October 9, 2013
US CHESS GREAT H. NAKAMURA IS WORLD #5 RATED PLAYER … St. Louis, Missouri … up to the second World Chess Federation (FIDE ) Live ratings of the Top 5 chess grandmasters are:
- M. CARLSEN (ELO 2870) — the real deal, the highest rated player of all time and just 22 YEARS OLD, a Norwegian chess millionaire several times over … he goes for it ALL … world title play versus #8 World Chess Champion V. Anand (ELO 2775) India … JUST 30 days away in Chennai, India … it is going to be real war folks – many games could go 100 moves .. endgames are going to be king versus king .. “I just feel we have an obligation to play out the games” — Magnus Carlsen
Image credit: Luke McKernan
- V. KRAMNIK of Russia (ELO 2796) — age 38
- L. ARONIAN, ARMENIA’S GIANT (ELO 2793)– 31 year old WORLD TEAM CHESS CHAMPION BOARD ONE
- F. CARUANA of Italy (ELO 2791) — Age 21
- H. NAKAMURA OF THE UNITED STATES (ELO 2788) — Age 25
— Jude Acers