FIDE October 2012 – Top 50 Players
Rnk |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
Born |
1 |
Carlsen,
Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2843 |
0 |
1990 |
2 |
Aronian,
Levon |
g |
ARM |
2821 |
10 |
1982 |
3 |
Kramnik,
Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2795 |
9 |
1975 |
4 |
Radjabov,
Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2792 |
9 |
1987 |
5 |
Nakamura,
Hikaru |
g |
USA |
2786 |
9 |
1987 |
6 |
Karjakin,
Sergey |
g |
RUS |
2780 |
10 |
1990 |
7 |
Anand,
Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2780 |
0 |
1969 |
8 |
Caruana,
Fabiano |
g |
ITA |
2772 |
9 |
1992 |
9 |
Ivanchuk,
Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2771 |
10 |
1969 |
10 |
Morozevich,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2758 |
0 |
1977 |
11 |
Kamsky,
Gata |
g |
USA |
2755 |
11 |
1974 |
12 |
Grischuk,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2752 |
11 |
1983 |
13 |
Topalov,
Veselin |
g |
BUL |
2751 |
10 |
1975 |
14 |
Mamedyarov,
Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2748 |
10 |
1985 |
15 |
Wang,
Hao |
g |
CHN |
2748 |
10 |
1989 |
16 |
Svidler,
Peter |
g |
RUS |
2747 |
0 |
1976 |
17 |
Gashimov,
Vugar |
g |
AZE |
2737 |
0 |
1986 |
18 |
Gelfand,
Boris |
g |
ISR |
2736 |
8 |
1968 |
19 |
Ponomariov,
Ruslan |
g |
UKR |
2735 |
10 |
1983 |
20 |
Dominguez
Perez, Leinier |
g |
CUB |
2734 |
10 |
1983 |
21 |
Leko,
Peter |
g |
HUN |
2734 |
10 |
1979 |
22 |
Wojtaszek,
Radoslaw |
g |
POL |
2733 |
13 |
1987 |
23 |
Jakovenko,
Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2732 |
9 |
1983 |
24 |
Giri,
Anish |
g |
NED |
2730 |
7 |
1994 |
25 |
Volokitin,
Andrei |
g |
UKR |
2724 |
9 |
1986 |
26 |
Navara,
David |
g |
CZE |
2722 |
14 |
1985 |
27 |
Adams,
Michael |
g |
ENG |
2720 |
10 |
1971 |
28 |
Tomashevsky,
Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2720 |
5 |
1987 |
29 |
Shirov,
Alexei |
g |
LAT |
2718 |
10 |
1972 |
30 |
Andreikin,
Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2718 |
0 |
1990 |
31 |
Bruzon
Batista, Lazaro |
g |
CUB |
2717 |
21 |
1982 |
32 |
Malakhov,
Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2713 |
14 |
1980 |
33 |
McShane,
Luke J |
g |
ENG |
2713 |
0 |
1984 |
34 |
Riazantsev,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2712 |
0 |
1985 |
35 |
Cheparinov,
Ivan |
g |
BUL |
2710 |
24 |
1986 |
36 |
Areshchenko,
Alexander |
g |
UKR |
2710 |
19 |
1986 |
37 |
Jobava,
Baadur |
g |
GEO |
2710 |
10 |
1983 |
38 |
Almasi,
Zoltan |
g |
HUN |
2707 |
10 |
1976 |
39 |
Short,
Nigel D |
g |
ENG |
2707 |
10 |
1965 |
40 |
Polgar,
Judit |
g |
HUN |
2705 |
10 |
1976 |
41 |
Vachier-Lagrave,
Maxime |
g |
FRA |
2705 |
10 |
1990 |
42 |
Bacrot,
Etienne |
g |
FRA |
2705 |
0 |
1983 |
43 |
Korobov,
Anton |
g |
UKR |
2705 |
0 |
1985 |
44 |
Naiditsch,
Arkadij |
g |
GER |
2704 |
10 |
1985 |
45 |
Nepomniachtchi,
Ian |
g |
RUS |
2704 |
0 |
1990 |
46 |
Le,
Quang Liem |
g |
VIE |
2703 |
14 |
1991 |
47 |
Akopian,
Vladimir |
g |
ARM |
2703 |
10 |
1971 |
48 |
Ding,
Liren |
g |
CHN |
2702 |
14 |
1992 |
49 |
Fressinet,
Laurent |
g |
FRA |
2702 |
10 |
1981 |
50 |
Vallejo
Pons, Francisco |
g |
ESP |
2700 |
11 |
1982 |
51 |
Moiseenko,
Alexander |
g |
UKR |
2700 |
7 |
1980 |
Top climbers and descenders
We are listing all players from the top 100 who gained or lost five or more
points. Surprisingly there is a fair number, in spite of the short interval.
Gaining 26 rating points or losing 22 in just one month is no mean task.
Rnk |
Old |
Name |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
2 |
2 |
Aronian, Levon |
ARM |
2821 +5 |
10 |
11 |
14 |
Kamsky, Gata |
USA |
2755 +9 |
11 |
14 |
23 |
Mamedyarov,
Shakhriyar |
AZE |
2748 +19 |
10 |
15 |
15 |
Wang, Hao |
CHN |
2748 +6 |
10 |
19 |
22 |
Ponomariov,
Ruslan |
UKR |
2735 +6 |
10 |
20 |
24 |
Dominguez Perez,
Leinier |
CUB |
2734 +9 |
10 |
22 |
32 |
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw |
POL |
2733 +20 |
13 |
23 |
25 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
RUS |
2732 +8 |
9 |
25 |
27 |
Volokitin, Andrei |
UKR |
2724 +6 |
9 |
26 |
57 |
Navara, David |
CZE |
2722 +31 |
14 |
32 |
44 |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
RUS |
2713 +13 |
14 |
35 |
61 |
Cheparinov, Ivan |
BUL |
2710 +21 |
24 |
36 |
43 |
Areshchenko,
Alexander |
UKR |
2710 +8 |
19 |
39 |
49 |
Short, Nigel D |
ENG |
2707 +9 |
10 |
40 |
48 |
Polgar, Judit |
HUN |
2705 +7 |
10 |
41 |
50 |
Vachier-Lagrave,
Maxime |
FRA |
2705 +8 |
10 |
46 |
53 |
Le, Quang Liem |
VIE |
2703 +10 |
14 |
47 |
63 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
ARM |
2703 +16 |
10 |
48 |
52 |
Ding, Liren |
CHN |
2702 +8 |
14 |
59 |
68 |
Kasimdzhanov,
Rustam |
UZB |
2690 +6 |
7 |
67 |
86 |
Li, Chao b |
CHN |
2681 +16 |
11 |
73 |
82 |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
RUS |
2678 +7 |
9 |
74 |
84 |
So, Wesley |
PHI |
2677 +10 |
11 |
75 |
80 |
Onischuk, Alexander |
USA |
2677 +5 |
10 |
78 |
85 |
Zhigalko, Sergei |
BLR |
2674 +7 |
10 |
81 |
97 |
Fridman, Daniel |
GER |
2670 +13 |
11 |
83 |
100 |
Gupta, Abhijeet |
IND |
2667 +13 |
9 |
The biggest losses were suffered by the following players:
Rnk |
Old |
Name |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
28 |
21 |
Tomashevsky,
Evgeny |
RUS |
2720 -10 |
5 |
37 |
19 |
Jobava, Baadur |
GEO |
2710 -24 |
10 |
38 |
33 |
Almasi, Zoltan |
HUN |
2707 -6 |
10 |
44 |
36 |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
GER |
2704 -8 |
10 |
49 |
29 |
Fressinet, Laurent |
FRA |
2702 -12 |
10 |
52 |
41 |
Movsesian, Sergei |
ARM |
2699 -6 |
10 |
53 |
35 |
Bologan, Viktor |
MDA |
2695 -17 |
15 |
57 |
47 |
Vitiugov, Nikita |
RUS |
2691 -8 |
4 |
58 |
46 |
Sokolov, Ivan |
NED |
2690 -9 |
11 |
68 |
38 |
Sasikiran, Krishnan |
IND |
2680 -27 |
14 |
69 |
66 |
Berkes, Ferenc |
HUN |
2679 -6 |
9 |
70 |
65 |
Kryvoruchko,
Yuriy |
UKR |
2679 -7 |
3 |
71 |
69 |
Bu, Xiangzhi |
CHN |
2678 -5 |
12 |
82 |
62 |
Georgiev, Kiril |
BUL |
2668 -19 |
13 |
85 |
72 |
Edouard, Romain |
FRA |
2664 -14 |
9 |
86 |
75 |
Bauer, Christian |
FRA |
2664 -12 |
7 |
96 |
78 |
Tiviakov, Sergei |
NED |
2659 -15 |
18 |
99 |
74 |
Ragger, Markus |
AUT |
2655 -22 |
11 |
FIDE Top 50 Women
Rnk |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
Born |
1 |
Polgar,
Judit |
g |
HUN |
2705 |
10 |
1976 |
2 |
Koneru,
Humpy |
g |
IND |
2607 |
11 |
1987 |
3 |
Hou,
Yifan |
g |
CHN |
2605 |
9 |
1994 |
4 |
Muzychuk,
Anna |
g |
SLO |
2587 |
21 |
1990 |
5 |
Zhao,
Xue |
g |
CHN |
2565 |
21 |
1985 |
6 |
Dzagnidze,
Nana |
g |
GEO |
2555 |
8 |
1987 |
7 |
Lahno,
Kateryna |
g |
UKR |
2551 |
10 |
1989 |
8 |
Kosintseva,
Nadezhda |
g |
RUS |
2539 |
9 |
1985 |
9 |
Cmilyte,
Viktorija |
g |
LTU |
2528 |
21 |
1983 |
10 |
Sebag,
Marie |
g |
FRA |
2521 |
0 |
1986 |
11 |
Kosintseva,
Tatiana |
g |
RUS |
2515 |
20 |
1986 |
12 |
Gunina,
Valentina |
m |
RUS |
2514 |
13 |
1989 |
13 |
Cramling,
Pia |
g |
SWE |
2514 |
0 |
1963 |
14 |
Harika,
Dronavalli |
g |
IND |
2512 |
10 |
1991 |
15 |
Khotenashvili,
Bela |
m |
GEO |
2504 |
10 |
1988 |
16 |
Ruan,
Lufei |
wg |
CHN |
2501 |
11 |
1987 |
17 |
Zatonskih,
Anna |
m |
USA |
2499 |
11 |
1978 |
18 |
Ju, Wenjun |
wg |
CHN |
2498 |
21 |
1991 |
19 |
Stefanova,
Antoaneta |
g |
BUL |
2493 |
20 |
1979 |
20 |
Zhu,
Chen |
g |
QAT |
2491 |
0 |
1976 |
21 |
Kosteniuk,
Alexandra |
g |
RUS |
2490 |
9 |
1984 |
22 |
Paehtz,
Elisabeth |
m |
GER |
2482 |
11 |
1985 |
23 |
Danielian,
Elina |
g |
ARM |
2476 |
14 |
1978 |
24 |
Pogonina,
Natalija |
wg |
RUS |
2476 |
8 |
1985 |
25 |
Muzychuk,
Mariya |
m |
UKR |
2474 |
9 |
1992 |
26 |
Krush,
Irina |
m |
USA |
2470 |
14 |
1983 |
27 |
Hoang,
Thanh Trang |
g |
HUN |
2470 |
13 |
1980 |
28 |
Galliamova,
Alisa |
m |
RUS |
2468 |
0 |
1972 |
29 |
Huang,
Qian |
wg |
CHN |
2466 |
14 |
1986 |
30 |
Xu, Yuhua |
g |
CHN |
2465 |
0 |
1976 |
31 |
Tan,
Zhongyi |
wg |
CHN |
2464 |
4 |
1991 |
32 |
Munguntuul,
Batkhuyag |
m |
MGL |
2459 |
20 |
1987 |
33 |
Atalik,
Ekaterina |
m |
TUR |
2458 |
0 |
1982 |
34 |
Mkrtchian,
Lilit |
m |
ARM |
2456 |
15 |
1982 |
35 |
Dembo,
Yelena |
m |
GRE |
2454 |
11 |
1983 |
36 |
Girya,
Olga |
wg |
RUS |
2454 |
9 |
1991 |
37 |
Hunt,
Harriet V |
m |
ENG |
2450 |
0 |
1978 |
38 |
Zhukova,
Natalia |
g |
UKR |
2449 |
9 |
1979 |
39 |
Socko,
Monika |
g |
POL |
2445 |
22 |
1978 |
40 |
Javakhishvili,
Lela |
m |
GEO |
2444 |
9 |
1984 |
41 |
Moser,
Eva |
m |
AUT |
2443 |
0 |
1982 |
42 |
Ushenina,
Anna |
m |
UKR |
2439 |
10 |
1985 |
43 |
Peptan,
Corina-Isabela |
m |
ROU |
2437 |
9 |
1978 |
44 |
Skripchenko,
Almira |
m |
FRA |
2437 |
9 |
1976 |
45 |
Ding,
Yixin |
wg |
CHN |
2431 |
9 |
1991 |
46 |
Khurtsidze,
Nino |
m |
GEO |
2430 |
9 |
1975 |
47 |
Batsiashvili,
Nino |
wg |
GEO |
2430 |
8 |
1987 |
48 |
Zaiatz,
Elena |
m |
RUS |
2427 |
6 |
1969 |
49 |
Bodnaruk,
Anastasia |
m |
RUS |
2425 |
9 |
1992 |
50 |
Milliet,
Sophie |
m |
FRA |
2421 |
9 |
1983 |
FIDE Top 30 Juniors
Anish Giri and Ding Liren are the big winners, but they are nowhere near super-junior
Fabiano Caruana. The US/Italian GM is, just like Hou Yifan, playing in an inordinate
number of events, but he manages to keep his rating and prove that his endurance
is still up to the task.
Rnk |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
Born |
1 |
Caruana,
Fabiano |
g |
ITA |
2772 |
9 |
1992 |
2 |
Giri,
Anish |
g |
NED |
2730 |
7 |
1994 |
3 |
Ding,
Liren |
g |
CHN |
2702 |
14 |
1992 |
4 |
So, Wesley |
g |
PHI |
2677 |
11 |
1993 |
5 |
Negi,
Parimarjan |
g |
IND |
2657 |
9 |
1993 |
6 |
Yu, Yangyi |
g |
CHN |
2651 |
4 |
1994 |
7 |
Zherebukh,
Yaroslav |
g |
UKR |
2628 |
9 |
1993 |
8 |
Sjugirov,
Sanan |
g |
RUS |
2624 |
0 |
1993 |
9 |
Rapport,
Richard |
g |
HUN |
2621 |
0 |
1996 |
10 |
Nyzhnyk,
Illya |
g |
UKR |
2620 |
7 |
1996 |
11 |
Safarli,
Eltaj |
g |
AZE |
2616 |
8 |
1992 |
12 |
Swiercz,
Dariusz |
g |
POL |
2609 |
13 |
1994 |
13 |
Hou,
Yifan |
g |
CHN |
2605 |
9 |
1994 |
14 |
Dubov,
Daniil |
g |
RUS |
2603 |
0 |
1996 |
15 |
Robson,
Ray |
g |
USA |
2602 |
8 |
1994 |
16 |
Shimanov,
Aleksandr |
g |
RUS |
2599 |
0 |
1992 |
17 |
Grandelius,
Nils |
g |
SWE |
2593 |
11 |
1993 |
18 |
Kovalyov,
Anton |
g |
ARG |
2593 |
4 |
1992 |
19 |
Ipatov,
Alexander |
g |
TUR |
2591 |
9 |
1993 |
20 |
Durarbayli,
Vasif |
g |
AZE |
2584 |
0 |
1992 |
21 |
Ter-Sahakyan,
Samvel |
g |
ARM |
2580 |
0 |
1993 |
22 |
Prohaszka,
Peter |
g |
HUN |
2573 |
0 |
1992 |
23 |
Van Kampen,
Robin |
g |
NED |
2570 |
1 |
1994 |
24 |
Adhiban,
B. |
g |
IND |
2564 |
0 |
1992 |
25 |
Sethuraman,
S.P. |
g |
IND |
2553 |
0 |
1993 |
26 |
Belous,
Vladimir |
m |
RUS |
2551 |
0 |
1993 |
27 |
Anton
Guijarro, David |
f |
ESP |
2550 |
9 |
1995 |
28 |
Salem,
A.R. Saleh |
g |
UAE |
2550 |
9 |
1993 |
29 |
Yilmaz,
Mustafa |
g |
TUR |
2545 |
10 |
1992 |
30 |
Alonso
Rosell, Alvar |
m |
ESP |
2540 |
10 |
1992 |
FIDE Top 30 Girls
Rnk |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
Born |
1 |
Hou,
Yifan |
g |
CHN |
2605 |
9 |
1994 |
2 |
Muzychuk,
Mariya |
m |
UKR |
2474 |
9 |
1992 |
3 |
Bodnaruk,
Anastasia |
m |
RUS |
2425 |
9 |
1992 |
4 |
Cori
T., Deysi |
wg |
PER |
2411 |
11 |
1993 |
5 |
Paikidze,
Nazi |
m |
GEO |
2394 |
0 |
1993 |
6 |
Guo,
Qi |
wg |
CHN |
2391 |
4 |
1995 |
7 |
Arabidze,
Meri |
wg |
GEO |
2391 |
0 |
1994 |
8 |
Bulmaga,
Irina |
wg |
ROU |
2385 |
10 |
1993 |
9 |
Goryachkina,
Aleksandra |
wg |
RUS |
2384 |
9 |
1998 |
10 |
Wang,
Jue |
|
CHN |
2373 |
4 |
1995 |
11 |
Kashlinskaya,
Alina |
wg |
RUS |
2368 |
0 |
1993 |
12 |
Ziaziulkina,
Nastassia |
wg |
BLR |
2367 |
9 |
1995 |
13 |
Sukandar,
Irine Kharisma |
wg |
INA |
2362 |
0 |
1992 |
14 |
Vojinovic,
Jovana |
wg |
MNE |
2355 |
11 |
1992 |
15 |
Medina,
Warda Aulia |
wm |
INA |
2311 |
19 |
1997 |
16 |
Havlikova,
Kristyna |
wm |
CZE |
2310 |
10 |
1992 |
17 |
Savina,
Anastasia |
m |
RUS |
2303 |
0 |
1992 |
18 |
Padmini,
Rout |
wg |
IND |
2302 |
20 |
1994 |
19 |
Khademalsharieh,
Sara. |
wm |
IRI |
2302 |
18 |
1997 |
20 |
Papp,
Petra |
wg |
HUN |
2298 |
9 |
1993 |
21 |
Kulon,
Klaudia |
wf |
POL |
2287 |
7 |
1992 |
22 |
Soloviova,
Liza |
wg |
UKR |
2287 |
0 |
1993 |
23 |
Schut,
Lisa |
wm |
NED |
2282 |
11 |
1994 |
24 |
Saduakassova,
Dinara |
wm |
KAZ |
2279 |
18 |
1996 |
25 |
Tsatsalashvili,
Keti |
wg |
GEO |
2279 |
0 |
1992 |
26 |
Hakimifard,
Ghazal |
wm |
IRI |
2274 |
8 |
1994 |
27 |
Saulina,
Varvara |
wf |
RUS |
2272 |
0 |
1992 |
28 |
Nguyen,
Thi Mai Hung |
wm |
VIE |
2269 |
11 |
1994 |
29 |
Pustovoitova,
Daria |
f |
RUS |
2263 |
10 |
1994 |
30 |
Sihite,
Chelsie Monica |
wm |
INA |
2254 |
19 |
1995 |
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