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ChessBase 17 - Mega package - Edition 2024
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GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria has lost three points, while second-placed Magnus Carlsen of Norway has gained a whopping 29, to move to an historic 2801 score, just the fifth player in history – after Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Topalov – to do this. Actually Topalov lost a few more points at the European Team Championships in Novi Sad, so that his inofficial "live" rating would be 2805. That would put Carlsen just four points behind the leader.
Other notatble changes at the top: Armenian GM Levon Aronian has gaind 13 points but dropped to place four (overtaken by the cometary rise of Magnus Carlsen). Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan has gained 18 to climb from 14th to 6th in the world rankings. Boris Gelfand and Peter Svidler are up a few places, Peter Leko down from 6th to 9th. Vassily Ivanchuk continues to roller coast, shedding 17 rating points and dropping from 8th to 12th.
Other notables: Hikaru Nakamura lost 20 points, Evgeny Tomashevsky gained the same number, Vallejo gained 15, Wang Yue 18, Navara 15, Almasi 19 and Adams 16. Leinier Dominguez Perez of Cuba is now the highest ranked player in the Americas.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2810 | 10 | 1975 |
2 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2801 | 10 | 1990 |
3 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2788 | 0 | 1969 |
4 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2786 | 13 | 1982 |
5 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2772 | 0 | 1975 |
6 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2758 | 11 | 1986 |
7 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2758 | 11 | 1968 |
8 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2754 | 17 | 1976 |
9 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2752 | 10 | 1979 |
10 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2750 | 0 | 1977 |
11 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2748 | 10 | 1987 |
12 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2739 | 13 | 1969 |
13 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2739 | 5 | 1983 |
14 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2736 | 13 | 1983 |
15 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2736 | 10 | 1983 |
16 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2734 | 27 | 1987 |
17 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2729 | 15 | 1983 |
18 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2723 | 12 | 1990 |
19 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2719 | 25 | 1985 |
20 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2719 | 18 | 1972 |
21 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2719 | 0 | 1983 |
22 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2718 | 16 | 1978 |
23 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2718 | 0 | 1990 |
24 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2715 | 17 | 1987 |
25 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2715 | 7 | 1985 |
26 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2711 | 20 | 1982 |
27 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2708 | 21 | 1987 |
28 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2708 | 13 | 1989 |
29 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2707 | 16 | 1965 |
30 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2707 | 9 | 1985 |
31 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2706 | 26 | 1980 |
32 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2705 | 5 | 1979 |
33 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2704 | 15 | 1976 |
34 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2700 | 27 | 1983 |
35 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2700 | 7 | 1971 |
36 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2698 | 12 | 1971 |
37 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2697 | 17 | 1974 |
38 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2697 | 10 | 1973 |
39 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2696 | 0 | 1983 |
40 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2695 | 23 | 1979 |
41 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2695 | 16 | 1974 |
42 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2694 | 24 | 1987 |
43 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2692 | 24 | 1971 |
44 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2691 | 16 | 1986 |
45 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2689 | 26 | 1985 |
46 | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | g | UKR | 2686 | 26 | 1978 |
47 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2682 | 22 | 1985 |
48 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2680 | 6 | 1976 |
49 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2677 | 17 | 1980 |
50 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2677 | 14 | 1976 |
51 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2676 | 16 | 1983 |
52 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2672 | 18 | 1975 |
53 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2672 | 16 | 1986 |
54 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2672 | 13 | 1965 |
55 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2671 | 5 | 1986 |
56 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2668 | 24 | 1985 |
57 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2666 | 26 | 1977 |
58 | Kurnosov, Igor | g | RUS | 2666 | 20 | 1985 |
59 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2666 | 17 | 1977 |
60 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2665 | 35 | 1983 |
61 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2664 | 34 | 1973 |
62 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2664 | 16 | 1986 |
63 | Landa, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2664 | 16 | 1972 |
64 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2664 | 9 | 1981 |
65 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2662 | 16 | 1968 |
66 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2661 | 21 | 1985 |
67 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2661 | 16 | 1985 |
68 | Roiz, Michael | g | ISR | 2659 | 3 | 1983 |
69 | Krasenkow, Michal | g | POL | 2656 | 19 | 1963 |
70 | Lastin, Alexander | g | RUS | 2656 | 11 | 1976 |
71 | Pashikian, Arman | g | ARM | 2656 | 11 | 1987 |
72 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2655 | 44 | 1969 |
73 | Baklan, Vladimir | g | UKR | 2655 | 32 | 1978 |
74 | Avrukh, Boris | g | ISR | 2655 | 7 | 1978 |
75 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2654 | 25 | 1983 |
76 | Fier, Alexandr | g | BRA | 2653 | 28 | 1988 |
77 | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | g | KAZ | 2653 | 15 | 1973 |
78 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2653 | 14 | 1981 |
79 | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2653 | 10 | 1987 |
80 | Grachev, Boris | g | RUS | 2652 | 23 | 1986 |
81 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2652 | 21 | 1992 |
82 | Predojevic, Borki | g | BIH | 2652 | 17 | 1987 |
83 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2652 | 15 | 1972 |
84 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | BIH | 2652 | 11 | 1968 |
85 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 2652 | 5 | 1972 |
86 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2651 | 22 | 1985 |
87 | Postny, Evgeny | g | ISR | 2650 | 26 | 1981 |
88 | Smeets, Jan | g | NED | 2650 | 17 | 1985 |
89 | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2649 | 15 | 1976 |
90 | Seirawan, Yasser | g | USA | 2649 | 1 | 1960 |
91 | Vescovi, Giovanni | g | BRA | 2648 | 19 | 1978 |
92 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 2648 | 17 | 1953 |
93 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2646 | 0 | 1989 |
94 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2645 | 21 | 1985 |
95 | Savchenko, Boris | g | RUS | 2644 | 29 | 1986 |
96 | Khismatullin, Denis | g | RUS | 2643 | 16 | 1984 |
97 | Socko, Bartosz | g | POL | 2643 | 15 | 1978 |
98 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2643 | 9 | 1978 |
99 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2642 | 14 | 1985 |
100 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2642 | 14 | 1973 |
101 | Tregubov, Pavel V. | g | RUS | 2642 | 11 | 1971 |
Nothing has changed much at the top: Judit Polgar still leads comfortably, in spite of dropping seven points, Koneru Humpy has climbed eight points to once again take a place above the 2600 mark. Nana Dzagnidze has gained twelve to move from seventh to fourth place, while Antoaneta Stefanova has gained 14 to climb from ninth to fifth place.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2680 | 6 | 1976 |
2 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2603 | 6 | 1987 |
3 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2588 | 30 | 1994 |
4 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2547 | 20 | 1987 |
5 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2541 | 15 | 1979 |
6 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2532 | 28 | 1990 |
7 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2525 | 6 | 1963 |
8 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2522 | 20 | 1986 |
9 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | m | RUS | 2518 | 21 | 1985 |
10 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2518 | 11 | 1986 |
11 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2517 | 6 | 1984 |
12 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | g | GEO | 2514 | 13 | 1961 |
13 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2509 | 48 | 1991 |
14 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2506 | 41 | 1985 |
15 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2501 | 0 | 1985 |
16 | Danielian, Elina | m | ARM | 2499 | 24 | 1978 |
17 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2499 | 6 | 1989 |
18 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2492 | 20 | 1982 |
19 | Hoang Thanh Trang | g | HUN | 2487 | 6 | 1980 |
20 | Xu, Yuhua | g | CHN | 2483 | 28 | 1976 |
21 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2482 | 23 | 1984 |
22 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | m | LTU | 2480 | 8 | 1983 |
23 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2480 | 6 | 1985 |
24 | Ruan, Lufei | wg | CHN | 2475 | 11 | 1987 |
25 | Dembo, Yelena | m | GRE | 2468 | 20 | 1983 |
26 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2467 | 15 | 1991 |
27 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2466 | 16 | 1978 |
28 | Ushenina, Anna | m | UKR | 2466 | 15 | 1985 |
29 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | g | SCO | 2466 | 13 | 1968 |
30 | Qin, Kanying | wg | CHN | 2466 | 0 | 1974 |
31 | Zhukova, Natalia | wg | UKR | 2465 | 9 | 1979 |
32 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2463 | 17 | 1976 |
33 | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2460 | 25 | 1991 | |
34 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2457 | 30 | 1976 |
35 | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2457 | 20 | 1981 |
36 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2457 | 14 | 1978 |
37 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2456 | 5 | 1976 |
38 | Tairova, Elena | m | RUS | 2455 | 7 | 1991 |
39 | Khotenashvili, Bela | m | GEO | 2454 | 25 | 1988 |
40 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2452 | 35 | 1989 |
41 | Hunt, Harriet V | m | ENG | 2452 | 0 | 1978 |
42 | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2451 | 17 | 1983 |
43 | Romanko, Marina | m | RUS | 2449 | 11 | 1986 |
44 | Korbut, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2448 | 0 | 1985 |
45 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2447 | 12 | 1992 |
46 | Gunina, Valentina | wf | RUS | 2446 | 13 | 1989 |
47 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2445 | 0 | 1982 |
48 | Huang, Qian | wg | CHN | 2442 | 26 | 1986 |
49 | Melia, Salome | m | GEO | 2436 | 13 | 1987 |
50 | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | m | ROU | 2435 | 17 | 1967 |
51 | Repkova, Eva | m | SVK | 2434 | 8 | 1975 |
52 | Khukhashvili, Sopiko | m | GEO | 2432 | 15 | 1985 |
53 | Moser, Eva | m | AUT | 2431 | 0 | 1982 |
54 | Khurtsidze, Nino | m | GEO | 2430 | 15 | 1975 |
55 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2427 | 13 | 1974 |
56 | Li, Ruofan | wg | SIN | 2423 | 0 | 1978 |
57 | Zhang, Xiaowen | wg | CHN | 2422 | 28 | 1989 |
58 | Ovod, Evgenija | m | RUS | 2415 | 20 | 1982 |
59 | Vasilevich, Tatjana | m | UKR | 2414 | 17 | 1977 |
60 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | wg | MGL | 2413 | 14 | 1987 |
61 | Karavade, Eesha | wg | IND | 2413 | 9 | 1987 |
62 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | m | ROU | 2411 | 15 | 1978 |
63 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | wg | POL | 2410 | 19 | 1987 |
64 | Zdebskaja, Natalia | wg | UKR | 2408 | 22 | 1986 |
65 | Peng, Zhaoqin | g | NED | 2408 | 14 | 1968 |
66 | Bojkovic, Natasa | m | SRB | 2406 | 11 | 1971 |
67 | Savina, Anastasia | RUS | 2401 | 27 | 1992 | |
68 | Matnadze, Ana | m | GEO | 2401 | 10 | 1983 |
69 | Stockova, Zuzana | m | SVK | 2401 | 0 | 1977 |
70 | Tania, Sachdev | m | IND | 2399 | 7 | 1986 |
71 | Kovanova, Baira | wg | RUS | 2397 | 20 | 1987 |
72 | Maric, Alisa | m | SRB | 2396 | 7 | 1970 |
73 | Tsereteli, Tamar | wg | GEO | 2393 | 15 | 1985 |
74 | Houska, Jovanka | m | ENG | 2391 | 10 | 1980 |
75 | Alexandrova, Olga | m | ESP | 2391 | 0 | 1978 |
76 | Matveeva, Svetlana | m | RUS | 2391 | 0 | 1969 |
77 | Madl, Ildiko | m | HUN | 2390 | 8 | 1969 |
78 | Milliet, Sophie | m | FRA | 2390 | 8 | 1983 |
79 | Zaiatz, Elena | m | RUS | 2390 | 0 | 1969 |
80 | Nikolova, Adriana | wm | BUL | 2389 | 17 | 1988 |
81 | Jackova, Jana | m | CZE | 2388 | 9 | 1982 |
82 | Stepovaia, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2384 | 12 | 1965 |
83 | Gomes, Mary Ann | wg | IND | 2384 | 7 | 1989 |
84 | Turova, Irina | m | RUS | 2384 | 0 | 1979 |
85 | Vajda, Szidonia | m | HUN | 2382 | 19 | 1979 |
86 | Pokorna, Regina | wg | SVK | 2382 | 18 | 1982 |
87 | Shadrina, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2381 | 17 | 1974 |
88 | Cori T., Deysi | wm | PER | 2374 | 9 | 1993 |
89 | Calzetta Ruiz, Monica | wg | ESP | 2373 | 25 | 1972 |
90 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2372 | 18 | 1992 |
91 | Lomineishvili, Maia | m | GEO | 2371 | 11 | 1977 |
92 | Gara, Anita | m | HUN | 2369 | 18 | 1983 |
93 | Molchanova, Tatjana | wm | RUS | 2368 | 18 | 1980 |
94 | Iljushina, Olga | wg | RUS | 2367 | 7 | 1981 |
95 | Goletiani, Rusudan | m | USA | 2366 | 18 | 1980 |
96 | Michna, Marta | wg | GER | 2366 | 0 | 1978 |
97 | Wang, Yu A. | m | CHN | 2362 | 13 | 1982 |
98 | Dworakowska, Joanna | m | POL | 2361 | 7 | 1978 |
99 | Gara, Ticia | wg | HUN | 2360 | 19 | 1984 |
100 | Djingarova, Emilia | wg | BUL | 2359 | 0 | 1978 |
No changes in the first five places, except that Magnus Carlsen has increased his lead over Sergey Karjakin to 78 points. Sergei Zhigalko, who is currently leading in the Junior World Championship in Patagonia, is now the number six junior in the world.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2801 | 10 | 1990 |
2 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2723 | 12 | 1990 |
3 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2718 | 0 | 1990 |
4 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2708 | 13 | 1989 |
5 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2652 | 21 | 1992 |
6 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2646 | 0 | 1989 |
7 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2640 | 15 | 1993 |
8 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2636 | 23 | 1990 |
9 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2634 | 16 | 1990 |
10 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2626 | 22 | 1990 |
11 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2624 | 10 | 1991 |
12 | Rodshtein, Maxim | g | ISR | 2623 | 7 | 1989 |
13 | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2620 | 33 | 1993 |
14 | Edouard, Romain | g | FRA | 2620 | 0 | 1990 |
15 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2616 | 36 | 1990 |
16 | Andriasian, Zaven | g | ARM | 2613 | 25 | 1989 |
17 | Khairullin, Ildar | g | RUS | 2613 | 20 | 1990 |
18 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2612 | 20 | 1993 |
19 | Iturrizaga, Eduardo | g | VEN | 2605 | 0 | 1989 |
20 | Kovalyov, Anton | g | ARG | 2601 | 20 | 1992 |
Chinese WGM Ju Wenjun has gained an incredible 66 points to move from eighth to third place, overtaking GM Kateryna Lahno, IM Harika Dronavalli and others in the process.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2588 | 30 | 1994 |
2 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2532 | 28 | 1990 |
3 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2509 | 48 | 1991 |
4 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2499 | 6 | 1989 |
5 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2467 | 15 | 1991 |
6 | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2460 | 25 | 1991 | |
7 | Tairova, Elena | m | RUS | 2455 | 7 | 1991 |
8 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2452 | 35 | 1989 |
9 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2447 | 12 | 1992 |
10 | Gunina, Valentina | wf | RUS | 2446 | 13 | 1989 |
11 | Zhang, Xiaowen | wg | CHN | 2422 | 28 | 1989 |
12 | Savina, Anastasia | RUS | 2401 | 27 | 1992 | |
13 | Gomes, Mary Ann | wg | IND | 2384 | 7 | 1989 |
14 | Cori T., Deysi | wm | PER | 2374 | 9 | 1993 |
15 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2372 | 18 | 1992 |
16 | Muminova, Nafisa | wm | UZB | 2347 | 17 | 1990 |
17 | Severiukhina, Zoja | wm | RUS | 2342 | 18 | 1990 |
18 | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2340 | 18 | 1991 |
19 | Padmini, Rout | wm | IND | 2333 | 21 | 1994 |
20 | Guramishvili, Sopiko | wg | GEO | 2327 | 10 | 1991 |
Lists and data by courtesy of FIDE