Norway’s Carlsen leading newly released International Chess Rankings while Nepomniachtchi down by two places

"VAN" (Hemant Kumar Sharma - Sports Desk) :: According to the official website of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Top-10 is led by Norway’s Magnus Carlsen (2,870 points); Fabiano Caruana of the United States (2,822 points) in second place and China’s Liren Ding in third with 2,801 points.

The rest of the Top-10 after the top trio are: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (4th, France, 2,777 points); Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (5th, Azerbaijan, 2,777 points); Anish Giri (6th, the Netherlands, 2,776 points); Levon Aronian (8th, Armenia, 2,767 points); Teimour Radjabov (9th, Azerbaijan, 2,767 points) and Wesley So (10th, the United States, 2,765 points).

On the other end, Russian chess player Ian Nepomniachtchi dropped two spots down to the 7th place in Thursday’s newly published Rankings List of the FIDE. Nepomniachtchi has now 2,773 points. Russia’s Alexander Grischuk climbed two places up in the list to 11th position with (2,764 points).

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