Viswanathan Anand regains second spot

Krishnan Sasikiran has made considerable gains and is inching towards the 2,600-mark. He is ranked 98th with a rating of 2,594.In the top 20 boys, there are two Indians, Sasikiran in the fifth place and P Harikrishna at 20th with 2,506.

Rankings: Men Top 10:

1 Kasparov Rus 2849, 2 Anand Ind 2774, 3 Kramnik Rus 2772, 4 Michael Adams Eng 2754, 5 Peter Leko Hun 2748, 6 Alexie Shirov Spain 2746, 7.

Alexander Morozevich Rus 2734, 8.Vassily Ivanchuk Ukraine 2716, 9.

Veselin Topalov Bul 2707, 10. Michael Krasenkow Pol 2702.Women Top 10: 1 Judit Polgar Hun 2656, 2 Xie Jun China 2567,3. Alisa Galliamova-Ivanchuk Rus 2550, 4. Maya Chiburdanidze Georgia 2550 5. Zhu Chen China 2534, 6.Xu Yuhua China 2507, 7. Wang Pin China 2506, 8. Pia Cramling Swe 2505, 9. Nana Ioseliani Georgia 2500, 10. Hoang Thanh Trang Vie 2493.

Boys Top 10: 1. Ruslan Ponomariov Ukraine 2624, 2. Etienne Bacrot, France 2613, 3. Vlamidir Malakhov Rus 2605, 4. Alexander Grischuk, Rus 2601, 5. Krishnan Sasikiran 2594, 6.Karen Asrian Armenia 2574, 7.Alexander Moiseenko Ukraine 2574, 8.Bu Xiangzhi China 2570, 9. Vladimir Kosyrev Rus 10. Vallejo Pons Spain 2554, 20th. P Harikrishna Ind 2506.