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LEVON ARONIAN TAKES 3rd, ARMENIA 5th PLACE ON FIDE LIST
Noyan Tapan
Apr 03 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 3, NOYAN TAPAN. FIDE has publicized the rating list
of the strongest chess-players as of 2006 April 1. It is the first
time that 13th world champion Garry Kasparov (Russia) is not included
in the list as he has not performed in tournaments for more than a
year. World champion Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) is the first on the
list with a personal rating of 2804 points. Vishvantan Anand (India,
2803) was left behind him only with 1 point. Representative of Armenia,
world cup-holder Levon Aronian has considerably improved his rating and
takes the 3rd honorary place among the strongest chess-players. Another
3 representatives of Armenia take places in the first hundred of
the strongest chess-players. Vladimir Hakobian is the 16th (2706),
Karen Asrian the 61st (2646), Smbat Lputian 94th (2619). One more
Armenian chess-player, representative of Slovakia Sergei Movsisian
is also among the hundred strongest chess-players. Judit Polgar
(Hungary) is at the top of the list of strongest women chess-players
with a large advantage. She takes part only in men's tournaments. Her
individual rating is 2711 points. New world champion Xu Yuhua (China)
is only in the 5th place (2517). Two representatives of Armenia,
Lilit Mkrtchian and Elina Danielian, take the 21st and 38th places,
respectively. Mkrtchian's rating is 2453, Danielian's 2422. At the same
time FIDE publicized the average ratings of 10 strongest chess-players
from different countries. The first five is the following: Russia
(average rating 2716), Ukraine (2663), USA (2625), France (2623),
Armenia (2616). Armenia preserves its place among the strongest.
Noyan Tapan
Apr 03 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 3, NOYAN TAPAN. FIDE has publicized the rating list
of the strongest chess-players as of 2006 April 1. It is the first
time that 13th world champion Garry Kasparov (Russia) is not included
in the list as he has not performed in tournaments for more than a
year. World champion Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) is the first on the
list with a personal rating of 2804 points. Vishvantan Anand (India,
2803) was left behind him only with 1 point. Representative of Armenia,
world cup-holder Levon Aronian has considerably improved his rating and
takes the 3rd honorary place among the strongest chess-players. Another
3 representatives of Armenia take places in the first hundred of
the strongest chess-players. Vladimir Hakobian is the 16th (2706),
Karen Asrian the 61st (2646), Smbat Lputian 94th (2619). One more
Armenian chess-player, representative of Slovakia Sergei Movsisian
is also among the hundred strongest chess-players. Judit Polgar
(Hungary) is at the top of the list of strongest women chess-players
with a large advantage. She takes part only in men's tournaments. Her
individual rating is 2711 points. New world champion Xu Yuhua (China)
is only in the 5th place (2517). Two representatives of Armenia,
Lilit Mkrtchian and Elina Danielian, take the 21st and 38th places,
respectively. Mkrtchian's rating is 2453, Danielian's 2422. At the same
time FIDE publicized the average ratings of 10 strongest chess-players
from different countries. The first five is the following: Russia
(average rating 2716), Ukraine (2663), USA (2625), France (2623),
Armenia (2616). Armenia preserves its place among the strongest.