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 |