Carlsen, Topalov and Kramnik, Anand separated by one point

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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