FIDE Top 10 Players in the World * April 2008
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Name
Title
Country
Rating
Games
DOB
1
 Viswanathan Anand GM
IND
2803
27
1969
2
Vladimir Kramnik
GM
RUS
2788
13
1975
3
Alexander Morozevich
GM
RUS
2774
11
1977
4
Veselin Topalov
GM
BUL
2767
27
1975
5
Magnus Carlsen
GM
NOR
2765
27
1990
6
Levon Aronin
GM
ARM
2763
27
1982
7
Shak Mamedyarov
GM
AZE
2752
13
1985
8
Teimour Radjabov
GM
AZE
2751
27
1987
9
Peter Svidler
GM
RUS
2746
11
1976
10
Peter Leko
GM
HUN
2741
27
1979
15
Gata Kamsky
GM
USA
2726


34
Hikaru Nakamura
GM
USA
2686


Ranked World #1 Most Times:
 
 Kasparov, Garry (23 times)

Ranked World #1 Woman Most Times:
  Polgar, Judit (GM) (31 times)

Ranked World #1 Junior Most Times:
  Radjabov, Teimour (14 times)

Ranked World #1 Girl Most Times:
  Koneru, Humpy (22 times)

The youngest in current Top Players Lists is:
  Hou, Yifan (wg) (1994-02-27)

The oldest in current Top Players Lists is:
  Karpov, Anatoly (g), (1951-05-23)