Click to play videoNew Delhi: World champion Viswanathan Anand has fallen from the top spot to be placed fifth in the latest world rankings issued by International Chess Federation (FIDE).
World Championship title defence against Vladimir Kramnik next month in Germany is all set to become all the more interesting.
Prodigious Magnus Carlson of Norway is nearing the top three positions as he is ranked fourth ahead of Anand.
Alexander Morozevich of Russia and Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine are
second and third respectively.
It is after a gap of over a decade that Anand is placed outside the top three.
He was crowned the world number one in April 2007 but slid to second place in January this year.
Anand had finished at the bottom in the Chess Masters in Spain where his old rival Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria clinched the title and later, the top rank.
(with inputs from agencies)
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