Top 100 Players January 2008
Russia's ex World Champion Vladimir Kramnik and India's reigning World Champion
Viswanathan Anand are both tied for first with 2799 rating points. Since Kramnik
played nine games as opposed to three by Anand he gets to occupy the top of the
rankings. Anand lost two points, Kramnik gained 14.
Former FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov gained 11 points to move up from
rank four to rank three. And Vassily Ivanchuk, who in the previous list had
occupied second place with 2787 rating points, shed 36 points to drop to place
nine. Alexander Morozevich gained ten points to move from place six to place
four. And Peter Svidler added 31 points to his rating to move from place 12
to place five.
Other notables in the January 2008 list:
- Alexei Shirov gained 16 points to move from 10th to 7th;
- Magnus Carlsen gained 19 points to move from 16 to place 13;
- Sergey Karjakin gained 38 points to move from 24 to 14;
- Gata Kamsky gained 12 to move from 17 to 15;
- Ivan Cheparinov gained 43 (!) to move from place 42 to place 19.
FIDE January 2008 Rating List
Rank |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
B-Year |
1 |
Kramnik,
Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2799 |
9 |
1975 |
2 |
Anand,
Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2799 |
3 |
1969 |
3 |
Topalov,
Veselin |
g |
BUL |
2780 |
14 |
1975 |
4 |
Morozevich,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2765 |
12 |
1977 |
5 |
Svidler,
Peter |
g |
RUS |
2763 |
19 |
1976 |
6 |
Mamedyarov,
Shakhriyar |
g |
AZE |
2760 |
35 |
1985 |
7 |
Shirov,
Alexei |
g |
ESP |
2755 |
49 |
1972 |
8 |
Leko,
Peter |
g |
HUN |
2753 |
9 |
1979 |
9 |
Ivanchuk,
Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2751 |
30 |
1969 |
10 |
Aronian,
Levon |
g |
ARM |
2739 |
16 |
1982 |
11 |
Gelfand,
Boris |
g |
ISR |
2737 |
9 |
1968 |
12 |
Radjabov,
Teimour |
g |
AZE |
2735 |
20 |
1987 |
13 |
Carlsen,
Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2733 |
37 |
1990 |
14 |
Karjakin,
Sergey |
g |
UKR |
2732 |
36 |
1990 |
15 |
Kamsky,
Gata |
g |
USA |
2726 |
32 |
1974 |
16 |
Adams,
Michael |
g |
ENG |
2726 |
31 |
1971 |
17 |
Jakovenko,
Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2720 |
33 |
1983 |
18 |
Ponomariov,
Ruslan |
g |
UKR |
2719 |
40 |
1983 |
19 |
Cheparinov,
Ivan |
g |
BUL |
2713 |
36 |
1986 |
20 |
Alekseev,
Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2711 |
35 |
1985 |
21 |
Grischuk,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2711 |
21 |
1983 |
22 |
Polgar,
Judit |
g |
HUN |
2707 |
10 |
1976 |
23 |
Akopian,
Vladimir |
g |
ARM |
2700 |
30 |
1971 |
24 |
Bacrot,
Etienne |
g |
FRA |
2700 |
23 |
1983 |
25 |
Wang,
Yue |
g |
CHN |
2698 |
49 |
1987 |
26 |
Rublevsky,
Sergei |
g |
RUS |
2695 |
26 |
1974 |
27 |
Eljanov,
Pavel |
g |
UKR |
2692 |
8 |
1983 |
28 |
Bu,
Xiangzhi |
g |
CHN |
2691 |
51 |
1985 |
29 |
Dominguez
Perez, Lenier |
g |
CUB |
2691 |
15 |
1983 |
30 |
Milov,
Vadim |
g |
SUI |
2690 |
17 |
1972 |
31 |
Malakhov,
Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2689 |
40 |
1980 |
32 |
Sokolov,
Ivan |
g |
NED |
2686 |
23 |
1968 |
33 |
Nisipeanu,
Liviu-Dieter |
g |
ROU |
2684 |
33 |
1976 |
34 |
Kasimdzhanov,
Rustam |
g |
UZB |
2681 |
21 |
1979 |
35 |
Van
Wely, Loek |
g |
NED |
2681 |
16 |
1972 |
36 |
Inarkiev,
Ernesto |
g |
RUS |
2681 |
12 |
1985 |
37 |
Ni,
Hua |
g |
CHN |
2680 |
62 |
1983 |
38 |
Navara,
David |
g |
CZE |
2680 |
20 |
1985 |
39 |
Sasikiran,
Krishnan |
g |
IND |
2677 |
30 |
1981 |
40 |
Zvjaginsev,
Vadim |
g |
RUS |
2677 |
27 |
1976 |
41 |
Bareev,
Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2677 |
25 |
1966 |
42 |
Movsesian,
Sergei |
g |
SVK |
2677 |
21 |
1978 |
43 |
Sargissian,
Gabriel |
g |
ARM |
2676 |
18 |
1983 |
44 |
Vallejo
Pons, Francisco |
g |
ESP |
2675 |
23 |
1982 |
45 |
Volokitin,
Andrei |
g |
UKR |
2674 |
12 |
1986 |
46 |
Nakamura,
Hikaru |
g |
USA |
2670 |
22 |
1987 |
47 |
Almasi,
Zoltan |
g |
HUN |
2667 |
29 |
1976 |
48 |
Wang,
Hao |
g |
CHN |
2665 |
62 |
1989 |
49 |
Gashimov,
Vugar |
g |
AZE |
2665 |
21 |
1986 |
50 |
Nikolic,
Predrag |
g |
BIH |
2665 |
21 |
1960 |
51 |
Timofeev,
Artyom |
g |
RUS |
2664 |
23 |
1985 |
52 |
Onischuk,
Alexander |
g |
USA |
2664 |
12 |
1975 |
53 |
Harikrishna,
P. |
g |
IND |
2664 |
8 |
1986 |
54 |
Bologan,
Viktor |
g |
MDA |
2663 |
7 |
1971 |
55 |
Georgiev,
Kiril |
g |
BUL |
2662 |
28 |
1965 |
56 |
Roiz,
Michael |
g |
ISR |
2659 |
26 |
1983 |
57 |
Tkachiev,
Vladislav |
g |
FRA |
2657 |
18 |
1973 |
58 |
Lautier,
Joel |
g |
FRA |
2657 |
0 |
1973 |
59 |
Fressinet,
Laurent |
g |
FRA |
2656 |
19 |
1981 |
60 |
Karpov,
Anatoly |
g |
RUS |
2655 |
10 |
1951 |
61 |
Fedorchuk,
Sergey A. |
g |
UKR |
2652 |
27 |
1981 |
62 |
Ivanisevic,
Ivan |
g |
SRB |
2649 |
32 |
1977 |
63 |
Tiviakov,
Sergei |
g |
NED |
2649 |
30 |
1973 |
64 |
Amonatov,
Farrukh |
g |
TJK |
2649 |
13 |
1978 |
65 |
Baklan,
Vladimir |
g |
UKR |
2647 |
24 |
1978 |
66 |
Miroshnichenko,
Evgenij |
g |
UKR |
2647 |
22 |
1978 |
67 |
Sakaev,
Konstantin |
g |
RUS |
2646 |
32 |
1974 |
68 |
Tomashevsky,
Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2646 |
31 |
1987 |
69 |
Afromeev,
Vladimir |
f |
RUS |
2646 |
0 |
1954 |
70 |
Korneev,
Oleg |
g |
RUS |
2645 |
80 |
1969 |
71 |
Areshchenko,
Alexander |
g |
UKR |
2645 |
23 |
1986 |
72 |
Short,
Nigel D |
g |
ENG |
2645 |
15 |
1965 |
73 |
Motylev,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2644 |
24 |
1979 |
74 |
Jobava,
Baadur |
g |
GEO |
2643 |
20 |
1983 |
75 |
Moiseenko,
Alexander |
g |
UKR |
2643 |
19 |
1980 |
76 |
Sutovsky,
Emil |
g |
ISR |
2642 |
17 |
1977 |
77 |
Predojevic,
Borki |
g |
BIH |
2641 |
27 |
1987 |
78 |
Landa,
Konstantin |
g |
RUS |
2641 |
17 |
1972 |
79 |
Zhang,
Pengxiang |
g |
CHN |
2640 |
42 |
1980 |
80 |
Naiditsch,
Arkadij |
g |
GER |
2638 |
30 |
1985 |
81 |
Beliavsky,
Alexander G |
g |
SLO |
2638 |
27 |
1953 |
82 |
Efimenko,
Zahar |
g |
UKR |
2638 |
25 |
1985 |
83 |
Khalifman,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2638 |
12 |
1966 |
84 |
Izoria,
Zviad |
g |
GEO |
2637 |
10 |
1984 |
85 |
Vachier-Lagrave,
Maxime |
g |
FRA |
2637 |
8 |
1990 |
86 |
Krasenkow,
Michal |
g |
POL |
2636 |
27 |
1963 |
87 |
Tregubov,
Pavel V. |
g |
RUS |
2636 |
18 |
1971 |
88 |
Socko,
Bartosz |
g |
POL |
2635 |
21 |
1978 |
89 |
Mchedlishvili,
Mikheil |
g |
GEO |
2635 |
9 |
1979 |
90 |
Najer,
Evgeniy |
g |
RUS |
2634 |
15 |
1977 |
91 |
Dreev,
Alexey |
g |
RUS |
2633 |
28 |
1969 |
92 |
Mikhalevski,
Victor |
g |
ISR |
2632 |
27 |
1972 |
93 |
Delchev,
Aleksander |
g |
BUL |
2630 |
24 |
1971 |
94 |
Pantsulaia,
Levan |
g |
GEO |
2629 |
16 |
1986 |
95 |
Kotronias,
Vasilios |
g |
GRE |
2628 |
31 |
1964 |
96 |
Avrukh,
Boris |
g |
ISR |
2628 |
18 |
1978 |
97 |
Riazantsev,
Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2628 |
8 |
1985 |
98 |
Seirawan,
Yasser |
g |
USA |
2628 |
3 |
1960 |
99 |
Postny,
Evgeny |
g |
ISR |
2627 |
28 |
1981 |
100 |
Fridman,
Daniel |
g |
GER |
2627 |
11 |
1976 |
101 |
Vladimirov,
Evgeny |
g |
KAZ |
2627 |
0 |
1957 |
Top 52 Women January 2008
In the women's section Judit Polgar stays on the top, but we have Koneru
Humpy gaining on her, narrowing the lead by seven points to 95. Still a
long way to go, but Humpy is definitely moving in the right direction. Former
Women's World Champion Xie Jun is back on the list and in third place. Behind
another World Champion, Zhu Chen, we find 13-year-old Hou Yifan, the prodigy
sensation from China. She had dropped to place eight in the previous list, and
we predicted she would bounce back soon. And bounce she did.
Rank |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
B-Year |
1 |
Polgar,
Judit |
g |
HUN |
2707 |
10 |
1976 |
2 |
Koneru,
Humpy |
g |
IND |
2612 |
11 |
1987 |
3 |
Xie,
Jun |
g |
CHN |
2574 |
4 |
1970 |
4 |
Zhu,
Chen |
g |
QAT |
2548 |
24 |
1976 |
5 |
Hou,
Yifan |
wg |
CHN |
2527 |
67 |
1994 |
6 |
Cramling,
Pia |
g |
SWE |
2524 |
11 |
1963 |
7 |
Kosteniuk,
Alexandra |
g |
RUS |
2523 |
8 |
1984 |
8 |
Zhao,
Xue |
wg |
CHN |
2517 |
52 |
1985 |
9 |
Sebag,
Marie |
m |
FRA |
2510 |
8 |
1986 |
10 |
Xu,
Yuhua |
g |
CHN |
2500 |
14 |
1976 |
11 |
Ruan,
Lufei |
|
CHN |
2495 |
35 |
1987 |
12 |
Kosintseva,
Tatiana |
m |
RUS |
2495 |
8 |
1986 |
13 |
Chiburdanidze,
Maia |
g |
GEO |
2489 |
12 |
1961 |
14 |
Ushenina,
Anna |
m |
UKR |
2484 |
22 |
1985 |
15 |
Danielian,
Elina |
m |
ARM |
2480 |
21 |
1978 |
16 |
Socko,
Monika |
m |
POL |
2479 |
15 |
1978 |
17 |
Pogonina,
Natalija |
wg |
RUS |
2476 |
25 |
1985 |
18 |
Hoang
Thanh Trang |
g |
HUN |
2475 |
20 |
1980 |
19 |
Cmilyte,
Viktorija |
m |
LTU |
2475 |
16 |
1983 |
20 |
Lahno,
Kateryna |
g |
UKR |
2475 |
16 |
1989 |
21 |
Krush,
Irina |
m |
USA |
2473 |
18 |
1983 |
22 |
Kosintseva,
Nadezhda |
m |
RUS |
2472 |
8 |
1985 |
23 |
Javakhishvili,
Lela |
m |
GEO |
2470 |
20 |
1984 |
24 |
Stefanova,
Antoaneta |
g |
BUL |
2464 |
13 |
1979 |
25 |
Vijayalakshmi,
Subbaraman |
m |
IND |
2464 |
0 |
1979 |
26 |
Peng,
Zhaoqin |
g |
NED |
2461 |
21 |
1968 |
27 |
Muzychuk,
Anna |
wg |
SLO |
2460 |
22 |
1990 |
28 |
Galliamova,
Alisa |
m |
RUS |
2460 |
0 |
1972 |
29 |
Zatonskih,
Anna |
m |
USA |
2458 |
0 |
1978 |
30 |
Arakhamia-Grant,
Ketevan |
m |
GEO |
2457 |
21 |
1968 |
31 |
Korbut,
Ekaterina |
m |
RUS |
2457 |
14 |
1985 |
32 |
Hunt,
Harriet V |
m |
ENG |
2457 |
4 |
1978 |
33 |
Harika,
Dronavalli |
m |
IND |
2455 |
32 |
1991 |
34 |
Kovalevskaya,
Ekaterina |
m |
RUS |
2455 |
12 |
1974 |
35 |
Zhukova,
Natalia |
wg |
UKR |
2443 |
25 |
1979 |
36 |
Skripchenko,
Almira |
m |
FRA |
2443 |
11 |
1976 |
37 |
Khurtsidze,
Nino |
m |
GEO |
2441 |
22 |
1975 |
38 |
Rajlich,
Iweta |
m |
POL |
2437 |
32 |
1981 |
39 |
Matveeva,
Svetlana |
m |
RUS |
2433 |
5 |
1969 |
40 |
Huang,
Qian |
wm |
CHN |
2430 |
58 |
1986 |
41 |
Shen,
Yang |
wg |
CHN |
2429 |
41 |
1989 |
42 |
Dzagnidze,
Nana |
m |
GEO |
2429 |
25 |
1987 |
43 |
Dembo,
Yelena |
m |
GRE |
2427 |
17 |
1983 |
44 |
Li,
Ruofan |
wg |
SIN |
2425 |
23 |
1978 |
45 |
Gaponenko,
Inna |
m |
UKR |
2422 |
22 |
1976 |
46 |
Paehtz,
Elisabeth |
m |
GER |
2420 |
28 |
1985 |
47 |
Vajda,
Szidonia |
m |
HUN |
2418 |
18 |
1979 |
48 |
Tania,
Sachdev |
wg |
IND |
2417 |
11 |
1986 |
49 |
Wang,
Pin |
wg |
CHN |
2415 |
10 |
1974 |
50 |
Foisor,
Cristina Adela |
m |
ROU |
2412 |
22 |
1967 |
51 |
Shadrina,
Tatiana |
wg |
RUS |
2412 |
17 |
1974 |
52 |
Maric,
Alisa |
m |
SRB |
2412 |
7 |
1970 |
Top 20 Juniors January 2008
Teimour Radjabov has dropped out of the list for age reasons, as has US star
Hikaru Nakamura. At the top we now find the two rivals Magnus Carlsen of Norway
(17 years and one month old) and Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine, will turn 18 on January
12) just a point apart, and way ahead of everbody else. We should watch Wang
Hao, who gained 22 points to rise from eighth to third place.
Rank |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
B-Year |
1 |
Carlsen,
Magnus |
g |
NOR |
2733 |
37 |
1990 |
2 |
Karjakin,
Sergey |
g |
UKR |
2732 |
36 |
1990 |
3 |
Wang,
Hao |
g |
CHN |
2665 |
62 |
1989 |
4 |
Vachier-Lagrave,
Maxime |
g |
FRA |
2637 |
8 |
1990 |
5 |
Rodshtein,
Maxim |
g |
ISR |
2614 |
23 |
1989 |
6 |
Kuzubov,
Yuriy |
g |
UKR |
2606 |
27 |
1990 |
7 |
Nepomniachtchi,
Ian |
g |
RUS |
2600 |
11 |
1990 |
8 |
Caruana,
Fabiano |
g |
ITA |
2598 |
26 |
1992 |
9 |
Popov,
Ivan |
g |
RUS |
2595 |
39 |
1990 |
10 |
Laznicka,
Viktor |
g |
CZE |
2595 |
30 |
1988 |
11 |
Mamedov,
Rauf |
g |
AZE |
2583 |
23 |
1988 |
12 |
Baramidze,
David |
g |
GER |
2582 |
27 |
1988 |
13 |
Andreikin,
Dmitry |
g |
RUS |
2573 |
22 |
1990 |
14 |
Lenic,
Luka |
m |
SLO |
2568 |
32 |
1988 |
15 |
Li,
Chao b |
|
CHN |
2566 |
33 |
1989 |
16 |
Vovk,
Yuri |
m |
UKR |
2561 |
45 |
1988 |
17 |
Zhigalko,
Sergei |
g |
BLR |
2558 |
18 |
1989 |
18 |
Brkic,
Ante |
g |
CRO |
2558 |
15 |
1988 |
19 |
Gareev,
Timur |
g |
UZB |
2557 |
0 |
1988 |
20 |
Nguyen,
Ngoc Truong Son |
g |
VIE |
2551 |
12 |
1990 |
Top 20 Girls January 2008
Humpy is no longer a "girl" and her first place is immediately taken
by the 13-year-old we saw in place five of the women's list. Hou Yifan is a
resounding 52 points ahead of Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine, who has overtaken her
main rivals Muzychuk and Harika.
Rank |
Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating |
Games |
B-Year |
1 |
Hou,
Yifan |
wg |
CHN |
2527 |
67 |
1994 |
2 |
Lahno,
Kateryna |
g |
UKR |
2475 |
16 |
1989 |
3 |
Muzychuk,
Anna |
wg |
SLO |
2460 |
22 |
1990 |
4 |
Harika,
Dronavalli |
m |
IND |
2455 |
32 |
1991 |
5 |
Shen,
Yang |
wg |
CHN |
2429 |
41 |
1989 |
6 |
Foisor,
Sabina-Francesca |
wg |
ROU |
2386 |
21 |
1989 |
7 |
Tairova,
Elena |
m |
RUS |
2386 |
13 |
1991 |
8 |
Charochkina,
Daria |
wm |
RUS |
2383 |
18 |
1990 |
9 |
Ju,
Wenjun |
|
CHN |
2360 |
29 |
1991 |
10 |
Vasilkova,
Svetlana |
wm |
RUS |
2359 |
23 |
1988 |
11 |
Muzychuk,
Mariya |
wm |
UKR |
2357 |
9 |
1992 |
12 |
Nebolsina,
Vera |
wm |
RUS |
2348 |
26 |
1989 |
13 |
Stock,
Lara |
wm |
CRO |
2346 |
10 |
1992 |
14 |
Nemcova,
Katerina |
wm |
CZE |
2342 |
39 |
1990 |
15 |
Girya,
Olga |
wf |
RUS |
2342 |
22 |
1991 |
16 |
Bodnaruk,
Anastasia |
wf |
RUS |
2317 |
9 |
1992 |
17 |
Soumya,
Swaminathan |
wm |
IND |
2315 |
35 |
1989 |
18 |
Mamedjarova,
Turkan |
wg |
AZE |
2313 |
18 |
1989 |
19 |
Paikidze,
Nazi |
wf |
GEO |
2311 |
20 |
1993 |
20 |
Zhang,
Xiaowen |
|
CHN |
2309 |
29 |
1989 |
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