Congratulations Magnus: Highest rated player in history gradually crushes the will of the previous Champion

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Rating: 2872. Closest behind, Garry Kasparov on 2851.

Table of highest rated players ever, with date their best ratings were first achieved
Rank	Rating	Player	Year-month
1	2872	Magnus Carlsen	2013-02
2	2851	Garry Kasparov	1999-07
3	2825	Levon Aronian	2012-05
4	2817	Viswanathan Anand	2011-03
5	2813	Veselin Topalov	2006-07
6	2811	Vladimir Kramnik	2013-05^[4]

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