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Magnus Carlsen has kept his place at the top of the world rankings, gaining 13 points and extending his lead over Veselin Topalov to 23 points. Viswanathan Anand won eleven points from his World Championship match against the Bulgarian and has moved from fourth to third place and crossed the 2800 mark again. There are two Russians (Kramnik and Grischuk) and two Azeris (Mamedyarov and Radjabov) in the top ten.
Carlsen's 2826 rating is the second highest by any player in history. Przemek Jahr of Bydgoszcz, Poland, has kept track of the peak ratings achieved by players since the inception of the FIDE rating list. Here are the top ten (the full lists for all players and for women are at the bottom of this page).
# | Player | Nat. | Rtng | FIDE list |
1 | Kasparov, Gary | RUS | 2851 | 1999 / 07 |
2 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2826 | 2010 / 07 |
3 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2813 | 2006 / 07 |
4 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2811 | 2002 / 01 |
5 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2803 | 2006 / 04 |
6 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2788 | 2008 / 07 |
7 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2787 | 2007 / 10 |
8 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2786 | 2009 / 11 |
9 | Fischer, Robert | USA | 2785 | 1972 / 04 |
10 | Karpov, Anatoly | RUS | 2780 | 1994 / 07 |
Rank | Name | Title | Nation | Rating | Games |
B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2826 | 10 |
1990 |
2 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2803 | 12 |
1975 |
3 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2800 | 13 |
1969 |
4 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2790 | 0 |
1975 |
5 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2783 | 0 |
1982 |
6 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2761 | 13 |
1985 |
7 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2760 | 0 |
1983 |
8 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2755 | 16 |
1983 |
9 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2749 | 7 |
1972 |
10 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2748 | 23 |
1987 |
11 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2747 | 11 |
1990 |
12 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2739 | 25 |
1969 |
13 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2739 | 23 |
1968 |
14 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2734 | 23 |
1983 |
15 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2734 | 18 |
1976 |
16 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2734 | 13 |
1979 |
17 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2732 | 16 |
1980 |
18 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2731 | 9 |
1985 |
19 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2729 | 10 |
1987 |
20 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2726 | 27 |
1983 |
21 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2724 | 36 |
1989 |
22 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2723 | 12 |
1990 |
23 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2723 | 2 |
1978 |
24 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2722 | 18 |
1987 |
25 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2720 | 11 |
1983 |
26 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2719 | 17 |
1986 |
27 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2717 | 2 |
1976 |
28 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2716 | 29 |
1987 |
29 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2716 | 10 |
1983 |
30 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2715 | 0 |
1977 |
31 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2713 | 10 |
1974 |
32 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2710 | 17 |
1983 |
33 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2708 | 0 |
1987 |
34 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2706 | 20 |
1990 |
35 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2706 | 15 |
1971 |
36 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2701 | 21 |
1975 |
37 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2700 | 2 |
1973 |
38 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2699 | 0 |
1979 |
39 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2697 | 21 |
1992 |
40 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2697 | 8 |
1981 |
41 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2697 | 4 |
1982 |
42 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2695 | 28 |
1971 |
43 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2691 | 23 |
1985 |
44 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2691 | 13 |
1971 |
45 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2690 | 18 |
1985 |
46 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2690 | 14 |
1965 |
47 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2689 | 10 |
1985 |
48 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2688 | 13 |
1974 |
49 | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | g | UKR | 2686 | 10 |
1978 |
50 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2685 | 14 |
1979 |
51 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2684 | 18 |
1985 |
52 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2683 | 21 |
1976 |
53 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2682 | 15 |
1985 |
54 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2682 | 0 |
1976 |
55 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2681 | 9 |
1991 |
56 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2679 | 9 |
1981 |
57 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2677 | 27 |
1972 |
58 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2676 | 26 |
1985 |
59 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2675 | 13 |
1965 |
60 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2674 | 18 |
1993 |
61 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2673 | 16 |
1983 |
62 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2672 | 25 |
1994 |
63 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2672 | 12 |
1977 |
64 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2671 | 13 |
1985 |
65 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2670 | 8 |
1985 |
66 | Smeets, Jan | g | NED | 2669 | 9 |
1985 |
67 | Zhou, Jianchao | g | CHN | 2668 | 35 |
1988 |
68 | Grachev, Boris | g | RUS | 2668 | 13 |
1986 |
69 | Khismatullin, Denis | g | RUS | 2667 | 9 |
1984 |
70 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2667 | 7 |
1980 |
71 | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. | g | UKR | 2665 | 27 |
1981 |
72 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2665 | 20 |
1977 |
73 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2664 | 1 |
1986 |
74 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2663 | 0 |
1966 |
75 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2663 | 0 |
1987 |
76 | Kurnosov, Igor | g | RUS | 2662 | 9 |
1985 |
77 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2661 | 7 |
1986 |
78 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2661 | 4 |
1986 |
79 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2660 | 33 |
1969 |
80 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2660 | 10 |
1988 |
81 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2657 | 6 |
1985 |
82 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2656 | 8 |
1989 |
83 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2656 | 0 |
1976 |
84 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2655 | 9 |
1983 |
85 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2653 | 10 |
1982 |
86 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2650 | 10 |
1990 |
87 | Gharamian, Tigran | g | FRA | 2650 | 9 |
1984 |
88 | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2648 | 13 |
1987 |
89 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2648 | 0 |
1978 |
90 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2646 | 18 |
1986 |
91 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2646 | 16 |
1968 |
92 | Socko, Bartosz | g | POL | 2646 | 9 |
1978 |
93 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2645 | 35 |
1983 |
94 | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2645 | 23 |
1976 |
95 | Roiz, Michael | g | ISR | 2645 | 11 |
1983 |
96 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 2644 | 0 |
1972 |
97 | Gustafsson, Jan | g | GER | 2643 | 11 |
1979 |
98 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | g | BLR | 2642 | 31 |
1973 |
99 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | BIH | 2641 | 25 |
1968 |
100 | Macieja, Bartlomiej | g | POL | 2639 | 16 |
1977 |
The gap between the top ranked Judit Polgar and her nearest rival, Indian GM Koneru Humpy, was 60 points in the last list. Judit remains at 2682, but Humpy has lost 22 points, so that the difference is now 82 rating points. 16-year-old Chinese talent Hou Yifan has lost 12 points, but remains in third place and is 23 points behind Humpy.
Rank | Name | Title | Nation | Rating | Games |
B-Year |
1 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2682 | 0 |
1976 |
2 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2600 | 11 |
1987 |
3 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2577 | 36 |
1994 |
4 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2562 | 11 |
1986 |
5 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2560 | 0 |
1979 |
6 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | m | RUS | 2551 | 10 |
1985 |
7 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2535 | 4 |
1989 |
8 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2527 | 21 |
1990 |
9 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | m | LTU | 2527 | 7 |
1983 |
10 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2519 | 7 |
1986 |
11 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2519 | 0 |
1984 |
12 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2517 | 25 |
1963 |
13 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | g | GEO | 2514 | 0 |
1961 |
14 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2504 | 29 |
1991 |
15 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2501 | 0 |
1985 |
16 | Zhukova, Natalia | g | UKR | 2499 | 0 |
1979 |
17 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2498 | 23 |
1987 |
18 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2496 | 26 |
1991 |
19 | Xu, Yuhua | g | CHN | 2488 | 2 |
1976 |
20 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2485 | 0 |
1985 |
21 | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2482 | 9 |
1972 |
22 | Ruan, Lufei | wg | CHN | 2480 | 6 |
1987 |
23 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2477 | 4 |
1978 |
24 | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2476 | 24 |
1983 |
25 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2476 | 12 |
1976 |
26 | Hoang Thanh Trang | g | HUN | 2474 | 11 |
1980 |
27 | Dembo, Yelena | m | GRE | 2470 | 0 |
1983 |
28 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2470 | 0 |
1978 |
29 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2469 | 9 |
1984 |
30 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2468 | 11 |
1982 |
31 | Ushenina, Anna | m | UKR | 2468 | 0 |
1985 |
32 | Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman | m | IND | 2466 | 0 |
1979 |
33 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2465 | 0 |
1976 |
34 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2462 | 26 |
1985 |
35 | Gunina, Valentina | wg | RUS | 2462 | 9 |
1989 |
36 | Tan, Zhongyi | wg | CHN | 2461 | 26 |
1991 |
37 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2458 | 8 |
1976 |
38 | Hunt, Harriet V | m | ENG | 2454 | 10 |
1978 |
39 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2452 | 0 |
1992 |
40 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | g | SCO | 2451 | 9 |
1968 |
41 | Polgar, Sofia | m | HUN | 2450 | 5 |
1974 |
42 | Huang, Qian | wg | CHN | 2447 | 17 |
1986 |
43 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2447 | 0 |
1974 |
44 | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2446 | 6 |
1981 |
45 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2444 | 0 |
1982 |
46 | Khurtsidze, Nino | m | GEO | 2443 | 18 |
1975 |
47 | Melia, Salome | m | GEO | 2442 | 17 |
1987 |
48 | Moser, Eva | m | AUT | 2440 | 0 |
1982 |
49 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2435 | 13 |
1989 |
50 | Repkova, Eva | m | SVK | 2434 | 0 |
1975 |
51 | Houska, Jovanka | m | ENG | 2433 | 12 |
1980 |
52 | Danielian, Elina | m | ARM | 2431 | 11 |
1978 |
53 | Khotenashvili, Bela | m | GEO | 2423 | 18 |
1988 |
54 | Matnadze, Ana | m | GEO | 2422 | 9 |
1983 |
55 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | m | MGL | 2421 | 11 |
1987 |
56 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | m | ROU | 2416 | 0 |
1978 |
57 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | wg | POL | 2415 | 0 |
1987 |
58 | Romanko, Marina | m | RUS | 2411 | 0 |
1986 |
59 | Khukhashvili, Sopiko | m | GEO | 2409 | 27 |
1985 |
60 | Peng, Zhaoqin | g | NED | 2403 | 10 |
1968 |
61 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2403 | 7 |
1993 |
62 | Jackova, Jana | m | CZE | 2402 | 0 |
1982 |
63 | Madl, Ildiko | m | HUN | 2401 | 12 |
1969 |
64 | Ovod, Evgenija | m | RUS | 2401 | 9 |
1982 |
65 | Stockova, Zuzana | m | SVK | 2400 | 0 |
1977 |
66 | Vasilevich, Tatjana | m | UKR | 2399 | 0 |
1977 |
67 | Zaiatz, Elena | m | RUS | 2398 | 16 |
1969 |
68 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2397 | 10 |
1992 |
69 | Tania, Sachdev | m | IND | 2396 | 20 |
1986 |
70 | Turova, Irina | m | RUS | 2394 | 0 |
1979 |
71 | Rudolf, Anna | wg | HUN | 2393 | 27 |
1987 |
72 | Michna, Marta | wg | GER | 2393 | 0 |
1978 |
73 | Savina, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2392 | 10 |
1992 |
74 | Zhang, Xiaowen | wg | CHN | 2390 | 17 |
1989 |
75 | Pokorna, Regina | wg | SVK | 2388 | 0 |
1982 |
76 | Maric, Alisa | m | SRB | 2387 | 0 |
1970 |
77 | Ding, Yixin | wf | CHN | 2385 | 26 |
1991 |
78 | Galojan, Lilit | wg | ARM | 2384 | 9 |
1983 |
79 | Tsereteli, Tamar | wg | GEO | 2384 | 8 |
1985 |
80 | Batsiashvili, Nino | wg | GEO | 2383 | 18 |
1987 |
81 | Zdebskaja, Natalia | wg | UKR | 2383 | 0 |
1986 |
82 | Gara, Anita | m | HUN | 2382 | 10 |
1983 |
83 | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | m | ROU | 2381 | 21 |
1967 |
84 | Alexandrova, Olga | m | ESP | 2381 | 0 |
1978 |
85 | Molchanova, Tatjana | wg | RUS | 2381 | 0 |
1980 |
86 | Matveeva, Svetlana | m | RUS | 2379 | 0 |
1969 |
87 | Karavade, Eesha | m | IND | 2378 | 9 |
1987 |
88 | Kovanova, Baira | wg | RUS | 2376 | 11 |
1987 |
89 | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2376 | 10 |
1991 |
90 | Stepovaia, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2375 | 8 |
1965 |
91 | Kononenko, Tatiana | m | UKR | 2374 | 0 |
1978 |
92 | Shadrina, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2374 | 0 |
1974 |
93 | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | wg | ESP | 2373 | 29 |
1987 |
94 | Fierro Baquero, Martha L. | m | ECU | 2372 | 6 |
1977 |
95 | Cosma, Elena-Luminita | wg | ROU | 2370 | 2 |
1972 |
96 | Lomineishvili, Maia | m | GEO | 2370 | 0 |
1977 |
97 | Wang, Yu A. | m | CHN | 2369 | 24 |
1982 |
98 | Djingarova, Emilia | wg | BUL | 2368 | 6 |
1978 |
99 | Bojkovic, Natasa | m | SRB | 2368 | 0 |
1971 |
100 | Milliet, Sophie | m | FRA | 2367 | 9 |
1983 |
Naturally Magnus remains at the top of this list, and has increased the gap to his ten month older rival Sergey Karjakin slightly, to 79 points. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France, +13 points) and Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia, +11) are creeping up to Karjakin (Russia, +8). We are following the progress of Anish Giri of the Netherlands, who gained 30 points and is now number eight on the list. Anish turned sixteen this Monday.
Rank | Name | Title | Nation | Rating | Games |
B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2826 | 10 |
1990 |
2 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2747 | 11 |
1990 |
3 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2723 | 12 |
1990 |
4 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2706 | 20 |
1990 |
5 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2697 | 21 |
1992 |
6 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2681 | 9 |
1991 |
7 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2674 | 18 |
1993 |
8 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2672 | 25 |
1994 |
9 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2650 | 10 |
1990 |
10 | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | g | NOR | 2636 | 19 |
1990 |
11 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2628 | 0 |
1990 |
12 | Khairullin, Ildar | g | RUS | 2620 | 34 |
1990 |
13 | Edouard, Romain | g | FRA | 2620 | 9 |
1990 |
14 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2617 | 12 |
1990 |
15 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2616 | 3 |
1990 |
16 | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2615 | 31 |
1993 |
17 | Feller, Sebastien | g | FRA | 2611 | 16 |
1991 |
18 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2610 | 0 |
1993 |
19 | Salgado Lopez, Ivan | g | ESP | 2607 | 14 |
1991 |
20 | Popov, Ivan | g | RUS | 2606 | 10 |
1990 |
Hou Yifan, at 16 the youngest of the top 22 juniors, is fifty points ahead of her nearest rival Anna Muzychuk (in the last list it was sixty points). Indian IM Harika Dronavalli is now in third place, having gained 13 points and at last crossed the 2500 mark.
Rank | Name | Title | Nation | Rating | Games |
B-Year |
1 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2577 | 36 | 1994 |
2 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2527 | 21 | 1990 |
3 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2504 | 29 | 1991 |
4 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2496 | 26 | 1991 |
5 | Tan, Zhongyi | wg | CHN | 2461 | 26 | 1991 |
6 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2452 | 0 | 1992 |
7 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2403 | 7 | 1993 |
8 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2397 | 10 | 1992 |
9 | Savina, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2392 | 10 | 1992 |
10 | Ding, Yixin | wf | CHN | 2385 | 26 | 1991 |
11 | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2376 | 10 | 1991 |
12 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | wg | RUS | 2352 | 21 | 1993 |
13 | Paikidze, Nazi | wg | GEO | 2346 | 9 | 1993 |
14 | Severiukhina, Zoja | wm | RUS | 2341 | 19 | 1990 |
15 | Pustovoitova, Daria | RUS | 2338 | 21 | 1994 | |
16 | Ohme, Melanie | wm | GER | 2326 | 5 | 1990 |
17 | Rakic, Marija | wm | SRB | 2317 | 11 | 1990 |
18 | Vojinovic, Jovana | wg | MNE | 2302 | 0 | 1992 |
19 | Havlikova, Kristyna | wm | CZE | 2299 | 25 | 1992 |
20 | Charochkina, Daria | wm | RUS | 2298 | 18 | 1990 |
21 | Guramishvili, Sopiko | wg | GEO | 2298 | 18 | 1991 |
22 | Repina, Varvara | wf | RUS | 2298 | 17 | 1992 |
This list shows us which players gained most in the two months since the previous list appeared. It also tracks the change in ranking from the last list to the current one. The second list shows the biggest losses.
7/10 | 5/10 | Player | Ti. | Nat. | Rtng + gain | Games |
1 | 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2826 (+13) | 10 (+10) |
3 | 4 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2800 (+11) | 13 (+11) |
17 | 22 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2732 (+10) | 16 (+4) |
18 | 24 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2731 (+13) | 9 (-15) |
20 | 21 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2726 (+1) | 27 (+17) |
22 | 30 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2723 (+13) | 12 (-3) |
24 | 32 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2722 (+15) | 18 (0) |
25 | 29 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2720 (+10) | 11 (-14) |
31 | 36 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2713 (+11) | 10 (+1) |
34 | 42 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2706 (+11) | 20 (0) |
39 | 57 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2697 (+22) | 21 (0) |
42 | 64 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2695 (+27) | 28 (+7) |
45 | 54 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2690 (+13) | 18 (0) |
47 | 53 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2689 (+12) | 10 (-19) |
52 | 59 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2683 (+11) | 21 (+2) |
57 | 84 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2677 (+24) | 27 (+14) |
59 | 74 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2675 (+13) | 13 (-11) |
62 | 97 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2672 (+30) | 25 (+1) |
66 | 77 | Smeets, Jan | g | NED | 2669 (+10) | 9 (+3) |
67 | 86 | Zhou, Jianchao | g | CHN | 2668 (+16) | 35 (+31) |
69 | 78 | Khismatullin, Denis | g | RUS | 2667 (+10) | 9 (-9) |
71 | 90 | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. | g | UKR | 2665 (+19) | 27 (+14) |
77 | 101 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2661 (+21) | 7 (-4) |
93 | 66 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2645 (-22) | 35 (+28) |
7/10 | 5/10 | Player | Ti. | Nat. | Rtng + loss | Games |
2 | 2 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2803 (-9) | 12 (+2) |
26 | 17 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2719 (-15) | 17 (+3) |
28 | 8 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2716 (-36) | 29 (+22) |
48 | 34 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2688 (-16) | 13 (+4) |
50 | 33 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2685 (-19) | 14 (-7) |
56 | 44 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2679 (-11) | 9 (+3) |
76 | 52 | Kurnosov, Igor | g | RUS | 2662 (-18) | 9 (-19) |
84 | 60 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2655 (-17) | 9 (+9) |
85 | 63 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2653 (-15) | 10 (-17) |
90 | 76 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2646 (-14) | 18 (+18) |
93 | 66 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2645 (-22) | 35 (+28) |
94 | 82 | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2645 (-9) | 23 (-13) |
95 | 68 | Roiz, Michael | g | ISR | 2645 (-19) | 11 (-16) |
99 | 83 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | BIH | 2641 (-13) | 25 (0) |
Lists and data by courtesy of FIDE
The following lists, compiled by Przemek Jahr of Bydgoszcz, Poland, show which players peaked in which season of their careers.
# | Player | Nat. | Rtng | FIDE list |
1 | Kasparov, Gary | RUS | 2851 | 1999 / 07 |
2 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2826 | 2010 / 07 |
3 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2813 | 2006 / 07 |
4 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2811 | 2002 / 01 |
5 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2803 | 2006 / 04 |
6 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2788 | 2008 / 07 |
7 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2787 | 2007 / 10 |
8 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2786 | 2009 / 11 |
9 | Fischer, Robert | USA | 2785 | 1972 / 04 |
10 | Karpov, Anatoly | RUS | 2780 | 1994 / 07 |
11 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2765 | 2006 / 01 |
12 | Leko, Peter | HUN | 2763 | 2005 / 04 |
13 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2763 | 2010 / 05 |
14 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2761 | 2009 / 01 |
15 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2761 | 2010 / 01 |
16 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2760 | 2009 / 01 |
17 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2760 | 2010 / 05 |
18 | Gashimov, Vugar | AZE | 2759 | 2010 / 01 |
19 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2755 | 2000 / 07 |
20 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2755 | 2008 / 01 |
21 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2755 | 2010 / 07 |
22 | Wang Yue | CHN | 2752 | 2010 / 05 |
23 | Movsesian, Sergei | SVK | 2751 | 2009 / 01 |
24 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2747 | 2010 / 07 |
25 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2745 | 1996 / 07 |
26 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2743 | 2002 / 04 |
27 | Bareev, Evgeny | RUS | 2739 | 2003 / 10 |
28 | Polgar, Judit | HUN | 2735 | 2005 / 07 |
29 | Nakamura, Hiraku | USA | 2735 | 2009 / 09 |
30 | Malakhov, Vladimir | RUS | 2732 | 2010 / 07 |
31 | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2731 | 2005 / 04 |
32 | Navara, David | CZE | 2731 | 2010 / 07 |
33 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2730 | 2010 / 01 |
34 | Alekseev, Evgeny | RUS | 2725 | 2009 / 09 |
35 | Almasi, Zoltan | HUN | 2725 | 2010 / 05 |
36 | Ni Hua | CHN | 2724 | 2009 / 04 |
37 | Wang Hao | CHN | 2724 | 2010 / 07 |
38 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2722 | 2010 / 07 |
39 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | CUB | 2721 | 2009 / 04 |
40 | Salov, Valery | RUS | 2715 | 1995 / 01 |
41 | Jobava, Baadur | GEO | 2715 | 2010 / 05 |
42 | Van Wely, Loek | NED | 2714 | 2001 / 10 |
43 | Bu Xiangzhi | CHN | 2714 | 2008 / 10 |
44 | Akopian, Vladimir | ARM | 2713 | 2006 / 07 |
45 | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 2713 | 2008 / 01 |
46 | Short, Nigel | ENG | 2712 | 2004 / 04 |
47 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND | 2711 | 2009 / 01 |
48 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2711 | 2009 / 11 |
49 | Beliavsky, Alexander | SLO | 2710 | 1997 / 07 |
50 | Motylev, Alexander | RUS | 2710 | 2009 / 07 |
51 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2708 | 2009 / 11 |
52 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | ROM | 2707 | 2005 / 10 |
53 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB | 2706 | 2001 / 10 |
54 | Sokolov, Ivan | NED | 2706 | 2004 / 01 |
55 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2706 | 2010 / 07 |
56 | Tal, Mikhail | URS | 2705 | 1980 / 01 |
57 | Dreev, Alexey | RUS | 2705 | 2003 / 10 |
58 | Milov, Vadim | SWZ | 2705 | 2008 / 07 |
59 | Rublevsky, Sergei | RUS | 2704 | 2010 / 05 |
60 | Krasenkow, Michal | POL | 2702 | 2000 / 07 |
61 | Smirin, Ilia | ISR | 2702 | 2001 / 07 |
62 | Khalifman, Alexander | RUS | 2702 | 2001 / 10 |
63 | Azmaiparashvili, Zurab | GEO | 2702 | 2003 / 07 |
64 | Onischuk, Alexander | USA | 2701 | 2010 / 07 |
65 | Bologan, Viktor | MDA | 2700 | 2005 / 04 |
66 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | GER | 2700 | 2009 / 04 |
67 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | DEN | 2700 | 2010 / 07 |
There is only one female player that achieved a rating of over 2700: Judit Polgar, who in July 2005 was rated 2735. Przemek sent us a second list which contains top female players.
# | Player | Nat. | Rtng | FIDE list |
1 | Polgar, Judit | HUN | 2735 | 2005 / 07 |
2 | Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2623 | 2009 / 07 |
3 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2590 | 2009 / 04 |
4 | Polgar, Zsuzsa | HUN | 2577 | 2005 / 01 |
5 | Xie, Jun | CHN | 2574 | 2008 / 01 |
6 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | RUS | 2562 | 2010 / 07 |
7 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | URS | 2560 | 1988 / 01 |
8 | Galliamova, Alisa | RUS | 2560 | 1998 / 07 |
9 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2560 | 2003 / 01 |
10 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | RUS | 2554 | 2010 / 03 |
11 | Cramling, Pia | SWE | 2550 | 2008 / 10 |
12 | Zhu, Chen | QAT | 2548 | 2008 / 01 |
13 | Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2547 | 2009 / 11 |
14 | Zhao, Xue | CHN | 2544 | 2009 / 07 |
15 | Muzychuk, Anna | SLO | 2542 | 2009 / 07 |
16 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | RUS | 2540 | 2006 / 04 |
17 | Lahno, Kateryna | UKR | 2535 | 2010 / 07 |
18 | Sebag, Marie | FRA | 2533 | 2008 / 10 |
19 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | LTU | 2527 | 2010 / 07 |
20 | Ioseliani, Nana | GEO | 2520 | 1997 / 07 |
21 | Xu, Yuhua | CHN | 2517 | 2006 / 04 |
22 | Danielian, Elina | GEO | 2513 | 2008 / 10 |
23 | Wang, Lei | CHN | 2512 | 2001 / 10 |
24 | Ju, Wenjun | CHN | 2512 | 2010 / 01 |
25 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | RUS | 2507 | 2001 / 07 |
26 | Wang, Pin | CHN | 2506 | 2000 / 10 |
27 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | SCO | 2506 | 2009 / 07 |
28 | Polgar, Sofia | HUN | 2505 | 1998 / 07 |
29 | Socko, Monika | POL | 2505 | 2008 / 04 |
30 | Harika, Dronavalli | IND | 2504 | 2010 / 07 |
31 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | ARM | 2503 | 2010 / 01 |
32 | Matveeva, Svetlana | RUS | 2502 | 2004 / 01 |
33 | Ushenina, Anna | UKR | 2502 | 2007 / 07 |
34 | Qin, Kanying | CHN | 2501 | 2000 / 07 |
35 | Skripchenko, Almira | MDA | 2501 | 2003 / 01 |
36 | Pogonina, Natalija | RUS | 2501 | 2009 / 04 |
37 | Hoang Thanh Trang | HUN | 2501 | 2009 / 07 |
38 | Javakhishvili, Lela | GEO | 2500 | 2010 / 03 |