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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Lists and data by courtesy of FIDE