
World Champion Magnus Carlsen extended his lead over the number two to 29 Elo points spot by winning the Tata Steel Chess Masters tournament. Ranked second is now Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, for the first time in his career. Vladimir Kramnik re-cracks 2800, but Wesley So just barely missed out, coming in at 2799.3!
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2843 | 13 | 1990 |
2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2814 | 13 | 1985 |
3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2800 | 13 | 1975 |
4 | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2799 | 13 | 1993 |
5 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2797 | 0 | 1982 |
6 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2793 | 0 | 1990 |
7 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2784 | 13 | 1992 |
8 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2781 | 0 | 1987 |
9 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2779 | 13 | 1969 |
10 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2777 | 13 | 1994 |
11 | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2769 | 0 | 1992 |
12 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2767 | 0 | 1983 |
13 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2763 | 13 | 1990 |
14 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2760 | 13 | 1976 |
15 | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2760 | 0 | 1994 |
16 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2751 | 0 | 1990 |
17 | Topalov, Veselin | g | FID | 2749 | 0 | 1975 |
18 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2748 | 0 | 1987 |
19 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2745 | 8 | 1985 |
20 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2745 | 0 | 1986 |
21 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2744 | 0 | 1983 |
22 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2737 | 0 | 1991 |
23 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2735 | 0 | 1987 |
24 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2734 | 17 | 1999 |
25 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2732 | 0 | 1989 |
26 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2732 | 0 | 1987 |
27 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2731 | 2 | 1969 |
28 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2725 | 0 | 1985 |
29 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2724 | 0 | 1998 |
30 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2724 | 0 | 1995 |
31 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | g | IND | 2723 | 13 | 1994 |
32 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2722 | 0 | 1983 |
33 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2718 | 0 | 1982 |
34 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2714 | 0 | 1987 |
35 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2712 | 2 | 1989 |
36 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2712 | 0 | 1990 |
37 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2710 | 0 | 1983 |
38 | Matlakov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2709 | 13 | 1991 |
39 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2709 | 0 | 1971 |
40 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2709 | 0 | 1988 |
41 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | AZE | 2705 | 10 | 1985 |
42 | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2703 | 9 | 1996 |
43 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | FID | 2699 | 0 | 1986 |
44 | Artemiev, Vladislav | g | RUS | 2697 | 0 | 1998 |
45 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2697 | 0 | 1968 |
46 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2695 | 3 | 1990 |
47 | Dubov, Daniil | g | RUS | 2694 | 0 | 1996 |
48 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2694 | 0 | 1983 |
49 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2693 | 2 | 1986 |
50 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2692 | 0 | 1979 |
51 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2692 | 0 | 1980 |
52 | Sadler, Matthew D | g | ENG | 2690 | 2 | 1974 |
53 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2690 | 0 | 1987 |
54 | Rodshtein, Maxim | g | ISR | 2689 | 4 | 1989 |
55 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2689 | 0 | 1976 |
56 | Amin, Bassem | g | EGY | 2688 | 13 | 1988 |
57 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2685 | 14 | 1983 |
58 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2684 | 0 | 1985 |
59 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2683 | 2 | 1977 |
60 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2683 | 0 | 1979 |
61 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | GER | 2682 | 10 | 1976 |
62 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2682 | 2 | 1990 |
63 | Kravtsiv, Martyn | g | UKR | 2682 | 2 | 1990 |
64 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2681 | 0 | 1975 |
65 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2681 | 0 | 1965 |
66 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2677 | 0 | 1974 |
67 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2677 | 0 | 1983 |
68 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2673 | 0 | 1982 |
69 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2673 | 0 | 1979 |
70 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2671 | 9 | 1981 |
71 | Demchenko, Anton | g | RUS | 2671 | 0 | 1987 |
72 | Nabaty, Tamir | g | ISR | 2670 | 4 | 1991 |
73 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2670 | 0 | 1983 |
74 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2669 | 10 | 1985 |
75 | Shankland, Samuel | g | USA | 2668 | 0 | 1991 |
76 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2667 | 0 | 1971 |
77 | Ragger, Markus | g | AUT | 2666 | 7 | 1988 |
78 | Anton Guijarro, David | g | ESP | 2666 | 0 | 1995 |
79 | Ipatov, Alexander | g | TUR | 2665 | 5 | 1993 |
80 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2665 | 0 | 1977 |
81 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2664 | 22 | 1985 |
82 | Melkumyan, Hrant | g | ARM | 2664 | 4 | 1989 |
83 | Saric, Ivan | g | CRO | 2664 | 0 | 1990 |
84 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2663 | 0 | 1974 |
85 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2662 | 0 | 1981 |
86 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2662 | 0 | 1985 |
87 | Lenic, Luka | g | SLO | 2660 | 5 | 1988 |
88 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2660 | 0 | 1980 |
89 | Piorun, Kacper | g | POL | 2659 | 9 | 1991 |
90 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2658 | 4 | 1977 |
91 | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2658 | 2 | 1988 |
92 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | g | PER | 2657 | 0 | 1967 |
93 | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2656 | 0 | 1993 |
94 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2656 | 0 | 1972 |
95 | Rakhmanov, Aleksandr | g | RUS | 2655 | 0 | 1989 |
96 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2654 | 13 | 1994 |
97 | Cori, Jorge | g | PER | 2654 | 6 | 1995 |
98 | Kovalyov, Anton | g | CAN | 2654 | 6 | 1992 |
99 | Swiercz, Dariusz | g | POL | 2654 | 6 | 1994 |
100 | Dreev, Aleksey | g | RUS | 2653 | 0 | 1969 |
101 | Grachev, Boris | g | RUS | 2653 | 0 | 1986 |
Mamedyarov has had a recent rise | Photo: Alina l'Ami
Fabiano Caruana shed 27 rating points with his middling Tata Steel Chess performance rating of 2659, and falls back to seventh, with his lowest rating since May, 2014. Anand is quickly back among the top ten after falling out of it last month for the first time since around the Punic Wars. Anish Giri's tie for first in Wijk aan Zee naturally lifted him considerably, and sees him slip back into the top ten.
The most active player in the top 100 was Ukrainian GM Anton Korobov, who in addition to nearly winning the Tata Steel Chess Challengers, also played the nine round open tournament in Montebelluna, Italy. In January he had fallen just outside of the top 100 for the first time since first joining the list in 2009.
Hou Yifan's catastrophic record in Wijk aan Zee drops her down to number 96.
Rk |
Old |
Name |
Fed |
Ti. |
Rating |
Old |
Gms |
7 | 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | GM | 2784 -27 | 2811 | 13 |
9 | 11 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | GM | 2779 +12 | 2767 | 13 |
10 | 15 | Giri, Anish | NED | GM | 2777 +25 | 2752 | 13 |
81 | 101 | Korobov, Anton | UKR | GM | 2664 +12 | 2652 | 22 |
96 | 64 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | GM | 2654 -26 | 2680 | 13 |
Hou Yifan suffered a big decline | Photo: Alina l'Ami
Hou's sharp ratings decline this month leaves the gap between her and the next highest rating women the smallest it has been since Judit Polgar retired and dropped off the active list in September 2015. Olga Girya only dropped a few points and two places on the ranking list despite her last place finish in the Tata Steel Chess Challengers, due to the strength of the field.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2654 | 13 | 1994 |
2 | Ju, Wenjun | g | CHN | 2572 | 0 | 1991 |
3 | Muzychuk, Anna | g | UKR | 2571 | 0 | 1990 |
4 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2561 | 0 | 1984 |
5 | Lagno, Kateryna | g | RUS | 2556 | 0 | 1989 |
6 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | g | LTU | 2542 | 0 | 1983 |
7 | Lei, Tingjie | g | CHN | 2541 | 9 | 1997 |
8 | Muzychuk, Mariya | g | UKR | 2540 | 0 | 1992 |
9 | Tan, Zhongyi | g | CHN | 2523 | 0 | 1991 |
10 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2522 | 0 | 1987 |
11 | Batsiashvili, Nino | m | GEO | 2504 | 0 | 1987 |
12 | Harika, Dronavalli | g | IND | 2503 | 13 | 1991 |
13 | Gunina, Valentina | g | RUS | 2502 | 0 | 1989 |
14 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | wg | RUS | 2493 | 0 | 1998 |
15 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2492 | 0 | 1986 |
16 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | FID | 2489 | 2 | 1979 |
17 | Khotenashvili, Bela | g | GEO | 2487 | 9 | 1988 |
18 | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2482 | 13 | 1991 |
19 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2482 | 1 | 1978 |
20 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2478 | 0 | 1985 |
21 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2478 | 0 | 1985 |
22 | Saduakassova, Dinara | m | KAZ | 2470 | 0 | 1996 |
23 | Shen, Yang | m | CHN | 2468 | 0 | 1989 |
24 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2464 | 0 | 1985 |
25 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2463 | 0 | 1984 |
26 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | m | RUS | 2459 | 0 | 1993 |
27 | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | m | KAZ | 2449 | 0 | 2000 |
28 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2449 | 0 | 1982 |
29 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2449 | 0 | 1963 |
30 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2447 | 0 | 1978 |
31 | Hunt, Harriet V | m | ENG | 2441 | 0 | 1978 |
32 | Ni, Shiqun | wg | CHN | 2441 | 0 | 1997 |
33 | Cornette, Deimante | m | LTU | 2440 | 2 | 1989 |
34 | Huang, Qian | wg | CHN | 2440 | 0 | 1986 |
35 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | wg | POL | 2438 | 0 | 1987 |
36 | Zhukova, Natalia | g | UKR | 2438 | 0 | 1979 |
37 | Hoang, Thanh Trang | g | HUN | 2436 | 1 | 1980 |
38 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2434 | 0 | 1992 |
39 | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | m | ESP | 2425 | 9 | 1987 |
40 | Vo, Thi Kim Phung | wg | VIE | 2425 | 0 | 1993 |
41 | Ushenina, Anna | g | UKR | 2423 | 0 | 1985 |
42 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2423 | 0 | 1976 |
43 | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2422 | 0 | 1972 |
44 | Turova, Irina | m | RUS | 2422 | 0 | 1979 |
45 | Nechaeva, Marina | m | RUS | 2421 | 0 | 1986 |
46 | Krush, Irina | g | USA | 2420 | 0 | 1983 |
47 | Zimina, Olga | m | ITA | 2420 | 0 | 1982 |
48 | Ding, Yixin | wg | CHN | 2419 | 0 | 1991 |
49 | Shvayger, Yuliya | m | ISR | 2417 | 0 | 1994 |
50 | Szczepkowska, Karina | m | POL | 2417 | 0 | 1987 |
51 | Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa | wg | CUB | 2414 | 0 | 1988 |
52 | Danielian, Elina | g | ARM | 2413 | 0 | 1978 |
53 | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | m | IRI | 2413 | 0 | 1997 |
54 | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | wg | GRE | 2412 | 0 | 2000 |
55 | Bulmaga, Irina | m | ROU | 2411 | 9 | 1993 |
56 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2411 | 4 | 1976 |
57 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2410 | 0 | 1976 |
58 | Hoang, Thi Bao Tram | wg | VIE | 2410 | 0 | 1987 |
59 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | m | MGL | 2410 | 0 | 1987 |
60 | Sukandar, Irine Kharisma | m | INA | 2408 | 18 | 1992 |
61 | Houska, Jovanka | m | ENG | 2408 | 2 | 1980 |
62 | Melia, Salome | m | GEO | 2404 | 0 | 1987 |
63 | Tania, Sachdev | m | IND | 2402 | 0 | 1986 |
64 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2401 | 0 | 1974 |
65 | Hoolt, Sarah | wg | GER | 2400 | 0 | 1988 |
66 | Khurtsidze, Nino | m | GEO | 2400 | 0 | 1975 |
67 | Milliet, Sophie | m | FRA | 2399 | 7 | 1983 |
68 | Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs | m | MGL | 2398 | 0 | 1986 |
69 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | m | ROU | 2393 | 0 | 1978 |
70 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2392 | 9 | 1982 |
71 | Voit, Daria | f | RUS | 2390 | 0 | 1994 |
72 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2389 | 0 | 1993 |
73 | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2389 | 0 | 1981 |
74 | Shuvalova, Polina | wm | RUS | 2388 | 0 | 2001 |
75 | Matnadze, Ana | m | ESP | 2387 | 0 | 1983 |
76 | Schleining, Zoya | m | GER | 2387 | 0 | 1961 |
77 | Karavade, Eesha | m | IND | 2386 | 0 | 1987 |
78 | Bojkovic, Natasa | m | SRB | 2384 | 0 | 1971 |
79 | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | wg | AZE | 2384 | 0 | 1996 |
80 | Gritsayeva, Oksana | wf | RUS | 2383 | 0 | 1980 |
81 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | f | RUS | 2381 | 0 | 2004 |
82 | Guo, Qi | m | CHN | 2381 | 0 | 1995 |
83 | Aulia, Medina Warda | wg | INA | 2380 | 0 | 1997 |
84 | Yu, Jennifer | f | USA | 2379 | 9 | 2002 |
85 | Guramishvili, Sopiko | m | GEO | 2379 | 0 | 1991 |
86 | Badelka, Olga | wm | BLR | 2376 | 11 | 2002 |
87 | Osmak, Iulija | m | UKR | 2375 | 0 | 1998 |
88 | Kovanova, Baira | wg | RUS | 2373 | 0 | 1987 |
89 | Majdan, Joanna | wg | POL | 2372 | 0 | 1988 |
90 | Michna, Marta | wg | GER | 2372 | 0 | 1978 |
91 | Fierro Baquero, Martha L. | m | ECU | 2369 | 0 | 1977 |
92 | Brunello, Marina | f | ITA | 2367 | 0 | 1994 |
93 | Ovod, Evgenija | m | RUS | 2366 | 0 | 1982 |
94 | Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel | m | MGL | 2365 | 18 | 2000 |
95 | Lujan, Carolina | m | ARG | 2365 | 0 | 1985 |
96 | Kulon, Klaudia | wg | POL | 2364 | 0 | 1992 |
97 | Ziaziulkina, Nastassia | m | BLR | 2363 | 10 | 1995 |
98 | Unuk, Laura | wm | SLO | 2362 | 3 | 1999 |
99 | Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia | m | HUN | 2362 | 0 | 1979 |
100 | Vasilevich, Tatjana | m | UKR | 2360 | 0 | 1977 |
There are few changes at the top of the Junior's list. Wei Yi had a lackluster Tata Steel Chess Masters performance, so his lead over Jan-Krzysztof Duda (who's active now in Gibraltar) has narrowed. Aryan Tari was remarkably active, playing 22 games for a net loss of two points, but no change to his world rank. Iran's Parham Maghsoodloo jumped 22 points and seven spots to number eleven.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2734 | 17 | 1999 |
2 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2724 | 0 | 1998 |
3 | Artemiev, Vladislav | g | RUS | 2697 | 0 | 1998 |
4 | Xiong, Jeffery | g | USA | 2640 | 13 | 2000 |
5 | Van Foreest, Jorden | g | NED | 2636 | 13 | 1999 |
6 | Gledura, Benjamin | g | HUN | 2619 | 9 | 1999 |
7 | Aravindh,Chithambaram VR. | g | IND | 2617 | 9 | 1999 |
8 | Sevian, Samuel | g | USA | 2617 | 9 | 2000 |
9 | Paravyan, David | g | RUS | 2603 | 0 | 1998 |
10 | Tari, Aryan | g | NOR | 2597 | 22 | 1999 |
11 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | g | IRI | 2594 | 19 | 2000 |
12 | Martirosyan, Haik M. | g | ARM | 2586 | 10 | 2000 |
13 | Li, Ruifeng | g | USA | 2585 | 13 | 2001 |
14 | Karthikeyan, Murali | g | IND | 2585 | 10 | 1999 |
15 | Donchenko, Alexander | g | GER | 2583 | 16 | 1998 |
16 | Liang, Awonder | g | USA | 2578 | 13 | 2003 |
17 | Sarana, Alexey | g | RUS | 2577 | 9 | 2000 |
18 | Tabatabaei, M.amin | m | IRI | 2577 | 0 | 2001 |
19 | Bai, Jinshi | g | CHN | 2575 | 9 | 1999 |
20 | Vavulin, Maksim | m | RUS | 2575 | 0 | 1998 |
21 | Narayanan.S.L | g | IND | 2573 | 0 | 1998 |
22 | Esipenko, Andrey | f | RUS | 2571 | 0 | 2002 |
23 | Petrosyan, Manuel | g | ARM | 2569 | 10 | 1998 |
24 | Rambaldi, Francesco | g | ITA | 2565 | 4 | 1999 |
25 | Vorontsov, Pavlo | g | UKR | 2559 | 5 | 1998 |
26 | Moroni, Luca Jr | g | ITA | 2558 | 7 | 2000 |
27 | Schroeder, Jan-Christian | g | GER | 2556 | 0 | 1998 |
28 | Pichot, Alan | g | ARG | 2552 | 0 | 1998 |
29 | Sanal, Vahap | g | TUR | 2551 | 0 | 1998 |
30 | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | g | ROU | 2549 | 0 | 2001 |
31 | Firouzja, Alireza | m | IRI | 2549 | 0 | 2003 |
32 | Xu, Xiangyu | g | CHN | 2545 | 0 | 1999 |
33 | Smirnov, Anton | g | AUS | 2543 | 11 | 2001 |
34 | Ali Marandi, Cemil Can | g | TUR | 2538 | 2 | 1998 |
35 | Shevchenko, Kirill | g | UKR | 2538 | 0 | 2002 |
36 | Ghosh, Diptayan | g | IND | 2535 | 10 | 1998 |
37 | Nihal Sarin | m | IND | 2532 | 9 | 2004 |
38 | Triapishko, Alexandr | m | RUS | 2530 | 9 | 2000 |
39 | Lomasov, Semen | m | RUS | 2530 | 0 | 2002 |
40 | Burke, John M | m | USA | 2525 | 9 | 2001 |
41 | Kelires, Andreas | g | GRE | 2523 | 0 | 1999 |
42 | Vetoshko, Volodymyr | g | UKR | 2520 | 9 | 1998 |
43 | Puranik, Abhimanyu | g | IND | 2520 | 0 | 2000 |
44 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | m | UZB | 2516 | 0 | 2004 |
45 | Kantor, Gergely | m | HUN | 2515 | 10 | 1999 |
46 | Repka, Christopher | m | SVK | 2513 | 17 | 1998 |
47 | Theodorou, Nikolas | m | GRE | 2513 | 0 | 2000 |
48 | Steinberg, Nitzan | g | ISR | 2512 | 4 | 1998 |
49 | Tang, Andrew | m | USA | 2511 | 4 | 1999 |
50 | Sorokin, Aleksey | f | RUS | 2511 | 0 | 2000 |
51 | Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel | m | CUB | 2510 | 11 | 2000 |
52 | Chandra, Akshat | g | USA | 2510 | 0 | 1999 |
53 | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | m | CZE | 2509 | 11 | 2001 |
54 | Kollars, Dmitrij | g | GER | 2509 | 7 | 1999 |
55 | Aryan Chopra | g | IND | 2509 | 0 | 2001 |
56 | Praggnanandhaa R | m | IND | 2507 | 18 | 2005 |
57 | Zajic, Milan | g | SRB | 2507 | 0 | 1999 |
58 | Santos Ruiz, Miguel | m | ESP | 2505 | 9 | 1999 |
59 | Shtembuliak, Evgeny | m | UKR | 2505 | 4 | 1999 |
60 | Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo | f | PER | 2504 | 7 | 1999 |
61 | Bellahcene, Bilel | m | FRA | 2503 | 10 | 1998 |
62 | Jarmula, Lukasz | m | POL | 2498 | 14 | 1998 |
63 | Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian | m | NOR | 2498 | 3 | 1998 |
64 | Korpa, Bence | g | HUN | 2497 | 11 | 1998 |
65 | Hakobyan, Aram | m | ARM | 2497 | 9 | 2001 |
66 | Yeoh, Li Tian | m | MAS | 2495 | 9 | 1999 |
67 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | wg | RUS | 2493 | 0 | 1998 |
68 | Golubov, Saveliy | m | RUS | 2492 | 9 | 2000 |
69 | Preotu, Razvan | g | CAN | 2491 | 6 | 1999 |
70 | Xu, Yi | m | CHN | 2490 | 9 | 1998 |
71 | Gholami, Aryan | m | IRI | 2489 | 0 | 2001 |
72 | Plenca, Jadranko | m | CRO | 2486 | 0 | 1999 |
73 | Suarez Gomez, Julio | m | ESP | 2486 | 0 | 1998 |
74 | Van Foreest, Lucas | m | NED | 2485 | 22 | 2001 |
75 | Lorparizangeneh, Shahin | g | IRI | 2484 | 0 | 1999 |
76 | Troff, Kayden | g | USA | 2483 | 0 | 1998 |
77 | Sargsyan, Shant | m | ARM | 2481 | 10 | 2002 |
78 | Mousavi, Seyed Khalil | m | IRI | 2480 | 3 | 1998 |
79 | Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard | m | DEN | 2479 | 11 | 1999 |
80 | Patel, Advait | m | USA | 2478 | 9 | 2002 |
81 | Zanan, Evgeny | m | ISR | 2478 | 4 | 1998 |
82 | Sadikhov, Ulvi | m | AZE | 2477 | 0 | 1998 |
83 | Liu, Yan | m | CHN | 2476 | 0 | 2000 |
84 | Vignesh N R | m | IND | 2475 | 10 | 1998 |
85 | Checa, Nicolas | m | USA | 2475 | 9 | 2001 |
86 | Gazik, Viktor | m | SVK | 2473 | 2 | 2001 |
87 | Kuybokarov, Temur | m | UZB | 2472 | 0 | 2000 |
88 | Karthik Venkataraman | f | IND | 2470 | 26 | 1999 |
89 | Kevlishvili, Robby | m | NED | 2469 | 9 | 2001 |
90 | Lobanov, Sergei | m | RUS | 2469 | 9 | 2001 |
91 | Vardan Nagpal | f | IND | 2468 | 27 | 2002 |
92 | Livaic, Leon | m | CRO | 2468 | 0 | 2000 |
93 | Barseghyan, Harutyun | FRA | 2467 | 10 | 1998 | |
94 | Khanin, Semen | m | RUS | 2465 | 9 | 1999 |
95 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | m | UZB | 2462 | 0 | 2002 |
96 | Dragnev, Valentin | m | AUT | 2461 | 16 | 1999 |
97 | Iniyan, P | m | IND | 2460 | 24 | 2002 |
98 | Harmon-Vellotti, Luke | m | USA | 2459 | 5 | 1998 |
99 | Kaczur, Florian | m | HUN | 2459 | 3 | 1998 |
100 | Erigaisi Arjun | f | IND | 2458 | 29 | 2003 |
Duda in Gibraltar | Photo: Sophie Triay
Most of the top young women were inactive in January. Jennifer Yu from the USA added 24 points and moves up three places to number six.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | wg | RUS | 2493 | 0 | 1998 |
2 | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | m | KAZ | 2449 | 0 | 2000 |
3 | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | wg | GRE | 2412 | 0 | 2000 |
4 | Shuvalova, Polina | wm | RUS | 2388 | 0 | 2001 |
5 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | f | RUS | 2381 | 0 | 2004 |
6 | Yu, Jennifer | f | USA | 2379 | 9 | 2002 |
7 | Badelka, Olga | wm | BLR | 2376 | 11 | 2002 |
8 | Osmak, Iulija | m | UKR | 2375 | 0 | 1998 |
9 | Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel | m | MGL | 2365 | 18 | 2000 |
10 | Unuk, Laura | wm | SLO | 2362 | 3 | 1999 |
11 | Obolentseva, Alexandra | wm | RUS | 2350 | 9 | 2001 |
12 | Vaishali R | wm | IND | 2342 | 0 | 2001 |
13 | Hojjatova, Aydan | wf | AZE | 2336 | 0 | 1999 |
14 | Aakanksha Hagawane | wm | IND | 2333 | 0 | 2000 |
15 | Mammadzada, Gunay | wg | AZE | 2333 | 0 | 2000 |
16 | Yao, Lan | wm | CHN | 2330 | 0 | 2000 |
17 | Sliwicka, Alicja | wf | POL | 2329 | 9 | 2001 |
18 | Wang, Annie | f | USA | 2329 | 9 | 2002 |
19 | Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim | wg | UZB | 2329 | 0 | 1999 |
20 | Narva, Mai | wm | EST | 2322 | 9 | 1999 |
21 | Balajayeva, Khanim | wf | AZE | 2319 | 0 | 2001 |
22 | Garcia Martin, Marta | f | ESP | 2318 | 9 | 2000 |
23 | Marjanovic, Annamaria | wf | HUN | 2316 | 16 | 2001 |
24 | Zhu, Jiner | CHN | 2313 | 0 | 2002 | |
25 | Derakhshani, Dorsa | m | USA | 2306 | 0 | 1998 |
26 | Gajcin, Marina | wm | SRB | 2306 | 0 | 2001 |
27 | Khomeriki, Nino | wm | GEO | 2303 | 0 | 1998 |
28 | Injac, Teodora | wm | SRB | 2302 | 0 | 2000 |
29 | Vantika Agrawal | wm | IND | 2296 | 0 | 2002 |
30 | Dordzhieva, Dinara | wm | RUS | 2294 | 0 | 1999 |
31 | Yip, Carissa | f | USA | 2290 | 0 | 2003 |
32 | Martynyuk, Elizaveta | f | RUS | 2289 | 9 | 2000 |
33 | Bluhm, Sonja Maria | wf | GER | 2289 | 0 | 1998 |
34 | Drogovoz, Irina | wm | RUS | 2287 | 0 | 1999 |
35 | Antova, Gabriela | f | FID | 2285 | 9 | 2002 |
36 | Chu, Ruotong | CHN | 2284 | 9 | 2001 | |
37 | Martynkova, Olena | wm | UKR | 2284 | 0 | 2000 |
38 | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | RUS | 2274 | 0 | 2002 | |
39 | Avramidou, Anastasia | f | GRE | 2266 | 0 | 2000 |
40 | Salimova, Nurgyul | f | FID | 2265 | 9 | 2003 |
41 | Dimitrova, Aleksandra | wm | RUS | 2260 | 0 | 2000 |
42 | Kubicka, Anna | wf | POL | 2256 | 20 | 1999 |
43 | Amina, Battsooj | f | MGL | 2255 | 0 | 2001 |
44 | Feng, Maggie | f | USA | 2254 | 5 | 2000 |
45 | Goltseva, Ekaterina | wf | RUS | 2253 | 0 | 2002 |
46 | Mahalakshmi, M | wm | IND | 2252 | 9 | 1998 |
47 | Heinemann, Josefine | wm | GER | 2247 | 17 | 1998 |
48 | Kanakova, Natalie | wf | CZE | 2245 | 3 | 1999 |
49 | Diakonova, Ekaterina | RUS | 2241 | 0 | 1999 | |
50 | Beydullayeva, Govhar | wf | AZE | 2238 | 8 | 2003 |
51 | Arda, Cagil Irmak | wf | TUR | 2235 | 9 | 2001 |
52 | Krasnokutskaya, Sofiya | UKR | 2233 | 9 | 2001 | |
53 | Afonasieva, Anna | wf | RUS | 2232 | 6 | 2001 |
54 | Paramzina, Anastasya | wg | RUS | 2231 | 9 | 1998 |
55 | Zhou, Qiyu | f | CAN | 2230 | 9 | 2000 |
56 | Georgescu, Lena | wf | SUI | 2229 | 9 | 1999 |
57 | Fisabilillah, Ummi | wf | INA | 2225 | 0 | 2000 |
58 | Potapova, Margarita | wf | RUS | 2223 | 0 | 2000 |
59 | Cvitan, Ena | f | CRO | 2222 | 14 | 2001 |
60 | Harazinska, Ewa | wm | POL | 2222 | 13 | 1998 |
61 | Berdnyk, Mariia | UKR | 2220 | 9 | 2003 | |
62 | Ozbay, Ece | wc | TUR | 2216 | 27 | 2001 |
63 | Gorti, Akshita | f | USA | 2214 | 17 | 2002 |
64 | Mammadova, Narmin | wm | AZE | 2213 | 0 | 1999 |
65 | Solozhenkina, Elizaveta | wm | RUS | 2202 | 18 | 2003 |
66 | Keetman, Maaike | NED | 2201 | 0 | 1999 | |
67 | Radeva, Viktoria | wf | FID | 2200 | 0 | 2001 |
68 | Sieber, Fiona | wm | GER | 2199 | 9 | 2000 |
69 | Schneider, Jana | f | GER | 2198 | 16 | 2002 |
70 | Nguyen, Emily | wm | USA | 2198 | 9 | 2002 |
71 | Okuyaz, Duru | wf | TUR | 2198 | 0 | 2002 |
72 | Vasova, Maria | wf | DEN | 2196 | 2 | 1998 |
73 | Korchagina, Alena | wf | RUS | 2191 | 7 | 2000 |
74 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | wf | ARM | 2188 | 9 | 2001 |
75 | Lysenko, Margarita | wf | RUS | 2187 | 5 | 1999 |
76 | Alinasab, Mobina | wm | IRI | 2186 | 0 | 2000 |
77 | Zhao, Shengxin | wf | CHN | 2186 | 0 | 2001 |
78 | Ghukasyan, Siranush | wm | ARM | 2184 | 9 | 1998 |
79 | Vazquez Maccarini, Danitza | wm | PUR | 2182 | 6 | 2000 |
80 | Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh | wm | MGL | 2181 | 9 | 1998 |
81 | Nosacheva, Mariya | wf | RUS | 2180 | 0 | 2001 |
82 | Zhang, Lanlin | CHN | 2179 | 0 | 1999 | |
83 | Muetsch, Annmarie | GER | 2177 | 18 | 2002 | |
84 | Borisova, Ekaterina | RUS | 2177 | 0 | 2000 | |
85 | Ouellet, Maili-Jade | wm | CAN | 2173 | 9 | 2002 |
86 | Gal, Hanna Krisztina | HUN | 2171 | 10 | 1998 | |
87 | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | wm | POL | 2170 | 0 | 2000 |
88 | Wozniak, Mariola | wm | POL | 2170 | 0 | 1998 |
89 | Illina, Natalia | RUS | 2169 | 0 | 2000 | |
90 | Khokhlova, Daria | RUS | 2168 | 0 | 1999 | |
91 | Rodionova, Daria | wf | RUS | 2167 | 0 | 1998 |
92 | Vidic, Teja | wf | SLO | 2164 | 0 | 1998 |
93 | Rozman, Monika | wf | SLO | 2162 | 11 | 2000 |
94 | Kazarian, Anna-Maja | f | NED | 2162 | 0 | 2000 |
95 | Nurgali, Nazerke | wf | KAZ | 2160 | 9 | 2004 |
96 | Marjina, Arina | wf | RUS | 2159 | 0 | 1999 |
97 | Yuan, Ye | CHN | 2159 | 0 | 2000 | |
98 | Serikbay, Assel | wf | KAZ | 2158 | 9 | 2002 |
99 | Ning, Kaiyu | CHN | 2157 | 9 | 2004 | |
100 | Harshini A | wf | IND | 2154 | 18 | 2001 |
There were no significant rapid events in January, other than the 27th Keres Memorial, which was won by Maksim Chigaev, who gained 21 points but not enough to enter the top 100 list. There Igor Kovalenko gained 14 points and climbs to number 32 in the world.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2880 | 0 | 1990 |
2 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2826 | 0 | 1983 |
3 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2823 | 0 | 1987 |
4 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2810 | 0 | 1995 |
5 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2805 | 0 | 1969 |
6 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2803 | 0 | 1990 |
7 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2795 | 0 | 1975 |
8 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2792 | 0 | 1983 |
9 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2792 | 0 | 1989 |
10 | Kasparov, Garry | g | RUS | 2783 | 0 | 1963 |
11 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2779 | 0 | 1982 |
12 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2779 | 0 | 1994 |
13 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2774 | 0 | 1990 |
14 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2770 | 0 | 1976 |
15 | Artemiev, Vladislav | g | RUS | 2767 | 0 | 1998 |
16 | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2763 | 0 | 1993 |
17 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2755 | 0 | 1985 |
18 | Onischuk, Vladimir | g | UKR | 2754 | 0 | 1991 |
19 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2753 | 0 | 1992 |
20 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2752 | 0 | 1991 |
21 | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2751 | 0 | 1992 |
22 | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2744 | 0 | 1994 |
23 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2742 | 0 | 1983 |
24 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2740 | 0 | 1985 |
25 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2739 | 0 | 1971 |
26 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2739 | 0 | 1985 |
27 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2738 | 0 | 1974 |
28 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2738 | 0 | 1987 |
29 | Ponkratov, Pavel | g | RUS | 2737 | 0 | 1988 |
30 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2736 | 0 | 1990 |
31 | Guseinov, Gadir | g | AZE | 2731 | 0 | 1986 |
32 | Kovalenko, Igor | g | LAT | 2727 | 11 | 1988 |
33 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2725 | 0 | 1998 |
34 | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2725 | 0 | 1996 |
35 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2724 | 0 | 1990 |
36 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2724 | 0 | 1987 |
37 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2724 | 0 | 1989 |
38 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2722 | 0 | 1985 |
39 | Pantsulaia, Levan | g | GEO | 2722 | 0 | 1986 |
40 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2718 | 0 | 1983 |
41 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2717 | 11 | 1993 |
42 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2716 | 0 | 1986 |
43 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2711 | 0 | 1988 |
44 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2710 | 0 | 1987 |
45 | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2709 | 0 | 1992 |
46 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2707 | 0 | 1971 |
47 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2707 | 0 | 1987 |
48 | Anton Guijarro, David | g | ESP | 2705 | 0 | 1995 |
49 | Matlakov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2701 | 0 | 1991 |
50 | Topalov, Veselin | g | FID | 2699 | 0 | 1975 |
51 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2698 | 0 | 1979 |
52 | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2698 | 0 | 1984 |
53 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | FID | 2697 | 0 | 1986 |
54 | Delgado Ramirez, Neuris | g | PAR | 2697 | 0 | 1981 |
55 | Grachev, Boris | g | RUS | 2695 | 0 | 1986 |
56 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2694 | 11 | 1985 |
57 | Dreev, Aleksey | g | RUS | 2694 | 0 | 1969 |
58 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2694 | 0 | 1983 |
59 | Kokarev, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2693 | 11 | 1982 |
60 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2693 | 0 | 1975 |
61 | Amonatov, Farrukh | g | TJK | 2692 | 0 | 1978 |
62 | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2692 | 0 | 1988 |
63 | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2689 | 11 | 1976 |
64 | Rakhmanov, Aleksandr | g | RUS | 2688 | 0 | 1989 |
65 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2687 | 0 | 1979 |
66 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2687 | 0 | 1985 |
67 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2686 | 0 | 1979 |
68 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | g | UAE | 2685 | 0 | 1993 |
69 | Oparin, Grigoriy | g | RUS | 2684 | 0 | 1997 |
70 | Bauer, Christian | g | FRA | 2683 | 0 | 1977 |
71 | Demchenko, Anton | g | RUS | 2682 | 9 | 1987 |
72 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2682 | 0 | 1981 |
73 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2682 | 0 | 1969 |
74 | Chigaev, Maksim | g | RUS | 2681 | 11 | 1996 |
75 | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. | g | UKR | 2681 | 0 | 1981 |
76 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2681 | 0 | 1983 |
77 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2679 | 0 | 1990 |
78 | Petrosian, Tigran L. | g | ARM | 2676 | 0 | 1984 |
79 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2675 | 0 | 1986 |
80 | Savchenko, Boris | g | RUS | 2674 | 11 | 1986 |
81 | Adhiban, B. | g | IND | 2673 | 0 | 1992 |
82 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2673 | 0 | 1983 |
83 | Iordachescu, Viorel | g | MDA | 2673 | 0 | 1977 |
84 | Melkumyan, Hrant | g | ARM | 2672 | 0 | 1989 |
85 | Kravtsiv, Martyn | g | UKR | 2671 | 0 | 1990 |
86 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2671 | 0 | 1999 |
87 | Brunello, Sabino | g | ITA | 2670 | 0 | 1989 |
88 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | ARM | 2670 | 0 | 1978 |
89 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2666 | 0 | 1990 |
90 | Baklan, Vladimir | g | UKR | 2665 | 0 | 1978 |
91 | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2662 | 11 | 1987 |
92 | Parligras, Mircea-Emilian | g | ROU | 2660 | 0 | 1980 |
93 | Saric, Ivan | g | CRO | 2660 | 0 | 1990 |
94 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2659 | 0 | 1985 |
95 | Lenic, Luka | g | SLO | 2659 | 0 | 1988 |
96 | Postny, Evgeny | g | ISR | 2659 | 0 | 1981 |
97 | Sadler, Matthew D | g | ENG | 2659 | 0 | 1974 |
98 | Socko, Bartosz | g | POL | 2658 | 0 | 1978 |
99 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2656 | 0 | 1989 |
100 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2656 | 0 | 1980 |
The top women's rapid list was similarly dormant this period.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2618 | 0 | 1994 |
2 | Muzychuk, Anna | g | UKR | 2611 | 0 | 1990 |
3 | Ju, Wenjun | g | CHN | 2568 | 0 | 1991 |
4 | Lagno, Kateryna | g | RUS | 2533 | 0 | 1989 |
5 | Muzychuk, Mariya | g | UKR | 2521 | 0 | 1992 |
6 | Gunina, Valentina | g | RUS | 2517 | 0 | 1989 |
7 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2515 | 0 | 1987 |
8 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2515 | 0 | 1984 |
9 | Lei, Tingjie | g | CHN | 2505 | 0 | 1997 |
10 | Danielian, Elina | g | ARM | 2488 | 0 | 1978 |
11 | Ushenina, Anna | g | UKR | 2483 | 0 | 1985 |
12 | Harika, Dronavalli | g | IND | 2480 | 0 | 1991 |
13 | Khotenashvili, Bela | g | GEO | 2480 | 0 | 1988 |
14 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | wg | RUS | 2476 | 0 | 1998 |
15 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2475 | 0 | 1985 |
16 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | FID | 2471 | 0 | 1979 |
17 | Huang, Qian | wg | CHN | 2463 | 0 | 1986 |
18 | Tan, Zhongyi | g | CHN | 2462 | 0 | 1991 |
19 | Pham, Le Thao Nguyen | m | VIE | 2456 | 0 | 1987 |
20 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2448 | 0 | 1985 |
21 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2446 | 0 | 1986 |
22 | Guo, Qi | m | CHN | 2445 | 0 | 1995 |
23 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2433 | 11 | 1985 |
24 | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | m | KAZ | 2426 | 0 | 2000 |
25 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2425 | 0 | 1992 |
26 | Krush, Irina | g | USA | 2422 | 4 | 1983 |
27 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2422 | 0 | 1978 |
28 | Wang, Jue | wg | CHN | 2422 | 0 | 1995 |
29 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2420 | 0 | 1982 |
30 | Padmini, Rout | m | IND | 2417 | 0 | 1994 |
31 | Nechaeva, Marina | m | RUS | 2416 | 0 | 1986 |
32 | Matnadze, Ana | m | ESP | 2414 | 0 | 1983 |
33 | Ni, Shiqun | wg | CHN | 2405 | 0 | 1997 |
34 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2404 | 0 | 1963 |
35 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2404 | 0 | 1976 |
36 | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2399 | 0 | 1991 |
37 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | g | LTU | 2394 | 0 | 1983 |
38 | Karavade, Eesha | m | IND | 2392 | 0 | 1987 |
39 | Gritsayeva, Oksana | wf | RUS | 2388 | 0 | 1980 |
40 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | m | MGL | 2387 | 0 | 1987 |
41 | Shen, Yang | m | CHN | 2386 | 0 | 1989 |
42 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | m | ROU | 2383 | 10 | 1978 |
43 | Mammadova, Gulnar | m | AZE | 2382 | 0 | 1991 |
44 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2377 | 0 | 1976 |
45 | Mamedjarova, Turkan | wg | AZE | 2375 | 0 | 1989 |
46 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2375 | 0 | 1982 |
47 | Ding, Yixin | wg | CHN | 2374 | 0 | 1991 |
48 | Batsiashvili, Nino | m | GEO | 2372 | 0 | 1987 |
49 | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | m | IRI | 2372 | 0 | 1997 |
50 | Khurtsidze, Nino | m | GEO | 2370 | 0 | 1975 |
The Keres Memorial also included a blitz tournament, but there Kovalenko was less successful, slipping 25 points and dropping out of the top 50.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2965 | 0 | 1990 |
2 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2868 | 0 | 1990 |
3 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2853 | 0 | 1987 |
4 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2846 | 0 | 1983 |
5 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2839 | 0 | 1990 |
6 | Artemiev, Vladislav | g | RUS | 2834 | 0 | 1998 |
7 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2833 | 0 | 1982 |
8 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2828 | 0 | 1990 |
9 | Shkuro, Iuri | g | UKR | 2828 | 0 | 1982 |
10 | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2824 | 0 | 1993 |
11 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2814 | 0 | 1992 |
12 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2801 | 0 | 1969 |
13 | Kasparov, Garry | g | RUS | 2801 | 0 | 1963 |
14 | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2799 | 0 | 1994 |
15 | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2793 | 0 | 1992 |
16 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2793 | 0 | 1976 |
17 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2784 | 0 | 1975 |
18 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2779 | 0 | 1989 |
19 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2776 | 0 | 1994 |
20 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2768 | 0 | 1990 |
21 | Dubov, Daniil | g | RUS | 2767 | 0 | 1996 |
22 | Petrosian, Tigran L. | g | ARM | 2762 | 0 | 1984 |
23 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2748 | 0 | 1979 |
24 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2743 | 0 | 1987 |
25 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | g | UAE | 2743 | 0 | 1993 |
26 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2736 | 0 | 1991 |
27 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2734 | 0 | 1985 |
28 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2732 | 0 | 1985 |
29 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2727 | 0 | 1986 |
30 | Bortnyk, Olexandr | g | UKR | 2723 | 0 | 1996 |
31 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2722 | 0 | 1981 |
32 | Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn | g | ISL | 2718 | 0 | 1993 |
33 | Zubov, Alexander | g | UKR | 2716 | 0 | 1983 |
34 | Andriasian, Zaven | g | ARM | 2715 | 0 | 1989 |
35 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2714 | 0 | 1985 |
36 | Dreev, Aleksey | g | RUS | 2710 | 0 | 1969 |
37 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2710 | 0 | 1969 |
38 | Amin, Bassem | g | EGY | 2709 | 0 | 1988 |
39 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2709 | 0 | 1982 |
40 | Topalov, Veselin | g | FID | 2708 | 0 | 1975 |
41 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | g | IND | 2706 | 0 | 1994 |
42 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2705 | 0 | 1983 |
43 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2703 | 0 | 1974 |
44 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2703 | 0 | 1993 |
45 | Jones, Gawain C B | g | ENG | 2702 | 0 | 1987 |
46 | Melkumyan, Hrant | g | ARM | 2699 | 0 | 1989 |
47 | Savchenko, Boris | g | RUS | 2699 | 0 | 1986 |
48 | Adly, Ahmed | g | EGY | 2698 | 0 | 1987 |
49 | Grachev, Boris | g | RUS | 2698 | 0 | 1986 |
50 | Matlakov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2696 | 0 | 1991 |
51 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2696 | 0 | 1987 |
52 | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2695 | 0 | 1996 |
53 | Ramirez, Alejandro | g | USA | 2694 | 0 | 1988 |
54 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2694 | 0 | 1999 |
55 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2693 | 0 | 1979 |
56 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2690 | 0 | 1988 |
57 | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | g | NOR | 2689 | 0 | 1990 |
58 | Nyzhnyk, Illya | g | UKR | 2689 | 0 | 1996 |
59 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2688 | 0 | 1995 |
60 | Lu, Shanglei | g | CHN | 2688 | 0 | 1995 |
61 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2687 | 0 | 1983 |
62 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2687 | 0 | 1983 |
63 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2687 | 0 | 1998 |
64 | Kovalenko, Igor | g | LAT | 2686 | 20 | 1988 |
65 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2686 | 0 | 1989 |
66 | Kravtsiv, Martyn | g | UKR | 2684 | 0 | 1990 |
67 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2684 | 0 | 1989 |
68 | Esipenko, Andrey | f | RUS | 2683 | 0 | 2002 |
69 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2683 | 0 | 1982 |
70 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2682 | 0 | 1987 |
71 | Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo | g | VEN | 2680 | 0 | 1989 |
72 | Jovanovic, Zoran | g | CRO | 2677 | 25 | 1979 |
73 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2675 | 0 | 1985 |
74 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2671 | 0 | 1985 |
75 | Predojevic, Borki | g | BIH | 2671 | 0 | 1987 |
76 | Amonatov, Farrukh | g | TJK | 2669 | 0 | 1978 |
77 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2669 | 0 | 1976 |
78 | Heimann, Andreas | g | GER | 2667 | 0 | 1992 |
79 | Bogdanovich, Stanislav | g | UKR | 2666 | 0 | 1993 |
80 | Papaioannou, Ioannis | g | GRE | 2666 | 0 | 1976 |
81 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2666 | 0 | 1987 |
82 | Palac, Mladen | g | CRO | 2665 | 36 | 1971 |
83 | Grigoryan, Karen H. | g | ARM | 2665 | 0 | 1995 |
84 | Megaranto, Susanto | g | INA | 2665 | 0 | 1987 |
85 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2664 | 0 | 1986 |
86 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2663 | 0 | 1977 |
87 | Munoz, Miguel | g | ESP | 2663 | 0 | 1975 |
88 | Bachmann, Axel | g | PAR | 2662 | 11 | 1989 |
89 | Quparadze, Giga | g | GEO | 2661 | 0 | 1987 |
90 | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2660 | 0 | 1984 |
91 | Onischuk, Vladimir | g | UKR | 2660 | 0 | 1991 |
92 | Lagarde, Maxime | g | FRA | 2659 | 0 | 1994 |
93 | Socko, Bartosz | g | POL | 2659 | 0 | 1978 |
94 | Gharamian, Tigran | g | FRA | 2658 | 0 | 1984 |
95 | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2658 | 0 | 1988 |
96 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2658 | 0 | 1974 |
97 | Lenderman, Aleksandr | g | USA | 2657 | 8 | 1989 |
98 | Michalik, Peter | g | CZE | 2656 | 15 | 1990 |
99 | Shirov, Alexei | g | LAT | 2656 | 11 | 1972 |
100 | Cordova, Emilio | g | PER | 2656 | 0 | 1991 |
There was very little action here unless your name is Bhakti Kulkarni. This young Indian woman managed to get in 42 blitz games over four tournaments in the past month and rocket up 68 Elo points to her career best blitz rating, coming in at number 54.
Bhakti Kulkarni at the 2016 Asian Continental Championships | Photo: Priyadarshan Banjan
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2580 | 0 | 1987 |
2 | Lagno, Kateryna | g | RUS | 2574 | 0 | 1989 |
3 | Gunina, Valentina | g | RUS | 2559 | 0 | 1989 |
4 | Ju, Wenjun | g | CHN | 2558 | 0 | 1991 |
5 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2551 | 0 | 1984 |
6 | Muzychuk, Anna | g | UKR | 2545 | 0 | 1990 |
7 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2539 | 0 | 1985 |
8 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | FID | 2507 | 0 | 1979 |
9 | Tan, Zhongyi | g | CHN | 2494 | 0 | 1991 |
10 | Harika, Dronavalli | g | IND | 2473 | 0 | 1991 |
11 | Ushenina, Anna | g | UKR | 2469 | 0 | 1985 |
12 | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | m | KAZ | 2457 | 0 | 2000 |
13 | Lei, Tingjie | g | CHN | 2455 | 0 | 1997 |
14 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | wg | RUS | 2449 | 0 | 1998 |
15 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | g | LTU | 2435 | 0 | 1983 |
16 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2435 | 0 | 1963 |
17 | Michna, Marta | wg | GER | 2433 | 0 | 1978 |
18 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2433 | 0 | 1986 |
19 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2431 | 0 | 1992 |
20 | Wang, Jue | wg | CHN | 2430 | 0 | 1995 |
21 | Matnadze, Ana | m | ESP | 2429 | 0 | 1983 |
22 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2428 | 0 | 1984 |
23 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | m | RUS | 2426 | 0 | 1993 |
24 | Krush, Irina | g | USA | 2418 | 9 | 1983 |
25 | Kulon, Klaudia | wg | POL | 2414 | 0 | 1992 |
26 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2412 | 0 | 1976 |
27 | Vaishali R | wm | IND | 2405 | 0 | 2001 |
28 | Padmini, Rout | m | IND | 2402 | 0 | 1994 |
29 | Khotenashvili, Bela | g | GEO | 2393 | 0 | 1988 |
30 | Zhai, Mo | wg | CHN | 2393 | 0 | 1996 |
31 | Hoang, Thanh Trang | g | HUN | 2391 | 0 | 1980 |
32 | Danielian, Elina | g | ARM | 2390 | 0 | 1978 |
33 | Zhukova, Natalia | g | UKR | 2389 | 0 | 1979 |
34 | Muzychuk, Mariya | g | UKR | 2385 | 0 | 1992 |
35 | Pham, Le Thao Nguyen | m | VIE | 2385 | 0 | 1987 |
36 | Buksa, Nataliya | wg | UKR | 2379 | 0 | 1996 |
37 | Guramishvili, Sopiko | m | GEO | 2379 | 0 | 1991 |
38 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2378 | 0 | 1976 |
39 | Benderac, Ana | wg | SRB | 2370 | 9 | 1977 |
40 | Voit, Daria | f | RUS | 2368 | 0 | 1994 |
41 | Berend, Elvira | wg | LUX | 2367 | 0 | 1965 |
42 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2367 | 0 | 1985 |
43 | Turova, Irina | m | RUS | 2367 | 0 | 1979 |
44 | Guo, Qi | m | CHN | 2362 | 0 | 1995 |
45 | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | m | IRI | 2362 | 0 | 1997 |
46 | Nemcova, Katerina | wg | USA | 2361 | 0 | 1990 |
47 | Klek, Hanna Marie | wg | GER | 2360 | 0 | 1995 |
48 | Saduakassova, Dinara | m | KAZ | 2360 | 0 | 1996 |
49 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2358 | 0 | 1976 |
50 | Charochkina, Daria | m | RUS | 2357 | 0 | 1990 |
51 | Strutinskaia, Galina | wg | RUS | 2355 | 0 | 1957 |
52 | Reizniece-Ozola, Dana | wg | LAT | 2353 | 0 | 1981 |
53 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2352 | 0 | 1993 |
54 | Kulkarni Bhakti | c | IND | 2349 | 42 | 1992 |
55 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2348 | 0 | 1985 |
Source: FIDE