Vishy Anand wins Morelia leg

Vishy Anand won the Morelia half of the Morelia-Linares tourney.

First Half standings:

1. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2799 4½
2. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2755 4
3. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2780 4
4. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2739 3½
5. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2733 3½
6. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2735 3
7. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2751 3
8. Lékó, Peter g HUN 2753 2½

Chess Ratings January 2008 preview

A preview of the January ratings and a few observations I made.

I'm not yet sure if the World Cup results will be included. If yes, then a lot of other changes are possible.

Kramnik and Anand will probably be tied for the World No.1 position.
Big loser on points, no marks here for the correct guess, yes, Ivanchuk losing more than 30 pts (has already started to make up for it, though)
Topalov moves to clear third with 2780. Mamedyarov gains smart points and he is likely to be fourth on the list.

Big movers up - Karjakin, Cheparinov, Svidler and Carlsen. Sasikiran moves up a bit.

Among the ladies, Koneru Humpy is inching up on Judit Polgar, even though she is not yet a match in class. She will be at 2612. Polgar loses a couple of points.
Hou Yifan gains impressively.