August 2014 ratings: History in the making

FIDE August 2014 – Top 100 Players

The first big news of the August ratings list is right there in number three. Fabiano Caruana has broken into the 2800 club, rarefied ground indeed. It is true that he had done this twice already in the live ratings, but being 2800 for a day is not quite the same thing as appearing on the official monthly ratings lists.

It seemed a matter of time after arriving so close, so many times, but Caruana finally broke 2800

The second, and probably biggest is down at 87th place. Hou Yifan has done what only one female had ever done to this day, she broke into the overall Top 100 players in the world. The Chinese prodigy is finally beginning to live up to her early promise, and in one month has accumulated an amazing 32 Elo to take her to 2661, and just 15 Elo behind the legendary Judit Polgar.

After crushing the field at Lopota, Hou Yifan confirmed her world class status by coming second
at Biel. It all started with her win over Anish Giri in round one above.

On the flip side, the bad news for his fans is that Vladimir Kramnik has suffered a series of poor results, and is at a low of 2760 and 10th place in the rankings.

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2877	0	1990
2	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2805	0	1982
3	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2801	7	1992
4	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2795	0	1983
5	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2787	0	1987
6	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2786	0	1990
7	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2785	0	1969
8	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2772	0	1975
9	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2768	10	1990
10	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2760	7	1975
11	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2760	0	1983
12	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2755	15	1993
13	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2753	0	1968
14	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2751	0	1976
15	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2747	0	1983
16	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2745	10	1994
17	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2744	9	1969
18	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2743	0	1985
19	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2742	13	1992
20	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2742	0	1987
21	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2740	7	1971
22	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2740	7	1979
23	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2735	10	1987
24	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2731	0	1977
25	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2730	3	1989
26	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2725	19	1986
27	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2724	0	1987
28	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2723	0	1983
29	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2722	0	1990
30	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2720	0	1983
31	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2718	4	1987
32	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2717	16	1983
33	Navara, David	g	CZE	2716	0	1985
34	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2714	6	1990
35	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2713	6	1983
36	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	2711	0	1989
37	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2710	0	1991
38	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2709	16	1985
39	Shirov, Alexei	g	LAT	2709	0	1972
40	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	g	UKR	2708	3	1986
41	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2708	0	1981
42	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2707	9	1985
43	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2707	0	1980
44	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2706	9	1974
45	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2704	9	1996
46	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2701	0	1987
47	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2700	0	1979
48	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2698	0	1974
49	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2698	0	1982
50	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2696	4	1980
51	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2690	6	1976
52	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	GER	2689	9	1976
53	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2686	10	1979
54	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2686	0	1983
55	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2685	0	1991
56	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2684	9	1986
57	Lysyj, Igor	g	RUS	2683	7	1987
58	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	2681	18	1984
59	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2681	8	1986
60	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2680	1	1990
61	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2680	0	1985
62	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2678	0	1985
63	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2678	0	1989
64	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2676	9	1988
65	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2676	0	1976
66	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2675	0	1985
67	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2672	9	1995
68	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2672	0	1986
69	Movsesian, Sergei	g	ARM	2672	0	1978
70	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	2671	0	1989
71	Saric, Ivan	g	CRO	2671	0	1990
72	Landa, Konstantin	g	RUS	2670	0	1972
73	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2670	0	1984
74	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2669	0	1981
75	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2668	13	1994
76	Kuzubov, Yuriy	g	UKR	2667	12	1990
77	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2666	22	1983
78	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2666	0	1985
79	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	UKR	2665	18	1981
80	Jones, Gawain C B	g	ENG	2665	0	1987
81	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2665	0	1965
82	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2664	18	1982
83	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2664	16	1973
84	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2663	18	1967
85	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2662	7	1972
86	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2662	0	1969
87	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2661	21	1994
88	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2659	4	1976
89	Gajewski, Grzegorz	g	POL	2659	0	1985
90	Lenic, Luka	g	SLO	2659	0	1988
91	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2659	0	1988
92	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2659	0	1975
93	Sjugirov, Sanan	g	RUS	2658	18	1993
94	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2658	11	1977
95	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2658	0	1985
96	Gharamian, Tigran	g	FRA	2657	9	1984
97	Istratescu, Andrei	g	FRA	2656	16	1975
98	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2656	9	1968
99	Melkumyan, Hrant	g	ARM	2655	18	1989
100	Delchev, Aleksander	g	BUL	2655	12	1971
101	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2655	0	1971
102	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	2655	0	1978

Top climbers and descenders

The biggest winner was Hou Yifan, who broke into the Top 100 with an impressive 32 Elo gain.

Rk	Old	Name	Fed	Ti.	Rating	Old	Gms
3	4	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	GM	2801 +12	2789	7
10	8	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	GM	2760 -17	2777	7
12	16	So, Wesley	PHI	GM	2755 +11	2744	15
16	14	Giri, Anish	NED	GM	2745 -5	2750	10
17	21	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	GM	2744 +9	2735	9
19	26	Ding, Liren	CHN	GM	2742 +16	2726	13
32	30	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	GM	2717 -6	2723	16
34	25	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	GM	2714 -16	2730	6
42	54	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	GM	2707 +14	2693	9
44	33	Kamsky, Gata	USA	GM	2706 -11	2717	9
53	48	Motylev, Alexander	RUS	GM	2686 -12	2698	10
56	46	Areshchenko, Alexander	UKR	GM	2684 -17	2701	9
59	55	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	GM	2681 -9	2690	8
76	93	Kuzubov, Yuriy	UKR	GM	2667 +11	2656	12
77	68	Ni, Hua	CHN	GM	2666 -8	2674	22
82	52	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	CUB	GM	2664 -32	2696	18
83	94	Tiviakov, Sergei	NED	GM	2664 +8	2656	16
84	69	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	PER	GM	2663 -11	2674	18
85	91	Van Wely, Loek	NED	GM	2662 +5	2657	7
87		Hou, Yifan	CHN	GM	2661 +32	2629	21
97	74	Istratescu, Andrei	FRA	GM	2656 -14	2670	16

FIDE Top Women

Yes, Hou Yifan is the star of the list, but she was not the only player to gain 32 Elo. Armenia's Elina Danielian also pulled off the feat, and a number added 20+ Elo to their tallies, such as Ju Wenjun and the new European Women Champion, Valentina Gunina, fresh from her fantastic win at Plovdiv.

Valentina Gunina won the European Women Championship just two weeks ago with 9.0/11

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2676	0	1976
2	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2661	21	1994
3	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2598	11	1987
4	Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	2559	15	1991
5	Muzychuk, Anna	g	UKR	2555	11	1990
6	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2550	22	1987
7	Lagno, Kateryna	g	RUS	2540	0	1989
8	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2531	11	1984
9	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2530	11	1992
10	Cmilyte, Viktorija	g	LTU	2525	0	1983
11	Gunina, Valentina	g	RUS	2524	11	1989
12	Harika, Dronavalli	g	IND	2521	11	1991
13	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	g	RUS	2513	0	1985
14	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2508	15	1985
15	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2505	22	1979
16	Ruan, Lufei	wg	CHN	2503	0	1987
17	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2500	16	1963
18	Khotenashvili, Bela	g	GEO	2494	11	1988
19	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2494	11	1986
20	Danielian, Elina	g	ARM	2490	22	1978
21	Ushenina, Anna	g	UKR	2487	4	1985
22	Hoang, Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2485	11	1980
23	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2484	11	1991
24	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2480	0	1986
25	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2479	11	1985
26	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2479	3	1986
27	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2478	20	1984
28	Melia, Salome	m	GEO	2475	11	1987
29	Krush, Irina	g	USA	2474	9	1983
30	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2472	0	1972
31	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2470	17	1978
32	Shen, Yang	m	CHN	2470	4	1989
33	Zhukova, Natalia	g	UKR	2468	11	1979
34	Tan, Zhongyi	wg	CHN	2468	3	1991
35	Khurtsidze, Nino	m	GEO	2467	11	1975
36	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2466	0	1978
37	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2464	18	1985
38	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2461	0	1976
39	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2456	0	1982
40	Kashlinskaya, Alina	wg	RUS	2453	20	1993
41	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2453	11	1982
42	Guo, Qi	wg	CHN	2453	4	1995
43	Ding, Yixin	wg	CHN	2449	3	1991
44	Lei, Tingjie		CHN	2446	20	1997
45	L'Ami, Alina	wg	ROU	2446	0	1985
46	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2438	11	1976
47	Hunt, Harriet V	m	ENG	2438	0	1978
48	Batsiashvili, Nino	m	GEO	2435	11	1987
49	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	m	RUS	2434	11	1992
50	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2431	0	1974
51	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	wg	RUS	2430	11	1998
52	Bojkovic, Natasa	m	SRB	2425	0	1971
53	Alexandrova, Olga	m	ESP	2424	9	1978
54	Cori T., Deysi	wg	PER	2422	27	1993
55	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROU	2422	11	1978
56	Atalik, Ekaterina	m	TUR	2421	9	1982
57	Turova, Irina	m	RUS	2421	0	1979
58	Tania, Sachdev	m	IND	2418	9	1986
59	Arabidze, Meri	m	GEO	2411	11	1994
60	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	m	MGL	2410	4	1987
61	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2407	0	1981
62	Ziaziulkina, Nastassia	m	BLR	2407	0	1995
63	Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna	wg	POL	2405	0	1988
64	Foisor, Cristina-Adela	m	ROU	2404	11	1967
65	Houska, Jovanka	m	ENG	2401	9	1980
66	Zaiatz, Elena	m	RUS	2401	0	1969
67	Zawadzka, Jolanta	wg	POL	2398	17	1987
68	Aulia, Medina Warda	wg	INA	2397	9	1997
69	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	wg	INA	2396	9	1992
70	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	m	ESP	2395	2	1987
71	Kovanova, Baira	wg	RUS	2394	7	1987
72	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	g	SCO	2394	0	1968
73	Li, Ruofan	m	SIN	2394	0	1978
74	Guramishvili, Sopiko	m	GEO	2393	11	1991
75	Karavade, Eesha	m	IND	2392	0	1987
76	Peng, Zhaoqin	g	NED	2391	7	1968
77	Daulyte, Deimante	wg	LTU	2386	13	1989
78	Milliet, Sophie	m	FRA	2385	13	1983
79	Matnadze, Ana	m	ESP	2385	2	1983
80	Stockova, Zuzana	m	SVK	2383	9	1977
81	Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina	wg	POL	2380	11	1987
82	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2379	11	1976
83	Saduakassova, Dinara	wg	KAZ	2375	9	1996
84	Zhang, Xiaowen	wg	CHN	2375	4	1989
85	Guichard, Pauline	wg	FRA	2375	0	1988
86	Tsereteli, Tamar	wg	GEO	2375	0	1985
87	Savina, Anastasia	m	RUS	2373	11	1992
88	Charochkina, Daria	wg	RUS	2369	11	1990
89	Schleining, Zoya	wg	GER	2369	11	1961
90	Rodriguez Rueda, Paula Andrea	wm	COL	2368	18	1996
91	Wang, Jue	wg	CHN	2368	4	1995
92	Lujan, Carolina	m	ARG	2367	7	1985
93	Abrahamyan, Tatev	wg	USA	2366	0	1988
94	Lomineishvili, Maia	m	GEO	2366	0	1977
95	Gritsayeva, Oksana	wf	UKR	2364	0	1980
96	Melamed, Tatjana	wg	GER	2364	0	1974
97	Theissl Pokorna, Regina	wg	SVK	2362	0	1982
98	Gvetadze, Sofio	m	GEO	2361	11	1983
99	Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino	m	GER	2361	0	1971
100	Bartel, Marta	wg	POL	2359	11	1988

FIDE Top Juniors

Although there were several strong ratings increases of 20 or 30 Elo (did we mention Hou Yifan?), there is one that is really beginning to stick out rather prominently: Akshat Chandra. This young 15-year-old IM from the US, not only gained 30 Elo in the last month, taking him to 2472 Elo, but has gained an astounding 200 Elo in the last year. A breakthrough you say? Try this: he was rated 1573 in March 2010 (he had just learned to play), 1905 in March 2011, 2130 in March 2012 (seeing a pattern here?), 2268 in June 2013, and now is 2472 in August 2014. Oh, and the 30 Elo this month comes from an open won by GM Rapport, where he came tied first-second with a 2650 performance.

Akshat Chandra receiving his second prize at the Paracin International Open. 900 Elo in
four years... Not too shabby.

It goes beyond Elo though. He very recently submitted, of his own volition, an article to ChessBase News. This article was not about his latest and greatest success. No! It was on a young nine-year-old prodigy he wanted to bring to our attention. A generosity and maturity of spirit well beyond his years.

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2745	10	1994
2	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2704	9	1996
3	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2672	9	1995
4	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2668	13	1994
5	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2661	21	1994
6	Artemiev, Vladislav	g	RUS	2650	9	1998
7	Nyzhnyk, Illya	g	UKR	2639	9	1996
8	Van Kampen, Robin	g	NED	2638	16	1994
9	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2638	13	1999
10	Cori, Jorge	g	PER	2630	27	1995
11	Robson, Ray	g	USA	2628	0	1994
12	Anton Guijarro, David	g	ESP	2624	9	1995
13	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2614	0	1996
14	Swiercz, Dariusz	g	POL	2611	11	1994
15	Bukavshin, Ivan	g	RUS	2604	7	1995
16	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2602	0	1994
17	Grigoryan, Karen H.	g	ARM	2595	18	1995
18	Bok, Benjamin	g	NED	2587	18	1995
19	Naroditsky, Daniel	g	USA	2587	18	1995
20	Gabuzyan, Hovhannes	g	ARM	2582	0	1995
21	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2576	9	1998
22	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy	m	UKR	2559	18	1994
23	Stukopin, Andrey	g	RUS	2556	0	1994
24	Lu, Shanglei	g	CHN	2550	4	1995
25	Oparin, Grigoriy	g	RUS	2546	7	1997
26	Eliseev, Urii	g	RUS	2546	0	1996
27	Indjic, Aleksandar	g	SRB	2539	16	1995
28	Forcen Esteban, Daniel	m	ESP	2536	8	1994
29	Lagarde, Maxime	g	FRA	2534	18	1994
30	Kovalev, Vladislav	g	BLR	2532	18	1994
31	Dragun, Kamil	g	POL	2530	8	1995
32	Abasov, Nijat	g	AZE	2527	9	1995
33	Vaibhav, Suri	g	IND	2521	0	1997
34	Bluebaum, Matthias	m	GER	2519	18	1997
35	Troff, Kayden W	g	USA	2514	9	1998
36	Predke, Alexandr		RUS	2511	9	1994
37	Aghasaryan, Robert	g	ARM	2511	0	1994
38	Ankit, R. Rajpara	g	IND	2509	9	1994
39	Antipov, Mikhail Al.	g	RUS	2508	11	1997
40	Ringoir, Tanguy	m	BEL	2508	9	1994
41	Donchenko, Alexander	m	GER	2506	11	1998
42	Bortnyk, Olexandr	m	UKR	2505	9	1996
43	Wagner, Dennis	m	GER	2499	18	1997
44	Idani, Pouya	m	IRI	2499	0	1995
45	Svane, Rasmus	m	GER	2497	9	1997
46	Kantans, Toms	m	LAT	2496	27	1994
47	Grover, Sahaj	g	IND	2492	8	1995
48	Santos Latasa, Jaime	f	ESP	2487	27	1996
49	Sadzikowski, Daniel	m	POL	2487	9	1994
50	Bajarani, Ulvi	g	AZE	2483	9	1995
51	Boruchovsky, Avital	g	ISR	2483	9	1997
52	Chigaev, Maksim	m	RUS	2483	0	1996
53	Alekseenko, Kirill	f	RUS	2480	9	1997
54	Atabayev, Maksat	m	TKM	2480	9	1994
55	Ducarmon, Quinten	m	NED	2479	9	1994
56	Yang, Darwin	m	USA	2478	7	1996
57	Andersen, Mads	m	DEN	2477	9	1995
58	Zhou, Yang-Fan	m	ENG	2475	0	1994
59	Kadric, Denis	m	BIH	2473	18	1995
60	Ghosh, Diptayan	m	IND	2473	17	1998
61	Sanal, Vahap	m	TUR	2473	7	1998
62	Chandra, Akshat	m	USA	2472	28	1999
63	Vakhidov, Jahongir	m	UZB	2471	0	1995
64	Aravindh,Chithambaram VR.	m	IND	2467	28	1999
65	Van Foreest, Jorden	f	NED	2467	9	1999
66	Moiseenko, Vadim	m	RUS	2463	16	1994
67	Ma, Zhonghan		CHN	2462	13	1995
68	Karthikeyan, Murali	m	IND	2462	11	1999
69	Drozdowski, Kacper	m	POL	2462	7	1996
70	Mokshanov, Alexey	f	RUS	2460	18	1995
71	Mammadov, Zaur	m	AZE	2459	18	1994
72	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	m	CHI	2457	12	1996
73	Pardo Simon, David	m	ESP	2457	0	1995
74	Sevian, Samuel	m	USA	2454	18	2000
75	Guo, Qi	wg	CHN	2453	4	1995
76	Givon, Asaf	m	ISR	2452	9	1994
77	Georgiadis, Nico	m	SUI	2448	7	1996
78	Ynojosa Aponte, Felix Jose	m	VEN	2448	0	1996
79	Lei, Tingjie		CHN	2446	20	1997
80	Oliva Castaneda, Kevel	f	CUB	2446	17	1994
81	Ebeling, Daniel	f	FIN	2445	0	1996
82	Rambaldi, Francesco	f	ITA	2444	11	1999
83	Xiong, Jeffery	m	USA	2442	18	2000
84	Meskovs, Nikita	f	LAT	2441	18	1994
85	Yuffa, Daniil	m	RUS	2441	18	1997
86	Gordievsky, Dmitry	f	RUS	2441	9	1996
87	Zenzera, Alexey	m	RUS	2441	0	1997
88	Tari, Aryan	m	NOR	2440	18	1999
89	De Filomeno, Simone	m	ITA	2440	0	1995
90	Harutyunian, Tigran K.	m	ARM	2439	0	1997
91	Prasanna Raghuram Rao	m	IND	2438	18	1994
92	Lampert, Jonas		GER	2437	11	1997
93	Laurusas, Tomas	m	LTU	2435	16	1996
94	Cheng, Bobby	m	AUS	2435	0	1997
95	Sychev, Klementy		RUS	2432	16	1996
96	Pichot, Alan	m	ARG	2432	13	1998
97	Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan	m	TUR	2432	7	1997
98	Plat, Vojtech	m	CZE	2432	0	1994
99	Sochacki, Christophe	m	FRA	2431	18	1994
100	Usmanov, Vasily		RUS	2431	0	1996

FIDE Top Girls

You might be expecting us to bring up Hou Yifan once again, and although she does dominate the list, her 32 Elo gain is almost paltry compared to some colleagues. The reason is that as of this list, FIDE instituted new K-factors to help accelerate the gains of new arrivals on the rise. If you are rated under 2300 and under 18, your K-factor is now 40.

As a result, 14-year-old Gunay Mammadzada from Azerbadjan, who had a fantastic performance at the European Women Championship, far beyond her 2182 rating, gained... (drum roll)... 134 Elo! For the record she is up about 300 Elo since last year. Colombian Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda was not far behind with a stupendous 124 Elo leap to 2368.

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2661	21	1994
2	Guo, Qi	wg	CHN	2453	4	1995
3	Lei, Tingjie		CHN	2446	20	1997
4	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	wg	RUS	2430	11	1998
5	Arabidze, Meri	m	GEO	2411	11	1994
6	Ziaziulkina, Nastassia	m	BLR	2407	0	1995
7	Aulia, Medina Warda	wg	INA	2397	9	1997
8	Saduakassova, Dinara	wg	KAZ	2375	9	1996
9	Rodriguez Rueda, Paula Andrea	wm	COL	2368	18	1996
10	Wang, Jue	wg	CHN	2368	4	1995
11	Pustovoitova, Daria	f	RUS	2354	0	1994
12	Abdumalik, Zhansaya	wg	KAZ	2333	0	2000
13	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	wg	IRI	2324	4	1997
14	Padmini, Rout	wg	IND	2318	0	1994
15	Schut, Lisa	wm	NED	2317	8	1994
16	Mammadzada, Gunay	wf	AZE	2316	11	2000
17	Aranaz Murillo, Amalia	wm	ESP	2314	14	1995
18	Drogovoz, Irina		RUS	2313	43	1999
19	Ni, Shiqun	wm	CHN	2309	4	1997
20	Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung	wm	VIE	2307	0	1994
21	Zhai, Mo	wm	CHN	2302	3	1996
22	Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii	wm	MGL	2300	0	1994
23	Osmanodja, Filiz	wm	GER	2295	0	1996
24	Baciu, Diana	wm	MDA	2294	0	1994
25	Efroimski, Marsel	wm	ISR	2290	0	1995
26	Nicolas Zapata, Irene	wm	ESP	2284	0	1997
27	Brunello, Marina	f	ITA	2281	18	1994
28	Shvayger, Yuliya	wm	ISR	2275	9	1994
29	Ibrahimova, Sabina	wm	AZE	2263	11	1995
30	Shuvalova, Polina	wf	RUS	2256	16	2001
31	Yuan, Yuanling	wm	CAN	2241	0	1994
32	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	wf	GRE	2240	20	2000
33	Dordzhieva, Dinara	wf	RUS	2238	15	1999
34	Danelia, Mariam	wm	GEO	2237	0	1994
35	Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica	wm	ROU	2236	11	1994
36	Hakimifard, Ghazal	wm	IRI	2232	12	1994
37	Khlichkova, Tatiana	wf	RUS	2232	9	1994
38	Klek, Hanna-Marie		GER	2232	0	1995
39	Severina, Maria	wm	RUS	2229	9	1995
40	Bivol, Alina	wm	RUS	2228	0	1996
41	Kurbonboeva, Sarvinoz	wf	UZB	2228	0	1994
42	Tantsiura, Maria	wm	UKR	2224	9	1996
43	Unuk, Laura	wf	SLO	2221	25	1999
44	Osmak, Iulija	wf	UKR	2216	7	1998
45	Tomnikova, Lidia	wm	RUS	2216	0	1995
46	Camacho, Chardine Cheradee	wm	PHI	2214	0	1994
47	Monica, Putri Wigustira	wf	INA	2213	28	1997
48	Varga, Klara	wm	HUN	2210	9	1994
49	Iwanow, Anna	wm	POL	2210	0	1995
50	Navrotescu, Andreea-Cristiana	wf	FRA	2208	19	1996
51	Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias	wm	INA	2206	9	1995
52	Narva, Mai	wc	EST	2205	16	1999
53	Frayna, Janelle Mae	wf	PHI	2205	11	1997
54	Chumpitaz, Ann	wm	PER	2201	8	1994
55	Baraeva, Irina	wm	RUS	2197	9	1995
56	Wisniowska, Klaudia	wf	POL	2194	9	1995
57	Ghozali, Anugrah Maria		INA	2192	14	2000
58	Lach, Aleksandra	wf	POL	2190	9	1995
59	Styazhkina, Anna	wm	RUS	2187	10	1997
60	Khomeriki, Nino	wf	GEO	2187	9	1998
61	Xiao, Yiyi	wf	CHN	2183	3	1996
62	Petrukhina, Irina	wf	RUS	2182	11	1994
63	Ivana Maria, Furtado	wm	IND	2182	0	1999
64	Rodionova, Polina	wf	RUS	2174	9	1997
65	Suliati, Annisa	wf	INA	2169	28	1999
66	Retno, Wijayanti	wf	INA	2169	14	1999
67	Derakhshani, Dorsa	wf	IRI	2169	0	1998
68	Mona, Khaled	wg	EGY	2169	0	1994
69	Castrillon Gomez, Melissa	wm	COL	2168	15	1995
70	Drogovoz, Maria		RUS	2167	37	1998
71	Khalafova, Narmin	wf	AZE	2166	11	1994
72	Salazar, Aura Cristina	wm	COL	2165	0	1995
73	Makarenko, Alexandra	wf	RUS	2163	18	1996
74	Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya	wm	UKR	2162	0	1994
75	Gu, Tianlu	wm	CHN	2161	7	1997
76	Visanescu, Daria-Ioana	wf	ROU	2160	15	1996
77	Elisabeth, Christine		INA	2156	14	2002
78	Ghukasyan, Siranush		ARM	2155	16	1998
79	Juhasz, Barbara	wf	HUN	2155	9	1995
80	Avramidou, Anastasia	wf	GRE	2154	31	2000
81	Havanecz, Bianka		HUN	2154	0	1994
82	Pujari, Rucha	wf	IND	2154	0	1994
83	Qiu, Mengjie	wf	CHN	2152	2	1995
84	Obolentseva, Alexandra	wf	RUS	2151	25	2001
85	Khusnutdinova, Alsu		RUS	2151	18	1998
86	Smirnova, Ekaterina	wf	RUS	2150	0	1996
87	Asgarizadeh, Minoo	wf	IRI	2147	10	1994
88	Cerrato Torrijos, Maria	wf	ESP	2147	0	1995
89	Velikic, Adela		SRB	2145	15	1997
90	Kim, Yana		RUS	2145	8	1998
91	Varga, Melinda		HUN	2145	7	1997
92	Amrayeva, Aytan		AZE	2144	20	1997
93	Nandhidhaa, PV		IND	2144	20	1996
94	Chernyshova, Natalia		RUS	2141	9	1994
95	Ivanenko, Olga I.	wf	UKR	2139	8	1994
96	Ainutdinova, Yekaterina	wf	KAZ	2138	0	1994
97	Bogachkova, Alena		RUS	2136	9	1997
98	Bezkorovaina, Mariia		UKR	2135	0	1997
99	Nurdin, Tami Nasuha		INA	2132	14	1996
100	Topic, Aja		BIH	2132	0	1998

Top 100 Rapid

There wasn't much action in the Rapid ratings, other than Igor Kovalenko who gained 108 Elo after three tournaments in Latvia, and is now at 2725.

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2858	0	1992
2	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2855	0	1990
3	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2828	0	1983
4	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2813	0	1982
5	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2811	0	1969
6	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2809	0	1969
7	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2806	0	1990
8	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2800	0	1987
9	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2799	8	1976
10	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2776	0	1987
11	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2773	0	1990
12	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2773	0	1975
13	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2773	0	1979
14	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2773	0	1977
15	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2772	0	1975
16	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2771	0	1990
17	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2765	0	1987
18	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2764	0	1971
19	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2763	0	1983
20	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2752	0	1987
21	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2740	0	1991
22	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2739	0	1985
23	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2738	0	1983
24	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2731	0	1983
25	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2729	0	1974
26	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2728	0	1990
27	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2727	0	1983
28	Kovalenko, Igor	g	LAT	2725	31	1988
29	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2724	9	1996
30	Movsesian, Sergei	g	ARM	2724	0	1978
31	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	g	VIE	2724	0	1990
32	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2719	8	1968
33	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2719	0	1989
34	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2715	0	1980
35	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2714	0	1983
36	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2714	0	1965
37	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2713	0	1981
38	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2713	0	1994
39	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	2709	0	1986
40	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2708	0	1992
41	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2707	0	1988
42	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2707	0	1982
43	Khairullin, Ildar	g	RUS	2703	0	1990
44	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2701	0	1986
45	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	g	VEN	2700	0	1989
46	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2699	0	1986
47	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2698	0	1985
48	Sjugirov, Sanan	g	RUS	2698	0	1993
49	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2696	0	1987
50	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2695	11	1985
51	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2695	0	1969
52	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2692	0	1972
53	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2690	0	1985
54	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2689	0	1983
55	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	g	UKR	2687	0	1986
56	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2687	0	1979
57	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2686	0	1987
58	Istratescu, Andrei	g	FRA	2685	0	1975
59	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2684	11	1980
60	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2684	0	1987
61	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2682	0	1982
62	Ragger, Markus	g	AUT	2680	0	1988
63	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2679	0	1967
64	Potkin, Vladimir	g	RUS	2678	0	1982
65	Yudin, Sergei	g	RUS	2676	0	1986
66	Melkumyan, Hrant	g	ARM	2675	0	1989
67	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2674	0	1994
68	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2674	0	1974
69	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2673	11	1985
70	Salgado Lopez, Ivan	g	ESP	2673	0	1991
71	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	2673	0	1973
72	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2673	0	1989
73	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2671	11	1986
74	Smirnov, Pavel	g	RUS	2671	0	1982
75	Adly, Ahmed	g	EGY	2668	9	1987
76	Sadler, Matthew D	g	ENG	2667	0	1974
77	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2666	0	1983
78	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2665	0	1991
79	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2665	0	1984
80	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2665	0	1977
81	Parligras, Mircea-Emilian	g	ROU	2665	0	1980
82	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2665	0	1978
83	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	GER	2664	9	1976
84	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	UKR	2664	0	1981
85	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2663	0	1983
86	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	2661	5	1983
87	Shirov, Alexei	g	LAT	2660	24	1972
88	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2660	0	1995
89	Petrosian, Tigran L.	g	ARM	2655	0	1984
90	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2654	0	1988
91	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	2653	11	1978
92	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2653	11	1985
93	Khenkin, Igor	g	GER	2653	0	1968
94	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2653	0	1976
95	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2651	0	1996
96	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2651	0	1990
97	Leitao, Rafael	g	BRA	2649	0	1979
98	Onischuk, Vladimir	g	UKR	2648	11	1991
99	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	g	PAR	2648	0	1981
100	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2648	0	1985

Top 50 Women Rapid

There were few changes in the Rapid ratings this month, and no major Elo changes of note.

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2646	0	1976
2	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2611	0	1987
3	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2600	0	1994
4	Lagno, Kateryna	g	RUS	2599	0	1989
5	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2578	0	1979
6	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2577	0	1984
7	Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	2555	0	1991
8	Gunina, Valentina	g	RUS	2552	0	1989
9	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2547	0	1987
10	Muzychuk, Anna	g	UKR	2546	0	1990
11	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2505	0	1986
12	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2499	0	1984
13	Ushenina, Anna	g	UKR	2489	0	1985
14	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2485	0	1985
15	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2485	0	1985
16	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2482	20	1978
17	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2479	0	1986
18	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2464	0	1976
19	Cmilyte, Viktorija	g	LTU	2462	0	1983
20	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2455	0	1978
21	Matnadze, Ana	m	ESP	2449	0	1983
22	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2445	0	1992
23	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2443	0	1963
24	Krush, Irina	g	USA	2443	0	1983
25	Shen, Yang	m	CHN	2442	0	1989
26	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2440	0	1972
27	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2439	0	1986
28	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2439	0	1982
29	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2432	9	1976
30	Arabidze, Meri	m	GEO	2430	0	1994
31	Batsiashvili, Nino	m	GEO	2430	0	1987
32	Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna	wg	POL	2428	0	1988
33	Guo, Qi	wg	CHN	2426	0	1995
34	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2423	0	1976
35	Tan, Zhongyi	wg	CHN	2423	0	1991
36	Harika, Dronavalli	g	IND	2421	0	1991
37	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROU	2419	0	1978
38	Khotenashvili, Bela	g	GEO	2418	0	1988
39	Alexandrova, Olga	m	ESP	2415	0	1978
40	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	m	RUS	2412	0	1992
41	Karavade, Eesha	m	IND	2408	0	1987
42	Foisor, Cristina-Adela	m	ROU	2406	0	1967
43	L'Ami, Alina	wg	ROU	2404	0	1985
44	Khurtsidze, Nino	m	GEO	2400	0	1975
45	Shadrina, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2400	0	1974
46	Pustovoitova, Daria	f	RUS	2399	0	1994
47	Melia, Salome	m	GEO	2393	0	1987
48	Vojinovic, Jovana	wg	SRB	2392	9	1992
49	Zaiatz, Elena	m	RUS	2390	0	1969
50	Guseva, Marina	m	RUS	2389	0	1986

Top 100 Blitz

Although the top players refrained from playing for the most part, IM Stanislav Bogdanovich is showing himself to be a true specialist and one of the very best at the moment. While his standard rating is 2590, his blitz rating has not stopped rising, and he is now world 15 with 2754 Blitz Elo.

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2948	0	1990
2	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2906	0	1987
3	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2880	0	1990
4	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2850	0	1982
5	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2828	0	1991
6	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2824	0	1985
7	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2811	0	1969
8	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2777	0	1983
9	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2776	0	1990
10	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2767	0	1988
11	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2758	0	1983
12	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2757	0	1994
13	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2757	0	1975
14	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2756	0	1976
15	Bogdanovich, Stanislav	m	UKR	2754	11	1993
16	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2752	11	1985
17	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2750	0	1977
18	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2749	0	1969
19	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2749	0	1983
20	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2744	0	1993
21	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2743	0	1987
22	Zubov, Alexander	g	UKR	2739	11	1983
23	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2739	0	1983
24	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2736	0	1976
25	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2732	0	1990
26	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2732	0	1968
27	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2728	0	1983
28	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2728	0	1986
29	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2726	0	1987
30	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2725	0	1987
31	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	g	VEN	2720	0	1989
32	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2720	0	1969
33	Kovalenko, Igor	g	LAT	2716	22	1988
34	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	g	VIE	2715	0	1990
35	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2715	0	1987
36	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2712	0	1982
37	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2711	0	1996
38	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2705	0	1980
39	Navara, David	g	CZE	2705	0	1985
40	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2705	0	1987
41	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2704	0	1974
42	Lu, Shanglei	g	CHN	2704	0	1995
43	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2699	0	1981
44	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2695	0	1992
45	Kononenko, Dmitry	g	UKR	2695	0	1988
46	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2694	0	1994
47	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2693	0	1989
48	Bukavshin, Ivan	g	RUS	2692	0	1995
49	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2692	0	1995
50	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2692	0	1981
51	Andriasian, Zaven	g	ARM	2691	0	1989
52	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2691	0	1988
53	Bocharov, Dmitry	g	RUS	2689	11	1982
54	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2688	0	1986
55	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2688	0	1992
56	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2687	11	1986
57	Melkumyan, Hrant	g	ARM	2687	0	1989
58	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2686	0	1990
59	Yudin, Sergei	g	RUS	2686	0	1986
60	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2683	0	1991
61	Bortnyk, Olexandr	m	UKR	2682	11	1996
62	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2682	0	1979
63	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2682	0	1985
64	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2682	0	1987
65	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2680	0	1983
66	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	g	KAZ	2679	0	1973
67	Petrosian, Tigran L.	g	ARM	2677	0	1984
68	Safarli, Eltaj	g	AZE	2676	0	1992
69	Kuzubov, Yuriy	g	UKR	2672	11	1990
70	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2669	0	1986
71	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2668	0	1996
72	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	2667	0	1983
73	Jones, Gawain C B	g	ENG	2666	0	1987
74	Muzychuk, Anna	g	UKR	2665	0	1990
75	Saric, Ivan	g	CRO	2665	0	1990
76	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2663	8	1967
77	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2663	0	1972
78	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2662	0	1994
79	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2662	0	1977
80	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	2661	13	1976
81	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	UKR	2661	0	1981
82	Potkin, Vladimir	g	RUS	2658	0	1982
83	Shimanov, Aleksandr	g	RUS	2658	0	1992
84	Lenderman, Aleksandr	g	USA	2657	8	1989
85	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	2657	0	1978
86	Movsesian, Sergei	g	ARM	2657	0	1978
87	Bortnyk, Mykola		UKR	2656	22	1994
88	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2654	0	1971
89	Ponkratov, Pavel	g	RUS	2654	0	1988
90	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	2653	0	1986
91	Nyzhnyk, Illya	g	UKR	2652	0	1996
92	Palac, Mladen	g	CRO	2651	0	1971
93	Ragger, Markus	g	AUT	2650	0	1988
94	Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	2650	0	1986
95	Amin, Bassem	g	EGY	2649	0	1988
96	Brunello, Sabino	g	ITA	2649	0	1989
97	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	g	NOR	2648	0	1990
98	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2648	0	1985
99	Sokolov, Ivan	g	NED	2647	18	1968
100	Anton Guijarro, David	g	ESP	2645	0	1995

Top 50 Women Blitz

Only two of the top 50 Women blitz players competed and the changes were modest.

Rk	Name	Ti.	Fed	Rtg	Gms	B-Year
1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2736	0	1976
2	Muzychuk, Anna	g	UKR	2665	0	1990
3	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2662	0	1994
4	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2591	0	1987
5	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2578	0	1986
6	Gunina, Valentina	g	RUS	2577	0	1989
7	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2576	0	1985
8	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2569	0	1979
9	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2548	0	1984
10	Lagno, Kateryna	g	RUS	2540	0	1989
11	Harika, Dronavalli	g	IND	2531	0	1991
12	Tan, Zhongyi	wg	CHN	2525	0	1991
13	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2522	0	1985
14	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2521	0	1987
15	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2504	0	1986
16	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2472	0	1986
17	Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	2469	0	1991
18	Ushenina, Anna	g	UKR	2467	0	1985
19	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	m	RUS	2450	0	1992
20	Khotenashvili, Bela	g	GEO	2447	0	1988
21	Guseva, Marina	m	RUS	2442	0	1986
22	Cmilyte, Viktorija	g	LTU	2439	0	1983
23	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2439	0	1992
24	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2433	0	1963
25	Cori T., Deysi	wg	PER	2429	0	1993
26	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2425	13	1978
27	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2422	0	1982
28	Batsiashvili, Nino	m	GEO	2419	0	1987
29	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2415	0	1978
30	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2411	0	1976
31	L'Ami, Alina	wg	ROU	2409	0	1985
32	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	m	MGL	2404	0	1987
33	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROU	2404	0	1978
34	Khurtsidze, Nino	m	GEO	2401	0	1975
35	Vasilevich, Tatjana	m	UKR	2400	9	1977
36	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	wg	INA	2400	0	1992
37	Krush, Irina	g	USA	2397	0	1983
38	Guo, Qi	wg	CHN	2396	0	1995
39	Charochkina, Daria	wg	RUS	2393	0	1990
40	Zaiatz, Elena	m	RUS	2390	0	1969
41	Zhukova, Natalia	g	UKR	2390	0	1979
42	Ubiennykh, Ekaterina	wm	RUS	2386	0	1983
43	Hoang, Thi Bao Tram	wg	VIE	2385	0	1987
44	Pustovoitova, Daria	f	RUS	2384	0	1994
45	Sudakova, Irina	wg	RUS	2382	0	1982
46	Ambartsumova, Karina	wg	RUS	2378	0	1989
47	Michna, Marta	wg	GER	2373	0	1978
48	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2371	0	1991
49	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2370	9	1976
50	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2369	0	1969

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