Carlsen, Caruana, and Shankland
Although it was a very modest gain of just four Elo, one cannot deny that seeing Magnus Carlsen return to a semblance of his legendary form was a relief and pleasure for his fans and chess players in general. His victory at the Gashimov Memorial, the third at this event that seems to suit him, was his second significant one of the year. It makes the forthcoming Norway Chess that much more mouthwatering since his challenger Fabiano Caruana will also be there.

In just one month, Fabiano Caruana, who was not exactly hurting for ratings points, has added 18 to his tally, thanks to his win at the Grenke Chess Classic, and his close second place at the US Championship, still good enough to add a further four Elo, and close the gap with the world no.1 to just 21 points.

Fabiano Caruana at the Grenke Chess Classic | Photo: Georgios Souleidis
Top 100 players
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2843 |
18 |
1990 |
2 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
g |
USA |
2822 |
20 |
1992 |
3 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2808 |
9 |
1985 |
4 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2792 |
0 |
1975 |
5 |
Ding, Liren |
g |
CHN |
2791 |
11 |
1992 |
6 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
g |
FRA |
2789 |
11 |
1990 |
7 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
RUS |
2782 |
9 |
1990 |
8 |
So, Wesley |
g |
USA |
2778 |
11 |
1993 |
9 |
Giri, Anish |
g |
NED |
2776 |
9 |
1994 |
10 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
g |
USA |
2769 |
11 |
1987 |
11 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2766 |
0 |
1983 |
12 |
Aronian, Levon |
g |
ARM |
2764 |
9 |
1982 |
13 |
Anand, Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2760 |
11 |
1969 |
14 |
Svidler, Peter |
g |
RUS |
2760 |
2 |
1976 |
15 |
Yu, Yangyi |
g |
CHN |
2754 |
4 |
1994 |
16 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2751 |
9 |
1987 |
17 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
g |
RUS |
2751 |
0 |
1990 |
18 |
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw |
g |
POL |
2750 |
14 |
1987 |
19 |
Topalov, Veselin |
g |
FID |
2747 |
9 |
1975 |
20 |
Vitiugov, Nikita |
g |
RUS |
2740 |
9 |
1987 |
21 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2735 |
6 |
1983 |
22 |
Wei, Yi |
g |
CHN |
2734 |
0 |
1999 |
23 |
Le, Quang Liem |
g |
VIE |
2728 |
0 |
1991 |
24 |
Navara, David |
g |
CZE |
2727 |
14 |
1985 |
25 |
Harikrishna, P. |
g |
IND |
2727 |
6 |
1986 |
26 |
Li, Chao b |
g |
CHN |
2724 |
4 |
1989 |
27 |
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof |
g |
POL |
2724 |
0 |
1998 |
28 |
Bu, Xiangzhi |
g |
CHN |
2718 |
4 |
1985 |
29 |
Bacrot, Etienne |
g |
FRA |
2714 |
11 |
1983 |
30 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2714 |
0 |
1987 |
31 |
Wang, Hao |
g |
CHN |
2710 |
18 |
1989 |
32 |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco |
g |
ESP |
2709 |
2 |
1982 |
33 |
Mamedov, Rauf |
g |
AZE |
2708 |
9 |
1988 |
34 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2708 |
0 |
1969 |
35 |
Rapport, Richard |
g |
HUN |
2707 |
9 |
1996 |
36 |
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi |
g |
IND |
2707 |
0 |
1994 |
37 |
Fedoseev, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2706 |
0 |
1995 |
38 |
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy |
g |
UKR |
2705 |
18 |
1986 |
39 |
Cheparinov, Ivan |
g |
FID |
2705 |
4 |
1986 |
40 |
Artemiev, Vladislav |
g |
RUS |
2704 |
9 |
1998 |
41 |
Matlakov, Maxim |
g |
RUS |
2704 |
0 |
1991 |
42 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2702 |
13 |
1990 |
43 |
Eljanov, Pavel |
g |
UKR |
2702 |
9 |
1983 |
44 |
Shankland, Samuel |
g |
USA |
2701 |
11 |
1991 |
45 |
Adams, Michael |
g |
ENG |
2701 |
2 |
1971 |
46 |
Howell, David W L |
g |
ENG |
2701 |
2 |
1990 |
47 |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
g |
AZE |
2697 |
20 |
1985 |
48 |
Almasi, Zoltan |
g |
HUN |
2696 |
2 |
1976 |
49 |
Dubov, Daniil |
g |
RUS |
2696 |
0 |
1996 |
50 |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2695 |
0 |
1968 |
51 |
Sadler, Matthew D |
g |
ENG |
2693 |
0 |
1974 |
52 |
Nabaty, Tamir |
g |
ISR |
2692 |
0 |
1991 |
53 |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2691 |
4 |
1980 |
54 |
Leko, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2691 |
0 |
1979 |
55 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
g |
RUS |
2686 |
9 |
1985 |
56 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
g |
UKR |
2686 |
4 |
1983 |
57 |
Wang, Yue |
g |
CHN |
2686 |
4 |
1987 |
58 |
Saric, Ivan |
g |
CRO |
2685 |
13 |
1990 |
59 |
Sargissian, Gabriel |
g |
ARM |
2680 |
0 |
1983 |
60 |
Demchenko, Anton |
g |
RUS |
2679 |
0 |
1987 |
61 |
Korobov, Anton |
g |
UKR |
2678 |
12 |
1985 |
62 |
Rodshtein, Maxim |
g |
ISR |
2678 |
3 |
1989 |
63 |
Ni, Hua |
g |
CHN |
2673 |
4 |
1983 |
64 |
Ragger, Markus |
g |
AUT |
2672 |
5 |
1988 |
65 |
Adhiban, B. |
g |
IND |
2671 |
9 |
1992 |
66 |
Laznicka, Viktor |
g |
CZE |
2671 |
5 |
1988 |
67 |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
g |
GER |
2671 |
5 |
1976 |
68 |
Robson, Ray |
g |
USA |
2670 |
14 |
1994 |
69 |
Berkes, Ferenc |
g |
HUN |
2670 |
0 |
1985 |
70 |
Kamsky, Gata |
g |
USA |
2670 |
0 |
1974 |
71 |
McShane, Luke J |
g |
ENG |
2669 |
2 |
1984 |
72 |
Amin, Bassem |
g |
EGY |
2667 |
22 |
1988 |
73 |
Jones, Gawain C B |
g |
ENG |
2667 |
18 |
1987 |
74 |
Van Wely, Loek |
g |
NED |
2667 |
14 |
1972 |
75 |
Najer, Evgeniy |
g |
RUS |
2667 |
2 |
1977 |
76 |
Sasikiran, Krishnan |
g |
IND |
2666 |
2 |
1981 |
77 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2665 |
0 |
1977 |
78 |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
g |
RUS |
2665 |
0 |
1974 |
79 |
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro |
g |
CUB |
2664 |
9 |
1982 |
80 |
Jobava, Baadur |
g |
GEO |
2663 |
2 |
1983 |
81 |
Kuzubov, Yuriy |
g |
UKR |
2663 |
0 |
1990 |
82 |
Sjugirov, Sanan |
g |
RUS |
2663 |
0 |
1993 |
83 |
Melkumyan, Hrant |
g |
ARM |
2662 |
9 |
1989 |
84 |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2662 |
0 |
1985 |
85 |
Xiong, Jeffery |
g |
USA |
2661 |
15 |
2000 |
86 |
Kovalyov, Anton |
g |
CAN |
2660 |
0 |
1992 |
87 |
Motylev, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2660 |
0 |
1979 |
88 |
Cori, Jorge |
g |
PER |
2659 |
3 |
1995 |
89 |
Hou, Yifan |
g |
CHN |
2658 |
9 |
1994 |
90 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
g |
UZB |
2658 |
9 |
1979 |
91 |
Safarli, Eltaj |
g |
AZE |
2657 |
18 |
1992 |
92 |
Sethuraman, S.P. |
g |
IND |
2657 |
18 |
1993 |
93 |
Van Kampen, Robin |
g |
NED |
2657 |
4 |
1994 |
94 |
Swiercz, Dariusz |
g |
POL |
2657 |
3 |
1994 |
95 |
Short, Nigel D |
g |
ENG |
2656 |
9 |
1965 |
96 |
Negi, Parimarjan |
g |
IND |
2656 |
0 |
1993 |
97 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
g |
ARM |
2655 |
9 |
1971 |
98 |
Kravtsiv, Martyn |
g |
UKR |
2655 |
9 |
1990 |
99 |
Guseinov, Gadir |
g |
AZE |
2654 |
0 |
1986 |
100 |
Gordievsky, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2653 |
9 |
1996 |
101 |
Dreev, Aleksey |
g |
RUS |
2653 |
0 |
1969 |
102 |
Lenic, Luka |
g |
SLO |
2653 |
0 |
1988 |
Also worth noting — although he's just barely out of the current Top 100 — we can find 2652-rated former World Championship candidate Alexei Shirov has returned to the Spanish Chess Federation, following a dispute with the chess leadership of his native Latvia. Shirov previously represented Spain from 1995-2011 and also has Spanish citizenship.
Top climbers and descenders
Shankland, Shankland, above everything... (sung to a former national anthem). Sam Shankland's victory at the US Championship was not only noteworthy for taking first ahead of the Big Three as they were dubbed, but also his enormous +6 score, near 2900 performance, and gain of a massive 30 Elo, emerging from the jungle of 2600s to reach 2701, his first time in the 2700 Club, And what an entrance!
Rk |
Old |
Name |
Fed |
Ti. |
Rating |
Old |
Gms |
2 |
3 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
USA |
GM |
2822 +18 |
2804 |
20 |
5 |
8 |
Ding, Liren |
CHN |
GM |
2791 +13 |
2778 |
11 |
10 |
6 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
USA |
GM |
2769 -18 |
2787 |
11 |
13 |
11 |
Anand, Viswanathan |
IND |
GM |
2760 -16 |
2776 |
11 |
24 |
19 |
Navara, David |
CZE |
GM |
2727 -18 |
2745 |
14 |
44 |
70 |
Shankland, Samuel |
USA |
GM |
2701 +30 |
2671 |
11 |
53 |
55 |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
RUS |
GM |
2691 +2 |
2689 |
4 |
65 |
87 |
Adhiban, B. |
IND |
GM |
2671 +10 |
2661 |
9 |
66 |
94 |
Laznicka, Viktor |
CZE |
GM |
2671 +14 |
2657 |
5 |
67 |
59 |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
GER |
GM |
2671 -10 |
2681 |
5 |
68 |
89 |
Robson, Ray |
USA |
GM |
2670 +10 |
2660 |
14 |
72 |
46 |
Amin, Bassem |
EGY |
GM |
2667 -33 |
2700 |
22 |
90 |
65 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
UZB |
GM |
2658 -18 |
2676 |
9 |
97 |
77 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
ARM |
GM |
2655 -12 |
2667 |
9 |
98 |
62 |
Kravtsiv, Martyn |
UKR |
GM |
2655 -25 |
2680 |
9 |

An imperial Sam Shankland demolished the field at the 2018 US Championship | Photo: Lennart Ootes
FIDE Top 100 Women
The European Women's Championship was the defining tournament in April for the female elite. Valentina Gunina was the grand champion and as such added 19 Elo, returning her to her rightful place among the Top Ten.
Nevertheless, youth was a weightier impact in the standings, with the continued rise of 18-year-old Kazhak IM Zhansaya Abdumalik, who leapt a further 41 Elo, and IM Gunay Mammadzada from Azerbaijan, also 18, who enjoyed a jump in 50 Elo, also thanks to the European Championship.
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Hou, Yifan |
g |
CHN |
2658 |
9 |
1994 |
2 |
Ju, Wenjun |
g |
CHN |
2571 |
4 |
1991 |
3 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
g |
UKR |
2564 |
0 |
1990 |
4 |
Lagno, Kateryna |
g |
RUS |
2556 |
0 |
1989 |
5 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
g |
RUS |
2555 |
0 |
1984 |
6 |
Cmilyte, Viktorija |
g |
LTU |
2542 |
0 |
1983 |
7 |
Lei, Tingjie |
g |
CHN |
2537 |
4 |
1997 |
8 |
Muzychuk, Mariya |
g |
UKR |
2532 |
11 |
1992 |
9 |
Gunina, Valentina |
g |
RUS |
2526 |
11 |
1989 |
10 |
Tan, Zhongyi |
g |
CHN |
2522 |
4 |
1991 |
11 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
g |
GEO |
2519 |
11 |
1987 |
12 |
Batsiashvili, Nino |
g |
GEO |
2504 |
11 |
1987 |
13 |
Harika, Dronavalli |
g |
IND |
2499 |
4 |
1991 |
14 |
Goryachkina, Aleksandra |
wg |
RUS |
2496 |
11 |
1998 |
15 |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
g |
FID |
2490 |
11 |
1979 |
16 |
Sebag, Marie |
g |
FRA |
2486 |
11 |
1986 |
17 |
Abdumalik, Zhansaya |
m |
KAZ |
2484 |
18 |
2000 |
18 |
Saduakassova, Dinara |
m |
KAZ |
2484 |
4 |
1996 |
19 |
Zhao, Xue |
g |
CHN |
2478 |
0 |
1985 |
20 |
Paehtz, Elisabeth |
m |
GER |
2475 |
12 |
1985 |
21 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
g |
GEO |
2473 |
11 |
1988 |
22 |
Javakhishvili, Lela |
m |
GEO |
2471 |
11 |
1984 |
23 |
Shen, Yang |
m |
CHN |
2468 |
0 |
1989 |
24 |
Girya, Olga |
wg |
RUS |
2465 |
11 |
1991 |
25 |
Atalik, Ekaterina |
m |
TUR |
2461 |
11 |
1982 |
26 |
Cornette, Deimante |
m |
LTU |
2461 |
11 |
1989 |
27 |
Socko, Monika |
g |
POL |
2458 |
11 |
1978 |
28 |
Pogonina, Natalija |
wg |
RUS |
2457 |
11 |
1985 |
29 |
Cramling, Pia |
g |
SWE |
2448 |
11 |
1963 |
30 |
Kashlinskaya, Alina |
m |
RUS |
2448 |
11 |
1993 |
31 |
Bodnaruk, Anastasia |
m |
RUS |
2446 |
11 |
1992 |
32 |
Ni, Shiqun |
wg |
CHN |
2444 |
0 |
1997 |
33 |
Ushenina, Anna |
g |
UKR |
2443 |
11 |
1985 |
34 |
Mammadzada, Gunay |
m |
AZE |
2442 |
11 |
2000 |
35 |
Huang, Qian |
wg |
CHN |
2439 |
4 |
1986 |
36 |
Hunt, Harriet V |
m |
ENG |
2439 |
0 |
1978 |
37 |
Zatonskih, Anna |
m |
USA |
2437 |
20 |
1978 |
38 |
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat |
m |
IRI |
2425 |
9 |
1997 |
39 |
Zawadzka, Jolanta |
wg |
POL |
2424 |
11 |
1987 |
40 |
Hoang, Thanh Trang |
g |
HUN |
2423 |
11 |
1980 |
41 |
Zhu, Chen |
g |
QAT |
2423 |
0 |
1976 |
42 |
Krush, Irina |
g |
USA |
2422 |
11 |
1983 |
43 |
Ding, Yixin |
wg |
CHN |
2422 |
4 |
1991 |
44 |
Galliamova, Alisa |
m |
RUS |
2422 |
0 |
1972 |
45 |
Turova, Irina |
m |
RUS |
2422 |
0 |
1979 |
46 |
Houska, Jovanka |
m |
ENG |
2420 |
9 |
1980 |
47 |
Tsolakidou, Stavroula |
m |
GRE |
2419 |
11 |
2000 |
48 |
Alexandrova, Olga |
m |
ESP |
2419 |
1 |
1978 |
49 |
Shuvalova, Polina |
wm |
RUS |
2416 |
11 |
2001 |
50 |
Bulmaga, Irina |
m |
ROU |
2415 |
11 |
1993 |
51 |
Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa |
m |
CUB |
2414 |
0 |
1988 |
52 |
Danielian, Elina |
g |
ARM |
2412 |
11 |
1978 |
53 |
Zimina, Olga |
m |
ITA |
2412 |
11 |
1982 |
54 |
Skripchenko, Almira |
m |
FRA |
2412 |
0 |
1976 |
55 |
Gaponenko, Inna |
m |
UKR |
2410 |
11 |
1976 |
56 |
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag |
m |
MGL |
2410 |
0 |
1987 |
57 |
Shvayger, Yuliya |
m |
ISR |
2408 |
11 |
1994 |
58 |
Nechaeva, Marina |
m |
RUS |
2407 |
11 |
1986 |
59 |
Szczepkowska, Karina |
m |
POL |
2404 |
11 |
1987 |
60 |
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina |
m |
ESP |
2401 |
11 |
1987 |
61 |
Karavade, Eesha |
m |
IND |
2399 |
0 |
1987 |
62 |
Arabidze, Meri |
m |
GEO |
2397 |
11 |
1994 |
63 |
Badelka, Olga |
wm |
BLR |
2397 |
11 |
2002 |
64 |
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina |
m |
RUS |
2397 |
0 |
1974 |
65 |
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma |
m |
INA |
2396 |
18 |
1992 |
66 |
Melia, Salome |
m |
GEO |
2395 |
9 |
1987 |
67 |
Schleining, Zoya |
m |
GER |
2394 |
18 |
1961 |
68 |
Tania, Sachdev |
m |
IND |
2393 |
9 |
1986 |
69 |
Peptan, Corina-Isabela |
m |
ROU |
2393 |
0 |
1978 |
70 |
Mkrtchian, Lilit |
m |
ARM |
2392 |
11 |
1982 |
71 |
Milliet, Sophie |
m |
FRA |
2391 |
11 |
1983 |
72 |
Matnadze, Ana |
m |
ESP |
2388 |
11 |
1983 |
73 |
Cori T., Deysi |
wg |
PER |
2387 |
9 |
1993 |
74 |
Melamed, Tatjana |
wg |
GER |
2386 |
0 |
1974 |
75 |
Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs |
m |
MGL |
2384 |
9 |
1986 |
76 |
Bojkovic, Natasa |
m |
SRB |
2384 |
0 |
1971 |
77 |
Osmak, Iulija |
m |
UKR |
2382 |
11 |
1998 |
78 |
Voit, Daria |
f |
RUS |
2382 |
11 |
1994 |
79 |
Guo, Qi |
m |
CHN |
2381 |
0 |
1995 |
80 |
Zhukova, Natalia |
g |
UKR |
2380 |
11 |
1979 |
81 |
Aulia, Medina Warda |
wg |
INA |
2380 |
0 |
1997 |
82 |
Hoolt, Sarah |
wg |
GER |
2379 |
11 |
1988 |
83 |
Guramishvili, Sopiko |
m |
GEO |
2379 |
0 |
1991 |
84 |
Unuk, Laura |
wm |
SLO |
2377 |
11 |
1999 |
85 |
Vo, Thi Kim Phung |
wg |
VIE |
2376 |
4 |
1993 |
86 |
Ambartsumova, Karina |
wg |
RUS |
2375 |
0 |
1989 |
87 |
Paikidze, Nazi |
m |
USA |
2374 |
11 |
1993 |
88 |
Ziaziulkina, Nastassia |
m |
BLR |
2373 |
11 |
1995 |
89 |
Ovod, Evgenija |
m |
RUS |
2371 |
11 |
1982 |
90 |
Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel |
m |
MGL |
2371 |
0 |
2000 |
91 |
Gara, Anita |
m |
HUN |
2370 |
13 |
1983 |
92 |
Gara, Ticia |
wg |
HUN |
2369 |
11 |
1984 |
93 |
Fierro Baquero, Martha L. |
m |
ECU |
2369 |
0 |
1977 |
94 |
Majdan, Joanna |
wg |
POL |
2369 |
0 |
1988 |
95 |
Mamedjarova, Zeinab |
wg |
AZE |
2367 |
11 |
1983 |
96 |
Wang, Jue |
wg |
CHN |
2366 |
4 |
1995 |
97 |
Hoang, Thi Bao Tram |
wg |
VIE |
2366 |
0 |
1987 |
98 |
Soumya, Swaminathan |
wg |
IND |
2361 |
9 |
1989 |
99 |
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia |
m |
HUN |
2361 |
0 |
1979 |
100 |
Mammadova, Gulnar |
m |
AZE |
2360 |
11 |
1991 |
101 |
Vasilevich, Tatjana |
m |
UKR |
2360 |
0 |
1977 |
FIDE Top 100 Juniors
It might sound like a bit of rinse-and-repeat, but after bringing up the impressive rise of the young Iranian players in the previous ratings report, what happens? 18-year-old Parham Maghsoodloo unleashes an amazing win at the Sharjah Masters with a score of 8.0/9, in a field not lacking in heavy-hitters such as Naiditsch, Artemiev, Wang Hao, Inarkiev, Eljanov, and the list goes on. Oh the temptation to not say "I told you so"...
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Wei, Yi |
g |
CHN |
2734 |
0 |
1999 |
2 |
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof |
g |
POL |
2724 |
0 |
1998 |
3 |
Artemiev, Vladislav |
g |
RUS |
2704 |
9 |
1998 |
4 |
Xiong, Jeffery |
g |
USA |
2661 |
15 |
2000 |
5 |
Maghsoodloo, Parham |
g |
IRI |
2638 |
18 |
2000 |
6 |
Van Foreest, Jorden |
g |
NED |
2638 |
4 |
1999 |
7 |
Paravyan, David |
g |
RUS |
2620 |
9 |
1998 |
8 |
Karthikeyan, Murali |
g |
IND |
2617 |
0 |
1999 |
9 |
Gledura, Benjamin |
g |
HUN |
2615 |
9 |
1999 |
10 |
Sevian, Samuel |
g |
USA |
2613 |
9 |
2000 |
11 |
Tari, Aryan |
g |
NOR |
2603 |
0 |
1999 |
12 |
Aravindh,Chithambaram VR. |
g |
IND |
2597 |
0 |
1999 |
13 |
Tabatabaei, M.amin |
m |
IRI |
2587 |
17 |
2001 |
14 |
Donchenko, Alexander |
g |
GER |
2587 |
11 |
1998 |
15 |
Li, Ruifeng |
g |
USA |
2587 |
9 |
2001 |
16 |
Sarana, Alexey |
g |
RUS |
2587 |
9 |
2000 |
17 |
Esipenko, Andrey |
g |
RUS |
2587 |
0 |
2002 |
18 |
Bai, Jinshi |
g |
CHN |
2579 |
2 |
1999 |
19 |
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel |
g |
ROU |
2575 |
9 |
2001 |
20 |
Narayanan.S.L |
g |
IND |
2574 |
18 |
1998 |
21 |
Martirosyan, Haik M. |
g |
ARM |
2572 |
0 |
2000 |
22 |
Firouzja, Alireza |
m |
IRI |
2570 |
9 |
2003 |
23 |
Xu, Xiangyu |
g |
CHN |
2569 |
3 |
1999 |
24 |
Shevchenko, Kirill |
g |
UKR |
2569 |
0 |
2002 |
25 |
Pichot, Alan |
g |
ARG |
2564 |
5 |
1998 |
26 |
Vorontsov, Pavlo |
g |
UKR |
2564 |
3 |
1998 |
27 |
Schroeder, Jan-Christian |
g |
GER |
2563 |
2 |
1998 |
28 |
Liang, Awonder |
g |
USA |
2561 |
11 |
2003 |
29 |
Lomasov, Semen |
m |
RUS |
2559 |
9 |
2002 |
30 |
Rambaldi, Francesco |
g |
ITA |
2556 |
2 |
1999 |
31 |
Moroni, Luca Jr |
g |
ITA |
2556 |
0 |
2000 |
32 |
Vavulin, Maksim |
m |
RUS |
2552 |
9 |
1998 |
33 |
Petrosyan, Manuel |
g |
ARM |
2551 |
9 |
1998 |
34 |
Nihal Sarin |
m |
IND |
2551 |
0 |
2004 |
35 |
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek |
g |
UZB |
2550 |
9 |
2004 |
36 |
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van |
g |
CZE |
2549 |
11 |
2001 |
37 |
Hakobyan, Aram |
m |
ARM |
2542 |
0 |
2001 |
38 |
Kollars, Dmitrij |
g |
GER |
2541 |
11 |
1999 |
39 |
Aryan Chopra |
g |
IND |
2536 |
9 |
2001 |
40 |
Ghosh, Diptayan |
g |
IND |
2536 |
0 |
1998 |
41 |
Repka, Christopher |
g |
SVK |
2534 |
12 |
1998 |
42 |
Smirnov, Anton |
g |
AUS |
2529 |
18 |
2001 |
43 |
Praggnanandhaa R |
m |
IND |
2529 |
9 |
2005 |
44 |
Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo |
g |
PER |
2527 |
14 |
1999 |
45 |
Xu, Yi |
m |
CHN |
2526 |
11 |
1998 |
46 |
Steinberg, Nitzan |
g |
ISR |
2526 |
0 |
1998 |
47 |
Santos Ruiz, Miguel |
m |
ESP |
2524 |
2 |
1999 |
48 |
Kelires, Andreas |
g |
GRE |
2524 |
0 |
1999 |
49 |
Ali Marandi, Cemil Can |
g |
TUR |
2521 |
6 |
1998 |
50 |
Vetoshko, Volodymyr |
g |
UKR |
2521 |
0 |
1998 |
51 |
Kantor, Gergely |
m |
HUN |
2519 |
0 |
1999 |
52 |
Sorokin, Aleksey |
f |
RUS |
2519 |
0 |
2000 |
53 |
Burke, John M |
g |
USA |
2518 |
8 |
2001 |
54 |
Lobanov, Sergei |
m |
RUS |
2515 |
20 |
2001 |
55 |
Theodorou, Nikolas |
m |
GRE |
2513 |
0 |
2000 |
56 |
Triapishko, Alexandr |
m |
RUS |
2510 |
9 |
2000 |
57 |
Puranik, Abhimanyu |
g |
IND |
2507 |
9 |
2000 |
58 |
Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel |
m |
CUB |
2507 |
0 |
2000 |
59 |
Shtembuliak, Evgeny |
m |
UKR |
2506 |
3 |
1999 |
60 |
Sanal, Vahap |
g |
TUR |
2505 |
0 |
1998 |
61 |
Zanan, Evgeny |
m |
ISR |
2504 |
9 |
1998 |
62 |
Zajic, Milan |
g |
SRB |
2503 |
14 |
1999 |
63 |
Kevlishvili, Robby |
m |
NED |
2502 |
12 |
2001 |
64 |
Tang, Andrew |
g |
USA |
2502 |
7 |
1999 |
65 |
Chandra, Akshat |
g |
USA |
2500 |
5 |
1999 |
66 |
Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian |
m |
NOR |
2499 |
18 |
1998 |
67 |
Jarmula, Lukasz |
m |
POL |
2499 |
9 |
1998 |
68 |
Korpa, Bence |
g |
HUN |
2497 |
20 |
1998 |
69 |
Livaic, Leon |
m |
CRO |
2497 |
18 |
2000 |
70 |
Gazik, Viktor |
m |
SVK |
2497 |
9 |
2001 |
71 |
Yeoh, Li Tian |
m |
MAS |
2497 |
0 |
1999 |
72 |
Goryachkina, Aleksandra |
wg |
RUS |
2496 |
11 |
1998 |
73 |
Preotu, Razvan |
g |
CAN |
2494 |
0 |
1999 |
74 |
Lorparizangeneh, Shahin |
g |
IRI |
2493 |
9 |
1999 |
75 |
Yakubboev, Nodirbek |
m |
UZB |
2493 |
9 |
2002 |
76 |
Golubov, Saveliy |
m |
RUS |
2491 |
0 |
2000 |
77 |
Gholami, Aryan |
m |
IRI |
2490 |
0 |
2001 |
78 |
Sargsyan, Shant |
m |
ARM |
2489 |
0 |
2002 |
79 |
Erigaisi Arjun |
f |
IND |
2488 |
17 |
2003 |
80 |
Bellahcene, Bilel |
m |
FRA |
2488 |
11 |
1998 |
81 |
Plenca, Jadranko |
m |
CRO |
2487 |
10 |
1999 |
82 |
Vignesh N R |
m |
IND |
2485 |
9 |
1998 |
83 |
Dragnev, Valentin |
m |
AUT |
2485 |
5 |
1999 |
84 |
Abdumalik, Zhansaya |
m |
KAZ |
2484 |
18 |
2000 |
85 |
Troff, Kayden |
g |
USA |
2483 |
0 |
1998 |
86 |
Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard |
m |
DEN |
2481 |
9 |
1999 |
87 |
Checa, Nicolas |
m |
USA |
2481 |
8 |
2001 |
88 |
Suarez Gomez, Julio |
m |
ESP |
2478 |
3 |
1998 |
89 |
Khanin, Semen |
m |
RUS |
2477 |
9 |
1999 |
90 |
Fernandez De La Vara, Arnaldo |
f |
CUB |
2477 |
0 |
1999 |
91 |
Priasmoro, Novendra |
f |
INA |
2475 |
9 |
1999 |
92 |
Patel, Advait |
m |
USA |
2475 |
5 |
2002 |
93 |
Liu, Yan |
m |
CHN |
2474 |
7 |
2000 |
94 |
Van Foreest, Lucas |
m |
NED |
2474 |
2 |
2001 |
95 |
Sadikhov, Ulvi |
m |
AZE |
2473 |
0 |
1998 |
96 |
Grinberg, Eyal |
m |
ISR |
2472 |
17 |
1998 |
97 |
Kuybokarov, Temur |
m |
UZB |
2472 |
0 |
2000 |
98 |
Barseghyan, Harutyun |
|
FRA |
2471 |
11 |
1998 |
99 |
Nayhebaver, Martin |
m |
SVK |
2471 |
2 |
1999 |
100 |
Kaczur, Florian |
m |
HUN |
2471 |
0 |
1998 |

Parham Maghsoodloo | Photo: Niklesh Jain
FIDE Top 100 Girls
Laura Unuk, 19, was the biggest winner of the month with 50 Elo thanks to her play far above her rating in the European Championship. And what about 15-year-old Annie Wang, tied first at the US Championship?

WIM Annie Wang, 15, has had a phenomenal rise in the last 12 months | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Naturally, her result was phenomenal, and while that result garnered her 52 Elo, it was just enough to leave her gaining a few, since just three weeks before, she had suffered a dud at an IM norm event. It does speak volumes about her ability to shrug off a disappointment though!
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Goryachkina, Aleksandra |
wg |
RUS |
2496 |
11 |
1998 |
2 |
Abdumalik, Zhansaya |
m |
KAZ |
2484 |
18 |
2000 |
3 |
Mammadzada, Gunay |
m |
AZE |
2442 |
11 |
2000 |
4 |
Tsolakidou, Stavroula |
m |
GRE |
2419 |
11 |
2000 |
5 |
Shuvalova, Polina |
wm |
RUS |
2416 |
11 |
2001 |
6 |
Badelka, Olga |
wm |
BLR |
2397 |
11 |
2002 |
7 |
Osmak, Iulija |
m |
UKR |
2382 |
11 |
1998 |
8 |
Unuk, Laura |
wm |
SLO |
2377 |
11 |
1999 |
9 |
Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel |
m |
MGL |
2371 |
0 |
2000 |
10 |
Yu, Jennifer |
f |
USA |
2358 |
20 |
2002 |
11 |
Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim |
wg |
UZB |
2349 |
0 |
1999 |
12 |
Assaubayeva, Bibisara |
f |
RUS |
2346 |
9 |
2004 |
13 |
Hojjatova, Aydan |
wf |
AZE |
2344 |
0 |
1999 |
14 |
Marjanovic, Annamaria |
wf |
HUN |
2344 |
0 |
2001 |
15 |
Balajayeva, Khanim |
wf |
AZE |
2338 |
11 |
2001 |
16 |
Wang, Annie |
f |
USA |
2330 |
20 |
2002 |
17 |
Yao, Lan |
wm |
CHN |
2330 |
0 |
2000 |
18 |
Sargsyan, Anna M. |
wf |
ARM |
2323 |
10 |
2001 |
19 |
Yip, Carissa |
f |
USA |
2323 |
9 |
2003 |
20 |
Narva, Mai |
wm |
EST |
2322 |
9 |
1999 |
21 |
Garcia Martin, Marta |
f |
ESP |
2319 |
4 |
2000 |
22 |
Obolentseva, Alexandra |
wm |
RUS |
2316 |
18 |
2001 |
23 |
Vaishali R |
wm |
IND |
2316 |
0 |
2001 |
24 |
Zhu, Jiner |
|
CHN |
2306 |
4 |
2002 |
25 |
Potapova, Margarita |
wf |
RUS |
2302 |
24 |
2000 |
26 |
Dordzhieva, Dinara |
wm |
RUS |
2301 |
9 |
1999 |
27 |
Aakanksha Hagawane |
wm |
IND |
2297 |
9 |
2000 |
28 |
Vantika Agrawal |
wm |
IND |
2296 |
0 |
2002 |
29 |
Monnisha G K |
wm |
IND |
2295 |
0 |
1998 |
30 |
Drogovoz, Irina |
wm |
RUS |
2287 |
0 |
1999 |
31 |
Heinemann, Josefine |
wm |
GER |
2285 |
11 |
1998 |
32 |
Injac, Teodora |
wm |
SRB |
2285 |
11 |
2000 |
33 |
Antolak, Julia |
wf |
POL |
2282 |
11 |
2000 |
34 |
Alinasab, Mobina |
wm |
IRI |
2281 |
9 |
2000 |
35 |
Derakhshani, Dorsa |
m |
USA |
2280 |
11 |
1998 |
36 |
Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra |
|
RUS |
2279 |
19 |
2002 |
37 |
Bluhm, Sonja Maria |
wf |
GER |
2279 |
0 |
1998 |
38 |
Radeva, Viktoria |
wf |
FID |
2275 |
15 |
2001 |
39 |
Di Benedetto, Desiree |
f |
ITA |
2272 |
0 |
2000 |
40 |
Antova, Gabriela |
f |
FID |
2270 |
15 |
2002 |
41 |
Chu, Ruotong |
|
CHN |
2266 |
4 |
2001 |
42 |
Protopopova, Anastasiya |
wf |
RUS |
2262 |
18 |
2000 |
43 |
Avramidou, Anastasia |
f |
GRE |
2262 |
0 |
2000 |
44 |
Sliwicka, Alicja |
wf |
POL |
2261 |
11 |
2001 |
45 |
Goltseva, Ekaterina |
wf |
RUS |
2260 |
18 |
2002 |
46 |
Salimova, Nurgyul |
f |
FID |
2260 |
6 |
2003 |
47 |
Martynyuk, Elizaveta |
f |
RUS |
2259 |
0 |
2000 |
48 |
Gorti, Akshita |
f |
USA |
2258 |
11 |
2002 |
49 |
Solozhenkina, Elizaveta |
wm |
RUS |
2258 |
11 |
2003 |
50 |
Arda, Cagil Irmak |
wf |
TUR |
2257 |
11 |
2001 |
51 |
Ouellet, Maili-Jade |
wm |
CAN |
2257 |
10 |
2002 |
52 |
Khomeriki, Nino |
wm |
GEO |
2257 |
0 |
1998 |
53 |
Paramzina, Anastasya |
wg |
RUS |
2255 |
11 |
1998 |
54 |
Vazquez Maccarini, Danitza |
wm |
PUR |
2242 |
4 |
2000 |
55 |
Mahalakshmi, M |
wm |
IND |
2238 |
0 |
1998 |
56 |
Kanakova, Natalie |
wf |
CZE |
2237 |
1 |
1999 |
57 |
Feng, Maggie |
f |
USA |
2236 |
20 |
2000 |
58 |
Gajcin, Marina |
wm |
SRB |
2236 |
5 |
2001 |
59 |
Sieber, Fiona |
wm |
GER |
2234 |
0 |
2000 |
60 |
Krasnokutskaya, Sofiya |
|
UKR |
2233 |
0 |
2001 |
61 |
Obregon Garcia, Roxangel |
wf |
CUB |
2232 |
0 |
2003 |
62 |
Georgescu, Lena |
wf |
SUI |
2227 |
10 |
1999 |
63 |
Fisabilillah, Ummi |
wf |
INA |
2225 |
0 |
2000 |
64 |
Ning, Kaiyu |
|
CHN |
2222 |
4 |
2004 |
65 |
Harazinska, Ewa |
wm |
POL |
2222 |
0 |
1998 |
66 |
Lysenko, Margarita |
wf |
RUS |
2220 |
0 |
1999 |
67 |
Kubicka, Anna |
wm |
POL |
2219 |
13 |
1999 |
68 |
Ghukasyan, Siranush |
wm |
ARM |
2218 |
11 |
1998 |
69 |
Afonasieva, Anna |
wf |
RUS |
2217 |
9 |
2001 |
70 |
Berdnyk, Mariia |
|
UKR |
2216 |
8 |
2003 |
71 |
Lahav, Michal |
wf |
ISR |
2216 |
2 |
1999 |
72 |
Schneider, Jana |
f |
GER |
2214 |
9 |
2002 |
73 |
Korchagina, Alena |
wf |
RUS |
2213 |
18 |
2000 |
74 |
Diakonova, Ekaterina |
|
RUS |
2212 |
18 |
1999 |
75 |
Amina, Battsooj |
f |
MGL |
2212 |
0 |
2001 |
76 |
Mammadova, Narmin |
wm |
AZE |
2209 |
0 |
1999 |
77 |
Zhou, Qiyu |
f |
CAN |
2209 |
0 |
2000 |
78 |
Caglar, Sila |
wf |
TUR |
2204 |
20 |
2004 |
79 |
Martynkova, Olena |
wm |
UKR |
2202 |
19 |
2000 |
80 |
Dimitrova, Aleksandra |
wm |
RUS |
2202 |
8 |
2000 |
81 |
Khokhlova, Daria |
|
RUS |
2198 |
18 |
1999 |
82 |
Kiolbasa, Oliwia |
wm |
POL |
2193 |
0 |
2000 |
83 |
Vasova, Maria |
wf |
DEN |
2191 |
5 |
1998 |
84 |
Nguyen, Emily |
wm |
USA |
2190 |
4 |
2002 |
85 |
Keetman, Maaike |
|
NED |
2190 |
2 |
1999 |
86 |
Haussernot, Cecile |
wm |
FRA |
2189 |
9 |
1998 |
87 |
Malicka, Maria |
wc |
POL |
2188 |
2 |
2003 |
88 |
Kochukova, Anna |
wf |
RUS |
2186 |
0 |
2001 |
89 |
Schulze, Lara |
wf |
GER |
2184 |
9 |
2002 |
90 |
Gal, Hanna Krisztina |
|
HUN |
2184 |
0 |
1998 |
91 |
Song, Yuxin |
wc |
CHN |
2182 |
17 |
2005 |
92 |
Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh |
wm |
MGL |
2181 |
0 |
1998 |
93 |
Zhang, Lanlin |
|
CHN |
2177 |
9 |
1999 |
94 |
Beydullayeva, Govhar |
wf |
AZE |
2176 |
0 |
2003 |
95 |
Polterauer, Chiara |
wf |
AUT |
2172 |
4 |
2000 |
96 |
Egyed, Judit |
wf |
HUN |
2172 |
1 |
2000 |
97 |
Wozniak, Mariola |
wm |
POL |
2170 |
0 |
1998 |
98 |
Rodionova, Daria |
wf |
RUS |
2167 |
0 |
1998 |
99 |
Demchenko, Svitlana |
wf |
CAN |
2164 |
0 |
2003 |
100 |
Gueci, Tea |
wf |
ITA |
2160 |
0 |
1999 |
101 |
Tishova, Svetlana |
f |
RUS |
2160 |
0 |
2000 |
Top 100 Rapid
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2880 |
0 |
1990 |
2 |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier |
g |
CUB |
2826 |
0 |
1983 |
3 |
Anand, Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2822 |
0 |
1969 |
4 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
g |
USA |
2813 |
0 |
1987 |
5 |
Fedoseev, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2810 |
0 |
1995 |
6 |
Aronian, Levon |
g |
ARM |
2795 |
0 |
1982 |
7 |
Wang, Hao |
g |
CHN |
2792 |
0 |
1989 |
8 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2783 |
0 |
1983 |
9 |
Kasparov, Garry |
g |
RUS |
2783 |
0 |
1963 |
10 |
Giri, Anish |
g |
NED |
2779 |
0 |
1994 |
11 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
g |
FRA |
2777 |
0 |
1990 |
12 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2775 |
0 |
1975 |
13 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
g |
RUS |
2770 |
0 |
1990 |
14 |
Artemiev, Vladislav |
g |
RUS |
2767 |
0 |
1998 |
15 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2766 |
0 |
1985 |
16 |
Yu, Yangyi |
g |
CHN |
2765 |
10 |
1994 |
17 |
So, Wesley |
g |
USA |
2763 |
0 |
1993 |
18 |
Ding, Liren |
g |
CHN |
2760 |
10 |
1992 |
19 |
Onischuk, Vladimir |
g |
UKR |
2754 |
0 |
1991 |
20 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
g |
USA |
2753 |
0 |
1992 |
21 |
Le, Quang Liem |
g |
VIE |
2752 |
0 |
1991 |
22 |
Bu, Xiangzhi |
g |
CHN |
2751 |
10 |
1985 |
23 |
Svidler, Peter |
g |
RUS |
2747 |
0 |
1976 |
24 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
RUS |
2743 |
0 |
1990 |
25 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2742 |
0 |
1983 |
26 |
Navara, David |
g |
CZE |
2740 |
0 |
1985 |
27 |
Adams, Michael |
g |
ENG |
2739 |
0 |
1971 |
28 |
Kamsky, Gata |
g |
USA |
2738 |
0 |
1974 |
29 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2738 |
0 |
1987 |
30 |
Korobov, Anton |
g |
UKR |
2736 |
9 |
1985 |
31 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2736 |
0 |
1990 |
32 |
Guseinov, Gadir |
g |
AZE |
2731 |
0 |
1986 |
33 |
Ponkratov, Pavel |
g |
RUS |
2727 |
0 |
1988 |
34 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2724 |
0 |
1987 |
35 |
Zhigalko, Sergei |
g |
BLR |
2724 |
0 |
1989 |
36 |
Rakhmanov, Aleksandr |
g |
RUS |
2721 |
9 |
1989 |
37 |
Jobava, Baadur |
g |
GEO |
2718 |
0 |
1983 |
38 |
Sjugirov, Sanan |
g |
RUS |
2717 |
0 |
1993 |
39 |
Harikrishna, P. |
g |
IND |
2716 |
0 |
1986 |
40 |
Mamedov, Rauf |
g |
AZE |
2711 |
0 |
1988 |
41 |
Wang, Yue |
g |
CHN |
2710 |
0 |
1987 |
42 |
Safarli, Eltaj |
g |
AZE |
2709 |
0 |
1992 |
43 |
Rapport, Richard |
g |
HUN |
2708 |
0 |
1996 |
44 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
g |
ARM |
2707 |
0 |
1971 |
45 |
Anton Guijarro, David |
g |
ESP |
2705 |
0 |
1995 |
46 |
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof |
g |
POL |
2704 |
10 |
1998 |
47 |
Amonatov, Farrukh |
g |
TJK |
2703 |
0 |
1978 |
48 |
Topalov, Veselin |
g |
FID |
2699 |
0 |
1975 |
49 |
Grachev, Boris |
g |
RUS |
2698 |
0 |
1986 |
50 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
g |
UZB |
2698 |
0 |
1979 |
51 |
McShane, Luke J |
g |
ENG |
2698 |
0 |
1984 |
52 |
Dubov, Daniil |
g |
RUS |
2697 |
10 |
1996 |
53 |
Cheparinov, Ivan |
g |
FID |
2697 |
0 |
1986 |
54 |
Delgado Ramirez, Neuris |
g |
PAR |
2697 |
0 |
1981 |
55 |
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy |
g |
UKR |
2697 |
0 |
1986 |
56 |
Dreev, Aleksey |
g |
RUS |
2694 |
0 |
1969 |
57 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
g |
UKR |
2694 |
0 |
1983 |
58 |
Onischuk, Alexander |
g |
USA |
2693 |
0 |
1975 |
59 |
Laznicka, Viktor |
g |
CZE |
2692 |
0 |
1988 |
60 |
Fridman, Daniel |
g |
GER |
2689 |
0 |
1976 |
61 |
Berkes, Ferenc |
g |
HUN |
2688 |
9 |
1985 |
62 |
Motylev, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2687 |
0 |
1979 |
63 |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2687 |
0 |
1985 |
64 |
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw |
g |
POL |
2687 |
0 |
1987 |
65 |
Kovalenko, Igor |
g |
LAT |
2686 |
9 |
1988 |
66 |
Leko, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2686 |
0 |
1979 |
67 |
Salem, A.R. Saleh |
g |
UAE |
2685 |
0 |
1993 |
68 |
Lenic, Luka |
g |
SLO |
2683 |
9 |
1988 |
69 |
Bauer, Christian |
g |
FRA |
2683 |
0 |
1977 |
70 |
Wei, Yi |
g |
CHN |
2682 |
10 |
1999 |
71 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2682 |
0 |
1969 |
72 |
Chigaev, Maksim |
g |
RUS |
2681 |
0 |
1996 |
73 |
Sargissian, Gabriel |
g |
ARM |
2681 |
0 |
1983 |
74 |
Brunello, Sabino |
g |
ITA |
2679 |
16 |
1989 |
75 |
Kuzubov, Yuriy |
g |
UKR |
2679 |
0 |
1990 |
76 |
Matlakov, Maxim |
g |
RUS |
2678 |
0 |
1991 |
77 |
Pantsulaia, Levan |
g |
GEO |
2678 |
0 |
1986 |
78 |
Alekseev, Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2676 |
0 |
1985 |
79 |
Petrosian, Tigran L. |
g |
ARM |
2676 |
0 |
1984 |
80 |
Fressinet, Laurent |
g |
FRA |
2674 |
7 |
1981 |
81 |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2674 |
0 |
1968 |
82 |
Adhiban, B. |
g |
IND |
2673 |
0 |
1992 |
83 |
Iordachescu, Viorel |
g |
MDA |
2673 |
0 |
1977 |
84 |
Melkumyan, Hrant |
g |
ARM |
2672 |
0 |
1989 |
85 |
Kokarev, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2671 |
0 |
1982 |
86 |
Kravtsiv, Martyn |
g |
UKR |
2671 |
0 |
1990 |
87 |
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son |
g |
VIE |
2666 |
0 |
1990 |
88 |
Baklan, Vladimir |
g |
UKR |
2665 |
0 |
1978 |
89 |
Oparin, Grigoriy |
g |
RUS |
2665 |
0 |
1997 |
90 |
Ziska, Helgi Dam |
g |
FAI |
2664 |
7 |
1990 |
91 |
Moranda, Wojciech |
g |
POL |
2664 |
0 |
1988 |
92 |
Meier, Georg |
g |
GER |
2662 |
0 |
1987 |
93 |
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi |
g |
IND |
2660 |
10 |
1994 |
94 |
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian |
g |
ROU |
2660 |
0 |
1980 |
95 |
Saric, Ivan |
g |
CRO |
2660 |
0 |
1990 |
96 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
g |
RUS |
2659 |
0 |
1985 |
97 |
Sadler, Matthew D |
g |
ENG |
2659 |
0 |
1974 |
98 |
Demchenko, Anton |
g |
RUS |
2656 |
0 |
1987 |
99 |
Volokitin, Andrei |
g |
UKR |
2656 |
0 |
1986 |
100 |
Jones, Gawain C B |
g |
ENG |
2655 |
0 |
1987 |
Women's Top 50 Rapid
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
g |
UKR |
2597 |
11 |
1990 |
2 |
Hou, Yifan |
g |
CHN |
2595 |
0 |
1994 |
3 |
Ju, Wenjun |
g |
CHN |
2568 |
0 |
1991 |
4 |
Lagno, Kateryna |
g |
RUS |
2533 |
0 |
1989 |
5 |
Muzychuk, Mariya |
g |
UKR |
2521 |
0 |
1992 |
6 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
g |
GEO |
2515 |
0 |
1987 |
7 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
g |
RUS |
2507 |
11 |
1984 |
8 |
Paehtz, Elisabeth |
m |
GER |
2506 |
11 |
1985 |
9 |
Lei, Tingjie |
g |
CHN |
2505 |
0 |
1997 |
10 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
g |
GEO |
2494 |
11 |
1988 |
11 |
Ushenina, Anna |
g |
UKR |
2489 |
11 |
1985 |
12 |
Danielian, Elina |
g |
ARM |
2488 |
0 |
1978 |
13 |
Harika, Dronavalli |
g |
IND |
2480 |
0 |
1991 |
14 |
Gunina, Valentina |
g |
RUS |
2478 |
11 |
1989 |
15 |
Goryachkina, Aleksandra |
wg |
RUS |
2477 |
11 |
1998 |
16 |
Bodnaruk, Anastasia |
m |
RUS |
2468 |
11 |
1992 |
17 |
Huang, Qian |
wg |
CHN |
2463 |
0 |
1986 |
18 |
Tan, Zhongyi |
g |
CHN |
2462 |
0 |
1991 |
19 |
Pham, Le Thao Nguyen |
m |
VIE |
2456 |
0 |
1987 |
20 |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
g |
FID |
2453 |
11 |
1979 |
21 |
Girya, Olga |
wg |
RUS |
2450 |
11 |
1991 |
22 |
Zhao, Xue |
g |
CHN |
2448 |
0 |
1985 |
23 |
Sebag, Marie |
g |
FRA |
2446 |
0 |
1986 |
24 |
Guo, Qi |
m |
CHN |
2445 |
0 |
1995 |
25 |
Pogonina, Natalija |
wg |
RUS |
2433 |
0 |
1985 |
26 |
Arabidze, Meri |
m |
GEO |
2430 |
11 |
1994 |
27 |
Krush, Irina |
g |
USA |
2428 |
0 |
1983 |
28 |
Abdumalik, Zhansaya |
m |
KAZ |
2426 |
0 |
2000 |
29 |
Wang, Jue |
wg |
CHN |
2422 |
0 |
1995 |
30 |
Atalik, Ekaterina |
m |
TUR |
2420 |
0 |
1982 |
31 |
Padmini, Rout |
m |
IND |
2417 |
0 |
1994 |
32 |
Cramling, Pia |
g |
SWE |
2412 |
11 |
1963 |
33 |
Bulmaga, Irina |
m |
ROU |
2408 |
0 |
1993 |
34 |
Ni, Shiqun |
wg |
CHN |
2405 |
0 |
1997 |
35 |
Zhu, Chen |
g |
QAT |
2404 |
0 |
1976 |
36 |
Cmilyte, Viktorija |
g |
LTU |
2394 |
0 |
1983 |
37 |
Karavade, Eesha |
m |
IND |
2392 |
0 |
1987 |
38 |
Matnadze, Ana |
m |
ESP |
2388 |
20 |
1983 |
39 |
Gritsayeva, Oksana |
wf |
RUS |
2388 |
0 |
1980 |
40 |
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag |
m |
MGL |
2387 |
0 |
1987 |
41 |
Shen, Yang |
m |
CHN |
2386 |
0 |
1989 |
42 |
Shuvalova, Polina |
wm |
RUS |
2385 |
7 |
2001 |
43 |
Mammadova, Gulnar |
m |
AZE |
2382 |
0 |
1991 |
44 |
Peptan, Corina-Isabela |
m |
ROU |
2381 |
0 |
1978 |
45 |
Mkrtchian, Lilit |
m |
ARM |
2378 |
11 |
1982 |
46 |
Mamedjarova, Turkan |
wg |
AZE |
2375 |
0 |
1989 |
47 |
Ding, Yixin |
wg |
CHN |
2374 |
0 |
1991 |
48 |
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat |
m |
IRI |
2372 |
0 |
1997 |
49 |
Guichard, Pauline |
wg |
FRA |
2371 |
7 |
1988 |
50 |
Skripchenko, Almira |
m |
FRA |
2371 |
6 |
1976 |
Top 100 Blitz
Vladislav Artemiev moved up the blitz ranks once more, to take clear third, after gaining 26 Blitz Elo at the Russian Team Blitz event.
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2965 |
0 |
1990 |
2 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
g |
USA |
2869 |
0 |
1987 |
3 |
Artemiev, Vladislav |
g |
RUS |
2849 |
15 |
1998 |
4 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
g |
RUS |
2846 |
0 |
1990 |
5 |
Aronian, Levon |
g |
ARM |
2843 |
0 |
1982 |
6 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
g |
FRA |
2839 |
0 |
1990 |
7 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
RUS |
2838 |
0 |
1990 |
8 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2831 |
0 |
1983 |
9 |
So, Wesley |
g |
USA |
2824 |
0 |
1993 |
10 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
g |
USA |
2814 |
0 |
1992 |
11 |
Kasparov, Garry |
g |
RUS |
2801 |
0 |
1963 |
12 |
Yu, Yangyi |
g |
CHN |
2799 |
0 |
1994 |
13 |
Ding, Liren |
g |
CHN |
2793 |
0 |
1992 |
14 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2793 |
0 |
1975 |
15 |
Anand, Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2784 |
0 |
1969 |
16 |
Svidler, Peter |
g |
RUS |
2779 |
0 |
1976 |
17 |
Wang, Hao |
g |
CHN |
2779 |
0 |
1989 |
18 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2777 |
0 |
1990 |
19 |
Giri, Anish |
g |
NED |
2776 |
0 |
1994 |
20 |
Andriasian, Zaven |
g |
ARM |
2766 |
0 |
1989 |
21 |
Leko, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2748 |
0 |
1979 |
22 |
Mamedov, Rauf |
g |
AZE |
2745 |
0 |
1988 |
23 |
Salem, A.R. Saleh |
g |
UAE |
2744 |
9 |
1993 |
24 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2743 |
0 |
1987 |
25 |
Dubov, Daniil |
g |
RUS |
2740 |
0 |
1996 |
26 |
Kovalenko, Igor |
g |
LAT |
2736 |
20 |
1988 |
27 |
Le, Quang Liem |
g |
VIE |
2736 |
0 |
1991 |
28 |
Navara, David |
g |
CZE |
2734 |
0 |
1985 |
29 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2730 |
0 |
1985 |
30 |
Harikrishna, P. |
g |
IND |
2727 |
0 |
1986 |
31 |
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi |
g |
IND |
2727 |
0 |
1994 |
32 |
Bortnyk, Olexandr |
g |
UKR |
2723 |
0 |
1996 |
33 |
Fressinet, Laurent |
g |
FRA |
2722 |
0 |
1981 |
34 |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2722 |
0 |
1968 |
35 |
Jones, Gawain C B |
g |
ENG |
2719 |
9 |
1987 |
36 |
Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn |
g |
ISL |
2718 |
0 |
1993 |
37 |
Zubov, Alexander |
g |
UKR |
2716 |
0 |
1983 |
38 |
Sjugirov, Sanan |
g |
RUS |
2715 |
0 |
1993 |
39 |
Dreev, Aleksey |
g |
RUS |
2710 |
0 |
1969 |
40 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2710 |
0 |
1969 |
41 |
Amin, Bassem |
g |
EGY |
2709 |
0 |
1988 |
42 |
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro |
g |
CUB |
2709 |
0 |
1982 |
43 |
Topalov, Veselin |
g |
FID |
2708 |
0 |
1975 |
44 |
Jobava, Baadur |
g |
GEO |
2705 |
0 |
1983 |
45 |
Matlakov, Maxim |
g |
RUS |
2705 |
0 |
1991 |
46 |
Savchenko, Boris |
g |
RUS |
2705 |
0 |
1986 |
47 |
Melkumyan, Hrant |
g |
ARM |
2699 |
0 |
1989 |
48 |
Adly, Ahmed |
g |
EGY |
2698 |
0 |
1987 |
49 |
Grachev, Boris |
g |
RUS |
2698 |
0 |
1986 |
50 |
Bogdanovich, Stanislav |
g |
UKR |
2697 |
0 |
1993 |
51 |
Rapport, Richard |
g |
HUN |
2695 |
0 |
1996 |
52 |
Wei, Yi |
g |
CHN |
2694 |
0 |
1999 |
53 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
g |
UZB |
2693 |
0 |
1979 |
54 |
Maghsoodloo, Parham |
g |
IRI |
2690 |
9 |
2000 |
55 |
Nyzhnyk, Illya |
g |
UKR |
2689 |
0 |
1996 |
56 |
Lu, Shanglei |
g |
CHN |
2688 |
0 |
1995 |
57 |
Petrosian, Tigran L. |
g |
ARM |
2688 |
0 |
1984 |
58 |
Bacrot, Etienne |
g |
FRA |
2687 |
0 |
1983 |
59 |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier |
g |
CUB |
2687 |
0 |
1983 |
60 |
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof |
g |
POL |
2687 |
0 |
1998 |
61 |
Fedoseev, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2686 |
0 |
1995 |
62 |
Kamsky, Gata |
g |
USA |
2685 |
0 |
1974 |
63 |
Kravtsiv, Martyn |
g |
UKR |
2684 |
0 |
1990 |
64 |
Li, Chao b |
g |
CHN |
2684 |
0 |
1989 |
65 |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco |
g |
ESP |
2683 |
0 |
1982 |
66 |
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw |
g |
POL |
2682 |
0 |
1987 |
67 |
Korobov, Anton |
g |
UKR |
2681 |
11 |
1985 |
68 |
Esipenko, Andrey |
g |
RUS |
2678 |
0 |
2002 |
69 |
Jovanovic, Zoran |
g |
CRO |
2677 |
0 |
1979 |
70 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2677 |
0 |
1977 |
71 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
g |
RUS |
2674 |
0 |
1985 |
72 |
Pridorozhni, Aleksei |
g |
RUS |
2672 |
11 |
1981 |
73 |
Bu, Xiangzhi |
g |
CHN |
2671 |
0 |
1985 |
74 |
Predojevic, Borki |
g |
BIH |
2670 |
9 |
1987 |
75 |
Zhigalko, Sergei |
g |
BLR |
2670 |
0 |
1989 |
76 |
Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo |
g |
VEN |
2669 |
9 |
1989 |
77 |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
g |
RUS |
2669 |
0 |
1976 |
78 |
Hammer, Jon Ludvig |
g |
NOR |
2668 |
11 |
1990 |
79 |
Heimann, Andreas |
g |
GER |
2667 |
0 |
1992 |
80 |
Amonatov, Farrukh |
g |
TJK |
2666 |
0 |
1978 |
81 |
Papaioannou, Ioannis |
g |
GRE |
2666 |
0 |
1976 |
82 |
Wang, Yue |
g |
CHN |
2666 |
0 |
1987 |
83 |
Megaranto, Susanto |
g |
INA |
2665 |
0 |
1987 |
84 |
Palac, Mladen |
g |
CRO |
2665 |
0 |
1971 |
85 |
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy |
g |
UKR |
2664 |
0 |
1986 |
86 |
Bachmann, Axel |
g |
PAR |
2662 |
0 |
1989 |
87 |
Quparadze, Giga |
g |
GEO |
2660 |
9 |
1987 |
88 |
McShane, Luke J |
g |
ENG |
2660 |
0 |
1984 |
89 |
Onischuk, Vladimir |
g |
UKR |
2660 |
0 |
1991 |
90 |
Munoz, Miguel |
g |
ESP |
2659 |
11 |
1975 |
91 |
Lagarde, Maxime |
g |
FRA |
2659 |
0 |
1994 |
92 |
Gharamian, Tigran |
g |
FRA |
2658 |
0 |
1984 |
93 |
Laznicka, Viktor |
g |
CZE |
2658 |
0 |
1988 |
94 |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
g |
RUS |
2658 |
0 |
1974 |
95 |
Michalik, Peter |
g |
CZE |
2656 |
0 |
1990 |
96 |
Shirov, Alexei |
g |
ESP |
2656 |
0 |
1972 |
97 |
Akobian, Varuzhan |
g |
USA |
2653 |
0 |
1983 |
98 |
Piorun, Kacper |
g |
POL |
2653 |
0 |
1991 |
99 |
Lenderman, Aleksandr |
g |
USA |
2651 |
0 |
1989 |
100 |
Balog, Imre |
g |
HUN |
2650 |
0 |
1991 |
Women's Top 50 Blitz
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
g |
GEO |
2580 |
0 |
1987 |
2 |
Lagno, Kateryna |
g |
RUS |
2574 |
0 |
1989 |
3 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
g |
UKR |
2559 |
13 |
1990 |
4 |
Ju, Wenjun |
g |
CHN |
2558 |
0 |
1991 |
5 |
Zhao, Xue |
g |
CHN |
2539 |
0 |
1985 |
6 |
Gunina, Valentina |
g |
RUS |
2519 |
13 |
1989 |
7 |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
g |
FID |
2496 |
13 |
1979 |
8 |
Tan, Zhongyi |
g |
CHN |
2494 |
0 |
1991 |
9 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
g |
RUS |
2489 |
13 |
1984 |
10 |
Harika, Dronavalli |
g |
IND |
2473 |
0 |
1991 |
11 |
Lei, Tingjie |
g |
CHN |
2455 |
0 |
1997 |
12 |
Matnadze, Ana |
m |
ESP |
2449 |
13 |
1983 |
13 |
Goryachkina, Aleksandra |
wg |
RUS |
2448 |
13 |
1998 |
14 |
Cmilyte, Viktorija |
g |
LTU |
2435 |
0 |
1983 |
15 |
Michna, Marta |
wg |
GER |
2433 |
0 |
1978 |
16 |
Sebag, Marie |
g |
FRA |
2433 |
0 |
1986 |
17 |
Wang, Jue |
wg |
CHN |
2430 |
0 |
1995 |
18 |
Kulon, Klaudia |
wg |
POL |
2426 |
13 |
1992 |
19 |
Krush, Irina |
g |
USA |
2424 |
0 |
1983 |
20 |
Ushenina, Anna |
g |
UKR |
2419 |
13 |
1985 |
21 |
Skripchenko, Almira |
m |
FRA |
2412 |
0 |
1976 |
22 |
Bodnaruk, Anastasia |
m |
RUS |
2411 |
13 |
1992 |
23 |
Paehtz, Elisabeth |
m |
GER |
2404 |
13 |
1985 |
24 |
Kashlinskaya, Alina |
m |
RUS |
2403 |
0 |
1993 |
25 |
Padmini, Rout |
m |
IND |
2402 |
0 |
1994 |
26 |
Abdumalik, Zhansaya |
m |
KAZ |
2401 |
0 |
2000 |
27 |
Buksa, Nataliya |
wg |
UKR |
2401 |
0 |
1996 |
28 |
Voit, Daria |
f |
RUS |
2396 |
13 |
1994 |
29 |
Zhai, Mo |
wg |
CHN |
2393 |
0 |
1996 |
30 |
Hoang, Thanh Trang |
g |
HUN |
2391 |
0 |
1980 |
31 |
Danielian, Elina |
g |
ARM |
2390 |
0 |
1978 |
32 |
Arabidze, Meri |
m |
GEO |
2386 |
13 |
1994 |
33 |
Muzychuk, Mariya |
g |
UKR |
2385 |
0 |
1992 |
34 |
Pham, Le Thao Nguyen |
m |
VIE |
2385 |
0 |
1987 |
35 |
Cramling, Pia |
g |
SWE |
2382 |
13 |
1963 |
36 |
Zhu, Chen |
g |
QAT |
2378 |
0 |
1976 |
37 |
Berend, Elvira |
wg |
LUX |
2375 |
0 |
1965 |
38 |
Socko, Monika |
g |
POL |
2372 |
13 |
1978 |
39 |
Benderac, Ana |
wg |
SRB |
2370 |
0 |
1977 |
40 |
Turova, Irina |
m |
RUS |
2367 |
0 |
1979 |
41 |
Guo, Qi |
m |
CHN |
2362 |
0 |
1995 |
42 |
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat |
m |
IRI |
2362 |
0 |
1997 |
43 |
Nemcova, Katerina |
wg |
USA |
2361 |
0 |
1990 |
44 |
Saduakassova, Dinara |
m |
KAZ |
2360 |
0 |
1996 |
45 |
Javakhishvili, Lela |
m |
GEO |
2357 |
13 |
1984 |
46 |
Charochkina, Daria |
m |
RUS |
2357 |
0 |
1990 |
47 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
g |
GEO |
2355 |
13 |
1988 |
48 |
Strutinskaia, Galina |
wg |
RUS |
2355 |
0 |
1957 |
49 |
Reizniece-Ozola, Dana |
wg |
LAT |
2353 |
0 |
1981 |
50 |
Girya, Olga |
wg |
RUS |
2352 |
13 |
1991 |
Source: FIDE
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