The Jan-2005 official list of FIDE ELO ratings has been released. Kasparov
is the top, followed by Anand. Surprisingly, Kramnik is fourth and Topalov
third!. Kazimdzhanov is 25th!... Misteriously, Judith Polgar is not listed,
regardless her last ELO was around 2725. Is she inactive by some reason?.
Has she died?. Here is the list (Top 25):
1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2804 16 1963-04-13
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 11 1969-12-11
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 0 1975-03-15
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 14 1975-06-25
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 14 1979-09-08
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 21 1977-07-18
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 20 1971-11-17
8 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 19 1976-06-17
9 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2715 5 1983-01-22
10 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 19 1972-07-04
11 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 29 1969-03-18
12 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2710 26 1983-10-31
13 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 10 1966-11-21
14 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2704 19 1969-01-30
15 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2700 8 1983-10-11
16 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 17 1968-06-24
17 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2693 13 1971-12-07
18 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 26 1982-08-21
19 Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2685 24 1968-06-13
20 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2685 20 1986-06-11
21 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2684 12 1982-10-06
22 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2683 26 1971-12-14
23 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 13 1972-10-07
24 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2678 21 1973-04-12
25 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2678 17 1979-12-05