December 2015 ratings: Carlsen slumps, Muzychuk rises

by Albert Silver
12/1/2015 – To say that Magnus Carlsen's year has been a flop would be an understatement. After a poor result in the European Team Championship, he has dropped to his lowest rating since 2011. On the flip side, Mariya Muzychuk, who has been envigorated by her win at the World Women Championship, has risen non-stop, and is now the world no. 3. Here are the numbers in all their glory.

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FIDE December 2015 – Top 100 Players

Never one to wish to focus on negativity, one cannot help but be concerned
about World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen's loss of rating that has now brought him
to near mortal levels at 2834. A poor result in the European Team Championship
cost him 16 Elo, taking him to his lowest rating since November 2011.

The same was not true of Pavel Eljanov, who continues to rise in the ranks and is now at
a personal best with 2763 FIDE. Impressive.

Top Armenian Levon Aronian congratulates his compatriot Karen Grigoryan for the 
silver medal Armenia won at the European Team Championships 2015. Aronian's 
performance was a key factor as was Gabriel Sargissian, who now joins the 2700 club.

Editor's note: We’d like to tip our hat to FIDE and thank them for listening to their members and removing the need to sign in each and every time at their site to access player Elo information. 

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2834 7 1990
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2803 0 1975
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2796 6 1969
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2796 0 1975
5 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2793 0 1987
6 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2788 9 1982
7 Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2787 0 1992
8 Giri, Anish g NED 2784 15 1994
9 Ding, Liren g CHN 2776 6 1992
10 So, Wesley g USA 2775 6 1993
11 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2773 9 1990
12 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2766 0 1990
13 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2763 9 1983
14 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2751 8 1976
15 Li, Chao b g CHN 2750 0 1989
16 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2748 8 1985
17 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2747 6 1983
18 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2744 7 1987
19 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2743 0 1986
20 Adams, Michael g ENG 2737 8 1971
21 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2737 7 1983
22 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2736 3 1994
23 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2732 0 1990
24 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2732 0 1983
25 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2731 0 1968
26 Navara, David g CZE 2730 13 1985
27 Wei, Yi g CHN 2730 3 1999
28 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2726 8 1987
29 Wang, Yue g CHN 2724 3 1987
30 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2724 0 1987
31 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2723 7 1987
32 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2718 0 1991
33 Rapport, Richard g HUN 2715 11 1996
34 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2713 9 1985
35 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2712 3 1985
36 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy g UKR 2711 7 1986
37 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2710 8 1969
38 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2710 0 1983
39 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2707 8 1981
40 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2707 8 1990
41 Wang, Hao g CHN 2707 3 1989
42 Leko, Peter g HUN 2705 9 1979
43 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2702 8 1983
44 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2702 0 1979
45 Naiditsch, Arkadij g AZE 2698 8 1985
46 Hammer, Jon Ludvig g NOR 2695 9 1990
47 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2694 3 1980
48 Ni, Hua g CHN 2693 3 1983
49 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2692 8 1983
50 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2692 5 1977
51 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2692 0 1974
52 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2690 10 1976
53 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2689 0 1980
54 Howell, David W L g ENG 2688 9 1990
55 Ragger, Markus g AUT 2687 12 1988
56 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2685 9 1967
57 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2684 5 1965
58 Matlakov, Maxim g RUS 2684 0 1991
59 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2683 0 1994
60 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2682 0 1986
61 Kovalenko, Igor g LAT 2680 10 1988
62 Rodshtein, Maxim g ISR 2678 2 1989
63 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2677 9 1986
64 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2676 18 1982
65 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2676 9 1972
66 Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2676 0 1998
67 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g GER 2675 17 1976
68 Bareev, Evgeny g CAN 2675 0 1966
69 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2674 0 1977
70 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2673 12 1983
71 Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2670 9 1981
72 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2669 9 1974
73 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2669 6 1984
74 Adhiban, B. g IND 2669 0 1992
75 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2668 0 1985
76 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2666 9 1982
77 Lysyj, Igor g RUS 2666 3 1987
78 Amin, Bassem g EGY 2665 8 1988
79 Fedoseev, Vladimir g RUS 2664 0 1995
80 Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2664 0 1993
81 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2664 0 1975
82 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof g POL 2663 9 1998
83 Sadler, Matthew D g ENG 2662 2 1974
84 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2662 0 1976
85 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2660 15 1973
86 Meier, Georg g GER 2660 10 1987
87 Ivanisevic, Ivan g SRB 2660 8 1977
88 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2659 7 1978
89 Robson, Ray g USA 2659 0 1994
90 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2658 0 1968
91 Bukavshin, Ivan g RUS 2657 0 1995
92 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2655 10 1988
93 Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2655 2 1996
94 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2655 0 1989
95 Melkumyan, Hrant g ARM 2654 18 1989
96 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2654 9 1971
97 Saric, Ivan g CRO 2654 9 1990
98 Gharamian, Tigran g FRA 2654 0 1984
99 Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2654 0 1984
100 Safarli, Eltaj g AZE 2653 6 1992
101 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2653 0 1979

Top climbers and descenders

Rk
Old
 Name
Fed
Ti.
Rating
Old
Gms
  1 1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR GM 2834 -16 2850 7
  13 13 Eljanov, Pavel UKR GM 2763 +10 2753 9
28 22 Radjabov, Teimour AZE GM 2726 -13 2739 8
31 16 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL GM 2723 -25 2748 7
33 46 Rapport, Richard HUN GM 2715 +22 2693 11
37 32 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR GM 2710 -10 2720 8
43 52 Sargissian, Gabriel ARM GM 2702 +13 2689 8
46 65 Hammer, Jon Ludvig NOR GM 2695 +13 2682 9
61 45 Kovalenko, Igor LAT GM 2680 -14 2694 10
65 51 Shirov, Alexei LAT GM 2676 -13 2689 9
72 66 Kamsky, Gata USA GM 2669 -12 2681 9
73 56 McShane, Luke J ENG GM 2669 -18 2687 6
92 77 Laznicka, Viktor CZE GM 2655 -10 2665 10

FIDE Top 100 Women

The highest profile gainer was easily reigning World Champion Mariya Muzychuk, whose
crushing result in the European Team Championship with 7.0/8 and a 2772 performance
were essential in bringing Ukrain the silver. This result also moved her to World no. 3, just
behind Hou Yifan and Humpy Koneru.

A special mention should be made of journalist WGM Elmira Mirzoeva
who stormed into the Top 100 for the first time in her life after a fantastic
run of events yielding 102 Elo, taking her to World no. 88. Congrats.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2683 0 1994
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2583 0 1987
3 Muzychuk, Mariya g UKR 2561 8 1992
4 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2559 7 1987
5 Ju, Wenjun g CHN 2543 3 1991
6 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2542 8 1984
7 Muzychuk, Anna g UKR 2535 8 1990
8 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2534 0 1983
9 Lagno, Kateryna g RUS 2529 9 1989
10 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2523 3 1963
11 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2521 2 1979
12 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2519 3 1985
13 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2513 0 1991
14 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2502 10 1989
15 Batsiashvili, Nino m GEO 2498 9 1987
16 Khotenashvili, Bela g GEO 2496 10 1988
17 Goryachkina, Aleksandra wg RUS 2493 8 1998
18 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2493 3 1991
19 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2490 8 1986
20 Zhukova, Natalia g UKR 2488 8 1979
21 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2486 7 1984
22 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2478 1 1978
23 Shen, Yang m CHN 2477 3 1989
24 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2475 9 1985
25 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2475 0 1972
26 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2475 0 1986
27 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2471 9 1985
28 Krush, Irina g USA 2468 0 1983
29 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2464 0 1980
30 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2459 0 1974
31 Bodnaruk, Anastasia m RUS 2456 3 1992
32 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2456 3 1991
33 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2454 0 1985
34 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2453 8 1976
35 Melia, Salome m GEO 2452 0 1987
36 Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2450 7 1985
37 Kashlinskaya, Alina m RUS 2448 0 1993
38 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag m MGL 2448 0 1987
39 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2445 9 1978
40 Lei, Tingjie wg CHN 2444 2 1997
41 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2444 1 1978
42 Moser, Eva m AUT 2442 0 1982
43 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2441 3 1986
44 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2440 9 1982
45 Guseva, Marina m RUS 2439 0 1986
46 Padmini, Rout m IND 2437 11 1994
47 Socko, Monika g POL 2437 9 1978
48 Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2433 8 1987
49 Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2432 0 1975
50 Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel m MGL 2430 18 2000
51 Ding, Yixin wg CHN 2426 3 1991
52 Guo, Qi m CHN 2426 3 1995
53 Cori T., Deysi wg PER 2425 8 1993
54 Savina, Anastasia m RUS 2424 0 1992
55 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2421 0 1978
56 Turova, Irina m RUS 2419 0 1979
57 Alexandrova, Olga m ESP 2418 0 1978
58 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2418 0 1976
59 Sukandar, Irine Kharisma m INA 2413 9 1992
60 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2409 8 1980
61 Saduakassova, Dinara wg KAZ 2407 0 1996
62 Bojkovic, Natasa m SRB 2406 0 1971
63 Ziaziulkina, Nastassia m BLR 2405 0 1995
64 Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina m ESP 2404 19 1987
65 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2403 4 1976
66 Michna, Marta wg GER 2400 0 1978
67 Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina wg POL 2396 7 1987
68 Charochkina, Daria m RUS 2395 0 1990
69 Zhai, Mo wm CHN 2391 3 1996
70 Haast, Anne wg NED 2390 10 1993
71 Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2390 8 1982
72 Arabidze, Meri m GEO 2390 6 1994
73 Abdumalik, Zhansaya wg KAZ 2390 0 2000
74 Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2389 6 1981
75 Stockova, Zuzana m SVK 2389 4 1977
76 Ryjanova, Julia wg RUS 2387 0 1974
77 Ni, Shiqun wg CHN 2386 3 1997
78 Videnova, Iva m BUL 2384 0 1987
79 Bulmaga, Irina m ROU 2383 9 1993
80 Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna wg POL 2383 7 1988
81 Aulia, Medina Warda wg INA 2383 0 1997
82 Shvayger, Yuliya wm ISR 2383 0 1994
83 Zaiatz, Elena m RUS 2382 7 1969
84 Kovanova, Baira wg RUS 2381 0 1987
85 Lujan, Carolina m ARG 2380 9 1985
86 Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat m IRI 2380 0 1997
87 Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2380 0 1977
88 Mirzoeva, Elmira wg RUS 2379 21 1981
89 Karavade, Eesha m IND 2379 0 1987
90 Zhang, Xiaowen wg CHN 2378 3 1989
91 Guichard, Pauline wg FRA 2376 17 1988
92 Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2375 0 1969
93 Nemcova, Katerina wg USA 2373 9 1990
94 Daulyte, Deimante m LTU 2372 18 1989
95 Li, Ruofan m SIN 2372 0 1978
96 Peng, Zhaoqin g NED 2370 8 1968
97 Guramishvili, Sopiko m GEO 2368 1 1991
98 Zimina, Olga m ITA 2367 8 1982
99 Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2365 0 1977
100 Wang, Jue wg CHN 2364 3 1995
101 Berend, Elvira wg LUX 2364 1 1965

FIDE Top 100 Juniors

After an alarming slump that saw 18-year-old (now 19) Richard Rapport from Hungary drop
from 2720 in October 2014 to just 2649 this last September, dropping out of the Top 100, the
talented player rallied like few have seen. Three months of superb results later he has come
back to 2715, culminating in a fantastic 2828 performance in the European Team Championship,
helping Hungary snatch the bronze. See this report for a taste of the form that brought him back.

While almost always slightly in the shadow of Samuel Sevian, US junior GM Jeffery Xiong has
made enormous strides and since March this year has gained over 100 Elo to reach 2575 now.
This has brought him within just three Elo of his rival.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Wei, Yi g CHN 2730 3 1999
2 Rapport, Richard g HUN 2715 11 1996
3 Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2676 0 1998
4 Fedoseev, Vladimir g RUS 2664 0 1995
5 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof g POL 2663 9 1998
6 Bukavshin, Ivan g RUS 2657 0 1995
7 Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2655 2 1996
8 Anton Guijarro, David g ESP 2640 9 1995
9 Naroditsky, Daniel g USA 2628 0 1995
10 Nyzhnyk, Illya g UKR 2627 0 1996
11 Lu, Shanglei g CHN 2618 23 1995
12 Grigoryan, Karen H. g ARM 2602 8 1995
13 Burke, John M f USA 2601 3 2001
14 Cori, Jorge g PER 2596 8 1995
15 Bok, Benjamin g NED 2594 4 1995
16 Bluebaum, Matthias g GER 2590 6 1997
17 Donchenko, Alexander g GER 2588 14 1998
18 Wagner, Dennis g GER 2586 11 1997
19 Gabuzyan, Hovhannes g ARM 2585 0 1995
20 Sevian, Samuel g USA 2578 9 2000
21 Xiong, Jeffery g USA 2575 23 2000
22 Antipov, Mikhail Al. g RUS 2569 0 1997
23 Alekseenko, Kirill g RUS 2568 11 1997
24 Idani, Pouya g IRI 2568 0 1995
25 Indjic, Aleksandar g SRB 2566 14 1995
26 Dragun, Kamil g POL 2564 0 1995
27 Oparin, Grigoriy g RUS 2563 1 1997
28 Rambaldi, Francesco g ITA 2560 20 1999
29 Eliseev, Urii g RUS 2560 7 1996
30 Tari, Aryan m NOR 2556 12 1999
31 Abasov, Nijat g AZE 2556 9 1995
32 Vaibhav, Suri g IND 2552 11 1997
33 Bortnyk, Olexandr g UKR 2552 0 1996
34 Bajarani, Ulvi g AZE 2551 0 1995
35 Ghosh, Diptayan m IND 2550 0 1998
36 Van Foreest, Jorden m NED 2547 5 1999
37 Vakhidov, Jahongir g UZB 2546 0 1995
38 Boruchovsky, Avital g ISR 2540 0 1997
39 Kadric, Denis g BIH 2534 9 1995
40 Svane, Rasmus m GER 2529 2 1997
41 Chigaev, Maksim m RUS 2526 7 1996
42 Santos Latasa, Jaime m ESP 2522 8 1996
43 Karthikeyan, Murali g IND 2518 13 1999
44 Pichot, Alan m ARG 2517 9 1998
45 Gordievsky, Dmitry f RUS 2513 5 1996
46 Gledura, Benjamin m HUN 2513 0 1999
47 Chandra, Akshat m USA 2511 9 1999
48 Troff, Kayden W g USA 2511 7 1998
49 Schroeder, Jan-Christian g GER 2511 2 1998
50 Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal m CHI 2511 0 1996
51 Grover, Sahaj g IND 2507 9 1995
52 Pardo Simon, David m ESP 2507 0 1995
53 Yuffa, Daniil m RUS 2504 11 1997
54 Bai, Jinshi g CHN 2502 3 1999
55 Paravyan, David m RUS 2501 8 1998
56 Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan m IND 2494 20 1998
57 Goryachkina, Aleksandra wg RUS 2493 8 1998
58 Pechac, Jergus f SVK 2491 4 2001
59 Lugovskoy, Maxim m RUS 2489 0 1996
60 Zajic, Milan m SRB 2488 9 1999
61 Sanal, Vahap m TUR 2487 11 1998
62 Aravindh,Chithambaram VR. g IND 2486 10 1999
63 Georgiadis, Nico m SUI 2485 12 1996
64 Igonin, Temur f UZB 2484 31 2000
65 Fawzy, Adham m EGY 2484 11 2000
66 Tabatabaei, M.amin m IRI 2482 15 2001
67 Mosadeghpour, Masoud m IRI 2479 18 1997
68 Fernandez, Daniel Howard m ENG 2479 2 1995
69 Moussard, Jules m FRA 2478 9 1995
70 Nenezic, Marko m SRB 2478 0 1995
71 Drozdowski, Kacper m POL 2475 9 1996
72 Andersen, Mads m DEN 2474 11 1995
73 Yang, Darwin m USA 2473 0 1996
74 Triapishko, Olexandr   RUS 2471 0 2000
75 Xu, Yinglun   CHN 2470 3 1996
76 Gagare, Shardul m IND 2470 0 1997
77 Mokshanov, Alexey m RUS 2470 0 1995
78 Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo f PER 2469 0 1999
79 Kriebel, Tadeas m CZE 2467 7 1995
80 Moroni, Luca Jr f ITA 2466 11 2000
81 Ebeling, Daniel m FIN 2466 0 1996
82 Petrosyan, Manuel m ARM 2466 0 1998
83 Gurevich, Daniel m USA 2465 9 1997
84 Deac, Bogdan-Daniel m ROU 2463 13 2001
85 Ma, Zhonghan m CHN 2463 3 1995
86 Lampert, Jonas m GER 2463 0 1997
87 Smirnov, Anton m AUS 2463 0 2001
88 Zakhartsov, Vladimir m RUS 2462 4 1997
89 Li, Ruifeng m USA 2460 23 2001
90 Stremavicius, Titas m LTU 2460 18 1998
91 Preotu, Razvan m CAN 2460 11 1999
92 Makhmutov, Rail f RUS 2459 0 1995
93 Zenzera, Alexey m RUS 2459 0 1997
94 Enkhnar, Enkhbaatar f MGL 2458 0 1997
95 Lobanov, Sergei   RUS 2457 11 2001
96 Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan m TUR 2457 0 1997
97 Izzat, Kanan m AZE 2456 9 1996
98 Petrov, Nikita m RUS 2456 0 1996
99 Lorparizangeneh, Shahin m IRI 2454 15 1999
100 Ali Marandi, Cemil Can m TUR 2454 11 1998
101 Draskovic, Luka m MNE 2454 7 1995
102 Mons, Leon m GER 2454 4 1995

FIDE Top 100 Girls

Ranked 32nd with an incredibly modest 2019 rating, Mahalakshmi from India was without
a doubt the greatest Cinderella story in the World Youth in Greece. Ahead of players rated
nearly 350 Elo more, she crushed the field with a 9.0/10 start, effectively winning the Girls
Under-18 a round in advance. Needless to say, her 2399 performance garnered her 208 Elo.

Greece's brightest star in the World Youth, Stavrous Tsolakidou once
more showed her stellar fighting spirit by winning the Girls Under-16
after a fairly lukewarm start. She finished with five straight wins, for
gold in 2015, after winning silver in the Girls Under-16 in 2014, and
gold again in the Girls Under-14 in 2013. She does her nation proud.

Credit must also be given to the many superlative results by talented girls in the World Youth Championship held in Porto Carras, Greece. There were so many, it was not even remotely practical to highlight them all, as much as we would have liked to. To get a taste of the many champion standard results, see the final report chock full of pictures and stories.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Goryachkina, Aleksandra wg RUS 2493 8 1998
2 Lei, Tingjie wg CHN 2444 2 1997
3 Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel m MGL 2430 18 2000
4 Guo, Qi m CHN 2426 3 1995
5 Saduakassova, Dinara wg KAZ 2407 0 1996
6 Ziaziulkina, Nastassia m BLR 2405 0 1995
7 Zhai, Mo wm CHN 2391 3 1996
8 Abdumalik, Zhansaya wg KAZ 2390 0 2000
9 Ni, Shiqun wg CHN 2386 3 1997
10 Aulia, Medina Warda wg INA 2383 0 1997
11 Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat m IRI 2380 0 1997
12 Wang, Jue wg CHN 2364 3 1995
13 Bivol, Alina wm RUS 2344 5 1996
14 Mammadzada, Gunay wg AZE 2341 0 2000
15 Osmak, Iulija wf UKR 2334 0 1998
16 Tsolakidou, Stavroula wm GRE 2325 21 2000
17 Khomeriki, Nino wm GEO 2321 20 1998
18 Severina, Maria wm RUS 2319 0 1995
19 Vaishali R wf IND 2313 22 2001
20 Amina, Battsooj   MGL 2313 0 2001
21 Harazinska, Ewa wf POL 2310 11 1998
22 Kantane, Anna wm POL 2310 0 1995
23 Rodriguez Rueda, Paula Andrea m COL 2308 18 1996
24 Derakhshani, Dorsa wm IRI 2307 20 1998
25 Klek, Hanna Marie   GER 2307 4 1995
26 Khokhlova, Daria   RUS 2296 0 1999
27 Fataliyeva, Ulviyya wm AZE 2295 6 1996
28 Hojjatova, Aydan wf AZE 2288 0 1999
29 Buksa, Nataliya wg UKR 2287 0 1996
30 Zhou, Qiyu wm CAN 2286 11 2000
31 Bykova, Anastasia wf RUS 2283 0 1997
32 Kazarian, Anna-Maja f NED 2279 9 2000
33 Gu, Tianlu wm CHN 2279 1 1997
34 Osmanodja, Filiz wm GER 2277 6 1996
35 Efroimski, Marsel wm ISR 2277 0 1995
36 Ivana Maria, Furtado wm IND 2277 0 1999
37 Frayna, Janelle Mae wm PHI 2272 30 1997
38 Varshini, V wf IND 2271 22 1998
39 Marjanovics, Annamaria wf HUN 2271 0 2001
40 Pratyusha, Bodda wm IND 2260 11 1997
41 Aranaz Murillo, Amalia wm ESP 2259 0 1995
42 Tantsiura, Maria wm UKR 2257 0 1996
43 Velikic, Adela   SRB 2255 17 1997
44 Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh   MGL 2255 11 1998
45 Styazhkina, Anna wm RUS 2254 11 1997
46 Drogovoz, Irina   RUS 2254 8 1999
47 Blagojevic, Tijana wm MNE 2253 20 1997
48 Navrotescu, Andreea-Cristiana wf FRA 2253 9 1996
49 Makarenko, Alexandra wf RUS 2252 0 1996
50 Mahalakshmi, M wf IND 2251 11 1998
51 Avramidou, Anastasia wf GRE 2250 11 2000
52 Sieber, Fiona wf GER 2250 11 2000
53 Haussernot, Cecile wf FRA 2242 9 1998
54 Diakonova, Ekaterina   RUS 2241 0 1999
55 Nicolas Zapata, Irene wm ESP 2239 0 1997
56 Unuk, Laura wm SLO 2238 20 1999
57 Kiolbasa, Oliwia wf POL 2236 11 2000
58 Martynkova, Olena wf UKR 2236 9 2000
59 Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim wm UZB 2232 0 1999
60 Dordzhieva, Dinara wm RUS 2230 11 1999
61 Martynyuk, Elizaveta wf RUS 2229 21 2000
62 Bayarmaa, Bayarjargal wf MGL 2229 0 1995
63 Gorti, Akshita f USA 2227 10 2002
64 Tomashevskaya, Lidia wm RUS 2226 0 1995
65 Heinemann, Josefine   GER 2225 18 1998
66 Gal, Hanna Krisztina   HUN 2218 0 1998
67 Monica, Putri Wigustira wf INA 2217 0 1997
68 Michelle Catherina, P wm IND 2216 11 1996
69 Bykovtsev, Agata wm USA 2214 11 1999
70 Baraeva, Marina wm RUS 2213 0 1995
71 Imnadze, Nato wm GEO 2212 9 1996
72 Xiao, Yiyi wf CHN 2212 3 1996
73 Rodionova, Daria wf RUS 2212 0 1998
74 Gazikova, Veronika wf SVK 2207 11 1999
75 Bluhm, Sonja Maria wf GER 2203 0 1998
76 Szente Varga, Fruzsina   HUN 2201 1 1996
77 Ibrahimova, Sabina wm AZE 2199 0 1995
78 Amrayeva, Aytan wf AZE 2198 11 1997
79 Castrillon Gomez, Melissa wm COL 2198 9 1995
80 Baraeva, Irina wm RUS 2198 0 1995
81 Yu, Jennifer R wf USA 2198 0 2002
82 Mylnikova, Olga wf RUS 2197 0 2000
83 Movileanu, Daniela wf ITA 2195 8 1996
84 Obolentseva, Alexandra wf RUS 2194 17 2001
85 Dimitrova, Aleksandra wf RUS 2193 11 2000
86 Eswaran, Ashritha wm USA 2190 11 2000
87 Suliati, Annisa wf INA 2190 0 1999
88 Terbe, Julianna wf HUN 2187 20 1997
89 Kochukova, Anna wf RUS 2187 0 2001
90 Ulrich, Rachel J wf USA 2186 0 2000
91 Rogozenco, Teodora   GER 2185 12 2000
92 Juhasz, Barbara wf HUN 2185 0 1995
93 Retno, Wijayanti wf INA 2183 0 1999
94 Aakanksha Hagawane   IND 2181 11 2000
95 Wozniak, Mariola wm POL 2180 11 1998
96 Marikova, Jana   CZE 2179 3 1996
97 Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra   RUS 2178 20 2002
98 Shuvalova, Polina wf RUS 2174 11 2001
99 Roca Rojas, Ana Flavia wf CUB 2172 0 1996
100 Real Pereyra, Diana Carime wm MEX 2171 0 1995

Top 100 Rapid

It was a fairly quiet month for the elite in the Rapid list.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2873 0 1990
2 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2842 0 1987
3 Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2829 0 1992
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2825 0 1969
5 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2821 0 1990
6 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2818 0 1990
7 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2793 0 1975
8 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2788 0 1987
9 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2787 0 1990
10 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2777 0 1969
11 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2775 0 1983
12 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2771 0 1985
13 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2771 0 1975
14 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2761 0 1983
15 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2760 0 1985
16 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2758 0 1991
17 Wang, Yue g CHN 2758 0 1987
18 Giri, Anish g NED 2754 0 1994
19 Wang, Hao g CHN 2752 0 1989
20 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2752 0 1989
21 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2749 0 1990
22 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2746 0 1982
23 Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 0 1971
24 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy g UKR 2740 0 1986
25 Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2739 0 1986
26 Onischuk, Vladimir g UKR 2739 0 1991
27 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2737 4 1974
28 Rapport, Richard g HUN 2736 0 1996
29 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2736 0 1976
30 Sjugirov, Sanan g RUS 2735 0 1993
31 Kovalenko, Igor g LAT 2733 0 1988
32 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2729 0 1974
33 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2725 0 1980
34 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2723 0 1981
35 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2723 0 1978
36 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2722 9 1987
37 Fedoseev, Vladimir g RUS 2720 0 1995
38 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2719 0 1987
39 Navara, David g CZE 2717 0 1985
40 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2716 0 1994
41 Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2715 0 1998
42 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2714 0 1985
43 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2713 0 1968
44 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2710 0 1965
45 Leko, Peter g HUN 2706 0 1979
46 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2700 0 1983
47 Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2700 0 1996
48 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2700 0 1983
49 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2700 0 1977
50 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2700 0 1985
51 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2694 0 1967
52 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2694 0 1986
53 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2694 0 1979
54 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2692 0 1984
55 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son g VIE 2692 0 1990
56 Sadler, Matthew D g ENG 2692 0 1974
57 Savchenko, Boris g RUS 2691 0 1986
58 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2689 0 1971
59 Meier, Georg g GER 2689 0 1987
60 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2688 9 1978
61 Fridman, Daniel g GER 2688 0 1976
62 Ding, Liren g CHN 2686 0 1992
63 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2686 0 1988
64 Matlakov, Maxim g RUS 2686 0 1991
65 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2685 0 1985
66 Istratescu, Andrei g FRA 2684 0 1975
67 Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2683 0 1990
68 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2682 11 1972
69 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2681 0 1975
70 Ponkratov, Pavel g RUS 2681 0 1988
71 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2680 0 1983
72 Salem, A.R. Saleh g UAE 2680 0 1993
73 Salgado Lopez, Ivan g ESP 2678 0 1991
74 Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2674 9 1985
75 Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2674 0 1982
76 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2674 0 1985
77 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2672 0 1983
78 Ragger, Markus g AUT 2672 0 1988
79 Roiz, Michael g ISR 2671 0 1983
80 Parligras, Mircea-Emilian g ROU 2670 0 1980
81 Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2669 0 1978
82 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2669 0 1973
83 Dreev, Aleksey g RUS 2668 0 1969
84 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. g UKR 2668 0 1981
85 Kovalev, Vladislav g BLR 2668 0 1994
86 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2667 0 1982
87 Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2667 0 1984
88 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2667 0 1983
89 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2666 0 1973
90 Naiditsch, Arkadij g AZE 2666 0 1985
91 Bogdanovich, Stanislav m UKR 2665 0 1993
92 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2665 0 1987
93 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2663 0 1986
94 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2662 0 1988
95 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2661 0 1977
96 Lysyj, Igor g RUS 2660 0 1987
97 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g GER 2659 0 1976
98 Popov, Ivan g RUS 2658 0 1990
99 Petrosian, Tigran L. g ARM 2657 0 1984
100 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2657 0 1982

Top 50 Women Rapid

It was a fairly quiet month for the elite in the Rapid list.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2625 0 1994
2 Lagno, Kateryna g RUS 2593 0 1989
3 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2563 0 1979
4 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2560 0 1987
5 Ju, Wenjun g CHN 2540 0 1991
6 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2534 0 1989
7 Muzychuk, Anna g UKR 2520 0 1990
8 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2514 0 1984
9 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2506 0 1985
10 Muzychuk, Mariya g UKR 2503 0 1992
11 Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2502 0 1985
12 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2500 0 1987
13 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2496 0 1986
14 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2482 0 1985
15 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2478 0 1991
16 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2459 0 1982
17 Goryachkina, Aleksandra wg RUS 2453 0 1998
18 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2452 0 1986
19 Bodnaruk, Anastasia m RUS 2451 0 1992
20 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2451 0 1983
21 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2450 0 1991
22 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2447 0 1985
23 Foisor, Cristina-Adela m ROU 2445 0 1967
24 Lei, Tingjie wg CHN 2445 0 1997
25 Krush, Irina g USA 2444 4 1983
26 Khotenashvili, Bela g GEO 2444 0 1988
27 Turova, Irina m RUS 2444 0 1979
28 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2443 0 1986
29 Wang, Jue wg CHN 2442 0 1995
30 Socko, Monika g POL 2441 9 1978
31 Shen, Yang m CHN 2439 0 1989
32 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2439 0 1976
33 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2437 0 1976
34 Batsiashvili, Nino m GEO 2436 0 1987
35 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2434 0 1984
36 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2432 0 1963
37 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2429 0 1991
38 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2428 0 1972
39 Matnadze, Ana m ESP 2427 0 1983
40 Kovanova, Baira wg RUS 2415 0 1987
41 Arabidze, Meri m GEO 2410 0 1994
42 Khukhashvili, Sopiko m GEO 2410 0 1985
43 Zhukova, Natalia g UKR 2402 0 1979
44 Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2400 0 1977
45 Ambartsumova, Karina wg RUS 2396 9 1989
46 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan g SCO 2393 0 1968
47 Pustovoitova, Daria f RUS 2393 0 1994
48 Lujan, Carolina m ARG 2392 0 1985
49 Padmini, Rout m IND 2392 0 1994
50 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2391 9 1978

Top 100 Blitz

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2884 0 1987
2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2878 0 1990
3 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2871 0 1990
4 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2851 0 1983
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2817 0 1975
6 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2814 0 1982
7 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2813 0 1990
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2811 0 1969
9 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2801 0 1990
10 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2800 0 1987
11 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2799 0 1991
12 Giri, Anish g NED 2793 0 1994
13 Shkuro, Iuri g UKR 2792 0 1982
14 Navara, David g CZE 2786 0 1985
15 Lu, Shanglei g CHN 2780 0 1995
16 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2775 0 1968
17 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2769 0 1988
18 Adams, Michael g ENG 2768 0 1971
19 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2764 0 1969
20 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2759 0 1990
21 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2754 0 1976
22 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2748 0 1985
23 Wang, Hao g CHN 2744 0 1989
24 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2743 3 1983
25 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2743 0 1983
26 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2736 0 1979
27 Fedoseev, Vladimir g RUS 2735 0 1995
28 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2733 0 1987
29 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2730 0 1983
30 Onischuk, Vladimir g UKR 2728 0 1991
31 Bogdanovich, Stanislav m UKR 2727 0 1993
32 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2727 0 1985
33 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2727 0 1987
34 Petrosian, Tigran L. g ARM 2724 0 1984
35 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2724 0 1994
36 Dreev, Aleksey g RUS 2721 0 1969
37 Kovalenko, Igor g LAT 2721 0 1988
38 Melkumyan, Hrant g ARM 2715 0 1989
39 Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2713 0 1996
40 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2713 0 1981
41 Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2712 0 1998
42 Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2712 0 1990
43 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2711 0 1988
44 Kravtsiv, Martyn g UKR 2708 0 1990
45 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2707 0 1978
46 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2706 0 1974
47 Kononenko, Dmitry g UKR 2706 0 1988
48 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2704 0 1994
49 Bortnyk, Olexandr g UKR 2702 0 1996
50 Jones, Gawain C B g ENG 2702 0 1987
51 Vovk, Yuri g UKR 2702 0 1988
52 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2701 0 1985
53 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2700 0 1983
54 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2698 0 1985
55 Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo g VEN 2698 0 1989
56 Leko, Peter g HUN 2697 0 1979
57 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2697 0 1977
58 Kokarev, Dmitry g RUS 2694 0 1982
59 Wang, Yue g CHN 2694 0 1987
60 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2692 0 1980
61 Perunovic, Milos g SRB 2690 0 1984
62 Ponkratov, Pavel g RUS 2687 0 1988
63 Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2686 0 1986
64 Nyzhnyk, Illya g UKR 2685 0 1996
65 Zubov, Alexander g UKR 2681 0 1983
66 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2679 0 1983
67 Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2678 0 1982
68 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof g POL 2678 0 1998
69 Popovic, Dusan g SRB 2677 0 1983
70 Safarli, Eltaj g AZE 2677 0 1992
71 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2674 0 1978
72 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2674 0 1987
73 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son g VIE 2672 0 1990
74 Sjugirov, Sanan g RUS 2670 0 1993
75 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2669 0 1986
76 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2668 0 1982
77 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2668 0 1965
78 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2666 0 1985
79 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2666 0 1982
80 Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2665 0 1987
81 Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2665 0 1992
82 Stevic, Hrvoje g CRO 2665 0 1980
83 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2664 0 1985
84 Lenderman, Aleksandr g USA 2664 0 1989
85 Meier, Georg g GER 2664 0 1987
86 Andriasian, Zaven g ARM 2663 0 1989
87 Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2663 0 1990
88 Grachev, Boris g RUS 2662 0 1986
89 Khusnutdinov, Rustam g KAZ 2662 0 1987
90 Matlakov, Maxim g RUS 2662 0 1991
91 Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2661 0 1983
92 Edouard, Romain g FRA 2661 0 1990
93 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2661 0 1986
94 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2661 0 1981
95 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2660 0 1985
96 Ivanisevic, Ivan g SRB 2660 0 1977
97 Gajewski, Grzegorz g POL 2658 0 1985
98 Kalezic, Blazo m MNE 2658 0 1978
99 Savchenko, Boris g RUS 2658 0 1986
100 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2658 0 1989

Top 50 Women Blitz

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2704 0 1994
2 Muzychuk, Anna g UKR 2645 0 1990
3 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2602 0 1989
4 Lagno, Kateryna g RUS 2594 0 1989
5 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2581 0 1987
6 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2554 0 1991
7 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2552 0 1985
8 Ju, Wenjun g CHN 2535 0 1991
9 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2524 0 1991
10 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2518 0 1979
11 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2506 0 1986
12 Wang, Jue wg CHN 2505 0 1995
13 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2502 0 1987
14 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2485 0 1984
15 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2483 0 1985
16 Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2472 0 1985
17 Bodnaruk, Anastasia m RUS 2461 0 1992
18 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2455 0 1986
19 Matnadze, Ana m ESP 2452 0 1983
20 Pham, Le Thao Nguyen m VIE 2444 0 1987
21 Khotenashvili, Bela g GEO 2430 0 1988
22 Muzychuk, Mariya g UKR 2430 0 1992
23 Melia, Salome m GEO 2428 0 1987
24 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2416 0 1985
25 Turova, Irina m RUS 2416 0 1979
26 Ding, Yixin wg CHN 2408 0 1991
27 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2405 0 1982
28 Krush, Irina g USA 2400 0 1983
29 Zhai, Mo wm CHN 2398 0 1996
30 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2397 9 1978
31 Li, Ruofan m SIN 2394 0 1978
32 Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina wg POL 2392 0 1987
33 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2391 0 1976
34 Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2388 0 1977
35 Ubiennykh, Ekaterina wm RUS 2386 0 1983
36 Khukhashvili, Sopiko m GEO 2384 0 1985
37 Sukandar, Irine Kharisma m INA 2384 0 1992
38 Lei, Tingjie wg CHN 2378 0 1997
39 Goryachkina, Aleksandra wg RUS 2377 0 1998
40 Socko, Monika g POL 2375 0 1978
41 Zhukova, Natalia g UKR 2374 0 1979
42 Guramishvili, Sopiko m GEO 2368 0 1991
43 Zimina, Olga m ITA 2368 0 1982
44 Berend, Elvira wg LUX 2364 0 1965
45 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2363 0 1991
46 Pustovoitova, Daria f RUS 2362 0 1994
47 Ryjanova, Julia wg RUS 2360 0 1974
48 Padmini, Rout m IND 2359 0 1994
49 Cosma, Elena-Luminita wg ROU 2354 0 1972
50 Ambartsumova, Karina wg RUS 2351 0 1989

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