How does one identify the world’s top chess players according to FIDE ratings? To answer this quite reasonable question, an American physics professor Arpad Elo invented a special rating calculation system for a 2-player game. FIDE started using Elo’s ratings back in 1970. Since 2012, separate ratings were implemented for rapid and blitz chess. These…
Veselin Topalov
The tournament ended in Salamanca (Spain), held from October 26 to 29.Technical results: 1. J. Santos – 5.5, 2. V. Topalov – 5, 3. G. Kamsky – 4.5, 4-5. A. Kosteniuk, V. Keymer – 3.5, 6. T. Gara -3, 7. S. Vega – 2.5, 8. M. Socko – 1. Final standings Official page
Former FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov said in an interview with the Spanish ABC that he was against the international chess federation being headed by a Russian. source