March FIDE ratings

March FIDE Ratings

It was a relatively quiet month for the world's elite — the Gibraltar Masters ended on January 30^th but not in time to be rated for February — and the Cairns Cup for top women plus the Prague Masters were the main events on the February calendar.

Top 100

Russian David Paravyan, who was the unlikely winner in Gibraltar, enters the Top 100 (at #92) for the first time in his young career.

Alireza Firouzja eeked out the win in Prague in a blitz tiebreak, but the tournament netted him just 2 classical Elo points, leaving him at #21, just behind the man he replaced in the tournament field, Wei Yi.

Navigating the Ruy Lopez Vol.1-3

The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super GM Fabiano Caruana, talking to IM Oliver Reeh, presents a complete repertoire for White.

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2862	0	1990
2	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2842	0	1992
3	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2805	0	1992
4	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2777	0	1983
5	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2774	0	1990
6	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2773	0	1982
7	So, Wesley	g	USA	2770	0	1993
8	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2767	11	1990
9	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2765	0	1987
10	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2764	7	1985
11	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2763	0	1994
12	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2762	9	1989
13	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2760	4	1996
14	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	USA	2758	0	1983
15	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2753	9	1998
16	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2753	1	1969
17	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2752	0	1990
18	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2736	0	1987
19	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2735	10	1975
20	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2732	0	1999
21	Firouzja, Alireza	g	FID	2728	9	2003
22	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2726	11	1994
23	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2726	0	1990
24	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2723	0	1976
25	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2722	11	1987
26	Navara, David	g	CZE	2719	21	1985
27	Harikrishna, Pentala	g	IND	2719	12	1986
28	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2719	1	1987
29	Artemiev, Vladislav	g	RUS	2716	9	1998
30	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2710	3	1982
31	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2709	10	1991
32	Xiong, Jeffery	g	USA	2709	0	2000
33	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2709	0	1994
34	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2705	0	1985
35	Anton Guijarro, David	g	ESP	2703	9	1995
36	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2701	12	1971
37	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2701	2	1987
38	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2699	0	1996
39	Alekseenko, Kirill	g	RUS	2698	10	1997
40	Sadler, Matthew D	g	ENG	2694	2	1974
41	Shankland, Sam	g	USA	2691	9	1991
42	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2688	2	1985
43	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2687	3	1976
44	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	GEO	2686	10	1986
45	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2685	10	1991
46	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2685	0	1968
47	Rausis, Igors	g	CZE	2685	0	1961
48	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2684	0	1983
49	Predke, Alexandr	g	RUS	2684	0	1994
50	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	2683	0	1989
51	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2682	9	1983
52	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	g	UKR	2682	2	1986
53	Salem, A.R. Saleh	g	UAE	2682	0	1993
54	Jones, Gawain C B	g	ENG	2678	14	1987
55	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2678	11	1969
56	Van Foreest, Jorden	g	NED	2678	11	1999
57	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2678	4	1995
58	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2678	0	1986
59	Maghsoodloo, Parham	g	IRI	2676	19	2000
60	Ragger, Markus	g	AUT	2675	14	1988
61	Sjugirov, Sanan	g	RUS	2675	9	1993
62	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2675	4	1984
63	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2674	3	1974
64	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2673	3	1983
65	Robson, Ray	g	USA	2673	0	1994
66	Esipenko, Andrey	g	RUS	2672	18	2002
67	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2672	4	1983
68	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2669	4	1980
69	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2669	0	1987
70	Amin, Bassem	g	EGY	2667	2	1988
71	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2667	0	1983
72	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	2665	1	1986
73	Nyzhnyk, Illya	g	UKR	2665	0	1996
74	Abasov, Nijat	g	AZE	2664	13	1995
75	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2664	3	1972
76	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2663	1	1979
77	Melkumyan, Hrant	g	ARM	2663	0	1989
78	Grigoryan, Karen H.	g	ARM	2662	18	1995
79	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2661	4	1985
80	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2661	3	1985
81	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2661	0	1979
82	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2661	0	1977
83	Sevian, Samuel	g	USA	2660	0	2000
84	Adhiban, B.	g	IND	2659	27	1992
85	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2659	0	1977
86	Lagarde, Maxime	g	FRA	2658	20	1994
87	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2658	2	1994
88	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	GER	2655	1	1976
89	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2655	0	1969
90	Jumabayev, Rinat	g	KAZ	2654	9	1989
91	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2654	9	1988
92	Paravyan, David	g	RUS	2653	19	1998
93	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2653	4	1990
94	Sarana, Alexey	g	RUS	2652	9	2000
95	Lupulescu, Constantin	g	ROU	2652	2	1984
96	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2652	2	1986
97	Cori, Jorge	g	PER	2652	0	1995
98	Oparin, Grigoriy	g	RUS	2652	0	1997
99	Grandelius, Nils	g	SWE	2651	9	1993
100	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2651	0	1974

Of the top 100 players 37 are rated 2700 or over (one more than February). To enter the Top 100 you need an Elo rating of at least 2651. That figure has remained quite stable in recent years — in January 2018 it was 2653.

By the way, you can click on any name to reach that player's ChessBase PlayerBase page, complete with rating graphs and all his or her latest games!

Top climbers and descenders

Vladislav Artemiev underperformed in the Aeroflot Open, while Maxim Matlakov and Vassily Ivanchuk fared poorly in Gibraltar.

Jorden van Foreest was the winner of the Prague Challengers tournament and qualifies to the Masters next year. Andrey Esipenko continues his steep ascent, and gained points in both Gibraltar and Prague.

Endgames of the World Champions from Fischer to Carlsen

Let endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller show and explain the finesses of the world champions. Although they had different styles each and every one of them played the endgame exceptionally well, so take the opportunity to enjoy and learn from some of the best endgames in the history of chess.

Abasov, Van Foreest and Esipenko

Nijat Abasov, Jorden Van Foreest (holding his "ticket to Masters") and Andrey Esipenko | Photo: Vladimir Jagr

Rank	Old Rank	Name	Country	Title	Rating	Old Rating	Games
29	22	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	GM	2716 -12	2728	9
45	40	Matlakov, Maxim	RUS	GM	2685 -13	2698	10
55	39	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	GM	2678 -20	2698	11
56	69	Van Foreest, Jorden	NED	GM	2678 +11	2667	11
66	93	Esipenko, Andrey	RUS	GM	2672 +18	2654	18
67	87	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	GM	2672 +16	2656	4
93	73	Howell, David W L	ENG	GM	2653 -12	2665	4

Top 100 players old and new world rank after rating changes >/= 10 Elo points

Russia's young talent Andrey Esipenko turns 18 years old on March 22^nd

Top 100 Women

Humpy Hou Yifan, the only woman in the Top 100 overall list, played two more games in the German League in February, winning one and losing the other, and ensuring that she remains atop the Top 100 Women's list for at least another year as she studies in Oxford, England. Of the regularly active players, the top three — Humpy Koneru, World Champion Ju Wenjun and Alexsandra Goryachkina are in a virtual dead heat.

Humpy (pictured at right) was the winner of the Cairns Cup in Saint Louis, where she gained 6 Elo points.

Viktorija Cmilyte has not played a rated game since April of last year. Now a member of the Lithuanian parliament, Cmilyte will drop off the top list if she does not compete in the next two months.

Most of the world's best women (though not including Humpy) will be crossing swords in Lausanne at the next FIDE Grand Prix tournament beginning March 2^nd.

Photo: Crystal Fuller

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2658	2	1994
2	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2586	9	1987
3	Ju, Wenjun	g	CHN	2583	9	1991
4	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	g	RUS	2579	0	1998
5	Muzychuk, Mariya	g	UKR	2551	9	1992
6	Lagno, Kateryna	g	RUS	2546	9	1989
7	Cmilyte, Viktorija	g	LTU	2538	0	1983
8	Muzychuk, Anna	g	UKR	2535	11	1990
9	Harika, Dronavalli	g	IND	2517	9	1991
10	Tan, Zhongyi	g	CHN	2510	11	1991
11	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2509	9	1987
12	Lei, Tingjie	g	CHN	2505	9	1997
13	Saduakassova, Dinara	m	KAZ	2500	0	1996
14	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	m	IRI	2494	0	1997
15	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2486	0	1985
16	Kashlinskaya, Alina	m	RUS	2485	2	1993
17	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2482	20	1984
18	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2475	13	1984
19	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2475	10	1985
20	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2475	9	1963
21	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2473	15	1985
22	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2469	11	1991
23	Abdumalik, Zhansaya	m	KAZ	2461	18	2000
24	Zhu, Jiner	wm	CHN	2459	0	2002
25	Khotenashvili, Bela	g	GEO	2458	9	1988
26	Batsiashvili, Nino	g	GEO	2457	11	1987
27	Shuvalova, Polina	wg	RUS	2454	18	2001
28	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2453	12	1979
29	Atalik, Ekaterina	m	TUR	2453	9	1982
30	Bulmaga, Irina	m	ROU	2449	13	1993
31	Mammadzada, Gunay	m	AZE	2443	10	2000
32	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2443	0	1986
33	Osmak, Iulija	m	UKR	2438	18	1998
34	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2438	0	1972
35	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2433	0	1986
36	Gunina, Valentina	g	RUS	2431	19	1989
37	Krush, Irina	g	USA	2429	9	1983
38	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	m	MGL	2428	20	1987
39	Arabidze, Meri	m	GEO	2428	0	1994
40	Badelka, Olga	m	BLR	2427	21	2002
41	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2427	5	1978
42	Wang, Jue	wg	CHN	2426	0	1995
43	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2424	9	1978
44	Ding, Yixin	wg	CHN	2422	0	1991
45	Yip, Carissa	f	USA	2420	9	2003
46	Zawadzka, Jolanta	wg	POL	2419	0	1987
47	Guo, Qi	m	CHN	2418	0	1995
48	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2418	0	1976
49	Ushenina, Anna	g	UKR	2416	0	1985
50	Guichard, Pauline	m	FRA	2415	9	1988
51	Hunt, Harriet V	m	ENG	2414	0	1978
52	Matnadze, Ana	m	ESP	2412	1	1983
53	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	m	INA	2411	14	1992
54	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	m	RUS	2411	11	1992
55	Cyfka, Karina	m	POL	2411	2	1987
56	Buksa, Nataliya	m	UKR	2410	19	1996
57	Danielian, Elina	g	ARM	2407	9	1978
58	Hoang, Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2405	10	1980
59	Sargsyan, Anna M.	wm	ARM	2405	9	2001
60	Shen, Yang	m	CHN	2401	0	1989
61	Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante	m	LTU	2400	0	1989
62	Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel	m	MGL	2398	10	2000
63	Houska, Jovanka	m	ENG	2396	12	1980
64	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2396	0	1976
65	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2394	0	1981
66	Vaishali R	wg	IND	2393	15	2001
67	Wang, Annie	m	USA	2392	9	2002
68	Tania, Sachdev	m	IND	2392	7	1986
69	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROU	2392	0	1978
70	Kulkarni Bhakti	m	IND	2391	16	1992
71	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	m	GRE	2391	0	2000
72	Milliet, Sophie	m	FRA	2389	2	1983
73	Ni, Shiqun	wg	CHN	2389	0	1997
74	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2388	13	1982
75	Cori T., Deysi	wg	PER	2388	0	1993
76	Bivol, Alina	wg	RUS	2386	0	1996
77	Mammadova, Gulnar	m	AZE	2386	0	1991
78	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2384	9	1974
79	Gara, Ticia	wg	HUN	2383	2	1984
80	Guramishvili, Sopiko	m	NED	2383	2	1991
81	Turova, Irina	m	RUS	2381	0	1979
82	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	m	ESP	2380	19	1987
83	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	g	SCO	2380	0	1968
84	Unuk, Laura	wg	SLO	2379	11	1999
85	Salimova, Nurgyul	m	BUL	2378	19	2003
86	Guseva, Marina	m	RUS	2378	9	1986
87	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	wg	UZB	2378	0	1999
88	Zimina, Olga	m	ITA	2378	0	1982
89	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	wg	AZE	2377	0	1996
90	Gritsayeva, Oksana	wf	RUS	2373	9	1980
91	Ovod, Evgenija	m	RUS	2372	4	1982
92	Ambartsumova, Karina	m	RUS	2371	4	1989
93	Padmini, Rout	m	IND	2370	18	1994
94	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	f	KAZ	2370	9	2004
95	Melia, Salome	m	GEO	2370	9	1987
96	Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa	m	CUB	2369	11	1988
97	Brunello, Marina	m	ITA	2368	2	1994
98	Pham, Le Thao Nguyen	m	VIE	2366	0	1987
99	Zhai, Mo	wg	CHN	2366	0	1996
100	Nandhidhaa, P V	wm	IND	2365	16	1996

Top 100 Juniors

We're already running out of superlatives to described Alireza Firouzja's rapid rise. While knocking on the door of the Top 20 in the world, he looks certain to maintain a firm grip on the top spot on the Juniors list for the forseeable future. Not only has he put some daylight between himself and number two Jeffrey Xiong, the latter is in his last year on the list. Younger up-and-comers like Nodirbek Abdusattorov and the dynamic Indian duo of Nihal and Praggnanandhaa are over 100 Elo points back, while the next player born in 2003 (like Firouzja) is Awonder Liang, who's a distant 16^th.

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Firouzja, Alireza	g	FID	2728	9	2003
2	Xiong, Jeffery	g	USA	2709	0	2000
3	Maghsoodloo, Parham	g	IRI	2676	19	2000
4	Esipenko, Andrey	g	RUS	2672	18	2002
5	Sevian, Samuel	g	USA	2660	0	2000
6	Sarana, Alexey	g	RUS	2652	9	2000
7	Tabatabaei, M.amin	g	IRI	2629	11	2001
8	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	g	UZB	2627	9	2004
9	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	g	ROU	2625	19	2001
10	Nihal Sarin	g	IND	2620	0	2004
11	Martirosyan, Haik M.	g	ARM	2617	9	2000
12	Praggnanandhaa R	g	IND	2608	18	2005
13	Smirnov, Anton	g	AUS	2597	3	2001
14	Sargsyan, Shant	g	ARM	2594	9	2002
15	Shevchenko, Kirill	g	UKR	2592	12	2002
16	Liang, Awonder	g	USA	2592	0	2003
17	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	g	UZB	2591	0	2002
18	Hakobyan, Aram	g	ARM	2588	0	2001
19	Aryan Chopra	g	IND	2585	19	2001
20	Puranik, Abhimanyu	g	IND	2584	17	2000
21	Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel	g	CUB	2577	11	2000
22	Asadli, Vugar	g	AZE	2572	18	2001
23	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	g	CZE	2569	13	2001
24	Gukesh D	g	IND	2563	28	2006
25	Erigaisi Arjun	g	IND	2559	18	2003
26	Keymer, Vincent	m	GER	2558	3	2004
27	Sindarov, Javokhir	g	UZB	2557	18	2005
28	Theodorou, Nikolas	m	GRE	2554	0	2000
29	Ivic, Velimir	m	SRB	2549	11	2002
30	Sadhwani, Raunak	m	IND	2545	19	2005
31	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	m	DEN	2544	4	2004
32	Li, Ruifeng	g	USA	2541	0	2001
33	Van Foreest, Lucas	g	NED	2540	6	2001
34	Burke, John M	g	USA	2538	0	2001
35	Engel, Luis	m	GER	2536	4	2002
36	Lomasov, Semyon	m	RUS	2533	4	2002
37	Moroni, Luca Jr	g	ITA	2530	25	2000
38	Kuybokarov, Temur	g	AUS	2530	0	2000
39	Checa, Nicolas	g	USA	2527	0	2001
40	Liu, Yan	g	CHN	2524	0	2000
41	Sorokin, Aleksey	f	RUS	2521	0	2000
42	Nguyen, Anh Khoi	g	VIE	2520	0	2002
43	Lobanov, Sergei	m	RUS	2516	18	2001
44	Nesterov, Arseniy		RUS	2515	9	2003
45	Gumularz, Szymon	m	POL	2513	3	2001
46	Suleymanli, Aydin	m	AZE	2512	9	2005
47	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	m	UZB	2512	9	2002
48	Pultinevicius, Paulius	g	LTU	2510	0	2001
49	Pechac, Jergus	g	SVK	2509	11	2001
50	Harsha Bharathakoti	g	IND	2509	9	2000
51	Warmerdam, Max	m	NED	2508	7	2000
52	Gazik, Viktor	m	SVK	2508	0	2001
53	Kozak, Adam	m	HUN	2507	22	2002
54	Afanasiev, Nikita	m	RUS	2507	18	2000
55	Livaic, Leon	m	CRO	2507	9	2000
56	Gholami, Aryan	m	IRI	2507	0	2001
57	Triapishko, Alexandr	m	RUS	2506	18	2000
58	Iniyan, P	g	IND	2506	0	2002
59	Xu, Zhihang	m	CHN	2506	0	2001
60	Petrov, Martin	m	BUL	2504	9	2000
61	Vrolijk, Liam	m	NED	2503	12	2002
62	Matviishen, Viktor	m	UKR	2501	2	2002
63	Fakhrutdinov, Timur	f	RUS	2501	0	2001
64	Balakrishnan, Praveen	m	USA	2498	10	2002
65	Chen, Qi b	m	CHN	2493	9	2000
66	Henderson de La Fuente, Lance	g	ESP	2491	9	2003
67	Sonis, Francesco	m	ITA	2490	8	2002
68	Lodici, Lorenzo	m	ITA	2489	20	2000
69	Gorodetzky, David	m	ISR	2489	4	2000
70	Jacobson, Brandon	m	USA	2487	12	2003
71	Erenberg, Ariel	m	ISR	2487	3	2001
72	Makhnev, Denis	m	KAZ	2486	0	2000
73	Peng, Xiongjian		CHN	2485	0	2000
74	Batsuren, Dambasuren	m	MGL	2481	27	2004
75	Schoppen, Casper	m	NED	2479	11	2002
76	Arjun Kalyan	m	IND	2477	0	2002
77	Kevlishvili, Robby	m	NED	2476	0	2001
78	Sheng, Joshua	m	USA	2474	0	2000
79	Gavrilescu, David	m	ROU	2473	11	2003
80	Wang, Yanbin		CHN	2473	0	2002
81	Raja Harshit	m	IND	2472	27	2001
82	Prithu Gupta	g	IND	2472	0	2004
83	Costachi, Mihnea	m	ROU	2471	1	2000
84	Gadimbayli, Abdulla	m	AZE	2470	9	2002
85	Golubov, Saveliy	m	RUS	2468	18	2000
86	Schitco, Ivan	m	MDA	2467	10	2003
87	Janik, Igor	m	POL	2467	9	2000
88	Murzin, Volodar	m	RUS	2465	19	2006
89	Blohberger, Felix	m	AUT	2465	12	2002
90	Tin, Jingyao	m	SGP	2464	0	2000
91	Brodsky, David	m	USA	2463	5	2002
92	Kazakouski, Valery	m	LTU	2463	2	2000
93	Galperin, Platon	m	UKR	2462	18	2003
94	Keinanen, Toivo	m	FIN	2462	6	2002
95	Abdumalik, Zhansaya	m	KAZ	2461	18	2000
96	Gokerkan, Cem Kaan	m	TUR	2461	8	2000
97	Davtyan, Artur	m	ARM	2461	0	2002
98	Salemgareev, Tagir		RUS	2461	0	2002
99	Tahbaz, Arash	m	IRI	2459	10	2000
100	Niemann, Hans Moke	m	USA	2459	0	2003
101	Wang, Shixu B		CHN	2459	0	2001
102	Zhu, Jiner	wm	CHN	2459	0	2002

Top 100 Girls

Heading to the the Women's Grand Prix in Lausanne, Zhansaya Abdumalik was just tapped as a last minute substitute for Zhao Xue, who was affected by increased travel restrictions from China. At 2471, she will be seeded ninth among the twelve players there.

Zhau and Abdumalik

Zhao and Abdumalik (right) | Photo: wgp2019.fide.com

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Abdumalik, Zhansaya	m	KAZ	2461	18	2000
2	Zhu, Jiner	wm	CHN	2459	0	2002
3	Shuvalova, Polina	wg	RUS	2454	18	2001
4	Mammadzada, Gunay	m	AZE	2443	10	2000
5	Badelka, Olga	m	BLR	2427	21	2002
6	Yip, Carissa	f	USA	2420	9	2003
7	Sargsyan, Anna M.	wm	ARM	2405	9	2001
8	Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel	m	MGL	2398	10	2000
9	Vaishali R	wg	IND	2393	15	2001
10	Wang, Annie	m	USA	2392	9	2002
11	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	m	GRE	2391	0	2000
12	Salimova, Nurgyul	m	BUL	2378	19	2003
13	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	f	KAZ	2370	9	2004
14	Balajayeva, Khanim	wg	AZE	2358	0	2001
15	Garifullina, Leya	wm	RUS	2357	0	2004
16	Hernandez Gil, Ineymig	wf	CUB	2348	11	2004
17	Goltseva, Ekaterina	f	RUS	2340	8	2002
18	Marjanovic, Annamaria	wg	HUN	2338	1	2001
19	Radeva, Viktoria	wf	BUL	2337	11	2001
20	Garcia Martin, Marta	m	ESP	2330	9	2000
21	Ning, Kaiyu	wm	CHN	2327	0	2004
22	Berdnyk, Mariia	f	UKR	2324	8	2003
23	Antolak, Julia	wm	POL	2323	4	2000
24	Alinasab, Mobina	wm	IRI	2317	17	2000
25	Sliwicka, Alicja	wm	POL	2317	9	2001
26	Yu, Jennifer	f	USA	2315	8	2002
27	Schulze, Lara	f	GER	2314	0	2002
28	Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia	wm	USA	2311	9	2002
29	Divya Deshmukh	wm	IND	2305	28	2005
30	Obolentseva, Alexandra	wg	RUS	2305	3	2001
31	Afonasieva, Anna	wf	RUS	2303	9	2001
32	Hernandez Machado, Patricia M.	wf	CUB	2302	0	2003
33	Potapova, Margarita	wf	RUS	2298	9	2000
34	Yakimova, Mariya	wf	RUS	2298	9	2005
35	Yao, Lan	wm	CHN	2297	0	2000
36	Peycheva, Gergana	f	BUL	2296	9	2003
37	Shafigullina, Zarina	wf	RUS	2294	0	2001
38	Solozhenkina, Elizaveta	wm	RUS	2290	0	2003
39	Song, Yuxin	wm	CHN	2290	0	2005
40	Altantuya, Boldbaatar	wf	MGL	2287	0	2005
41	Vantika Agrawal	wm	IND	2286	0	2002
42	Borisova, Ekaterina	f	RUS	2283	9	2000
43	Nguyen, Emily	wm	USA	2280	9	2002
44	Antova, Gabriela	f	BUL	2279	19	2002
45	Mehmed, Elif	wf	BUL	2278	9	2004
46	Munkhzul, Turmunkh	wm	MGL	2278	0	2002
47	Cvitan, Ena	f	CRO	2276	0	2001
48	Sharma Isha	wc	IND	2276	0	2000
49	Gajcin, Marina	wm	SRB	2273	0	2001
50	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	wg	RUS	2272	17	2002
51	Schneider, Jana	f	GER	2272	14	2002
52	Getman, Tatyana	wf	RUS	2271	9	2003
53	Waszczuk, Patrycja	wf	POL	2271	0	2003
54	Avramidou, Anastasia	f	GRE	2267	0	2000
55	Yakubbaeva, Nilufar		UZB	2265	8	2000
56	Injac, Teodora	wm	SRB	2264	10	2000
57	Priyanka Nutakki	wm	IND	2263	23	2002
58	Nur-Mukhametova, Alisa		RUS	2262	18	2005
59	Li, Yunshan	wf	CHN	2262	0	2002
60	Savitha Shri B	wf	IND	2261	0	2007
61	Ouellet, Maili-Jade	wg	CAN	2257	5	2002
62	Mrudul Dehankar	wm	IND	2256	0	2004
63	Pogorelskikh, Sofia		RUS	2255	18	2004
64	Dimitrova, Aleksandra	wm	RUS	2251	9	2000
65	Caglar, Sila	wf	TUR	2250	9	2004
66	Serikbay, Assel	wm	KAZ	2247	18	2002
67	Eswaran, Ashritha	wm	USA	2244	0	2000
68	Nosacheva, Mariya	wf	RUS	2243	0	2001
69	Gorti, Akshita	f	USA	2242	0	2002
70	Lehaci, Miruna-Daria	wf	ROU	2241	0	2004
71	Bach, Ngoc Thuy Duong	wf	VIE	2239	0	2003
72	Aakanksha Hagawane	wm	IND	2238	13	2000
73	Malicka, Maria	wc	POL	2237	11	2003
74	Beydullayeva, Govhar	wf	AZE	2237	0	2003
75	Shpanko, Nadiia	wf	UKR	2235	0	2002
76	Kamalidenova, Meruert	wf	KAZ	2231	9	2005
77	Krasteva, Beloslava	f	BUL	2229	9	2004
78	Zhou, Qiyu	f	CAN	2229	0	2000
79	Nasyrova, Ekaterina	wf	RUS	2224	9	2005
80	Kanyamarala, Trisha	wf	IRL	2223	4	2005
81	Martynkova, Olena	wm	UKR	2222	7	2000
82	Protopopova, Anastasiya	wf	RUS	2220	9	2000
83	Katkov, Michelle	wf	ISR	2218	2	2003
84	Priyanka, K		IND	2218	0	2001
85	Nurgali, Nazerke	wf	KAZ	2217	18	2004
86	Muetsch, Annmarie	wm	GER	2216	13	2002
87	Sakorenko, Adriana	wf	RUS	2216	0	2001
88	Samadashvili, Martha	wf	USA	2215	3	2004
89	Zahedifar, Anahita	wf	IRI	2213	0	2003
90	Mahdian, Anousha	wf	IRI	2212	0	2003
91	Kirchei, Viktoriia	wf	RUS	2207	17	2005
92	Chu, Ruotong	wm	CHN	2207	0	2001
93	Yan, Tianqi		CHN	2207	0	2002
94	Arpita, Mukherjee	wm	IND	2206	3	2001
95	Salonika, Saina	wf	IND	2206	0	2003
96	Sieber, Fiona	wm	GER	2201	4	2000
97	Arda, Cagil Irmak	wf	TUR	2201	0	2001
98	Olde, Margareth	wf	EST	2201	0	2000
99	Rakshitta Ravi	wm	IND	2190	15	2005
100	Harshini A	wf	IND	2189	4	2001
101	Di Benedetto, Desiree	f	ITA	2189	0	2000

Top 100 Rapid

It was a quiet month for both rapid and blitz chess.

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2881	0	1990
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2860	0	1990
3	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2836	0	1992
4	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2829	0	1987
5	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2794	0	1985
6	Kobylianskyi, Ihor	f	UKR	2787	0	1969
7	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	USA	2786	0	1983
8	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2784	0	1983
9	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2778	0	1982
10	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2778	0	1990
11	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2774	0	1998
12	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2773	0	1992
13	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2770	0	1996
14	Artemiev, Vladislav	g	RUS	2769	0	1998
15	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2761	0	1985
16	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2758	0	1987
17	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2752	0	1999
18	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2751	0	1969
19	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2750	4	1989
20	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2744	0	1991
21	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2742	0	1976
22	So, Wesley	g	USA	2741	0	1993
23	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2740	0	1990
24	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2738	0	1994
25	Moussard, Jules	g	FRA	2736	0	1995
26	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2731	0	1994
27	Xiong, Jeffery	g	USA	2730	0	2000
28	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2727	0	1996
29	Brunello, Sabino	g	ITA	2722	0	1989
30	Anton Guijarro, David	g	ESP	2718	0	1995
31	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2714	0	1995
32	Onischuk, Vladimir	g	UKR	2714	0	1991
33	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2710	0	1979
34	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2709	0	1990
35	Navara, David	g	CZE	2707	0	1985
36	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2707	0	1975
37	Firouzja, Alireza	g	FID	2703	0	2003
38	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2701	0	1974
39	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2700	8	1979
40	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2700	0	1983
41	Kovalenko, Igor	g	LAT	2700	0	1988
42	Tsydypov, Zhamsaran	g	RUS	2699	11	1996
43	Lagarde, Maxime	g	FRA	2698	8	1994
44	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2698	0	1984
45	Kuzubov, Yuriy	g	UKR	2697	0	1990
46	Kravtsiv, Martyn	g	UKR	2696	0	1990
47	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2695	0	1986
48	Safarli, Eltaj	g	AZE	2693	0	1992
49	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2693	0	1983
50	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	2692	0	1986
51	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2691	0	1988
52	Harikrishna, Pentala	g	IND	2690	0	1986
53	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2689	0	1971
54	Salem, A.R. Saleh	g	UAE	2689	0	1993
55	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2687	0	1968
56	Melkumyan, Hrant	g	ARM	2686	0	1989
57	Zubov, Alexander	g	UKR	2685	0	1983
58	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2681	0	1985
59	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2680	0	1987
60	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2678	0	1976
61	Shimanov, Aleksandr	g	RUS	2678	0	1992
62	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2677	9	1983
63	Movsesian, Sergei	g	ARM	2677	0	1978
64	Grigoryan, Karen H.	g	ARM	2676	7	1995
65	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2676	4	1983
66	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2676	0	1981
67	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2673	0	1983
68	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2671	0	1980
69	Ponkratov, Pavel	g	RUS	2671	0	1988
70	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2668	0	1968
71	Delgado Ramirez, Neuris	g	PAR	2667	0	1981
72	Georgiev, Kiril	g	MKD	2666	0	1965
73	Iordachescu, Viorel	g	MDA	2666	0	1977
74	Lenic, Luka	g	SLO	2666	0	1988
75	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	g	RUS	2665	0	1989
76	Antipov, Mikhail Al.	g	RUS	2663	0	1997
77	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2663	0	1985
78	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2663	0	1973
79	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2662	0	1987
80	Alekseenko, Kirill	g	RUS	2661	0	1997
81	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2660	0	1991
82	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2660	0	1989
83	Bareev, Evgeny	g	CAN	2659	0	1966
84	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2658	0	1988
85	Nikolic, Predrag	g	BIH	2658	0	1960
86	Nyzhnyk, Illya	g	UKR	2658	0	1996
87	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2656	0	1982
88	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2655	12	1972
89	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2654	0	1990
90	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	GER	2653	0	1976
91	Van Kampen, Robin	g	NED	2653	0	1994
92	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2651	8	1987
93	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	2650	0	1978
94	Saric, Ivan	g	CRO	2650	0	1990
95	Swiercz, Dariusz	g	USA	2649	0	1994
96	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2648	9	1977
97	Kokarev, Dmitry	g	RUS	2648	0	1982
98	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2648	0	1986
99	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	g	NOR	2647	0	1990
100	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	2646	0	1983

Top 100 Blitz

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2900	0	1987
2	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2887	0	1990
3	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2822	0	1990
4	So, Wesley	g	USA	2816	0	1993
5	Artemiev, Vladislav	g	RUS	2810	0	1998
6	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2808	0	1994
7	Shkuro, Iuri	g	UKR	2804	0	1982
8	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2799	0	1998
9	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2797	0	1975
10	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2788	0	1992
11	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2785	0	1969
12	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2783	0	1990
13	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2779	0	1990
14	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2765	0	1983
15	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2760	0	1985
16	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2760	0	1991
17	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2759	0	1996
18	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2757	0	1987
19	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2756	0	1995
20	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2755	0	1994
21	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2754	0	1976
22	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2752	0	1994
23	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	g	IRI	2751	26	1982
24	Firouzja, Alireza	g	FID	2750	0	2003
25	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2750	0	1990
26	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2740	0	1982
27	Zubov, Alexander	g	UKR	2740	0	1983
28	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2738	0	1979
29	Navara, David	g	CZE	2737	0	1985
30	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2728	0	1977
31	Xiong, Jeffery	g	USA	2724	0	2000
32	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2719	0	1983
33	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2716	0	1985
34	Bogdanovich, Stanislav	g	UKR	2715	0	1993
35	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2712	0	1989
36	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2711	0	1992
37	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2710	0	1996
38	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2709	0	1971
39	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2706	0	1969
40	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2705	0	1977
41	Maghsoodloo, Parham	g	IRI	2704	0	2000
42	Shankland, Sam	g	USA	2704	0	1991
43	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2703	0	1983
44	Kravtsiv, Martyn	g	UKR	2699	0	1990
45	Kovalenko, Igor	g	LAT	2696	7	1988
46	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2695	0	1987
47	Nyzhnyk, Illya	g	UKR	2694	0	1996
48	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2693	0	1968
49	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	g	PER	2690	24	1999
50	Heimann, Andreas	g	GER	2690	0	1992
51	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2690	0	1991
52	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2690	0	1987
53	Sarana, Alexey	g	RUS	2686	0	2000
54	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2686	0	1999
55	Ponkratov, Pavel	g	RUS	2685	0	1988
56	Adly, Ahmed	g	EGY	2683	0	1987
57	Kobylianskyi, Ihor	f	UKR	2679	0	1969
58	Salem, A.R. Saleh	g	UAE	2678	0	1993
59	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2677	0	1981
60	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2677	0	1990
61	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2676	0	1985
62	Bok, Benjamin	g	NED	2674	0	1995
63	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2674	0	1988
64	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2673	0	1983
65	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2673	0	1987
66	Perez Ponsa, Federico	g	ARG	2672	0	1993
67	Balog, Imre	g	HUN	2670	0	1991
68	Hovhannisyan, Robert	g	ARM	2669	0	1991
69	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2667	0	1975
70	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2666	0	1974
71	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	GEO	2665	0	1986
72	Grigoryan, Karen H.	g	ARM	2665	0	1995
73	Harikrishna, Pentala	g	IND	2663	0	1986
74	Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn	g	ISL	2662	0	1993
75	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2662	0	1989
76	Gharamian, Tigran	g	FRA	2661	11	1984
77	Swiercz, Dariusz	g	USA	2661	0	1994
78	Chigaev, Maksim	g	RUS	2659	0	1996
79	Lenic, Luka	g	SLO	2659	0	1988
80	Gareyev, Timur	g	USA	2658	18	1988
81	Lysyj, Igor	g	RUS	2658	0	1987
82	Quparadze, Giga	g	GEO	2658	0	1987
83	Jones, Gawain C B	g	ENG	2657	0	1987
84	Nihal Sarin	g	IND	2657	0	2004
85	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2656	0	1985
86	Tari, Aryan	g	NOR	2656	0	1999
87	Tsydypov, Zhamsaran	g	RUS	2655	11	1996
88	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2655	0	1978
89	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	USA	2654	0	1983
90	Akobian, Varuzhan	g	USA	2653	0	1983
91	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	g	VEN	2653	0	1989
92	Grandelius, Nils	g	SWE	2651	0	1993
93	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2651	0	1972
94	Sychev, Klementy	g	RUS	2651	0	1996
95	Indjic, Aleksandar	g	SRB	2649	0	1995
96	Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	2648	0	1986
97	Smirnov, Anton	g	AUS	2647	0	2001
98	Lu, Shanglei	g	CHN	2646	0	1995
99	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2646	0	1983
100	Andriasian, Zaven	g	ARM	2644	0	1989

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