Top 10 Chess Players in the World

These are the top-10 chess players in the world as per the rating list released in September 2009 by the FIDE.
1)Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)-2813
2)Viswanathan Anand (India)-2788
3)Levon Aronian (Armenia)-2773
4)Magnus Carlsen (Norway)-2772
5)Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)-2772
6)Peter Leko (Hungary)-2762
7)Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)-2757
8)Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)-2756
9)Boris Gelfand (Israel)-2756
10)Alexander Morozevich(Russia)-2750

English Premier League Football Results 4th April 2009

These are the results of English Premier League (EPL) football (soccer) matches played on 4th April 2009
1)Blackburn Rovers bt Tottenham Hotspur 2-1
2)Newcastle United lost to Chelsea 0-2
3)Bolton Wanderers bt Middlesbrough 4-1
4)Arsenal bt Manchester City 2-0
5)Hull City drew Portsmouth 0-0
6)West Ham United bt Sunderland 2-0
7)West Bromwich Albion lost to Stoke City 0-2

Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 Cricket Matches 2009 Schedule

The schedule for the second DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 (T20I),20-20 cricket matches is given below.The matches are to be held in South Africa.

Schedule: Timings correspond to Indian Standard Time (IST) (GMT+ 05:30)

April 18: Rajasthan Royals (RR) v Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) (4 pm) at Cape Town; Mumbai Indians (MI) v Chennai Super Kings (CSK) (8 pm) at Cape Town

April 19: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) v Deccan Chargers (DC) (4 pm) at Cape Town; Delhi Daredevils (DD) v Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) (8 pm) at Cape Town

April 20: Royal Challengers Bangalore V Chennai Super Kings (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth

April 21: Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians (4 pm) at Durban; Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab (8 pm) at Durban

April 22: Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings (4 pm) at Durban; Royal Challengers v Deccan Chargers (8 pm) at Cape Town

April 23: Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth

April 24: Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore (4 pm) at Johannesburg

April 25: Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings (4 pm) at Cape Town; Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians (8 pm) at Durban

April 26: Rajathan Royals v Kings XI Punjab (4 pm) at Cape Town; Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils (8 pm) Port Elizabeth

April 27: Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians (4 pm) at Cape Town; Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers (8 pm) at Durban

April 28: Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals (4 pm) at Pretoria

April 29: Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab (4 pm) at Durban; Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore (8 pm) at Durban

April 30: Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers (4 pm) at Pretoria; Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings (8 pm) at Pretoria

May 1: RCB v KXIP (4 pm) at East London; MI v KKR (8 pm) at Durban

May 2: RR v DC (4 pm) at Johannesburg; CSK v DD (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 3: MI v RCB (4 pm) at Durban; KXIP v KKR (8 pm) at East London

May 4: DC v CSK (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 5: DD v KKR (4 pm) at Durban; KXIP v RR (8 pm) at Durban

May 6: MI v DC (4 pm) at Pretoria

May 7: KXIP v CSK (4 pm) at Pretoria; RCB v RR (8 pm) at Pretoria

May 8: DD v MI (4 pm) at East London

May 9: DC v KXIP (4 pm) at Bloemfontein; CSK v RR (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 10: KKR v DD (4 pm) at East London; RCB v MI (8 pm) at Johannesburg

May 11: DC v RR (4 pm) at Bloemfontein

May 12: RCB v KKR (4 pm) at Pretoria; KXIP v MI (8 pm) at Pretoria

May 13: DC v DD (4 pm) at Durban

May 14: MI v RR (4 pm) at Durban; CSK v RCB (8 pm) at Durban

May 15: KXIP v DD (4 pm) at Kimberley

May 16: CSK v MI (4 pm) at Johannesburg; DC v KKR (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth

May 17: RR v DD (4 pm) at Kimberley; KXIP v DC (8 pm) at Johannesburg

May 18: CSK v KKR (4 pm) at Pretoria

May 19: DD v RCB (4 pm) at Johannesburg

May 20: CSK v KXIP (4 pm) at Durban; RR v KKR (8 pm) at Durban

May 21: DC v RCB (4 pm) at Pretoria; MI v DD (8 pm) at Pretoria

May 22: Semi Final 1 at Pretoria

May 23: Semi Final 2 at Johannesburg

May 24: Final at Johannesburg.

FIFA 2010 World Cup Football Qualifying Matches Results Held on 1st April 2009

Here are the results of FIFA World Cup 2010 (to be held in South Africa) Football (Soccer) qualifying matches which took place on 1st April 2009.
1)Brazil bt Peru 3-0
2)Greece bt Israel 2-1
3)Turkey lost to Spain 1-2
4)Bosnia and Herzegovina bt Belgium 2-1
5)Switzerland bt Moldova 2-0
6)Poland bt San Marino 10-0
7)Czech Republic lost to Slovakia 1-2
8)Andorra lost to Croatia 0-2
9)Kazakhstan lost to Belarus 1-5
10)Denmark bt Albania 3-0
11)England bt Ukraine 2-1
12)Northern Ireland bt Slovenia 1-0
13)Wales lost to Germany 0-2
14)Liechtenstein lost to Russia 0-1
15)Chile drew Uruguay 0-0
16)Hungary bt Malta 3-0
17)Latvia bt Luxembourg 2-0
18)Estonia bt Armenia 1-0
19)Ecuador drew Paraguay 1-1
20)Bolivia bt Argentina 6-1

World Top 100 Chess Players in April 2009 FIDE Rating List

The following players are the top 10 chess players in the world according to April 2009 FIDE Rating list.

1)Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) - 2812 pts
2)Viswanathan Anand (India) - 2783 pts
3)Magnus Carlsen (Norway) - 2700 pts
4)Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) - 2759 pts
5)Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) - 2756 pts
6)Levon Aronian (Armenia) - 2754 pts
7)Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia) - 2753 pts
8)Alexander Morozevich (Russia) - 2751 pts
9)Peter Leko (Hungary) - 2751 pts
10)Alexander Grischuk (Russia) - 2748 pts
For the complete list of top 100 chess players in the world you can go to
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5323

Sony Ericcson Open Tennis Tournament Results

Venus Williams will meet her sister Serena Williams in the semi final of the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament which is being held in Miami,FL,USA.She defeated Czech no.26 seed Iveta Benesova 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday evening.Venus Williams is looking for her fourth Sony Ericsson open title.In a thriller late night world no.2 and two time champion Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick 6-3,4-6,6-4 in the quarter final to set up a semi final clash with Novak Djokovic.Djokovic defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3,6-4 to reach the semi finals.