August 2015 ratings: Ding Liren in Top Ten

by Albert Silver
8/1/2015 – After huge successes in his match against Gelfand, and in the Chinese League, Ding Liren became the second Chinese player ever to break into the Top Ten. This was bad for Levon Aronian who is now demoted to world no. 11. August also signaled a welcome return to form for Fabiano Caruana who is once more in the 2800 club. Still, don't miss the results of the amazing John Burke!

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FIDE August 2015 – Top 100 Players

It was a great comeback for Fabiano who had been causing his fans to worry with his non-stop
drop in Elo after his amazing rise last year. An inauspicious start at Dortmund was interrupted
by a fantastic run of five wins, including a last round win over Nisipeanu, and now he is at 2808.

It was a little longer in the coming than expected, but the numbers (eight Chinese over 2700!)
made it clear it was only a matter of time. Ding Liren becomes the second Chinese player to break
into the Top Ten (Wang Yue was the first) after a fantastic 3-1 win over Boris Gelfand followed
by 4.0/4 in the Chinese League which included wins over Wei Yi and Vladimir Malakhov. This garnered
him 21 Elo and the no.10 spot, pushing Levon Aronian down to no.11.

A special mention deserves to be made of Igor Kovalenko, whose fantastic result at the
Najdorf Memorial took him past 2700 for the first time in his career. A special moment for
any player, and deserving of congratulations.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2853 0 1990
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2816 0 1969
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2816 0 1975
4 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2814 0 1987
5 Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2808 7 1992
6 Giri, Anish g NED 2793 7 1994
7 So, Wesley g USA 2779 7 1993
8 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2777 7 1975
9 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2771 0 1983
10 Ding, Liren g CHN 2770 17 1992
11 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2765 0 1982
12 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2759 2 1983
13 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2753 0 1990
14 Li, Chao b g CHN 2748 0 1989
15 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2747 2 1987
16 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2741 4 1968
17 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2740 9 1986
18 Adams, Michael g ENG 2740 0 1971
19 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2739 5 1976
20 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2738 0 1987
21 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2736 0 1983
22 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2735 0 1985
23 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2733 0 1987
24 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2731 0 1990
25 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2726 18 1994
26 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2726 11 1969
27 Wei, Yi g CHN 2725 18 1999
28 Navara, David g CZE 2724 0 1985
29 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2723 0 1983
30 Wang, Yue g CHN 2721 13 1987
31 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2720 2 1990
32 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2719 5 1987
33 Leko, Peter g HUN 2714 0 1979
34 Ni, Hua g CHN 2713 12 1983
35 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2712 18 1985
36 Howell, David W L g ENG 2712 9 1990
37 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2711 0 1977
38 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2711 0 1983
39 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2710 9 1981
40 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2710 0 1980
41 Wang, Hao g CHN 2705 13 1989
42 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2705 7 1990
43 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2704 0 1979
44 Kovalenko, Igor g LAT 2702 9 1988
45 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2702 0 1974
46 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2702 0 1972
47 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2700 0 1976
48 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2699 0 1985
49 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2699 0 1991
50 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy g UKR 2697 2 1986
51 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2694 9 1983
52 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2690 9 1986
53 Matlakov, Maxim g RUS 2689 14 1991
54 Ragger, Markus g AUT 2688 0 1988
55 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2686 0 1982
56 Naiditsch, Arkadij g AZE 2685 7 1985
57 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2683 13 1980
58 Robson, Ray g USA 2680 0 1994
59 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2678 11 1965
60 Rodshtein, Maxim g ISR 2678 10 1989
61 Hammer, Jon Ludvig g NOR 2677 0 1990
62 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2675 0 1976
63 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2674 18 1984
64 Lysyj, Igor g RUS 2673 4 1987
65 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2673 0 1983
66 Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2671 18 1998
67 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2671 7 1994
68 Rapport, Richard g HUN 2671 0 1996
69 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2670 18 1974
70 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2669 9 1968
71 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g GER 2667 7 1976
72 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2665 9 1988
73 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2664 9 1983
74 Sjugirov, Sanan g RUS 2664 9 1993
75 Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2664 0 1993
76 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2663 19 1967
77 Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2662 9 1990
78 Ivanisevic, Ivan g SRB 2662 6 1977
79 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son g VIE 2662 0 1990
80 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2662 0 1975
81 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2661 9 1986
82 Saric, Ivan g CRO 2661 9 1990
83 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2661 0 1973
84 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2660 13 1985
85 Fedoseev, Vladimir g RUS 2659 14 1995
86 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2659 10 1985
87 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2659 9 1982
88 Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2659 0 1987
89 Sadler, Matthew D g ENG 2659 0 1974
90 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2658 9 1979
91 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2658 9 1977
92 Bukavshin, Ivan g RUS 2655 9 1995
93 Shankland, Samuel L g USA 2655 9 1991
94 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2655 0 1973
95 Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2654 14 1996
96 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2654 9 1976
97 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2654 7 1972
98 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2654 0 1989
99 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. g UKR 2653 27 1981
100 Popov, Ivan g RUS 2653 9 1990
101 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2653 0 1978

Top climbers and descenders

Aside from those already mentioned above, Bu Xiangzhi's superb result at the
China-Russia match in which he scored 4.0/5 for the Chinese, helped push him
past 2700 once more, and bolstered the 2700 club with an eighth Chinese player

Rk
Old
 Name
Fed
Ti.
Rating
Old
Gms
5 5 Caruana, Fabiano USA GM 2808 +11 2797 7
10 14 Ding, Liren CHN GM 2770 +21 2749 17
16 13 Gelfand, Boris ISR GM 2741 -10 2751 4
25 20 Yu, Yangyi CHN GM 2726 -10 2736 18
32 23 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS GM 2719 -15 2734 5
34 41 Ni, Hua CHN GM 2713 +10 2703 12
35 49 Bu, Xiangzhi CHN GM 2712 +17 2695 18
36 48 Howell, David W L ENG GM 2712 +14 2698 9
44 60 Kovalenko, Igor LAT GM 2702 +20 2682 9
57 47 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS GM 2683 -16 2699 13
63 57 McShane, Luke J ENG GM 2674 -11 2685 18
66 84 Artemiev, Vladislav RUS GM 2671 +11 2660 18
71 92 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter GER GM 2667 +13 2654 7
73 52 Jobava, Baadur GEO GM 2664 -29 2693 9
87 70 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB GM 2659 -10 2669 9
99 72 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. UKR GM 2653 -11 2664 27

FIDE Top 100 Women

It was a close affair, but with only one Elo over the legendary Judit Polgar, Hou Yifan's top ranking was all but made of glass. An uninspired event at Dortmund playing the elite was all it took, as she failed to convert several promising postions, and lost five Elo to allow Judit Polgar to once more claim the title of highest rated female player.

Tan Zhongyi was one of the brightest stars of the last month as she played a very
intense 29 games, winning rating from the China-Russia match, the Chinese Chess
League, and the Women World Championship zonal, which she won a full point ahead.
This took her to 2512 Elo, her personal best, though not the first time she breaks
2500. In spite of this, she is not even an IM, due to a lack of norm opportunities.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2675 0 1976
2 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2671 7 1994
3 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2585 4 1987
4 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2573 0 1987
5 Muzychuk, Anna g UKR 2549 0 1990
6 Ju, Wenjun g CHN 2542 4 1991
7 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2534 0 1983
8 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2533 3 1985
9 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2531 9 1989
10 Lagno, Kateryna g RUS 2530 0 1989
11 Muzychuk, Mariya g UKR 2528 0 1992
12 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2526 9 1984
13 Khotenashvili, Bela g GEO 2518 4 1988
14 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2512 29 1991
15 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2512 9 1963
16 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2509 3 1991
17 Batsiashvili, Nino m GEO 2500 8 1987
18 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2500 0 1979
19 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2496 0 1986
20 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2491 0 1987
21 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2489 0 1985
22 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2487 14 1991
23 Zhukova, Natalia g UKR 2482 0 1979
24 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2476 0 1978
25 Krush, Irina g USA 2475 8 1983
26 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2475 0 1972
27 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2475 0 1986
28 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2474 10 1978
29 Goryachkina, Aleksandra wg RUS 2474 5 1998
30 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2464 0 1980
31 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2463 0 1984
32 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2463 0 1985
33 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2460 5 1985
34 Socko, Monika g POL 2456 18 1978
35 Melia, Salome m GEO 2456 0 1987
36 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2453 9 1974
37 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag m MGL 2448 0 1987
38 Padmini, Rout m IND 2444 18 1994
39 Shen, Yang m CHN 2443 28 1989
40 Moser, Eva m AUT 2442 0 1982
41 Kashlinskaya, Alina m RUS 2441 14 1993
42 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2440 10 1982
43 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2439 0 1978
44 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2437 29 1986
45 Lei, Tingjie wg CHN 2436 29 1997
46 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2435 0 1976
47 Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2435 0 1985
48 Ding, Yixin wg CHN 2434 18 1991
49 Bodnaruk, Anastasia m RUS 2431 9 1992
50 Guseva, Marina m RUS 2431 9 1986
51 Savina, Anastasia m RUS 2429 9 1992
52 Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel wg MGL 2428 19 2000
53 Cori T., Deysi wg PER 2426 10 1993
54 Guo, Qi m CHN 2425 24 1995
55 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2423 9 1978
56 Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2423 0 1975
57 Turova, Irina m RUS 2419 5 1979
58 Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2418 12 1987
59 Alexandrova, Olga m ESP 2418 0 1978
60 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2418 0 1976
61 Aulia, Medina Warda wg INA 2412 0 1997
62 Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat m IRI 2412 0 1997
63 Sukandar, Irine Kharisma m INA 2411 0 1992
64 Karavade, Eesha m IND 2409 0 1987
65 Zhai, Mo wm CHN 2406 15 1996
66 Bojkovic, Natasa m SRB 2404 0 1971
67 Arabidze, Meri m GEO 2403 0 1994
68 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2402 0 1976
69 Ziaziulkina, Nastassia m BLR 2401 9 1995
70 Saduakassova, Dinara wg KAZ 2401 8 1996
71 Michna, Marta wg GER 2398 0 1978
72 Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina wg POL 2395 9 1987
73 Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs m MGL 2395 0 1986
74 Bulmaga, Irina m ROU 2393 18 1993
75 Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2392 3 1981
76 Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna wg POL 2391 0 1988
77 Tania, Sachdev m IND 2390 20 1986
78 Ni, Shiqun wg CHN 2389 14 1997
79 Ryjanova, Julia wg RUS 2387 0 1974
80 Zaiatz, Elena m RUS 2385 0 1969
81 Haast, Anne wg NED 2384 7 1993
82 Videnova, Iva m BUL 2384 0 1987
83 Milliet, Sophie m FRA 2383 0 1983
84 Stockova, Zuzana m SVK 2382 9 1977
85 Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2382 0 1982
86 Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina m ESP 2381 0 1987
87 Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2380 9 1977
88 Daulyte, Deimante m LTU 2377 9 1989
89 Zhang, Xiaowen wg CHN 2376 24 1989
90 Charochkina, Daria m RUS 2376 9 1990
91 Kovanova, Baira wg RUS 2376 9 1987
92 Peng, Zhaoqin g NED 2376 7 1968
93 Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2375 9 1969
94 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2374 0 1980
95 Li, Ruofan m SIN 2374 0 1978
96 Lujan, Carolina m ARG 2372 10 1985
97 Abdumalik, Zhansaya wg KAZ 2371 0 2000
98 L'Ami, Alina m ROU 2371 0 1985
99 Berend, Elvira wg LUX 2370 0 1965
100 Guramishvili, Sopiko m GEO 2370 0 1991

FIDE Top 100 Juniors

There is no getting around the fact that in spite of several noteworthy results, such as 14-year-old Jeffery Xiong' s 21 Elo gain to take him within nine Elo of his rival Samuel Sevian, the news that simply renders it almost unimportant is John M. Burke.

John Burke (photo by The ChessDrum)

John is a young American player, born in 2001, thus younger than Sevian even, who gained a staggering 280 Elo to leap from 2258 Elo to .... 2538 Elo in a single bound. He was not even a FIDE master yet. This places him within 15 Elo of Samuel Sevian, the hitherto owner of the US spotlight, and six Elo behind Jeffery Xiong.

Before dismissing this as just one of the oddities that crop up with the K-factor at 40, the actual results that made this rating possible need to be acknowledged. This was not achieved by playing some unknown tournament scoring massively against lower-rated players. This was achieved playing the DC International, the World Open, and the New York International (won by Gata Kamsky). In those three tournaments he faced 13 international masters, scoring 8.0/13, and five grandmasters against whom he scored 3.0/5. His performance was consistent in all three events.

Three high-profile opens, five grandmasters, and thirteen international masters. What a run
young John Burke has had!

As an aside on the Elo monster jumps seen in the last year, a few comments warrant making, since it is often hard to know what to make of these leaps. After all, most players would be carousing wildly if they gained 20 or 30 Elo in a tournament, so what to make of gains of several hundred? Can they possibly stand the test of time? Obviously some may not, but here is food for thought all the same.

A few months ago, we reported the staggering 426 Elo gain by Slovakian Jergus Pechac, who went from 2114 to 2540 in a single bound. Five months later, and three tournaments, his rating has stabilized around 2513, up from 2511 the previous month.

US girl Akshita Gorti, born in 2002, made waves when she gained 244 Elo on the June list, from 2180 to 2324 Elo, making her also the fifth highest rated female player. It must be noted that in spite of still playing under a heavy K-factor of 20, she played in both the DC International as well as the World Open, and only shed 10 Elo, though she also managed a draw against GM Alonso Zapata in the process. Another case will be recounted in the top Girls list where a young player scored her second giant gain.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Wei, Yi g CHN 2725 18 1999
2 Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2671 18 1998
3 Rapport, Richard g HUN 2671 0 1996
4 Fedoseev, Vladimir g RUS 2659 14 1995
5 Bukavshin, Ivan g RUS 2655 9 1995
6 Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2654 14 1996
7 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof g POL 2645 9 1998
8 Cori, Jorge g PER 2635 10 1995
9 Anton Guijarro, David g ESP 2635 9 1995
10 Naroditsky, Daniel g USA 2631 10 1995
11 Nyzhnyk, Illya g UKR 2628 9 1996
12 Lu, Shanglei g CHN 2607 18 1995
13 Bluebaum, Matthias g GER 2595 7 1997
14 Gabuzyan, Hovhannes g ARM 2593 9 1995
15 Grigoryan, Karen H. g ARM 2582 8 1995
16 Bok, Benjamin g NED 2573 7 1995
17 Dragun, Kamil g POL 2572 9 1995
18 Wagner, Dennis g GER 2569 0 1997
19 Idani, Pouya g IRI 2568 9 1995
20 Donchenko, Alexander g GER 2567 0 1998
21 Oparin, Grigoriy g RUS 2564 7 1997
22 Indjic, Aleksandar g SRB 2558 0 1995
23 Bortnyk, Olexandr m UKR 2553 18 1996
24 Sevian, Samuel g USA 2553 17 2000
25 Vaibhav, Suri g IND 2552 1 1997
26 Xiong, Jeffery m USA 2544 22 2000
27 Alekseenko, Kirill g RUS 2540 18 1997
28 Boruchovsky, Avital g ISR 2540 10 1997
29 Burke, John M   USA 2538 25 2001
30 Eliseev, Urii g RUS 2536 9 1996
31 Troff, Kayden W g USA 2532 9 1998
32 Ghosh, Diptayan m IND 2531 8 1998
33 Svane, Rasmus m GER 2531 0 1997
34 Vakhidov, Jahongir g UZB 2525 0 1995
35 Bajarani, Ulvi g AZE 2522 9 1995
36 Pichot, Alan m ARG 2522 0 1998
37 Santos Latasa, Jaime m ESP 2521 18 1996
38 Bai, Jinshi m CHN 2521 14 1999
39 Chigaev, Maksim m RUS 2519 18 1996
40 Van Foreest, Jorden m NED 2519 9 1999
41 Rambaldi, Francesco m ITA 2517 6 1999
42 Antipov, Mikhail Al. g RUS 2515 7 1997
43 Pechac, Jergus c SVK 2513 7 2001
44 Kadric, Denis g BIH 2512 9 1995
45 Gordievsky, Dmitry f RUS 2511 9 1996
46 Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal m CHI 2511 2 1996
47 Tari, Aryan m NOR 2510 22 1999
48 Karthikeyan, Murali g IND 2510 9 1999
49 Sanal, Vahap m TUR 2510 7 1998
50 Abasov, Nijat g AZE 2510 0 1995
51 Aravindh,Chithambaram VR. g IND 2505 9 1999
52 Gledura, Benjamin m HUN 2505 7 1999
53 Chandra, Akshat m USA 2496 27 1999
54 Grover, Sahaj g IND 2491 9 1995
55 Fawzy, Adham f EGY 2489 9 2000
56 Moussard, Jules m FRA 2487 9 1995
57 Paravyan, David m RUS 2486 9 1998
58 Georgiadis, Nico m SUI 2485 18 1996
59 Yuffa, Daniil m RUS 2483 9 1997
60 Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan m IND 2481 18 1998
61 Fernandez, Daniel Howard m ENG 2477 17 1995
62 Drozdowski, Kacper m POL 2476 9 1996
63 Goryachkina, Aleksandra wg RUS 2474 5 1998
64 Mokshanov, Alexey m RUS 2473 18 1995
65 Schroeder, Jan-Christian m GER 2473 7 1998
66 Zajic, Milan m SRB 2472 8 1999
67 Harutyunian, Tigran K. m ARM 2472 0 1997
68 Ma, Zhonghan m CHN 2470 4 1995
69 Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo f PER 2469 0 1999
70 Pardo Simon, David m ESP 2468 0 1995
71 Andersen, Mads m DEN 2467 0 1995
72 Ebeling, Daniel m FIN 2466 0 1996
73 Yang, Darwin m USA 2465 11 1996
74 Mons, Leon m GER 2464 0 1995
75 Xu, Yinglun   CHN 2463 14 1996
76 Moroni, Luca Jr f ITA 2461 18 2000
77 Barbot, Pierre f FRA 2461 9 1995
78 Garriga Cazorla, Pere f ESP 2461 0 1998
79 Makhmutov, Rail f RUS 2461 0 1995
80 Nenezic, Marko m SRB 2460 0 1995
81 Triapishko, Olexandr   RUS 2459 8 2000
82 Preotu, Razvan m CAN 2458 24 1999
83 Tabatabaei, M.amin m IRI 2458 13 2001
84 Kriebel, Tadeas m CZE 2458 0 1995
85 Stremavicius, Titas m LTU 2457 27 1998
86 Enkhnar, Enkhbaatar f MGL 2457 0 1997
87 Zakhartsov, Vladimir m RUS 2453 9 1997
88 Usmanov, Vasily m RUS 2452 18 1996
89 Ladva, Ottomar m EST 2452 15 1997
90 Sean, Winshand Cuhendi m INA 2452 0 1997
91 Repka, Christopher   SVK 2450 9 1998
92 Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan m TUR 2448 7 1997
93 Lampert, Jonas m GER 2448 0 1997
94 Zenzera, Alexey m RUS 2446 18 1997
95 Petrov, Nikita m RUS 2446 8 1996
96 Mikaelyan, Arman m ARM 2445 18 1996
97 Fang, Yuxiang   CHN 2445 9 1996
98 Smirnov, Anton m AUS 2445 9 2001
99 Das, Sayantan m IND 2444 0 1997
100 Petrosyan, Manuel m ARM 2443 18 1998
101 Basso, Pier Luigi f ITA 2443 8 1997
102 Deac, Bogdan-Daniel m ROU 2443 0 2001
103 Shumyatsky, Victor f BRA 2442 0 1996

FIDE Top 100 Girls

In January 2014, Mongolian player Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel, 13 years old, was rated a very modest 1834, certainly not worth noting. Sure, she had won the Asian u10 championship in 2010, but since nothing that stood out had materialized since then there was no reason to have any particular expectations at this point. After being inactive for over six months, her rating began to take off event after event and by October 2014 she was already 2107, until the Elo explosion in which she leapt from 2107 to 2314 the next months, for a 207 Elo gain. Playing every single month her rating fluctuated considerably as she gained 40 Elo in some events, lost it in others, and by June this year was at 2303. Now, after a month's rest, rethinking or regrouping, she experienced another boom and has gained 125 Elo, taking it to a very impressive 2428. This also ranks her world no.52 among all female players.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Goryachkina, Aleksandra wg RUS 2474 5 1998
2 Lei, Tingjie wg CHN 2436 29 1997
3 Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel wg MGL 2428 19 2000
4 Guo, Qi m CHN 2425 24 1995
5 Aulia, Medina Warda wg INA 2412 0 1997
6 Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat m IRI 2412 0 1997
7 Zhai, Mo wm CHN 2406 15 1996
8 Ziaziulkina, Nastassia m BLR 2401 9 1995
9 Saduakassova, Dinara wg KAZ 2401 8 1996
10 Ni, Shiqun wg CHN 2389 14 1997
11 Abdumalik, Zhansaya wg KAZ 2371 0 2000
12 Wang, Jue wg CHN 2360 13 1995
13 Rodriguez Rueda, Paula Andrea m COL 2358 0 1996
14 Osmak, Iulija wf UKR 2338 0 1998
15 Bivol, Alina wm RUS 2333 9 1996
16 Blagojevic, Tijana wm MNE 2323 0 1997
17 Mammadzada, Gunay wg AZE 2320 0 2000
18 Dordzhieva, Dinara wm RUS 2316 7 1999
19 Hojjatova, Aydan wf AZE 2315 16 1999
20 Avramidou, Anastasia wf GRE 2315 9 2000
21 Gorti, Akshita f USA 2314 18 2002
22 Gu, Tianlu wm CHN 2308 14 1997
23 Vaishali R wf IND 2307 20 2001
24 Fataliyeva, Ulviyya wm AZE 2306 0 1996
25 Khomeriki, Nino wf GEO 2304 7 1998
26 Paramzina, Anastasya wf RUS 2303 7 1998
27 Velikic, Adela   SRB 2302 17 1997
28 Osmanodja, Filiz wm GER 2302 0 1996
29 Aranaz Murillo, Amalia wm ESP 2287 0 1995
30 Bykova, Anastasia wf RUS 2283 0 1997
31 Tsolakidou, Stavroula wm GRE 2277 10 2000
32 Chernyak, Viktoria wf RUS 2276 17 1997
33 Severina, Maria wm RUS 2276 0 1995
34 Navrotescu, Andreea-Cristiana wf FRA 2275 18 1996
35 Narva, Mai wm EST 2266 15 1999
36 Bayarmaa, Bayarjargal wf MGL 2265 0 1995
37 Michelle Catherina, P wm IND 2263 20 1996
38 Gazikova, Veronika wf SVK 2263 0 1999
39 Styazhkina, Anna wm RUS 2262 18 1997
40 Iwanow, Anna wm POL 2260 26 1995
41 Kazarian, Anna-Maja wf NED 2259 23 2000
42 Tantsiura, Maria wm UKR 2257 0 1996
43 Efroimski, Marsel wm ISR 2255 0 1995
44 Drogovoz, Irina   RUS 2253 27 1999
45 Klek, Hanna-Marie   GER 2251 0 1995
46 Szente Varga, Fruzsina   HUN 2243 9 1996
47 Ibrahimova, Sabina wm AZE 2243 8 1995
48 Marjanovics, Annamaria wf HUN 2234 18 2001
49 Kiolbasa, Oliwia wf POL 2233 7 2000
50 Terbe, Julianna wf HUN 2232 7 1997
51 Unuk, Laura wm SLO 2230 16 1999
52 Kubicka, Anna   POL 2226 16 1999
53 Tomashevskaya, Lidia wm RUS 2226 9 1995
54 Amina, Battsooj   MGL 2224 23 2001
55 Zarkovic, Mila wm SRB 2224 9 1996
56 Roca Rojas, Ana Flavia wf CUB 2224 0 1996
57 Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias wm INA 2224 0 1995
58 Xiao, Yiyi wf CHN 2223 25 1996
59 Khokhlova, Daria   RUS 2223 17 1999
60 Mammadova, Narmin wc AZE 2223 9 1999
61 Heinemann, Josefine   GER 2223 7 1998
62 Diakonova, Ekaterina   RUS 2222 16 1999
63 Buksa, Nataliya wf UKR 2218 8 1996
64 Makarenko, Alexandra wf RUS 2218 8 1996
65 Monica, Putri Wigustira wf INA 2217 0 1997
66 Barchuk, Irina   UKR 2216 24 1997
67 Imnadze, Nato wm GEO 2215 0 1996
68 Ivana Maria, Furtado wm IND 2213 20 1999
69 Smirnova, Ekaterina wf RUS 2213 0 1996
70 Rodionova, Daria wf RUS 2212 9 1998
71 Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh   MGL 2208 19 1998
72 Assaubayeva, Bibissara wf KAZ 2205 17 2004
73 Frayna, Janelle Mae wm PHI 2204 7 1997
74 Nicolas Zapata, Irene wm ESP 2203 0 1997
75 Wisniowska, Klaudia wf POL 2196 9 1995
76 Utiatskaja, Irina wf RUS 2196 6 1996
77 Pratyusha, Bodda wm IND 2194 20 1997
78 Yu, Jennifer R wf USA 2193 9 2002
79 Derakhshani, Dorsa wm IRI 2192 17 1998
80 Suliati, Annisa wf INA 2190 0 1999
81 Antova, Gabriela wf BUL 2189 8 2002
82 Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim wf UZB 2188 9 1999
83 Badelka, Olga   BLR 2186 18 2002
84 Ulrich, Rachel J wf USA 2184 16 2000
85 Castrillon Gomez, Melissa wm COL 2183 10 1995
86 Juhasz, Barbara wf HUN 2183 7 1995
87 Retno, Wijayanti wf INA 2183 0 1999
88 Movileanu, Daniela wf ITA 2180 0 1996
89 Qiu, Mengjie wf CHN 2178 15 1995
90 Galunova, Tsveta   BUL 2178 0 1995
91 Protopopova, Anastasiya wf RUS 2177 9 2000
92 Ren, Xiaoyi   CHN 2171 26 1996
93 Malassagne, Isabelle wf FRA 2171 13 1998
94 Baraeva, Marina wm RUS 2171 9 1995
95 Shuvalova, Polina wf RUS 2171 0 2001
96 Di Benedetto, Desiree wf ITA 2166 9 2000
97 Lach, Aleksandra wm POL 2165 8 1995
98 Ivanova, Karina wf RUS 2164 0 1996
99 Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra   RUS 2163 9 2002
100 Balajayeva, Khanim wf AZE 2162 8 2001
101 Montilla Reyes, Jorcerys wm VEN 2162 0 1995

Top 100 Rapid

It was a fairly quiet month for the elite in the Rapid list. The only notable change, incremental though it was, is Boris Savchenko's rise from FIDE Rapid 2592 in April to 2696 this month, which is 129 Elo higher than his standard rating. A remarkable run.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2850 0 1987
2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2847 0 1990
3 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2846 0 1983
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2835 0 1969
5 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2830 0 1982
6 Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2829 0 1992
7 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2805 0 1990
8 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2800 0 1969
9 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2798 0 1975
10 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2789 0 1990
11 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2784 0 1985
12 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2771 0 1991
13 Wang, Yue g CHN 2758 0 1987
14 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2756 0 1976
15 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2756 0 1990
16 Adams, Michael g ENG 2753 0 1971
17 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2751 0 1968
18 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2749 0 1983
19 Wang, Hao g CHN 2749 0 1989
20 Leko, Peter g HUN 2747 0 1979
21 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2742 0 1985
22 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2741 0 1987
23 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2739 0 1974
24 Rapport, Richard g HUN 2736 0 1996
25 Sjugirov, Sanan g RUS 2734 0 1993
26 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2733 0 1983
27 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2731 0 1987
28 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2726 0 1983
29 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2723 9 1978
30 Giri, Anish g NED 2720 0 1994
31 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2720 0 1983
32 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2718 0 1974
33 Fedoseev, Vladimir g RUS 2717 0 1995
34 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2717 0 1977
35 Ragger, Markus g AUT 2711 0 1988
36 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2711 0 1987
37 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2710 0 1965
38 Dreev, Aleksey g RUS 2706 0 1969
39 Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2705 9 1986
40 Matlakov, Maxim g RUS 2705 0 1991
41 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2701 0 1977
42 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2699 0 1981
43 Savchenko, Boris g RUS 2696 11 1986
44 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2694 0 1986
45 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy g UKR 2694 0 1986
46 Onischuk, Vladimir g UKR 2692 11 1991
47 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2692 6 1984
48 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2692 0 1985
49 Sadler, Matthew D g ENG 2692 0 1974
50 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2690 0 1989
51 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2689 0 1985
52 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2689 0 1982
53 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2685 0 1985
54 Istratescu, Andrei g FRA 2684 0 1975
55 Bukavshin, Ivan g RUS 2683 0 1995
56 Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2678 0 1998
57 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2677 0 1980
58 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2674 0 1985
59 Ponkratov, Pavel g RUS 2673 9 1988
60 Navara, David g CZE 2673 0 1985
61 Fridman, Daniel g GER 2672 0 1976
62 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2672 0 1987
63 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2671 0 1986
64 Bartel, Mateusz g POL 2670 0 1985
65 Parligras, Mircea-Emilian g ROU 2670 0 1980
66 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2669 0 1973
67 Roiz, Michael g ISR 2669 0 1983
68 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. g UKR 2668 0 1981
69 Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2667 0 1996
70 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2667 0 1988
71 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2666 0 1973
72 Naiditsch, Arkadij g AZE 2666 0 1985
73 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2664 0 1978
74 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2664 0 1985
75 Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2662 0 1990
76 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2662 0 1980
77 Bauer, Christian g FRA 2661 0 1977
78 Gajewski, Grzegorz g POL 2661 0 1985
79 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2659 11 1972
80 Kovalenko, Igor g LAT 2658 11 1988
81 Popov, Ivan g RUS 2658 0 1990
82 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2658 0 1976
83 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2657 0 1967
84 Salgado Lopez, Ivan g ESP 2655 0 1991
85 Amin, Bassem g EGY 2653 9 1988
86 Delgado Ramirez, Neuris g PAR 2653 6 1981
87 Ivanisevic, Ivan g SRB 2653 0 1977
88 Halkias, Stelios g GRE 2652 0 1980
89 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2651 9 1988
90 Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2650 0 1978
91 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2648 0 1973
92 Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2647 0 1978
93 Nyzhnyk, Illya g UKR 2646 0 1996
94 Kovalev, Vladislav g BLR 2645 9 1994
95 Grachev, Boris g RUS 2645 0 1986
96 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2643 0 1978
97 Bosiocic, Marin g CRO 2642 0 1988
98 Naroditsky, Daniel g USA 2642 0 1995
99 Howell, David W L g ENG 2640 6 1990
100 Jones, Gawain C B g ENG 2639 6 1987

Top 50 Women Rapid

It was a fairly quiet month for the elite in the Rapid list.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2614 0 1994
2 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2563 0 1979
3 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2560 0 1987
4 Ju, Wenjun g CHN 2540 0 1991
5 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2532 0 1987
6 Muzychuk, Anna g UKR 2520 0 1990
7 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2515 0 1989
8 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2506 0 1985
9 Muzychuk, Mariya g UKR 2503 0 1992
10 Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2502 0 1985
11 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2496 0 1986
12 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2495 0 1984
13 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2482 0 1985
14 Moser, Eva m AUT 2469 0 1982
15 Bodnaruk, Anastasia m RUS 2468 9 1992
16 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2466 0 1976
17 Socko, Monika g POL 2464 0 1978
18 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2459 0 1982
19 Krush, Irina g USA 2455 0 1983
20 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2454 9 1984
21 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2454 0 1991
22 Goryachkina, Aleksandra wg RUS 2453 0 1998
23 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2452 0 1985
24 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2452 0 1986
25 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2451 0 1983
26 Shen, Yang m CHN 2447 0 1989
27 Foisor, Cristina-Adela m ROU 2445 0 1967
28 Khotenashvili, Bela g GEO 2444 9 1988
29 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2443 0 1986
30 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2440 0 1963
31 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2437 0 1976
32 Arabidze, Meri m GEO 2436 9 1994
33 Batsiashvili, Nino m GEO 2436 0 1987
34 Matnadze, Ana m ESP 2436 0 1983
35 Turova, Irina m RUS 2431 6 1979
36 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2428 0 1972
37 Pustovoitova, Daria f RUS 2428 0 1994
38 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2425 0 1980
39 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2419 0 1991
40 Ubiennykh, Ekaterina wm RUS 2413 0 1983
41 Ambartsumova, Karina wg RUS 2409 0 1989
42 Alexandrova, Olga m ESP 2406 0 1978
43 Karavade, Eesha m IND 2406 0 1987
44 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2403 0 1978
45 Zhukova, Natalia g UKR 2402 0 1979
46 Kovanova, Baira wg RUS 2401 0 1987
47 Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2400 0 1977
48 Guseva, Marina m RUS 2395 0 1986
49 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan g SCO 2393 0 1968
50 Lujan, Carolina m ARG 2392 0 1985

Top 100 Blitz

Overall there were few changes in the list.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2914 0 1990
2 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2887 0 1987
3 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2854 0 1990
4 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2840 0 1990
5 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2817 0 1982
6 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2814 0 1983
7 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2808 0 1987
8 Navara, David g CZE 2806 0 1985
9 Bogdanovich, Stanislav m UKR 2804 11 1993
10 Giri, Anish g NED 2793 0 1994
11 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2791 0 1969
12 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2790 0 1977
13 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2789 0 1969
14 Lu, Shanglei g CHN 2780 10 1995
15 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2777 0 1988
16 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2770 0 1983
17 Fedoseev, Vladimir g RUS 2765 10 1995
18 Shkuro, Iuri g UKR 2765 0 1982
19 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2763 0 1975
20 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2759 0 1990
21 Adams, Michael g ENG 2752 0 1971
22 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2749 0 1985
23 Wang, Hao g CHN 2744 0 1989
24 Onischuk, Vladimir g UKR 2743 11 1991
25 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2743 0 1968
26 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2743 0 1968
27 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2742 0 1990
28 Dreev, Aleksey g RUS 2741 0 1969
29 Leko, Peter g HUN 2736 0 1979
30 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2729 0 1985
31 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2726 10 1976
32 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2724 10 1994
33 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2717 0 1983
34 Meier, Georg g GER 2714 0 1987
35 Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2712 0 1998
36 Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2712 0 1990
37 Matlakov, Maxim g RUS 2710 10 1991
38 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2709 0 1988
39 Bortnyk, Olexandr m UKR 2706 18 1996
40 Kononenko, Dmitry g UKR 2706 13 1988
41 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2706 0 1974
42 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2705 0 1985
43 Kovalenko, Igor g LAT 2704 10 1988
44 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2704 0 1994
45 Andriasian, Zaven g ARM 2700 0 1989
46 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2700 0 1982
47 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2700 0 1983
48 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2698 0 1980
49 Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo g VEN 2697 0 1989
50 Kokarev, Dmitry g RUS 2694 0 1982
51 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2694 0 1987
52 Wang, Yue g CHN 2694 0 1987
53 Zubov, Alexander g UKR 2689 20 1983
54 Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2688 9 1986
55 Nyzhnyk, Illya g UKR 2685 0 1996
56 Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2683 0 1982
57 Salem, A.R. Saleh g UAE 2682 17 1993
58 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2682 0 1987
59 Rakhmanov, Aleksandr g RUS 2681 0 1989
60 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2680 0 1986
61 Savchenko, Boris g RUS 2680 0 1986
62 Popovic, Dusan g SRB 2679 0 1983
63 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof g POL 2675 0 1998
64 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2675 0 1981
65 Ramirez, Alejandro g USA 2672 0 1988
66 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2670 0 1986
67 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2669 0 1972
68 Jovanovic, Zoran g CRO 2668 0 1979
69 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2668 0 1965
70 Ponkratov, Pavel g RUS 2666 15 1988
71 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2666 0 1985
72 Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2665 0 1992
73 Edouard, Romain g FRA 2665 0 1990
74 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2664 0 1985
75 Grachev, Boris g RUS 2662 0 1986
76 Pantsulaia, Levan g GEO 2661 9 1986
77 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2661 0 1976
78 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2660 10 1985
79 Kalezic, Blazo m MNE 2660 0 1978
80 Lenderman, Aleksandr g USA 2659 0 1989
81 Ragger, Markus g AUT 2656 0 1988
82 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2655 10 1987
83 Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2653 0 1961
84 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2653 0 1977
85 Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2652 9 1987
86 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2652 0 1983
87 Petrosian, Tigran L. g ARM 2651 0 1984
88 Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2651 0 1968
89 Stevic, Hrvoje g CRO 2650 0 1980
90 Howell, David W L g ENG 2649 0 1990
91 Bukavshin, Ivan g RUS 2647 0 1995
92 Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2647 0 1987
93 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2647 0 1975
94 Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2646 10 1996
95 Banikas, Hristos g GRE 2645 0 1978
96 Muzychuk, Anna g UKR 2645 0 1990
97 Neiksans, Arturs g LAT 2645 0 1983
98 Palac, Mladen g CRO 2645 0 1971
99 Popov, Ivan g RUS 2644 0 1990
100 Sumets, Andrey g UKR 2644 0 1980

Top 50 Women Blitz

There were a few changes in the Blitz ratings this month, with the most significant being Tan Zhongyi's superb result at the China-Russia Blitz match, in which she gained 40 FIDE Blitz.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2704 0 1994
2 Muzychuk, Anna g UKR 2645 0 1990
3 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2581 10 1989
4 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2581 0 1987
5 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2573 0 1991
6 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2565 10 1991
7 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2552 0 1987
8 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2552 0 1985
9 Ju, Wenjun g CHN 2535 0 1991
10 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2518 0 1979
11 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2506 0 1986
12 Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2491 0 1985
13 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2485 0 1984
14 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2483 0 1985
15 Bodnaruk, Anastasia m RUS 2480 0 1992
16 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2455 10 1986
17 Matnadze, Ana m ESP 2432 0 1983
18 Khotenashvili, Bela g GEO 2430 9 1988
19 Muzychuk, Mariya g UKR 2430 0 1992
20 Melia, Salome m GEO 2428 0 1987
21 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2416 10 1985
22 Turova, Irina m RUS 2416 10 1979
23 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2415 0 1978
24 Ding, Yixin wg CHN 2408 10 1991
25 Alexandrova, Olga m ESP 2408 0 1978
26 Li, Ruofan m SIN 2406 0 1978
27 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2405 0 1982
28 Charochkina, Daria m RUS 2400 0 1990
29 Arabidze, Meri m GEO 2393 9 1994
30 Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina wg POL 2392 0 1987
31 Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2388 0 1977
32 Ubiennykh, Ekaterina wm RUS 2386 0 1983
33 Moser, Eva m AUT 2382 0 1982
34 Sukandar, Irine Kharisma m INA 2381 0 1992
35 Batsiashvili, Nino m GEO 2380 0 1987
36 Goryachkina, Aleksandra wg RUS 2377 10 1998
37 Socko, Monika g POL 2375 0 1978
38 Khukhashvili, Sopiko m GEO 2374 9 1985
39 Guseva, Marina m RUS 2374 0 1986
40 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2374 0 1976
41 Lei, Tingjie wg CHN 2370 10 1997
42 Zimina, Olga m ITA 2368 20 1982
43 Guramishvili, Sopiko m GEO 2368 9 1991
44 Cori T., Deysi wg PER 2366 0 1993
45 Cosma, Elena-Luminita wg ROU 2354 0 1972
46 Zozulia, Anna m BEL 2354 0 1980
47 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2351 10 1991
48 Ambartsumova, Karina wg RUS 2351 0 1989
49 Linares Napoles, Oleiny wg CUB 2351 0 1983
50 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2346 0 1979

Source: FIDE

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