Anand Reigns Supreme - Retains World Number 1!

The World Chess Champion Vishy Anand of India retained his World No:1 ranking, despite playing any rated game in the last 2 months, in the FIDE May 2011 List! Anand stays where he had seen himself in the February 2011 FIDE List, ie @ 2817!

Among the top players above 2770 only the mighty Ukranian Vasily Ivanchuk has played any rated games in the last 2 months. Playing 9 games in the last 2 months the gusty Ukranian maintained his 5th position intact, just ahead of Sergie Karjakin of Russia, who also has 2776 points as does Ivanchuk!

FIDE MAY 2011 TOP 40 : ABOVE 2700!

Rank-----Name -------------Title ----Country ----Rating---Games---B-Year
1 -- Viswanathan Anand .....g ------- IND ------2817 -----0 -----1969
2 ---Magnus Carlsen .......g --------NOR ------ 2815 -----0 -----1990
3 ---Levon Aronian ........g - -------ARM ------ 2808 -----0 -----1982
4----Vladimir Kramnik .....g --------RUS ------2785 -----0 -----1975
5 ---Vassily Ivanchuk .....g --------UKR ------2776 -----9 -----1969
6---Sergey Karjakin ........g --------RUS ------2776 -----0 -----1990
7---Veselin Topalov ........g --------BUL -------2775 ----0 -----1975
8-- Hikaru Nakamura,.......g --------USA -------2774 ----0------1987
9--Shakhriyar Mamedyarov....g --------AZE -------2772 ----0 -----1985
10-Vugar Gashimov..... .....g --------AZE -------2760 ----6 -----1986
11.Ruslan Ponomariov .......g --------UKR -------2754 ----10-----1983
12-Alexander Grischuk.......g -------- RUS -------2747-----0------1983
13 Teimour Radjabov.........g --------AZE -------2744 ----0------1987
14 Peter Svidler. ..........g --------RUS -------2739 ----28-----1976
15 Nikita Vitiugov.........g --------RUS -------2733 ----31 ----1987
16 Boris Gelfand ...........g --------ISR -------2733 ---- 4 ----1968
17.Dmitry Jakovenko.........g --------RUS -------2732 ----20-----1983
18 Gata Kamsky.. .. ........g --------USA -------2732 -----7 ----1974
19 Wang Hao ................g --------CHN -------2732 -----6 ----1989
20 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave...g --------FRA -------2731 -----5 ----1990
21 Leinier Dominguez Perez..g ---------CUB -------2726 ----12 ----1983
22 Michael Adams ...........g ---------ENG -------2726 ---- 9-----1971
23 Francisco Vallejo Pons...g --------ESP -------2722 -----30 ---1982
24 Radoslaw Wojtaszek.......g --------POL --------2721 -----22----1987
25 Zoltan Almasi ...........g ---------HUN --------2719 ---- 0 ----1976
26 Peter Leko ..............g ---------HUN --------2717-----0 ----1979
27 Arkadij Naiditsch........g --------GER ---------2716 ----35 ---1985
28 Fabiano Caruana .........g --------ITA ---------2714-----21----1992
29 Wang Yue ................g --------CHN --------2714 ----11----1987
30 Eljanov Pavel ...........g --------UKR ---------2712 ----14 ---1983
31 Ian Nepomniachtchi .....g -------- RUS ---------2711 ----20----1990
32 Alexei Shirov ...........g -------- ESP --------2709 -----6 ---1972
33 Evgeny Tomashevsky.......g --------RUS----------2707-----10----1987
34 Etienne Bacrot ..........g --------FRA----------2705 -----21----1983
35 Sergei Movsesian.........g --------ARM----------2705 -----20 ---1978
36 Jobava Baadur ...........g --------GEO----------2704 -----11----1983
37 Vladimir Malakhov........g --------RUS--------- 2704 -----10 ---1980
38 Aleksey Dreev ...........g --------RUS----------2703------19----1969
39 David Navara.............g --------CZE----------2702 -----24----1985
40 Zahar Efimenko ..........g --------UKR----------2701------20----1985

FIDE May 2011 Rating List (Top Women)

Rank ------Name ------------------Title -Country ---Rating-- Games--B-Year
1 -------Judit Polgar .............g -----HUN -------2699-----11 ----1976
2 ------ Koneru Humpy .............g -----IND ------2614-----11 ----1987
3 ------Yifan Hou ................g -----CHN ------2612-----20 ----1994
4 -------Nadezhda Kosintseva.......m -----RUS ------2567 ---- 0 ----1985
5 -------Tatiana Kosintseva........g -----RUS ------2559------0 ----1986
6 ------Nana Dzagnidze............g -----GEO ------2557 -----11 ---1987
7 ------Anna Zatonskih............m -----USA ------2537------27----1978
8 ------Anna Muzychuk ............m -----SLO ------2537------20 ---1990
9 ------Kateryna Lahno............g ----- UKR -----2530----- 10 ---1989

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