February FIDE ratings

February FIDE Ratings

Tata Steel Chess was the main event of January, as evidenced by the large proportion of "13" in the Games column of the overall rankings. Gibraltar narrowly missed the rating cutoff date, and therefore won't be reflected until March.

Top 100

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.

Magnus Carlsen's clear second place in Wijk aan Zee with three wins and ten draws nevertheless lost him a total of 10 Elo points, while Fabiano Caruana's stellar 10/13 netted the American 20 points. Wesley So was also undefeated with a pair of wins that left him in sole third place, and he moves up three spots in the world rankings from tenth to seventh.

So-Carlsen

So and Carlsen faced-off in the final round of Tata Steel Chess | Photo: Alina l'Ami

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2862	13	1990
2	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2842	13	1992
3	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2805	0	1992
4	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2777	0	1983
5	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2774	0	1990
6	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2773	0	1982
7	So, Wesley	g	USA	2770	13	1993
8	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2770	0	1985
9	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2770	0	1990
10	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2765	0	1987
11	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2763	13	1994
12	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	USA	2758	0	1983
13	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2758	0	1996
14	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2758	0	1989
15	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2755	13	1969
16	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2755	13	1998
17	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2752	0	1990
18	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2738	0	1975
19	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2736	0	1987
20	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2732	0	1999
21	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2731	13	1987
22	Artemiev, Vladislav	g	RUS	2728	13	1998
23	Firouzja, Alireza	g	FID	2726	13	2003
24	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2726	0	1990
25	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2723	0	1976
26	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2721	0	1994
27	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2720	2	1987
28	Navara, David	g	CZE	2717	0	1985
29	Harikrishna, Pentala	g	IND	2713	2	1986
30	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2713	0	1991
31	Xiong, Jeffery	g	USA	2709	20	2000
32	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2709	13	1994
33	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2705	0	1985
34	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2705	0	1987
35	Alekseenko, Kirill	g	RUS	2704	0	1997
36	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2704	0	1982
37	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2699	13	1996
38	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2698	2	1971
39	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2698	0	1969
40	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2698	0	1991
41	Anton Guijarro, David	g	ESP	2697	13	1995
42	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2696	0	1976
43	Sadler, Matthew D	g	ENG	2690	2	1974
44	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2689	0	1983
45	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	GEO	2686	0	1986
46	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2685	2	1968
47	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2685	2	1985
48	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	g	UKR	2685	0	1986
49	Rausis, Igors	g	CZE	2685	0	1961
50	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2684	0	1983
51	Predke, Alexandr	g	RUS	2684	0	1994
52	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	2683	0	1989
53	Shankland, Sam	g	USA	2683	0	1991
54	Salem, A.R. Saleh	g	UAE	2682	0	1993
55	Jones, Gawain C B	g	ENG	2681	2	1987
56	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2680	2	1984
57	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2679	0	1983
58	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2678	0	1986
59	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2677	0	1974
60	Amin, Bassem	g	EGY	2675	2	1988
61	Maghsoodloo, Parham	g	IRI	2674	0	2000
62	Sjugirov, Sanan	g	RUS	2674	0	1993
63	Robson, Ray	g	USA	2673	0	1994
64	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2672	10	1972
65	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2671	0	1995
66	Ragger, Markus	g	AUT	2670	6	1988
67	Abasov, Nijat	g	AZE	2670	4	1995
68	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2669	0	1987
69	Van Foreest, Jorden	g	NED	2667	13	1999
70	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2667	0	1980
71	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2667	0	1983
72	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	2666	0	1986
73	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2665	9	1990
74	Nyzhnyk, Illya	g	UKR	2665	5	1996
75	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2664	0	1994
76	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2663	0	1979
77	Melkumyan, Hrant	g	ARM	2663	0	1989
78	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2661	0	1979
79	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2661	0	1977
80	Sevian, Samuel	g	USA	2660	0	2000
81	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2660	0	1986
82	Lagarde, Maxime	g	FRA	2659	14	1994
83	Grandelius, Nils	g	SWE	2659	13	1993
84	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2659	0	1977
85	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2658	0	1985
86	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	GER	2657	4	1976
87	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2656	13	1983
88	Sarana, Alexey	g	RUS	2656	0	2000
89	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2655	12	1985
90	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2655	0	1969
91	Grigoryan, Karen H.	g	ARM	2654	27	1995
92	Adhiban, B.	g	IND	2654	0	1992
93	Esipenko, Andrey	g	RUS	2654	0	2002
94	Lupulescu, Constantin	g	ROU	2653	7	1984
95	Oparin, Grigoriy	g	RUS	2652	6	1997
96	Cori, Jorge	g	PER	2652	0	1995
97	Bluebaum, Matthias	g	GER	2651	4	1997
98	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2651	0	1974
99	Kovalev, Vladislav	g	BLR	2650	13	1994
100	Nabaty, Tamir	g	ISR	2650	5	1991
101	Donchenko, Alexander	g	GER	2650	2	1998

Of the top 100 players 36 are rated 2700 or over (one fewer than December). To enter the Top 100 you need an Elo rating of at least 2650. That figure has remained quite stable in recent years — in January 2018 it was 2653.

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!

Top climbers and descenders

Wijk aan Zee was not kind to Nikita Vitiugov, Yu Yangyi and Vladislav Kovalev in the Masters, or Nils Grandelius in the Challengers. But Daniil Dubov is knocking on the door of 2700, a mark he briefly exceeded in early 2019.

Karen Grigoryan entered the top 100 following a pair of successful open tournaments at the turn of the new year, while David Howell underperformed in Hastings.

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.

Rank	Old Rank	Name	Country	Title	Rating	Old Rating	Games
1	1	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	GM	2862 -10	2872	13
2	2	Caruana, Fabiano	USA	GM	2842 +20	2822	13
21	19	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	GM	2731 -16	2747	13
32	25	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	GM	2709 -17	2726	13
37	52	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	GM	2699 +16	2683	13
73	57	Howell, David W L	ENG	GM	2665 -14	2679	9
83	67	Grandelius, Nils	SWE	GM	2659 -14	2673	13
91		Grigoryan, Karen H.	ARM	GM	2654 +22	2632	27
99	82	Kovalev, Vladislav	BLR	GM	2650 -10	2660	13

Top 100 players old and new world rank after rating changes >/= 10 Elo points

Top 100 Women

The Women's World Championship between Ju Wenjun and Aleksandra Goryachkina saw Ju retain her title, but as for rating, the tied classical match made practically no impact. Hou Yifan remains unchallenged at the top.

Further down, Irina Bulmaga is at a career best 2453 on the strength of her Sharjah International Cup win.

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2664	0	1994
2	Ju, Wenjun	g	CHN	2583	12	1991
3	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2580	0	1987
4	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	g	RUS	2579	12	1998
5	Lagno, Kateryna	g	RUS	2552	0	1989
6	Muzychuk, Mariya	g	UKR	2552	0	1992
7	Muzychuk, Anna	g	UKR	2539	0	1990
8	Cmilyte, Viktorija	g	LTU	2538	0	1983
9	Harika, Dronavalli	g	IND	2518	0	1991
10	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2515	0	1987
11	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2504	0	1984
12	Saduakassova, Dinara	m	KAZ	2500	13	1996
13	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	m	IRI	2494	0	1997
14	Lei, Tingjie	g	CHN	2493	0	1997
15	Tan, Zhongyi	g	CHN	2493	0	1991
16	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2486	0	1985
17	Kashlinskaya, Alina	m	RUS	2484	0	1993
18	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2479	0	1985
19	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2477	0	1991
20	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2472	2	1985
21	Abdumalik, Zhansaya	m	KAZ	2471	0	2000
22	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2470	0	1963
23	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2469	0	1979
24	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2463	0	1984
25	Gunina, Valentina	g	RUS	2461	0	1989
26	Zhu, Jiner	wm	CHN	2459	0	2002
27	Batsiashvili, Nino	g	GEO	2456	0	1987
28	Mammadzada, Gunay	m	AZE	2455	0	2000
29	Bulmaga, Irina	m	ROU	2453	10	1993
30	Atalik, Ekaterina	m	TUR	2448	2	1982
31	Khotenashvili, Bela	g	GEO	2446	0	1988
32	Shuvalova, Polina	wg	RUS	2445	0	2001
33	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2443	0	1986
34	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2438	0	1972
35	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2433	0	1986
36	Arabidze, Meri	m	GEO	2428	0	1994
37	Wang, Jue	wg	CHN	2426	0	1995
38	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	m	MGL	2425	9	1987
39	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2425	1	1978
40	Hoang, Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2424	0	1980
41	Ding, Yixin	wg	CHN	2422	0	1991
42	Krush, Irina	g	USA	2422	0	1983
43	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2419	9	1978
44	Zawadzka, Jolanta	wg	POL	2419	2	1987
45	Guo, Qi	m	CHN	2418	0	1995
46	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2418	0	1976
47	Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel	m	MGL	2417	0	2000
48	Ushenina, Anna	g	UKR	2416	0	1985
49	Matnadze, Ana	m	ESP	2414	1	1983
50	Hunt, Harriet V	m	ENG	2414	0	1978
51	Yip, Carissa	f	USA	2412	27	2003
52	Guichard, Pauline	m	FRA	2412	2	1988
53	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	m	RUS	2411	0	1992
54	Houska, Jovanka	m	ENG	2410	4	1980
55	Cyfka, Karina	m	POL	2409	0	1987
56	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	m	INA	2408	9	1992
57	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2407	0	1974
58	Badelka, Olga	m	BLR	2404	9	2002
59	Kulkarni Bhakti	m	IND	2404	0	1992
60	Buksa, Nataliya	m	UKR	2403	0	1996
61	Shen, Yang	m	CHN	2401	0	1989
62	Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante	m	LTU	2400	0	1989
63	Danielian, Elina	g	ARM	2399	0	1978
64	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2399	0	1982
65	Tania, Sachdev	m	IND	2397	0	1986
66	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2396	0	1976
67	Osmak, Iulija	m	UKR	2394	0	1998
68	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2394	0	1981
69	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROU	2392	0	1978
70	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	m	GRE	2391	14	2000
71	Ni, Shiqun	wg	CHN	2389	0	1997
72	Cori T., Deysi	wg	PER	2388	0	1993
73	Wang, Annie	m	USA	2386	4	2002
74	Bivol, Alina	wg	RUS	2386	0	1996
75	Mammadova, Gulnar	m	AZE	2386	0	1991
76	Milliet, Sophie	m	FRA	2385	2	1983
77	Vaishali R	wg	IND	2383	9	2001
78	Gritsayeva, Oksana	wf	RUS	2383	0	1980
79	Guramishvili, Sopiko	m	NED	2381	0	1991
80	Turova, Irina	m	RUS	2381	0	1979
81	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	g	SCO	2380	0	1968
82	Guseva, Marina	m	RUS	2379	0	1986
83	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	wg	UZB	2378	14	1999
84	Zimina, Olga	m	ITA	2378	9	1982
85	Unuk, Laura	wg	SLO	2377	12	1999
86	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	wg	AZE	2377	0	1996
87	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	f	KAZ	2374	9	2004
88	Sargsyan, Anna M.	wm	ARM	2374	9	2001
89	Padmini, Rout	m	IND	2372	9	1994
90	Salimova, Nurgyul	m	BUL	2372	0	2003
91	Tomilova, Elena	wg	RUS	2372	0	1986
92	Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa	m	CUB	2371	0	1988
93	Soumya, Swaminathan	wg	IND	2369	18	1989
94	Gara, Ticia	wg	HUN	2369	0	1984
95	Melia, Salome	m	GEO	2368	0	1987
96	Brunello, Marina	m	ITA	2367	3	1994
97	Zhai, Mo	wg	CHN	2366	9	1996
98	Pham, Le Thao Nguyen	m	VIE	2366	0	1987
99	Tsatsalashvili, Keti	wg	GEO	2365	0	1992
100	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	m	ESP	2364	0	1987

Bulmaga

Bulmaga in Sharjah, which she wrote about exclusively for ChessBase | Photo: shjwomenchess.com

Top 100 Juniors

Top juniors Alireza Firouzja and Jeffery Xiong both took part in the Tata Steel Masters. Firouzja in particular caused a sensation there, however, this hardly had any influence on either player's rating: Firouzja gained three points, Xiong lost three. Their individual game ended in a win for Firouzja.

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Firouzja, Alireza	g	FID	2726	13	2003
2	Xiong, Jeffery	g	USA	2709	20	2000
3	Maghsoodloo, Parham	g	IRI	2674	0	2000
4	Sevian, Samuel	g	USA	2660	0	2000
5	Sarana, Alexey	g	RUS	2656	0	2000
6	Esipenko, Andrey	g	RUS	2654	0	2002
7	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	g	UZB	2644	13	2004
8	Tabatabaei, M.amin	g	IRI	2638	0	2001
9	Martirosyan, Haik M.	g	ARM	2630	23	2000
10	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	g	ROU	2626	0	2001
11	Nihal Sarin	g	IND	2620	13	2004
12	Praggnanandhaa R	g	IND	2602	0	2005
13	Puranik, Abhimanyu	g	IND	2597	8	2000
14	Sargsyan, Shant	g	ARM	2594	18	2002
15	Smirnov, Anton	g	AUS	2592	21	2001
16	Liang, Awonder	g	USA	2592	0	2003
17	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	g	UZB	2591	19	2002
18	Hakobyan, Aram	g	ARM	2588	14	2001
19	Shevchenko, Kirill	g	UKR	2580	9	2002
20	Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel	g	CUB	2566	0	2000
21	Erigaisi Arjun	g	IND	2563	18	2003
22	Aryan Chopra	g	IND	2562	0	2001
23	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	g	CZE	2560	1	2001
24	Ivic, Velimir	m	SRB	2558	0	2002
25	Keymer, Vincent	m	GER	2557	22	2004
26	Theodorou, Nikolas	m	GRE	2554	5	2000
27	Van Foreest, Lucas	g	NED	2545	22	2001
28	Engel, Luis	m	GER	2545	11	2002
29	Gukesh D	g	IND	2542	0	2006
30	Lomasov, Semyon	m	RUS	2541	4	2002
31	Li, Ruifeng	g	USA	2541	0	2001
32	Burke, John M	g	USA	2538	4	2001
33	Asadli, Vugar	g	AZE	2538	0	2001
34	Sindarov, Javokhir	g	UZB	2537	0	2005
35	Moroni, Luca Jr	g	ITA	2536	9	2000
36	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	m	DEN	2530	20	2004
37	Kuybokarov, Temur	g	AUS	2530	16	2000
38	Checa, Nicolas	g	USA	2527	0	2001
39	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	m	UZB	2526	0	2002
40	Liu, Yan	g	CHN	2524	9	2000
41	Kozak, Adam	m	HUN	2523	0	2002
42	Sadhwani, Raunak	m	IND	2522	0	2005
43	Sorokin, Aleksey	f	RUS	2521	4	2000
44	Nguyen, Anh Khoi	g	VIE	2520	0	2002
45	Pultinevicius, Paulius	g	LTU	2510	0	2001
46	Triapishko, Alexandr	m	RUS	2510	0	2000
47	Petrov, Martin	m	BUL	2509	9	2000
48	Gumularz, Szymon	m	POL	2508	9	2001
49	Gazik, Viktor	m	SVK	2508	4	2001
50	Gholami, Aryan	m	IRI	2507	29	2001
51	Lobanov, Sergei	m	RUS	2507	0	2001
52	Iniyan, P	g	IND	2506	18	2002
53	Xu, Zhihang	m	CHN	2506	0	2001
54	Jacobson, Brandon	m	USA	2502	27	2003
55	Nesterov, Arseniy		RUS	2501	9	2003
56	Vrolijk, Liam	m	NED	2501	9	2002
57	Fakhrutdinov, Timur	f	RUS	2501	0	2001
58	Pechac, Jergus	g	SVK	2499	4	2001
59	Afanasiev, Nikita	m	RUS	2498	9	2000
60	Warmerdam, Max	m	NED	2497	13	2000
61	Harsha Bharathakoti	g	IND	2495	10	2000
62	Matviishen, Viktor	m	UKR	2494	11	2002
63	Henderson de La Fuente, Lance	g	ESP	2493	7	2003
64	Lodici, Lorenzo	m	ITA	2492	9	2000
65	Livaic, Leon	m	CRO	2492	1	2000
66	Schoppen, Casper	m	NED	2489	10	2002
67	Makhnev, Denis	m	KAZ	2486	0	2000
68	Peng, Xiongjian		CHN	2485	9	2000
69	Gorodetzky, David	m	ISR	2485	4	2000
70	Erenberg, Ariel	m	ISR	2481	4	2001
71	Sonis, Francesco	m	ITA	2478	18	2002
72	Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio	m	ESP	2477	9	2004
73	Arjun Kalyan	m	IND	2477	0	2002
74	Kevlishvili, Robby	m	NED	2476	5	2001
75	Sheng, Joshua	m	USA	2474	18	2000
76	Rahul Srivatshav P	m	IND	2474	17	2002
77	Suleymanli, Aydin	m	AZE	2474	9	2005
78	Vogel, Roven	m	GER	2473	18	2000
79	Wang, Yanbin		CHN	2473	0	2002
80	Chen, Qi b	m	CHN	2472	18	2000
81	Raja Harshit	m	IND	2472	18	2001
82	Costachi, Mihnea	m	ROU	2472	0	2000
83	Prithu Gupta	g	IND	2472	0	2004
84	Abdumalik, Zhansaya	m	KAZ	2471	0	2000
85	Golubov, Saveliy	m	RUS	2469	0	2000
86	Balakrishnan, Praveen	m	USA	2468	9	2002
87	Galperin, Platon	m	UKR	2465	9	2003
88	Tin, Jingyao	m	SGP	2464	9	2000
89	Buckels, Valentin	m	GER	2462	9	2001
90	Keinanen, Toivo	m	FIN	2462	9	2002
91	Davtyan, Artur	m	ARM	2461	18	2002
92	Gokerkan, Cem Kaan	m	TUR	2461	18	2000
93	Brodsky, David	m	USA	2461	15	2002
94	Salemgareev, Tagir		RUS	2461	9	2002
95	Tahbaz, Arash	m	IRI	2461	0	2000
96	Gadimbayli, Abdulla	m	AZE	2460	8	2002
97	Kazakouski, Valery	m	LTU	2460	0	2000
98	Niemann, Hans Moke	m	USA	2459	9	2003
99	Wang, Shixu B		CHN	2459	9	2001
100	Zhu, Jiner	wm	CHN	2459	0	2002

Firouzja, Carlsen, Xiong

Magnus Carlsen sizes up his future competition | Photo: Alina l'Ami

Top 100 Girls

There was only a very minor reshuffling of the number six to ten spots on the girls top-10 list this month.

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Abdumalik, Zhansaya	m	KAZ	2471	0	2000
2	Zhu, Jiner	wm	CHN	2459	0	2002
3	Mammadzada, Gunay	m	AZE	2455	0	2000
4	Shuvalova, Polina	wg	RUS	2445	0	2001
5	Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel	m	MGL	2417	0	2000
6	Yip, Carissa	f	USA	2412	27	2003
7	Badelka, Olga	m	BLR	2404	9	2002
8	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	m	GRE	2391	14	2000
9	Wang, Annie	m	USA	2386	4	2002
10	Vaishali R	wg	IND	2383	9	2001
11	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	f	KAZ	2374	9	2004
12	Sargsyan, Anna M.	wm	ARM	2374	9	2001
13	Salimova, Nurgyul	m	BUL	2372	0	2003
14	Balajayeva, Khanim	wg	AZE	2358	0	2001
15	Garifullina, Leya	wm	RUS	2357	0	2004
16	Marjanovic, Annamaria	wg	HUN	2346	0	2001
17	Serikbay, Assel	wm	KAZ	2340	9	2002
18	Alinasab, Mobina	wm	IRI	2333	0	2000
19	Ning, Kaiyu	wm	CHN	2327	27	2004
20	Divya Deshmukh	wm	IND	2322	0	2005
21	Radeva, Viktoria	wf	BUL	2320	18	2001
22	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	wg	RUS	2318	0	2002
23	Garcia Martin, Marta	m	ESP	2317	0	2000
24	Schulze, Lara	f	GER	2314	25	2002
25	Goltseva, Ekaterina	f	RUS	2310	9	2002
26	Berdnyk, Mariia	f	UKR	2308	0	2003
27	Nurgali, Nazerke	wf	KAZ	2303	8	2004
28	Hernandez Machado, Patricia M.	wf	CUB	2302	18	2003
29	Borisova, Ekaterina	f	RUS	2302	5	2000
30	Antolak, Julia	wm	POL	2301	9	2000
31	Potapova, Margarita	wf	RUS	2300	0	2000
32	Kanyamarala, Trisha	wf	IRL	2299	19	2005
33	Nguyen, Emily	wm	USA	2299	0	2002
34	Obolentseva, Alexandra	wg	RUS	2299	0	2001
35	Yao, Lan	wm	CHN	2297	9	2000
36	Yu, Jennifer	f	USA	2295	17	2002
37	Sliwicka, Alicja	wm	POL	2295	9	2001
38	Antova, Gabriela	f	BUL	2295	0	2002
39	Shafigullina, Zarina	wf	RUS	2294	0	2001
40	Solozhenkina, Elizaveta	wm	RUS	2290	0	2003
41	Song, Yuxin	wm	CHN	2290	0	2005
42	Yakimova, Mariya	wf	RUS	2288	0	2005
43	Altantuya, Boldbaatar	wf	MGL	2287	0	2005
44	Peycheva, Gergana	f	BUL	2286	9	2003
45	Vantika Agrawal	wm	IND	2286	9	2002
46	Afonasieva, Anna	wf	RUS	2286	0	2001
47	Injac, Teodora	wm	SRB	2284	0	2000
48	Schneider, Jana	f	GER	2280	10	2002
49	Munkhzul, Turmunkh	wm	MGL	2278	0	2002
50	Sharma Isha	wc	IND	2276	26	2000
51	Cvitan, Ena	f	CRO	2276	12	2001
52	Dimitrova, Aleksandra	wm	RUS	2276	0	2000
53	Gajcin, Marina	wm	SRB	2273	0	2001
54	Waszczuk, Patrycja	wf	POL	2271	9	2003
55	Ouellet, Maili-Jade	wm	CAN	2271	5	2002
56	Caglar, Sila	wf	TUR	2268	0	2004
57	Avramidou, Anastasia	f	GRE	2267	0	2000
58	Getman, Tatyana	wf	RUS	2265	0	2003
59	Li, Yunshan	wf	CHN	2262	9	2002
60	Yakubbaeva, Nilufar		UZB	2262	0	2000
61	Savitha Shri B	wf	IND	2261	17	2007
62	Krasteva, Beloslava	f	BUL	2259	1	2004
63	Mrudul Dehankar	wm	IND	2256	0	2004
64	Martynkova, Olena	wm	UKR	2251	0	2000
65	Hernandez Gil, Ineymig	wf	CUB	2245	9	2004
66	Eswaran, Ashritha	wm	USA	2244	18	2000
67	Nosacheva, Mariya	wf	RUS	2243	0	2001
68	Gorti, Akshita	f	USA	2242	0	2002
69	Lehaci, Miruna-Daria	wf	ROU	2241	9	2004
70	Bach, Ngoc Thuy Duong	wf	VIE	2239	0	2003
71	Balabayeva, Xeniya	wf	KAZ	2238	9	2005
72	Beydullayeva, Govhar	wf	AZE	2237	9	2003
73	Muetsch, Annmarie	wm	GER	2236	1	2002
74	Shpanko, Nadiia	wf	UKR	2235	0	2002
75	Protopopova, Anastasiya	wf	RUS	2233	0	2000
76	Aakanksha Hagawane	wm	IND	2230	0	2000
77	Zhou, Qiyu	f	CAN	2229	7	2000
78	Samadashvili, Martha	wf	USA	2226	5	2004
79	Priyanka, K		IND	2218	19	2001
80	Sakorenko, Adriana	wf	RUS	2216	9	2001
81	Rakshitta Ravi	wm	IND	2214	9	2005
82	Nur-Mukhametova, Alisa		RUS	2213	0	2005
83	Zahedifar, Anahita	wf	IRI	2213	0	2003
84	Priyanka Nutakki	wm	IND	2212	16	2002
85	Mahdian, Anousha	wf	IRI	2212	0	2003
86	Nasyrova, Ekaterina	wf	RUS	2208	0	2005
87	Yan, Tianqi		CHN	2207	9	2002
88	Chu, Ruotong	wm	CHN	2207	0	2001
89	Salonika, Saina	wf	IND	2206	0	2003
90	Sieber, Fiona	wm	GER	2202	15	2000
91	Arpita, Mukherjee	wm	IND	2201	10	2001
92	Arda, Cagil Irmak	wf	TUR	2201	0	2001
93	Kirchei, Viktoriia	wf	RUS	2201	0	2005
94	Olde, Margareth	wf	EST	2201	0	2000
95	Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia	wm	USA	2199	9	2002
96	Urh, Zala	wf	SLO	2199	0	2002
97	Harshini A	wf	IND	2194	18	2001
98	Di Benedetto, Desiree	f	ITA	2189	0	2000
99	Polterauer, Chiara	wf	AUT	2187	4	2000
100	Grigorieva, Yulia	wf	RUS	2187	0	2002

Top 100 Rapid

Grandmaster Mikhail Golubev's opinion piece on suspicious Ukrainian tournaments and the chaos in the country's national team provoked a lively discussion in the comments. Shortly after publication, FIDE addressed the chief claims in an ad hoc resolution posted to the FIDE website, and declined to rate the event that would have brought Ihor Kobylianskyi (whose classical Elo is 2400) to the top 10 on the rapid world rankings, pending an investigation. Kobylianskyi's name is therefore omitted.

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2881	0	1990
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2860	0	1990
3	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2836	0	1992
4	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2829	0	1987
5	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2794	0	1985
6	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	USA	2786	0	1983
7	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2784	0	1983
8	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2778	0	1982
9	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2778	0	1990
10	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2774	0	1998
11	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2773	0	1992
12	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2770	0	1996
13	Artemiev, Vladislav	g	RUS	2769	0	1998
14	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2761	0	1985
15	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2758	0	1987
16	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2758	0	1989
17	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2752	0	1999
18	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2751	0	1969
19	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2744	0	1991
20	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2742	0	1976
21	So, Wesley	g	USA	2741	0	1993
22	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2740	0	1990
23	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2738	0	1994
24	Moussard, Jules	g	FRA	2736	0	1995
25	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2731	0	1994
26	Xiong, Jeffery	g	USA	2730	0	2000
27	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2727	0	1996
28	Brunello, Sabino	g	ITA	2722	0	1989
29	Anton Guijarro, David	g	ESP	2718	0	1995
30	Onischuk, Vladimir	g	UKR	2714	11	1991
31	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2714	0	1995
32	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2711	0	1979
33	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2710	0	1979
34	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2709	0	1990
35	Navara, David	g	CZE	2707	0	1985
36	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2707	0	1975
37	Firouzja, Alireza	g	FID	2703	0	2003
38	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2701	0	1974
39	Kovalenko, Igor	g	LAT	2700	20	1988
40	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2700	0	1983
41	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2698	0	1984
42	Kuzubov, Yuriy	g	UKR	2697	11	1990
43	Kravtsiv, Martyn	g	UKR	2696	0	1990
44	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2695	0	1986
45	Safarli, Eltaj	g	AZE	2693	0	1992
46	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2693	0	1983
47	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	2692	0	1986
48	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2691	0	1988
49	Harikrishna, Pentala	g	IND	2690	0	1986
50	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2689	0	1971
51	Salem, A.R. Saleh	g	UAE	2689	0	1993
52	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2687	0	1968
53	Melkumyan, Hrant	g	ARM	2686	0	1989
54	Zubov, Alexander	g	UKR	2685	0	1983
55	Lagarde, Maxime	g	FRA	2683	9	1994
56	Tsydypov, Zhamsaran	g	RUS	2681	20	1996
57	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2681	0	1985
58	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2680	0	1983
59	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2680	0	1987
60	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2678	0	1976
61	Shimanov, Aleksandr	g	RUS	2678	0	1992
62	Movsesian, Sergei	g	ARM	2677	0	1978
63	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2676	9	1981
64	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2673	0	1983
65	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2671	11	1980
66	Ponkratov, Pavel	g	RUS	2671	0	1988
67	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2670	9	1983
68	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2668	0	1968
69	Grigoryan, Karen H.	g	ARM	2667	8	1995
70	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	g	PAR	2667	0	1981
71	Georgiev, Kiril	g	MKD	2666	9	1965
72	Iordachescu, Viorel	g	MDA	2666	0	1977
73	Lenic, Luka	g	SLO	2666	0	1988
74	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	g	RUS	2665	0	1989
75	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2663	11	1973
76	Antipov, Mikhail Al.	g	RUS	2663	0	1997
77	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2663	0	1985
78	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2662	0	1987
79	Alekseenko, Kirill	g	RUS	2661	0	1997
80	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2660	0	1991
81	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2660	0	1989
82	Bareev, Evgeny	g	CAN	2659	0	1966
83	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2658	9	1972
84	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2658	0	1988
85	Nikolic, Predrag	g	BIH	2658	0	1960
86	Nyzhnyk, Illya	g	UKR	2658	0	1996
87	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2656	0	1987
88	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2656	0	1982
89	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2654	0	1990
90	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	GER	2653	0	1976
91	Van Kampen, Robin	g	NED	2653	0	1994
92	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	2650	0	1978
93	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2650	0	1977
94	Saric, Ivan	g	CRO	2650	0	1990
95	Swiercz, Dariusz	g	USA	2649	0	1994
96	Kokarev, Dmitry	g	RUS	2648	22	1982
97	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2648	0	1986
98	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	g	NOR	2647	0	1990
99	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	2646	0	1983
100	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2646	0	1977

Top 100 Blitz

As with the case of the rapid ratings above, a questionable record from Ukrainian GM Iuri Shkuro, is formally being questioned in an investigation by FIDE Legal Advisor Aleksandr Martynov and Qualification Commission (QC) Secretary Alex Holowczak.

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2900	0	1987
2	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2887	0	1990
3	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2822	0	1990
4	So, Wesley	g	USA	2816	0	1993
5	Artemiev, Vladislav	g	RUS	2810	0	1998
6	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2808	0	1994
7	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2799	0	1998
8	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2797	0	1975
9	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2788	0	1992
10	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2785	0	1969
11	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2783	0	1990
12	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2781	0	1995
13	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2779	0	1990
14	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2765	0	1983
15	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2760	0	1985
16	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2760	0	1991
17	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2759	0	1996
18	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2757	0	1987
19	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2755	0	1994
20	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2754	0	1976
21	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2752	0	1994
22	Firouzja, Alireza	g	FID	2750	0	2003
23	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2750	0	1990
24	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2740	0	1982
25	Zubov, Alexander	g	UKR	2740	0	1983
26	Kovalenko, Igor	g	LAT	2739	9	1988
27	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2738	0	1979
28	Navara, David	g	CZE	2737	0	1985
29	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2728	0	1977
30	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	g	IRI	2726	15	1982
31	Xiong, Jeffery	g	USA	2724	0	2000
32	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2719	0	1983
33	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2716	0	1985
34	Bogdanovich, Stanislav	g	UKR	2715	0	1993
35	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2712	0	1989
36	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2711	0	1992
37	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2710	0	1996
38	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2709	0	1971
39	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2706	0	1969
40	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2705	0	1977
41	Maghsoodloo, Parham	g	IRI	2704	9	2000
42	Shankland, Sam	g	USA	2704	0	1991
43	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2703	0	1983
44	Kravtsiv, Martyn	g	UKR	2699	0	1990
45	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2695	0	1987
46	Nyzhnyk, Illya	g	UKR	2694	0	1996
47	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2693	0	1968
48	Heimann, Andreas	g	GER	2690	0	1992
49	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2690	0	1991
50	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2690	0	1987
51	Sarana, Alexey	g	RUS	2686	0	2000
52	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2686	0	1999
53	Ponkratov, Pavel	g	RUS	2685	0	1988
54	Adly, Ahmed	g	EGY	2683	0	1987
55	Salem, A.R. Saleh	g	UAE	2678	0	1993
56	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2677	11	1981
57	Gharamian, Tigran	g	FRA	2677	0	1984
58	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2677	0	1990
59	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2676	0	1985
60	Bok, Benjamin	g	NED	2674	0	1995
61	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2674	0	1988
62	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2673	8	1983
63	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2673	0	1987
64	Perez Ponsa, Federico	g	ARG	2672	0	1993
65	Balog, Imre	g	HUN	2670	0	1991
66	Hovhannisyan, Robert	g	ARM	2669	0	1991
67	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2667	0	1975
68	Tsydypov, Zhamsaran	g	RUS	2667	0	1996
69	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2666	0	1974
70	Grigoryan, Karen H.	g	ARM	2665	8	1995
71	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	GEO	2665	0	1986
72	Harikrishna, Pentala	g	IND	2663	0	1986
73	Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn	g	ISL	2662	0	1993
74	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2662	0	1989
75	Swiercz, Dariusz	g	USA	2661	0	1994
76	Chigaev, Maksim	g	RUS	2659	0	1996
77	Lenic, Luka	g	SLO	2659	0	1988
78	Lysyj, Igor	g	RUS	2658	0	1987
79	Quparadze, Giga	g	GEO	2658	0	1987
80	Nihal Sarin	g	IND	2657	9	2004
81	Jones, Gawain C B	g	ENG	2657	0	1987
82	Tari, Aryan	g	NOR	2656	14	1999
83	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2656	11	1985
84	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2655	0	1978
85	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	USA	2654	0	1983
86	Akobian, Varuzhan	g	USA	2653	0	1983
87	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	g	VEN	2653	0	1989
88	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2651	11	1972
89	Grandelius, Nils	g	SWE	2651	0	1993
90	Sychev, Klementy	g	RUS	2651	0	1996
91	Indjic, Aleksandar	g	SRB	2649	0	1995
92	Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	2648	0	1986
93	Smirnov, Anton	g	AUS	2647	0	2001
94	Lu, Shanglei	g	CHN	2646	0	1995
95	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2646	0	1983
96	Gareyev, Timur	g	USA	2645	9	1988
97	Moussard, Jules	g	FRA	2644	11	1995
98	Andriasian, Zaven	g	ARM	2644	0	1989
99	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	2644	0	1976
100	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2644	0	1974

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