Analyses by Giri, Anand, Nisipeanu, Huschenbeth, Vidit, Vitiugov, Tomashevsky and many more. Plus videos by King, Shirov and l'Ami, 11 opening articles with new repertoire ideas and training sessions in strategy, tactics and endgame!
This month's update includes the FIDE World Cup, mostly played in September, but which ended after the October rating list was published. Coupled with October's FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss and we have a lot of games played by a lot of the top players to digest. Grab a cup of tea, put your feet up and let's take a looksie.
Teimour Radjabov's win in the FIDE World Cup propelled him back into the top ten in the world, tied with Levon Aronian for the eighth spot. Radjabov's win surprised many considering his relative inactivity in recent years, but now the 32-year-old Azerbaijani former-prodigy will have a seat at the most important tournament of 2020 — the Candidates.
Almost as improbable was the tremendous success of Wang Hao on the Isle of Man. By winning the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss the Chinese number 3 becomes the second player from that country after Ding Liren to qualify for the Candidates.
Ding dropped 10 Elo points but stays above 2800, though it no longer matters for the calculation of the rating qualification spot, since he reached the World Cup final. That honour takes precendence, leaving the Candidates rating qualifier place to Anish Giri, who's virtually certain to finish the year with the next highest rating average.
Navigating the Ruy Lopez Vol.1-3
The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super GM Fabiano Caruana, talking to IM Oliver Reeh, presents a complete repertoire for White.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2870 | 11 | 1990 |
2 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2822 | 11 | 1992 |
3 | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2801 | 16 | 1992 |
4 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2777 | 16 | 1990 |
5 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2776 | 6 | 1994 |
6 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2773 | 8 | 1990 |
7 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2772 | 21 | 1982 |
8 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2772 | 8 | 1985 |
9 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2767 | 16 | 1987 |
10 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2764 | 21 | 1983 |
11 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | USA | 2762 | 8 | 1983 |
12 | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2760 | 19 | 1993 |
13 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2757 | 11 | 1969 |
14 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2754 | 17 | 1990 |
15 | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2753 | 27 | 1994 |
16 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2753 | 0 | 1975 |
17 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2752 | 17 | 1989 |
18 | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2752 | 0 | 1996 |
19 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2751 | 21 | 1987 |
20 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2748 | 8 | 1998 |
21 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2741 | 15 | 1987 |
22 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2736 | 0 | 1975 |
23 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2733 | 6 | 1990 |
24 | Harikrishna, Pentala | g | IND | 2731 | 19 | 1986 |
25 | Artemiev, Vladislav | g | RUS | 2731 | 17 | 1998 |
26 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2728 | 13 | 1987 |
27 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2724 | 10 | 1999 |
28 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | g | IND | 2722 | 17 | 1994 |
29 | Firouzja, Alireza | g | IRI | 2720 | 11 | 2003 |
30 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2719 | 19 | 1976 |
31 | Alekseenko, Kirill | g | RUS | 2715 | 19 | 1997 |
32 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2713 | 19 | 1991 |
33 | Xiong, Jeffery | g | USA | 2712 | 21 | 2000 |
34 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2712 | 15 | 1987 |
35 | Matlakov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2710 | 17 | 1991 |
36 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2705 | 13 | 1985 |
37 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2703 | 8 | 1985 |
38 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2701 | 11 | 1990 |
39 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2694 | 11 | 1982 |
40 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2692 | 2 | 1971 |
41 | Sadler, Matthew D | g | ENG | 2692 | 0 | 1974 |
42 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2691 | 6 | 1983 |
43 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2687 | 0 | 1976 |
44 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2687 | 0 | 1989 |
45 | Anton Guijarro, David | g | ESP | 2686 | 21 | 1995 |
46 | Amin, Bassem | g | EGY | 2685 | 13 | 1988 |
47 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2685 | 11 | 1983 |
48 | Rausis, Igors | g | CZE | 2685 | 0 | 1961 |
49 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2684 | 20 | 1974 |
50 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2684 | 15 | 1968 |
51 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | g | IRI | 2684 | 15 | 2000 |
52 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2683 | 20 | 1986 |
53 | Grandelius, Nils | g | SWE | 2681 | 13 | 1993 |
54 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | GEO | 2679 | 22 | 1986 |
55 | Shankland, Sam | g | USA | 2679 | 13 | 1991 |
56 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2679 | 8 | 1969 |
57 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2677 | 0 | 1987 |
58 | Dubov, Daniil | g | RUS | 2676 | 15 | 1996 |
59 | Predke, Alexandr | g | RUS | 2676 | 11 | 1994 |
60 | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2675 | 15 | 1984 |
61 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2675 | 0 | 1986 |
62 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | g | UAE | 2675 | 0 | 1993 |
63 | Kovalev, Vladislav | g | BLR | 2674 | 11 | 1994 |
64 | Robson, Ray | g | USA | 2673 | 11 | 1994 |
65 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2672 | 15 | 1995 |
66 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2672 | 0 | 1983 |
67 | Dreev, Aleksey | g | RUS | 2671 | 20 | 1969 |
68 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2670 | 15 | 1985 |
69 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2669 | 18 | 1983 |
70 | Ragger, Markus | g | AUT | 2669 | 14 | 1988 |
71 | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2667 | 0 | 1988 |
72 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2666 | 15 | 1979 |
73 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2666 | 11 | 1972 |
74 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2665 | 24 | 1985 |
75 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2665 | 9 | 1980 |
76 | Sarana, Alexey | g | RUS | 2664 | 13 | 2000 |
77 | Jones, Gawain C B | g | ENG | 2663 | 15 | 1987 |
78 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2661 | 17 | 1977 |
79 | Melkumyan, Hrant | g | ARM | 2661 | 11 | 1989 |
80 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2660 | 18 | 1981 |
81 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2660 | 15 | 1979 |
82 | Nyzhnyk, Illya | g | UKR | 2660 | 9 | 1996 |
83 | Guseinov, Gadir | g | AZE | 2660 | 0 | 1986 |
84 | Swiercz, Dariusz | g | USA | 2659 | 5 | 1994 |
85 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2659 | 0 | 1994 |
86 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2659 | 0 | 1977 |
87 | Lupulescu, Constantin | g | ROU | 2657 | 20 | 1984 |
88 | Oparin, Grigoriy | g | RUS | 2657 | 18 | 1997 |
89 | Sevian, Samuel | g | USA | 2657 | 15 | 2000 |
90 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2657 | 15 | 1993 |
91 | Lagarde, Maxime | g | FRA | 2657 | 9 | 1994 |
92 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | GER | 2656 | 10 | 1976 |
93 | Abasov, Nijat | g | AZE | 2655 | 22 | 1995 |
94 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2655 | 11 | 1983 |
95 | Demchenko, Anton | g | RUS | 2654 | 20 | 1987 |
96 | Adhiban, B. | g | IND | 2654 | 15 | 1992 |
97 | Rodshtein, Maxim | g | ISR | 2653 | 15 | 1989 |
98 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2652 | 25 | 1990 |
99 | Cori, Jorge | g | PER | 2651 | 7 | 1995 |
100 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2651 | 0 | 1974 |
By the way, you can click on any name to reach that player's ChessBase PlayerBase page, complete with rating graphs and all his or her latest games!
Wang Hao gained 26 Elo points this period, the most among players in the top twenty, but Kirill Alekseenko earns bragging rights for the biggest single month gain in a long time at +41 Elo points. He reached the fourth round in the World Cup and scored an undefeated 7½/11 in the Grand Swiss to crack the 2700 barrier for the first time in his career.
Endgames of the World Champions from Fischer to Carlsen
Let endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller show and explain the finesses of the world champions. Although they had different styles each and every one of them played the endgame exceptionally well, so take the opportunity to enjoy and learn from some of the best endgames in the history of chess.
Alekseenko, just 22 years-old, is at a new career peak | Photo: Maria Emelianova / chess.com
Rank | Old Rank |
Name | Country | Title | Rating | Old Rating |
Games |
2 | 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | GM | 2822 +10 | 2812 | 11 |
3 | 3 | Ding, Liren | CHN | GM | 2801 -10 | 2811 | 16 |
5 | 7 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | GM | 2777 +10 | 2767 | 8 |
14 | 25 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | GM | 2756 +24 | 2732 | 21 |
15 | 11 | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | GM | 2753 -10 | 2763 | 27 |
17 | 27 | Wang, Hao | CHN | GM | 2752 +26 | 2726 | 17 |
19 | 12 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | GM | 2749 -11 | 2760 | 17 |
20 | 24 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | POL | GM | 2748 +14 | 2734 | 8 |
24 | 18 | Harikrishna, Pentala | IND | GM | 2731 -17 | 2748 | 19 |
25 | 20 | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | GM | 2731 -15 | 2746 | 17 |
26 | 19 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | GM | 2728 -20 | 2748 | 13 |
28 | 37 | Firouzja, Alireza | IRI | GM | 2720 +18 | 2702 | 11 |
29 | 26 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | GM | 2719 -10 | 2729 | 19 |
31 | 64 | Alekseenko, Kirill | RUS | GM | 2715 +41 | 2674 | 19 |
36 | 28 | Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | GM | 2705 -16 | 2721 | 13 |
37 | 32 | Navara, David | CZE | GM | 2703 -14 | 2717 | 8 |
42 | 57 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | GM | 2691 +10 | 2681 | 6 |
45 | 65 | Anton Guijarro, David | ESP | GM | 2686 +12 | 2674 | 21 |
46 | 38 | Amin, Bassem | EGY | GM | 2685 -14 | 2699 | 13 |
51 | 80 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | IRI | GM | 2684 +20 | 2664 | 15 |
52 | 73 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | UKR | GM | 2683 +14 | 2669 | 20 |
53 | 45 | Grandelius, Nils | SWE | GM | 2681 -10 | 2691 | 13 |
55 | 36 | Shankland, Sam | USA | GM | 2679 -26 | 2705 | 13 |
58 | 39 | Dubov, Daniil | RUS | GM | 2676 -23 | 2699 | 15 |
59 | 93 | Predke, Alexandr | RUS | GM | 2676 +19 | 2657 | 11 |
63 | 85 | Kovalev, Vladislav | BLR | GM | 2674 +13 | 2661 | 11 |
70 | 54 | Ragger, Markus | AUT | GM | 2669 -15 | 2684 | 14 |
74 | 43 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | GM | 2665 -28 | 2693 | 24 |
77 | 47 | Jones, Gawain C B | ENG | GM | 2663 -25 | 2688 | 15 |
78 | Najer, Evgeniy | RUS | GM | 2661 +26 | 2635 | 17 | |
79 | Melkumyan, Hrant | ARM | GM | 2661 +11 | 2650 | 11 | |
80 | 63 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND | GM | 2660 -15 | 2675 | 18 |
84 | Swiercz, Dariusz | USA | GM | 2659 +12 | 2651 | 5 | |
87 | Lupulescu, Constantin | ROU | GM | 2657 +14 | 2643 | 20 | |
93 | Abasov, Nijat | AZE | GM | 2655 +23 | 2632 | 22 | |
96 | Adhiban, B. | IND | GM | 2654 +15 | 2639 | 15 | |
97 | 55 | Rodshtein, Maxim | ISR | GM | 2653 -31 | 2684 | 15 |
98 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | UKR | GM | 2652 +16 | 2636 | 25 | |
99 | 68 | Cori, Jorge | PER | GM | 2651 -20 | 2671 | 7 |
Harika Dronavalli was the highest scoring woman at the Isle of Man, as she floated up four spots in the world rankings to number 9.
India's number two female player: Harika Dronavalli | Photo: Maria Emelianova / chess.com
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2659 | 0 | 1994 |
2 | Ju, Wenjun | g | CHN | 2586 | 0 | 1991 |
3 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2577 | 0 | 1987 |
4 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | g | RUS | 2575 | 0 | 1998 |
5 | Muzychuk, Mariya | g | UKR | 2552 | 0 | 1992 |
6 | Lagno, Kateryna | g | RUS | 2549 | 0 | 1989 |
7 | Muzychuk, Anna | g | UKR | 2543 | 0 | 1990 |
8 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | g | LTU | 2538 | 0 | 1983 |
9 | Harika, Dronavalli | g | IND | 2518 | 11 | 1991 |
10 | Gunina, Valentina | g | RUS | 2509 | 0 | 1989 |
11 | Saduakassova, Dinara | m | KAZ | 2505 | 11 | 1996 |
12 | Tan, Zhongyi | g | CHN | 2504 | 0 | 1991 |
13 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2502 | 0 | 1987 |
14 | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | m | IRI | 2491 | 0 | 1997 |
15 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | m | RUS | 2486 | 11 | 1993 |
16 | Lei, Tingjie | g | CHN | 2485 | 11 | 1997 |
17 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2485 | 0 | 1985 |
18 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2484 | 12 | 1985 |
19 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2483 | 0 | 1984 |
20 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2481 | 11 | 1979 |
21 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2479 | 0 | 1985 |
22 | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2476 | 0 | 1991 |
23 | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | m | KAZ | 2472 | 6 | 2000 |
24 | Zhu, Jiner | wm | CHN | 2468 | 11 | 2002 |
25 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2457 | 0 | 1984 |
26 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2451 | 11 | 1982 |
27 | Khotenashvili, Bela | g | GEO | 2446 | 0 | 1988 |
28 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2443 | 15 | 1963 |
29 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2443 | 11 | 1986 |
30 | Ushenina, Anna | g | UKR | 2439 | 11 | 1985 |
31 | Ding, Yixin | wg | CHN | 2438 | 0 | 1991 |
32 | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2438 | 0 | 1972 |
33 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | m | MGL | 2436 | 22 | 1987 |
34 | Bulmaga, Irina | m | ROU | 2435 | 17 | 1993 |
35 | Shuvalova, Polina | wm | RUS | 2434 | 22 | 2001 |
36 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2427 | 0 | 1976 |
37 | Huang, Qian | wg | CHN | 2427 | 0 | 1986 |
38 | Mammadzada, Gunay | m | AZE | 2427 | 0 | 2000 |
39 | Houska, Jovanka | m | ENG | 2426 | 11 | 1980 |
40 | Wang, Jue | wg | CHN | 2426 | 0 | 1995 |
41 | Krush, Irina | g | USA | 2424 | 0 | 1983 |
42 | Batsiashvili, Nino | g | GEO | 2422 | 11 | 1987 |
43 | Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim | wg | UZB | 2421 | 4 | 1999 |
44 | Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel | m | MGL | 2420 | 1 | 2000 |
45 | Yip, Carissa | f | USA | 2418 | 17 | 2003 |
46 | Arabidze, Meri | m | GEO | 2418 | 7 | 1994 |
47 | Kulkarni Bhakti | m | IND | 2418 | 0 | 1992 |
48 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2417 | 0 | 1978 |
49 | Hoang, Thanh Trang | g | HUN | 2414 | 0 | 1980 |
50 | Hunt, Harriet V | m | ENG | 2414 | 0 | 1978 |
51 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2413 | 12 | 1978 |
52 | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | m | GRE | 2412 | 16 | 2000 |
53 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2412 | 9 | 1992 |
54 | Cyfka, Karina | m | POL | 2412 | 0 | 1987 |
55 | Buksa, Nataliya | m | UKR | 2410 | 0 | 1996 |
56 | Shen, Yang | m | CHN | 2410 | 0 | 1989 |
57 | Guichard, Pauline | m | FRA | 2407 | 0 | 1988 |
58 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2407 | 0 | 1974 |
59 | Zimina, Olga | m | ITA | 2406 | 4 | 1982 |
60 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | wg | POL | 2406 | 0 | 1987 |
61 | Badelka, Olga | m | BLR | 2405 | 3 | 2002 |
62 | Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante | m | LTU | 2405 | 3 | 1989 |
63 | Padmini, Rout | m | IND | 2404 | 9 | 1994 |
64 | Guo, Qi | m | CHN | 2403 | 0 | 1995 |
65 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2403 | 0 | 1976 |
66 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2402 | 0 | 1982 |
67 | Osmak, Iulija | m | UKR | 2401 | 7 | 1998 |
68 | Sukandar, Irine Kharisma | m | INA | 2400 | 0 | 1992 |
69 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | wg | USA | 2397 | 0 | 1988 |
70 | Tania, Sachdev | m | IND | 2397 | 0 | 1986 |
71 | Danielian, Elina | g | ARM | 2394 | 11 | 1978 |
72 | Milliet, Sophie | m | FRA | 2394 | 7 | 1983 |
73 | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2394 | 0 | 1981 |
74 | Ni, Shiqun | wg | CHN | 2391 | 0 | 1997 |
75 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2388 | 0 | 1993 |
76 | Wang, Pin | wg | CHN | 2387 | 0 | 1974 |
77 | Soumya, Swaminathan | wg | IND | 2384 | 11 | 1989 |
78 | Matnadze, Ana | m | ESP | 2384 | 2 | 1983 |
79 | Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa | m | CUB | 2384 | 0 | 1988 |
80 | Wang, Annie | m | USA | 2383 | 0 | 2002 |
81 | Guramishvili, Sopiko | m | NED | 2381 | 0 | 1991 |
82 | Turova, Irina | m | RUS | 2381 | 0 | 1979 |
83 | Melia, Salome | m | GEO | 2380 | 0 | 1987 |
84 | Rapport, Jovana | wg | SRB | 2379 | 0 | 1992 |
85 | Brunello, Marina | m | ITA | 2378 | 5 | 1994 |
86 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | f | KAZ | 2376 | 11 | 2004 |
87 | Vaishali R | wg | IND | 2376 | 8 | 2001 |
88 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | g | SCO | 2376 | 0 | 1968 |
89 | Bivol, Alina | wg | RUS | 2374 | 7 | 1996 |
90 | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | m | ESP | 2374 | 7 | 1987 |
91 | Melamed, Tatjana | wg | GER | 2373 | 2 | 1974 |
92 | Tsatsalashvili, Keti | wg | GEO | 2372 | 0 | 1992 |
93 | Gong, Qianyun | wg | SGP | 2371 | 0 | 1985 |
94 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | m | ROU | 2371 | 0 | 1978 |
95 | Salimova, Nurgyul | m | BUL | 2370 | 20 | 2003 |
96 | Gritsayeva, Oksana | wf | RUS | 2370 | 0 | 1980 |
97 | Mammadova, Gulnar | m | AZE | 2369 | 0 | 1991 |
98 | Balajayeva, Khanim | wg | AZE | 2368 | 0 | 2001 |
99 | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | wg | AZE | 2368 | 0 | 1996 |
100 | Michna, Marta | wg | GER | 2366 | 2 | 1978 |
101 | Gara, Anita | m | HUN | 2366 | 0 | 1983 |
102 | Guseva, Marina | m | RUS | 2366 | 0 | 1986 |
103 | Pham, Le Thao Nguyen | m | VIE | 2366 | 0 | 1987 |
104 | Zhai, Mo | wg | CHN | 2366 | 0 | 1996 |
World Junior Champion Evgeny Shtembuliak from Ukraine jumped 29 Elo points to 2600 even, good enough for 20th place on the Top Juniors list.
Alireza Firouzja is back on top of Jeffery Xiong on the Juniors list after crushing Jorge Cori in the featured Hoogeveen Chess Festival match last week.
Firouzja with tournament director Loek van Wely and Cori | Photo: Hoogeveen chess
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2724 | 10 | 1999 |
2 | Firouzja, Alireza | g | IRI | 2720 | 11 | 2003 |
3 | Xiong, Jeffery | g | USA | 2712 | 21 | 2000 |
4 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | g | IRI | 2684 | 15 | 2000 |
5 | Sarana, Alexey | g | RUS | 2664 | 13 | 2000 |
6 | Sevian, Samuel | g | USA | 2657 | 15 | 2000 |
7 | Gledura, Benjamin | g | HUN | 2648 | 2 | 1999 |
8 | Esipenko, Andrey | g | RUS | 2636 | 15 | 2002 |
9 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | g | UZB | 2633 | 22 | 2004 |
10 | Van Foreest, Jorden | g | NED | 2632 | 11 | 1999 |
11 | Tabatabaei, M.amin | g | IRI | 2630 | 12 | 2001 |
12 | Tari, Aryan | g | NOR | 2629 | 12 | 1999 |
13 | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | g | ROU | 2618 | 19 | 2001 |
14 | Nihal Sarin | g | IND | 2612 | 15 | 2004 |
15 | Karthikeyan, Murali | g | IND | 2611 | 13 | 1999 |
16 | Martirosyan, Haik M. | g | ARM | 2607 | 0 | 2000 |
17 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | g | IND | 2605 | 15 | 1999 |
18 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | g | UZB | 2603 | 9 | 2002 |
19 | Sargsyan, Shant | g | ARM | 2601 | 22 | 2002 |
20 | Shtembuliak, Evgeny | g | UKR | 2600 | 11 | 1999 |
21 | Bai, Jinshi | g | CHN | 2600 | 0 | 1999 |
22 | Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo | g | PER | 2594 | 2 | 1999 |
23 | Liang, Awonder | g | USA | 2593 | 0 | 2003 |
24 | Praggnanandhaa R | g | IND | 2586 | 22 | 2005 |
25 | Santos Ruiz, Miguel | g | ESP | 2583 | 20 | 1999 |
26 | Xu, Xiangyu | g | CHN | 2583 | 6 | 1999 |
27 | Kollars, Dmitrij | g | GER | 2580 | 11 | 1999 |
28 | Puranik, Abhimanyu | g | IND | 2580 | 11 | 2000 |
29 | Hakobyan, Aram | g | ARM | 2576 | 11 | 2001 |
30 | Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard | m | DEN | 2574 | 10 | 1999 |
31 | Smirnov, Anton | g | AUS | 2573 | 0 | 2001 |
32 | Rambaldi, Francesco | g | ITA | 2570 | 5 | 1999 |
33 | Aryan Chopra | g | IND | 2562 | 0 | 2001 |
34 | Theodorou, Nikolas | m | GRE | 2555 | 14 | 2000 |
35 | Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel | g | CUB | 2555 | 13 | 2000 |
36 | Lomasov, Semyon | m | RUS | 2553 | 5 | 2002 |
37 | Shevchenko, Kirill | g | UKR | 2552 | 13 | 2002 |
38 | Burke, John M | g | USA | 2551 | 9 | 2001 |
39 | Dragnev, Valentin | g | AUT | 2550 | 5 | 1999 |
40 | Gholami, Aryan | m | IRI | 2549 | 14 | 2001 |
41 | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | g | CZE | 2548 | 1 | 2001 |
42 | Gukesh D | g | IND | 2544 | 11 | 2006 |
43 | Erigaisi Arjun | g | IND | 2544 | 0 | 2003 |
44 | Moroni, Luca Jr | g | ITA | 2541 | 9 | 2000 |
45 | Li, Ruifeng | g | USA | 2541 | 0 | 2001 |
46 | Li, Di | g | CHN | 2538 | 0 | 1999 |
47 | Kantor, Gergely | g | HUN | 2532 | 0 | 1999 |
48 | Ivic, Velimir | m | SRB | 2531 | 9 | 2002 |
49 | Van Foreest, Lucas | g | NED | 2531 | 1 | 2001 |
50 | Yeoh, Li Tian | m | MAS | 2530 | 0 | 1999 |
51 | Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | m | DEN | 2529 | 11 | 2004 |
52 | Checa, Nicolas | g | USA | 2527 | 0 | 2001 |
53 | Vokhidov, Shamsiddin | m | UZB | 2526 | 18 | 2002 |
54 | Chandra, Akshat | g | USA | 2524 | 14 | 1999 |
55 | Kozak, Adam | m | HUN | 2524 | 14 | 2002 |
56 | Harsha Bharathakoti | g | IND | 2523 | 11 | 2000 |
57 | Sindarov, Javokhir | g | UZB | 2521 | 18 | 2005 |
58 | Nguyen, Anh Khoi | g | VIE | 2520 | 0 | 2002 |
59 | Engel, Luis | m | GER | 2519 | 9 | 2002 |
60 | Keymer, Vincent | m | GER | 2518 | 11 | 2004 |
61 | Visakh N R | g | IND | 2516 | 11 | 1999 |
62 | Liu, Yan | g | CHN | 2516 | 0 | 2000 |
63 | Sorokin, Aleksey | f | RUS | 2513 | 4 | 2000 |
64 | Asadli, Vugar | g | AZE | 2513 | 0 | 2001 |
65 | Kelires, Andreas | g | GRE | 2510 | 0 | 1999 |
66 | Dai, Changren | m | CHN | 2509 | 0 | 1999 |
67 | Gazik, Viktor | m | SVK | 2508 | 22 | 2001 |
68 | Afanasiev, Nikita | m | RUS | 2508 | 13 | 2000 |
69 | Schoppen, Casper | m | NED | 2508 | 10 | 2002 |
70 | Sadhwani, Raunak | m | IND | 2507 | 11 | 2005 |
71 | Tang, Andrew | g | USA | 2506 | 4 | 1999 |
72 | Xu, Zhihang | m | CHN | 2506 | 0 | 2001 |
73 | Livaic, Leon | m | CRO | 2505 | 9 | 2000 |
74 | Lobanov, Sergei | m | RUS | 2504 | 11 | 2001 |
75 | Khanin, Semen | m | RUS | 2503 | 11 | 1999 |
76 | Triapishko, Alexandr | m | RUS | 2502 | 7 | 2000 |
77 | Fakhrutdinov, Timur | f | RUS | 2501 | 3 | 2001 |
78 | Warmerdam, Max | m | NED | 2501 | 2 | 2000 |
79 | Pultinevicius, Paulius | g | LTU | 2499 | 13 | 2001 |
80 | Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto | g | CUB | 2499 | 9 | 1999 |
81 | Iniyan, P | g | IND | 2497 | 22 | 2002 |
82 | Henderson de La Fuente, Lance | g | ESP | 2497 | 11 | 2003 |
83 | Petrov, Martin | m | BUL | 2497 | 0 | 2000 |
84 | Kuybokarov, Temur | g | AUS | 2496 | 11 | 2000 |
85 | Priasmoro, Novendra | m | INA | 2495 | 9 | 1999 |
86 | Lorparizangeneh, Shahin | g | IRI | 2495 | 3 | 1999 |
87 | Cori Quispe, Kevin Joel | g | PER | 2493 | 0 | 1999 |
88 | Matviishen, Viktor | m | UKR | 2490 | 10 | 2002 |
89 | Gumularz, Szymon | m | POL | 2489 | 11 | 2001 |
90 | Nesterov, Arseniy | RUS | 2489 | 9 | 2003 | |
91 | Gorodetzky, David | m | ISR | 2488 | 0 | 2000 |
92 | Peng, Xiongjian | CHN | 2486 | 9 | 2000 | |
93 | Sheng, Joshua | m | USA | 2485 | 0 | 2000 |
94 | Schitco, Ivan | m | MDA | 2484 | 11 | 2003 |
95 | Drygalov, Andrey | m | RUS | 2484 | 0 | 1999 |
96 | Kazakouski, Valery | m | LTU | 2483 | 2 | 2000 |
97 | Erenberg, Ariel | m | ISR | 2482 | 12 | 2001 |
98 | Pechac, Jergus | g | SVK | 2482 | 4 | 2001 |
99 | Preotu, Razvan | g | CAN | 2481 | 4 | 1999 |
100 | Radovanovic, Mihajlo | m | SRB | 2479 | 0 | 2001 |
In the other featured match from Hoogeveen, Zhansaya Abdumalik lost to Dutch legend Jan Timman 3½:2½ but she nevertheless retook first place in the world ranking for girls, following a disasterous performance by Zhu Jiner in the World Junior Championship. In New Delhi, Zhu lost to two players rated over 400 Elo points below her en route to a final score of 6/11, for a drop of 39 rating points. Meanwhile the Junior Champion Polina Shuvalova rose from tenth to third after gaining 22 points along with her victory.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | m | KAZ | 2472 | 6 | 2000 |
2 | Zhu, Jiner | wm | CHN | 2468 | 11 | 2002 |
3 | Shuvalova, Polina | wm | RUS | 2434 | 22 | 2001 |
4 | Mammadzada, Gunay | m | AZE | 2427 | 0 | 2000 |
5 | Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim | wg | UZB | 2421 | 4 | 1999 |
6 | Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel | m | MGL | 2420 | 1 | 2000 |
7 | Yip, Carissa | f | USA | 2418 | 17 | 2003 |
8 | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | m | GRE | 2412 | 16 | 2000 |
9 | Badelka, Olga | m | BLR | 2405 | 3 | 2002 |
10 | Wang, Annie | m | USA | 2383 | 0 | 2002 |
11 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | f | KAZ | 2376 | 11 | 2004 |
12 | Vaishali R | wg | IND | 2376 | 8 | 2001 |
13 | Salimova, Nurgyul | m | BUL | 2370 | 20 | 2003 |
14 | Balajayeva, Khanim | wg | AZE | 2368 | 0 | 2001 |
15 | Berdnyk, Mariia | UKR | 2357 | 11 | 2003 | |
16 | Borisova, Ekaterina | f | RUS | 2347 | 0 | 2000 |
17 | Marjanovic, Annamaria | wg | HUN | 2346 | 0 | 2001 |
18 | Divya Deshmukh | wm | IND | 2332 | 22 | 2005 |
19 | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | wg | RUS | 2332 | 14 | 2002 |
20 | Ning, Kaiyu | wm | CHN | 2330 | 0 | 2004 |
21 | Schulze, Lara | f | GER | 2326 | 11 | 2002 |
22 | Garifullina, Leya | wc | RUS | 2321 | 11 | 2004 |
23 | Narva, Mai | wm | EST | 2321 | 11 | 1999 |
24 | Alinasab, Mobina | wm | IRI | 2318 | 11 | 2000 |
25 | Dordzhieva, Dinara | wm | RUS | 2314 | 13 | 1999 |
26 | Solozhenkina, Elizaveta | wm | RUS | 2314 | 11 | 2003 |
27 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | wm | ARM | 2312 | 9 | 2001 |
28 | Potapova, Margarita | wf | RUS | 2307 | 11 | 2000 |
29 | Antova, Gabriela | f | BUL | 2306 | 11 | 2002 |
30 | Garcia Martin, Marta | m | ESP | 2305 | 0 | 2000 |
31 | Afonasieva, Anna | wf | RUS | 2302 | 11 | 2001 |
32 | Obolentseva, Alexandra | wg | RUS | 2299 | 18 | 2001 |
33 | Nguyen, Emily | wm | USA | 2299 | 0 | 2002 |
34 | Unuk, Laura | wg | SLO | 2298 | 14 | 1999 |
35 | Goltseva, Ekaterina | f | RUS | 2297 | 9 | 2002 |
36 | Shafigullina, Zarina | wf | RUS | 2295 | 0 | 2001 |
37 | Sieber, Fiona | wm | GER | 2291 | 17 | 2000 |
38 | Altantuya, Boldbaatar | wf | MGL | 2287 | 22 | 2005 |
39 | Vantika Agrawal | wm | IND | 2287 | 18 | 2002 |
40 | Li, Yunshan | wf | CHN | 2287 | 11 | 2002 |
41 | Georgescu, Lena | wf | SUI | 2286 | 2 | 1999 |
42 | Song, Yuxin | wm | CHN | 2284 | 11 | 2005 |
43 | Mammadova, Narmin | wm | AZE | 2282 | 0 | 1999 |
44 | Yao, Lan | wm | CHN | 2281 | 0 | 2000 |
45 | Munkhzul, Turmunkh | wm | MGL | 2278 | 22 | 2002 |
46 | Yu, Jennifer | f | USA | 2278 | 8 | 2002 |
47 | Beydullayeva, Govhar | wf | AZE | 2276 | 11 | 2003 |
48 | Dimitrova, Aleksandra | wm | RUS | 2276 | 9 | 2000 |
49 | Yakimova, Mariya | wf | RUS | 2276 | 0 | 2005 |
50 | Getman, Tatyana | wf | RUS | 2275 | 9 | 2003 |
51 | Priyanka Nutakki | wm | IND | 2272 | 11 | 2002 |
52 | Sliwicka, Alicja | wm | POL | 2269 | 11 | 2001 |
53 | Gueci, Tea | wm | ITA | 2268 | 3 | 1999 |
54 | Yakubbaeva, Nilufar | UZB | 2262 | 20 | 2000 | |
55 | Gajcin, Marina | wm | SRB | 2262 | 0 | 2001 |
56 | Krasteva, Beloslava | f | BUL | 2261 | 0 | 2004 |
57 | Rakshitta Ravi | wm | IND | 2260 | 20 | 2005 |
58 | Serikbay, Assel | wm | KAZ | 2260 | 11 | 2002 |
59 | Injac, Teodora | wm | SRB | 2257 | 0 | 2000 |
60 | Eswaran, Ashritha | wm | USA | 2252 | 0 | 2000 |
61 | Nurgali, Nazerke | wf | KAZ | 2250 | 11 | 2004 |
62 | Antolak, Julia | wm | POL | 2249 | 0 | 2000 |
63 | Avramidou, Anastasia | f | GRE | 2247 | 0 | 2000 |
64 | Martynkova, Olena | wm | UKR | 2243 | 9 | 2000 |
65 | Lysenko, Margarita | wf | RUS | 2243 | 0 | 1999 |
66 | Nosacheva, Mariya | wf | RUS | 2243 | 0 | 2001 |
67 | Caglar, Sila | wf | TUR | 2242 | 0 | 2004 |
68 | Gorti, Akshita | f | USA | 2242 | 0 | 2002 |
69 | Radeva, Viktoria | wf | BUL | 2241 | 11 | 2001 |
70 | Muetsch, Annmarie | wm | GER | 2240 | 12 | 2002 |
71 | Yan, Tianqi | CHN | 2240 | 11 | 2002 | |
72 | Hojjatova, Aydan | wg | AZE | 2238 | 0 | 1999 |
73 | Mironenko, Galina | wf | RUS | 2236 | 0 | 2005 |
74 | Arpita, Mukherjee | wm | IND | 2234 | 11 | 2001 |
75 | Asadi, Motahare | wf | IRI | 2232 | 0 | 2004 |
76 | Protopopova, Anastasiya | wf | RUS | 2230 | 19 | 2000 |
77 | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | wm | USA | 2227 | 22 | 2002 |
78 | Aakanksha Hagawane | wm | IND | 2227 | 11 | 2000 |
79 | Hrescak, Ivana | wm | SLO | 2226 | 0 | 2000 |
80 | Schneider, Jana | f | GER | 2224 | 8 | 2002 |
81 | Kubicka, Anna | wm | POL | 2221 | 0 | 1999 |
82 | Diakonova, Ekaterina | RUS | 2218 | 11 | 1999 | |
83 | Urh, Zala | wf | SLO | 2216 | 14 | 2002 |
84 | Katkov, Michelle | wf | ISR | 2213 | 11 | 2003 |
85 | Nur-Mukhametova, Alisa | RUS | 2213 | 9 | 2005 | |
86 | Zhou, Qiyu | f | CAN | 2213 | 0 | 2000 |
87 | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | wm | POL | 2208 | 11 | 2000 |
88 | Khokhlova, Daria | RUS | 2208 | 0 | 1999 | |
89 | Cvitan, Ena | f | CRO | 2207 | 12 | 2001 |
90 | Shpanko, Nadiia | wf | UKR | 2207 | 11 | 2002 |
91 | Chu, Ruotong | wm | CHN | 2207 | 0 | 2001 |
92 | Keetman, Maaike | NED | 2203 | 0 | 1999 | |
93 | Kirchei, Viktoriia | wf | RUS | 2201 | 14 | 2005 |
94 | Olde, Margareth | wf | EST | 2201 | 11 | 2000 |
95 | Arda, Cagil Irmak | wf | TUR | 2201 | 0 | 2001 |
96 | Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara | wf | ESP | 2199 | 9 | 2004 |
97 | Peycheva, Gergana | f | BUL | 2197 | 9 | 2003 |
98 | Waszczuk, Patrycja | wf | POL | 2197 | 0 | 2003 |
99 | Asgharzadeh, Mitra | wf | IRI | 2193 | 12 | 2002 |
100 | Makhija, Aashna | wf | IND | 2191 | 11 | 2002 |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave nudged up 6 points thanks to World Cup tiebreaks.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2873 | 8 | 1990 |
2 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2849 | 0 | 1990 |
3 | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2832 | 12 | 1992 |
4 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2812 | 2 | 1987 |
5 | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2802 | 0 | 1993 |
6 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2798 | 4 | 1985 |
7 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2797 | 4 | 1983 |
8 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2791 | 0 | 1992 |
9 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2768 | 6 | 1982 |
10 | Artemiev, Vladislav | g | RUS | 2768 | 4 | 1998 |
11 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2768 | 4 | 1995 |
12 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2765 | 4 | 1990 |
13 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2765 | 0 | 1975 |
14 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2759 | 10 | 1987 |
15 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2759 | 6 | 1983 |
16 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2757 | 0 | 1969 |
17 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2756 | 0 | 1990 |
18 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | USA | 2755 | 8 | 1983 |
19 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2755 | 0 | 1974 |
20 | Dubov, Daniil | g | RUS | 2753 | 0 | 1996 |
21 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2748 | 8 | 1989 |
22 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2748 | 2 | 1990 |
23 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2747 | 4 | 1976 |
24 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2746 | 10 | 1991 |
25 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2745 | 4 | 1998 |
26 | Onischuk, Vladimir | g | UKR | 2737 | 0 | 1991 |
27 | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2736 | 16 | 1994 |
28 | Moussard, Jules | g | FRA | 2736 | 0 | 1995 |
29 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2734 | 4 | 1985 |
30 | Xiong, Jeffery | g | USA | 2730 | 10 | 2000 |
31 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2730 | 0 | 1987 |
32 | Oparin, Grigoriy | g | RUS | 2728 | 0 | 1997 |
33 | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2727 | 0 | 1996 |
34 | Matlakov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2726 | 4 | 1991 |
35 | Kobylianskyi, Ihor | f | UKR | 2724 | 43 | 1969 |
36 | Brunello, Sabino | g | ITA | 2722 | 13 | 1989 |
37 | Petrosian, Tigran L. | g | ARM | 2721 | 0 | 1984 |
38 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2718 | 4 | 1999 |
39 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | g | UAE | 2717 | 0 | 1993 |
40 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2715 | 0 | 1983 |
41 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2714 | 6 | 1987 |
42 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2710 | 0 | 1979 |
43 | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2710 | 0 | 1987 |
44 | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2709 | 6 | 1992 |
45 | Anton Guijarro, David | g | ESP | 2709 | 4 | 1995 |
46 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2708 | 6 | 1968 |
47 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2705 | 8 | 1994 |
48 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2703 | 0 | 1979 |
49 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2702 | 0 | 1983 |
50 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2701 | 0 | 1985 |
51 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2699 | 0 | 1989 |
52 | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2698 | 6 | 1984 |
53 | Alekseenko, Kirill | g | RUS | 2697 | 4 | 1997 |
54 | Kravtsiv, Martyn | g | UKR | 2696 | 0 | 1990 |
55 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2696 | 0 | 1985 |
56 | Socko, Bartosz | g | POL | 2691 | 29 | 1978 |
57 | Guseinov, Gadir | g | AZE | 2691 | 0 | 1986 |
58 | Grigoryan, Karen H. | g | ARM | 2689 | 17 | 1995 |
59 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2689 | 4 | 1971 |
60 | Zubov, Alexander | g | UKR | 2688 | 0 | 1983 |
61 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2686 | 0 | 1983 |
62 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2683 | 9 | 1981 |
63 | Shimanov, Aleksandr | g | RUS | 2682 | 20 | 1992 |
64 | Kovalenko, Igor | g | LAT | 2679 | 11 | 1988 |
65 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2679 | 0 | 1988 |
66 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2678 | 0 | 1976 |
67 | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2678 | 0 | 1988 |
68 | Rakhmanov, Aleksandr | g | RUS | 2678 | 0 | 1989 |
69 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | ARM | 2677 | 2 | 1978 |
70 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | g | IND | 2674 | 0 | 1994 |
71 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2672 | 0 | 1972 |
72 | Ponkratov, Pavel | g | RUS | 2671 | 31 | 1988 |
73 | Amonatov, Farrukh | g | TJK | 2671 | 0 | 1978 |
74 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2671 | 0 | 1983 |
75 | Chigaev, Maksim | g | RUS | 2669 | 11 | 1996 |
76 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2669 | 4 | 1985 |
77 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2668 | 0 | 1971 |
78 | Delgado Ramirez, Neuris | g | PAR | 2667 | 2 | 1981 |
79 | Harikrishna, Pentala | g | IND | 2667 | 0 | 1986 |
80 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2667 | 0 | 1973 |
81 | Iordachescu, Viorel | g | MDA | 2666 | 0 | 1977 |
82 | Lenic, Luka | g | SLO | 2666 | 0 | 1988 |
83 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2664 | 4 | 1993 |
84 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2662 | 0 | 1990 |
85 | Lagarde, Maxime | g | FRA | 2661 | 9 | 1994 |
86 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2661 | 0 | 1980 |
87 | Bauer, Christian | g | FRA | 2660 | 0 | 1977 |
88 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | MKD | 2660 | 0 | 1965 |
89 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | CAN | 2659 | 0 | 1966 |
90 | Nikolic, Predrag | g | BIH | 2658 | 0 | 1960 |
91 | Nyzhnyk, Illya | g | UKR | 2658 | 0 | 1996 |
92 | Edouard, Romain | g | FRA | 2655 | 0 | 1990 |
93 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | GER | 2653 | 4 | 1976 |
94 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2653 | 0 | 1990 |
95 | Van Kampen, Robin | g | NED | 2653 | 0 | 1994 |
96 | Saric, Ivan | g | CRO | 2650 | 2 | 1990 |
97 | Swiercz, Dariusz | g | USA | 2649 | 0 | 1994 |
98 | Bocharov, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2648 | 31 | 1982 |
99 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2648 | 6 | 1987 |
100 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2648 | 0 | 1986 |
Very little blitz chess was required to decide the World Cup matches, though the format did ultimately decide the final between Ding and Radjabov.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2871 | 0 | 1987 |
2 | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2840 | 2 | 1992 |
3 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2830 | 2 | 1990 |
4 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2829 | 0 | 1990 |
5 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2828 | 0 | 1990 |
6 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2818 | 0 | 1982 |
7 | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2807 | 2 | 1994 |
8 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2805 | 0 | 1976 |
9 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2796 | 2 | 1998 |
10 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2791 | 0 | 1969 |
11 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2780 | 0 | 1990 |
12 | Artemiev, Vladislav | g | RUS | 2779 | 0 | 1998 |
13 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2775 | 2 | 1971 |
14 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2774 | 0 | 1992 |
15 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2771 | 0 | 1985 |
16 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2770 | 2 | 1987 |
17 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2768 | 2 | 1990 |
18 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2767 | 0 | 1985 |
19 | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2763 | 0 | 1993 |
20 | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2759 | 0 | 1996 |
21 | Zubov, Alexander | g | UKR | 2754 | 0 | 1983 |
22 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | g | IND | 2744 | 0 | 1994 |
23 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2741 | 0 | 1983 |
24 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2740 | 2 | 1994 |
25 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2740 | 0 | 1985 |
26 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2738 | 0 | 1979 |
27 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | g | IRI | 2735 | 0 | 2000 |
28 | Bauer, Christian | g | FRA | 2728 | 0 | 1977 |
29 | Xiong, Jeffery | g | USA | 2724 | 2 | 2000 |
30 | Dubov, Daniil | g | RUS | 2723 | 0 | 1996 |
31 | Matlakov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2720 | 0 | 1991 |
32 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2719 | 2 | 1987 |
33 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | USA | 2715 | 2 | 1983 |
34 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2714 | 2 | 1989 |
35 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2714 | 0 | 1995 |
36 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2712 | 39 | 1977 |
37 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2712 | 0 | 1983 |
38 | Shankland, Sam | g | USA | 2704 | 0 | 1991 |
39 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2703 | 0 | 1983 |
40 | Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn | g | ISL | 2702 | 0 | 1993 |
41 | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2701 | 0 | 1987 |
42 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2700 | 0 | 1968 |
43 | Kovalenko, Igor | g | LAT | 2699 | 11 | 1988 |
44 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2699 | 0 | 1974 |
45 | Kravtsiv, Martyn | g | UKR | 2699 | 0 | 1990 |
46 | Ponkratov, Pavel | g | RUS | 2698 | 27 | 1988 |
47 | Bogdanovich, Stanislav | g | UKR | 2694 | 9 | 1993 |
48 | Nyzhnyk, Illya | g | UKR | 2694 | 0 | 1996 |
49 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2692 | 0 | 1983 |
50 | Heimann, Andreas | g | GER | 2690 | 0 | 1992 |
51 | Tari, Aryan | g | NOR | 2689 | 0 | 1999 |
52 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2688 | 0 | 1985 |
53 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2686 | 0 | 1999 |
54 | Amin, Bassem | g | EGY | 2685 | 0 | 1988 |
55 | Nihal Sarin | g | IND | 2685 | 0 | 2004 |
56 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2682 | 0 | 1993 |
57 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2680 | 0 | 1991 |
58 | Adly, Ahmed | g | EGY | 2679 | 0 | 1987 |
59 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2678 | 0 | 1989 |
60 | Balog, Imre | g | HUN | 2676 | 0 | 1991 |
61 | L'Ami, Erwin | g | NED | 2676 | 0 | 1985 |
62 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2676 | 0 | 1983 |
63 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2675 | 0 | 1987 |
64 | Bok, Benjamin | g | NED | 2674 | 9 | 1995 |
65 | Anton Guijarro, David | g | ESP | 2674 | 0 | 1995 |
66 | Miladinovic, Igor | g | SRB | 2672 | 0 | 1974 |
67 | Perez Ponsa, Federico | g | ARG | 2672 | 0 | 1993 |
68 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2671 | 0 | 1981 |
69 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2670 | 0 | 1988 |
70 | Hovhannisyan, Robert | g | ARM | 2669 | 0 | 1991 |
71 | Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo | g | VEN | 2669 | 0 | 1989 |
72 | Tsydypov, Zhamsaran | g | RUS | 2667 | 54 | 1996 |
73 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2667 | 2 | 1983 |
74 | Melkumyan, Hrant | g | ARM | 2667 | 0 | 1989 |
75 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2667 | 0 | 1975 |
76 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2666 | 15 | 1974 |
77 | Grigoryan, Karen H. | g | ARM | 2662 | 0 | 1995 |
78 | Swiercz, Dariusz | g | USA | 2661 | 9 | 1994 |
79 | Michalik, Peter | g | CZE | 2661 | 0 | 1990 |
80 | Postny, Evgeny | g | ISR | 2661 | 0 | 1981 |
81 | Drozdovskij, Yuri | g | UKR | 2660 | 0 | 1984 |
82 | Dreev, Aleksey | g | RUS | 2658 | 0 | 1969 |
83 | Sarana, Alexey | g | RUS | 2657 | 0 | 2000 |
84 | Akobian, Varuzhan | g | USA | 2653 | 0 | 1983 |
85 | Onischuk, Vladimir | g | UKR | 2651 | 0 | 1991 |
86 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2650 | 0 | 1990 |
87 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | g | UAE | 2650 | 0 | 1993 |
88 | Stevic, Hrvoje | g | CRO | 2650 | 0 | 1980 |
89 | Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan | g | IRI | 2649 | 42 | 1982 |
90 | Firouzja, Alireza | g | IRI | 2649 | 0 | 2003 |
91 | Jones, Gawain C B | g | ENG | 2649 | 0 | 1987 |
92 | Lenic, Luka | g | SLO | 2649 | 0 | 1988 |
93 | Bachmann, Axel | g | PAR | 2648 | 0 | 1989 |
94 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | GEO | 2647 | 0 | 1986 |
95 | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | g | NOR | 2647 | 0 | 1990 |
96 | Megaranto, Susanto | g | INA | 2647 | 0 | 1987 |
97 | Kobylianskyi, Ihor | f | UKR | 2646 | 41 | 1969 |
98 | Gharamian, Tigran | g | FRA | 2646 | 0 | 1984 |
99 | Dlugy, Maxim | g | USA | 2644 | 17 | 1966 |
100 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2642 | 0 | 1972 |