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FIDE’s rating list

2016: two Indian players in world's top 10

IANS, GM Harikrishna enters top 10 in rankings. Nov 07 2016

Indian GM, who is in the elite list, is former world champion V . Anand (2779) at the seventh place.

Indian Grandmaster P. Harikrishna on Sunday became the second Indian chess player to join the elite club of world's top 10, as per the rating list released by the game's global body FIDE. As per the latest rating list of FIDE for the month of November 2016, the 30-year-old Harikrishna was ranked 10th with 2768 points.

This is the first in the history of Indian chess that two players figure in the world's top 10 ranking list.