YEREVAN, May 6 (Noyan Tapan). The World Chess Council published the individual rating of the strongest sportsmen as of May 1. Garri Kasparov, 13-time world champion (Russia), continues to top the list, his individual rating is 2764. The individual rating of Vishvanatan Anand (India) is 2729 (second place). Alexander Morozevich (Russia, 2706), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 2704), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria, 2694), Peter Lekon (Hungary, 2690), Hudit Polgar (Hungary, 2690), Pyotr Swidler (Russia, 2680), Michael Adams (England, 2677), Nigel Short (England, 2670) also occupy places among the first ten chess-players. In the rating list of the World Chess Council Vladimir Hakobian occupies the higher place among the Armenian representatives. Karen Asrian (69rd place, 2571), Rafayel Vahanian (75th, 2567), Smbat Lputian (77th, 2566), Gabriel Sargsian (89th, 2560) are also among the first hundred sportsmen.

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