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ChessVista.com is the website of chess photographer Frits Agterdenbos. The site provides the international chess community with high quality chess photos and chess news of chess players from international chess events. There will be visual reports and an album with chess photo collections showing all the visual aspects of the chess world.07.02.2008 Happy Chinese New Year!!! Welcome in the Year of the Rat (7 February 2008 – 25 January 2009). In a 12-year cycle, each year is represented by an animal, in order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep (or Goat), Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig (or Boar). So everybody is an animal. Which animal you are depends on your Date of Birth. Famous Rats are: Zinedine Zidane, Ursula Andress, Louis Armstrong, Charles Aznavour, Lauren Bacall, James Baldwin, Marlon Brando, Charlotte Bronte, George H. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Cameron Diaz, T.S. Eliot, Clark Gable and Hugh Grant. Rat Chess Players in de FIDE Rating List Top 100 (January 2008) are Alexei Shirov (born 4-7-1972, elo 2755, world ranking 7), Vadim Milov (1-8-1972, 2690, 30), Loek Van Wely (7-10-1972, 2681, 35), Predrag Nikolic (11-9-1960, 2665, 50), Artyom Timofeev (6-1-1985, 2664, 51), Konstantin Landa (22-5-1972, 2641, 78), Victor Mikhalevski (8-7-1972, 2632, 92) and Yasser Seirawan (24-3-1960, 2628, 98). Report by rat Frits Agterdenbos (7-4-1960, unrated, unranked). Alexei Shirov (photo 2007-01-21), whose Zodiac Animal Sign is Rat. He is the number one Rat Chess Player based on Elo. Rat with coin symbolizing wealth Yasser Seirawan is a Rat (photo 2008-01-27) Rat with Chinese character for Luck