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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.

Two great events and two predictable winners! Yes, Kramnik already won Dortmund with a round to go. He's still unblemished but Carlsen could not escape a loss. Kramnik breached the 2800 during the tournament on the Live Chess Ratings list. It is very clear that he is now back to his best. Expect a surge from here. Anand, Carlsen - guys, you better look out. Both the tournaments had a sprinkle of the future Chess World order - Maxime Vachier, Caruana, Quang Leim, and Anish Giri. Nakamura? Well, allow him to create his own destiny. Hard to predict! What do you think of the future of Chess?

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

01 Topalov 2810 02 Carlsen 2801 03 Anand 2788 04 Aronian 2786 05 Kramnik 2772 06 Gelfand 2758 07 Gashimov 2758 08 Svidler 2754 09 Leko 2752 10 Morozevich 2750

Live Ratings of top 10 Chess Players 1 Topalov 2813 2 Anand 2788 3 Carlsen 2772 4 Kramnik 2772 5 Leko 2769 6 Aronian 2767 7 Radjabov 2757 8 Jakovenko 2755 9 Morozevich 2750 10 Gelfand 2750

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

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

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

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

The Game 6 of the World Chess Championship, which will indicate half time for the Championship, will be played today. Anand has a comfortable 2 point lead at this stage (3.5-1.5). In addition to this, the defending champion Anand has the advantage of the white pieces. Will he crush Kramnik while he's down or go for a safe draw? Watch the live analysis and annotations that we'll be providing yet again. An interesting aside here. Anand is now back to the World's No. 1 position, just ahead of Veselin Topalov on the Live Chess Ratings list. Vishwanathan Anand(2783) vs Vladimir Kramnik(2772) Game 6 (Game starts at 3 PM Bonn Time) World Chess Championship Match October 21, 2008 Bonn, Germany 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Anand has again started with the Queen pawn. He varies on the third move instead of the Nf3 that he played earlier, but a repeat of the first initial moves of the 2nd game is on the cards. 3 .... Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 A Nimzo Indian Classical with d5. Anand chooses the so...

Here are some juicy tit bits that are emergening out of the Kramnik Anand World Chess Championship match. By beating Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, Vishwanathan Anand of India has hit three birds with one stone. - Narrowed the head to head gap to just one - Climbed to World No. 2 on the Dynamic (Live) Chess Ratings - Of course, took the lead in the match

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 is now only two points away from tying with Anand for the live chess ratings world no. 1 position ! Anand is at 2798 and Carlsen at 2795.9 01 V Anand 2798 02 M Carlsen 2795.9 03 V Ivanchuk 2791.5 04 A Morozevich 2788 05 V Topalov 2777 06 V Kramnik 2772.9 07 P Leko 2746 08 Radjabov 2744 09 S Mamedyarov 2740.8 10 A Shirov 2739.4

Carlsen plays the suffering GM Leinier Dominguez (CUB, 2708) with white today and has another chance to reach for the No. 1 spot in the live chess ratings. The current standings are as follows: 01 V Anand 2798 02 M Carlsen 2795 03 V Ivanchuk 2791.5 04 A Morozevich 2788 05 V Topalov 2777 06 V Kramnik 2772.9 07 P Leko 2746 08 Radjabov 2744 09 S Mamedyarov 2740.8 10 A Shirov 2739.4

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.

Live chess ratings Magnus Carlsen is closing in on Vishy Anand towards the World No. 1 chess ranking. His live chess rating is now 2796.3 while Anand is at 2798. Ivanchuck, Morozevich, and Topalov are World no. 3, 4, and 5. Top Ten live chess players 01 Anand 2798 02 Carlsen 2796.3 03 Ivanchuk 2791.5 04 Morozevich 2788 05 Topalov 2777 06 Kramnik 2772.9 07 Leko 2746.0 08 Shirov 2745.3 09 Radjabov 2744.0 10 Mamedyarov 2740.8