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Veselin Topalov is hot on Norway's Magnus Carlsen's heels for the top spot in the World Chess Rankings. On the live list, Topalov is just 2 points behind Carlsen. Top Ten List 1 Carlsen 2813 2 Topalov 2811 3 Kramnik 2790 4 Anand 2789 5 Aronian 2781 6 Mamedyarov 2760 7 Grischuk 2758 8 Wang Yue 2751 9 Ivanchuk 2750 10 Svidler 2745

Vladimir Kramnik is proving that he is a winner all the way. Well, if you forget the World Championship match where he was bulldozed by the devastating weapons Anand brought to the match, he has grown from strength to strength. When anyone else would feel the effects of the demoralizing match, Kramnik has taken it positively and even changed his style from conservative to heavy risk taking. With just two rounds to go at the Tal Memorial, he is almost the surprise leader. Now, there is more action on the Live Chess Rating list. Kramnik is approaching Topalov, Carlsen and Anand who are almost bunched up. It is almost as fair as it can be. Aronian is sure to throw in his hat sooner or later but even without it, the ratings list is almost sure to change even before the end of the event, and definitely by the time the London event is finished.

For a long time, the live Chess rating list has been pretty wild. For the first time in many months, the list appears sane. Ivanchuk and Morozevich are in the trough of their "peak and trough" cycle, Grichuk is probably where he belongs. Kramnik probably deserves something better though. 01 Topalov 2812 02 Anand 2789 03 Carlsen 2765 04 Kramnik 2759 05 Radjabov 2756 06 Jakovenko 2756 07 Aronian 2754 08 Leko 2751 09 Morozevich 2751 10 Grischuk 2748

Live Chess Rankings after Linares. Note that the following players are out of the top 20 - Karjakin, Mamedyarov, Kamsky, and Dominguez among others. 1 Topalov 2812 2 Anand 2783 3 Carlsen 2764,6 4 Kramnik 2759 5 Radjabov 2756 6 Aronian 2754 7 Jakovenko 2753 8 Leko 2751 9 Morozevich 2751 10 Grischuk 2748 11 Ivanchuk 2746 12 Shirov 2741 13 Gelfand 2739 14 Wang Yue 2738 15 Movsesian 2734 16 Svidler 2731 17 Gashimov 2730 18 Bacrot 2729 19 Ponomariov 2726 20 Ni 2724

Live Chess Rankings to start the month of March 1 Topalov 2812 2 Anand 2786 3 Carlsen 2766 4 Aronian 2765 5 Kramnik 2759 6 Jakovenko 2753 7 Radjabov 2753 8 Leko 2751 9 Morozevich 2751 10 Grischuk 2750 Topalov sealed his position at the top. Note that the match against Kamsky did not get him too many points even though the final score was pretty one sided. Aronian is slowly creeping up to the top and regaining his earlier form of a couple years back. Jakovenko is No. 6! The most significant change in the past few days is definitely Grischuk's climb back into the top 10.

Live Chess Ratings End January, 2009 1 Topalov 2809 2 Anand 2791 3 Carlsen 2770 4 Radjabov 2765 5 Aronian 2760 6 Kramnik 2759 7 Jakovenko 2753 8 Leko 2751 9 Ivanchuk 2746 10 Morozevich 2746

The Live Chess Rankings for the last week of January 1 Topalov 2809 2 Anand 2791 3 Carlsen 2767 4 Radjabov 2765 5 Aronian 2760 6 Kramnik 2759 7 Jakovenko 2753 8 Leko 2751 9 Ivanchuk 2747 10 Morozevich 2746

Live Chess Rankings - January 2009 Week 3 1 Topalov 2809 2 Anand 2791 3 Carlsen 2764 4 Radjabov 2762 5 Kramnik 2759 6 Aronian 2756 7 Jakovenko 2753 8 Ivanchuk 2751 8 Leko 2751 10 Morozevich 2748

How to calculate Live Chess Ratings You can use FIDE's rating calculator to calculate changes to ratings for every game. Rtg = Rating of a player according to the previous list For single game calculations, keep the following values for W W=1 if the player has won W=0.5 if the player has drawn W=0 if the player has lost For the top player list, use Kval = 10 Example: If Kasparov returns to play rated events, plays Carlsen and wins one game, the calculation is as follows. (Assuming Carlsen's rating to be 2786) Rtg = 2812 Rc = 2786 W = 1 Kval =10 Click Calculate . Kasparov will gain 4.6 points for the win against Carlsen, who in turn, will lose that many points.

There is a mad rush for the top chess position of the world. Ever since discussions on live ratings have started, chess fans have started following them more keenly than the FIDE ratings, which are published only once in 3 months. We feel that Wang Yue, with his clean style, will soon be pushing the top 5. Aronian will bounce back by next year. Ivanchuk continues his Yo Yo. Also impressive is Morozevich's rise. Even his old tormentor, Kasparov is all praise for his "fresh chess". Here are the current standings: 01 Anand 2798 02 Ivanchuk 2788 03 Carlsen 2787 04 Morozevich 2787 05 Topalov 2777 06 Kramnik 2772 07 Radjabov 2752 08 Aronian 2752 09 Leko 2747 10 Adams 2736 11 Wang Yue 2736 12 Mamedyarov 2731 13 Karjakin 2730 14 Kamsky 2729 15 Ponomariov 2727

Carlsen plays black against Onischuk today. Its a good chance as any to reach Anand's No. 1 perch. If he misses it today, he'll still have chances later in this tournament, but of course not if he tires like he did in his previous tournament. Live chess rating lists show that he needs just about a point and a half to reach Anand. Curiously, Carlsen loses points even if he draws with a strong grandmaster as Onischuk. Thats the price you pay for rising like a meteor. So let the battle for the world no. 1 position begin, today !

Live Chess rating lists are rapidly coming into focus. Chess fans and players the world over are not patient enough to wait for the ratings lists published at the end of every three months. Also, there have been several uncertainities and controversies over whether a particular tournament will be rated or not. When the ratings are live, this question does not arise. Carlsen was asked a tricky question in a recent interview. " Do you consider yourself the World No. 2 or World No. 6. The reason was that his live chess rating was No. 2 and very close to World no. 1 status occupied by Anand. Magnus obviously feels he is more no. 2 than no. 6.