Top Ten Players April 2014

1.  Magnus Carlson

    Magnus Carlson is 24 this year.  He was the youngest Grandmaster ever at the age of 13.

    Carlson had a draw in 2003 with the current world champion Gary Kasparov. Year of birth (YOB): 1990 Rating: 2881

2. Levon  Aronian                       YOB   :1982    Rating: 2812

3. Viswanathan Anand                YOB :1969      Rating: 2785
4. Vladimir Kramnik                   YOB  :1975     Rating: 2783

5. Fabiano Caruana                    YOB  :1992     Rating: 2783  

6. Alexander Grischuk                YOB  :1983     Rating: 2777    

7. Serqey Karjakin                     YOB :1990      Rating: 2772

8. Veselin Topalov                     YOB  :1975     Rating: 2772  

9. Hikaru Nakamura                  YOB :1987      Rating: 2772 

10. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov      YOB :1985      Rating: 2760

These are games played by some of the ten best chess players in the world.  I hope you like them! 

                                                              Carlson vs Nakamura

   

                                                          Topalov vs Kramnik

                                                                  Aronian vs Grischuk                                                                                                                                             

                                         ( Studying these games can help your chess improve)