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Aronian advances to 4th position in FIDE new ranking
World Champion Magnus Carlsen (2827) continues to lead the top players’ lists published by FIDE on September 1. He has points. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2804) is second, followed by Vladimir Kramnik (2803). Armenia’s Levon Aronian is 4th with 2802. Armenia’s Sergey Movsesyan, Vladimir Hakobyan and Gabriel Sargsyan come 72nd, 79th and 102nd respectively. Below are the top ten players
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2827 | 9 | 1990 |
| 2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2804 | 9 | 1990 |
| 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2803 | 0 | 1975 |
| 4 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2802 | 9 | 1982 |
| 5 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2799 | 9 | 1992 |
| 6 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2797 | 0 | 1985 |
| 7 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2794 | 9 | 1969 |
| 8 | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2792 | 9 | 1993 |
| 9 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2788 | 4 | 1983 |
| 10 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2781 | 9 | 1987 |
