November 2015 ratings: Kramnik and ELOjanov

FIDE November 2015 – Top 100 Players

There is really little one would change in Sagar Shah's comment in his article on the European
Club Cup: "If there was one player who performed phenomenally in the tournament, it has to
be Vladimir Kramnik who scored 4.5/5, beating players like Nepomiachtchi, Topalov, Svidler and
Ivanchuk." With the fantastic result, the former World Champion is back to World no. 4

Pavel Eljanov gained the nickname ELOjanov by his colleagues after his stupendous result
at the World Cup in Baku, in which he gained 36 Elo, and leapt from World no. 32 to no.13

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2850	0	1990
2	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2803	14	1975
3	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2803	0	1969
4	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2796	11	1975
5	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2793	23	1987
6	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2787	23	1992
7	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2781	9	1982
8	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2781	8	1992
9	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2778	18	1994
10	So, Wesley	g	USA	2767	17	1993
11	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2766	22	1990
12	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2765	16	1990
13	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2753	12	1983
14	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2750	13	1983
15	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	2750	7	1989
16	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2748	17	1987
17	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2745	21	1976
18	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2744	23	1971
19	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2743	20	1986
20	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2743	16	1985
21	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2743	12	1987
22	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2739	11	1987
23	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2737	10	1999
24	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2735	14	1983
25	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2734	19	1994
26	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2732	15	1990
27	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2732	12	1983
28	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2731	7	1968
29	Navara, David	g	CZE	2730	14	1985
30	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2729	7	1987
31	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2724	9	1987
32	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2720	13	1969
33	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2718	22	1991
34	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	g	UKR	2717	7	1986
35	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2712	13	1981
36	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2710	0	1985
37	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2710	0	1983
38	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2709	20	1985
39	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2708	13	1979
40	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2705	12	1990
41	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2702	2	1979
42	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2700	13	1989
43	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2696	2	1983
44	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2695	9	1977
45	Kovalenko, Igor	g	LAT	2694	5	1988
46	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2693	17	1996
47	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2693	16	1990
48	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2693	6	1980
49	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2692	4	1974
50	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	AZE	2689	18	1985
51	Shirov, Alexei	g	LAT	2689	16	1972
52	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2689	13	1983
53	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2689	2	1980
54	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2689	0	1976
55	Ragger, Markus	g	AUT	2688	8	1988
56	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2687	9	1984
57	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2686	18	1965
58	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2686	6	1983
59	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2684	8	1991
60	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2684	0	1982
61	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2683	15	1994
62	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	GER	2683	4	1976
63	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2682	13	1986
64	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2682	11	1986
65	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	g	NOR	2682	7	1990
66	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2681	10	1974
67	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2678	15	1967
68	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	2677	10	1989
69	Artemiev, Vladislav	g	RUS	2676	4	1998
70	Bareev, Evgeny	g	CAN	2675	9	1966
71	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2674	16	1977
72	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	2672	23	1981
73	Adhiban, B.	g	IND	2669	11	1992
74	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2668	18	1985
75	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2668	13	1983
76	Movsesian, Sergei	g	ARM	2666	9	1978
77	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2665	20	1988
78	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2664	8	1995
79	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2664	4	1975
80	Negi, Parimarjan	g	IND	2664	0	1993
81	Ivanisevic, Ivan	g	SRB	2662	8	1977
82	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2662	5	1976
83	Lysyj, Igor	g	RUS	2660	22	1987
84	Robson, Ray	g	USA	2659	19	1994
85	Sadler, Matthew D	g	ENG	2659	0	1974
86	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2658	13	1968
87	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2658	0	1998
88	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	2658	0	1973
89	Amin, Bassem	g	EGY	2657	12	1988
90	Safarli, Eltaj	g	AZE	2657	6	1992
91	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2657	4	1982
92	Bukavshin, Ivan	g	RUS	2657	2	1995
93	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2655	5	1996
94	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2655	4	1989
95	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	2654	11	1984
96	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2654	4	1987
97	Gharamian, Tigran	g	FRA	2654	0	1984
98	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2654	0	1973
99	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2653	7	1988
100	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2653	4	1979

Top climbers and descenders

In a month which saw 34 of the Top 100 players register gains or losses of at least 10 Elo,
Eljanov's giant leap is worth a second mention. Still, also of note was Richard Rapport who
finally stopped his ELOphilia and gained 30.

Rank	Old	Name	Fed	Ti.	Rtg	Old	Gms
2	3	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	GM	2803 -10	2813	14
4	9	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	GM	2796 +19	2777	11
5	2	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	GM	2793 -23	2816	23
9	5	Giri, Anish	NED	GM	2778 -20	2798	18
13	32	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	GM	2753 +36	2717	12
14	10	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	GM	2750 -24	2774	13
16	23	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	GM	2748 +14	2734	17
17	26	Svidler, Peter	RUS	GM	2745 +18	2727	21
21	14	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	GM	2743 -15	2758	12
24	16	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	GM	2735 -13	2748	14
25	30	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	GM	2734 +13	2721	19
26	31	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	GM	2732 +12	2720	15
28	18	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	GM	2731 -10	2741	7
33	50	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	GM	2718 +21	2697	22
35	44	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	GM	2712 +10	2702	13
42	34	Wang, Hao	CHN	GM	2700 -12	2712	13
44	35	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	GM	2695 -16	2711	9
46	77	Rapport, Richard	HUN	GM	2693 +30	2663	17
47	40	Howell, David W L	ENG	GM	2693 -12	2705	16
49	45	Rublevsky, Sergei	RUS	GM	2692 -10	2702	4
51	33	Shirov, Alexei	LAT	GM	2689 -26	2715	16
52	62	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	GM	2689 +10	2679	13
55	48	Ragger, Markus	AUT	GM	2688 -10	2698	8
56	69	McShane, Luke J	ENG	GM	2687 +13	2674	9
58	49	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	GM	2686 -11	2697	6
61	72	Hou, Yifan	CHN	GM	2683 +12	2671	15
63	71	Areshchenko, Alexander	UKR	GM	2682 +10	2672	13
67	75	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	PER	GM	2678 +11	2667	15
71	89	Najer, Evgeniy	RUS	GM	2674 +16	2658	16
72	87	Postny, Evgeny	ISR	GM	2672 +14	2658	23
75	56	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	GM	2668 -15	2683	13
77	66	Laznicka, Viktor	CZE	GM	2665 -11	2676	20
83	73	Lysyj, Igor	RUS	GM	2660 -11	2671	22
84	61	Robson, Ray	USA	GM	2659 -21	2680	19

FIDE Top 100 Women

Overall it was a fairly uneventful month for the top women.... is what has been written of late, but definitely not this month.

All eyes were on the Monaco GP in which both World no. 1 Hou Yifan and Women World Champion
Mariya Muzychuk participated. Hou Yifan won the tournament with a fantastic 9.0/11, but the
Ukrainian did herself great credit by coming in second, and moving to World no. 5. The two will
be playing for the title in March 2016.

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2683	15	1994
2	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2583	11	1987
3	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2566	18	1987
4	Ju, Wenjun	g	CHN	2547	9	1991
5	Muzychuk, Mariya	g	UKR	2542	13	1992
6	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2534	17	1984
7	Muzychuk, Anna	g	UKR	2534	11	1990
8	Cmilyte, Viktorija	g	LTU	2534	0	1983
9	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2524	15	1963
10	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2524	0	1985
11	Lagno, Kateryna	g	RUS	2523	0	1989
12	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2519	16	1979
13	Gunina, Valentina	g	RUS	2516	6	1989
14	Harika, Dronavalli	g	IND	2513	18	1991
15	Khotenashvili, Bela	g	GEO	2512	7	1988
16	Batsiashvili, Nino	m	GEO	2509	6	1987
17	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2496	0	1986
18	Tan, Zhongyi	wg	CHN	2492	0	1991
19	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	g	RUS	2483	0	1985
20	Zhukova, Natalia	g	UKR	2480	11	1979
21	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2479	15	1984
22	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	wg	RUS	2478	7	1998
23	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2477	1	1978
24	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2475	0	1972
25	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2475	0	1986
26	Danielian, Elina	g	ARM	2474	0	1978
27	Shen, Yang	m	CHN	2472	6	1989
28	Krush, Irina	g	USA	2468	9	1983
29	Hoang, Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2464	0	1980
30	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2463	6	1991
31	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2462	18	1985
32	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	m	RUS	2459	15	1992
33	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2459	4	1974
34	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2454	16	1985
35	Melia, Salome	m	GEO	2452	0	1987
36	Kashlinskaya, Alina	m	RUS	2448	6	1993
37	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	m	MGL	2448	0	1987
38	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2445	11	1978
39	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2443	11	1976
40	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2442	0	1982
41	Guseva, Marina	m	RUS	2439	23	1986
42	Zawadzka, Jolanta	wg	POL	2439	9	1987
43	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2439	7	1982
44	Hunt, Harriet V	m	ENG	2439	0	1978
45	Ushenina, Anna	g	UKR	2438	15	1985
46	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2438	0	1986
47	Padmini, Rout	m	IND	2437	9	1994
48	Ding, Yixin	wg	CHN	2435	0	1991
49	Khurtsidze, Nino	m	GEO	2432	7	1975
50	Lei, Tingjie	wg	CHN	2431	0	1997
51	Cori T., Deysi	wg	PER	2429	2	1993
52	Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel	m	MGL	2427	10	2000
53	Guo, Qi	m	CHN	2427	0	1995
54	Savina, Anastasia	m	RUS	2424	1	1992
55	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROU	2421	8	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	Arabidze, Meri	m	GEO	2408	7	1994
60	Saduakassova, Dinara	wg	KAZ	2407	7	1996
61	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	m	INA	2406	7	1992
62	Bojkovic, Natasa	m	SRB	2406	0	1971
63	Ziaziulkina, Nastassia	m	BLR	2405	7	1995
64	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2401	0	1976
65	Michna, Marta	wg	GER	2400	5	1978
66	Ni, Shiqun	wg	CHN	2399	0	1997
67	Zhai, Mo	wm	CHN	2397	0	1996
68	Charochkina, Daria	m	RUS	2395	9	1990
69	Zaiatz, Elena	m	RUS	2393	0	1969
70	Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina	wg	POL	2392	9	1987
71	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	m	ESP	2392	1	1987
72	Houska, Jovanka	m	ENG	2391	18	1980
73	Bulmaga, Irina	m	ROU	2391	7	1993
74	Stockova, Zuzana	m	SVK	2391	1	1977
75	Abdumalik, Zhansaya	wg	KAZ	2390	0	2000
76	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2389	0	1981
77	Ryjanova, Julia	wg	RUS	2387	0	1974
78	Atalik, Ekaterina	m	TUR	2385	8	1982
79	Tania, Sachdev	m	IND	2385	0	1986
80	Videnova, Iva	m	BUL	2384	0	1987
81	Shvayger, Yuliya	wm	ISR	2383	9	1994
82	Peng, Zhaoqin	g	NED	2383	7	1968
83	Aulia, Medina Warda	wg	INA	2383	0	1997
84	Kovanova, Baira	wg	RUS	2381	5	1987
85	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	m	IRI	2380	11	1997
86	Vasilevich, Tatjana	m	UKR	2380	0	1977
87	Karavade, Eesha	m	IND	2379	8	1987
88	Lujan, Carolina	m	ARG	2378	0	1985
89	Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna	wg	POL	2378	0	1988
90	Zhang, Xiaowen	wg	CHN	2377	0	1989
91	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2375	0	1969
92	Li, Ruofan	m	SIN	2372	8	1978
93	Guramishvili, Sopiko	m	GEO	2371	8	1991
94	Berend, Elvira	wg	LUX	2370	0	1965
95	Daulyte, Deimante	m	LTU	2369	17	1989
96	Derakhshani, Dorsa	wm	IRI	2365	9	1998
97	Haast, Anne	wg	NED	2365	9	1993
98	Lomineishvili, Maia	m	GEO	2365	7	1977
99	Zimina, Olga	m	ITA	2364	21	1982
100	L'Ami, Alina	m	ROU	2364	9	1985

FIDE Top 100 Juniors

It is somewhat remarkable that there are no tales of endless Elo gains in the Top Juniors, at least none that showed up in the Top 100. 13-year-old Iranian talent IM Tabatabaei has stabilized his rating, after gaining nearly 300 spread out over the past two years, and is making steady gains once more at 2492 FIDE. He is currently playing in the World Youth championship in Greece, where he is the favorite in the Boys Under-14.

Richard Rapport has finally stopped shedding his rating, after peaking at 2720 in October 2014, and then dropping to 2663 just last month. This last month he put on 30 Elo points to 2693, and his rating is looking much healthier in proportion to his talent.

Samuel Sevian who had suffered a setback after a poor tournament in Lake Sevan and DC, is now back to 2573 inlcuding two draws in classical games against Teimor Radjabov in the World Cup. Not far behind is GM Jeffery Xiong who is at 2550 FIDE.

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2737	10	1999
2	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2693	17	1996
3	Artemiev, Vladislav	g	RUS	2676	4	1998
4	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2664	8	1995
5	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2658	0	1998
6	Bukavshin, Ivan	g	RUS	2657	2	1995
7	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2655	5	1996
8	Anton Guijarro, David	g	ESP	2630	2	1995
9	Naroditsky, Daniel	g	USA	2628	0	1995
10	Nyzhnyk, Illya	g	UKR	2627	16	1996
11	Grigoryan, Karen H.	g	ARM	2616	9	1995
12	Lu, Shanglei	g	CHN	2615	6	1995
13	Burke, John M	f	USA	2603	0	2001
14	Bok, Benjamin	g	NED	2591	19	1995
15	Cori, Jorge	g	PER	2590	0	1995
16	Bluebaum, Matthias	g	GER	2586	1	1997
17	Gabuzyan, Hovhannes	g	ARM	2585	0	1995
18	Donchenko, Alexander	g	GER	2582	9	1998
19	Wagner, Dennis	g	GER	2575	0	1997
20	Sevian, Samuel	g	USA	2573	18	2000
21	Oparin, Grigoriy	g	RUS	2569	9	1997
22	Antipov, Mikhail Al.	g	RUS	2569	0	1997
23	Idani, Pouya	g	IRI	2568	2	1995
24	Indjic, Aleksandar	g	SRB	2564	9	1995
25	Dragun, Kamil	g	POL	2564	3	1995
26	Vaibhav, Suri	g	IND	2561	0	1997
27	Alekseenko, Kirill	g	RUS	2558	9	1997
28	Rambaldi, Francesco	m	ITA	2557	9	1999
29	Bortnyk, Olexandr	g	UKR	2552	7	1996
30	Bajarani, Ulvi	g	AZE	2551	6	1995
31	Xiong, Jeffery	g	USA	2550	13	2000
32	Ghosh, Diptayan	m	IND	2550	0	1998
33	Eliseev, Urii	g	RUS	2548	9	1996
34	Van Foreest, Jorden	m	NED	2546	16	1999
35	Vakhidov, Jahongir	g	UZB	2546	9	1995
36	Abasov, Nijat	g	AZE	2544	14	1995
37	Boruchovsky, Avital	g	ISR	2540	10	1997
38	Kadric, Denis	g	BIH	2537	19	1995
39	Svane, Rasmus	m	GER	2534	7	1997
40	Troff, Kayden W	g	USA	2533	22	1998
41	Tari, Aryan	m	NOR	2532	11	1999
42	Chigaev, Maksim	m	RUS	2528	7	1996
43	Santos Latasa, Jaime	m	ESP	2518	0	1996
44	Schroeder, Jan-Christian	g	GER	2513	18	1998
45	Gledura, Benjamin	m	HUN	2513	0	1999
46	Gordievsky, Dmitry	f	RUS	2512	0	1996
47	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	m	CHI	2511	4	1996
48	Chandra, Akshat	m	USA	2509	9	1999
49	Pardo Simon, David	m	ESP	2507	0	1995
50	Pichot, Alan	m	ARG	2502	19	1998
51	Sanal, Vahap	m	TUR	2501	0	1998
52	Bai, Jinshi	g	CHN	2500	0	1999
53	Grover, Sahaj	g	IND	2498	0	1995
54	Karthikeyan, Murali	g	IND	2498	0	1999
55	Aravindh,Chithambaram VR.	g	IND	2496	16	1999
56	Tabatabaei, M.amin	m	IRI	2492	9	2001
57	Pechac, Jergus	f	SVK	2492	4	2001
58	Yuffa, Daniil	m	RUS	2490	9	1997
59	Lugovskoy, Maxim	m	RUS	2489	18	1996
60	Fawzy, Adham	f	EGY	2487	5	2000
61	Paravyan, David	m	RUS	2486	9	1998
62	Drozdowski, Kacper	m	POL	2481	17	1996
63	Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan	m	IND	2481	9	1998
64	Zajic, Milan	m	SRB	2480	7	1999
65	Moussard, Jules	m	FRA	2480	0	1995
66	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	wg	RUS	2478	7	1998
67	Nenezic, Marko	m	SRB	2478	7	1995
68	Fernandez, Daniel Howard	m	ENG	2476	0	1995
69	Georgiadis, Nico	m	SUI	2473	0	1996
70	Yang, Darwin	m	USA	2473	0	1996
71	Gurevich, Daniel	m	USA	2472	18	1997
72	Stremavicius, Titas	m	LTU	2472	9	1998
73	Triapishko, Olexandr		RUS	2471	0	2000
74	Gagare, Shardul	m	IND	2470	0	1997
75	Mokshanov, Alexey	m	RUS	2470	0	1995
76	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	f	PER	2469	0	1999
77	Petrosyan, Manuel	m	ARM	2466	9	1998
78	Ebeling, Daniel	m	FIN	2466	0	1996
79	Ma, Zhonghan	m	CHN	2466	0	1995
80	Kriebel, Tadeas	m	CZE	2465	0	1995
81	Zakhartsov, Vladimir	m	RUS	2464	9	1997
82	Xu, Yinglun		CHN	2464	0	1996
83	Lampert, Jonas	m	GER	2463	16	1997
84	Smirnov, Anton	m	AUS	2463	9	2001
85	Preotu, Razvan	m	CAN	2463	0	1999
86	Mons, Leon	m	GER	2462	0	1995
87	Lobanov, Sergei		RUS	2460	18	2001
88	Moroni, Luca Jr	f	ITA	2460	0	2000
89	Ali Marandi, Cemil Can	m	TUR	2459	9	1998
90	Andersen, Mads	m	DEN	2459	9	1995
91	Makhmutov, Rail	f	RUS	2459	9	1995
92	Salomon, Johan	m	NOR	2459	9	1997
93	Harutyunian, Tigran K.	m	ARM	2459	0	1997
94	Zenzera, Alexey	m	RUS	2459	0	1997
95	Petrov, Nikita	m	RUS	2458	7	1996
96	Enkhnar, Enkhbaatar	f	MGL	2458	0	1997
97	Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan	m	TUR	2457	0	1997
98	Maghsoodloo, Parham		IRI	2456	6	2000
99	Draskovic, Luka	m	MNE	2454	9	1995
100	Usmanov, Vasily	m	RUS	2454	9	1996

FIDE Top 100 Girls

In a sense, one might say that the most remarkable result in the Top Girls is no. 3 Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene from Mongolia. The reason is that the 15-year-old saw a massive gain of 500 Elo over the last 18 months, with gains and losses raising her from 1900 FIDE in April 2014 to 2428 FIDE in August 2015. The young woman has never ceased competing, participating in GM and IM tournaments every month and is now a full-fledged IM. The last month she gained just 3 Elo, but obtained by scoring 50% in a GM tournament in Hungary where she faced five grandmasters.

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	wg	RUS	2478	7	1998
2	Lei, Tingjie	wg	CHN	2431	0	1997
3	Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel	m	MGL	2427	10	2000
4	Guo, Qi	m	CHN	2427	0	1995
5	Saduakassova, Dinara	wg	KAZ	2407	7	1996
6	Ziaziulkina, Nastassia	m	BLR	2405	7	1995
7	Ni, Shiqun	wg	CHN	2399	0	1997
8	Zhai, Mo	wm	CHN	2397	0	1996
9	Abdumalik, Zhansaya	wg	KAZ	2390	0	2000
10	Aulia, Medina Warda	wg	INA	2383	0	1997
11	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	m	IRI	2380	11	1997
12	Derakhshani, Dorsa	wm	IRI	2365	9	1998
13	Wang, Jue	wg	CHN	2348	0	1995
14	Bivol, Alina	wm	RUS	2345	8	1996
15	Mammadzada, Gunay	wg	AZE	2341	9	2000
16	Osmak, Iulija	wf	UKR	2334	7	1998
17	Velikic, Adela		SRB	2322	9	1997
18	Severina, Maria	wm	RUS	2319	0	1995
19	Zhou, Qiyu	wm	CAN	2318	2	2000
20	Amina, Battsooj		MGL	2313	0	2001
21	Blagojevic, Tijana	wm	MNE	2312	12	1997
22	Kantane, Anna	wm	POL	2310	0	1995
23	Khomeriki, Nino	wf	GEO	2308	16	1998
24	Rodriguez Rueda, Paula Andrea	m	COL	2303	9	1996
25	Klek, Hanna Marie		GER	2303	2	1995
26	Vaishali R	wf	IND	2298	21	2001
27	Dordzhieva, Dinara	wm	RUS	2298	0	1999
28	Unuk, Laura	wm	SLO	2297	8	1999
29	Khokhlova, Daria		RUS	2296	0	1999
30	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	wm	AZE	2294	0	1996
31	Styazhkina, Anna	wm	RUS	2292	9	1997
32	Osmanodja, Filiz	wm	GER	2291	0	1996
33	Hojjatova, Aydan	wf	AZE	2288	9	1999
34	Buksa, Nataliya	wg	UKR	2287	0	1996
35	Gu, Tianlu	wm	CHN	2285	0	1997
36	Bykova, Anastasia	wf	RUS	2283	0	1997
37	Efroimski, Marsel	wm	ISR	2277	16	1995
38	Ivana Maria, Furtado	wm	IND	2277	9	1999
39	Frayna, Janelle Mae	wm	PHI	2273	8	1997
40	Marjanovics, Annamaria	wf	HUN	2271	9	2001
41	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	wm	GRE	2268	16	2000
42	Drogovoz, Irina		RUS	2260	9	1999
43	Navrotescu, Andreea-Cristiana	wf	FRA	2260	1	1996
44	Paramzina, Anastasya	wf	RUS	2260	0	1998
45	Aranaz Murillo, Amalia	wm	ESP	2259	0	1995
46	Tantsiura, Maria	wm	UKR	2257	0	1996
47	Kazarian, Anna-Maja	wf	NED	2255	16	2000
48	Makarenko, Alexandra	wf	RUS	2252	0	1996
49	Pratyusha, Bodda	wm	IND	2248	0	1997
50	Michelle Catherina, P	wm	IND	2242	0	1996
51	Diakonova, Ekaterina		RUS	2241	0	1999
52	Avramidou, Anastasia	wf	GRE	2239	7	2000
53	Nicolas Zapata, Irene	wm	ESP	2239	0	1997
54	Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh		MGL	2237	0	1998
55	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	wf	UZB	2232	9	1999
56	Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya		ENG	2231	1	2001
57	Bayarmaa, Bayarjargal	wf	MGL	2229	0	1995
58	Tomashevskaya, Lidia	wm	RUS	2226	0	1995
59	Heinemann, Josefine		GER	2224	7	1998
60	Gal, Hanna Krisztina		HUN	2218	7	1998
61	Dimitrova, Aleksandra	wf	RUS	2217	9	2000
62	Monica, Putri Wigustira	wf	INA	2217	0	1997
63	Xiao, Yiyi	wf	CHN	2217	0	1996
64	Baraeva, Marina	wm	RUS	2213	25	1995
65	Rodionova, Daria	wf	RUS	2212	0	1998
66	Wozniak, Mariola	wm	POL	2211	0	1998
67	Terbe, Julianna	wf	HUN	2209	16	1997
68	Eswaran, Ashritha	wm	USA	2207	0	2000
69	Sieber, Fiona	wf	GER	2204	7	2000
70	Bluhm, Sonja Maria	wf	GER	2203	9	1998
71	Harazinska, Ewa	wf	POL	2202	9	1998
72	Ibrahimova, Sabina	wm	AZE	2199	5	1995
73	Baraeva, Irina	wm	RUS	2198	7	1995
74	Yu, Jennifer R	wf	USA	2198	7	2002
75	Mylnikova, Olga	wf	RUS	2197	18	2000
76	Szente Varga, Fruzsina		HUN	2196	10	1996
77	Balajayeva, Khanim	wf	AZE	2195	9	2001
78	Amrayeva, Aytan	wf	AZE	2193	0	1997
79	Movileanu, Daniela	wf	ITA	2192	0	1996
80	Castrillon Gomez, Melissa	wm	COL	2191	9	1995
81	Chernyak, Viktoria	wf	RUS	2191	2	1997
82	Suliati, Annisa	wf	INA	2190	0	1999
83	Kochukova, Anna	wf	RUS	2187	18	2001
84	Gorti, Akshita	f	USA	2186	9	2002
85	Imnadze, Nato	wm	GEO	2186	8	1996
86	Ulrich, Rachel J	wf	USA	2186	0	2000
87	Juhasz, Barbara	wf	HUN	2185	11	1995
88	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	wf	KAZ	2183	0	2004
89	Retno, Wijayanti	wf	INA	2183	0	1999
90	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	wf	POL	2182	9	2000
91	Barchuk, Irina		UKR	2180	0	1997
92	Malassagne, Isabelle	wf	FRA	2180	0	1998
93	Zarkovic, Mila	wm	SRB	2179	9	1996
94	Gazikova, Veronika	wf	SVK	2178	1	1999
95	Machlik, Monika		NOR	2176	13	1997
96	Shuvalova, Polina	wf	RUS	2175	9	2001
97	Gaboyan, Susanna		ARM	2174	0	1996
98	Paolillo, Gaia	wf	ITA	2174	0	1998
99	Qiu, Mengjie	wf	CHN	2172	0	1995
100	Roca Rojas, Ana Flavia	wf	CUB	2172	0	1996

Top 100 Rapid

With the passage of the World Rapid championship, it is more than expected that there would be big results and big swings. The star was without a doubt...

... Magnus Carlsen, who not only successfully defended his title, but took his Rapid rating to
a sublime 2872 after winning with 11.5/15, a full point ahead of....

... Ian Nepomniachtchi, who took silver, who in turn also climbed from World no. 10 to World no. 5.

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2872	15	1990
2	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2850	0	1987
3	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2829	0	1992
4	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2825	15	1969
5	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2813	15	1990
6	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2804	15	1975
7	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2797	15	1983
8	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2792	15	1990
9	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2787	15	1985
10	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2777	15	1969
11	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2776	15	1982
12	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2775	15	1983
13	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2773	15	1987
14	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2770	15	1990
15	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2770	0	1991
16	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2758	0	1987
17	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2753	0	1971
18	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2749	0	1989
19	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2746	15	1985
20	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2746	14	1990
21	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	g	UKR	2740	15	1986
22	Onischuk, Vladimir	g	UKR	2739	15	1991
23	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2739	0	1974
24	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2737	15	1968
25	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2736	0	1996
26	Sjugirov, Sanan	g	RUS	2735	9	1993
27	Kovalenko, Igor	g	LAT	2733	15	1988
28	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2729	15	1974
29	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2727	15	1989
30	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2726	15	1987
31	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2725	15	1980
32	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2723	15	1976
33	Movsesian, Sergei	g	ARM	2723	0	1978
34	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2720	0	1994
35	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	2719	15	1986
36	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2717	15	1987
37	Artemiev, Vladislav	g	RUS	2715	11	1998
38	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2714	15	1985
39	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2713	15	1995
40	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2710	0	1965
41	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2708	15	1991
42	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2705	15	1979
43	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2704	24	1978
44	Navara, David	g	CZE	2703	15	1985
45	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	g	VIE	2703	15	1990
46	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2700	19	1979
47	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2700	15	1983
48	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2700	15	1996
49	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2700	0	1977
50	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2699	26	1985
51	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2699	0	1981
52	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2694	0	1967
53	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2694	0	1986
54	Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	2693	15	1986
55	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2692	0	1984
56	Sadler, Matthew D	g	ENG	2692	0	1974
57	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2688	15	1971
58	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2688	15	1988
59	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	2688	0	1976
60	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2685	0	1985
61	Istratescu, Andrei	g	FRA	2684	0	1975
62	Khairullin, Ildar	g	RUS	2683	15	1990
63	Ponkratov, Pavel	g	RUS	2681	26	1988
64	Salem, A.R. Saleh	g	UAE	2680	15	1993
65	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2679	15	1987
66	Salgado Lopez, Ivan	g	ESP	2678	0	1991
67	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2677	15	1975
68	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2674	0	1985
69	Bocharov, Dmitry	g	RUS	2673	15	1982
70	Ragger, Markus	g	AUT	2672	15	1988
71	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2671	15	1983
72	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	2671	9	1983
73	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2670	15	1983
74	Parligras, Mircea-Emilian	g	ROU	2670	0	1980
75	Amonatov, Farrukh	g	TJK	2669	0	1978
76	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2669	0	1973
77	Bogdanovich, Stanislav	m	UKR	2668	15	1993
78	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	UKR	2668	0	1981
79	Kovalev, Vladislav	g	BLR	2667	43	1994
80	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2667	15	1969
81	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	2667	15	1984
82	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2666	15	1980
83	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	g	KAZ	2666	0	1973
84	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	AZE	2666	0	1985
85	Bartel, Mateusz	g	POL	2665	15	1985
86	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2665	15	1979
87	Bukavshin, Ivan	g	RUS	2663	9	1995
88	Safarli, Eltaj	g	AZE	2662	15	1992
89	Shirov, Alexei	g	LAT	2662	0	1972
90	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2661	0	1977
91	Popov, Ivan	g	RUS	2658	0	1990
92	Petrosian, Tigran L.	g	ARM	2657	15	1984
93	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2657	15	1982
94	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2655	15	1982
95	Perunovic, Milos	g	SRB	2654	15	1984
96	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2653	15	1987
97	Amin, Bassem	g	EGY	2653	0	1988
98	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	g	PAR	2653	0	1981
99	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2652	15	1986
100	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2652	0	1986

Top 50 Women Rapid

It was a fairly quiet month for the elite in the Rapid list. Only Kateryna Lagno added a bit of rating, confirming her no. 2 ranking after a solid participation in the World Rapid championship.

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2614	0	1994
2	Lagno, Kateryna	g	RUS	2595	15	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	2538	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	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2474	2	1978
17	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2469	0	1982
18	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2459	0	1982
19	Krush, Irina	g	USA	2455	0	1983
20	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2454	0	1984
21	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	wg	RUS	2453	0	1998
22	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2452	0	1986
23	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	m	RUS	2451	0	1992
24	Cmilyte, Viktorija	g	LTU	2451	0	1983
25	Tan, Zhongyi	wg	CHN	2450	0	1991
26	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2447	0	1985
27	Foisor, Cristina-Adela	m	ROU	2445	0	1967
28	Lei, Tingjie	wg	CHN	2445	0	1997
29	Khotenashvili, Bela	g	GEO	2444	0	1988
30	Turova, Irina	m	RUS	2444	0	1979
31	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2443	0	1963
32	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2443	0	1986
33	Wang, Jue	wg	CHN	2442	0	1995
34	Shen, Yang	m	CHN	2439	0	1989
35	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2439	0	1976
36	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2437	0	1976
37	Arabidze, Meri	m	GEO	2436	0	1994
38	Batsiashvili, Nino	m	GEO	2436	0	1987
39	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2429	0	1991
40	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2428	0	1972
41	Matnadze, Ana	m	ESP	2427	0	1983
42	Hoang, Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2425	0	1980
43	Ambartsumova, Karina	wg	RUS	2409	0	1989
44	Guseva, Marina	m	RUS	2408	0	1986
45	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROU	2403	0	1978
46	Zhukova, Natalia	g	UKR	2402	0	1979
47	Kovanova, Baira	wg	RUS	2401	0	1987
48	Vasilevich, Tatjana	m	UKR	2400	0	1977
49	Pustovoitova, Daria	f	RUS	2393	9	1994
50	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	g	SCO	2393	0	1968

Top 100 Blitz

With so many results, it would be hard to highlight them all, so let's stick to the most
important one: Alexander Grischuk's superb win at the World Blitz Championship, for his
third World title. If you missed out on the action, be sure to see the special videos article!

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2884	2	1987
2	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2878	21	1990
3	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2871	21	1990
4	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2851	23	1983
5	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2817	21	1975
6	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2814	21	1982
7	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2813	25	1990
8	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2811	21	1969
9	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2801	23	1990
10	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2800	21	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	21	1985
15	Lu, Shanglei	g	CHN	2780	0	1995
16	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2775	21	1968
17	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2769	21	1988
18	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2768	4	1971
19	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2764	21	1969
20	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2759	21	1990
21	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2754	23	1976
22	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2748	21	1985
23	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2744	0	1989
24	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2743	2	1983
25	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2738	23	1983
26	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2736	25	1979
27	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2735	30	1995
28	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2733	21	1987
29	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2730	21	1983
30	Onischuk, Vladimir	g	UKR	2728	21	1991
31	Bogdanovich, Stanislav	m	UKR	2727	21	1993
32	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2727	21	1985
33	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2727	21	1987
34	Petrosian, Tigran L.	g	ARM	2724	21	1984
35	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2724	0	1994
36	Kovalenko, Igor	g	LAT	2721	32	1988
37	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2721	21	1969
38	Melkumyan, Hrant	g	ARM	2715	21	1989
39	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2713	23	1981
40	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2713	21	1996
41	Artemiev, Vladislav	g	RUS	2712	0	1998
42	Kuzubov, Yuriy	g	UKR	2712	0	1990
43	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2711	2	1988
44	Kravtsiv, Martyn	g	UKR	2708	21	1990
45	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2707	21	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	Vovk, Yuri	g	UKR	2702	23	1988
50	Jones, Gawain C B	g	ENG	2702	21	1987
51	Bortnyk, Olexandr	g	UKR	2702	11	1996
52	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2701	0	1985
53	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2700	0	1983
54	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2698	34	1985
55	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	g	VEN	2698	21	1989
56	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2697	21	1979
57	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2697	21	1977
58	Kokarev, Dmitry	g	RUS	2694	0	1982
59	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2694	0	1987
60	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2692	21	1980
61	Perunovic, Milos	g	SRB	2690	21	1984
62	Ponkratov, Pavel	g	RUS	2687	21	1988
63	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	g	IRI	2686	21	1982
64	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	2686	21	1986
65	Nyzhnyk, Illya	g	UKR	2685	0	1996
66	Zubov, Alexander	g	UKR	2681	0	1983
67	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2679	21	1983
68	Bocharov, Dmitry	g	RUS	2678	21	1982
69	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2678	21	1998
70	Safarli, Eltaj	g	AZE	2677	21	1992
71	Popovic, Dusan	g	SRB	2677	9	1983
72	Movsesian, Sergei	g	ARM	2674	21	1978
73	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2674	21	1987
74	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	g	VIE	2672	21	1990
75	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2670	0	1986
76	Sjugirov, Sanan	g	RUS	2670	0	1993
77	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2669	21	1986
78	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2668	21	1982
79	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2668	0	1965
80	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2666	21	1985
81	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2666	21	1982
82	Adly, Ahmed	g	EGY	2665	9	1987
83	Stevic, Hrvoje	g	CRO	2665	9	1980
84	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2665	0	1992
85	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2664	21	1987
86	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2664	0	1985
87	Lenderman, Aleksandr	g	USA	2664	0	1989
88	Khairullin, Ildar	g	RUS	2663	21	1990
89	Andriasian, Zaven	g	ARM	2663	12	1989
90	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2662	21	1991
91	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2662	2	1986
92	Khusnutdinov, Rustam	g	KAZ	2662	0	1987
93	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2661	21	1990
94	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2661	21	1986
95	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2661	21	1981
96	Akobian, Varuzhan	g	USA	2661	0	1983
97	Ivanisevic, Ivan	g	SRB	2660	21	1977
98	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2660	0	1985
99	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2658	30	1989
100	Gajewski, Grzegorz	g	POL	2658	21	1985

Top 50 Women Blitz

Among the women who participated in the World Blitz championship were Kateryna Lagno who gained 20 Elo and remains at World no. 4, and Vietnamese IM Pham Le Thao Nguyen who gained 83 Blitz Elo, making her the World no. 20 female blitz player.

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	11	1989
4	Lagno, Kateryna	g	RUS	2594	21	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	13	1985
17	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	m	RUS	2461	13	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	21	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	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROU	2415	0	1978
27	Ding, Yixin	wg	CHN	2408	0	1991
28	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2405	0	1982
29	Krush, Irina	g	USA	2400	0	1983
30	Zhai, Mo	wm	CHN	2398	0	1996
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	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2382	0	1982
39	Lei, Tingjie	wg	CHN	2378	0	1997
40	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	wg	RUS	2377	0	1998
41	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2375	0	1978
42	Zhukova, Natalia	g	UKR	2374	0	1979
43	Guramishvili, Sopiko	m	GEO	2368	0	1991
44	Zimina, Olga	m	ITA	2368	0	1982
45	Berend, Elvira	wg	LUX	2364	21	1965
46	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2363	0	1991
47	Pustovoitova, Daria	f	RUS	2362	0	1994
48	Ryjanova, Julia	wg	RUS	2360	0	1974
49	Padmini, Rout	m	IND	2359	0	1994
50	Cosma, Elena-Luminita	wg	ROU	2354	0	1972

Source: FIDE

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