For 8 years on trot, beginning July 2000, India’s Viswanathan Anand consistently maintained his FIDE ranking within world’s top 3. He briefly descended from the no.1 position in July 2008 to no. 5 in October 2008 but quickly climbed back to the top 3 once again and stayed there till March 2010. During March-May 2010, Anand was no.4 but was back to within top 3 once again in July 2010 and held on to his superior rankings until January 2012. At this point of time in his chess career, Anand couldn’t arrest his comedown. As of December 2013, Anand was ranked as world no. 9,