FIDE Top 10 Standings as of April 2009
1. Veselin Topalov (2812) born 1975, Russia
Best Openings Selected games with annotations
2. Viswanathan Anand (2783) born 1969, India
Selected games with annotations
3. Magnus Carlsen (2770) born 1990, Norway
Selected games with annotations
4. Vladimir Kramnik (2759) born 1975, Russia
Selected games with annotations
5. Teimour Radjabov (2756) born 1987, Azerbaijan
Best Openings
Selected games with annotations
6. Levon Aronian (2754) born 1982, Armenia
Best Openings Selected games with annotations
7. Dmitry Jakovenko (2753) born 1983, Russia
Best Openings
8. Alexander Morozevich (2751) born 1977, Russia
Best Openings
9. Peter Leko (2751) born 1979, Yugoslavia
Best Openings
10. Alexander Grischuk (2748) born 1983, Russia
Best Openings Selected games with annotations
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