FIDE October 2005 rating lists

In spite of retiring from competitive chess Garry Kasparov still tops the FIDE ratings list. He has done this countless times so far, with a highest-ever ranking of 2851 (in 7/1999). Kasparov is followed by Vishy Anand, who is six points ahead of Veselin Topalov. Peter Leko has retained his fourth place, Vassily Ivanchuk remains at fifth. Peter Svidler has gained two points and climbed from seven to six, while Vladimir Kramnik lost five points to slip from six to seven. Judit Polgar remains in the top ten at place eight.

The biggest winners we could spot in the October list were Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania, who gained 28 points and jumped from 25 to 15; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, who jumped from 54 to 28, also with a gain of 28; Pentala Harikrishna, who climbed from 59 to 31, Alexander Areshchenko, who jumped from 79 to 49, both again with 28-point gains. Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine gained 24 points to climb from 63 to 41, and Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan gained 22 to go from 23 to 18.

The biggest drops were by Alexander Motylev, who shed 43 points (in 44 games) to drop from 27 to 79; and Emil Sutovsky of Israel, who lost 20 to drop from 28 to 48 in the list.

Addendum: IM George Mastrokoukos and Ioannis Kerkines, both of Athens, Greece, drew our attention to the fact that Vasilios Kotronias of Greece has gained 39 points and moved up to place 84 on the list. An anonymous visitor from California noted that Julio Granda Zuniga of Peru has gained 30 points to move to place 67. Flóvin of Copenhagen mentions that the winner of Dortmund, Arkadij Naiditsch, gained 29 points and climbed to 64 on the world rankings.

Top 100 Men – October 2005

Rank	Name	Title	Nat	Rating	Gms	B-Year
1	Kasparov, Garry	g	RUS	2812	0	1963
2	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2788	0	1969
3	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2782	9	1975
4	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2751	9	1979
5	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2748	31	1969
6	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2740	17	1976
7	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2739	9	1975
8	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2735	0	1976
9	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2725	19	1983
10	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2724	21	1982
11	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2720	0	1983
12	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2718	9	1971
13	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2717	18	1968
14	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2710	8	1972
15	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROM	2707	28	1976
16	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2707	17	1971
17	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2707	0	1977
18	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2704	22	1987
19	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2704	0	1983
20	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2699	35	1973
21	Sokolov, Ivan	g	NED	2696	36	1968
22	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	2694	21	1969
23	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2690	28	1974
24	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2682	22	1971
25	Lautier, Joel	g	FRA	2679	20	1973
26	Bruzon, Lazaro	g	CUB	2677	11	1982
27	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2675	7	1966
28	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2674	42	1985
29	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2674	1	1982
30	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2673	32	1968
31	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2673	19	1986
32	Short, Nigel D.	g	ENG	2673	0	1965
33	Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2672	2	1951
34	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2670	13	1980
35	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2670	0	1979
36	Delchev, Aleksander	g	BUL	2669	49	1971
37	Sakaev, Konstantin	g	RUS	2668	23	1974
38	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2666	25	1986
39	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2663	44	1980
40	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2663	37	1981
41	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2663	29	1983
42	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2662	36	1987
43	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2659	0	1976
44	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2658	31	1990
45	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	2658	29	1985
46	Azmaiparashvili, Zurab	g	GEO	2658	16	1960
47	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2655	13	1963
48	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2654	27	1977
49	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2653	32	1986
50	Khalifman, Alexander	g	RUS	2653	0	1966
51	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	2652	56	1972
52	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	2652	33	1978
53	Gurevich, Mikhail	g	BEL	2652	25	1959
54	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2652	13	1974
55	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2648	39	1972
56	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	2648	24	1965
57	Izoria, Zviad	g	GEO	2646	41	1984
58	Navara, David	g	CZE	2646	32	1985
59	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2646	31	1973
60	Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	2646	11	1978
61	Asrian, Karen	g	ARM	2645	22	1980
62	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2644	13	1983
63	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2641	52	1977
64	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2641	22	1985
65	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2640	34	1975
66	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2640	18	1976
67	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2637	37	1967
68	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2637	23	1985
69	Smirnov, Pavel	g	RUS	2637	13	1982
70	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2637	11	1985
71	Huebner, Robert Dr.	g	GER	2637	2	1948
72	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	g	BLR	2636	31	1973
73	Miton, Kamil	g	POL	2635	37	1984
74	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2635	21	1978
75	Dominguez, Lenier	g	CUB	2635	11	1983
76	Seirawan, Yasser	g	USA	2635	0	1960
77	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	2634	33	1978
78	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	2634	0	1978
79	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2632	44	1979
80	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2632	24	1985
81	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2631	39	1953
82	Timman, Jan H	g	NED	2630	18	1951
83	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	2629	7	1973
84	Kotronias, Vasilios	g	GRE	2626	44	1964
85	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2625	27	1977
86	Felgaer, Ruben	g	ARG	2624	44	1981
87	Gyimesi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2624	16	1977
88	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2623	42	1981
89	Sokolov, Andrei	g	FRA	2622	21	1963
90	Istratescu, Andrei	g	ROM	2622	12	1975
91	Atalik, Suat	g	TUR	2620	64	1964
92	Korchnoi, Viktor	g	SUI	2620	28	1931
93	Belov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2620	27	1984
94	Milos, Gilberto	g	BRA	2620	11	1963
95	Kempinski, Robert	g	POL	2619	21	1977
96	Hjartarson, Johann	g	ISL	2619	3	1963
97	Ehlvest, Jaan	g	EST	2618	60	1962
98	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2618	44	1986
99	Ibragimov, Ildar	g	USA	2617	67	1967
100	Fedorov, Alexei	g	BLR	2616	22	1972
101	Vladimirov, Evgeny	g	KAZ	2616	0	1957

In the women's section we see the two active Polgar sisters topping the list, Judit a full 158 ahead of Zsuzsa (or Susan). Former Chinese world champion Xie Jun is third, just four point behind her good friend Susan. Indian super-talent Koneru Humpy is 33 point lower on place four, followed by glamour girl Alexandra Kosteniuk, 24 points behind. Ukraine talent Kateryna Lahno is on place five with a 2509 rating, just two points less than the legendary Maia Chiburdanidze.

Top 50 Women – October 2005

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2735	0	1976
2	Polgar, Zsuzsa	g	USA	2577	0	1969
3	Xie, Jun	g	CHN	2573	0	1970
4	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2540	9	1987
5	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2516	16	1984
6	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2511	16	1961
7	Lahno, Kateryna	m	UKR	2509	12	1989
8	Xu, Yuhua	wg	CHN	2502	20	1976
9	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2492	21	1963
10	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2491	26	1979
11	Kosintseva, Tatiana	m	RUS	2489	17	1986
12	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2486	16	1985
13	Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman	m	IND	2485	49	1979
14	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2480	0	1983
15	Socko, Monika	m	POL	2479	18	1978
16	Zhao, Xue	wg	CHN	2478	30	1985
17	Zhu, Chen	g	CHN	2473	9	1976
18	Qin, Kanying	wg	CHN	2472	0	1974
19	Hoang Thanh Trang	m	VIE	2471	10	1980
20	Zhukova, Natalia	wg	UKR	2466	26	1979
21	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2463	16	1972
22	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2461	28	1976
23	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2457	16	1974
24	Radziewicz, Iweta	m	POL	2453	9	1981
25	Dzagnidze, Nana	m	GEO	2443	16	1987
26	Dembo, Yelena	m	GRE	2441	21	1983
27	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2437	16	1983
28	Khurtsidze, Nino	m	GEO	2434	6	1975
29	Danielian, Elina	m	ARM	2433	27	1978
30	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2432	25	1976
31	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2429	8	1982
32	Lomineishvili, Maia	m	GEO	2426	13	1977
33	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	m	GEO	2426	7	1968
34	Zatonskih, Anna	wg	USA	2425	9	1978
35	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2422	9	1969
36	Hunt, Harriet	m	ENG	2422	0	1978
37	Zaiatz, Elena	m	RUS	2422	0	1969
38	Kachiani-G., Ketino	m	GER	2421	8	1971
39	Xu, Yuanyuan	wg	CHN	2420	11	1981
40	Maric, Alisa	m	SCG	2420	9	1970
41	Kononenko, Tatiana	wg	UKR	2417	42	1978
42	Sebag, Marie	m	FRA	2415	8	1986
43	Polovnikova, Ekaterina	wg	RUS	2414	0	1982
44	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2410	0	1984
45	Foisor, Cristina Adela	m	ROM	2409	33	1967
46	Ushenina, Anna	wg	UKR	2409	21	1985
47	Mongontuul, Bathuyag	wg	MGL	2408	20	1987
48	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2408	18	1985
49	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROM	2403	25	1978
50	Peng, Zhaoqin	g	NED	2402	17	1968

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