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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.