FIDE September ratings – Magnus Carlsen at 2843
9/2/2012 – Just eight points left – he has gained six more points and is coming close to Garry Kasparov's legendary record. Hikaru Nakamura gained five points to climb from number 7 to 5. Wang Hao has gained 16, Anish Giri 19,Anton Korobov 22 and Romain Edouard a massive 26 points. Alexander Morozevich lost twelve and Viktor Bologan 22 points. FIDE September rankings.
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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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