FIDE October 2005 rating lists

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10/12/2005 – Garry Kasparov tops the list, followed by Anand and Topalov. Peter Svidler has taken over place six from Vladimir Kramnik, while Judit Polgar remains in the top ten. Four players jumped by 28 points, one (Alexander Motylev) shed 43. The women's list it topped by two Polgar sisters. Here are more details.
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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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