Magnus is followed by Veseline Topalov, Vishy Anand and Kramnik in the respective order. Vugar Gashimov and Wang Yue get into the top ten due to the strong performance they displayed. Vassily Ivanchuk returns to that top ten after falling to 22nd spot! That's typical chucky for you!
The current top ten chess players are:
- Magnus Carlsen
- Veseline Topalov
- Vishwanathan Anand
- Vladimir Kramnik
- Levon Aronian
- Boris Gelfand
- Vugar Gashimov
- Vassily Ivanchuk
- Wang Yue
- Peter Svidler