Although not official, a US player, GM Hikaru Nakamura, has broken into the unofficial FIDE Top 10 list. With his quick start at the Tal Memorial, he is now #10, just ahead of Radjabov, Wang Yue, and Boris Gelfand.
As far as I know, this hasn't happened since Kamsky. Gata Kamsky was a Top 10 player reaching #4 in the 90s. Of course, Kamsky emigrated to the US already an accomplished chess player as a boy , but Hikaru was 2 years old when he first came to the US. That makes Hikaru the first US-trained player to break the Top 10 since Bobby Fischer. I think Larry Christiansen once broke the top 30, but that would be the most recent American player to get even close.... can anyone confirm that?
Correction: Yasser Seirawan was #10 in 1990 (see comment section). He was also US trained.
As far as I know, this hasn't happened since Kamsky. Gata Kamsky was a Top 10 player reaching #4 in the 90s. Of course, Kamsky emigrated to the US already an accomplished chess player as a boy , but Hikaru was 2 years old when he first came to the US. That makes Hikaru the first US-trained player to break the Top 10 since Bobby Fischer. I think Larry Christiansen once broke the top 30, but that would be the most recent American player to get even close.... can anyone confirm that?
Correction: Yasser Seirawan was #10 in 1990 (see comment section). He was also US trained.
Unfortunately, moving farther up the list will require big improvements; there is an interesting gap of almost 20 rating points between #9 and #10, and only 3 points between #10 and #14! And of course, not only does the rest of the tournament still have to be played, but the official list also will not be out for some time. A lot can still change.
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Rank Name Track Rating Change # games # events Born @ FIDE
01 Carlsen off 2812,0 +10 10 1 1990 id-card
02 Aronian off 2809,1 +8,1 3 1 1982 id-card
03 Anand off 2808,4 +4,4 10 1 1969 id-card
04 Kramnik off 2790,1 -0,9 3 1 1975 id-card
05 Grischuk off 2775,3 +4,3 3 1 1983 id-card
06 Topalov off 2774,8 -11,2 10 1 1975 id-card
07 Mamedyarov off 2767,3 +4,3 3 1 1985 id-card
08 Karjakin off 2764,4 +4,4 3 1 1990 id-card
09 Ivanchuk off 2764,0 0 0 0 1969 id-card
10 Nakamura off 2746,6 +5,6 3 1 1987 id-card
11 Ponomariov off 2744,0 0 0 0 1983 id-card
11 Radjabov off 2744,0 0 0 0 1987 id-card
13 Wang Yue off 2741,6 -14,4 10 1 1987 id-card
14 Gelfand off 2737,0 -4 3 1 1968 id-card
15 Gashimov off 2736,0 +3 10 1 1986 id-card
11 Radjabov off 2744,0 0 0 0 1987 id-card
13 Wang Yue off 2741,6 -14,4 10 1 1987 id-card
14 Gelfand off 2737,0 -4 3 1 1968 id-card
15 Gashimov off 2736,0 +3 10 1 1986 id-card
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