder Kasparov's world record of 2851 by ten ELO rating points. Carlsen will be rated 2861. Kramnik will be second in the rating list with previous 2nd place holder Aronian now pushed to the third spot. A record number of players will enter the 2700+ rating club. Currently, 51 players are rated 2700 or higher as per the live rating list Web site 2700chess.com World Champion Anand remains at the seventh spot.

Anish Giri, the upcoming Chess prodigy, who is already performing at the topmost level, beat Magnus Carlsen in 2011, replay the game here:

Garry Kasparov loses to Viswanathan Anand in the 9th game of the historic Chess match at New York's World Trade Center. Watch the game on Youtube:

At mid-way to the first time control, games on all three boards are still on. GM Abhijeet Gupta is battling a difficult position against Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Sasi has quite a comfortable position against Korobov, and Negi is still in the opening struggle phase of the game against Alekseev.

Update: Sasikiran duly beat Negi and Gupta overcame leader Korobov in the 7th round.  News just in live: Alekseev has drawn Wojtaszek in round 7. Sasikiran has an upper hand against Negi. Gupta is fighting hard against Korobov but both are short on time. India No 3 K Sasikiran beat out-of-form Abhijeet Gupta in the 6th round at the AICF-AAI Chess Cup. The other two matches between super grandmasters Parimarjan Negi vs Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Anton Korobov vs Evgeny Alekseev were drawn. In the 7th round, Sasikiran will attempt to take revenge of the earlier defeat against Negi in the same tournament in an earlier round, while Gupta faces Korobov and Alekseev takes on Wojtaszek.

Chess building! Made of marble pieces.

Bobby Fischer. Photo courtesy nytimes.com Botvinnik, the Chess Legend, said after this game, "we must keep an eye on this kid". Fischer created history with this game, also known as the Game of the Century. He beat Byrne by throwing all his pieces starting with the Queen! Definitely one of the best Chess games ever!

A very unique Chess set. Editor

The 2012 edition of the SportAccord Mind Games in Beijing threw up a big, surprising winner - Laurent Fressinet. He finished ahead of several ultra strong Grandmasters with a plus 4 score and a 2975 performance. Hikaru Nakamura and Alexander Grischuk finished 2nd and 3rd. In the Women's section, the top three strongest women duly finished in the top three places. Other medallists: Women's Rapid Chess Kateryna Lahno Hou Yifan Koneru Humpy Men's Blitz Chess Sergey Karjakin Hikaru Nakamura Mamedyarov Women's Blitz Chess Kosteniuk Muzychuk Elisabeth Paehtz

Garry Kasparov, one of the all time great Chess players, beats Veselin Topalov, one of the best players in the modern era. This game is also known as Kasparov's best ever game and one of the best in the post-Fischer era.

Magnus Carlsen, the current World No. 1 Chess player beats current World No. 2 in a previous encounter:

Judit Polgar has lost 9 points after her average showing at the London Chess Classic. She did gain some points towards the end to at least show a semblance of a fight with the top players, but she is obviously not in  top form yet. Hou Yifan is holding on to her 2600+, but the other top seed in the World Championship, Koneru Humpy of India lost quite heavily. She is now below 2600. So we now have only two 2600+ players. The other significant ratings losers are Gunina and N Kosintseva. Among the gainers, obviously Stefanova is the biggest gainer, climbing back to 2515. The World Champion Ushenina is not in the 2500 club, and so is out of the top 16 for now. We do not rule out the possibility of her joining this elite club if she continues to stay in her current form. Obviously, it will be hard with all the celebrations in her home country, Ukraine.

Name : Anna Ushenina Born : Aug 30, 1985 Place : Kharkiv, Ukraine Chess Title : Grandmaster Tournament Title : Women's World Champion (2012) Women's Chess Olympiad Winner (2006) FIDE Rating : 2452 (Highest 2502) Chess Leagues : Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Russia, and France

Magnus Carlsen finally finished the London Chess Classic with a Live Rating of 2861.4 So, he will indeed break the record of Kasparov's all time highest rating. Some readers of other Chess sites were complaining that it was too early to predict Carlsen breaking the record before the London Chess Classic ended. Their objections were valid since Carlsen stands to lose heavy points against players such as Gawain Jones or Judit Polgar. He didn't and he deserves all the praise as the all-time record holder. Congratulations to Kramnik, who has reached his highest rating, the same level as 2002 (2809). Statistics show that the rating in 2002 is superior due to ratings inflation. Nakamura was a significant mover and he is now back in the top 10, nudging recent upmover Mamedyarov to the 10th spot. With Kamsky sliding down disastrously, Hikaru Nakamura is the clear US No. 1 in Chess. Michael Adams used the opportunity that he was provided in the London Classic and has gained go...

Judit Polgar won against Luke Mc Shane at the London Chess Classic event, but it was not enough to get her back into the 2700 ELO Chess Elite list. However, Ferenc Berkes made up for Judit's exclusion by jumping into the list that now comprises 48 players. Berkes is now rated 2706 on the Live Chess Ratings list.

As of today, Magnus Carlsen (2862) is well clear of Garry Kasparov's all time highest rating. The only danger for him is losing two games against weak players, which is a remote possibility with his current form. Nakamura did draw with him on 10th December, which means that Carlsen will collect a slight minus, but nothing significant. The most interesting move on the list is by Kramnik. He is now clear of Aronian (who's lost quite a bit here) by almost 6 ELO points. World Champion Anand is now at No. 7. Mamedyarov has cemented his ranking in the top 10 at least for now.