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Thursday, 10 June 2010

The first FIDE rating list has been published in July, 1971. Since then almost 39 years have passed, and only 7 (!) people have been at the top spot: 5 World Champions, 1 FIDE champion and 1 chess prodigy. Yes, chess is not tennis!

Years at FIDE Number One and Youngest Age at FIDE Number One (through June 30, 2010)
Player	Years at #1 (months)	Peak rating	Age at first time #1	Date at first time #1	Rating at first time #1
Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov	21.25 (255)	2851	20.717	01984-01-01 January 1, 1984	2710
Karpov, AnatolyAnatoly Karpov	7.5 (90)	2780	24.605	01976-01-01 January 1, 1976	2695
Fischer, BobbyBobby Fischer	4.5 (54)	2785	28.311	01971-07-01 July 1, 1971	2760
Topalov, VeselinVeselin Topalov	2.25 (27)	2813	31.044	02006-04-01 April 1, 2006	2804
Anand, ViswanathanViswanathan Anand	1.25 (15)	2803	37.305	02007-04-01 April 1, 2007	2786
Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik	0.75 (9)	2811	20.516	01996-01-01 January 1, 1996	2775
Carlsen, MagnusMagnus Carlsen	0.5 (6)	2813	19.086	02010-01-01 January 1, 2010	2810

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