Topalov tops the October 2008 FIDE ratings

by ChessBase
9/30/2008 – Veselin Topalov's incredible performance at the Bilbao Chess Masters – one of the strongest tournaments in history, which he won by a 1.5-point margin – has catapulted him to the top of the FIDE ratings list. The Bulgarian has gained 14 points and leads Alexander Morozevich by four points. Viswanathan Anand's Bilbao disaster dropped him to fifth place, eight points behind Topalov. October ratings.
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Top 100 Players October 2008

It is interesting to note that no fewer than five players were in the number one spot in the "Live ratinings" since the last rating list came out. In fact Morozevich came quite close to coming out as number one on the current list without even playing in Bilbao, due to the leaders faltering there.

In third place we have Vassily Ivanchuk, who gained five points in (would you believe it) fifty games played in the three-month rating period. Magnus Carlsen follows him with a five-point gain coming from 31 games the young Norwegian played in the same period. Anand played just ten games – in Bilbao – and lost 15 points. He is followed by Vladimir Kramnik who played 16 games (Dortmung and Tal Memorial), losing a total of 16 points. You can speculate why the World Champion and his challenger, who are now separated by eleven rating points, did so poorly in the final period before their encounter at the World Championship in Bonn on October 12th.

Rising fast and furiously is Levon Aronian, who jumped 20 points from rank 12 to 7. Dmitry Jakovenko gained 28 points to rise from 24th place to 10th. And Chinese GM Wang Yue added 32 points to his account to move from 29 to 11. A real rising star is 18-year-old French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who gained 35 (yes: thirty five) points to jump from place 39 in the world to 24. He has overtaken Etienne Bacrot, who is on place 29, to become his country's top ranked player.

The most points (after Kramnik and Anand) were shed by Alexei Shirov, who lost 15 to drop from 9th in the world to 18th. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov lost 11 points to move from 8th to 14th, Peter Svidler lost 11 to drop from 11 to 17.

FIDE October 2008 Rating List

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
 1  Topalov, Veselin  g  BUL  2791  10  1975
 2  Morozevich, Alexander  g  RUS  2787  9  1977
 3  Ivanchuk, Vassily  g  UKR  2786  50  1969
 4  Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR  2786  31  1990
 5  Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND  2783  10  1969
 6  Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS  2772  16  1975
 7  Aronian, Levon  g  ARM  2757  23  1982
 8  Radjabov, Teimour  g  AZE  2751  23  1987
 9  Leko, Peter  g  HUN  2747  16  1979
 10  Jakovenko, Dmitry  g  RUS  2737  39  1983
 11  Wang, Yue  g  CHN  2736  23  1987
 12  Adams, Michael  g  ENG  2734  16  1971
 13  Movsesian, Sergei  g  SVK  2732  12  1978
 14  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  g  AZE  2731  16  1985
 15  Karjakin, Sergey  g  UKR  2730  24  1990
 16  Kamsky, Gata  g  USA  2729  22  1974
 17  Svidler, Peter  g  RUS  2727  24  1976
 18  Shirov, Alexei  g  ESP  2726  34  1972
 19  Eljanov, Pavel  g  UKR  2720  26  1983
 20  Gelfand, Boris  g  ISR  2719  27  1968
 21  Dominguez Perez, Leinier  g  CUB  2719  15  1983
 22  Ponomariov, Ruslan  g  UKR  2719  14  1983
 23  Grischuk, Alexander  g  RUS  2719  13  1983
 24  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  g  FRA  2716  30  1990
 25  Alekseev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2715  30  1985
 26  Bu, Xiangzhi  g  CHN  2714  9  1985
 27  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2711  0  1976
 28  Ni, Hua  g  CHN  2710  5  1983
 29  Bacrot, Etienne  g  FRA  2705  23  1983
 30  Nakamura, Hikaru  g  USA  2704  6  1987
 31  Gashimov, Vugar  g  AZE  2703  27  1986
 32  Rublevsky, Sergei  g  RUS  2702  14  1974
 33  Cheparinov, Ivan  g  BUL  2696  28  1986
 34  Wang, Hao  g  CHN  2696  9  1989
 35  Sasikiran, Krishnan  g  IND  2694  9  1981
 36  Tiviakov, Sergei  g  NED  2686  56  1973
 37  Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  g  ROU  2684  19  1976
 38  Najer, Evgeniy  g  RUS  2682  20  1977
 39  Bologan, Viktor  g  MDA  2682  9  1971
 40  Milov, Vadim  g  SUI  2681  9  1972
 41  Efimenko, Zahar  g  UKR  2680  10  1985
 42  Akopian, Vladimir  g  ARM  2679  5  1971
 43  Moiseenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2678  40  1980
 44  Naiditsch, Arkadij  g  GER  2678  17  1985
 45  Roiz, Michael  g  ISR  2677  32  1983
 46  Fressinet, Laurent  g  FRA  2676  12  1981
 47  Malakhov, Vladimir  g  RUS  2675  21  1980
 48  Postny, Evgeny  g  ISR  2674  40  1981
 49  Motylev, Alexander  g  RUS  2672  11  1979
 50  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  g  UZB  2672  5  1979
 51  Timofeev, Artyom  g  RUS  2670  20  1985
 52  Dreev, Alexey  g  RUS  2670  5  1969
 53  Inarkiev, Ernesto  g  RUS  2669  22  1985
 54  Nikolic, Predrag  g  BIH  2669  0  1960
 55  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  g  ESP  2664  22  1982
 56  Jobava, Baadur  g  GEO  2664  12  1983
 57  Areshchenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2664  0  1986
 58  Tkachiev, Vladislav  g  FRA  2664  0  1973
 59  Almasi, Zoltan  g  HUN  2663  5  1976
 60  Nielsen, Peter Heine  g  DEN  2662  10  1973
 61  Volokitin, Andrei  g  UKR  2659  29  1986
 62  Harikrishna, P.  g  IND  2659  12  1986
 63  Ivanisevic, Ivan  g  SRB  2658  42  1977
 64  Avrukh, Boris  g  ISR  2657  16  1978
 65  Riazantsev, Alexander  g  RUS  2656  32  1985
 66  Grachev, Boris  g  RUS  2653  22  1986
 67  Lastin, Alexander  g  RUS  2651  20  1976
 68  Sutovsky, Emil  g  ISR  2651  19  1977
 69  Karpov, Anatoly  g  RUS  2651  0  1951
 70  Guseinov, Gadir  g  AZE  2650  20  1986
 71  Sokolov, Ivan  g  NED  2650  11  1968
 72  Smirin, Ilia  g  ISR  2649  27  1968
 73  Zhang, Zhong  g  SIN  2649  20  1978
 74  Savchenko, Boris  g  RUS  2648  43  1986
 75  Khenkin, Igor  g  GER  2647  20  1968
 76  Bareev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2647  15  1966
 77  Tregubov, Pavel V.  g  RUS  2646  12  1971
 78  Zvjaginsev, Vadim  g  RUS  2646  11  1976
 79  Tomashevsky, Evgeny  g  RUS  2646  0  1987
 80  Berkes, Ferenc  g  HUN  2645  27  1985
 81  Georgiev, Kiril  g  BUL  2645  23  1965
 82  Onischuk, Alexander  g  USA  2644  30  1975
 83  Sadvakasov, Darmen  g  KAZ  2643  16  1979
 84  Sargissian, Gabriel  g  ARM  2642  12  1983
 85  Short, Nigel D  g  ENG  2642  11  1965
 86  Sakaev, Konstantin  g  RUS  2640  11  1974
 87  Caruana, Fabiano  g  ITA  2640  10  1992
 88  Kazhgaleyev, Murtas  g  KAZ  2640  9  1973
 89  Vitiugov, Nikita  g  RUS  2638  21  1987
 90  Graf, Alexander  g  GER  2636  32  1962
 91  Zhang, Pengxiang  g  CHN  2636  4  1980
 92  Vescovi, Giovanni  g  BRA  2635  9  1978
 93  Amonatov, Farrukh  g  TJK  2634  29  1978
 94  Gurevich, Mikhail  g  TUR  2634  19  1959
 95  Nyback, Tomi  g  FIN  2634  18  1985
 96  Gustafsson, Jan  g  GER  2634  12  1979
 97  Seirawan, Yasser  g  USA  2634  0  1960
 98  Malakhatko, Vadim  g  BEL  2633  69  1977
 99  Navara, David  g  CZE  2633  22  1985
 100  Istratescu, Andrei  g  ROU  2633  9  1975

Top 100 Women October 2008

FIDE is now paying tribute to the increased visibility and attractivity of women's chess by listing the top hundred instead of the top fifty, as they have done so far. At the top nothing has changed: Judit Polgar leads by almost a hundred points; in second place is Koneru Humpy, who lost four points since the last list. In third place is Chinese wonder-girl Hou Yifan, just fourteen years of age, who replaces former women's world champion Xie Jun in third place.

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
 1  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2711  0  1976
 2  Koneru, Humpy  g  IND  2618  15  1987
 3  Hou, Yifan  wg  CHN  2578  40  1994
 4  Xie, Jun  g  CHN  2574  0  1970
 5  Cramling, Pia  g  SWE  2550  23  1963
 6  Stefanova, Antoaneta  g  BUL  2548  15  1979
 7  Sebag, Marie  g  FRA  2533  7  1986
 8  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  g  RUS  2525  21  1984
 9  Zhao, Xue  g  CHN  2518  4  1985
 10  Danielian, Elina  m  ARM  2513  27  1978
 11  Kosintseva, Tatiana  m  RUS  2513  6  1986
 12  Cmilyte, Viktorija  m  LTU  2512  14  1983
 13  Muzychuk, Anna  m  SLO  2508  19  1990
 14  Dzagnidze, Nana  m  GEO  2503  45  1987
 15  Ushenina, Anna  m  UKR  2496  15  1985
 16  Ruan, Lufei  wg  CHN  2496  6  1987
 17  Zhu, Chen  g  QAT  2496  0  1976
 18  Chiburdanidze, Maia  g  GEO  2489  0  1961
 19  Lahno, Kateryna  g  UKR  2488  24  1989
 20  Zhukova, Natalia  wg  UKR  2488  11  1979
 21  Hoang Thanh Trang  g  HUN  2483  13  1980
 22  Xu, Yuhua  g  CHN  2477  11  1976
 23  Pogonina, Natalija  wg  RUS  2474  12  1985
 24  Gaponenko, Inna  m  UKR  2473  52  1976
 25  Javakhishvili, Lela  m  GEO  2473  11  1984
 26  Paehtz, Elisabeth  m  GER  2471  13  1985
 27  Kosintseva, Nadezhda  m  RUS  2468  6  1985
 28  Hunt, Harriet V  m  ENG  2462  0  1978
 29  Qin, Kanying  wg  CHN  2462  0  1974
 30  Harika, Dronavalli  m  IND  2461  38  1991
 31  Korbut, Ekaterina  m  RUS  2459  0  1985
 32  Skripchenko, Almira  m  FRA  2455  13  1976
 33  Peng, Zhaoqin  g  NED  2455  9  1968
 34  Krush, Irina  m  USA  2452  8  1983
 35  Shen, Yang  wg  CHN  2450  8  1989
 36  Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan  m  SCO  2448  0  1968
 37  Dembo, Yelena  m  GRE  2446  18  1983
 38  Mkrtchian, Lilit  m  ARM  2443  12  1982
 39  Zatonskih, Anna  m  USA  2440  10  1978
 40  Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  m  RUS  2439  5  1974
 41  Lomineishvili, Maia  m  GEO  2437  15  1977
 42  Muzychuk, Mariya  wg  UKR  2436  30  1992
 43  Socko, Monika  m  POL  2434  32  1978
 44  Atalik, Ekaterina  m  TUR  2432  31  1982
 45  Peptan, Corina-Isabela  m  ROU  2430  36  1978
 46  Hagarova, Zuzana  m  SVK  2430  9  1977
 47  Huang, Qian  wg  CHN  2430  0  1986
 48  Ovod, Evgenija  m  RUS  2429  7  1982
 49  Shadrina, Tatiana  wg  RUS  2429  0  1974
 50  Li, Ruofan  wg  SIN  2426  11  1978
 51  Tania, Sachdev  m  IND  2425  12  1986
 52  Tairova, Elena  m  RUS  2422  11  1991
 53  Bojkovic, Natasa  m  SRB  2420  8  1971
 54  Zdebskaja, Natalia  wg  UKR  2419  7  1986
 55  Khurtsidze, Nino  m  GEO  2417  14  1975
 56  Matnadze, Ana  m  GEO  2411  40  1983
 57  Matveeva, Svetlana  m  RUS  2411  4  1969
 58  Melia, Salome  m  GEO  2410  43  1987
 59  Mongontuul, Bathuyag  wg  MGL  2410  4  1987
 60  Khukhashvili, Sopiko  m  GEO  2409  13  1985
 61  Wang, Pin  wg  CHN  2407  0  1974
 62  Maric, Alisa  m  SRB  2405  25  1970
 63  Rajlich, Iweta  m  POL  2404  40  1981
 64  Repkova, Eva  m  SVK  2400  18  1975
 65  Michna, Marta  wg  GER  2399  18  1978
 66  Houska, Jovanka  m  ENG  2399  11  1980
 67  Borsuk, Angela  wg  ISR  2398  35  1967
 68  Romanko, Marina  wg  RUS  2398  20  1986
 69  Ju, Wenjun    CHN  2397  4  1991
 70  Tan, Zhongyi    CHN  2395  4  1991
 71  Nadig, Kruttika  wm  IND  2387  62  1988
 72  Karavade, Eesha  wg  IND  2386  46  1987
 73  Stepovaia, Tatiana  wg  RUS  2386  12  1965
 74  Alexandrova, Olga  m  UKR  2383  0  1978
 75  Bodnaruk, Anastasia  wf  RUS  2381  21  1992
 76  Gunina, Valentina  wf  RUS  2381  0  1989
 77  Turova, Irina  m  RUS  2381  0  1979
 78  Wang, Yu A.  m  CHN  2381  0  1982
 79  Zozulia, Anna  m  BEL  2380  36  1980
 80  Vajda, Szidonia  m  HUN  2380  20  1979
 81  Kovanova, Baira  wg  RUS  2379  8  1987
 82  Zawadzka, Jolanta  wg  POL  2378  36  1987
 83  Kononenko, Tatiana  m  UKR  2377  0  1978
 84  Moser, Eva  m  AUT  2376  20  1982
 85  Pokorna, Regina  wg  SVK  2376  9  1982
 86  Madl, Ildiko  m  HUN  2376  4  1969
 87  Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino  m  GER  2371  2  1971
 88  Nemcova, Katerina  wg  CZE  2369  18  1990
 89  Vasilkova, Svetlana  wm  RUS  2369  8  1988
 90  Vasilevich, Tatjana  m  UKR  2368  8  1977
 91  Zimina, Olga  wg  ITA  2368  0  1982
 92  Milliet, Sophie  wg  FRA  2366  20  1983
 93  Lujan, Carolina  m  ARG  2366  18  1985
 94  Chistiakova, Tamara  wf  RUS  2366  0  1986
 95  Foisor, Cristina Adela  wg  ROU  2365  36  1967
 96  Sedina, Elena  m  ITA  2365  13  1968
 97  Zaiatz, Elena  m  RUS  2364  9  1969
 98  Dworakowska, Joanna  m  POL  2363  9  1978
 99  Fierro Baquero, Martha L.  m  ECU  2361  17  1977
 100  Gvetadze, Sopio  m  GEO  2361  15  1983

Top 20 Juniors October 2008

17-year-old Norwegian Magnus Carlsen leads by a resounding 56 points, followed by his arch-rival Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine, who is just ten months older than Magnus. In third place is Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who has overtaken Chinese GM Wang Hao. Our friend Fabiano Caruana, 15 years old, has gained ten points and remains in fifth place.

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
 1  Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR  2786  31  1990
 2  Karjakin, Sergey  g  UKR  2730  24  1990
 3  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  g  FRA  2716  30  1990
 4  Wang, Hao  g  CHN  2696  9  1989
 5  Caruana, Fabiano  g  ITA  2640  10  1992
 6  Mamedov, Rauf  g  AZE  2631  31  1988
 7  Kuzubov, Yuriy  g  UKR  2622  33  1990
 8  Li, Chao b  g  CHN  2622  33  1989
 9  Nepomniachtchi, Ian  g  RUS  2616  18  1990
 10  Zhou, Jianchao  g  CHN  2612  9  1988
 11  So, Wesley  g  PHI  2610  69  1993
 12  Rodshtein, Maxim  g  ISR  2609  42  1989
 13  Andreikin, Dmitry  g  RUS  2603  22  1990
 14  Negi, Parimarjan  g  IND  2597  36  1993
 15  Howell, David W L  g  ENG  2593  32  1990
 16  Zhigalko, Sergei  g  BLR  2592  22  1989
 17  Laznicka, Viktor  g  CZE  2591  13  1988
 18  Le, Quang Liem  g  VIE  2583  22  1991
 19  Fier, Alexandr  g  BRA  2581  31  1988
 20  Gareev, Timur  g  UZB  2581  13  1988

Top 20 Girls October 2008

Hou Yifan, naturally, leads, and that by a seventy-point margin. Anna Muzychuk has overtaken her closest rival, Kateryna Lahno, who shed 19 points to land at third. In fourth places is India's rising star Harika Dronavalli, who remains exactly at 2461 points after playing 38 games – what are the statistical odds of doing that?

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
 1  Hou, Yifan  wg  CHN  2578  40  1994
 2  Muzychuk, Anna  m  SLO  2508  19  1990
 3  Lahno, Kateryna  g  UKR  2488  24  1989
 4  Harika, Dronavalli  m  IND  2461  38  1991
 5  Shen, Yang  wg  CHN  2450  8  1989
 6  Muzychuk, Mariya  wg  UKR  2436  30  1992
 7  Tairova, Elena  m  RUS  2422  11  1991
 8  Ju, Wenjun    CHN  2397  4  1991
 9  Tan, Zhongyi    CHN  2395  4  1991
 10  Nadig, Kruttika  wm  IND  2387  62  1988
 11  Bodnaruk, Anastasia  wf  RUS  2381  21  1992
 12  Gunina, Valentina  wf  RUS  2381  0  1989
 13  Nemcova, Katerina  wg  CZE  2369  18  1990
 14  Vasilkova, Svetlana  wm  RUS  2369  8  1988
 15  Zhang, Xiaowen  wm  CHN  2357  21  1989
 16  Dolzhikova, Kateryna  wm  UKR  2351  22  1988
 17  Khotenashvili, Bela  wg  GEO  2350  13  1988
 18  Stock, Lara  wm  CRO  2346  0  1992
 19  Nebolsina, Vera  wg  RUS  2340  2  1989
 20  Vojinovic, Jovana  wm  MNE  2332  24  1992
 21  Girya, Olga  wf  RUS  2332  9  1991

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