2008 in chess
January
Columns: Rank | Prev | Player | Rating | Chng
1 | 3 | Vladimir Kramnik ( RUS ) | 2799 | +14 | 2 | 1 | Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) | 2799 | –2 | 3 | 4 | Veselin Topalov ( BUL ) | 2780 | +11 | 4 | 6 | Alexander Morozevich ( RUS ) | 2765 | +10 | 5 | 12 | Peter Svidler ( RUS ) | 2763 | +31 | 6 | 7 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ( AZE ) | 2760 | +8 | 7 | 10 | Alexei Shirov ( ESP ) | 2755 | +16 | 8 | 5 | Peter Leko ( HUN ) | 2753 | −2 | 9 | 2 | Vassily Ivanchuk ( UKR ) | 2753 | −36 | 10 | 9 | Levon Aronian ( ARM ) | 2739 | −2