FIDE September 2012 – Top 30 Players
| Rnk |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
Born |
| 1 |
Carlsen,
Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2843 |
10 |
1990 |
| 2 |
Aronian,
Levon |
g |
ARM |
2816 |
0 |
1982 |
| 3 |
Kramnik,
Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2797 |
0 |
1975 |
| 4 |
Radjabov,
Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2788 |
0 |
1987 |
| 5 |
Nakamura,
Hikaru |
g |
USA |
2783 |
10 |
1987 |
| 6 |
Anand, Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2780 |
0 |
1969 |
| 7 |
Karjakin,
Sergey |
g |
RUS |
2778 |
9 |
1990 |
| 8 |
Caruana,
Fabiano |
g |
ITA |
2773 |
0 |
1992 |
| 9 |
Ivanchuk,
Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2769 |
0 |
1969 |
| 10 |
Morozevich,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2758 |
2 |
1977 |
| 11 |
Grischuk,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2754 |
9 |
1983 |
| 12 |
Topalov,
Veselin |
g |
BUL |
2752 |
0 |
1975 |
| 13 |
Svidler,
Peter |
g |
RUS |
2747 |
9 |
1976 |
| 14 |
Kamsky,
Gata |
g |
USA |
2746 |
9 |
1974 |
| 15 |
Wang, Hao |
g |
CHN |
2742 |
10 |
1989 |
| 16 |
Gelfand,
Boris |
g |
ISR |
2738 |
0 |
1968 |
| 17 |
Gashimov,
Vugar |
g |
AZE |
2737 |
0 |
1986 |
| 18 |
Leko, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2737 |
0 |
1979 |
| 19 |
Jobava,
Baadur |
g |
GEO |
2734 |
4 |
1983 |
| 20 |
Giri, Anish |
g |
NED |
2730 |
10 |
1994 |
| 21 |
Tomashevsky,
Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2730 |
0 |
1987 |
| 22 |
Ponomariov,
Ruslan |
g |
UKR |
2729 |
11 |
1983 |
| 23 |
Mamedyarov,
Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2729 |
0 |
1985 |
| 24 |
Dominguez
Perez, Leinier |
g |
CUB |
2725 |
0 |
1983 |
| 25 |
Jakovenko,
Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2724 |
9 |
1983 |
| 26 |
Adams, Michael |
g |
ENG |
2722 |
0 |
1971 |
| 27 |
Volokitin,
Andrei |
g |
UKR |
2718 |
11 |
1986 |
| 28 |
Andreikin,
Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2718 |
9 |
1990 |
| 29 |
Fressinet,
Laurent |
g |
FRA |
2714 |
10 |
1981 |
| 30 |
Shirov,
Alexei |
g |
LAT |
2714 |
6 |
1972 |
Top climbers and descenders
We are listing all players from the top 100 who gained or lost five or more
points. Surprisingly there is a fair number, in spite of the short interval.
Gaining 26 rating points or losing 22 in just one month is no mean task.
Rnk |
Old |
Name |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
| 1 |
1 |
Carlsen, Magnus |
NOR |
2843 +6 |
10 |
| 5 |
7 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
USA |
2783 +5 |
10 |
| 15 |
23 |
Wang, Hao |
CHN |
2742 +16 |
10 |
| 20 |
35 |
Giri, Anish |
NED |
2730 +19 |
10 |
| 30 |
41 |
Shirov, Alexei |
LAT |
2714 +8 |
6 |
| 40 |
67 |
Korobov, Anton |
UKR |
2705 +22 |
11 |
| 41 |
46 |
Movsesian, Sergei |
ARM |
2705 +7 |
11 |
| 43 |
56 |
Areshchenko, Alexander |
UKR |
2702 +11 |
11 |
| 50 |
61 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
FRA |
2697 +11 |
21 |
| 56 |
62 |
Wang, Yue |
CHN |
2691 +6 |
10 |
| 61 |
71 |
Cheparinov, Ivan |
BUL |
2689 +8 |
10 |
| 69 |
79 |
Bu, Xiangzhi |
CHN |
2683 +13 |
9 |
| 71 |
76 |
Alekseev, Evgeny |
RUS |
2682 +9 |
9 |
| 72 |
100 |
Edouard, Romain |
FRA |
2678 +26 |
21 |
| 74 |
80 |
Ragger, Markus |
AUT |
2677 +7 |
7 |
| 80 |
83 |
Onischuk, Alexander |
USA |
2672 +6 |
8 |
| 84 |
99 |
So, Wesley |
PHI |
2667 +15 |
9 |
| 93 |
102 |
Kurnosov, Igor |
RUS |
2660 +8 |
11 |
The biggest losses were suffered by the following players:
Rnk |
Old |
Name |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
| 7 |
5 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
RUS |
2778 -7 |
9 |
| 10 |
9 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
RUS |
2758 -12 |
2 |
11 |
11 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
RUS |
2754 -9 |
9 |
| 22 |
19 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
UKR |
2729 -5 |
11 |
| 35 |
18 |
Bologan, Viktor |
MDA |
2712 -22 |
8 |
| 39 |
31 |
Bacrot, Etienne |
FRA |
2705 -8 |
20 |
| 44 |
38 |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
RUS |
2700 -8 |
10 |
| 45 |
40 |
Moiseenko, Alexander |
UKR |
2699 -7 |
11 |
| 47 |
42 |
Vitiugov, Nikita |
RUS |
2699 -6 |
9 |
| 67 |
52 |
Eljanov, Pavel |
UKR |
2684 -9 |
11 |
| 75 |
69 |
Bauer, Christian |
FRA |
2676 -6 |
21 |
| 76 |
68 |
Laznicka, Viktor |
CZE |
2675 -8 |
6 |
| 95 |
85 |
Negi, Parimarjan |
IND |
2658 -6 |
9 |
FIDE Top 30 Women
| Rnk |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
Born |
| 1 |
Polgar, Judit |
g |
HUN |
2698 |
0 |
1976 |
| 2 |
Muzychuk,
Anna |
g |
SLO |
2606 |
0 |
1990 |
| 3 |
Hou, Yifan |
g |
CHN |
2599 |
0 |
1994 |
| 4 |
Koneru,
Humpy |
g |
IND |
2593 |
0 |
1987 |
| 5 |
Zhao, Xue |
g |
CHN |
2549 |
0 |
1985 |
| 6 |
Dzagnidze,
Nana |
g |
GEO |
2547 |
0 |
1987 |
| 7 |
Lahno,
Kateryna |
g |
UKR |
2542 |
0 |
1989 |
| 8 |
Ju, Wenjun |
wg |
CHN |
2528 |
0 |
1991 |
| 9 |
Kosintseva,
Nadezhda |
g |
RUS |
2524 |
9 |
1985 |
| 10 |
Kosintseva,
Tatiana |
g |
RUS |
2524 |
9 |
1986 |
| 11 |
Sebag, Marie |
g |
FRA |
2521 |
0 |
1986 |
| 12 |
Cmilyte,
Viktorija |
g |
LTU |
2520 |
0 |
1983 |
| 13 |
Cramling,
Pia |
g |
SWE |
2514 |
6 |
1963 |
| 14 |
Zatonskih,
Anna |
m |
USA |
2512 |
0 |
1978 |
| 15 |
Gunina,
Valentina |
m |
RUS |
2509 |
9 |
1989 |
| 16 |
Khotenashvili,
Bela |
m |
GEO |
2509 |
0 |
1988 |
| 17 |
Harika,
Dronavalli |
g |
IND |
2505 |
18 |
1991 |
| 18 |
Stefanova,
Antoaneta |
g |
BUL |
2502 |
0 |
1979 |
| 19 |
Ruan, Lufei |
wg |
CHN |
2492 |
0 |
1987 |
| 20 |
Zhu, Chen |
g |
QAT |
2491 |
0 |
1976 |
| 21 |
Kosteniuk,
Alexandra |
g |
RUS |
2489 |
0 |
1984 |
| 22 |
Paehtz,
Elisabeth |
m |
GER |
2483 |
0 |
1985 |
| 23 |
Danielian,
Elina |
g |
ARM |
2476 |
0 |
1978 |
| 24 |
Krush, Irina |
m |
USA |
2471 |
6 |
1983 |
| 25 |
Galliamova,
Alisa |
m |
RUS |
2468 |
9 |
1972 |
| 26 |
Pogonina,
Natalija |
wg |
RUS |
2468 |
9 |
1985 |
| 27 |
Muzychuk,
Mariya |
m |
UKR |
2466 |
0 |
1992 |
| 28 |
Xu, Yuhua |
g |
CHN |
2465 |
0 |
1976 |
| 29 |
Hoang,
Thanh Trang |
g |
HUN |
2464 |
0 |
1980 |
| 30 |
Socko, Monika |
g |
POL |
2463 |
17 |
1978 |
FIDE Top 30 Juniors
Anish Giri and Ding Liren are the big winners, but they are nowhere near super-junior
Fabiano Caruana. The US/Italian GM is, just like Hou Yifan, playing in an inordinate
number of events, but he manages to keep his rating and prove that his endurance
is still up to the task.
| Rnk |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
Born |
| 1 |
Caruana,
Fabiano |
g |
ITA |
2773 |
0 |
1992 |
| 2 |
Giri, Anish |
g |
NED |
2730 |
10 |
1994 |
| 3 |
Ding, Liren |
g |
CHN |
2694 |
13 |
1992 |
| 4 |
So, Wesley |
g |
PHI |
2667 |
9 |
1993 |
| 5 |
Negi, Parimarjan |
g |
IND |
2658 |
9 |
1993 |
| 6 |
Yu, Yangyi |
g |
CHN |
2640 |
13 |
1994 |
| 7 |
Sjugirov,
Sanan |
g |
RUS |
2624 |
9 |
1993 |
| 8 |
Zherebukh,
Yaroslav |
g |
UKR |
2622 |
13 |
1993 |
| 9 |
Rapport,
Richard |
g |
HUN |
2621 |
13 |
1996 |
| 10 |
Safarli,
Eltaj |
g |
AZE |
2620 |
0 |
1992 |
| 11 |
Nyzhnyk,
Illya |
g |
UKR |
2614 |
8 |
1996 |
| 12 |
Dubov,
Daniil |
g |
RUS |
2603 |
9 |
1996 |
| 13 |
Ipatov,
Alexander |
g |
TUR |
2601 |
13 |
1993 |
| 14 |
Shimanov,
Aleksandr |
g |
RUS |
2599 |
13 |
1992 |
| 15 |
Hou, Yifan |
g |
CHN |
2599 |
0 |
1994 |
| 16 |
Kovalyov,
Anton |
g |
ARG |
2598 |
18 |
1992 |
| 17 |
Robson,
Ray |
g |
USA |
2598 |
0 |
1994 |
| 18 |
Swiercz,
Dariusz |
g |
POL |
2594 |
0 |
1994 |
| 19 |
Durarbayli,
Vasif |
g |
AZE |
2584 |
0 |
1992 |
| 20 |
Ter-Sahakyan,
Samvel |
g |
ARM |
2580 |
13 |
1993 |
| 21 |
Grandelius,
Nils |
g |
SWE |
2577 |
13 |
1993 |
| 22 |
Prohaszka,
Peter |
g |
HUN |
2573 |
18 |
1992 |
| 23 |
Van Kampen,
Robin |
g |
NED |
2572 |
22 |
1994 |
| 24 |
Adhiban,
B. |
g |
IND |
2564 |
36 |
1992 |
| 25 |
Sethuraman,
S.P. |
g |
IND |
2553 |
27 |
1993 |
| 26 |
Belous,
Vladimir |
m |
RUS |
2551 |
9 |
1993 |
| 27 |
Anton Guijarro,
David |
f |
ESP |
2546 |
25 |
1995 |
| 28 |
Lu, Shanglei |
g |
CHN |
2542 |
10 |
1995 |
| 29 |
Lalith,
Babu M.R. |
g |
IND |
2540 |
18 |
1993 |
| 30 |
Salem, A.R.
Saleh |
g |
UAE |
2540 |
13 |
1993 |
FIDE Top 30 Girls
| Rnk |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
Born |
| 1 |
Hou, Yifan |
g |
CHN |
2599 |
0 |
1994 |
| 2 |
Muzychuk,
Mariya |
m |
UKR |
2466 |
0 |
1992 |
| 3 |
Bodnaruk,
Anastasia |
m |
RUS |
2421 |
13 |
1992 |
| 4 |
Cori T.,
Deysi |
wg |
PER |
2407 |
22 |
1993 |
| 5 |
Paikidze,
Nazi |
m |
GEO |
2394 |
0 |
1993 |
| 6 |
Arabidze,
Meri |
wm |
GEO |
2391 |
13 |
1994 |
| 7 |
Guo, Qi |
wg |
CHN |
2389 |
13 |
1995 |
| 8 |
Bulmaga,
Irina |
wm |
ROU |
2386 |
13 |
1993 |
| 9 |
Ziaziulkina,
Nastassia |
wg |
BLR |
2376 |
13 |
1995 |
| 10 |
Kashlinskaya,
Alina |
wg |
RUS |
2368 |
22 |
1993 |
| 11 |
Sukandar,
Irine Kharisma |
wg |
INA |
2362 |
0 |
1992 |
| 12 |
Goryachkina,
Aleksandra |
wg |
RUS |
2361 |
31 |
1998 |
| 13 |
Wang, Jue |
|
CHN |
2351 |
13 |
1995 |
| 14 |
Vojinovic,
Jovana |
wg |
MNE |
2331 |
13 |
1992 |
| 15 |
Padmini,
Rout |
wg |
IND |
2328 |
0 |
1994 |
| 16 |
Savina,
Anastasia |
m |
RUS |
2303 |
0 |
1992 |
| 17 |
Papp, Petra |
wg |
HUN |
2302 |
0 |
1993 |
| 18 |
Havlikova,
Kristyna |
wm |
CZE |
2293 |
9 |
1992 |
| 19 |
Soloviova,
Liza |
wg |
UKR |
2287 |
8 |
1993 |
| 20 |
Tsatsalashvili,
Keti |
wg |
GEO |
2279 |
0 |
1992 |
| 21 |
Saulina,
Varvara |
wf |
RUS |
2272 |
0 |
1992 |
| 22 |
Khademalsharieh,
Sarasadat |
wm |
IRI |
2270 |
0 |
1997 |
| 23 |
Schut, Lisa |
wm |
NED |
2267 |
13 |
1994 |
| 24 |
Pustovoitova,
Daria |
f |
RUS |
2267 |
9 |
1994 |
| 25 |
Kulon, Klaudia |
wf |
POL |
2264 |
22 |
1992 |
| 26 |
Medina,
Warda Aulia |
wf |
INA |
2257 |
13 |
1997 |
| 27 |
Zhai, Mo |
wf |
CHN |
2255 |
10 |
1996 |
| 28 |
Rakhmangulova,
Anastasiya |
wm |
UKR |
2254 |
17 |
1994 |
| 29 |
Olsarova,
Karolina |
wm |
CZE |
2253 |
9 |
1993 |
| 30 |
Danelia,
Mariam |
wm |
GEO |
2252 |
0 |
1994 |
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