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There were few changes in the Top 10, but the tear that Vladislav Artemiev has been on continued in March, as he jumped 18 Elo points to #13 in the world. After winning the European Championship, he is now the #3 from Russia, surpassing the recently retired Vladimir Kramnik (who'll remain on the Elo list for eight more months).
The new Spanish #2, David Anton Guijarro somehow managed to play 29 rated games in the month of March — an almost unheard of level of activity — and catapulted back into the Top 100 where he's been absent since August of last year. With an Elo rating of 2669 to start the new month, Anton is up to number 75 in the world, tied with Iranians Parham Maghsoodloo and Alireza Firouzja, who each played 18 games (Firouzja's nine games from the Sharjah Masters are not yet counted).
Artemiev with with EICC winner's trophy | Photo: eicc2019.mk
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2845 | 0 | 1990 |
2 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2819 | 3 | 1992 |
3 | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2809 | 8 | 1992 |
4 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2797 | 0 | 1994 |
5 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2793 | 3 | 1985 |
6 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2774 | 3 | 1969 |
7 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2773 | 6 | 1990 |
8 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2773 | 5 | 1990 |
9 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2771 | 8 | 1983 |
10 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2763 | 3 | 1982 |
11 | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2762 | 0 | 1993 |
12 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2756 | 0 | 1987 |
13 | Artemiev, Vladislav | g | RUS | 2754 | 19 | 1998 |
14 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2753 | 0 | 1975 |
15 | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2751 | 7 | 1994 |
16 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2746 | 0 | 1987 |
17 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2743 | 7 | 1990 |
18 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2740 | 0 | 1975 |
19 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2735 | 2 | 1976 |
20 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2734 | 12 | 1987 |
21 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2733 | 11 | 1985 |
22 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2729 | 7 | 1985 |
23 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2728 | 18 | 1999 |
24 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2728 | 11 | 1998 |
25 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2726 | 18 | 1989 |
26 | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2726 | 13 | 1996 |
27 | Shankland, Samuel | g | USA | 2725 | 12 | 1991 |
28 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2724 | 13 | 1987 |
29 | Harikrishna, Pentala | g | IND | 2723 | 9 | 1986 |
30 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2721 | 7 | 1990 |
31 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2719 | 0 | 1983 |
32 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | g | IND | 2717 | 9 | 1994 |
33 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2711 | 9 | 1991 |
34 | Amin, Bassem | g | EGY | 2708 | 13 | 1988 |
35 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2702 | 16 | 1987 |
36 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2702 | 12 | 1995 |
37 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2701 | 14 | 1990 |
38 | Adhiban, B. | g | IND | 2701 | 9 | 1992 |
39 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2699 | 0 | 1989 |
40 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2698 | 13 | 1971 |
41 | Jones, Gawain C B | g | ENG | 2698 | 13 | 1987 |
42 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | AZE | 2695 | 15 | 1985 |
43 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2693 | 19 | 1982 |
44 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2692 | 9 | 1985 |
45 | Matlakov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2692 | 0 | 1991 |
46 | Saric, Ivan | g | CRO | 2691 | 16 | 1990 |
47 | Dubov, Daniil | g | RUS | 2690 | 20 | 1996 |
48 | Rodshtein, Maxim | g | ISR | 2689 | 13 | 1989 |
49 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2689 | 0 | 1983 |
50 | Sadler, Matthew D | g | ENG | 2688 | 0 | 1974 |
51 | Grandelius, Nils | g | SWE | 2687 | 23 | 1993 |
52 | Ragger, Markus | g | AUT | 2687 | 15 | 1988 |
53 | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2686 | 14 | 1984 |
54 | Cori, Jorge | g | PER | 2686 | 0 | 1995 |
55 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2685 | 5 | 1976 |
56 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2685 | 5 | 1986 |
57 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2684 | 0 | 1987 |
58 | Nabaty, Tamir | g | ISR | 2683 | 11 | 1991 |
59 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2683 | 6 | 1983 |
60 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | GER | 2680 | 16 | 1976 |
61 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | GEO | 2679 | 23 | 1986 |
62 | Kovalev, Vladislav | g | BLR | 2678 | 20 | 1994 |
63 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2678 | 11 | 1985 |
64 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2677 | 9 | 1969 |
65 | Xiong, Jeffery | g | USA | 2677 | 9 | 2000 |
66 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2676 | 20 | 1968 |
67 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2676 | 5 | 1974 |
68 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2675 | 24 | 1985 |
69 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2675 | 6 | 1979 |
70 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2674 | 5 | 1983 |
71 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2673 | 16 | 1983 |
72 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2673 | 16 | 1981 |
73 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | g | UAE | 2672 | 0 | 1993 |
74 | Robson, Ray | g | USA | 2670 | 9 | 1994 |
75 | Anton Guijarro, David | g | ESP | 2669 | 29 | 1995 |
76 | Firouzja, Alireza | g | IRI | 2669 | 18 | 2003 |
77 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | g | IRI | 2669 | 18 | 2000 |
78 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2668 | 3 | 1982 |
79 | Swiercz, Dariusz | g | USA | 2667 | 9 | 1994 |
80 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2667 | 0 | 1980 |
81 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2667 | 0 | 1977 |
82 | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2666 | 15 | 1988 |
83 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2664 | 9 | 1993 |
84 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2663 | 1 | 1986 |
85 | Kovalenko, Igor | g | LAT | 2662 | 16 | 1988 |
86 | Dreev, Aleksey | g | RUS | 2662 | 11 | 1969 |
87 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2662 | 0 | 1994 |
88 | Demchenko, Anton | g | RUS | 2661 | 13 | 1987 |
89 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2661 | 11 | 1983 |
90 | Piorun, Kacper | g | POL | 2660 | 16 | 1991 |
91 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2660 | 11 | 1972 |
92 | Melkumyan, Hrant | g | ARM | 2658 | 11 | 1989 |
93 | Van Kampen, Robin | g | NED | 2658 | 0 | 1994 |
94 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2656 | 0 | 1977 |
95 | Sevian, Samuel | g | USA | 2655 | 8 | 2000 |
96 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2654 | 18 | 1983 |
97 | Guseinov, Gadir | g | AZE | 2654 | 8 | 1986 |
98 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2653 | 13 | 1990 |
99 | Rausis, Igors | g | CZE | 2653 | 4 | 1961 |
100 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2653 | 2 | 1985 |
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There were many games played and many big rating changes in the past month, but the largest move of all is actually from English GM Luke McShane, who jumped 25 points up the list thanks largely to his performance at the World Team Championship in the Kazakhstan-capital-formerly-known-as-Astana.
In the opposite direction, by the same margin, went "the other Vladislav" — Kovalev, from Belarus, who has dropped back below his pre-Wijk-aan-Zee rating, and out of the top 50.
New | Old | Name | Country | Title | Rating | Old Rating | Games |
13 | 21 | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | GM | 2754 +18 | 2736 | 19 |
15 | 11 | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | GM | 2751 -10 | 2761 | 7 |
17 | 14 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | GM | 2743 -10 | 2753 | 7 |
26 | 19 | Rapport, Richard | HUN | GM | 2726 -12 | 2738 | 13 |
36 | 33 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | RUS | GM | 2702 -13 | 2715 | 12 |
38 | 58 | Adhiban, B. | IND | GM | 2701 +18 | 2683 | 9 |
40 | 37 | Adams, Michael | ENG | GM | 2698 -10 | 2708 | 13 |
41 | 61 | Jones, Gawain C B | ENG | GM | 2698 +17 | 2681 | 13 |
42 | 35 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | AZE | GM | 2695 -15 | 2710 | 15 |
46 | 39 | Saric, Ivan | CRO | GM | 2691 -12 | 2703 | 16 |
47 | 40 | Dubov, Daniil | RUS | GM | 2690 -13 | 2703 | 20 |
48 | 68 | Rodshtein, Maxim | ISR | GM | 2689 +16 | 2673 | 13 |
53 | 89 | McShane, Luke J | ENG | GM | 2686 +25 | 2661 | 14 |
58 | 46 | Nabaty, Tamir | ISR | GM | 2683 -14 | 2697 | 11 |
60 | 70 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | GER | GM | 2680 +10 | 2670 | 16 |
62 | 41 | Kovalev, Vladislav | BLR | GM | 2678 -25 | 2703 | 20 |
63 | 79 | Berkes, Ferenc | HUN | GM | 2678 +12 | 2666 | 11 |
64 | 44 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | GM | 2677 -21 | 2698 | 9 |
65 | 83 | Xiong, Jeffery | USA | GM | 2677 +14 | 2663 | 9 |
66 | 99 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | GM | 2676 +21 | 2655 | 20 |
67 | 81 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | GM | 2676 +10 | 2666 | 5 |
68 | 54 | Korobov, Anton | UKR | GM | 2675 -11 | 2686 | 24 |
69 | 91 | Leko, Peter | HUN | GM | 2675 +15 | 2660 | 6 |
76 | 95 | Firouzja, Alireza | IRI | GM | 2669 +12 | 2657 | 18 |
79 | 100 | Swiercz, Dariusz | USA | GM | 2667 +12 | 2655 | 9 |
88 | 65 | Demchenko, Anton | RUS | GM | 2661 -17 | 2678 | 13 |
89 | 60 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | GM | 2661 -21 | 2682 | 11 |
97 | 82 | Guseinov, Gadir | AZE | GM | 2654 -10 | 2664 | 8 |
Comparison of the players old and new world rank after rating changes >/= 10 Elo points
Hou Yifan's Varsity Match game was unrated, but she remains on the active list until at least next December, despite declining to play in the World Championship candidates tournament among women.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2662 | 0 | 1994 |
2 | Ju, Wenjun | g | CHN | 2587 | 9 | 1991 |
3 | Muzychuk, Mariya | g | UKR | 2563 | 11 | 1992 |
4 | Lagno, Kateryna | g | RUS | 2554 | 7 | 1989 |
5 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2549 | 0 | 1987 |
6 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2546 | 10 | 1984 |
7 | Muzychuk, Anna | g | UKR | 2539 | 8 | 1990 |
8 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | g | LTU | 2538 | 2 | 1983 |
9 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | g | RUS | 2534 | 20 | 1998 |
10 | Tan, Zhongyi | g | CHN | 2528 | 9 | 1991 |
11 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2513 | 0 | 1987 |
12 | Gunina, Valentina | g | RUS | 2506 | 7 | 1989 |
13 | Lei, Tingjie | g | CHN | 2497 | 8 | 1997 |
14 | Harika, Dronavalli | g | IND | 2492 | 9 | 1991 |
15 | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | m | IRI | 2489 | 3 | 1997 |
16 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2485 | 0 | 1985 |
17 | Khotenashvili, Bela | g | GEO | 2479 | 9 | 1988 |
18 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | m | RUS | 2477 | 12 | 1993 |
19 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2464 | 12 | 1979 |
20 | Cornette, Deimante | m | LTU | 2464 | 3 | 1989 |
21 | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | m | KAZ | 2463 | 8 | 2000 |
22 | Saduakassova, Dinara | m | KAZ | 2461 | 8 | 1996 |
23 | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2461 | 6 | 1991 |
24 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2461 | 0 | 1986 |
25 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2460 | 0 | 1963 |
26 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2458 | 10 | 1984 |
27 | Shuvalova, Polina | wm | RUS | 2457 | 9 | 2001 |
28 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2456 | 4 | 1985 |
29 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2455 | 3 | 1982 |
30 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2455 | 0 | 1985 |
31 | Shen, Yang | m | CHN | 2454 | 5 | 1989 |
32 | Batsiashvili, Nino | g | GEO | 2453 | 8 | 1987 |
33 | Krush, Irina | g | USA | 2451 | 0 | 1983 |
34 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2447 | 4 | 1978 |
35 | Ni, Shiqun | wg | CHN | 2445 | 9 | 1997 |
36 | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2444 | 0 | 1972 |
37 | Huang, Qian | wg | CHN | 2443 | 7 | 1986 |
38 | Zhu, Jiner | wm | CHN | 2439 | 9 | 2002 |
39 | Bulmaga, Irina | m | ROU | 2438 | 12 | 1993 |
40 | Mammadzada, Gunay | m | AZE | 2438 | 0 | 2000 |
41 | Hoang, Thanh Trang | g | HUN | 2435 | 8 | 1980 |
42 | Ding, Yixin | wg | CHN | 2434 | 7 | 1991 |
43 | Divya Deshmukh | wm | IND | 2432 | 18 | 2005 |
44 | Ushenina, Anna | g | UKR | 2432 | 7 | 1985 |
45 | Szczepkowska, Karina | m | POL | 2431 | 0 | 1987 |
46 | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | m | GRE | 2429 | 0 | 2000 |
47 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2428 | 8 | 1976 |
48 | Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim | wg | UZB | 2427 | 8 | 1999 |
49 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2427 | 3 | 1992 |
50 | Houska, Jovanka | m | ENG | 2426 | 0 | 1980 |
51 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2424 | 2 | 1978 |
52 | Alexandrova, Olga | m | ESP | 2419 | 0 | 1978 |
53 | Turova, Irina | m | RUS | 2418 | 0 | 1979 |
54 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | wg | POL | 2418 | 0 | 1987 |
55 | Salimova, Nurgyul | f | BUL | 2415 | 11 | 2003 |
56 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | m | MGL | 2415 | 0 | 1987 |
57 | Hunt, Harriet V | m | ENG | 2414 | 2 | 1978 |
58 | Danielian, Elina | g | ARM | 2413 | 17 | 1978 |
59 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2413 | 0 | 1974 |
60 | Buksa, Nataliya | m | UKR | 2407 | 5 | 1996 |
61 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2406 | 0 | 1976 |
62 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2405 | 0 | 1993 |
63 | Guseva, Marina | m | RUS | 2404 | 9 | 1986 |
64 | Soumya, Swaminathan | wg | IND | 2402 | 9 | 1989 |
65 | Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel | m | MGL | 2399 | 17 | 2000 |
66 | Osmak, Iulija | m | UKR | 2399 | 11 | 1998 |
67 | Arabidze, Meri | m | GEO | 2399 | 7 | 1994 |
68 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2397 | 8 | 1982 |
69 | Tania, Sachdev | m | IND | 2397 | 2 | 1986 |
70 | Milliet, Sophie | m | FRA | 2394 | 2 | 1983 |
71 | Melia, Salome | m | GEO | 2393 | 5 | 1987 |
72 | Bivol, Alina | wg | RUS | 2393 | 0 | 1996 |
73 | Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa | m | CUB | 2393 | 0 | 1988 |
74 | Guichard, Pauline | wg | FRA | 2392 | 0 | 1988 |
75 | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | m | ESP | 2391 | 0 | 1987 |
76 | Wang, Pin | wg | CHN | 2387 | 0 | 1974 |
77 | Guramishvili, Sopiko | m | GEO | 2386 | 0 | 1991 |
78 | Rapport, Jovana | wg | SRB | 2385 | 3 | 1992 |
79 | Sukandar, Irine Kharisma | m | INA | 2384 | 9 | 1992 |
80 | Pham, Le Thao Nguyen | m | VIE | 2383 | 8 | 1987 |
81 | Gritsayeva, Oksana | wf | RUS | 2383 | 0 | 1980 |
82 | Badelka, Olga | wm | BLR | 2381 | 20 | 2002 |
83 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | f | KAZ | 2381 | 9 | 2004 |
84 | Gong, Qianyun | wg | SGP | 2381 | 0 | 1985 |
85 | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2378 | 0 | 1981 |
86 | Ambartsumova, Karina | wg | RUS | 2377 | 9 | 1989 |
87 | Zimina, Olga | m | ITA | 2377 | 8 | 1982 |
88 | Majdan, Joanna | wg | POL | 2377 | 3 | 1988 |
89 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | m | ROU | 2375 | 9 | 1978 |
90 | Bojkovic, Natasa | m | SRB | 2374 | 0 | 1971 |
91 | Paikidze, Nazi | m | USA | 2374 | 0 | 1993 |
92 | Ziaziulkina, Nastassia | m | BLR | 2373 | 0 | 1995 |
93 | Karavade, Eesha | m | IND | 2370 | 8 | 1987 |
94 | Gara, Anita | m | HUN | 2369 | 8 | 1983 |
95 | Matnadze, Ana | m | ESP | 2367 | 1 | 1983 |
96 | Ovod, Evgenija | m | RUS | 2367 | 0 | 1982 |
97 | Shvayger, Yuliya | m | ISR | 2366 | 4 | 1994 |
98 | Narva, Mai | wm | EST | 2365 | 0 | 1999 |
99 | Zhai, Mo | wg | CHN | 2365 | 0 | 1996 |
100 | Padmini, Rout | m | IND | 2364 | 17 | 1994 |
101 | Wang, Jue | wg | CHN | 2364 | 0 | 1995 |
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Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2869 | 0 | 1990 |
2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2824 | 0 | 1987 |
3 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2813 | 0 | 1992 |
4 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2810 | 0 | 1985 |
5 | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2801 | 0 | 1993 |
6 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2800 | 0 | 1990 |
7 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2795 | 7 | 1989 |
8 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2785 | 0 | 1990 |
9 | Artemiev, Vladislav | g | RUS | 2784 | 0 | 1998 |
10 | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2784 | 0 | 1994 |
11 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2781 | 0 | 1990 |
12 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2781 | 0 | 1975 |
13 | Dubov, Daniil | g | RUS | 2779 | 0 | 1996 |
14 | Onischuk, Vladimir | g | UKR | 2775 | 0 | 1991 |
15 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2769 | 0 | 1994 |
16 | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2760 | 0 | 1992 |
17 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2759 | 0 | 1990 |
18 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2756 | 0 | 1985 |
19 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2756 | 0 | 1975 |
20 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2755 | 0 | 1974 |
21 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | USA | 2752 | 0 | 1983 |
22 | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2739 | 0 | 1996 |
23 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2738 | 0 | 1983 |
24 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2737 | 0 | 1998 |
25 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2737 | 0 | 1976 |
26 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2733 | 0 | 1969 |
27 | Zubov, Alexander | g | UKR | 2731 | 7 | 1983 |
28 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2731 | 0 | 1983 |
29 | Oparin, Grigoriy | g | RUS | 2728 | 0 | 1997 |
30 | Anton Guijarro, David | g | ESP | 2724 | 0 | 1995 |
31 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2722 | 0 | 1985 |
32 | Matlakov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2722 | 0 | 1991 |
33 | Petrosian, Tigran L. | g | ARM | 2721 | 0 | 1984 |
34 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | g | UAE | 2720 | 0 | 1993 |
35 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2719 | 0 | 1968 |
36 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2718 | 0 | 1995 |
37 | Alekseenko, Kirill | g | RUS | 2714 | 0 | 1997 |
38 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2708 | 0 | 1971 |
39 | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2708 | 0 | 1992 |
40 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2706 | 0 | 1991 |
41 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2704 | 0 | 1983 |
42 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2704 | 0 | 1987 |
43 | Brunello, Sabino | g | ITA | 2703 | 0 | 1989 |
44 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2702 | 0 | 1979 |
45 | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2702 | 0 | 1987 |
46 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2702 | 0 | 1989 |
47 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2701 | 0 | 1985 |
48 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2700 | 0 | 1980 |
49 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2699 | 0 | 1987 |
50 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2698 | 0 | 1999 |
51 | Bocharov, Ivan | m | RUS | 2697 | 18 | 1990 |
52 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2695 | 0 | 1982 |
53 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2694 | 7 | 1983 |
54 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2694 | 0 | 1972 |
55 | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2691 | 0 | 1984 |
56 | Kokarev, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2689 | 0 | 1982 |
57 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2688 | 0 | 1983 |
58 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2688 | 0 | 1985 |
59 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2686 | 0 | 1969 |
60 | Kravtsiv, Martyn | g | UKR | 2685 | 0 | 1990 |
61 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2684 | 0 | 1985 |
62 | Lenic, Luka | g | SLO | 2683 | 0 | 1988 |
63 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2682 | 0 | 1983 |
64 | Delgado Ramirez, Neuris | g | PAR | 2679 | 0 | 1981 |
65 | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. | g | UKR | 2679 | 0 | 1981 |
66 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2679 | 0 | 1977 |
67 | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2678 | 0 | 1988 |
68 | Rakhmanov, Aleksandr | g | RUS | 2678 | 0 | 1989 |
69 | Ziska, Helgi Dam | g | FAI | 2676 | 0 | 1990 |
70 | Sadler, Matthew D | g | ENG | 2673 | 0 | 1974 |
71 | Amonatov, Farrukh | g | TJK | 2671 | 0 | 1978 |
72 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2671 | 0 | 1981 |
73 | Harikrishna, Pentala | g | IND | 2670 | 0 | 1986 |
74 | Iordachescu, Viorel | g | MDA | 2670 | 0 | 1977 |
75 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2670 | 0 | 1980 |
76 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2670 | 0 | 1979 |
77 | Ponkratov, Pavel | g | RUS | 2668 | 9 | 1988 |
78 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2668 | 0 | 1971 |
79 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2668 | 0 | 1976 |
80 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2668 | 0 | 1993 |
81 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2667 | 0 | 1988 |
82 | Chigaev, Maksim | g | RUS | 2666 | 0 | 1996 |
83 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2666 | 0 | 1973 |
84 | Bauer, Christian | g | FRA | 2665 | 0 | 1977 |
85 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2664 | 0 | 1985 |
86 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | g | IND | 2664 | 0 | 1994 |
87 | Guseinov, Gadir | g | AZE | 2663 | 0 | 1986 |
88 | Saric, Ivan | g | CRO | 2663 | 0 | 1990 |
89 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | ARM | 2659 | 0 | 1978 |
90 | Postny, Evgeny | g | ISR | 2658 | 0 | 1981 |
91 | Edouard, Romain | g | FRA | 2655 | 0 | 1990 |
92 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2653 | 0 | 1990 |
93 | Lu, Shanglei | g | CHN | 2653 | 0 | 1995 |
94 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | GER | 2652 | 0 | 1976 |
95 | Moussard, Jules | g | FRA | 2651 | 0 | 1995 |
96 | Swiercz, Dariusz | g | USA | 2649 | 6 | 1994 |
97 | Grandelius, Nils | g | SWE | 2647 | 0 | 1993 |
98 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2645 | 0 | 1989 |
99 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2645 | 0 | 1974 |
100 | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2644 | 0 | 1976 |
Fabiano Caruana and a few others were active in Blitz on the sidelines of the German League's central round in Berlin. He won the 2nd Emanuel Lasker Blitz tournament with an impressive 14.0/16.
The Petroff (or Russian) Defence which is characterised by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 has been popular at the highest levels for many years and enjoys the reputation of being an extremely solid defence.
The organisers recorded Caruana's win over Falko Bindrich, proving Fabiano's expertise in the Petroff Defence — from the white side!
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2954 | 0 | 1990 |
2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2934 | 0 | 1987 |
3 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2933 | 0 | 1990 |
4 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2827 | 0 | 1982 |
5 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2816 | 18 | 1990 |
6 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2805 | 0 | 1976 |
7 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2804 | 16 | 1992 |
8 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2796 | 0 | 1971 |
9 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2793 | 0 | 1990 |
10 | Artemiev, Vladislav | g | RUS | 2779 | 18 | 1998 |
11 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2778 | 18 | 1990 |
12 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2778 | 0 | 1998 |
13 | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2773 | 0 | 1992 |
14 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2770 | 0 | 1994 |
15 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2765 | 0 | 1977 |
16 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2757 | 0 | 1985 |
17 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2750 | 18 | 1983 |
18 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2748 | 0 | 1975 |
19 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2747 | 0 | 1969 |
20 | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2744 | 0 | 1993 |
21 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | USA | 2743 | 0 | 1983 |
22 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2738 | 18 | 1985 |
23 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2730 | 18 | 1988 |
24 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2728 | 0 | 1968 |
25 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2725 | 0 | 1987 |
26 | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2724 | 0 | 1994 |
27 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2721 | 0 | 1979 |
28 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | g | IRI | 2719 | 18 | 2000 |
29 | Matlakov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2717 | 0 | 1991 |
30 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | g | IND | 2715 | 0 | 1994 |
31 | Zubov, Alexander | g | UKR | 2714 | 0 | 1983 |
32 | Guseinov, Gadir | g | AZE | 2707 | 0 | 1986 |
33 | Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo | g | VEN | 2706 | 18 | 1989 |
34 | Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn | g | ISL | 2702 | 7 | 1993 |
35 | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2701 | 0 | 1987 |
36 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2700 | 0 | 1989 |
37 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2698 | 0 | 1983 |
38 | Nyzhnyk, Illya | g | UKR | 2698 | 0 | 1996 |
39 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | GEO | 2695 | 0 | 1986 |
40 | Adly, Ahmed | g | EGY | 2693 | 0 | 1987 |
41 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2693 | 0 | 1989 |
42 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2692 | 0 | 1983 |
43 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2692 | 0 | 1985 |
44 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2688 | 18 | 1989 |
45 | Bauer, Christian | g | FRA | 2688 | 0 | 1977 |
46 | Jones, Gawain C B | g | ENG | 2687 | 0 | 1987 |
47 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2684 | 18 | 1995 |
48 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2682 | 18 | 1993 |
49 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2682 | 0 | 1991 |
50 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2682 | 0 | 1975 |
51 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2681 | 0 | 1983 |
52 | Tsydypov, Zhamsaran | m | RUS | 2679 | 17 | 1996 |
53 | Grigoryan, Karen H. | g | ARM | 2678 | 0 | 1995 |
54 | Kravtsiv, Martyn | g | UKR | 2677 | 0 | 1990 |
55 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | g | UAE | 2676 | 9 | 1993 |
56 | Anton Guijarro, David | g | ESP | 2675 | 18 | 1995 |
57 | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2674 | 0 | 1996 |
58 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2673 | 18 | 1983 |
59 | Heimann, Andreas | g | GER | 2673 | 0 | 1992 |
60 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2671 | 0 | 1981 |
61 | Indjic, Aleksandar | g | SRB | 2670 | 18 | 1995 |
62 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2670 | 0 | 1974 |
63 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2670 | 0 | 1973 |
64 | L'Ami, Erwin | g | NED | 2669 | 0 | 1985 |
65 | Melkumyan, Hrant | g | ARM | 2667 | 0 | 1989 |
66 | Sarana, Alexey | g | RUS | 2666 | 18 | 2000 |
67 | Bok, Benjamin | g | NED | 2665 | 9 | 1995 |
68 | Lenic, Luka | g | SLO | 2665 | 0 | 1988 |
69 | Bogdanovich, Stanislav | g | UKR | 2663 | 18 | 1993 |
70 | Paravyan, David | g | RUS | 2663 | 18 | 1998 |
71 | Balog, Imre | g | HUN | 2663 | 0 | 1991 |
72 | Amin, Bassem | g | EGY | 2662 | 0 | 1988 |
73 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2662 | 0 | 1987 |
74 | Demidov, Mikhail | m | RUS | 2661 | 18 | 1992 |
75 | Michalik, Peter | g | CZE | 2661 | 0 | 1990 |
76 | Firouzja, Alireza | g | IRI | 2660 | 18 | 2003 |
77 | Drozdovskij, Yuri | g | UKR | 2660 | 0 | 1984 |
78 | Shankland, Samuel | g | USA | 2660 | 0 | 1991 |
79 | Svane, Rasmus | g | GER | 2659 | 18 | 1997 |
80 | Miladinovic, Igor | g | SRB | 2659 | 0 | 1974 |
81 | Dreev, Aleksey | g | RUS | 2658 | 18 | 1969 |
82 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2658 | 0 | 1990 |
83 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2657 | 0 | 1985 |
84 | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | g | NOR | 2657 | 0 | 1990 |
85 | Nihal Sarin | g | IND | 2654 | 18 | 2004 |
86 | Hovhannisyan, Robert | g | ARM | 2654 | 0 | 1991 |
87 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2654 | 0 | 1980 |
88 | Ziska, Helgi Dam | g | FAI | 2651 | 7 | 1990 |
89 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2650 | 0 | 1990 |
90 | Sychev, Klementy | m | RUS | 2649 | 18 | 1996 |
91 | Golubov, Saveliy | m | RUS | 2648 | 18 | 2000 |
92 | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2648 | 0 | 1984 |
93 | Swiercz, Dariusz | g | USA | 2647 | 9 | 1994 |
94 | Megaranto, Susanto | g | INA | 2647 | 0 | 1987 |
95 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2647 | 0 | 1977 |
96 | Gharamian, Tigran | g | FRA | 2646 | 0 | 1984 |
97 | Perez Ponsa, Federico | g | ARG | 2646 | 0 | 1993 |
98 | Sadler, Matthew D | g | ENG | 2646 | 0 | 1974 |
99 | Kovalenko, Igor | g | LAT | 2645 | 14 | 1988 |
100 | Postny, Evgeny | g | ISR | 2644 | 16 | 1981 |
After Wei Yi in the top spot, Jeffrey Xiong, Firouzja and Maghsoodloo are neck and neck. In fact, on the live ratings, as of the day after the U.S. Championship, Xiong and Firouzja stand dead level at 2675.1!
Xiong leads the USA Juniors roster | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2728 | 18 | 1999 |
2 | Xiong, Jeffery | g | USA | 2677 | 9 | 2000 |
3 | Firouzja, Alireza | g | IRI | 2669 | 18 | 2003 |
4 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | g | IRI | 2669 | 18 | 2000 |
5 | Sevian, Samuel | g | USA | 2655 | 8 | 2000 |
6 | Gledura, Benjamin | g | HUN | 2641 | 11 | 1999 |
7 | Martirosyan, Haik M. | g | ARM | 2635 | 20 | 2000 |
8 | Sarana, Alexey | g | RUS | 2630 | 20 | 2000 |
9 | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | g | ROU | 2623 | 19 | 2001 |
10 | Esipenko, Andrey | g | RUS | 2616 | 20 | 2002 |
11 | Tari, Aryan | g | NOR | 2615 | 11 | 1999 |
12 | Tabatabaei, M.amin | g | IRI | 2612 | 20 | 2001 |
13 | Bai, Jinshi | g | CHN | 2604 | 9 | 1999 |
14 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | g | IND | 2602 | 12 | 1999 |
15 | Van Foreest, Jorden | g | NED | 2598 | 21 | 1999 |
16 | Karthikeyan, Murali | g | IND | 2596 | 9 | 1999 |
17 | Liang, Awonder | g | USA | 2590 | 0 | 2003 |
18 | Nihal Sarin | g | IND | 2589 | 9 | 2004 |
19 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | g | UZB | 2578 | 9 | 2004 |
20 | Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel | g | CUB | 2578 | 9 | 2000 |
21 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | m | UZB | 2577 | 18 | 2002 |
22 | Xu, Xiangyu | g | CHN | 2576 | 0 | 1999 |
23 | Kollars, Dmitrij | g | GER | 2570 | 5 | 1999 |
24 | Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo | g | PER | 2570 | 0 | 1999 |
25 | Smirnov, Anton | g | AUS | 2567 | 0 | 2001 |
26 | Rambaldi, Francesco | g | ITA | 2558 | 0 | 1999 |
27 | Santos Ruiz, Miguel | g | ESP | 2555 | 20 | 1999 |
28 | Hakobyan, Aram | g | ARM | 2554 | 9 | 2001 |
29 | Moroni, Luca Jr | g | ITA | 2553 | 20 | 2000 |
30 | Burke, John M | g | USA | 2550 | 0 | 2001 |
31 | Puranik, Abhimanyu | g | IND | 2548 | 9 | 2000 |
32 | Aryan Chopra | g | IND | 2547 | 9 | 2001 |
33 | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | g | CZE | 2547 | 9 | 2001 |
34 | Li, Ruifeng | g | USA | 2546 | 0 | 2001 |
35 | Theodorou, Nikolas | m | GRE | 2543 | 9 | 2000 |
36 | Lomasov, Semyon | m | RUS | 2541 | 25 | 2002 |
37 | Shevchenko, Kirill | g | UKR | 2539 | 11 | 2002 |
38 | Praggnanandhaa R | g | IND | 2537 | 18 | 2005 |
39 | Gukesh D | g | IND | 2536 | 18 | 2006 |
40 | Sorokin, Aleksey | f | RUS | 2531 | 9 | 2000 |
41 | Li, Di | m | CHN | 2529 | 9 | 1999 |
42 | Lobanov, Sergei | m | RUS | 2528 | 20 | 2001 |
43 | Van Foreest, Lucas | g | NED | 2528 | 12 | 2001 |
44 | Afanasiev, Nikita | f | RUS | 2527 | 9 | 2000 |
45 | Erigaisi Arjun | g | IND | 2526 | 0 | 2003 |
46 | Khanin, Semen | m | RUS | 2524 | 18 | 1999 |
47 | Chandra, Akshat | g | USA | 2522 | 0 | 1999 |
48 | Yeoh, Li Tian | m | MAS | 2522 | 0 | 1999 |
49 | Gholami, Aryan | m | IRI | 2520 | 7 | 2001 |
50 | Kuybokarov, Temur | g | AUS | 2519 | 0 | 2000 |
51 | Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto | g | CUB | 2518 | 0 | 1999 |
52 | Ivic, Velimir | m | SRB | 2516 | 19 | 2002 |
53 | Keymer, Vincent | m | GER | 2516 | 14 | 2004 |
54 | Shtembuliak, Evgeny | m | UKR | 2516 | 0 | 1999 |
55 | Dragnev, Valentin | g | AUT | 2514 | 11 | 1999 |
56 | Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard | m | DEN | 2513 | 12 | 1999 |
57 | Sargsyan, Shant | m | ARM | 2512 | 20 | 2002 |
58 | Iniyan, P | m | IND | 2512 | 18 | 2002 |
59 | Preotu, Razvan | g | CAN | 2512 | 5 | 1999 |
60 | Gazik, Viktor | m | SVK | 2511 | 14 | 2001 |
61 | Visakh N R | m | IND | 2509 | 0 | 1999 |
62 | Kelires, Andreas | g | GRE | 2508 | 11 | 1999 |
63 | Zajic, Milan | g | SRB | 2507 | 20 | 1999 |
64 | Triapishko, Alexandr | m | RUS | 2506 | 9 | 2000 |
65 | Checa, Nicolas | g | USA | 2506 | 0 | 2001 |
66 | Karthik Venkataraman | g | IND | 2505 | 18 | 1999 |
67 | Kantor, Gergely | m | HUN | 2505 | 9 | 1999 |
68 | Liu, Yan | g | CHN | 2502 | 9 | 2000 |
69 | Tang, Andrew | g | USA | 2501 | 5 | 1999 |
70 | Xu, Zhihang | f | CHN | 2501 | 0 | 2001 |
71 | Fakhrutdinov, Timur | f | RUS | 2499 | 11 | 2001 |
72 | Cori Quispe, Kevin Joel | g | PER | 2497 | 0 | 1999 |
73 | Harsha Bharathakoti | g | IND | 2497 | 0 | 2000 |
74 | Matviishen, Viktor | m | UKR | 2495 | 11 | 2002 |
75 | Sindarov, Javokhir | g | UZB | 2495 | 9 | 2005 |
76 | Vokhidov, Shamsiddin | m | UZB | 2494 | 18 | 2002 |
77 | Jacobson, Brandon | m | USA | 2492 | 18 | 2003 |
78 | Engel, Luis | m | GER | 2490 | 11 | 2002 |
79 | Lorparizangeneh, Shahin | g | IRI | 2488 | 18 | 1999 |
80 | Drygalov, Sergey | m | RUS | 2485 | 18 | 1999 |
81 | Radovanovic, Mihajlo | m | SRB | 2483 | 20 | 2001 |
82 | Gumularz, Szymon | m | POL | 2483 | 11 | 2001 |
83 | Makhnev, Denis | m | KAZ | 2483 | 7 | 2000 |
84 | Drygalov, Andrey | m | RUS | 2481 | 18 | 1999 |
85 | Nguyen, Anh Khoi | m | VIE | 2481 | 8 | 2002 |
86 | Plenca, Jadranko | m | CRO | 2479 | 9 | 1999 |
87 | Priasmoro, Novendra | m | INA | 2479 | 9 | 1999 |
88 | Prithu Gupta | m | IND | 2478 | 9 | 2004 |
89 | Fernandez De La Vara, Arnaldo | m | CUB | 2478 | 0 | 1999 |
90 | Pultinevicius, Paulius | m | LTU | 2477 | 11 | 2001 |
91 | Niemann, Hans | m | USA | 2477 | 0 | 2003 |
92 | Gavrilescu, David | f | ROU | 2475 | 19 | 2003 |
93 | Sadhwani, Raunak | m | IND | 2475 | 9 | 2005 |
94 | Livaic, Leon | m | CRO | 2474 | 11 | 2000 |
95 | Wang, Yanbin | CHN | 2474 | 0 | 2002 | |
96 | Warmerdam, Max | m | NED | 2472 | 30 | 2000 |
97 | Dai, Changren | m | CHN | 2472 | 9 | 1999 |
98 | Costachi, Mihnea | m | ROU | 2471 | 11 | 2000 |
99 | Patel, Advait | m | USA | 2471 | 9 | 2002 |
100 | Henderson de La Fuente, Lance | m | ESP | 2471 | 8 | 2003 |
101 | Vogel, Roven | m | GER | 2471 | 2 | 2000 |
After a month at #2, Zhansaya Abdumalik has retaken the top spot on the girls' list. But the biggest move by far was from 13-year-old Divya Deshmukh from India, who has gained 305 Elo points just in the past two months! She re-entered the top 100 girls in March at #37 (2266) but made her first appearance on this one year ago, when she was featured in our April 2018 write-up. Now, at 2432, not only is she #5 over all but she has surpassed veteran Indian women like Soumya Swaminathan (2402) and Tania Sachdev (2397). The only two players ahead of her are international stars Humpy Koneru and Harika Dronavalli.
Divya scored an IM norm in a closed WGM round-robin tournament | Photo: Niklesh Jain
Learn more about Divya in this ChessBase India review of her progress.
The new U.S. Women's Champion, 17-year-old Jennifer Yu, should be entering the top 30 in this category, next month.
Still at #36 on the April list: Jennifer Yu | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | m | KAZ | 2463 | 8 | 2000 |
2 | Shuvalova, Polina | wm | RUS | 2457 | 9 | 2001 |
3 | Zhu, Jiner | wm | CHN | 2439 | 9 | 2002 |
4 | Mammadzada, Gunay | m | AZE | 2438 | 0 | 2000 |
5 | Divya Deshmukh | wm | IND | 2432 | 18 | 2005 |
6 | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | m | GRE | 2429 | 0 | 2000 |
7 | Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim | wg | UZB | 2427 | 8 | 1999 |
8 | Salimova, Nurgyul | f | BUL | 2415 | 11 | 2003 |
9 | Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel | m | MGL | 2399 | 17 | 2000 |
10 | Badelka, Olga | wm | BLR | 2381 | 20 | 2002 |
11 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | f | KAZ | 2381 | 9 | 2004 |
12 | Narva, Mai | wm | EST | 2365 | 0 | 1999 |
13 | Balajayeva, Khanim | wm | AZE | 2358 | 9 | 2001 |
14 | Vaishali R | wg | IND | 2353 | 0 | 2001 |
15 | Munkhzul, Turmunkh | wf | MGL | 2348 | 0 | 2002 |
16 | Solozhenkina, Elizaveta | wm | RUS | 2330 | 9 | 2003 |
17 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | wf | ARM | 2327 | 9 | 2001 |
18 | Obolentseva, Alexandra | wg | RUS | 2326 | 3 | 2001 |
19 | Beydullayeva, Govhar | wf | AZE | 2316 | 0 | 2003 |
20 | Garcia Martin, Marta | f | ESP | 2315 | 0 | 2000 |
21 | Priyanka Nutakki | wm | IND | 2313 | 9 | 2002 |
22 | Injac, Teodora | wm | SRB | 2310 | 11 | 2000 |
23 | Sieber, Fiona | wm | GER | 2310 | 3 | 2000 |
24 | Protopopova, Anastasiya | wf | RUS | 2308 | 11 | 2000 |
25 | Wang, Annie | f | USA | 2307 | 4 | 2002 |
26 | Song, Yuxin | wc | CHN | 2305 | 9 | 2005 |
27 | Dimitrova, Aleksandra | wm | RUS | 2303 | 9 | 2000 |
28 | Goltseva, Ekaterina | f | RUS | 2303 | 0 | 2002 |
29 | Marjanovic, Annamaria | wf | HUN | 2298 | 7 | 2001 |
30 | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | wg | RUS | 2296 | 20 | 2002 |
31 | Yip, Carissa | f | USA | 2292 | 9 | 2003 |
32 | Mammadova, Narmin | wm | AZE | 2292 | 0 | 1999 |
33 | Avramidou, Anastasia | f | GRE | 2281 | 0 | 2000 |
34 | Dordzhieva, Dinara | wm | RUS | 2280 | 9 | 1999 |
35 | Potapova, Margarita | wf | RUS | 2278 | 7 | 2000 |
36 | Yu, Jennifer | f | USA | 2273 | 0 | 2002 |
37 | Gorti, Akshita | f | USA | 2272 | 0 | 2002 |
38 | Aakanksha Hagawane | wm | IND | 2271 | 0 | 2000 |
39 | Unuk, Laura | wm | SLO | 2265 | 14 | 1999 |
40 | Borisova, Ekaterina | RUS | 2255 | 0 | 2000 | |
41 | Krasteva, Beloslava | wc | BUL | 2251 | 16 | 2004 |
42 | Gueci, Tea | wf | ITA | 2251 | 11 | 1999 |
43 | Gajcin, Marina | wm | SRB | 2247 | 8 | 2001 |
44 | Antova, Gabriela | f | BUL | 2246 | 18 | 2002 |
45 | Tejaswini, Sagar | wm | IND | 2246 | 0 | 2000 |
46 | Zhou, Qiyu | f | CAN | 2246 | 0 | 2000 |
47 | Antolak, Julia | wf | POL | 2245 | 3 | 2000 |
48 | Makhija, Aashna | wf | IND | 2245 | 0 | 2002 |
49 | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | wm | POL | 2239 | 0 | 2000 |
50 | Hojjatova, Aydan | wg | AZE | 2238 | 0 | 1999 |
51 | Khokhlova, Daria | RUS | 2237 | 9 | 1999 | |
52 | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | wm | USA | 2235 | 9 | 2002 |
53 | Eswaran, Ashritha | wm | USA | 2234 | 0 | 2000 |
54 | Di Benedetto, Desiree | f | ITA | 2231 | 11 | 2000 |
55 | Schneider, Jana | f | GER | 2229 | 3 | 2002 |
56 | Kochukova, Anna | wf | RUS | 2228 | 9 | 2001 |
57 | Sliwicka, Alicja | wm | POL | 2225 | 9 | 2001 |
58 | Ning, Kaiyu | wf | CHN | 2224 | 17 | 2004 |
59 | Muetsch, Annmarie | wm | GER | 2223 | 4 | 2002 |
60 | Altantuya, Boldbaatar | wf | MGL | 2223 | 0 | 2005 |
61 | Limanovska, Elizabete | wf | LAT | 2218 | 0 | 2000 |
62 | Obregon Garcia, Roxangel | wf | CUB | 2217 | 0 | 2003 |
63 | Polterauer, Chiara | wf | AUT | 2216 | 3 | 2000 |
64 | Alinasab, Mobina | wm | IRI | 2215 | 0 | 2000 |
65 | Diakonova, Ekaterina | RUS | 2214 | 9 | 1999 | |
66 | Nazarova, Anastasia | wf | FIN | 2214 | 0 | 2001 |
67 | Kalaiyalahan, Akshaya | f | ENG | 2212 | 0 | 2001 |
68 | Lysenko, Margarita | wf | RUS | 2211 | 9 | 1999 |
69 | Afonasieva, Anna | wf | RUS | 2209 | 9 | 2001 |
70 | Krasnokutskaya, Sofiya | UKR | 2206 | 0 | 2001 | |
71 | Yurasova, Daria | RUS | 2204 | 18 | 2003 | |
72 | Kanakova, Natalie | wm | CZE | 2202 | 0 | 1999 |
73 | Fisabilillah, Ummi | wf | INA | 2201 | 0 | 2000 |
74 | Feng, Maggie | f | USA | 2199 | 0 | 2000 |
75 | Wu, Rochelle | wc | USA | 2197 | 6 | 2006 |
76 | Arpita, Mukherjee | wm | IND | 2197 | 0 | 2001 |
77 | Martynkova, Olena | wm | UKR | 2197 | 0 | 2000 |
78 | Chitlange Sakshi | wm | IND | 2196 | 9 | 2000 |
79 | Ciolacu, Alessia-Mihaela | wf | ROU | 2195 | 6 | 2004 |
80 | Radeva, Viktoria | wf | BUL | 2192 | 16 | 2001 |
81 | Sapale Saloni | wm | IND | 2192 | 0 | 1999 |
82 | Zhang, Lanlin | CHN | 2192 | 0 | 1999 | |
83 | Li, Yunshan | wf | CHN | 2191 | 0 | 2002 |
84 | Hrescak, Ivana | wf | SLO | 2190 | 9 | 2000 |
85 | Georgescu, Lena | wf | SUI | 2189 | 7 | 1999 |
86 | Zahedifar, Anahita | wf | IRI | 2185 | 18 | 2003 |
87 | Erdenieva, Oyuna | RUS | 2181 | 0 | 2001 | |
88 | Chu, Ruotong | wm | CHN | 2180 | 0 | 2001 |
89 | Shafigullina, Zarina | wf | RUS | 2180 | 0 | 2001 |
90 | Shpanko, Nadiia | wf | UKR | 2178 | 0 | 2002 |
91 | Broly, Mathilde | FRA | 2177 | 0 | 2000 | |
92 | Redondo Benavente, Ana | wf | ESP | 2176 | 0 | 2001 |
93 | Lehaci, Miruna-Daria | wf | ROU | 2173 | 9 | 2004 |
94 | Kubicka, Anna | wm | POL | 2171 | 10 | 1999 |
95 | Vantika Agrawal | wm | IND | 2171 | 0 | 2002 |
96 | Omonova, Umida | wc | UZB | 2169 | 18 | 2006 |
97 | Korchagina, Alena | wf | RUS | 2167 | 0 | 2000 |
98 | Pychova, Nela | wf | CZE | 2165 | 1 | 1999 |
99 | Nur-Mukhametova, Alisa | RUS | 2164 | 0 | 2005 | |
100 | Represa Perez, Mireya | wf | ESP | 2164 | 0 | 2001 |
Source: FIDE