Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik caught up with World Champion Viswanathan Anand to tie for the top position both with ratings of 2799 in the January 2008 FIDE Rating List. In the juniors, Magnus Carlsen edged out Sergey Karjakin for the top spot.
The tie between Anand and Kramnik is a precursor to their exciting World Championship Match this October in Bonn, Germany.
Another interesting points in FIDE rating list January 2008 are
- Alexei Shirov gained 16 points to move from 10th to 7th;
- Magnus Carlsen gained 19 points to move from 16 to place 13;
- Sergey Karjakin gained 38 points to move from 24 to 14;
- American Gata Kamsky gained 12 to move from 17 to 15;
- Bulgarian Ivan Cheparinov gained 43 (!) to move from place 42 to place 19.

Top 20 (men):

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2799	9	1975
2	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2799	3	1969
3	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	14	1975
4	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2765	12	1977
5	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2763	19	1976
6	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2760	35	1985
7	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2755	49	1972
8	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2753	9	1979
9	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751	30	1969
10	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2739	16	1982
11	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2737	9	1968
12	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2735	20	1987
13	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2733	37	1990
14	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	36	1990
15	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2726	32	1974
16	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2726	31	1971
17	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2720	33	1983
18	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2719	40	1983
19	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2713	36	1986
20	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2711	35	1985

Top 20 (women):

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2707	10	1976
2	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2612	11	1987
3	Xie, Jun	g	CHN	2574	4	1970
4	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2548	24	1976
5	Hou, Yifan	wg	CHN	2527	67	1994
6	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2524	11	1963
7	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2523	8	1984
8	Zhao, Xue	wg	CHN	2517	52	1985
9	Sebag, Marie	m	FRA	2510	8	1986
10	Xu, Yuhua	g	CHN	2500	14	1976
11	Ruan, Lufei		CHN	2495	35	1987
12	Kosintseva, Tatiana	m	RUS	2495	8	1986
13	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2489	12	1961
14	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2484	22	1985
15	Danielian, Elina	m	ARM	2480	21	1978
16	Socko, Monika	m	POL	2479	15	1978
17	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2476	25	1985
18	Hoang Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2475	20	1980
19	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2475	16	1983
20	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2475	16	1989

Top 20 (juniors):

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2733	37	1990
2	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2732	36	1990
3	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2665	62	1989
4	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2637	8	1990
5	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	2614	23	1989
6	Kuzubov, Yuriy	g	UKR	2606	27	1990
7	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2600	11	1990
8	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2598	26	1992
9	Popov, Ivan	g	RUS	2595	39	1990
10	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2595	30	1988
11	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2583	23	1988
12	Baramidze, David	g	GER	2582	27	1988
13	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2573	22	1990
14	Lenic, Luka	m	SLO	2568	32	1988
15	Li, Chao b		CHN	2566	33	1989
16	Vovk, Yuri	m	UKR	2561	45	1988
17	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2558	18	1989
18	Brkic, Ante	g	CRO	2558	15	1988
19	Gareev, Timur	g	UZB	2557	0	1988
20	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	g	VIE	2551	12	1990

Top 20 (girls):

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Hou, Yifan	wg	CHN	2527	67	1994
2	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2475	16	1989
3	Muzychuk, Anna	wg	SLO	2460	22	1990
4	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2455	32	1991
5	Shen, Yang	wg	CHN	2429	41	1989
6	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	wg	ROU	2386	21	1989
7	Tairova, Elena	m	RUS	2386	13	1991
8	Charochkina, Daria	wm	RUS	2383	18	1990
9	Ju, Wenjun		CHN	2360	29	1991
10	Vasilkova, Svetlana	wm	RUS	2359	23	1988
11	Muzychuk, Mariya	wm	UKR	2357	9	1992
12	Nebolsina, Vera	wm	RUS	2348	26	1989
13	Stock, Lara	wm	CRO	2346	10	1992
14	Nemcova, Katerina	wm	CZE	2342	39	1990
15	Girya, Olga	wf	RUS	2342	22	1991
16	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	wf	RUS	2317	9	1992
17	Soumya, Swaminathan	wm	IND	2315	35	1989
18	Mamedjarova, Turkan	wg	AZE	2313	18	1989
19	Paikidze, Nazi	wf	GEO	2311	20	1993
20	Zhang, Xiaowen		CHN	2309	29	1989