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Sport \| Next Sasikiran keeps second spot KOZHIKODE, OCT. 16. Krishnan Sasikiran (2569 Elo points) has maintained his second rank among Indians, behind World champion Viswanathan Anand, in the latest FIDE rating list. World junior champion Koneru Humpy (2484) broke into the top ten of Indian men - she is ranked sixth - besides snatching the women's No. 1 spot from S. Vijayalakshmi (2405). Dibyendu Barua (2521) moved to third place among men, while Pendyala Harikrishna, India's youngest Grandmaster (2502), is fifth, followed by Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2493), Humpy, Abhijit Kunte (2479), R.B. Ramesh (2467), D.V. Prasad (2465), Pravin Thipsay (2456), Tejas Bakre (2446) and P. Magesh Chandran (2435), who has scored nearly a 100 points - the maximum possible - since the last list was published in July. Swati Ghate (2342) is the third-ranked Indian woman. She is followed by former World under-18 champion Aarthie Ramaswamy (2301), Vijayalakshmi's younger sister S. Meenakshi (2271), Nisha Mohota (2262) and Bhagyashree Thipsay (2224). The rankings: Men: 1. Viswanathan Anand 2770, 2. Krishnan Sasikiran 2569, 3. Dibyendu Barua 2521, 4. Pendyala Harikrishna 2502, 5. Surya Shekhar Ganguly 2493, 6. Koneru Humpy 2484, 7. Abhijit Kunte 2479, 8. R.B. Ramesh 2467, 9. D.V. Prasad 2465, 10. Pravin Thipsay 2456, 11. Tejas Bakre 2446, 12. P. Magesh Chandran 2435, 13. S. Kidambi 2423, 14. M.R. Venkatesh 2415, 15. C.S. Gokhale 2407, 16. S. Vijayalakshmi 2405, 17. Sandipan Chanda 2404, 18. Sriram Jha 2401, 19. Lanka Ravi 2395, 20. V. Saravanan 2393, 21. K. Murugan 2390, 22. Sudhakar N. Babu 2386, 23. Nassir Wajih 2384, 24-25. Raja Ravisekhar and Dinesh Sharma 2380. Women: 1. Koneru Humpy 2484, 2. S. Vijayalakshmi 2405, 3. Swati Ghate 2342, 4. Aarthie Ramaswamy 2301, 5. S. Meenakshi 2271, 6. Nisha Mohota 2262, 7. Bhagyashree Thipsay 2224, 8. Saritha Reddy 2218, 9-10. Anupama Gokhale and Rohini Khadilkar 2215, 11. Dronavalli Harika 2199, 12. M. Kasturi 2198, 13. Saheli Dhar Barua 2196, 14. M. Priyadarshini 2193. - Our Sports Reporter Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
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Sport \| Next Sasikiran keeps second spot KOZHIKODE, OCT. 16. Krishnan Sasikiran (2569 Elo points) has maintained his second rank among Indians, behind World champion Viswanathan Anand, in the latest FIDE rating list. World junior champion Koneru Humpy (2484) broke into the top ten of Indian men - she is ranked sixth - besides snatching the women's No. 1 spot from S. Vijayalakshmi (2405). Dibyendu Barua (2521) moved to third place among men, while Pendyala Harikrishna, India's youngest Grandmaster (2502), is fifth, followed by Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2493), Humpy, Abhijit Kunte (2479), R.B. Ramesh (2467), D.V. Prasad (2465), Pravin Thipsay (2456), Tejas Bakre (2446) and P. Magesh Chandran (2435), who has scored nearly a 100 points - the maximum possible - since the last list was published in July. Swati Ghate (2342) is the third-ranked Indian woman. She is followed by former World under-18 champion Aarthie Ramaswamy (2301), Vijayalakshmi's younger sister S. Meenakshi (2271), Nisha Mohota (2262) and Bhagyashree Thipsay (2224). The rankings: Men: 1. Viswanathan Anand 2770, 2. Krishnan Sasikiran 2569, 3. Dibyendu Barua 2521, 4. Pendyala Harikrishna 2502, 5. Surya Shekhar Ganguly 2493, 6. Koneru Humpy 2484, 7. Abhijit Kunte 2479, 8. R.B. Ramesh 2467, 9. D.V. Prasad 2465, 10. Pravin Thipsay 2456, 11. Tejas Bakre 2446, 12. P. Magesh Chandran 2435, 13. S. Kidambi 2423, 14. M.R. Venkatesh 2415, 15. C.S. Gokhale 2407, 16. S. Vijayalakshmi 2405, 17. Sandipan Chanda 2404, 18. Sriram Jha 2401, 19. Lanka Ravi 2395, 20. V. Saravanan 2393, 21. K. Murugan 2390, 22. Sudhakar N. Babu 2386, 23. Nassir Wajih 2384, 24-25. Raja Ravisekhar and Dinesh Sharma 2380. Women: 1. Koneru Humpy 2484, 2. S. Vijayalakshmi 2405, 3. Swati Ghate 2342, 4. Aarthie Ramaswamy 2301, 5. S. Meenakshi 2271, 6. Nisha Mohota 2262, 7. Bhagyashree Thipsay 2224, 8. Saritha Reddy 2218, 9-10. Anupama Gokhale and Rohini Khadilkar 2215, 11. Dronavalli Harika 2199, 12. M. Kasturi 2198, 13. Saheli Dhar Barua 2196, 14. M. Priyadarshini 2193. - Our Sports Reporter Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
Section : Sport Next : Baroda in position to press for victory
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