FIDE August 2017 – Top 100 Players
The man of the month would have to be Teimour Radjabov who returns from a long absence from the top of the podium to turn in a superb result at the Geneva Grand Prix. Even his last-round game was fought to the very end, in which he only needed a draw to secure the title, but declined a draw offer from his arch-rival Ian Nepomniachtchi, feeling he could win!

Teimour Radjabov | Photo: Valera Belobeev for World Chess
18-year-old Wei Yi is a player who has been having a breakthrough year. While he has long been know as a super talent, the last couple of years have seen him slow down, as he prepared to make his next great leap. His powerful win at the Danzhou International tournament, on the heels of a hat trick win of the Chinese Championship have added 47 Elo to his tally this year, and he is now no. 14.

Wei Yi in Danzhou | Photo: China chess network
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2822 |
0 |
1990 |
2 |
So, Wesley |
g |
USA |
2810 |
0 |
1993 |
3 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
g |
USA |
2807 |
0 |
1992 |
4 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2803 |
7 |
1975 |
5 |
Aronian, Levon |
g |
ARM |
2799 |
9 |
1982 |
6 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2797 |
9 |
1985 |
7 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
g |
USA |
2792 |
0 |
1987 |
8 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
g |
FRA |
2789 |
7 |
1990 |
9 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2783 |
17 |
1983 |
10 |
Anand, Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2783 |
0 |
1969 |
11 |
Ding, Liren |
g |
CHN |
2777 |
13 |
1992 |
12 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
RUS |
2773 |
0 |
1990 |
13 |
Giri, Anish |
g |
NED |
2772 |
9 |
1994 |
14 |
Wei, Yi |
g |
CHN |
2753 |
13 |
1999 |
15 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
g |
RUS |
2751 |
9 |
1990 |
16 |
Svidler, Peter |
g |
RUS |
2751 |
9 |
1976 |
17 |
Topalov, Veselin |
g |
BUL |
2749 |
0 |
1975 |
18 |
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw |
g |
POL |
2745 |
7 |
1987 |
19 |
Yu, Yangyi |
g |
CHN |
2744 |
16 |
1994 |
20 |
Li, Chao b |
g |
CHN |
2744 |
12 |
1989 |
21 |
Harikrishna, P. |
g |
IND |
2743 |
9 |
1986 |
22 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2742 |
9 |
1987 |
23 |
Le, Quang Liem |
g |
VIE |
2739 |
22 |
1991 |
24 |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier |
g |
CUB |
2739 |
0 |
1983 |
25 |
Adams, Michael |
g |
ENG |
2738 |
9 |
1971 |
26 |
Navara, David |
g |
CZE |
2737 |
0 |
1985 |
27 |
Eljanov, Pavel |
g |
UKR |
2734 |
11 |
1983 |
28 |
Fedoseev, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2731 |
7 |
1995 |
29 |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2729 |
9 |
1968 |
30 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2728 |
9 |
1969 |
31 |
Matlakov, Maxim |
g |
RUS |
2728 |
9 |
1991 |
32 |
Vitiugov, Nikita |
g |
RUS |
2724 |
0 |
1987 |
33 |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco |
g |
ESP |
2717 |
0 |
1982 |
34 |
Bacrot, Etienne |
g |
FRA |
2715 |
0 |
1983 |
35 |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
g |
AZE |
2710 |
13 |
1985 |
36 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2710 |
11 |
1983 |
37 |
Bu, Xiangzhi |
g |
CHN |
2710 |
4 |
1985 |
38 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2710 |
0 |
1987 |
39 |
Najer, Evgeniy |
g |
RUS |
2707 |
9 |
1977 |
40 |
Almasi, Zoltan |
g |
HUN |
2707 |
0 |
1976 |
41 |
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof |
g |
POL |
2707 |
0 |
1998 |
42 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2706 |
9 |
1990 |
43 |
Wang, Hao |
g |
CHN |
2702 |
13 |
1989 |
44 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
g |
RUS |
2702 |
9 |
1985 |
45 |
Howell, David W L |
g |
ENG |
2702 |
0 |
1990 |
46 |
Wang, Yue |
g |
CHN |
2699 |
11 |
1987 |
47 |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2696 |
13 |
1980 |
48 |
Cheparinov, Ivan |
g |
BUL |
2696 |
9 |
1986 |
49 |
Rodshtein, Maxim |
g |
ISR |
2695 |
0 |
1989 |
50 |
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi |
g |
IND |
2693 |
0 |
1994 |
51 |
Artemiev, Vladislav |
g |
RUS |
2692 |
9 |
1998 |
52 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
g |
UKR |
2692 |
9 |
1983 |
53 |
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy |
g |
UKR |
2692 |
2 |
1986 |
54 |
Sasikiran, Krishnan |
g |
IND |
2688 |
0 |
1981 |
55 |
Short, Nigel D |
g |
ENG |
2688 |
0 |
1965 |
56 |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
g |
GER |
2687 |
16 |
1976 |
57 |
Jobava, Baadur |
g |
GEO |
2687 |
7 |
1983 |
58 |
Sadler, Matthew D |
g |
ENG |
2687 |
0 |
1974 |
59 |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
g |
RUS |
2683 |
0 |
1974 |
60 |
Sutovsky, Emil |
g |
ISR |
2683 |
0 |
1977 |
61 |
Onischuk, Alexander |
g |
USA |
2682 |
0 |
1975 |
62 |
Amin, Bassem |
g |
EGY |
2680 |
18 |
1988 |
63 |
Mamedov, Rauf |
g |
AZE |
2680 |
0 |
1988 |
64 |
Moiseenko, Alexander |
g |
UKR |
2678 |
13 |
1980 |
65 |
Kamsky, Gata |
g |
USA |
2678 |
0 |
1974 |
66 |
Leko, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2678 |
0 |
1979 |
67 |
Ni, Hua |
g |
CHN |
2677 |
4 |
1983 |
68 |
Adhiban, B. |
g |
IND |
2677 |
0 |
1992 |
69 |
Movsesian, Sergei |
g |
ARM |
2677 |
0 |
1978 |
70 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
g |
UZB |
2676 |
0 |
1979 |
71 |
Motylev, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2675 |
9 |
1979 |
72 |
Rapport, Richard |
g |
HUN |
2675 |
9 |
1996 |
73 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2675 |
0 |
1977 |
74 |
Markus, Robert |
g |
SRB |
2672 |
0 |
1983 |
75 |
Shankland, Samuel L |
g |
USA |
2671 |
0 |
1991 |
76 |
Korobov, Anton |
g |
UKR |
2668 |
0 |
1985 |
77 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
g |
ARM |
2667 |
0 |
1971 |
78 |
Dubov, Daniil |
g |
RUS |
2666 |
9 |
1996 |
79 |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2666 |
9 |
1985 |
80 |
Bareev, Evgeny |
g |
CAN |
2666 |
0 |
1966 |
81 |
Kravtsiv, Martyn |
g |
UKR |
2665 |
9 |
1990 |
82 |
Laznicka, Viktor |
g |
CZE |
2664 |
9 |
1988 |
83 |
Rakhmanov, Aleksandr |
g |
RUS |
2663 |
18 |
1989 |
84 |
Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo |
g |
VEN |
2662 |
18 |
1989 |
85 |
Granda Zuniga, Julio E |
g |
PER |
2662 |
9 |
1967 |
86 |
Akobian, Varuzhan |
g |
USA |
2662 |
0 |
1983 |
87 |
Jones, Gawain C B |
g |
ENG |
2660 |
9 |
1987 |
88 |
Ipatov, Alexander |
g |
TUR |
2659 |
0 |
1993 |
89 |
Berkes, Ferenc |
g |
HUN |
2658 |
0 |
1985 |
90 |
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar |
g |
IND |
2658 |
0 |
1983 |
91 |
Negi, Parimarjan |
g |
IND |
2656 |
1 |
1993 |
92 |
Ragger, Markus |
g |
AUT |
2656 |
0 |
1988 |
93 |
Grachev, Boris |
g |
RUS |
2654 |
9 |
1986 |
94 |
Guseinov, Gadir |
g |
AZE |
2654 |
9 |
1986 |
95 |
Nabaty, Tamir |
g |
ISR |
2654 |
9 |
1991 |
96 |
Anton Guijarro, David |
g |
ESP |
2654 |
0 |
1995 |
97 |
Robson, Ray |
g |
USA |
2653 |
0 |
1994 |
98 |
Kuzubov, Yuriy |
g |
UKR |
2652 |
10 |
1990 |
99 |
Papaioannou, Ioannis |
g |
GRE |
2652 |
10 |
1976 |
100 |
Hou, Yifan |
g |
CHN |
2652 |
9 |
1994 |
101 |
Areshchenko, Alexander |
g |
UKR |
2652 |
0 |
1986 |
102 |
Sargissian, Gabriel |
g |
ARM |
2652 |
0 |
1983 |
Top climbers and descenders
The biggest Elo gain was by Alexander Grischuk, returning to his rightful place in the Top Ten. Not only did the Russian perform strongly at the Geneva Grand Prix, but he also trounced Yu Yangyi by 3-1 in a match.

Grischuk vs Yu | Photo: cca.imsa.cn
Rk |
Old |
Name |
Fed |
Ti. |
Rating |
Old |
Gms |
5 |
4 |
Aronian, Levon |
ARM |
GM |
2799 -10 |
2809 |
9 |
9 |
13 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
RUS |
GM |
2783 +22 |
2761 |
17 |
14 |
20 |
Wei, Yi |
CHN |
GM |
2753 +15 |
2738 |
13 |
22 |
32 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
AZE |
GM |
2742 +18 |
2724 |
9 |
23 |
30 |
Le, Quang Liem |
VIE |
GM |
2739 +13 |
2726 |
22 |
47 |
33 |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
RUS |
GM |
2696 -26 |
2722 |
13 |
57 |
36 |
Jobava, Baadur |
GEO |
GM |
2687 -27 |
2714 |
7 |
67 |
72 |
Ni, Hua |
CHN |
GM |
2677 +3 |
2674 |
4 |
72 |
53 |
Rapport, Richard |
HUN |
GM |
2675 -19 |
2694 |
9 |
79 |
100 |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
RUS |
GM |
2666 +12 |
2654 |
9 |
99 |
|
Papaioannou, Ioannis |
GRE |
GM |
2652 +15 |
2637 |
10 |
100 |
82 |
Hou, Yifan |
CHN |
GM |
2652 -14 |
2666 |
9 |
FIDE Top 100 Women
There was a bit of doubt on where to mention this rising star: in the Top 100 Women, or the Top 100 Girls? 13-year-old WFM (not for long) Bibisara Assaubayeva will certainly be gracing the Girls' list for many years to come, but with her latest 35 Elo gain, she has broken past 2400 (enough to get her IM title) and is the no. 47 among women. Her latest jump was thanks to her superb result at the Russian Higher League for Women where she placed 6th, and her 4/4 result at the Match of the Millenials.

Bibisara Assaubayeva | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Hou, Yifan |
g |
CHN |
2652 |
9 |
1994 |
2 |
Ju, Wenjun |
g |
CHN |
2578 |
4 |
1991 |
3 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
g |
UKR |
2572 |
0 |
1990 |
4 |
Koneru, Humpy |
g |
IND |
2557 |
0 |
1987 |
5 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
g |
RUS |
2552 |
0 |
1984 |
6 |
Muzychuk, Mariya |
g |
UKR |
2544 |
0 |
1992 |
7 |
Cmilyte, Viktorija |
g |
LTU |
2542 |
0 |
1983 |
8 |
Lagno, Kateryna |
g |
RUS |
2540 |
4 |
1989 |
9 |
Harika, Dronavalli |
g |
IND |
2526 |
0 |
1991 |
10 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
g |
GEO |
2519 |
0 |
1987 |
11 |
Lei, Tingjie |
g |
CHN |
2514 |
4 |
1997 |
12 |
Tan, Zhongyi |
g |
CHN |
2506 |
4 |
1991 |
13 |
Gunina, Valentina |
g |
RUS |
2505 |
0 |
1989 |
14 |
Girya, Olga |
wg |
RUS |
2501 |
13 |
1991 |
15 |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
g |
BUL |
2499 |
13 |
1979 |
16 |
Sebag, Marie |
g |
FRA |
2495 |
0 |
1986 |
17 |
Zhao, Xue |
g |
CHN |
2494 |
4 |
1985 |
18 |
Socko, Monika |
g |
POL |
2479 |
9 |
1978 |
19 |
Goryachkina, Aleksandra |
wg |
RUS |
2478 |
0 |
1998 |
20 |
Ushenina, Anna |
g |
UKR |
2472 |
9 |
1985 |
21 |
Batsiashvili, Nino |
m |
GEO |
2469 |
9 |
1987 |
22 |
Paehtz, Elisabeth |
m |
GER |
2469 |
9 |
1985 |
23 |
Shen, Yang |
m |
CHN |
2468 |
0 |
1989 |
24 |
Pogonina, Natalija |
wg |
RUS |
2466 |
9 |
1985 |
25 |
Hoang, Thanh Trang |
g |
HUN |
2459 |
0 |
1980 |
26 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
g |
GEO |
2459 |
0 |
1988 |
27 |
Hoolt, Sarah |
wg |
GER |
2449 |
9 |
1988 |
28 |
Cramling, Pia |
g |
SWE |
2448 |
9 |
1963 |
29 |
Atalik, Ekaterina |
m |
TUR |
2445 |
0 |
1982 |
30 |
Saduakassova, Dinara |
m |
KAZ |
2444 |
0 |
1996 |
31 |
Galliamova, Alisa |
m |
RUS |
2443 |
9 |
1972 |
32 |
Kashlinskaya, Alina |
m |
RUS |
2440 |
18 |
1993 |
33 |
Krush, Irina |
g |
USA |
2440 |
9 |
1983 |
34 |
Bodnaruk, Anastasia |
m |
RUS |
2440 |
4 |
1992 |
35 |
Huang, Qian |
wg |
CHN |
2439 |
3 |
1986 |
36 |
Shvayger, Yuliya |
wg |
ISR |
2438 |
9 |
1994 |
37 |
Javakhishvili, Lela |
m |
GEO |
2438 |
0 |
1984 |
38 |
Zhukova, Natalia |
g |
UKR |
2438 |
0 |
1979 |
39 |
Gaponenko, Inna |
m |
UKR |
2437 |
0 |
1976 |
40 |
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat |
m |
IRI |
2433 |
9 |
1997 |
41 |
Danielian, Elina |
g |
ARM |
2432 |
18 |
1978 |
42 |
Nechaeva, Marina |
m |
RUS |
2432 |
18 |
1986 |
43 |
Ni, Shiqun |
wg |
CHN |
2432 |
4 |
1997 |
44 |
Zatonskih, Anna |
m |
USA |
2424 |
0 |
1978 |
45 |
Zhu, Chen |
g |
QAT |
2424 |
0 |
1976 |
46 |
Abdumalik, Zhansaya |
m |
KAZ |
2423 |
15 |
2000 |
47 |
Assaubayeva, Bibisara |
wf |
RUS |
2421 |
13 |
2004 |
48 |
Ding, Yixin |
wg |
CHN |
2421 |
4 |
1991 |
49 |
Zawadzka, Jolanta |
wg |
POL |
2420 |
7 |
1987 |
50 |
Bulmaga, Irina |
m |
ROU |
2415 |
19 |
1993 |
51 |
Turova, Irina |
m |
RUS |
2413 |
0 |
1979 |
52 |
Garcia Martin, Marta |
f |
ESP |
2411 |
10 |
2000 |
53 |
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina |
m |
RUS |
2411 |
0 |
1974 |
54 |
Hoang, Thi Bao Tram |
wg |
VIE |
2408 |
0 |
1987 |
55 |
Daulyte, Deimante |
m |
LTU |
2404 |
18 |
1989 |
56 |
Guo, Qi |
m |
CHN |
2404 |
4 |
1995 |
57 |
Houska, Jovanka |
m |
ENG |
2402 |
0 |
1980 |
58 |
Mkrtchian, Lilit |
m |
ARM |
2401 |
20 |
1982 |
59 |
Szczepkowska, Karina |
m |
POL |
2401 |
7 |
1987 |
60 |
Sukandar, Irine Kharisma |
m |
INA |
2400 |
10 |
1992 |
61 |
Khurtsidze, Nino |
m |
GEO |
2400 |
0 |
1975 |
62 |
Melia, Salome |
m |
GEO |
2399 |
0 |
1987 |
63 |
Skripchenko, Almira |
m |
FRA |
2399 |
0 |
1976 |
64 |
Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs |
m |
MGL |
2398 |
0 |
1986 |
65 |
Bojkovic, Natasa |
m |
SRB |
2398 |
0 |
1971 |
66 |
Shuvalova, Polina |
wm |
RUS |
2397 |
9 |
2001 |
67 |
Karavade, Eesha |
m |
IND |
2397 |
0 |
1987 |
68 |
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag |
m |
MGL |
2397 |
0 |
1987 |
69 |
Peptan, Corina-Isabela |
m |
ROU |
2397 |
0 |
1978 |
70 |
Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa |
wg |
CUB |
2394 |
0 |
1988 |
71 |
Mammadzada, Gunay |
wg |
AZE |
2393 |
0 |
2000 |
72 |
Tania, Sachdev |
m |
IND |
2392 |
9 |
1986 |
73 |
Matnadze, Ana |
m |
ESP |
2389 |
0 |
1983 |
74 |
Rajlich, Iweta |
m |
POL |
2389 |
0 |
1981 |
75 |
Pustovoitova, Daria |
f |
RUS |
2387 |
9 |
1994 |
76 |
Cori T., Deysi |
wg |
PER |
2385 |
36 |
1993 |
77 |
Zimina, Olga |
m |
ITA |
2384 |
16 |
1982 |
78 |
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan |
g |
SCO |
2384 |
9 |
1968 |
79 |
Gara, Anita |
m |
HUN |
2382 |
9 |
1983 |
80 |
Vasilevich, Tatjana |
m |
UKR |
2380 |
9 |
1977 |
81 |
Ovod, Evgenija |
m |
RUS |
2377 |
9 |
1982 |
82 |
Michna, Marta |
wg |
GER |
2376 |
7 |
1978 |
83 |
Lujan, Carolina |
m |
ARG |
2376 |
0 |
1985 |
84 |
Aulia, Medina Warda |
wg |
INA |
2375 |
0 |
1997 |
85 |
Schleining, Zoya |
m |
GER |
2374 |
8 |
1961 |
86 |
Guramishvili, Sopiko |
m |
GEO |
2374 |
0 |
1991 |
87 |
Gritsayeva, Oksana |
wf |
RUS |
2373 |
9 |
1980 |
88 |
Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel |
m |
MGL |
2371 |
18 |
2000 |
89 |
Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman |
m |
IND |
2370 |
0 |
1979 |
90 |
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina |
m |
ESP |
2369 |
18 |
1987 |
91 |
Majdan, Joanna |
wg |
POL |
2369 |
0 |
1988 |
92 |
Ryjanova, Julia |
wg |
RUS |
2369 |
0 |
1974 |
93 |
Ziaziulkina, Nastassia |
m |
BLR |
2369 |
0 |
1995 |
94 |
Kovanova, Baira |
wg |
RUS |
2368 |
9 |
1987 |
95 |
Zhu, Jiner |
|
CHN |
2367 |
12 |
2002 |
96 |
Fierro Baquero, Martha L. |
m |
ECU |
2367 |
0 |
1977 |
97 |
Arabidze, Meri |
m |
GEO |
2366 |
27 |
1994 |
98 |
Tsolakidou, Stavroula |
wg |
GRE |
2366 |
9 |
2000 |
99 |
Peng, Zhaoqin |
g |
NED |
2366 |
7 |
1968 |
100 |
Wang, Jue |
wg |
CHN |
2365 |
4 |
1995 |
101 |
Li, Ruofan |
m |
SGP |
2365 |
0 |
1978 |
102 |
Klek, Hanna Marie |
|
GER |
2363 |
0 |
1995 |
FIDE Top 100 Juniors
There were many excellent results among the juniors, one of which was Iranian IM Alireza Firouzja, who gained 18 Elo at the 2nd Stars Cup to break past 2500 to 2517. Having just turned 14 a little over a month ago, he is on pace to become Iran's youngest GM ever and enter the list of some of the youngest ever.

Alireza Firouzja | Photo: chessstarscup.ir
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Wei, Yi |
g |
CHN |
2753 |
13 |
1999 |
2 |
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof |
g |
POL |
2707 |
0 |
1998 |
3 |
Artemiev, Vladislav |
g |
RUS |
2692 |
9 |
1998 |
4 |
Bluebaum, Matthias |
g |
GER |
2646 |
7 |
1997 |
5 |
Xiong, Jeffery |
g |
USA |
2633 |
16 |
2000 |
6 |
Sevian, Samuel |
g |
USA |
2620 |
16 |
2000 |
7 |
Oparin, Grigoriy |
g |
RUS |
2609 |
9 |
1997 |
8 |
Van Foreest, Jorden |
g |
NED |
2600 |
7 |
1999 |
9 |
Gledura, Benjamin |
g |
HUN |
2600 |
0 |
1999 |
10 |
Svane, Rasmus |
g |
GER |
2592 |
9 |
1997 |
11 |
Tari, Aryan |
g |
NOR |
2591 |
9 |
1999 |
12 |
Maghsoodloo, Parham |
g |
IRI |
2590 |
25 |
2000 |
13 |
Antipov, Mikhail Al. |
g |
RUS |
2580 |
9 |
1997 |
14 |
Donchenko, Alexander |
g |
GER |
2579 |
9 |
1998 |
15 |
Aravindh,Chithambaram VR. |
g |
IND |
2579 |
8 |
1999 |
16 |
Karthikeyan, Murali |
g |
IND |
2579 |
0 |
1999 |
17 |
Vavulin, Maksim |
m |
RUS |
2575 |
9 |
1998 |
18 |
Alekseenko, Kirill |
g |
RUS |
2575 |
0 |
1997 |
19 |
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel |
g |
ROU |
2573 |
9 |
2001 |
20 |
Martirosyan, Haik M. |
m |
ARM |
2570 |
25 |
2000 |
21 |
Rambaldi, Francesco |
g |
ITA |
2568 |
6 |
1999 |
22 |
Petrosyan, Manuel |
m |
ARM |
2565 |
9 |
1998 |
23 |
Pichot, Alan |
g |
ARG |
2565 |
3 |
1998 |
24 |
Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan |
g |
IND |
2564 |
0 |
1998 |
25 |
Wagner, Dennis |
g |
GER |
2563 |
0 |
1997 |
26 |
Ghosh, Diptayan |
g |
IND |
2562 |
9 |
1998 |
27 |
Vaibhav, Suri |
g |
IND |
2560 |
18 |
1997 |
28 |
Boruchovsky, Avital |
g |
ISR |
2556 |
9 |
1997 |
29 |
Paravyan, David |
m |
RUS |
2555 |
27 |
1998 |
30 |
Bai, Jinshi |
g |
CHN |
2555 |
4 |
1999 |
31 |
Tran, Tuan Minh |
m |
VIE |
2547 |
9 |
1997 |
32 |
Tabatabaei, M.amin |
m |
IRI |
2545 |
23 |
2001 |
33 |
Xu, Xiangyu |
m |
CHN |
2545 |
12 |
1999 |
34 |
Steinberg, Nitzan |
m |
ISR |
2543 |
0 |
1998 |
35 |
Li, Ruifeng |
g |
USA |
2540 |
40 |
2001 |
36 |
Esipenko, Andrey |
f |
RUS |
2540 |
16 |
2002 |
37 |
Sarana, Alexey |
g |
RUS |
2540 |
15 |
2000 |
38 |
Liang, Awonder |
m |
USA |
2540 |
13 |
2003 |
39 |
Sanal, Vahap |
g |
TUR |
2539 |
9 |
1998 |
40 |
Schroeder, Jan-Christian |
g |
GER |
2539 |
0 |
1998 |
41 |
Ladva, Ottomar |
g |
EST |
2532 |
9 |
1997 |
42 |
Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan |
g |
TUR |
2529 |
0 |
1997 |
43 |
Shevchenko, Kirill |
m |
UKR |
2527 |
19 |
2002 |
44 |
Ali Marandi, Cemil Can |
m |
TUR |
2526 |
18 |
1998 |
45 |
Vetoshko, Volodymyr |
g |
UKR |
2517 |
18 |
1998 |
46 |
Firouzja, Alireza |
m |
IRI |
2517 |
6 |
2003 |
47 |
Lorparizangeneh, Shahin |
g |
IRI |
2515 |
9 |
1999 |
48 |
Yuffa, Daniil |
g |
RUS |
2515 |
9 |
1997 |
49 |
Kollars, Dmitrij |
m |
GER |
2514 |
18 |
1999 |
50 |
Lei, Tingjie |
g |
CHN |
2514 |
4 |
1997 |
51 |
Lampert, Jonas |
m |
GER |
2514 |
0 |
1997 |
52 |
Harutyunian, Tigran K. |
m |
ARM |
2513 |
18 |
1997 |
53 |
Golubov, Saveliy |
m |
RUS |
2512 |
9 |
2000 |
54 |
Theodorou, Nikolas |
m |
GRE |
2512 |
7 |
2000 |
55 |
Triapishko, Alexandr |
m |
RUS |
2511 |
9 |
2000 |
56 |
Vardan Nagpal |
f |
IND |
2510 |
9 |
2002 |
57 |
Smirnov, Anton |
m |
AUS |
2508 |
6 |
2001 |
58 |
Aryan Chopra |
g |
IND |
2507 |
15 |
2001 |
59 |
Kelires, Andreas |
g |
GRE |
2505 |
16 |
1999 |
60 |
Vorontsov, Pavlo |
m |
UKR |
2503 |
6 |
1998 |
61 |
Preotu, Razvan |
g |
CAN |
2501 |
9 |
1999 |
62 |
Brown, Michael William |
m |
USA |
2499 |
18 |
1997 |
63 |
Zajic, Milan |
g |
SRB |
2499 |
9 |
1999 |
64 |
Kobo, Ori |
m |
ISR |
2497 |
9 |
1997 |
65 |
Korpa, Bence |
m |
HUN |
2497 |
0 |
1998 |
66 |
Puranik, Abhimanyu |
m |
IND |
2495 |
18 |
2000 |
67 |
Dragnev, Valentin |
m |
AUT |
2495 |
0 |
1999 |
68 |
Vogel, Roven |
m |
GER |
2493 |
18 |
2000 |
69 |
Sadikhov, Ulvi |
m |
AZE |
2492 |
9 |
1998 |
70 |
Santos Ruiz, Miguel |
m |
ESP |
2490 |
19 |
1999 |
71 |
Burke, John M |
m |
USA |
2489 |
22 |
2001 |
72 |
Mosadeghpour, Masoud |
m |
IRI |
2488 |
15 |
1997 |
73 |
Shtembuliak, Evgeny |
m |
UKR |
2488 |
9 |
1999 |
74 |
Salomon, Johan |
m |
NOR |
2488 |
0 |
1997 |
75 |
Khegay, Dmitriy |
f |
RUS |
2487 |
9 |
1997 |
76 |
Praggnanandhaa R |
m |
IND |
2487 |
4 |
2005 |
77 |
Sorokin, Aleksey |
f |
RUS |
2486 |
9 |
2000 |
78 |
Nihal Sarin |
f |
IND |
2485 |
18 |
2004 |
79 |
Troff, Kayden W |
g |
USA |
2483 |
9 |
1998 |
80 |
Cheng, Bobby |
m |
AUS |
2483 |
0 |
1997 |
81 |
Lomasov, Semen |
m |
RUS |
2483 |
0 |
2002 |
82 |
Bellahcene, Bilel |
m |
FRA |
2481 |
18 |
1998 |
83 |
Chandra, Akshat |
g |
USA |
2480 |
18 |
1999 |
84 |
Kantor, Gergely |
m |
HUN |
2479 |
9 |
1999 |
85 |
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van |
m |
CZE |
2479 |
9 |
2001 |
86 |
Yeoh, Li Tian |
m |
MAS |
2478 |
9 |
1999 |
87 |
Goryachkina, Aleksandra |
wg |
RUS |
2478 |
0 |
1998 |
88 |
Gazik, Viktor |
m |
SVK |
2476 |
9 |
2001 |
89 |
Moroni, Luca Jr |
m |
ITA |
2476 |
9 |
2000 |
90 |
Repka, Christopher |
m |
SVK |
2475 |
18 |
1998 |
91 |
Tang, Andrew |
m |
USA |
2475 |
18 |
1999 |
92 |
Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian |
m |
NOR |
2475 |
9 |
1998 |
93 |
Suarez Gomez, Julio |
f |
ESP |
2474 |
0 |
1998 |
94 |
Gurevich, Daniel |
m |
USA |
2471 |
14 |
1997 |
95 |
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek |
m |
UZB |
2470 |
4 |
2004 |
96 |
Harmon-Vellotti, Luke |
m |
USA |
2468 |
6 |
1998 |
97 |
Kuybokarov, Temur |
m |
UZB |
2468 |
0 |
2000 |
98 |
Van Foreest, Lucas |
m |
NED |
2467 |
18 |
2001 |
99 |
Gagare, Shardul |
g |
IND |
2467 |
16 |
1997 |
100 |
Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel |
f |
CUB |
2467 |
0 |
2000 |
FIDE Top 100 Girls
17 year-old IM Zhansaya Abdumalik scored a sensational GM norm and tied for 2nd-6th at the World Open.

Zhansaya Abdumalik in Philadelphia | Photo: Vanessa Sun
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Lei, Tingjie |
g |
CHN |
2514 |
4 |
1997 |
2 |
Goryachkina, Aleksandra |
wg |
RUS |
2478 |
0 |
1998 |
3 |
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat |
m |
IRI |
2433 |
9 |
1997 |
4 |
Ni, Shiqun |
wg |
CHN |
2432 |
4 |
1997 |
5 |
Abdumalik, Zhansaya |
m |
KAZ |
2423 |
15 |
2000 |
6 |
Assaubayeva, Bibisara |
wf |
RUS |
2421 |
13 |
2004 |
7 |
Garcia Martin, Marta |
f |
ESP |
2411 |
10 |
2000 |
8 |
Shuvalova, Polina |
wm |
RUS |
2397 |
9 |
2001 |
9 |
Mammadzada, Gunay |
wg |
AZE |
2393 |
0 |
2000 |
10 |
Aulia, Medina Warda |
wg |
INA |
2375 |
0 |
1997 |
11 |
Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel |
m |
MGL |
2371 |
18 |
2000 |
12 |
Zhu, Jiner |
|
CHN |
2367 |
12 |
2002 |
13 |
Tsolakidou, Stavroula |
wg |
GRE |
2366 |
9 |
2000 |
14 |
Marjanovic, Annamaria |
wf |
HUN |
2354 |
21 |
2001 |
15 |
Osmak, Iulija |
wg |
UKR |
2353 |
0 |
1998 |
16 |
Unuk, Laura |
wm |
SLO |
2343 |
0 |
1999 |
17 |
Khomeriki, Nino |
wm |
GEO |
2336 |
18 |
1998 |
18 |
Badelka, Olga |
|
BLR |
2335 |
18 |
2002 |
19 |
Salimova, Nurgyul |
f |
BUL |
2329 |
11 |
2003 |
20 |
Aakanksha Hagawane |
wm |
IND |
2328 |
7 |
2000 |
21 |
Vaishali R |
wm |
IND |
2327 |
0 |
2001 |
22 |
Dordzhieva, Dinara |
wm |
RUS |
2324 |
9 |
1999 |
23 |
Hojjatova, Aydan |
wf |
AZE |
2308 |
0 |
1999 |
24 |
Derakhshani, Dorsa |
m |
IRI |
2306 |
15 |
1998 |
25 |
Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim |
wg |
UZB |
2300 |
9 |
1999 |
26 |
Obolentseva, Alexandra |
wf |
RUS |
2300 |
0 |
2001 |
27 |
Drogovoz, Irina |
wm |
RUS |
2287 |
0 |
1999 |
28 |
Nicolas Zapata, Irene |
wm |
ESP |
2287 |
0 |
1997 |
29 |
Heinemann, Josefine |
wm |
GER |
2284 |
9 |
1998 |
30 |
Terbe, Julianna |
wm |
HUN |
2282 |
9 |
1997 |
31 |
Balajayeva, Khanim |
wf |
AZE |
2282 |
0 |
2001 |
32 |
Monnisha G K |
wm |
IND |
2281 |
0 |
1998 |
33 |
Injac, Teodora |
wf |
SRB |
2279 |
9 |
2000 |
34 |
Yu, Jennifer R |
f |
USA |
2279 |
9 |
2002 |
35 |
Mammadova, Narmin |
wm |
AZE |
2277 |
18 |
1999 |
36 |
Sieber, Fiona |
wf |
GER |
2277 |
9 |
2000 |
37 |
Styazhkina, Anna |
wm |
RUS |
2277 |
9 |
1997 |
38 |
Schneider, Jana |
f |
GER |
2275 |
9 |
2002 |
39 |
Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra |
|
RUS |
2271 |
9 |
2002 |
40 |
Zhou, Qiyu |
f |
CAN |
2270 |
10 |
2000 |
41 |
Chernyak, Viktoria |
wf |
RUS |
2267 |
18 |
1997 |
42 |
Blagojevic, Tijana |
wm |
MNE |
2266 |
0 |
1997 |
43 |
Gorti, Akshita |
f |
USA |
2265 |
18 |
2002 |
44 |
Gajcin, Marina |
wf |
SRB |
2263 |
18 |
2001 |
45 |
Feng, Maggie |
f |
USA |
2263 |
14 |
2000 |
46 |
Afonasieva, Anna |
wf |
RUS |
2263 |
9 |
2001 |
47 |
Yao, Lan |
|
CHN |
2257 |
22 |
2000 |
48 |
Avramidou, Anastasia |
f |
GRE |
2257 |
8 |
2000 |
49 |
Harazinska, Ewa |
wm |
POL |
2257 |
3 |
1998 |
50 |
Antova, Gabriela |
f |
BUL |
2256 |
7 |
2002 |
51 |
Amina, Battsooj |
f |
MGL |
2255 |
9 |
2001 |
52 |
Diakonova, Ekaterina |
|
RUS |
2255 |
9 |
1999 |
53 |
Bluhm, Sonja Maria |
wf |
GER |
2255 |
0 |
1998 |
54 |
Frayna, Janelle Mae |
wg |
PHI |
2248 |
9 |
1997 |
55 |
Georgescu, Lena |
wf |
SUI |
2246 |
9 |
1999 |
56 |
Keetman, Maaike |
|
NED |
2243 |
7 |
1999 |
57 |
Kiolbasa, Oliwia |
wm |
POL |
2241 |
9 |
2000 |
58 |
Dimitrova, Aleksandra |
wf |
RUS |
2238 |
9 |
2000 |
59 |
Vantika Agrawal |
|
IND |
2236 |
27 |
2002 |
60 |
Dmochowska, Agnieszka |
wc |
POL |
2234 |
9 |
1999 |
61 |
Bykova, Anastasia |
wf |
RUS |
2234 |
0 |
1997 |
62 |
Di Benedetto, Desiree |
wm |
ITA |
2229 |
13 |
2000 |
63 |
Kubicka, Anna |
|
POL |
2226 |
9 |
1999 |
64 |
Cvitan, Ena |
f |
CRO |
2224 |
9 |
2001 |
65 |
Potapova, Margarita |
wf |
RUS |
2216 |
9 |
2000 |
66 |
Goltseva, Ekaterina |
wf |
RUS |
2214 |
9 |
2002 |
67 |
Radeva, Viktoria |
wf |
BUL |
2214 |
5 |
2001 |
68 |
Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh |
wm |
MGL |
2213 |
0 |
1998 |
69 |
Narva, Mai |
wm |
EST |
2210 |
0 |
1999 |
70 |
Alinasab, Mobina |
wf |
IRI |
2208 |
9 |
2000 |
71 |
Velikic, Adela |
|
SRB |
2207 |
15 |
1997 |
72 |
Ghukasyan, Siranush |
wm |
ARM |
2206 |
25 |
1998 |
73 |
Antolak, Julia |
wf |
POL |
2203 |
18 |
2000 |
74 |
Sliwicka, Alicja |
wf |
POL |
2203 |
18 |
2001 |
75 |
Vazquez Maccarini, Danitza |
wm |
PUR |
2203 |
0 |
2000 |
76 |
Yip, Carissa |
wf |
USA |
2202 |
22 |
2003 |
77 |
Ning, Kaiyu |
|
CHN |
2201 |
22 |
2004 |
78 |
Pychova, Nela |
wf |
CZE |
2201 |
16 |
1999 |
79 |
Bezkorovaina, Mariia |
|
UKR |
2201 |
8 |
1997 |
80 |
Solozhenkina, Elizaveta |
wm |
RUS |
2200 |
9 |
2003 |
81 |
Gueci, Tea |
wf |
ITA |
2200 |
7 |
1999 |
82 |
Yuan, Ye |
|
CHN |
2197 |
13 |
2000 |
83 |
Khokhlova, Daria |
|
RUS |
2190 |
9 |
1999 |
84 |
Sapale Saloni |
wc |
IND |
2188 |
27 |
1999 |
85 |
Abdusattorova, Bakhora |
wm |
UZB |
2186 |
0 |
1999 |
86 |
Vasova, Maria |
|
BUL |
2183 |
0 |
1998 |
87 |
Krasnokutskaya, Sofiya |
|
UKR |
2182 |
18 |
2001 |
88 |
Wozniak, Mariola |
wm |
POL |
2181 |
9 |
1998 |
89 |
Gu, Tianlu |
wm |
CHN |
2180 |
24 |
1997 |
90 |
Kazarian, Anna-Maja |
f |
NED |
2180 |
16 |
2000 |
91 |
Martynkova, Olena |
wf |
UKR |
2179 |
0 |
2000 |
92 |
Peycheva, Gergana |
wc |
BUL |
2178 |
27 |
2003 |
93 |
Gazikova, Veronika |
wf |
SVK |
2178 |
0 |
1999 |
94 |
Rodriguez Dominguez, Melissa |
wm |
CUB |
2178 |
0 |
1999 |
95 |
Kanakova, Natalie |
wf |
CZE |
2176 |
18 |
1999 |
96 |
Garcia-Castany Musellas, Gal.la |
wf |
ESP |
2172 |
0 |
1997 |
97 |
Taghiyeva, Sama |
|
AZE |
2172 |
0 |
1997 |
98 |
Pratyusha, Bodda |
wm |
IND |
2171 |
8 |
1997 |
99 |
Terbe, Zsuzsanna |
wf |
HUN |
2169 |
7 |
1997 |
100 |
Retno, Wijayanti |
wf |
INA |
2168 |
0 |
1999 |
101 |
Srija, Seshadri |
wf |
IND |
2167 |
20 |
1997 |
102 |
Chu, Ruotong |
|
CHN |
2167 |
10 |
2001 |
Top 100 Rapid
Wesley So's powerful win of the Rapid phase of the Leuven tournament earned him 57 Rapid Elo, and took him to number five.

Wesley So in Leuven | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2909 |
9 |
1990 |
2 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2851 |
0 |
1983 |
3 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2833 |
0 |
1985 |
4 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
g |
FRA |
2824 |
9 |
1990 |
5 |
So, Wesley |
g |
USA |
2822 |
9 |
1993 |
6 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
g |
USA |
2822 |
0 |
1987 |
7 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
g |
RUS |
2810 |
9 |
1990 |
8 |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier |
g |
CUB |
2803 |
0 |
1983 |
9 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2796 |
9 |
1969 |
10 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2795 |
9 |
1975 |
11 |
Yu, Yangyi |
g |
CHN |
2795 |
0 |
1994 |
12 |
Aronian, Levon |
g |
ARM |
2794 |
9 |
1982 |
13 |
Anand, Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2778 |
9 |
1969 |
14 |
Giri, Anish |
g |
NED |
2770 |
9 |
1994 |
15 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
RUS |
2765 |
0 |
1990 |
16 |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2755 |
0 |
1968 |
17 |
Korobov, Anton |
g |
UKR |
2750 |
0 |
1985 |
18 |
Kamsky, Gata |
g |
USA |
2749 |
0 |
1974 |
19 |
Onischuk, Vladimir |
g |
UKR |
2748 |
0 |
1991 |
20 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2742 |
0 |
1987 |
21 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2740 |
0 |
1990 |
22 |
Navara, David |
g |
CZE |
2737 |
6 |
1985 |
23 |
Fedoseev, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2734 |
0 |
1995 |
24 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2730 |
0 |
1983 |
25 |
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son |
g |
VIE |
2721 |
0 |
1990 |
26 |
Ponkratov, Pavel |
g |
RUS |
2720 |
0 |
1988 |
27 |
Artemiev, Vladislav |
g |
RUS |
2719 |
0 |
1998 |
28 |
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi |
g |
IND |
2718 |
0 |
1994 |
29 |
Anton Guijarro, David |
g |
ESP |
2715 |
0 |
1995 |
30 |
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw |
g |
POL |
2715 |
0 |
1987 |
31 |
Cheparinov, Ivan |
g |
BUL |
2713 |
0 |
1986 |
32 |
Movsesian, Sergei |
g |
ARM |
2712 |
9 |
1978 |
33 |
Ding, Liren |
g |
CHN |
2712 |
0 |
1992 |
34 |
Harikrishna, P. |
g |
IND |
2711 |
6 |
1986 |
35 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
g |
UKR |
2711 |
0 |
1983 |
36 |
Melkumyan, Hrant |
g |
ARM |
2710 |
0 |
1989 |
37 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
g |
RUS |
2709 |
0 |
1985 |
38 |
Short, Nigel D |
g |
ENG |
2709 |
0 |
1965 |
39 |
Amonatov, Farrukh |
g |
TJK |
2708 |
0 |
1978 |
40 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
g |
ARM |
2707 |
0 |
1971 |
41 |
Zhigalko, Sergei |
g |
BLR |
2707 |
0 |
1989 |
42 |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2703 |
11 |
1985 |
43 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
g |
USA |
2700 |
0 |
1992 |
44 |
Wang, Yue |
g |
CHN |
2699 |
0 |
1987 |
45 |
Bu, Xiangzhi |
g |
CHN |
2698 |
0 |
1985 |
46 |
Li, Chao b |
g |
CHN |
2697 |
0 |
1989 |
47 |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2696 |
0 |
1980 |
48 |
Meier, Georg |
g |
GER |
2695 |
0 |
1987 |
49 |
Bortnyk, Olexandr |
g |
UKR |
2694 |
0 |
1996 |
50 |
Safarli, Eltaj |
g |
AZE |
2694 |
0 |
1992 |
51 |
Topalov, Veselin |
g |
BUL |
2693 |
0 |
1975 |
52 |
McShane, Luke J |
g |
ENG |
2692 |
6 |
1984 |
53 |
Fridman, Daniel |
g |
GER |
2691 |
19 |
1976 |
54 |
Amin, Bassem |
g |
EGY |
2690 |
8 |
1988 |
55 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2689 |
0 |
1987 |
56 |
Dubov, Daniil |
g |
RUS |
2688 |
0 |
1996 |
57 |
Bauer, Christian |
g |
FRA |
2684 |
11 |
1977 |
58 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
g |
UZB |
2679 |
0 |
1979 |
59 |
Matlakov, Maxim |
g |
RUS |
2679 |
0 |
1991 |
60 |
Bacrot, Etienne |
g |
FRA |
2678 |
9 |
1983 |
61 |
Fedorchuk, Sergey A. |
g |
UKR |
2678 |
8 |
1981 |
62 |
Kokarev, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2678 |
0 |
1982 |
63 |
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof |
g |
POL |
2675 |
0 |
1998 |
64 |
Mamedov, Rauf |
g |
AZE |
2674 |
0 |
1988 |
65 |
Popov, Ivan |
g |
RUS |
2674 |
0 |
1990 |
66 |
Iordachescu, Viorel |
g |
MDA |
2673 |
0 |
1977 |
67 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2672 |
4 |
1977 |
68 |
Istratescu, Andrei |
g |
ROU |
2672 |
0 |
1975 |
69 |
Frolyanov, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2671 |
0 |
1986 |
70 |
Khairullin, Ildar |
g |
RUS |
2671 |
0 |
1990 |
71 |
Leko, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2671 |
0 |
1979 |
72 |
Savchenko, Boris |
g |
RUS |
2669 |
0 |
1986 |
73 |
Delgado Ramirez, Neuris |
g |
PAR |
2667 |
11 |
1981 |
74 |
Bernadskiy, Vitaliy |
g |
UKR |
2667 |
0 |
1994 |
75 |
Lysyj, Igor |
g |
RUS |
2666 |
11 |
1987 |
76 |
Salgado Lopez, Ivan |
g |
ESP |
2666 |
0 |
1991 |
77 |
Volokitin, Andrei |
g |
UKR |
2666 |
0 |
1986 |
78 |
Baklan, Vladimir |
g |
UKR |
2665 |
9 |
1978 |
79 |
Wei, Yi |
g |
CHN |
2664 |
0 |
1999 |
80 |
Bartel, Mateusz |
g |
POL |
2663 |
9 |
1985 |
81 |
Howell, David W L |
g |
ENG |
2663 |
6 |
1990 |
82 |
Motylev, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2663 |
0 |
1979 |
83 |
Oparin, Grigoriy |
g |
RUS |
2663 |
0 |
1997 |
84 |
Georgiev, Kiril |
g |
BUL |
2660 |
0 |
1965 |
85 |
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian |
g |
ROU |
2660 |
0 |
1980 |
86 |
Dreev, Aleksey |
g |
RUS |
2659 |
0 |
1969 |
87 |
Nabaty, Tamir |
g |
ISR |
2655 |
5 |
1991 |
88 |
Pantsulaia, Levan |
g |
GEO |
2654 |
9 |
1986 |
89 |
Kovalenko, Igor |
g |
LAT |
2654 |
0 |
1988 |
90 |
Vitiugov, Nikita |
g |
RUS |
2654 |
0 |
1987 |
91 |
Pridorozhni, Aleksei |
g |
RUS |
2653 |
11 |
1981 |
92 |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
g |
RUS |
2653 |
11 |
1974 |
93 |
Salem, A.R. Saleh |
g |
UAE |
2653 |
9 |
1993 |
94 |
Socko, Bartosz |
g |
POL |
2653 |
9 |
1978 |
95 |
Potkin, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2653 |
0 |
1982 |
96 |
Shirov, Alexei |
g |
LAT |
2652 |
11 |
1972 |
97 |
Demchenko, Anton |
g |
RUS |
2648 |
0 |
1987 |
98 |
Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo |
g |
VEN |
2647 |
0 |
1989 |
99 |
Zhou, Jianchao |
g |
CHN |
2647 |
0 |
1988 |
100 |
Roiz, Michael |
g |
ISR |
2646 |
4 |
1983 |
Women's Top 50 Rapid
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Hou, Yifan |
g |
CHN |
2617 |
2 |
1994 |
2 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
g |
UKR |
2594 |
0 |
1990 |
3 |
Lagno, Kateryna |
g |
RUS |
2577 |
0 |
1989 |
4 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
g |
RUS |
2563 |
11 |
1984 |
5 |
Ju, Wenjun |
g |
CHN |
2537 |
0 |
1991 |
6 |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
g |
BUL |
2536 |
0 |
1979 |
7 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
g |
GEO |
2528 |
0 |
1987 |
8 |
Gunina, Valentina |
g |
RUS |
2528 |
0 |
1989 |
9 |
Muzychuk, Mariya |
g |
UKR |
2498 |
0 |
1992 |
10 |
Tan, Zhongyi |
g |
CHN |
2488 |
0 |
1991 |
11 |
Pogonina, Natalija |
wg |
RUS |
2485 |
0 |
1985 |
12 |
Ushenina, Anna |
g |
UKR |
2482 |
0 |
1985 |
13 |
Koneru, Humpy |
g |
IND |
2479 |
0 |
1987 |
14 |
Harika, Dronavalli |
g |
IND |
2466 |
0 |
1991 |
15 |
Goryachkina, Aleksandra |
wg |
RUS |
2462 |
0 |
1998 |
16 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
g |
GEO |
2456 |
0 |
1988 |
17 |
Zhao, Xue |
g |
CHN |
2454 |
0 |
1985 |
18 |
Huang, Qian |
wg |
CHN |
2453 |
0 |
1986 |
19 |
Shen, Yang |
m |
CHN |
2450 |
0 |
1989 |
20 |
Krush, Irina |
g |
USA |
2445 |
0 |
1983 |
21 |
Paehtz, Elisabeth |
m |
GER |
2444 |
0 |
1985 |
22 |
Pustovoitova, Daria |
f |
RUS |
2438 |
0 |
1994 |
23 |
Bodnaruk, Anastasia |
m |
RUS |
2436 |
0 |
1992 |
24 |
Matnadze, Ana |
m |
ESP |
2436 |
0 |
1983 |
25 |
Cramling, Pia |
g |
SWE |
2433 |
0 |
1963 |
26 |
Mkrtchian, Lilit |
m |
ARM |
2423 |
0 |
1982 |
27 |
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat |
m |
IRI |
2419 |
0 |
1997 |
28 |
Zatonskih, Anna |
m |
USA |
2418 |
0 |
1978 |
29 |
Cori T., Deysi |
wg |
PER |
2414 |
8 |
1993 |
30 |
Nechaeva, Marina |
m |
RUS |
2414 |
0 |
1986 |
31 |
Zimina, Olga |
m |
ITA |
2414 |
0 |
1982 |
32 |
Zhu, Chen |
g |
QAT |
2413 |
0 |
1976 |
33 |
Kashlinskaya, Alina |
m |
RUS |
2402 |
0 |
1993 |
34 |
Padmini, Rout |
m |
IND |
2402 |
0 |
1994 |
35 |
Pham, Le Thao Nguyen |
m |
VIE |
2401 |
0 |
1987 |
36 |
Batsiashvili, Nino |
m |
GEO |
2400 |
0 |
1987 |
37 |
Melia, Salome |
m |
GEO |
2398 |
0 |
1987 |
38 |
Girya, Olga |
wg |
RUS |
2397 |
0 |
1991 |
39 |
Socko, Monika |
g |
POL |
2390 |
0 |
1978 |
40 |
Atalik, Ekaterina |
m |
TUR |
2389 |
0 |
1982 |
41 |
Javakhishvili, Lela |
m |
GEO |
2388 |
0 |
1984 |
42 |
Gaponenko, Inna |
m |
UKR |
2383 |
0 |
1976 |
43 |
L'Ami, Alina |
m |
ROU |
2375 |
0 |
1985 |
44 |
Milliet, Sophie |
m |
FRA |
2375 |
0 |
1983 |
45 |
Berend, Elvira |
wg |
LUX |
2372 |
0 |
1965 |
46 |
Abdumalik, Zhansaya |
m |
KAZ |
2371 |
0 |
2000 |
47 |
Galliamova, Alisa |
m |
RUS |
2371 |
0 |
1972 |
48 |
Khurtsidze, Nino |
m |
GEO |
2370 |
0 |
1975 |
49 |
Vasilevich, Tatjana |
m |
UKR |
2367 |
0 |
1977 |
50 |
Zhukova, Natalia |
g |
UKR |
2367 |
0 |
1979 |
Top 100 Blitz
All hail the King of Blitz! What else can one say about Magnus Carlsen's performance at the Blitz stage of the Leuven tournament? He not only earned 49 Blitz Elo, but opened up a gap of 80 Elo ahead of no. 2 Hikaru Nakamura

Magnus Carlsen in Leuven | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Carlsen, Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2948 |
18 |
1990 |
2 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
g |
USA |
2868 |
0 |
1987 |
3 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
g |
FRA |
2853 |
18 |
1990 |
4 |
Shkuro, Iuri |
g |
UKR |
2828 |
0 |
1982 |
5 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2815 |
0 |
1990 |
6 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
g |
RUS |
2807 |
9 |
1990 |
7 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
g |
USA |
2806 |
0 |
1992 |
8 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2801 |
0 |
1983 |
9 |
Svidler, Peter |
g |
RUS |
2797 |
0 |
1976 |
10 |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier |
g |
CUB |
2796 |
0 |
1983 |
11 |
Mamedov, Rauf |
g |
AZE |
2796 |
0 |
1988 |
12 |
Aronian, Levon |
g |
ARM |
2794 |
18 |
1982 |
13 |
Dubov, Daniil |
g |
RUS |
2790 |
9 |
1996 |
14 |
Leko, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2790 |
0 |
1979 |
15 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
g |
RUS |
2787 |
18 |
1990 |
16 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2784 |
18 |
1975 |
17 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2783 |
0 |
1985 |
18 |
Korobov, Anton |
g |
UKR |
2782 |
0 |
1985 |
19 |
Giri, Anish |
g |
NED |
2776 |
18 |
1994 |
20 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2767 |
18 |
1969 |
21 |
Salem, A.R. Saleh |
g |
UAE |
2767 |
0 |
1993 |
22 |
Anand, Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2756 |
18 |
1969 |
23 |
Andriasian, Zaven |
g |
ARM |
2755 |
0 |
1989 |
24 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2755 |
0 |
1987 |
25 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
g |
UZB |
2750 |
0 |
1979 |
26 |
Navara, David |
g |
CZE |
2748 |
0 |
1985 |
27 |
So, Wesley |
g |
USA |
2747 |
18 |
1993 |
28 |
Artemiev, Vladislav |
g |
RUS |
2746 |
0 |
1998 |
29 |
Gelfand, Boris |
g |
ISR |
2745 |
0 |
1968 |
30 |
Wei, Yi |
g |
CHN |
2740 |
0 |
1999 |
31 |
Wang, Hao |
g |
CHN |
2737 |
0 |
1989 |
32 |
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw |
g |
POL |
2718 |
0 |
1987 |
33 |
Zubov, Alexander |
g |
UKR |
2716 |
0 |
1983 |
34 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
g |
UKR |
2711 |
0 |
1983 |
35 |
Petrosian, Tigran L. |
g |
ARM |
2705 |
14 |
1984 |
36 |
Topalov, Veselin |
g |
BUL |
2704 |
0 |
1975 |
37 |
Pantsulaia, Levan |
g |
GEO |
2703 |
9 |
1986 |
38 |
Kamsky, Gata |
g |
USA |
2697 |
0 |
1974 |
39 |
Vitiugov, Nikita |
g |
RUS |
2696 |
0 |
1987 |
40 |
Safarli, Eltaj |
g |
AZE |
2695 |
7 |
1992 |
41 |
Guseinov, Gadir |
g |
AZE |
2694 |
0 |
1986 |
42 |
Ramirez, Alejandro |
g |
USA |
2694 |
0 |
1988 |
43 |
Ragger, Markus |
g |
AUT |
2693 |
0 |
1988 |
44 |
Nyzhnyk, Illya |
g |
UKR |
2692 |
12 |
1996 |
45 |
Kravtsiv, Martyn |
g |
UKR |
2692 |
0 |
1990 |
46 |
Bachmann, Axel |
g |
PAR |
2689 |
0 |
1989 |
47 |
Socko, Bartosz |
g |
POL |
2689 |
0 |
1978 |
48 |
Bu, Xiangzhi |
g |
CHN |
2688 |
0 |
1985 |
49 |
Melkumyan, Hrant |
g |
ARM |
2686 |
0 |
1989 |
50 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2686 |
0 |
1987 |
51 |
Khusnutdinov, Rustam |
g |
KAZ |
2684 |
11 |
1987 |
52 |
Kovalenko, Igor |
g |
LAT |
2684 |
0 |
1988 |
53 |
Adly, Ahmed |
g |
EGY |
2683 |
9 |
1987 |
54 |
Hammer, Jon Ludvig |
g |
NOR |
2683 |
0 |
1990 |
55 |
Wang, Yue |
g |
CHN |
2683 |
0 |
1987 |
56 |
Bortnyk, Olexandr |
g |
UKR |
2682 |
0 |
1996 |
57 |
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof |
g |
POL |
2682 |
0 |
1998 |
58 |
Laznicka, Viktor |
g |
CZE |
2681 |
0 |
1988 |
59 |
Yu, Yangyi |
g |
CHN |
2680 |
0 |
1994 |
60 |
Jones, Gawain C B |
g |
ENG |
2679 |
0 |
1987 |
61 |
Shirov, Alexei |
g |
LAT |
2678 |
7 |
1972 |
62 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
g |
RUS |
2677 |
9 |
1985 |
63 |
Vallejo Pons, Francisco |
g |
ESP |
2677 |
0 |
1982 |
64 |
Berkes, Ferenc |
g |
HUN |
2675 |
0 |
1985 |
65 |
Maghsoodloo, Parham |
g |
IRI |
2674 |
7 |
2000 |
66 |
Stevic, Hrvoje |
g |
CRO |
2673 |
0 |
1980 |
67 |
Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn |
g |
ISL |
2672 |
6 |
1993 |
68 |
Cheparinov, Ivan |
g |
BUL |
2672 |
0 |
1986 |
69 |
Lu, Shanglei |
g |
CHN |
2672 |
0 |
1995 |
70 |
Predojevic, Borki |
g |
BIH |
2671 |
0 |
1987 |
71 |
Pridorozhni, Aleksei |
g |
RUS |
2671 |
0 |
1981 |
72 |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2670 |
0 |
1985 |
73 |
Granda Zuniga, Julio E |
g |
PER |
2669 |
9 |
1967 |
74 |
Bologan, Victor |
g |
MDA |
2669 |
0 |
1971 |
75 |
Movsesian, Sergei |
g |
ARM |
2669 |
0 |
1978 |
76 |
Matlakov, Maxim |
g |
RUS |
2668 |
9 |
1991 |
77 |
Li, Chao b |
g |
CHN |
2668 |
0 |
1989 |
78 |
Brunello, Sabino |
g |
ITA |
2666 |
0 |
1989 |
79 |
Grigoryan, Karen H. |
g |
ARM |
2665 |
0 |
1995 |
80 |
Meier, Georg |
g |
GER |
2665 |
0 |
1987 |
81 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
g |
UKR |
2663 |
0 |
1990 |
82 |
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro |
g |
CUB |
2662 |
7 |
1982 |
83 |
Hou, Yifan |
g |
CHN |
2659 |
0 |
1994 |
84 |
Khairullin, Ildar |
g |
RUS |
2657 |
0 |
1990 |
85 |
Cordova, Emilio |
g |
PER |
2656 |
0 |
1991 |
86 |
Fedoseev, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2656 |
0 |
1995 |
87 |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2655 |
0 |
1980 |
88 |
Quparadze, Giga |
g |
GEO |
2654 |
18 |
1987 |
89 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2654 |
9 |
1977 |
90 |
Bogdanovich, Stanislav |
g |
UKR |
2654 |
0 |
1993 |
91 |
Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian |
m |
NOR |
2654 |
0 |
1998 |
92 |
Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son |
g |
VIE |
2654 |
0 |
1990 |
93 |
Bocharov, Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2653 |
11 |
1982 |
94 |
Khismatullin, Denis |
g |
RUS |
2651 |
0 |
1984 |
95 |
Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo |
g |
VEN |
2650 |
0 |
1989 |
96 |
Lenic, Luka |
g |
SLO |
2650 |
0 |
1988 |
97 |
Heimann, Andreas |
g |
GER |
2649 |
0 |
1992 |
98 |
Sychev, Klementy |
m |
RUS |
2647 |
0 |
1996 |
99 |
Plat, Vojtech |
m |
CZE |
2646 |
10 |
1994 |
100 |
Mamedov, Nidjat |
g |
AZE |
2645 |
0 |
1985 |
Women's Top 50 Blitz
Rk |
Name |
Ti. |
Fed |
Rtg |
Gms |
B-Year |
1 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
g |
UKR |
2663 |
0 |
1990 |
2 |
Hou, Yifan |
g |
CHN |
2659 |
0 |
1994 |
3 |
Lagno, Kateryna |
g |
RUS |
2622 |
0 |
1989 |
4 |
Gunina, Valentina |
g |
RUS |
2612 |
0 |
1989 |
5 |
Tan, Zhongyi |
g |
CHN |
2554 |
0 |
1991 |
6 |
Ju, Wenjun |
g |
CHN |
2548 |
0 |
1991 |
7 |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
g |
BUL |
2540 |
0 |
1979 |
8 |
Harika, Dronavalli |
g |
IND |
2537 |
0 |
1991 |
9 |
Koneru, Humpy |
g |
IND |
2499 |
0 |
1987 |
10 |
Zhao, Xue |
g |
CHN |
2499 |
0 |
1985 |
11 |
Krush, Irina |
g |
USA |
2494 |
0 |
1983 |
12 |
Paehtz, Elisabeth |
m |
GER |
2478 |
0 |
1985 |
13 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
g |
RUS |
2468 |
0 |
1984 |
14 |
Charochkina, Daria |
m |
RUS |
2457 |
0 |
1990 |
15 |
Ushenina, Anna |
g |
UKR |
2457 |
0 |
1985 |
16 |
Lei, Tingjie |
g |
CHN |
2451 |
0 |
1997 |
17 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
g |
GEO |
2445 |
0 |
1987 |
18 |
Javakhishvili, Lela |
m |
GEO |
2439 |
9 |
1984 |
19 |
Bodnaruk, Anastasia |
m |
RUS |
2439 |
0 |
1992 |
20 |
Hoang, Thanh Trang |
g |
HUN |
2422 |
0 |
1980 |
21 |
Matnadze, Ana |
m |
ESP |
2422 |
0 |
1983 |
22 |
Galliamova, Alisa |
m |
RUS |
2417 |
0 |
1972 |
23 |
Gaponenko, Inna |
m |
UKR |
2416 |
0 |
1976 |
24 |
Socko, Monika |
g |
POL |
2408 |
0 |
1978 |
25 |
Goryachkina, Aleksandra |
wg |
RUS |
2401 |
0 |
1998 |
26 |
Pogonina, Natalija |
wg |
RUS |
2401 |
0 |
1985 |
27 |
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat |
m |
IRI |
2396 |
0 |
1997 |
28 |
Abdumalik, Zhansaya |
m |
KAZ |
2395 |
0 |
2000 |
29 |
Kashlinskaya, Alina |
m |
RUS |
2390 |
0 |
1993 |
30 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
g |
GEO |
2382 |
0 |
1988 |
31 |
Cori T., Deysi |
wg |
PER |
2379 |
9 |
1993 |
32 |
Guramishvili, Sopiko |
m |
GEO |
2379 |
0 |
1991 |
33 |
Zhukova, Natalia |
g |
UKR |
2372 |
0 |
1979 |
34 |
Buksa, Nataliya |
wg |
UKR |
2368 |
0 |
1996 |
35 |
Zatonskih, Anna |
m |
USA |
2368 |
0 |
1978 |
36 |
Arabidze, Meri |
m |
GEO |
2362 |
27 |
1994 |
37 |
Padmini, Rout |
m |
IND |
2362 |
0 |
1994 |
38 |
Nemcova, Katerina |
wg |
USA |
2361 |
11 |
1990 |
39 |
Girya, Olga |
wg |
RUS |
2361 |
0 |
1991 |
40 |
Klek, Hanna Marie |
|
GER |
2360 |
0 |
1995 |
41 |
Turova, Irina |
m |
RUS |
2354 |
0 |
1979 |
42 |
Reizniece-Ozola, Dana |
wg |
LAT |
2353 |
13 |
1981 |
43 |
Pustovoitova, Daria |
f |
RUS |
2353 |
0 |
1994 |
44 |
Benderac, Ana |
wg |
SRB |
2350 |
0 |
1977 |
45 |
Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia |
m |
HUN |
2347 |
0 |
1979 |
46 |
Lomineishvili, Maia |
m |
GEO |
2346 |
0 |
1977 |
47 |
Pham, Le Thao Nguyen |
m |
VIE |
2346 |
0 |
1987 |
48 |
Charkhalashvili, Inga |
wg |
GEO |
2345 |
9 |
1983 |
49 |
Saduakassova, Dinara |
m |
KAZ |
2344 |
0 |
1996 |
50 |
Mkrtchian, Lilit |
m |
ARM |
2343 |
0 |
1982 |
Source: FIDE