Double Joy For Anand!
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Saturday, October 06, 2007
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It was double joy for newly-crowned World champion Viswanathan Anand this week, as the Indian ace - on the back of his superb performance in Mexico City - broke the 2800 barrier again to retain his No.1 spot with the publication last Monday of the October 1st world ranking list.
The latest list, produced by FIDE, the governing body of chess, not only includes Anand's results at Dortmund, but also his recent success in Mexico City. Anand, whose rating over the previous 3-months increased by 9 points to 2801, is one of a small select band of players - the others being Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov - who have broken the magical "2800 barrier".
But there's now also a new No.2 on the list behind Anand, with a dramatic increase in the rating of Vassily Ivanchuk who, at 38, is playing the best chess of his career. The in-form Ukrainian ace has had some phenomenal results of late, and this is now reflected in the latest list as his rating jumped a massive 25-points to 2787 as he nudged ahead of Kramnik - who also raised 16-points - and now within reach of being only the fifth player to break 2800. All the activity at the top has now pushed Veselin Topalov into fourth place behind the new top three.
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