Friday, February 19, 2010

Topalov hot on Carlsen's heels


Veselin Topalov is hot on Norway's Magnus Carlsen's heels for the top spot in the World Chess Rankings.

On the live list, Topalov is just 2 points behind Carlsen.

Top Ten List

1 Carlsen 2813
2 Topalov 2811
3 Kramnik 2790
4 Anand 2789
5 Aronian 2781
6 Mamedyarov 2760
7 Grischuk 2758
8 Wang Yue 2751
9 Ivanchuk 2750
10 Svidler 2745

3 comments:

S said...

whose photo is this? Topalov?

Chess Journalist said...

Ha ha! That's Topalov :)

John said...

I agree with you, his games are amazingly clean and strong. Awesome, considering his age!...