Carlsen Reclaims No.1 World Rankings!

3 January 2011, Kuala Lumpur – ICC wishes Happy New Year 2011 and liked the picture for viewers to see it. Recently FIDE has released the new ratings list for the month of January 2011 and can be seen from the table below, GM Magnus Carlsen has reclaimed his number one spot in the world rankings of chess players.

The performance of the London Chess Classic 2010 played in during the month of December 2010 helped Carlsen to reignite his number one status with a 2814 ratings point.

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Top 100 FIDE Rated Malaysia

1 January 2011, Kuala Lumpur – FIDE has issued the latest top 100 FIDE-rated chess players for all countries. Magnus Carlsen has regain his World Top ranking. For Malaysia, IM Mas continues at no.1 spot, IM Mok at second spot with 2394 rating points, third is FM Nicholas Chan, fourth is FM Ooi Chern Ee, fifth is FM Ronnie Lim, sixth is IM Jimmy Liew, seventh Ng Tze Han, eighth FM Peter Long, ninth IM Lim Yee-Weng and tenth, Law Zhe Kang.

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Top 100 FIDE Rated Malaysia, November 2010

1 November 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Today, FIDE has issued its regular two-month’s rating for the top 100 ranked Malaysian chess players for the month of November 2010 as follows:-

Malaysia  (All players) 

#	Name	Title	Fed	Rating	G	B-Year
1	Mas, Hafizulhelmi	m	MAS	2423	9
2	Wong, Zi Jing	m	MAS	2410	0	1982
3	Mok, Tze-Meng	m	MAS	2394	19
4	Chan, Nicholas	f	MAS	2375	0
5	Ooi, Chern Ee	f	MAS	2349	0
6	Lim, Chuin Hoong Ronnie	f	MAS	2335	9	1983
7	Liew, Chee-Meng-Jimmy	m	MAS	2302	9	1958
8	Long, Peter	f	MAS	2282	18	1961
8	Ng, Tze Han		MAS	2282	0	1981
10	Bakri, Anas Nazreen	f	MAS	2270	0	1991
11	Wong, Chee Chung		MAS	2257	0
12	Cheah, Eric		MAS	2255	0
13	Ahmad, Maliki		MAS	2254	0
14	Chuah, Jin Hai Jonathan		MAS	2250	0	1986
15	Lim, Yee-Weng	m	MAS	2248	0	1982
16	Hon Kah Seng, Christie	f	MAS	2236	0
17	Chia, Soon-Keat		MAS	2235	0
17	Gregory, V		MAS	2235	0
19	Chan, Marcus		MAS	2227	0
20	Ng, Ee-Vern		MAS	2224	0
21	Madhavan, Collin	c	MAS	2220	0	1959
22	Foudzi, Siti Zulaikha	wm	MAS	2218	0	1988
23	Law, Zhe Kang		MAS	2215	0
23	Moh, Teng Keong Deon		MAS	2215	0	1984
25	Chin, F		MAS	2211	0
26	Foo, Boon-Poh Paul		MAS	2210	0
27	Karim, Wahid		MAS	2207	0	1970
28	Choong, Yit-Chuan		MAS	2205	0
28	Phuah, Eng-Chye		MAS	2205	0
28	Si, Ignatius		MAS	2205	0
31	Ng, Ek Teong		MAS	2200	0
32	Zakaria, Fairin		MAS	2198	0
33	Toh, Joseph		MAS	2189	0	1959
33	Yee, Keng Yew Aaron		MAS	2189	0
35	Chow, Mon Ben		MAS	2185	0	1983
35	Muzzafar, Ahmad		MAS	2185	0
35	Yeoh, Chin-Seng		MAS	2185	0
38	Goh, Yoon-Wah		MAS	2180	0
39	Abdullah, Mohd Kamal		MAS	2177	0
40	Hong, Victor Wee Liam		MAS	2169	0	1990
40	Wahiduddin, Kamalarifin		MAS	2169	0	1972
42	Leong, Mun Wan		MAS	2167	0
43	Lau, Gregory		MAS	2163	3	1964
44	Che Hassan, Muhd Aizuddin		MAS	2155	0	1985
45	Thaw, Chee Yin		MAS	2150	0	1982
46	Loo, Swee Leong		MAS	2149	9
47	Omar, Asrul Sharaff		MAS	2148	0	1971
48	Lee, Kim Han Edward		MAS	2144	8	1993
49	Navaratnam, Julian		MAS	2142	0	1972
50	Tan, Hong Ghee		MAS	2140	0
51	Sabri, Mohd Saprin		MAS	2139	0	1972
52	Md Nor, Azahari		MAS	2130	0	1969
53	Tan, Khai Boon		MAS	2126	17
54	Yeap, Eng Chiam		MAS	2124	9	1995
54	Jamil, Mohd Johan		MAS	2124	0
56	Wong, Zi Chuang		MAS	2123	0	1987
57	Yeoh, Li Tian		MAS	2122	7	1999
58	Ibrahim, Mohd Irman		MAS	2119	0	1976
59	Lim, Chin Lee		MAS	2115	0	1977
60	Au Yoong, Yow Loo		MAS	2113	0
61	Soon, Wai Cheong		MAS	2107	9	1988
61	Liong, Ing Kiat Anthony		MAS	2107	0
63	Johan Iskandar Foudzi	f	MAS	2106	0	1987
64	Lam, Tai Thomas		MAS	2105	0
65	Zamhuri, Mustafa Kamal		MAS	2102	0	1972
66	Tan, Eu Hong		MAS	2101	0
67	Shafruddin, Hafiz		MAS	2098	0	1986
68	Mohamed, Abdul Haq		MAS	2096	0
69	Ooi, Chong Hean		MAS	2094	0	1982
70	Zullkafli, Zarul Shazwan		MAS	2092	0	1989
71	Lim, Jean Nie		MAS	2091	0
72	Tan, Wei Sin		MAS	2090	0
73	Wahiduddin, Mohd Khair		MAS	2089	0
74	Jamil, Mohd Hussein		MAS	2088	0	1980
75	Abang, Mohd Reduan		MAS	2087	0
76	Shafruddin, Fariz		MAS	2085	0	1987
77	Chin, David		MAS	2082	0	1961
78	Lim, Han Ying		MAS	2081	0	1988
78	Pok, Wern Jian		MAS	2081	0	1987
80	Che Hassan, Abdullah		MAS	2080	0	1984
81	Lim, Zhuo Ren		MAS	2074	0	1992
82	Soh, Han Loong Gerald		MAS	2073	0	1985
83	Maheran, Azril		MAS	2071	0	1979
84	Wong, Su Yi Audrey	wm	MAS	2070	0	1969
85	Zainal, Faiezul		MAS	2069	0
86	Hashim, Md. Sabar		MAS	2068	0
86	Subramaniam, Sumant		MAS	2068	0	1993
88	Nik, Nik Ahmad Farouqi		MAS	2066	0	1982
89	Chan, Tze Wei		MAS	2065	0	1987
89	Mat Daud, Mohd Azizul		MAS	2065	0
89	Pang, Siew Chong		MAS	2065	0
92	Othman, Tun Seri Lanang		MAS	2062	0	1975
93	Lim, Tse Pin		MAS	2060	0	1975
93	Yusof, Kamaluddin		MAS	2060	0	1967
95	Ong, Thian Loon		MAS	2059	0
96	Wong, Ming Wai		MAS	2057	0
96	Zullkafli, Zarul Shafiq		MAS	2057	0	1987
98	Lee, Heng Jun Samantha		MAS	2050	0
99	Amru, Muhd Tariq		MAS	2049	0	1992
100	Zakaria, Mohd Fadli	c	MAS	2048	6	1969

(source: fide.com)