Carlsen, Topalov and Kramnik, Anand separated by one point

5/1/2010 – Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess superhero, remains in place one in the FIDE May 1st world rankings. But Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria has closed the gap to a single point. The same applies to World Champion Vishy Anand, who is not just one point behind the third-placed Vladimir Kramnik. Two players in the list prove that marriage must not be detrimental to your ratings. May 2010 rankings.

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FIDE May 2010 Rating List

Magnus Carlsen has maintained his place at the top of the world rankings, still a resounding one point ahead of Veselin Topalov, sho gained seven points in ten games to almost catch the Norwegian. Vishy Anand has gained two points, but that was not enough to overtake Vladimir Kramnik, who remains, how did we put it, a resounding one point ahead of the World Champion.

Other notable gains were achieved by Pavel Eljanov, who has gained 15 points to join the top ten for the first time ever. Pavel was recently married and has, with this new ranking, shattered the myth that matrimony immediately takes fifty points off your rating. Sergey Karjakin confirms this: he has gained 14 points and is now in place 14, all in spite of marriage last July.

Our roller coaster friend Peter Svidler has lost 15 points to descend from place eight to fifteen; and French hopeful Maxime Vachier-Lagrave lost 17 to drop to 30th place and, probably more painfully, one place behind his only national rival Etienne Bacrot. It seems like just yesterday Etienne was the wonderboy of French chess; now he is on his way to becoming the veteran whom the young Turks must overtake.

FIDE May 1st 2010 – Top 103 Players

Rank Name Title Nation Rating
Games
 B-Year
 1  Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR  2813
 0
  1990
 2  Topalov, Veselin  g  BUL  2812
 10
  1975
 3  Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS  2790
 0
  1975
 4  Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND  2789
 2
  1969
 5  Aronian, Levon  g  ARM  2783
 10
  1982
 6  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  g  AZE  2763
 4
  1985
 7  Grischuk, Alexander  g  RUS  2760
 18
  1983
 8  Wang, Yue  g  CHN  2752
 7
  1987
 9  Eljanov, Pavel  g  UKR  2751
 20
  1983
 10  Shirov, Alexei  g  ESP  2742
 10
  1972
 11  Gelfand, Boris  g  ISR  2741
 16
  1968
 12  Ivanchuk, Vassily  g  UKR  2741
 10
  1969
 13  Radjabov, Teimour  g  AZE  2740
 0
  1987
 14  Karjakin, Sergey  g  RUS  2739
 7
  1990
 15  Svidler, Peter  g  RUS  2735
 15
  1976
 16  Leko, Peter  g  HUN  2735
 0
  1979
 17  Gashimov, Vugar  g  AZE  2734
 14
  1986
 18  Ponomariov, Ruslan  g  UKR  2733
 7
  1983
 19  Nakamura, Hikaru  g  USA  2733
 4
  1987
 20  Almasi, Zoltan  g  HUN  2725
 11
  1976
 21  Jakovenko, Dmitry  g  RUS  2725
 10
  1983
 22  Malakhov, Vladimir  g  RUS  2722
 12
  1980
 23  Wang, Hao  g  CHN  2722
 10
  1989
 24  Navara, David  g  CZE  2718
 24
  1985
 25  Movsesian, Sergei  g  SVK  2717
 35
  1978
 26  Jobava, Baadur  g  GEO  2715
 11
  1983
 27  Morozevich, Alexander  g  RUS  2715
 0
  1977
 28  Dominguez Perez, Leinier  g  CUB  2713
 0
  1983
 29  Bacrot, Etienne  g  FRA  2710
 25
  1983
 30  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  g  FRA  2710
 15
  1990
 31  Tomashevsky, Evgeny  g  RUS  2708
 18
  1987
 32  Vitiugov, Nikita  g  RUS  2707
 18
  1987
 33  Motylev, Alexander  g  RUS  2704
 21
  1979
 34  Rublevsky, Sergei  g  RUS  2704
 9
  1974
 35  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  g  ESP  2703
 30
  1982
 36  Kamsky, Gata  g  USA  2702
 9
  1974
 37  Alekseev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2700
 20
  1985
 38  Onischuk, Alexander  g  USA  2699
 9
  1975
 39  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  g  UZB  2699
 3
  1979
 40  Nielsen, Peter Heine  g  DEN  2698
 9
  1973
 41  Adams, Michael  g  ENG  2697
 19
  1971
 42  Nepomniachtchi, Ian  g  RUS  2695
 20
  1990
 43  Akopian, Vladimir  g  ARM  2694
 11
  1971
 44  Sasikiran, Krishnan  g  IND  2690
 6
  1981
 45  Fressinet, Laurent  g  FRA  2689
 28
  1981
 46  Le, Quang Liem  g  VIE  2687
 13
  1991
 47  Naiditsch, Arkadij  g  GER  2686
 34
  1985
 48  Short, Nigel D  g  ENG  2685
 9
  1965
 49  Miroshnichenko, Evgenij  g  UKR  2684
 4
  1978
 50  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2682
 0
  1976
 51  Bu, Xiangzhi  g  CHN  2681
 3
  1985
 52  Kurnosov, Igor  g  RUS  2680
 28
  1985
 53  Efimenko, Zahar  g  UKR  2677
 29
  1985
 54  Timofeev, Artyom  g  RUS  2677
 18
  1985
 55  Sargissian, Gabriel  g  ARM  2677
 11
  1983
 56  Berkes, Ferenc  g  HUN  2676
 19
  1985
 57  Caruana, Fabiano  g  ITA  2675
 21
  1992
 58  Riazantsev, Alexander  g  RUS  2674
 20
  1985
 59  Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  g  ROU  2672
 19
  1976
 60  Ganguly, Surya Shekhar  g  IND  2672
 0
  1983
 61  Inarkiev, Ernesto  g  RUS  2669
 18
  1985
 62  Moiseenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2669
 17
  1980
 63  Bruzon Batista, Lazaro  g  CUB  2668
 27
  1982
 64  Bologan, Viktor  g  MDA  2668
 21
  1971
 65  Grachev, Boris  g  RUS  2667
 17
  1986
 66  Ni, Hua  g  CHN  2667
 7
  1983
 67  So, Wesley  g  PHI  2665
 0
  1993
 68  Roiz, Michael  g  ISR  2664
 27
  1983
 69  Volokitin, Andrei  g  UKR  2664
 25
  1986
 70  Najer, Evgeniy  g  RUS  2663
 28
  1977
 71  Areshchenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2663
 22
  1986
 72  Bareev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2663
 11
  1966
 73  Wojtaszek, Radoslaw  g  POL  2663
 5
  1987
 74  Georgiev, Kiril  g  BUL  2662
 24
  1965
 75  Sutovsky, Emil  g  ISR  2661
 11
  1977
 76  Harikrishna, P.  g  IND  2660
 0
  1986
 77  Smeets, Jan  g  NED  2659
 6
  1985
 78  Khismatullin, Denis  g  RUS  2657
 18
  1984
 79  Zvjaginsev, Vadim  g  RUS  2656
 18
  1976
 80  Avrukh, Boris  g  ISR  2656
 0
  1978
 81  Dreev, Alexey  g  RUS  2655
 21
  1969
 82  Fridman, Daniel  g  GER  2654
 36
  1976
 83  Sokolov, Ivan  g  BIH  2654
 25
  1968
 84  Van Wely, Loek  g  NED  2653
 13
  1972
 85  Mamedov, Rauf  g  AZE  2653
 11
  1988
 86  Zhou, Jianchao  g  CHN  2652
 4
  1988
 87  Korobov, Anton  g  UKR  2649
 13
  1985
 88  Kobalia, Mikhail  g  RUS  2648
 20
  1978
 89  Zhigalko, Sergei  g  BLR  2647
 20
  1989
 90  Fedorchuk, Sergey A.  g  UKR  2646
 13
  1981
 91  Beliavsky, Alexander G  g  SLO  2645
 25
  1953
 92  Socko, Bartosz  g  POL  2644
 18
  1978
 93  Seirawan, Yasser  g  USA  2644
 3
  1960
 94  Milov, Vadim  g  SUI  2644
 0
  1972
 95  Andreikin, Dmitry  g  RUS  2643
 5
  1990
 96  Lastin, Alexander  g  RUS  2643
 0
  1976
 97  Giri, Anish  g  NED  2642
 24
  1994
 98  Savchenko, Boris  g  RUS  2642
 17
  1986
 99  Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son  g  VIE  2642
 0
  1990
 100  Gustafsson, Jan  g  GER  2640
 24
  1979
 101  Cheparinov, Ivan  g  BUL  2640
 11
  1986
 102  Vuckovic, Bojan  g  SRB  2640
 11
  1980
 103  Sandipan, Chanda  g  IND  2640
 2
  1983

FIDE Top 100 Women May 2010

The gap between the top ranked Judit Polgar and her nearest rival, Indian GM Koneru Humpy, remains at 60 points. Chinese talent Hou Yifan has regained nineteen of the twenty points she had lost in the previous list, and remains in place three, but 29 points of the next-closest rival.

Rank Name Title Nation Rating
Games
 B-Year
 1  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2682
 0
  1976
 2  Koneru, Humpy  g  IND  2622
 0
  1987
 3  Hou, Yifan  g  CHN  2589
 12
  1994
 4  Stefanova, Antoaneta  g  BUL  2560
 16
  1979
 5  Kosintseva, Nadezhda  m  RUS  2553
 11
  1985
 6  Cramling, Pia  g  SWE  2536
 21
  1963
 7  Kosintseva, Tatiana  g  RUS  2534
 11
  1986
 8  Muzychuk, Anna  m  SLO  2529
 22
  1990
 9  Lahno, Kateryna  g  UKR  2527
 3
  1989
 10  Sebag, Marie  g  FRA  2524
 14
  1986
 11  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  g  RUS  2519
 6
  1984
 12  Cmilyte, Viktorija  m  LTU  2514
 24
  1983
 13  Chiburdanidze, Maia  g  GEO  2514
 0
  1961
 14  Pogonina, Natalija  wg  RUS  2501
 6
  1985
 15  Ju, Wenjun  wg  CHN  2500
 0
  1991
 16  Zhukova, Natalia  wg  UKR  2499
 17
  1979
 17  Zhao, Xue  g  CHN  2493
 8
  1985
 18  Harika, Dronavalli  m  IND  2491
 9
  1991
 19  Galliamova, Alisa  m  RUS  2487
 0
  1972
 20  Paehtz, Elisabeth  m  GER  2485
 30
  1985
 21  Socko, Monika  g  POL  2485
 21
  1978
 22  Xu, Yuhua  g  CHN  2484
 2
  1976
 23  Hoang Thanh Trang  g  HUN  2482
 11
  1980
 24  Javakhishvili, Lela  m  GEO  2482
 11
  1984
 25  Dzagnidze, Nana  g  GEO  2478
 11
  1987
 26  Mkrtchian, Lilit  m  ARM  2477
 11
  1982
 27  Zhu, Chen  g  QAT  2476
 0
  1976
 28  Ruan, Lufei  wg  CHN  2474
 1
  1987
 29  Danielian, Elina  m  ARM  2473
 12
  1978
 30  Zatonskih, Anna  m  USA  2470
 27
  1978
 31  Dembo, Yelena  m  GRE  2470
 11
  1983
 32  Ushenina, Anna  m  UKR  2468
 15
  1985
 33  Melia, Salome  m  GEO  2466
 20
  1987
 34  Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman  m  IND  2466
 0
  1979
 35  Gaponenko, Inna  m  UKR  2465
 20
  1976
 36  Skripchenko, Almira  m  FRA  2464
 17
  1976
 37  Tan, Zhongyi  wg  CHN  2464
 2
  1991
 38  Rajlich, Iweta  m  POL  2460
 22
  1981
 39  Gunina, Valentina  wf  RUS  2457
 15
  1989
 40  Polgar, Sofia  m  HUN  2457
 0
  1974
 41  Krush, Irina  m  USA  2455
 23
  1983
 42  Tairova, Elena  m  RUS  2455
 0
  1991
 43  Muzychuk, Mariya  m  UKR  2452
 32
  1992
 44  Shen, Yang  wg  CHN  2452
 3
  1989
 45  Hunt, Harriet V  m  ENG  2452
 0
  1978
 46  Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan  g  SCO  2449
 16
  1968
 47  Khurtsidze, Nino  m  GEO  2448
 11
  1975
 48  Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  m  RUS  2447
 16
  1974
 49  Atalik, Ekaterina  m  TUR  2444
 5
  1982
 50  Moser, Eva  m  AUT  2440
 32
  1982
 51  Huang, Qian  wg  CHN  2437
 3
  1986
 52  Repkova, Eva  m  SVK  2434
 29
  1975
 53  Zhang, Xiaowen  wg  CHN  2426
 4
  1989
 54  Khukhashvili, Sopiko  m  GEO  2421
 0
  1985
 55  Ovod, Evgenija  m  RUS  2418
 20
  1982
 56  Houska, Jovanka  m  ENG  2417
 17
  1980
 57  Peptan, Corina-Isabela  m  ROU  2416
 9
  1978
 58  Zawadzka, Jolanta  wg  POL  2415
 11
  1987
 59  Munguntuul, Batkhuyag  m  MGL  2413
 13
  1987
 60  Savina, Anastasia  wg  RUS  2412
 15
  1992
 61  Romanko, Marina  m  RUS  2411
 17
  1986
 62  Khotenashvili, Bela  m  GEO  2410
 20
  1988
 63  Bodnaruk, Anastasia  wg  RUS  2410
 15
  1992
 64  Cori T., Deysi  wm  PER  2409
 27
  1993
 65  Matnadze, Ana  m  GEO  2409
 10
  1983
 66  Galojan, Lilit  wg  ARM  2402
 11
  1983
 67  Jackova, Jana  m  CZE  2402
 2
  1982
 68  Tsereteli, Tamar  wg  GEO  2402
 0
  1985
 69  Foisor, Cristina-Adela  m  ROU  2401
 21
  1967
 70  Stockova, Zuzana  m  SVK  2400
 18
  1977
 71  Vasilevich, Tatjana  m  UKR  2399
 23
  1977
 72  Tania, Sachdev  m  IND  2398
 9
  1986
 73  Peng, Zhaoqin  g  NED  2397
 13
  1968
 74  Turova, Irina  m  RUS  2394
 9
  1979
 75  Michna, Marta  wg  GER  2393
 18
  1978
 76  Madl, Ildiko  m  HUN  2393
 17
  1969
 77  Zaiatz, Elena  m  RUS  2392
 11
  1969
 78  Pokorna, Regina  wg  SVK  2388
 8
  1982
 79  Maric, Alisa  m  SRB  2387
 0
  1970
 80  Gara, Anita  m  HUN  2385
 11
  1983
 81  Zdebskaja, Natalia  wg  UKR  2383
 11
  1986
 82  Molchanova, Tatjana  wm  RUS  2381
 16
  1980
 83  Alexandrova, Olga  m  ESP  2381
 11
  1978
 84  Matveeva, Svetlana  m  RUS  2379
 16
  1969
 85  Milliet, Sophie  m  FRA  2378
 23
  1983
 86  Karavade, Eesha  wg  IND  2377
 9
  1987
 87  Stepovaia, Tatiana  wg  RUS  2375
 0
  1965
 88  Kononenko, Tatiana  m  UKR  2374
 11
  1978
 89  Shadrina, Tatiana  wg  RUS  2374
 2
  1974
 90  Cosma, Elena-Luminita  wg  ROU  2370
 20
  1972
 91  Lomineishvili, Maia  m  GEO  2370
 11
  1977
 92  Bojkovic, Natasa  m  SRB  2368
 11
  1971
 93  Kovanova, Baira  wg  RUS  2366
 15
  1987
 94  Goletiani, Rusudan  m  USA  2366
 0
  1980
 95  Lanchava, Tea  m  NED  2364
 1
  1974
 96  Vajda, Szidonia  m  HUN  2363
 17
  1979
 97  Gvetadze, Sopio  m  GEO  2363
 11
  1983
 98  Fierro Baquero, Martha L.  m  ECU  2363
 9
  1977
 99  Kulovana, Eva  wg  CZE  2362
 22
  1987
 100  Gu, Xiaobing  wg  CHN  2361
 2
  1985

FIDE Top 20 Juniors May 2010

Naturally Magnus remains at the top of this list, but with is ten-month older main rival Sergey Karjakin closing the gap – which however still remains a daunting 74 points. Junior Hou Yifan is still out of the list, which remains an all-male affair.

Rank Name Title Nation Rating
Games
 B-Year
 1  Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR  2813  0  1990
 2  Karjakin, Sergey  g  RUS  2739  7  1990
 3  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  g  FRA  2710  15  1990
 4  Nepomniachtchi, Ian  g  RUS  2695  20  1990
 5  Le, Quang Liem  g  VIE  2687  13  1991
 6  Caruana, Fabiano  g  ITA  2675  21  1992
 7  So, Wesley  g  PHI  2665  0  1993
 8  Andreikin, Dmitry  g  RUS  2643  5  1990
 9  Giri, Anish  g  NED  2642  24  1994
 10  Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son  g  VIE  2642  0  1990
 11  Negi, Parimarjan  g  IND  2636  7  1993
 12  Kuzubov, Yuriy  g  UKR  2628  23  1990
 13  Howell, David W L  g  ENG  2620  18  1990
 14  Khairullin, Ildar  g  RUS  2617  19  1990
 15  Kovalyov, Anton  g  ARG  2615  9  1992
 16  Edouard, Romain  g  FRA  2611  30  1990
 17  Sjugirov, Sanan  g  RUS  2610  20  1993
 18  Safarli, Eltaj  g  AZE  2610  11  1992
 19  Hammer, Jon Ludvig  g  NOR  2610  7  1990
 20  Salgado Lopez, Ivan  g  ESP  2606  11  1991

FIDE Top 20 Girls May 2010

There she is, Hou Yifan, sixty points ahead of her nearest rival Anna Muzychuk, with Chinese WGM Ju Wenjun and India's Harika Dronavalli following up as in the previous list.

Rank Name Title Nation Rating
Games
 B-Year
 1  Hou, Yifan  g  CHN  2589  12  1994
 2  Muzychuk, Anna  m  SLO  2529  22  1990
 3  Ju, Wenjun  wg  CHN  2500  0  1991
 4  Harika, Dronavalli  m  IND  2491  9  1991
 5  Tan, Zhongyi  wg  CHN  2464  2  1991
 6  Tairova, Elena  m  RUS  2455  0  1991
 7  Muzychuk, Mariya  m  UKR  2452  32  1992
 8  Savina, Anastasia  wg  RUS  2412  15  1992
 9  Bodnaruk, Anastasia  wg  RUS  2410  15  1992
 10  Cori T., Deysi  wm  PER  2409  27  1993
 11  Girya, Olga  wg  RUS  2353  15  1991
 12  Pustovoitova, Daria    RUS  2352  9  1994
 13  Kashlinskaya, Alina  wg  RUS  2346  10  1993
 14  Ding, Yixin  wf  CHN  2327  3  1991
 15  Severiukhina, Zoja  wm  RUS  2321  11  1990
 16  Padmini, Rout  wm  IND  2319  0  1994
 17  Paikidze, Nazi  wm  GEO  2317  27  1993
 18  Muminova, Nafisa  wm  UZB  2311  18  1990
 19  Ohme, Melanie  wm  GER  2309  20  1990
 20  Rakic, Marija  wm  SRB  2306  0  1990

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