Vishy Anand is having a poor run at the stakes nowadays. He has lost his top position in the latest ranking that has been announced by the world ranking body FIDE. So much so, Anand has always been in the top 3 for over a decade now and this is probably the first time that he has dropped beyond the top 3 and hopefully for the last time.
As if by co-incidence Vishy will be facing Kramnik in his World Title defence . Kramnik is just below Anand at raking 6. Topolev holds the top spot. Here are the top 10 rankings
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2791 | 10 | 1975 |
| 2 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2787 | 9 | 1977 |
| 3 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2786 | 50 | 1969 |
| 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2786 | 31 | 1990 |
| 5 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2783 | 10 | 1969 |
| 6 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2772 | 16 | 1975 |
| 7 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2757 | 23 | 1982 |
| 8 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2751 | 23 | 1987 |
| 9 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2747 | 16 | 1979 |
| 10 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2737 | 39 | 1983 |
FIDE has announced the Top 100. There are a total of 3 Indians in the Top 100. Vishy Anand at 5, Krishnan Sasikiran at 35 , Harikrisha P at 62.
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