FIDE ratings: Kramnik under attack

10/3/2004 – For as long as many people can remember three players have dominated the FIDE rating list: Garry Kasparov has been leading for almost two decades; Anand and Kramnik have been following at a respectful distance. Now the latter's third position is under siege by two young players.

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FIDE Rating List – October 2004

Here are the top 100 (actually 104, since many players are tied at the bottom of the list) players in the world. We see Kasparov once again in the clear lead, in spite of having lost four points in the six games he played during the rating period. Vishy Anand lost one point to remain clear second, while Vladimir Kramnik shed ten points and is being attacked by Morozevich and Topalov for the third place slot. "Moro" gained 15 points and is just two points behind the classical chess world champion. The other big winner at the top is Veselin Topalov, who gained 20 points and is just three points behind Kramnik.

Rank Name Country Rating
Games
 1
  Kasparov, Garry  RUS  2813
 6
 2
  Anand, Viswanathan  IND  2781
 16
 3
  Kramnik, Vladimir  RUS  2760
 10
 4
  Morozevich, Alexander  RUS  2758
 10
 5
  Topalov, Veselin  BUL  2757
 14
 6
  Leko, Peter  HUN  2743
 16
 7
  Adams, Michael  ENG  2740
 26
 8
  Svidler, Peter  RUS  2735
 17
 9
  Polgar, Judit  HUN  2728
 0
 10
  Shirov, Alexei  ESP  2726
 2
 11
  Bacrot, Etienne  FRA  2718
 22
 12
  Bareev, Evgeny  RUS  2715
 0
 13
  Ponomariov, Ruslan  UKR  2710
 10
 14
  Ivanchuk, Vassily  UKR  2705
 10
 15
  Grischuk, Alexander  RUS  2704
 10
 16
  Dreev, Alexey  RUS  2698
 23
 17
  Sutovsky, Emil  ISR  2697
 11
 18
  Gelfand, Boris  ISR  2693
 8
 19
  Akopian, Vladimir  ARM  2692
 16
 20
  Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  ROM  2687
 21
 21
  Short, Nigel D.  ENG  2687
 15
 22
  Milov, Vadim  SUI  2683
 0
 23
  Lautier, Joel  FRA  2682
 21
 24
  Karpov, Anatoly  RUS  2682
 0
 25
  Van Wely, Loek  NED  2681
 33
 26
  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  ESP  2678
 10
 27
  Krasenkow, Michal  POL  2676
 35
 28
  Nikolic, Predrag  BIH  2676
 16
 29
  Aronian, Levon  ARM  2675
 6
 30
  Smirin, Ilia  ISR  2673
 4
 31
  Azmaiparashvili, Zurab  GEO  2672
 4
 32
  Bologan, Viktor  MDA  2669
 16
 33
  Sakaev, Konstantin  RUS  2669
 12
 34
  Khalifman, Alexander  RUS  2669
 0
 35
  Sasikiran, Krishnan  IND  2668
 20
 36
  Malakhov, Vladimir  RUS  2664
 10
 37
  Sokolov, Ivan  NED  2663
 31
 38
  Nielsen, Peter Heine  DEN  2663
 14
 39
  Radjabov, Teimour  AZE  2663
 14
 40
  Beliavsky, Alexander G  SLO  2660
 28
 41
  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar     AZE  2660
 18
 42
  Aleksandrov, Aleksej  BLR  2659
 4
 43
  Moiseenko, Alexander  UKR  2653
 48
 44
  Onischuk, Alexander  USA  2653
 14
 45
  Volokitin, Andrei  UKR  2652
 14
 46
  Motylev, Alexander  RUS  2651
 8
 47
  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  UZB  2650
 27
 48
  Almasi, Zoltan  HUN  2650
 17
 49
  Zvjaginsev, Vadim  RUS  2650
 12
 50
  Rublevsky, Sergei  RUS  2649
 22
 51
  Ye, Jiangchuan  CHN  2649
 21
 52
  Graf, Alexander  GER  2646
 22
 53
  Dominguez, Lenier  CUB  2645
 10
 54
  Vescovi, Giovanni  BRA  2645
 2
 55
  Gurevich, Mikhail  BEL  2644
 13
 56
  Kozul, Zdenko  CRO  2640
 26
 57
  Fressinet, Laurent  FRA  2640
 21
 58
  Vaganian, Rafael A  ARM  2640
 8
 59
  Bruzon, Lazaro  CUB  2637
 39
 60
  Lputian, Smbat G  ARM  2634
 19
 61
  Hansen, Curt  DEN  2633
 10
 62
  Iordachescu, Viorel  MDA  2632
 12
 63
  Filippov, Valerij  RUS  2632
 6
 64
  Ehlvest, Jaan  EST  2631
 30
 65
  Sadvakasov, Darmen  KAZ  2631
 14
 66
  Seirawan, Yasser  USA  2631
 0
 67
  Berkes, Ferenc  HUN  2630
 28
 68
  Eljanov, Pavel  UKR  2629
 27
 69
  Tregubov, Pavel V.  RUS  2629
 19
 70
  McShane, Luke J.  ENG  2629
 10
 71
  Movsesian, Sergei  SVK  2629
 8
 72
  Volkov, Sergey  RUS  2628
 10
 73
  Hjartarson, Johann  ISL  2628
 0
 74
  Vladimirov, Evgeny  KAZ  2627
 2
 75
  Illescas Cordoba, Miguel  ESP  2626
 9
 76
  Smirnov, Pavel  RUS  2626
 8
 77
  Georgiev, Kiril  BUL  2625
 11
 78
  Najer, Evgeniy  RUS  2624
 24
 79
  Huebner, Robert Dr.  GER  2624
 0
 80
  Dautov, Rustem  GER  2623
 2
 81
  Bauer, Christian  FRA  2622
 28
 82
  Kobalia, Mikhail  RUS  2621
 24
 83
  Nakamura, Hikaru  USA  2620
 19
 84
  Navara, David  CZE  2620
 18
 85
  Goldin, Alexander  USA  2620
 14
 86
  Fedorov, Alexei  BLR  2619
 14
 87
  Tiviakov, Sergei  NED  2617
 30
 88
  Miroshnichenko, Evgenij  UKR  2617
 13
 89
  Sadler, Matthew  ENG  2617
 0
 90
  Bu, Xiangzhi  CHN  2615
 17
 91
  Dvoirys, Semen I.  RUS  2615
 9
 92
  Avrukh, Boris  ISR  2614
 11
 93
  Jobava, Baadur  GEO  2614
 2
 94
  Gyimesi, Zoltan  HUN  2613
 29
 95
  Macieja, Bartlomiej  POL  2613
 26
 96
  Kharlov, Andrei  RUS  2613
 10
 97
  Harikrishna, P.  IND  2612
 4
 98
  Miladinovic, Igor  GRE  2611
 43
 99
  Istratescu, Andrei  ROM  2611
 24
 100
  Ni, Hua  CHN  2611
 19
 101
  Naiditsch, Arkadij  GER  2611
 16
 102
  Sargissian, Gabriel  ARM  2611
 10
 103
  Kaidanov, Gregory S  USA  2611
 6
 104
  Timofeev, Artyom  RUS  2611
 0

Top 50 Women Players

Rank
 Name Country Rating
Games
 1
  Polgar, Judit  HUN  2728
 0
 2
  Xie, Jun  CHN  2569
 9
 3
  Stefanova, Antoaneta  BUL  2523
 9
 4
  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  RUS  2508
 22
 5
  Chiburdanidze, Maia  GEO  2503
 9
 6
  Koneru, Humpy  IND  2503
 9
 7
  Zhu, Chen  CHN  2494
 0
 8
  Kosintseva, Tatiana  RUS  2493
 21
 9
  Xu, Yuhua  CHN  2487
 6
 10
  Zhao, Xue  CHN  2487
 6
 11
  Dzagnidze, Nana  GEO  2484
 11
 12
  Zhukova, Natalia  UKR  2481
 11
 13
  Galliamova, Alisa  RUS  2477
 20
 14
  Cramling, Pia  SWE  2477
 13
 15
  Skripchenko, Almira  FRA  2474
 28
 16
  Hoang Thanh Trang  VIE  2474
 19
 17
  Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  RUS  2471
 20
 18
  Qin, Kanying  CHN  2466
 0
 19
  Krush, Irina  USA  2464
 26
 20
  Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan  GEO  2460
 18
 21
  Radziewicz, Iweta  POL  2449
 25
 22
  Moser, Eva  AUT  2447
 26
 23
  Kosintseva, Nadezhda  RUS  2446
 22
 24
  Gaponenko, Inna  UKR  2445
 44
 25
  Alexandrova, Olga  UKR  2442
 32
 26
  Cmilyte, Viktorija  LTU  2442
 9
 27
  Kachiani-G., Ketino  GER  2441
 0
 28
  Zatonskih, Anna  USA  2440
 22
 29
  Socko, Monika  POL  2439
 26
 30
  Matveeva, Svetlana  RUS  2437
 20
 31
  Danielian, Elina  ARM  2437
 9
 32
  Foisor, Cristina Adela  ROM  2436
 38
 33
  Lahno, Kateryna  UKR  2435
 23
 34
  Sedina, Elena  ITA  2431
 26
 35
  Lomineishvili, Maia  GEO  2429
 11
 36
  Peptan, Corina-Isabela  ROM  2429
 0
 37
  Sebag, Marie  FRA  2428
 9
 38
  Javakhishvili, Lela  GEO  2423
 39
 39
  Peng, Zhaoqin  NED  2420
 8
 40
  Maric, Alisa  SCG  2418
 0
 41
  Xu, Yuanyuan  CHN  2416
 0
 42
  Li, Ruofan  CHN  2414
 0
 43
  Zozulia, Anna  UKR  2412
 52
 44
  Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman  IND  2411
 28
 45
  Repkova, Eva  SVK  2410
 10
 46
  Jackova, Jana  CZE  2408
 10
 47
  Polovnikova, Ekaterina  RUS  2407
 20
 48
  Zimina, Olga  RUS  2404
 30
 49
  Prudnikova, Svetlana  SCG  2402
 0
 50
  Shadrina, Tatiana  RUS  2401
 11
 51
  Slavina, Irina  RUS  2401
 11
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