Azerbaijan`s Mammadyarov among FIDE top players
Azerbaijani grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov has climbed to the tenth place in the current ranking of the world`s strongest chess players, published by FIDE.
Shahriyar Mammadyarov, the strongest Azerbaijani grandmaster in the renewed table, has 2,757 points.
Other Azerbaijani grandmasters Teymur Rajabov and Eltaj Safarli rank 33rd and 99th in the list respectively.
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen remained on top with 2,870 points.
The current world champion Viswanathan Anand slipped to 7th spot with 2,775 points.
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