Ivanchuk climbs to 5th place in live rating of world's best chess players
04-02-2011 11:32
Ukrainian grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk from Lviv has won the 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, according to the publication on ZAXID.NET.
In the last round, Ivanchuk defeated German grandmaster Daniel Fridman. Thus, Ivanchuk earned eight wins and played two games in a draw, which guaranteed him victory at the tournament...
This victory will help Ivanchuk climb to 5th place in the live rating of the world's best chess players.
| Rank | Name | Rating | Change | # games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Anand | 2816,6 | +6,6 | 13 |
| 02 | Carlsen | 2814,9 | +0,9 | 13 |
| 03 | Aronian | 2807,8 | +2,8 | 13 |
| 04 | Kramnik | 2785,4 | +1,4 | 13 |
| 05 | Ivanchuk | 2778,8 | +14,8 | 19 |
| 06 | Karjakin | 2776,0 | 0 | 0 |
| 07 | Topalov | 2775,0 | 0 | 0 |
| 08 | Nakamura | 2773,9 | +22,9 | 13 |
| 09 | Mamedyarov | 2772,0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Grischuk | 2746,7 | -26,3 | 13 |
| 11 | Gashimov | 2745,8 | +9,8 | 9 |
| 12 | Radjabov | 2744,0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Ponomariov | 2743,2 | -0,8 | 13 |
| 14 | Wang Yue | 2734,0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Gelfand | 2733,0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Kamsky | 2730,0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Svidler | 2729,5 | -0,5 | 5 |
| 18 | Nepomniachtchi | 2729,4 | -3,6 | 13 |
| 19 | Wang Hao | 2727,7 | -3,3 | 13 |
| 20 | Vachier-Lagrave | 2727,6 | +12,6 | 15 |
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