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Oct-01-21
 | | beatgiant: <Messiah>
<university degree vs no university degree>
We usually stick to things that are easily found in the FIDE profile. This particular request requires some pretty labor intensive and error prone research, and I can't guarantee the accuracy at all.But here's a quick attempt.
No university degree:
1. Carlsen 2855
2. Caruana 2800
3. Aronian 2782
4. So 2778
5. Giri 2774
6. Grischuk 2773
7-8. Firouzja 2770
7-8. Rapport 2770
9. Mamedyarov 2765
10. Radjabov 2763
Have university degree: *(I listed only those whose educational status I could quickly find. I very likely missed a few, and welcome any additions.) 1. Ding 2799 (Peking U. Law School)
2. Nepomniachtchi 2782 (Russian State Social U.) 3. Vachier-Lagrave 2763 (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) (Duda 2756, University School of Physical Education, Kraków but I can't quickly check whether he's graduated yet) 4. Anand 2753 (Loyola College, Chennai)
5. Wang 2744 (Peking U.)
6. Karjakin 2743 (Russian State Social U.)
(Wei Yi 2725, attending or has completed college but I can't quickly find any details) 7. Shankland 2714 (Brandeis)
(Alekseenko 2710, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University but I can't quickly check whether he's graduated yet) 8. Yu 2704 (Beijing Sports University)
9. Eljanov 2691 (Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine) 10. Korobov 2690 (U. of Kharkiv) |
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Oct-01-21
 | | alexmagnus: <beatgiant> I like that "university degree" list! And thank you for providing the universities themselves :) |
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Oct-01-21
 | | Messiah: <beatgiant> OMG you are amazing! Thank you very much! |
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Oct-01-21
| | beatgiant: Already I find I missed Le 2709 (Webster U.), and I also suspect Bu 2705 has a degree, but can't find any info. |
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Oct-02-21
| | beatgiant: I also see it reported that Aronian has a degree from Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture. |
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Oct-05-21
| | beatgiant: According to his Russian wikipedia page, Alekseenko has graduated. It's enough changes that I should post a corrected list now. |
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Oct-05-21
| | beatgiant: No university degree:
1. Carlsen 2855
2. Caruana 2800
3. So 2778
4. Giri 2774
5. Grischuk 2773
6-7. Firouzja 2770
6-7. Rapport 2770
8. Mamedyarov 2765
9. Radjabov 2763
10. Dominguez Perez 2760
Have university degree:
1. Ding 2799 (Peking U. Law School)
2-3. Aronian 2782 (Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture) 2-3. Nepomniachtchi 2782 (Russian State Social U.) 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2763 (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) (Duda 2756, University School of Physical Education, Kraków) 5. Anand 2753 (Loyola College, Chennai)
6. Wang 2744 (Peking U.)
7. Karjakin 2743 (Russian State Social U.)
(Wei Yi 2725)
8. Shankland 2714 (Brandeis U.)
9 Alekseenko 2710 (Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic U.) 10. Le 2709 (Webster U.)
11. Yu 2704 (Beijing Sports U.)
12. Eljanov 2691 (Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine) 13. Korobov 2690 (U. of Kharkiv) |
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Oct-05-21
| | beatgiant: I found a report that Duda graduated in 2020, so that makes him #5 on the graduates list and everyone beyond is bumped down a rank. |
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Nov-01-21
| | alexmagnus: November:
European Union:
1. Giri 2774
2. Firouzja 2770
3. Vachier-Lagrave 2766
4. Rapport 2763
5. Duda 2756
6. Topalov 2730
7. Vallejo 2704
8. Van Foreest 2701
9. Wojtaszek 2700
10. Navara 2699
Former Soviet Union:
1-2. Aronian 2782
1-2. Nepomniachtchi 2782
3. Grischuk 2773
4. Mamedyarov 2765
5. Radjabov 2763
6. Karjakin 2743
7. Vitiugov 2734
8. Andreikin 2724
9. Dubov 2714
10. Esipenko 2713
Former British Empire:
1. Caruana 2791
2. So 2772
3. Dominguez 2752
4. Anand 2751
5. Nakamura 2736
6. Vidit 2727
7. Harikrishna 2721
8. Adams 2714
9. Shankland 2708
10. Sadler 2694
Asia:
1. Ding 2799
2. Anand 2751
3. Wang 2744
4. Wei 2729
5. Vidit 2727
6. Harikrishna 2721
7. Le 2709
8. Maghsoodloo 2706
9. Yu 2704
10. Bu 2700
Born later than the world champion:
1. Ding 2799
2. Caruana 2791
3. Giri 2774
4. So 2772
5. Firouzja 2770
6. Rapport 2763
7. Duda 2756
8. Wei 2729
9. Vidit 2727
10. Dubov 2714
Nuclear powers:
1. Ding 2799
2. Caruana 2791
3. Nepomniachtchi 2782
4. Grischuk 2773
5. So 2772
6. Firouzja 2770
7. Vachier-Lagrave 2766
8. Dominguez 2752
9. Anand 2751
10. Wang 2744 |
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Nov-08-21
| | beatgiant: With Firouzja's win of the Grand Swiss, Arabic script makes it into the Candidates for the first time*. *(Actually, due to the multicultural nature of human existence, I had to make a lot of judgement calls about which script to consider native for certain names. In particular, what's the native script of Azerbaijani names? Arabic script is traditional, while Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic are all in use today. But I hesitate to post a deep dive into the question and risk boring my fellow kibitzers even more than usual. For my lists above, I assumed Latin script.) |
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Nov-08-21
| | beatgiant: Maybe it would work if I put the explanation in a catchy song. (to the tune of "Istanbul, not Constantinople")
Azerbaijani used Arabic script,
Now it's Latin script, not Arabic,
Been a long time gone, Arabic script,
Now it's shekerbura on a moonlit night.
Every gal in Sumqayit
Writes her name in Latin script,
So if you write a note to a gal in Sumqayit,
You better write her name in Latin script.
Even from Latin script they once changed to Cyrillic,
Why'd they change it I can't say,
Stalin just liked it better that way.
So write Radjabov's name in Arabic script,
No you can't write his name in Arabic script,
Been a long time gone, Arabic script,
Why did Arabic script get buried?
That's nobody's business but the Azeris'. |
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Nov-15-21
| | alexmagnus: I put the queston in the opening's page already but I also repeat it here for the readers of my forum: Does anyone know where the name of the Forgotten Variation of the Marshall Gambit came from? Why is it forgotten? By whom? Please no punny answers :). I seriously want to know it, the name is so unusual. |
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Nov-15-21
 | | diceman: I've never heard, but my guess would be that it's rare. Rare = not used = forgotten. |
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Nov-16-21
| | alexmagnus: Still, there must be some context in which the term was first coined. And it must have been notable enough that it got stuck as the "official" name of the variation. For most bizarre opening names finding the source of the name is easy. The Forgotten Variation... not so. Also, it seems that the name "Forgotten Variation" is used in English language publications and media only. At least searches in German and Russian showed no knowledge of such a variation. So, I guess the source was some English language remark somewhere. |
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Dec-01-21
| | alexmagnus: December:
European Union:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Giri 2772
3. Rapport 2763
4. Vachier-Lagrave 2761
5. Duda 2760
6. Topalov 2730
7-8. Shirov 2704
7-8. Vallejo 2704
9. Van Foreest 2702
10. Navara 2697
Former Soviet Union:
1. Nepomniachtchi 2782
2. Aronian 2772
3. Mamedyarov 2767
4. Grischuk 2764
5. Radjabov 2753
6. Karjakin 2743
7. Vitiugov 2731
8. Andreikin 2724
9. Dubov 2720
10. Esipenko 2714
Former British Empire:
1. Caruana 2792
2. So 2772
3. Dominguez 2752
4. Anand 2751
5. Vidit 2727
6. Harikrishna 2717
7. Shankland 2708
8. Adams 2700
9. Sadler 2694
10. Salem 2690
Asia:
1. Ding 2799
2. Anand 2751
3. Wang 2744
4. Wei 2729
5. Vidit 2727
6. Harikrishna 2717
7. Yu 2713
8. Le 2709
9. Maghsoodloo 2701
10. Bu 2700
Born later than the world champion:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Ding 2799
3. Caruana 2792
4-5. Giri 2772
4-5. So 2772
6. Rapport 2763
7. Duda 2760
8. Wei 2729
9. Vidit 2727
10. Dubov 2720
Nuclear powers:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Ding 2799
3. Caruana 2792
4. Nepomniachtchi 2782
5. So 2772
6. Grischuk 2764
7. Vachier-Lagrave 2761
8. Dominguez 2752
9. Anand 2751
10. Wang 2744 |
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Jan-02-22
| | alexmagnus: January:
European Union:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Giri 2772
3. Rapport 2763
4. Vachier-Lagrave 2761
5. Duda 2760
6. Topalov 2730
7-8. Shirov 2704
7-8. Vallejo 2704
9. Van Foreest 2702
10. Navara 2697
Former Soviet Union:
1. Nepomniachtchi 2773
2. Mamedyarov 2767
3. Grischuk 2764
4. Radjabov 2753
5. Karjakin 2743
6. Vitiugov 2736
7. Andreikin 2724
8. Dubov 2720
9. Esipenko 2714
10. Tomashevsky 2708
Former British Empire:
1. Caruana 2792
2-3. Aronian 2772
2-3. So 2772
4. Dominguez 2752
5. Anand 2751
6. Vidit 2727
7. Harikrishna 2717
8. Shankland 2708
9. Adams 2698
10. Sadler 2694
Asia:
1. Ding 2799
2. Anand 2751
3. Wang 2744
4. Wei 2729
5. Vidit 2727
6. Harikrishna 2717
7. Yu 2713
8. Le 2709
9. Maghsoodloo 2701
10. Bu 2700
Born later than the world champion:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Ding 2799
3. Caruana 2792
4-5. Giri 2772
4-5. So 2772
6. Rapport 2763
7. Duda 2760
8. Wei 2729
9. Vidit 2727
10. Dubov 2720
Nuclear powers:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Ding 2799
3. Caruana 2792
4. Nepomniachtchi 2773
5-6. Aronian 2772
5-6. So 2772
7. Grischuk 2764
8. Vachier-Lagrave 2761
9. Dominguez 2752
10. Anand 2751 |
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Feb-01-22
| | alexmagnus: Hm, was Wijk not evaluated for the February list? Not submitted in time? |
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Feb-01-22
| | alexmagnus: I see FIDE says it will be evaluated for the March list. Then the lists will hardly change :D. Still, for the sake of completeness I post them. |
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Feb-01-22
| | alexmagnus: February:
European Union:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Giri 2772
3. Rapport 2763
4. Vachier-Lagrave 2761
5. Duda 2760
6. Topalov 2730
7-8. Shirov 2704
7-8. Vallejo 2704
9. Van Foreest 2702
10. Navara 2697
Former Soviet Union:
1. Nepomniachtchi 2773
2. Mamedyarov 2767
3. Grischuk 2764
4. Radjabov 2753
5. Karjakin 2743
6. Vituigov 2726
7. Andreikin 2724
8. Dubov 2720
9. Esipenko 2714
10. Tomashevsky 2708
Former British Empire:
1. Caruana 2792
2-3. Aronian 2772
2-3. So 2772
4. Dominguez 2752
5. Anand 2751
6. Vidit 2727
7. Harikrishna 2719
8. Shankand 2708
9. Adams 2698
10. Sadler 2694
Asia:
1. Ding 2799
2. Anand 2751
3. Wang 2744
4. Wei 2729
5. Vidit 2727
6. Harikrishna 2719
7. Yu 2713
8. Le 2709
9. Maghsoodloo 2701
10. Bu 2700
Born later than the world champion:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Ding 2799
3. Caruana 2792
4-5. Giri 2772
4-5. So 2772
6. Rapport 2763
7. Duda 2760
8. Wei 2729
9. Vidit 2727
10. Dubov 2720
Nuclear powers:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Ding 2799
3. Caruana 2792
4. Nepomniachtchi 2773
5-6. Aronian 2772
5-6. So 2772
7. Grischuk 2764
8. Vachier-Lagrave 2761
9. Dominguez 2752
10. Anand 2751 |
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Mar-01-22
| | alexmagnus: March:
European Union:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Giri 2771
3. Rapport 2762
4. Vachier-Lagrave 2761
5. Duda 2750
6. Topalov 2730
7. Van Foreest 2714
8. Vallejo 2704
9. Navara 2700
10-11. Wojtaszek 2694
10-11. Anton 2694
Former Soviet Union:
1. Mamedyarov 2776
2. Nepomniachtchi 2773
3. Grischuk 2758
4. Radjabov 2753
5. Karjakin 2747
6. Vitiugov 2726
7. Andreikin 2724
8. Esipenko 2723
9. Dubov 2711
10. Tomashevsky 2708
Former British Empire:
1. Aronian 2785
2. Caruana 2781
3. So 2778
4. Dominguez 2756
5. Anand 2751
6. Nakamura 2750
7. Vidit 2723
8. Harikrishna 2716
9. Shankland 2704
10. Adams 2698
Asia:
1. Ding 2799
2. Anand 2751
3. Wang 2744
4. Wei 2729
5. Vidit 2723
6. Harikrishna 2716
7. Yu 2713
8. Bu 2708
9. Maghsoodloo 2701
10. Salem 2690
Born later than the world champion:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Ding 2799
3. Caruana 2781
4. So 2778
5. Giri 2771
6. Rapport 2762
7. Duda 2750
8. Wei 2729
9-10. Esipenko 2723
9-10. Vidit 2723
Nuclear powers:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Ding 2799
3. Aronian 2785
4. Caruana 2781
5. So 2778
6. Nepomniachtchi 2773
7. Vachier-Lagrave 2761
8. Grischuk 2758
9. Dominguez 2756
10. Anand 2751 |
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Apr-01-22
| | alexmagnus: April:
A note before: as a consequence of the Russo-Ukrainian war, many Russian and Belarusian players (but by far not all of them) are now playing under the FIDE flag. They are NOT counted as Russian and Belarusian players, but as players with no federation, with all the consiquences for the lists. European Union:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Rapport 2776
3. Giri 2773
4. Vachier-Lagrave 2758
5. Duda 2750
6. Topalov 2730
7. Van Foreest 2714
8. Vallejo 2704
9. Wojtaszek 2696
10. Saric 2695
Former Soviet Union:
1. Nepomniachtchi 2773
2. Mamedyarov 2771
3. Radjabov 2753
4. Karjakin 2747
5. Grischuk 2742
6. Dubov 2711
7. Tomashevsky 2708
8. Artemiev 2700
9. Sjugirov 2696
10. Korobov 2695
Former British Empire:
1. Aronian 2785
2. Caruana 2781
3. So 2778
4. Dominguez 2756
5. Anand 2751
6. Nakamura 2750
7. Vidit 2723
8. Shankland 2709
9. Harikrishna 2705
10. Adams 2698
Asia:
1. Ding 2799
2. Anand 2751
3. Wang 2744
4. Wei 2729
5. Vidit 2723
6. Yu 2710
7. Bu 2708
8. Harikrishna 2705
9. Maghsoodloo 2699
10. Salem 2690
Born later than the world champion:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Ding 2799
3. Caruana 2781
4. So 2778
5. Rapport 2776
6. Giri 2773
7. Duda 2750
8. Wei 2729
9-10. Vidit 2723
9-10. Esipenko 2723
Nuclear powers:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Ding 2799
3. Aronian 2785
4. Caruana 2781
5. So 2778
6. Nepomniachtchi 2773
7. Vachier-Lagrave 2758
8. Dominguez 2756
9. Anand 2751
10. Nakamura 2750
Interestingly, the nuclear power list is not affected by all the derussified Russians - the highest rated of them, Andreikin, is rated 2729. And it contains only one Russian at all. |
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May-01-22
| | alexmagnus: May 2022:
European Union:
1. Firouzja 2804
2. Rapport 2776
3. Giri 2761
4-5. Vachier-Lagrave 2750
4-5. Duda 2750
6. Topalov 2730
7. Van Foreest 2715
8. Vallejo 2704
9. Wojtaszek 2696
10. Shirov 2695
Former Soviet Union:
1. Nepomniachtchi 2773
2. Mamedyarov 2770
3. Radjabov 2753
4. Karjakin 2747
5. Grischuk 2742
6. Tomashevsky 2708
7. Dubov 2702
8. Artemiev 2700
9. Sjugirov 2696
10. Sargissian 2694
Former British Empire:
1. Caruana 2786
2. So 2766
3. Aronian 2765
4. Nakamura 2760
5. Dominguez 2753
6. Anand 2751
7. Vidit 2723
8. Shankland 2718
9. Harikrishna 2705
10. Sevian 2703
Asia:
1. Ding 2806
2. Anand 2751
3. Wang 2744
4. Wei 2727
5. Vidit 2723
6. Yu 2710
7. Bu 2709
8. Harikrishna 2705
9. Maghsoodloo 2699
10. Salem 2690
Born later than the world champion:
1. Ding 2806
2. Firouzja 2804
3. Caruana 2786
4. Rapport 2776
5. So 2766
6. Giri 2761
7. Duda 2750
8. Wei 2727
9. Vidit 2723
10. Shankland 2718
Nuclear powers:
1. Ding 2806
2. Firouzja 2804
3. Caruana 2786
4. Nepomniachtchi 2773
5. So 2766
6. Aronian 2765
7. Nakamura 2760
8. Dominguez 2753
9. Anand 2751
10. Vachier-Lagrave 2750 |
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May-31-22
| | alexmagnus: June:
European Union:
1. Firouzja 2793
2. Rapport 2764
3. Giri 2761
4. Vachier-Lagrave 2760
5. Duda 2760
6. Topalov 2730
7. Wojtaszek 2708
8. Vallejo 2703
9. Van Foreest 2702
10. Anton 2692
Former Soviet Union:
1. Nepomniachtchi 2766
2. Radjabov 2753
3. Mamedyarov 2751
4. Karjakin 2747
5. Grischuk 2745
6-7. Tomashevsky 2702
6-7. Dubov 2702
8. Artemiev 2697
9-10. Sargisian 2696
9-10. Sjugirov 2696
Former British Empire:
1. Caruana 2783
2-3. Aronian 2775
2-3. So 2775
4. Nakamura 2760
5. Dominguez 2754
6. Anand 2751
7. Vidit 2723
8. Shankland 2718
9. Sevian 2703
10. Harikrishna 2701
Asia:
1. Ding 2806
2. Anand 2751
3. Wang 2744
4. Wei 2727
5. Vidit 2723
6. Maghsoodloo 2716
7. Yu 2710
8. Bu 2709
9. Harikrishna 2701
10. Erigaisi 2681
Born later than the world champion:
1. Ding 2806
2. Firouzja 2793
3. Caruana 2783
4. So 2775
5. Rapport 2764
6. Giri 2761
7. Duda 2750
8. Wei 2727
9. Vidit 2723
10. Shankland 2718
Nuclear powers:
1. Ding 2806
2. Firouzja 2793
3. Caruana 2783
4-5. Aronian 2775
4-5. So 2775
6. Nepomniachtchi 2766
7-8. Vachier-Lagrave 2760
7-8. Nakamura 2760
9. Dominguez 2754
10. Anand 2751 |
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Jun-30-22
| | alexmagnus: July:
European Union:
1. Firouzja 2793
2. Rapport 2764
3-4. Vachier-Lagrave 2760
3-4. Giri 2760
5. Duda 2750
6. Topalov 2728
7. Wojtaszek 2708
8. Shirov 2704
9. Vallejo 2702
10. Deac 2692
Former Soviet Union:
1. Nepomniachtchi 2766
2. Mamedyarov 2759
3. Karjakin 2747
4. Grischuk 2745
5. Radjabov 2738
6-7. Dubov 2702
6-7. Tomashevsky 2702
8. Sargissian 2698
9. Artemiev 2697
10. Sjugirov 2696
Former British Empire:
1. Caruana 2783
2. Aronian 2775
3. So 2773
4. Nakamura 2760
5. Anand 2756
6. Dominguez 2754
7-8. Harikrishna 2720
7-8. Shankland 2720
9. Vidit 2714
10. Xiong 2691
Asia:
1. Ding 2806
2. Anand 2756
3. Wang 2735
4. Wei 2727
5. Le 2722
6-7. Harikrishna 2720
6-7. Yu 2720
8. Vidit 2714
9. Bu 2709
10. Maghsoodloo 2701
Born later than the world champion:
1. Ding 2806
2. Firouzja 2793
3. Caruana 2783
4. So 2773
5. Rapport 2764
6. Giri 2760
7. Duda 2750
8. Wei 2727
9. Le 2722
10-11. Shankland 2720
10-11. Yu 2720
Nuclear powers:
1. Ding 2806
2. Firouzja 2793
3. Caruana 2783
4. Aronian 2775
5. So 2773
6. Nepomniachtchi 2776
7-8. Vachier-Lagrave 2760
7-8. Nakamura 2760
9. Anand 2756
10. Dominguez 2754 |
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Aug-01-22
| | alexmagnus: August:
European Union:
1. Firouzja 2778
2. Giri 2760
3. Vachier-Lagrave 2757
4. Rapport 2754
5. Duda 2740
6. Topalov 2728
7. Wojtaszek 2711
8. Vallejo 2710
9. Deac 2699
10. Shirov 2697
Former Soviet Union:
1. Nepomniachtchi 2792
2. Mamedyarov 2758
3-4. Radjabov 2747
3-4. Karjakin 2747
5. Grischuk 2745
6. Artemiev 2706
7. Sjugirov 2703
8-9. Dubov 2702
8-9. Tomashevsky 2702
10. Sargissian 2698
Former British Empire:
1. Caruana 2776
2. Aronian 2775
3. So 2773
4. Nakamura 2768
5. Anand 2756
6. Dominguez 2754
7-8. Harikrishna 2720
7-8. Shankland 2720
9. Vidit 2714
10. Gukesh 2699
Asia:
1. Ding 2808
2. Anand 2756
3. Wang 2735
4. Le 2728
5. Wei 2727
6. Harikrishna 2720
7. Vidit 2714
8. Bu 2709
9. Yu 2708
10. Maghsoodloo 2701
Born later than the world champion:
1. Ding 2808
2. Firouzja 2778
3. Caruana 2776
4. So 2773
5. Giri 2760
6. Rapport 2754
7. Duda 2740
8. Le 2728
9. Wei 2727
10. Shankland 2720
Nuclear powers:
1. Ding 2808
2. Nepomniachtchi 2792
3. Firouzja 2778
4. Caruana 2776
5. Aronian 2775
6. So 2773
7. Nakamura 2768
8. Vachier-Lagrave 2757
9. Anand 2756
10. Dominguez 2754 |
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