Carlsen, who is currently coached by Garry Kasparov, is aged 19 years and 32 days, which makes him the youngest ever number one chess player in the world. Photo by BGNES

Bulgarian Vesselin Topalov yielded the first position of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Top 100 Players ranking to young Norwegian player Magnus Carlsen.

Carlsen, who is currently coached by Garry Kasparov, is aged 19 years and 32 days, which makes him the youngest ever number one chess player in the world. He got an Elo rating of 2810, making him the fifth player to get past the 2800 mark.

FIDE 2010 official listing ranked Bulgarian Vesselin Topalov second with Elo rating of 2805 as world number two, while Indian world champion Viswanathan Anand is third with 2,790 points.

There are a total of three Bulgarians among the top 100. Kiril Georgiev and Ivan Cheparinov are ranked 53rd and 65th, respectively.