Sunday, September 14, 2008

Topálov Comes out Top in Bilbao - Carlsen Drops in Live Rating

One of the strongest tournaments of all time has wrapped up, with Véselin Topálov coming out on top. The final point breakdown is as follows:

Players POINTS
Véselin Topálov 17
Magnus Carlsen 13
Levon Aronián 13
Vasili Ivanchuk 12
Teimur Radyábov 10
Viswanathan Anand 8

Scoring System
3 - Points per win
1 - Point per draw
0 - Point per loss

To view the entire tournament PGN please visit http://www.jrobichess.com and click on "Bilbao 2008" in the tournament section on the left-hand side.

Current Chess Live Ratings (Source: http://chess.liverating.org)
Rank Name Rating
01 Topalov 2790.6
02 Morozevich 2787.0
03 Carlsen 2786.1
04 Ivanchuk 2785.6
05 Anand 2783.2
06 Kramnik 2771.9
07 Aronian 2756.8
08 Radjabov 2751.5
09 Leko 2746.6
10 Wang Yue 2735.5

For comparison - top computer engine ratings:

Rybka 3241
Naum 3077
Zappa Mexico II 3075

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