FIDE April 2013 ratings – and reform plans

by ChessBase
4/1/2013 – Vladimir Kramnik lost a bunch of rating points and descended from rank two to three, exchanging places with Levon Aronian, while Fabiano Caruana gained twelve to rejoin the top ten. Apart from that nothing really noteworthy to report this month, which has led to discussions within FIDE on how to "hot up" the list. We were privy to some of their very daring plans and can tell you what is in store.

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FIDE April 2013 – Top 100 Players

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
 1  Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR  2872  0  1990
 2  Aronian, Levon  g  ARM  2809  0  1982
 3  Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS  2801  6  1975
 4  Radjabov, Teimour  g  AZE  2793  0  1987
 5  Karjakin, Sergey  g  RUS  2786  0  1990
 6  Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND  2783  6  1969
 7  Caruana, Fabiano  g  ITA  2772  6  1992
 8  Topalov, Veselin  g  BUL  2771  0  1975
 9  Nakamura, Hikaru  g  USA  2767  0  1987
 10  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  g  AZE  2766  0  1985
 11  Grischuk, Alexander  g  RUS  2764  0  1983
 12  Morozevich, Alexander  g  RUS  2758  0  1977
 13  Ivanchuk, Vassily  g  UKR  2757  0  1969
 14  Svidler, Peter  g  RUS  2747  0  1976
 15  Leko, Peter  g  HUN  2744  0  1979
 16  Wang, Hao  g  CHN  2743  0  1989
 17  Kamsky, Gata  g  USA  2741  0  1974
 18  Gelfand, Boris  g  ISR  2739  6  1968
 19  Jakovenko, Dmitry  g  RUS  2734  0  1983
 20  Ponomariov, Ruslan  g  UKR  2733  0  1983
 21  Giri, Anish  g  NED  2727  3  1994
 22  Adams, Michael  g  ENG  2727  0  1971
 23  Andreikin, Dmitry  g  RUS  2727  0  1990
 24  Dominguez Perez, Leinier  g  CUB  2723  0  1983
 25  Tomashevsky, Evgeny  g  RUS  2722  0  1987
 26  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  g  FRA  2722  0  1990
 27  Le, Quang Liem  g  VIE  2717  9  1991
 28  Vitiugov, Nikita  g  RUS  2712  0  1987
 29  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  g  UZB  2709  0  1979
 30  Malakhov, Vladimir  g  RUS  2709  0  1980
 31  Nepomniachtchi, Ian  g  RUS  2708  0  1990
 32  Areshchenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2707  3  1986
 33  Bruzon Batista, Lazaro  g  CUB  2707  0  1982
 34  Ding, Liren  g  CHN  2707  0  1992
 35  Naiditsch, Arkadij  g  GER  2706  1  1985
 36  Fressinet, Laurent  g  FRA  2706  0  1981
 37  Navara, David  g  CZE  2706  0  1985
 38  Wang, Yue  g  CHN  2706  0  1987
 39  Bacrot, Etienne  g  FRA  2705  0  1983
 40  Harikrishna, P.  g  IND  2705  0  1986
 41  Riazantsev, Alexander  g  RUS  2705  0  1985
 42  Akopian, Vladimir  g  ARM  2704  0  1971
 43  Eljanov, Pavel  g  UKR  2703  3  1983
 44  Moiseenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2703  0  1980
 45  Volokitin, Andrei  g  UKR  2702  11  1986
 46  Cheparinov, Ivan  g  BUL  2702  9  1986
 47  Jobava, Baadur  g  GEO  2702  0  1983
 48  So, Wesley  g  PHI  2701  0  1993
 49  Shirov, Alexei  g  LAT  2700  0  1972
 50  Wojtaszek, Radoslaw  g  POL  2700  0  1987
 51  Korobov, Anton  g  UKR  2698  8  1985
 52  McShane, Luke J  g  ENG  2698  0  1984
 53  Efimenko, Zahar  g  UKR  2697  0  1985
 54  Short, Nigel D  g  ENG  2697  0  1965
 55  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2696  0  1976
 56  Alekseev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2695  0  1985
 57  Movsesian, Sergei  g  ARM  2695  0  1978
 58  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  g  ESP  2694  0  1982
 59  Grachev, Boris  g  RUS  2693  0  1986
 60  Almasi, Zoltan  g  HUN  2689  0  1976
 61  Inarkiev, Ernesto  g  RUS  2688  0  1985
 62  Rublevsky, Sergei  g  RUS  2688  0  1974
 63  Li, Chao b  g  CHN  2686  0  1989
 64  Van Wely, Loek  g  NED  2684  0  1972
 65  Bologan, Viktor  g  MDA  2681  0  1971
 66  Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  g  ROU  2677  0  1976
 67  Motylev, Alexander  g  RUS  2676  0  1979
 68  Yu, Yangyi  g  CHN  2675  9  1994
 69  Berkes, Ferenc  g  HUN  2674  19  1985
 70  Gareev, Timur  g  USA  2674  0  1988
 71  Gyimesi, Zoltan  g  HUN  2674  0  1977
 72  Laznicka, Viktor  g  CZE  2674  0  1988
 73  Sutovsky, Emil  g  ISR  2671  0  1977
 74  Edouard, Romain  g  FRA  2670  7  1990
 75  Kryvoruchko, Yuriy  g  UKR  2668  3  1986
 76  Sargissian, Gabriel  g  ARM  2666  0  1983
 77  Potkin, Vladimir  g  RUS  2665  0  1982
 78  Ragger, Markus  g  AUT  2663  16  1988
 79  Gharamian, Tigran  g  FRA  2663  10  1984
 80  Sasikiran, Krishnan  g  IND  2663  9  1981
 81  Smirin, Ilia  g  ISR  2663  9  1968
 82  Onischuk, Alexander  g  USA  2663  0  1975
 83  Petrosian, Tigran L.  g  ARM  2663  0  1984
 84  Bu, Xiangzhi  g  CHN  2662  0  1985
 85  Mamedov, Rauf  g  AZE  2662  0  1988
 86  Khairullin, Ildar  g  RUS  2660  2  1990
 87  Zvjaginsev, Vadim  g  RUS  2658  0  1976
 88  Georgiev, Kiril  g  BUL  2657  9  1965
 89  Sjugirov, Sanan  g  RUS  2657  9  1993
 90  Zhigalko, Sergei  g  BLR  2656  0  1989
 91  Iturrizaga, Eduardo  g  VEN  2655  18  1989
 92  Nielsen, Peter Heine  g  DEN  2654  7  1973
 93  Rapport, Richard  g  HUN  2654  7  1996
 94  Jones, Gawain C B  g  ENG  2654  3  1987
 95  Dreev, Aleksey  g  RUS  2654  0  1969
 96  Negi, Parimarjan  g  IND  2653  22  1993
 97  Ivanisevic, Ivan  g  SRB  2653  9  1977
 98  Gajewski, Grzegorz  g  POL  2653  3  1985
 99  Matlakov, Maxim  g  RUS  2653  0  1991
 100  Fedorchuk, Sergey A.  g  UKR  2652  10  1981
 101  Fridman, Daniel  g  GER  2652  3  1976
 102  Filippov, Anton  g  UZB  2652  0  1986
 103  Kobalia, Mikhail  g  RUS  2652  0  1978
 104  Meier, Georg  g  GER  2652  0  1987

Top climbers and descenders

Here's a list of all players from the top 100 who gained or lost five or more points.

Rank Old Rank Name Country Rating Old Rating Games
3 2 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2801 -9 2810 6
7 11 Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2772 +12 2760 6
27 31 Le, Quang Liem VIE 2717 +8 2709 9
32 29 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR 2707 -13 2720 3
43 54 Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2703 +6 2697 3
45 25 Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2702 -23 2725 11
68 57 Yu, Yangyi CHN 2675 -21 2696 9
69 47 Berkes, Ferenc HUN 2674 -28 2702 19
74 69 Edouard, Romain FRA 2670 -10 2680 7
78 92 Ragger, Markus AUT 2663 +8 2655 16
80 71 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2663 -14 2677 9
91 100 Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN 2655 +5 2650 18
101 86 Fridman, Daniel GER 2652 -6 2658 3

FIDE Top Women

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
 1  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2696  0  1976
 2  Hou, Yifan  g  CHN  2617  0  1994
 3  Koneru, Humpy  g  IND  2597  0  1987
 4  Muzychuk, Anna  g  SLO  2585  0  1990
 5  Zhao, Xue  g  CHN  2565  0  1985
 6  Lagno, Kateryna  g  UKR  2550  8  1989
 7  Dzagnidze, Nana  g  GEO  2545  8  1987
 8  Kosintseva, Nadezhda  g  RUS  2531  0  1985
 9  Sebag, Marie  g  FRA  2527  2  1986
 10  Stefanova, Antoaneta  g  BUL  2525  9  1979
 11  Cramling, Pia  g  SWE  2525  0  1963
 12  Cmilyte, Viktorija  g  LTU  2522  4  1983
 13  Ju, Wenjun  wg  CHN  2521  9  1991
 14  Kosintseva, Tatiana  g  RUS  2517  0  1986
 15  Gunina, Valentina  m  RUS  2510  12  1989
 16  Harika, Dronavalli  g  IND  2509  2  1991
 17  Ruan, Lufei  wg  CHN  2501  0  1987
 18  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  g  RUS  2496  7  1984
 19  Khotenashvili, Bela  m  GEO  2492  8  1988
 20  Zhu, Chen  g  QAT  2491  0  1976
 21  Ushenina, Anna  g  UKR  2488  8  1985
 22  Muzychuk, Mariya  m  UKR  2483  10  1992
 23  Tan, Zhongyi  wg  CHN  2483  9  1991
 24  Paehtz, Elisabeth  m  GER  2479  20  1985
 25  Danielian, Elina  g  ARM  2478  20  1978
 26  Zhukova, Natalia  g  UKR  2476  8  1979
 27  Hoang, Thanh Trang  g  HUN  2476  0  1980
 28  Pogonina, Natalija  wg  RUS  2473  7  1985
 29  Zatonskih, Anna  m  USA  2471  17  1978
 30  Krush, Irina  m  USA  2470  10  1983
 31  Huang, Qian  wg  CHN  2469  7  1986
 32  Mkrtchian, Lilit  m  ARM  2466  11  1982
 33  Girya, Olga  wg  RUS  2464  25  1991
 34  Javakhishvili, Lela  m  GEO  2464  7  1984
 35  Galliamova, Alisa  m  RUS  2458  6  1972
 36  Moser, Eva  m  AUT  2456  11  1982
 37  Atalik, Ekaterina  m  TUR  2455  0  1982
 38  Socko, Monika  g  POL  2451  5  1978
 39  Hunt, Harriet V  m  ENG  2450  0  1978
 40  Dembo, Yelena  m  GRE  2448  0  1983
 41  Bodnaruk, Anastasia  m  RUS  2443  8  1992
 42  Guo, Qi  wg  CHN  2439  19  1995
 43  Peptan, Corina-Isabela  m  ROU  2439  0  1978
 44  Munguntuul, Batkhuyag  m  MGL  2436  0  1987
 45  Skripchenko, Almira  m  FRA  2430  2  1976
 46  Cori T., Deysi  wg  PER  2430  0  1993
 47  Zaiatz, Elena  m  RUS  2430  0  1969
 48  Khurtsidze, Nino  m  GEO  2428  7  1975
 49  Alexandrova, Olga  m  ESP  2427  0  1978
 50  Ding, Yixin  wg  CHN  2427  0  1991
 51  Melia, Salome  m  GEO  2423  8  1987
 52  Pham, Le Thao Nguyen  m  VIE  2421  9  1987
 53  Guramishvili, Sopiko  m  GEO  2421  0  1991
 54  Houska, Jovanka  m  ENG  2417  0  1980
 55  Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  m  RUS  2411  0  1974
 56  Tania, Sachdev  m  IND  2409  5  1986
 57  Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan  g  SCO  2406  8  1968
 58  Matnadze, Ana  m  ESP  2406  4  1983
 59  Rajlich, Iweta  m  POL  2406  0  1981
 60  Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina  wg  ESP  2403  16  1987
 61  Bojkovic, Natasa  m  SRB  2403  0  1971
 62  Wang, Jue  wg  CHN  2401  9  1995
 63  Shen, Yang  m  CHN  2397  12  1989
 64  Gaponenko, Inna  m  UKR  2397  10  1976
 65  Li, Ruofan  m  SIN  2396  0  1978
 66  Milliet, Sophie  m  FRA  2394  7  1983
 67  Batsiashvili, Nino  wg  GEO  2394  0  1987
 68  Peng, Zhaoqin  g  NED  2392  1  1968
 69  Paikidze, Nazi  m  GEO  2392  0  1993
 70  Goryachkina, Aleksandra  wg  RUS  2391  9  1998
 71  Karavade, Eesha  m  IND  2389  19  1987
 72  Bulmaga, Irina  wg  ROU  2389  14  1993
 73  Sukandar, Irine Kharisma  wg  INA  2388  9  1992
 74  Gomes, Mary Ann  wg  IND  2387  26  1989
 75  Foisor, Cristina-Adela  m  ROU  2387  22  1967
 76  Ovod, Evgenija  m  RUS  2387  9  1982
 77  Khukhashvili, Sopiko  m  GEO  2386  0  1985
 78  Nemcova, Katerina  wg  CZE  2382  9  1990
 79  Michna, Marta  wg  GER  2381  6  1978
 80  Matveeva, Svetlana  m  RUS  2380  0  1969
 81  Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan  wg  KAZ  2379  9  1991
 82  Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman  m  IND  2378  6  1979
 83  Kovanova, Baira  wg  RUS  2377  0  1987
 84  Zawadzka, Jolanta  wg  POL  2376  18  1987
 85  Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino  m  GER  2373  10  1971
 86  Savina, Anastasia  m  RUS  2372  20  1992
 87  Shadrina, Tatiana  wg  RUS  2372  0  1974
 88  Kononenko, Tatiana  m  UKR  2369  11  1978
 89  Romanko, Marina  m  RUS  2367  9  1986
 90  Zhang, Xiaowen  wg  CHN  2367  9  1989
 91  Lujan, Carolina  m  ARG  2366  0  1985
 92  Repkova, Eva  m  SVK  2363  26  1975
 93  Vasilevich, Irina  m  RUS  2363  0  1985
 94  Fierro Baquero, Martha L.  m  ECU  2362  14  1977
 95  Vajda, Szidonia  m  HUN  2362  0  1979
 96  Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa  wg  CUB  2361  0  1988
 97  Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina  wg  POL  2360  11  1987
 98  Ubiennykh, Ekaterina  wm  RUS  2360  0  1983
 99  Stockova, Zuzana  m  SVK  2359  13  1977
 100  Wang, Yu A.  m  CHN  2359  0  1982

FIDE Top Juniors

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
 1  Giri, Anish  g  NED  2727  3  1994
 2  So, Wesley  g  PHI  2701  0  1993
 3  Yu, Yangyi  g  CHN  2675  9  1994
 4  Sjugirov, Sanan  g  RUS  2657  9  1993
 5  Rapport, Richard  g  HUN  2654  7  1996
 6  Negi, Parimarjan  g  IND  2653  22  1993
 7  Nyzhnyk, Illya  g  UKR  2630  0  1996
 8  Swiercz, Dariusz  g  POL  2622  0  1994
 9  Robson, Ray  g  USA  2618  0  1994
 10  Hou, Yifan  g  CHN  2617  0  1994
 11  Zherebukh, Yaroslav  g  UKR  2614  9  1993
 12  Dubov, Daniil  g  RUS  2614  0  1996
 13  Van Kampen, Robin  g  NED  2588  12  1994
 14  Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel  g  ARM  2582  9  1993
 15  Ipatov, Alexander  g  TUR  2578  0  1993
 16  Lalith, Babu M.R.  g  IND  2565  8  1993
 17  Lu, Shanglei  g  CHN  2562  9  1995
 18  Belous, Vladimir  m  RUS  2560  0  1993
 19  Grigoryan, Karen H.  m  ARM  2559  9  1995
 20  Anton Guijarro, David  m  ESP  2555  9  1995
 21  Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi  g  IND  2549  0  1994
 22  Bogdanovich, Stanislav  m  UKR  2548  0  1993
 23  Cori, Jorge  g  PER  2546  0  1995
 24  Grandelius, Nils  g  SWE  2542  16  1993
 25  Sethuraman, S.P.  g  IND  2541  9  1993
 26  Eliseev, Urii  m  RUS  2541  0  1996
 27  Lagarde, Maxime  m  FRA  2532  12  1994
 28  Gabuzyan, Hovhannes  g  ARM  2532  9  1995
 29  Bok, Benjamin  m  NED  2531  6  1995
 30  Salem, A.R. Saleh  g  UAE  2530  9  1993
 31  Wei, Yi  m  CHN  2530  9  1999
 32  Popilski, Gil  g  ISR  2523  18  1993
 33  Kovalev, Vladislav  m  BLR  2523  0  1994
 34  Bukavshin, Ivan  g  RUS  2522  0  1995
 35  Indjic, Aleksandar  m  SRB  2519  18  1995
 36  Vaibhav, Suri  g  IND  2513  0  1997
 37  Fedoseev, Vladimir  g  RUS  2510  0  1995
 38  Holt, Conrad  g  USA  2509  9  1993
 39  Zeng, Chongsheng  m  CHN  2504  9  1993
 40  Stukopin, Andrey  m  RUS  2500  0  1994
 41  Artemiev, Vladislav  m  RUS  2499  0  1998
 42  Duda, Jan-Krzysztof  m  POL  2497  9  1998
 43  Oparin, Grigoriy  m  RUS  2496  0  1997
 44  Arribas Lopez, Angel  m  ESP  2494  9  1993
 45  Dragun, Kamil  m  POL  2492  0  1995
 46  Raznikov, Danny  m  ISR  2488  18  1993
 47  Forcen Esteban, Daniel  m  ESP  2486  9  1994
 48  Wang, Chen  m  CHN  2485  9  1993
 49  Zierk, Steven C  m  USA  2485  0  1993
 50  Andersen, Mads  m  DEN  2484  12  1995

FIDE Top Girls

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
 1  Hou, Yifan  g  CHN  2617  0  1994
 2  Guo, Qi  wg  CHN  2439  19  1995
 3  Cori T., Deysi  wg  PER  2430  0  1993
 4  Wang, Jue  wg  CHN  2401  9  1995
 5  Paikidze, Nazi  m  GEO  2392  0  1993
 6  Goryachkina, Aleksandra  wg  RUS  2391  9  1998
 7  Bulmaga, Irina  wg  ROU  2389  14  1993
 8  Arabidze, Meri  wg  GEO  2355  0  1994
 9  Padmini, Rout  wg  IND  2347  23  1994
 10  Saduakassova, Dinara  wg  KAZ  2336  7  1996
 11  Ziaziulkina, Nastassia  wg  BLR  2332  0  1995
 12  Medina, Warda Aulia  wm  INA  2321  9  1997
 13  Papp, Petra  wg  HUN  2305  9  1993
 14  Kashlinskaya, Alina  wg  RUS  2305  0  1993
 15  Schut, Lisa  wm  NED  2300  5  1994
 16  Soloviova, Liza  wg  UKR  2300  0  1993
 17  Aranaz Murillo, Amalia  wf  ESP  2278  9  1995
 18  Shvayger, Yuliya  wf  ISR  2273  9  1994
 19  Sihite, Chelsie Monica  wm  INA  2271  0  1995
 20  Pustovoitova, Daria  f  RUS  2269  0  1994
 21  Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat  wm  IRI  2267  0  1997
 22  Haast, Anne  wm  NED  2266  9  1993
 23  Nicolas Zapata, Irene  wm  ESP  2265  9  1997
 24  Olsarova, Karolina  wm  CZE  2264  13  1993
 25  Zhai, Mo  wm  CHN  2259  9  1996
 26  Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung  wm  VIE  2257  9  1994
 27  Hejazipour, Mitra  wm  IRI  2257  0  1993
 28  Hoang, Thi Nhu Y  wm  VIE  2252  9  1993
 29  Danelia, Mariam  wm  GEO  2252  0  1994
 30  Hakimifard, Ghazal  wm  IRI  2250  0  1994
 31  Osmanodja, Filiz  wf  GER  2241  0  1996
 32  Petrova, Olga    RUS  2238  0  1993
 33  Brunello, Marina  wm  ITA  2235  5  1994
 34  Baciu, Diana  wm  MDA  2235  0  1994
 35  Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya  wm  UKR  2233  8  1994
 36  Klek, Hanna-Marie    GER  2232  8  1995
 37  Lei, Tingjie    CHN  2232  0  1997
 38  Abdulla, Khayala  wm  AZE  2226  9  1993
 39  Butuc, Maria  wm  RUS  2224  0  1993
 40  Bivol, Alina  wm  RUS  2223  9  1996
 41  Petrukhina, Irina  wf  RUS  2222  0  1994
 42  Khlichkova, Tatiana  wf  RUS  2215  0  1994
 43  Varga, Melinda    HUN  2214  1  1997
 44  Stetsko, Lanita  f  BLR  2214  0  1993
 45  Tjolsen, Katrine  wm  NOR  2214  0  1993
 46  Ni, Shiqun  wm  CHN  2213  9  1997
 47  Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica  wm  ROU  2212  4  1994
 48  Iwanow, Anna  wm  POL  2209  11  1995
 49  Abdumalik, Zhansaya  wm  KAZ  2209  6  2000
 50  Pavlidou, Ekaterini  wm  GRE  2209  0  1993

New rating plans – adjusting the K-factor

The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Árpád Imre Élö, a Hungarian-born American physics professor. It was adopted by the USCF in 1960 and by FIDE in 1970. Initially one or two rating lists were published per year, and from 2000 on four lists per year. By the second half of 2009 there were six rating lists per year.

In July 2012 FIDE started publishing monthly ratings, which was a great and commendable service to chess players but came with a downside: the lists seldom changed in a way that would attract the general chess public to study them. How high had Magnus Carlsen climbed, any changes in the top ten – that was what fans would glance at the list to find out. If you look at the rating changes of the top 100 players you will find just thirteen that have shown noteworthy change, noteworthy being defined as a loss or gain of at least five points. From a publicity point of view this was not exactly a satisfying state of affairs, and so FIDE decided at the beginning of this year to look into the question of adjusting the K-Factor.

When calculating ratings changes, a player’s performance in an event is only one part of the equation. The other part is the K-Factor, which is basically used to avoid uncontrolled swings due to a particularly good or bad performance. The K-Factor moderates the gains or losses: a lower value will allow ratings to fluctuate less, a higher value will lead to larger swings. FIDE uses the following ranges:

  • K = 30 (was 25) for a player new to the rating list until he or she has completed events with a total of at least 30 games. This allows talented newcomers to up the list faster than others.

  • K = 15 as long as a player's rating remains under 2400.

  • K = 10 once a player's published rating has reached 2400, and he or has also completed events with a total of at least 30 games. Thereafter it remains permanently at 10.

To bring more variance in the ratings and generate more public interest FIDE decided to "go all the way" and adopt a K-Factor of 60 for all players. The announcement was meant to coincide with the publication of the April 2013 Ratings, and calculations had aready been done. But just before publication a minor bug was discovered in the algorithm – one that caused the "regular" ratings with K=10 to be slightly skewed – and so the traditional calculation was used for the lists we have shown above.

However, starting from May 2013 FIDE will be using the K-60 system, while providing, we are told, the traditional K-10 ratings in parallel until the end of the year. Starting from 2014, however, only the K-60 ratings will be published. "Just take a look, they are much more exciting than the traditional list," said a FIDE spokesperson, who supplied us with the April 2013 list (which was subsequently abandoned). It gives us a very good idea of what is coming and what is in store for us.

# Player K-60 K-10 Diff
1 Carlsen,M 2950 2876 74
2 Aronian,L 2883 2816 67
3 Anand,V 2836 2783 53
4 Smeets,J 2832 2651 181
5 Vitiugov,N 2831 2717 114
6 Eljanov,P 2826 2703 123
7 Rapport,R 2822 2655 167
8 Karjakin,Sergey 2815 2786 29
9 Rodshtein,M 2809 2648 161
10 WeiYi 2797 2550 247
11 Fier,A 2793 2610 183
12 Leko,P 2790 2744 46
13 So,W 2786 2699 87
14 Wojtaszek,R 2779 2732 47
15 Sandipan,C 2778 2621 157
16 Grischuk,A 2777 2766 11
17 Dobrov,V 2776 2566 210
18 Gelfand,B 2772 2745 27
19 Kramnik,V 2770 2803 -33
20 Biolek,R1 2769 2461 308
21 Topalov,V 2769 2769 0
22 Sanikidze,T 2768 2611 157
23 LeQuangLiem 2768 2716 52
24 Kovalenko,I 2764 2616 148
25 Mamedyarov,S 2764 2764 0
26 Adams,Mi 2761 2731 30
27 Istratescu,A 2759 2672 87
28 Nakamura,Hi 2758 2767 -9
29 Malakhov,V 2756 2717 39
30 Bacrot,E 2754 2713 41
31 Jianu,V 2752 2542 210
32 Kokarev,Dm 2750 2648 102
33 Morozevich,A 2748 2748 0
34 Kamsky,G 2747 2741 6
35 Jakovenko,D 2741 2741 0
36 Ponomariov,R 2741 2741 0
37 Mchedlishvili,M 2739 2666 73
38 Petrosian,TL 2738 2663 75
39 Brunello,S 2737 2600 137
40 Hamitevici,V 2735 2489 246
41 Sjugirov,S 2734 2658 76
42 Negi,P 2734 2671 63
43 Svidler,P 2733 2745 -12
44 Harikrishna,P 2733 2704 29
45 McShane,L 2729 2716 13
46 Ragger,M 2728 2667 61
47 Georgiev,Ki 2727 2657 70
48 Michalik,P 2726 2537 189
49 Tomashevsky,E 2725 2725 0
50 Nepomniachtchi,I 2723 2706 17
 
# Player K-60 K-10 Diff
51 Caruana,F 2723 2771 -48
52 Giri,A 2722 2720 2
53 Short,N 2722 2697 25
54 Dominguez,L 2721 2723 -2
55 Tkachiev,V 2721 2662 59
56 BruzonBatista,L 2720 2704 16
57 Mamedov,Rau 2718 2662 56
58 Grigoryan,K2 2718 2547 171
59 Romanov,E 2718 2629 89
60 Andreikin,D 2718 2718 0
61 YuYangyi 2717 2693 24
62 Meier,Geo 2713 2652 61
63 Jones,G 2712 2655 57
64 Sedlak,N 2712 2598 114
65 Riazantsev,A 2712 2712 0
66 Lalith,B 2711 2569 142
67 Jobava,Ba 2711 2711 0
68 Eliseev,U 2710 2556 154
69 VanWely,L 2710 2684 26
70 Moiseenko,A1 2710 2710 0
71 Kasimdzhanov,R 2708 2693 15
72 Grachev,B 2708 2691 17
73 Almasi,Z 2707 2707 0
74 Pacher,M 2706 2481 225
75 Polgar,Ju 2705 2705 0
76 Baramidze,D 2704 2630 74
77 Akopian,Vl 2703 2703 0
78 Korobov,A 2702 2702 0
79 Khairullin,I 2701 2644 57
80 Tazbir,M 2700 2579 121
81 Bologan,V 2700 2696 4
82 Grigoryan,Av 2699 2616 83
83 Smirnov,P 2699 2625 74
84 WangHao 2699 2743 -44
85 Gajewski,G 2696 2653 43
86 Smirin,I 2696 2659 37
87 WangYue 2696 2696 0
88 Stevic,H 2695 2631 64
89 DingLiren 2694 2707 -13
90 Navara,D 2693 2717 -24
91 L'Ami,E 2693 2636 57
92 Inarkiev,E 2693 2693 0
93 Radjabov,T 2692 2776 -84
94 Ivanchuk,V 2691 2747 -56
95 Fressinet,L 2691 2700 -9
96 Yemelin,V 2689 2597 92
97 Amin,B 2689 2641 48
98 Ivanisevic,I 2688 2652 36
99 Movsesian,S 2688 2688 0
100 Vovk,Y 2688 2610 78

The great K-Factor debate

  • 22.10.2002 – The Sonas Rating Formula – Better than Elo?
    The Elo formula has served the chess world quite well for a long time. However, statistician Jeff Sonas believes that the time has come to make some significant changes to that formula. He presents his proposal in this milestone article. Suggestion #1: Use a more dynamic K-Factor...

  • 27.4.2009 – FIDE: Rating Regulations – The K-Factor
    FIDE has reacted to concerns of players and decided not to simply change the K-Factor in its rating calculation, but to in fact publish two parallel lists for a year and then review the results. Press releases.

  • 28.4.2009 – Macieja: The increase of the K-factor is essential
    A passionate appeal by GM Bartlomiej Macieja not to delay the decision but increase the K-factor immediately. In fact he advocated recalculating the lists of the last two or even five years.

  • 29.4.2009 – FIDE: We support the increase of the K-factor
    Yesterday we published a letter by GM Bartlomiej Macieja asking the World Chess Federation not to delay the decision to increase the K-factor in their ratings calculation. Today we received a reply to Maceija's passionate appeal from FIDE, outlining the reasons for the actions. In addition interesting letters from our readers, including one from statistician Jeff Sonas. Opinions and explanations.

  • 30.4.2009 – Nunn on the K-factor: show me the proof!
    With the debate raging over FIDE's decision to change or not to change the K-factor used in calculating players' ratings, we are glad to receive an important message from our voice-of-reason grandmaster. Dr John Nunn says "there seems no real evidence that K=20 will result in a more accurate rating system, while there are a number of risks and disadvantages." His explanation and reader feedback.

  • 7.5.2009 – Thompson: Leave the K-factor alone!
    Ken Thompson, the father of Unix and C, and a pioneer of computer chess, believes that the current rating system isn't broken and that the status quo is better than change. If anything the ratings should be published more often – every day if possible. Food for thought.

  • 11.5.2009 – Rating and K-factor: wrapping up the debate
    The discussions regarding the K-factor – the rate at which ratings go up or down when they are calculated – reaches its climax with a wrap-up article by Dr John Nunn, grandmaster and mathematician, who evaluates the arguments that have been presented by the different parties. After this it is up to FIDE, which has already initiated positive steps settle the matter. Final installment.

  • Wikipedia: Most accurate K-Factor

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