October 2014 ratings: Faby! Faby! Faby!

by Albert Silver
10/2/2014 – The month of September was somewhat breathtaking to follow as a change in the guard took place so swiftly and aggressively that fans and pundits were left scratching their heads. After two super results, Fabiano Caruana added 43 Elo, moved to world no.2 and is within 19 Elo of Magnus Carlsen. No less impressive is Hou Yifan who is now within two Elo of ending a 25-year domination.

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FIDE October 2014 – Top 100 Players

When the Sinquefield Cup started early September with its stellar lineup, the question on everyone’s mind was whether he would win it, and would it be a crushing result? The answer was a resounding yes. What’s that you say? You thought we meant Carlsen? Of course we were referring to Comet Caruana streaking through the chess heavens. Joking aside, the Italian’s 7.0/7 start was so astonishing , it had pundits searching every major tournament in the last century for a parallel. The result was a monster 35 Elo gain that brought him within 30 Elo of Magnus Carlsen, while he leapfrogged Levon Aronian.  However, he did not stop there. As if to say this was not a one-off result, but a sign of things to come, he added a further 7.5 Elo during the European Club Cup to end within just 19 Elo of the Norwegian.

 

Fabiano's incredible surge has made him the indisputable world no.2

 

Of note also is Topalov's superb series of results,, that has permitted him to climb back into the 2800 club for the first time since 2010. This is in direct contrast to Levon Aronian, who drops out of the 2800 club for the first time since 2010. On the youth front, Anish Giri broke his personal best once more and with 2768 is now the world no.7, his first foray into the Top 10, though it bears mentioning that after that it is another 20 Elo before moving up another rung.

A visual look at the ratings changes at the top. The white bars are last month's ratings

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2863 10 1990
2 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2844 16 1992
3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2800 16 1975
4 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2797 6 1983
5 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2793 10 1982
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2785 0 1969
7 Giri, Anish g NED 2768 14 1994
8 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2767 5 1990
9 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2764 15 1987
10 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2764 11 1985
11 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2760 0 1975
12 Adams, Michael g ENG 2758 5 1971
13 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2757 15 1990
14 So, Wesley g PHI 2755 0 1993
15 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2751 6 1983
16 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2748 0 1968
17 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2747 0 1983
18 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2742 6 1987
19 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2738 6 1987
20 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2732 6 1976
21 Leko, Peter g HUN 2731 6 1979
22 Ding, Liren g CHN 2730 14 1992
23 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2727 24 1986
24 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2726 7 1969
25 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2726 6 1987
26 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2724 6 1977
27 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2722 0 1990
28 Rapport, Richard g HUN 2720 11 1996
29 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2719 13 1983
30 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2719 8 1983
31 Navara, David g CZE 2718 10 1985
32 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2717 9 1983
33 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2717 0 1983
34 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2716 9 1982
35 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2714 6 1990
36 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2713 13 1981
37 Wang, Yue g CHN 2711 4 1987
38 Li, Chao b g CHN 2711 0 1989
39 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy g UKR 2710 16 1986
40 Wang, Hao g CHN 2710 15 1989
41 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2710 14 1985
42 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2710 4 1985
43 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2706 0 1979
44 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2706 0 1991
45 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2701 0 1987
46 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2699 8 1980
47 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2698 0 1980
48 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2698 0 1974
49 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2697 4 1994
50 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2695 7 1976
51 Matlakov, Maxim g RUS 2692 6 1991
52 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2691 6 1972
53 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2690 7 1983
54 Lysyj, Igor g RUS 2686 6 1987
55 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2682 11 1985
56 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2682 6 1981
57 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2682 4 1979
58 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2681 19 1989
59 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2681 11 1986
60 Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2681 0 1984
61 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2679 4 1985
62 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2679 0 1982
63 Rodshtein, Maxim g ISR 2678 14 1989
64 Melkumyan, Hrant g ARM 2678 0 1989
65 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2678 0 1985
66 Saric, Ivan g CRO 2678 0 1990
67 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2677 7 1974
68 Ni, Hua g CHN 2677 4 1983
69 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2675 0 1976
70 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2674 15 1967
71 Grachev, Boris g RUS 2673 18 1986
72 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2673 17 1994
73 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. g UKR 2673 11 1981
74 Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2672 17 1990
75 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2672 11 1985
76 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2670 0 1984
77 Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2669 0 1993
78 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2668 7 1985
79 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2668 0 1973
80 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2667 17 1988
81 Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2666 10 1998
82 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2666 5 1988
83 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g GER 2665 7 1976
84 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2665 0 1975
85 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2664 15 1972
86 Jones, Gawain C B g ENG 2664 7 1987
87 Sjugirov, Sanan g RUS 2664 0 1993
88 Fedoseev, Vladimir g RUS 2661 11 1995
89 Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2660 0 1987
90 Edouard, Romain g FRA 2659 14 1990
91 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son g VIE 2659 0 1990
92 Ragger, Markus g AUT 2658 9 1988
93 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2657 6 1978
94 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2657 0 1971
95 Gharamian, Tigran g FRA 2657 0 1984
96 Howell, David W L g ENG 2657 0 1990
97 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2656 13 1978
98 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2655 4 1976
99 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2655 0 1968
100 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2654 9 1986
101 Dreev, Aleksey g RUS 2654 4 1969
102 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2654 0 1973

Top climbers and descenders

SInce much has aready been said of the superb gains of Caruana and Topalov, a curious statistic this month is the double-digit Elo loss by almost all the Chinese players in the Top 100, right after their historic Gold medal win at Tromso, or Bu Xiangzhi's crushing victory at the Politiken Open just before.

Rk
Old
 Name
Fed
Ti.
Rating
Old
Gms
  1 1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR GM 2863 -7 2870 10
2 3 Caruana, Fabiano ITA GM 2844 +43 2801 16
3 6 Topalov, Veselin BUL GM 2800 +16 2784 16
5 2 Aronian, Levon ARM GM 2793 -11 2804 10
7 11 Giri, Anish NED GM 2768 +10 2758 14
  8 8 Karjakin, Sergey RUS GM 2767 -10 2777 5
9 7 Nakamura, Hikaru USA GM 2764 -18 2782 15
13 9 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA GM 2757 -11 2768 15
22 15 Ding, Liren CHN GM 2730 -24 2754 14
29 25 Bacrot, Etienne FRA GM 2719 -10 2729 13
40 24 Wang, Hao CHN GM 2710 -20 2730 15
42 29 Bu, Xiangzhi CHN GM 2710 -12 2722 4
52 45 Shirov, Alexei LAT GM 2691 -10 2701 6
88 65 Fedoseev, Vladimir RUS GM 2661 -16 2677 11
90 71 Edouard, Romain FRA GM 2659 -15 2674 14
100 85 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR GM 2654 -10 2664 9


FIDE Top Women

It was so.... close. Hou Yifan came within an inch, no, a centimeter, no... well, you get the picture. The Chinese prodigy won a further 10 Elo at the European Club Cup taking her within just two Elo of overtaking Judit Polgar, and ending a domination that has lasted for 25 years. Of special note also is her compatriot Ju Wenjun's superb gain of 20 Elo, taking her to 2582, and overtaking Humpy Koneru for third.

 

Hou Yifan comments after round six at Bilbao

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2675 0 1976
2 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2673 17 1994
3 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2582 15 1991
4 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2581 11 1987
5 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2570 13 1987
6 Muzychuk, Anna g UKR 2548 6 1990
7 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2542 6 1984
8 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2530 6 1989
9 Lagno, Kateryna g RUS 2530 5 1989
10 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2528 11 1991
11 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2526 9 1992
12 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2525 0 1983
13 Khotenashvili, Bela g GEO 2523 18 1988
14 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2517 7 1985
15 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2517 0 1979
16 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2512 6 1963
17 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2510 15 1985
18 Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2494 17 1985
19 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2491 0 1987
20 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2487 11 1978
21 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2483 11 1986
22 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2482 0 1986
23 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2481 9 1984
24 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2480 6 1985
25 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2478 0 1980
26 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2477 16 1985
27 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2477 6 1978
28 Shen, Yang m CHN 2475 13 1989
29 Melia, Salome m GEO 2472 13 1987
30 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2471 17 1972
31 Zhukova, Natalia g UKR 2470 9 1979
32 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2469 6 1991
33 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2465 4 1986
34 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2465 4 1991
35 Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2460 14 1975
36 Socko, Monika g POL 2460 12 1978
37 Guo, Qi wg CHN 2458 4 1995
38 Krush, Irina g USA 2457 0 1983
39 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2447 13 1976
40 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2444 15 1982
41 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2442 4 1974
42 Bodnaruk, Anastasia m RUS 2440 9 1992
43 Ding, Yixin wg CHN 2440 4 1991
44 Moser, Eva m AUT 2440 0 1982
45 Kashlinskaya, Alina m RUS 2439 14 1993
46 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2438 0 1978
47 Batsiashvili, Nino m GEO 2434 18 1987
48 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag m MGL 2433 0 1987
49 Alexandrova, Olga m ESP 2432 9 1978
50 Goryachkina, Aleksandra wg RUS 2430 0 1998
51 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2429 4 1976
52 Ziaziulkina, Nastassia m BLR 2429 0 1995
53 Saduakassova, Dinara wg KAZ 2421 11 1996
54 Lei, Tingjie wg CHN 2421 4 1997
55 Turova, Irina m RUS 2421 0 1979
56 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2418 0 1978
57 Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2414 3 1987
58 Cori T., Deysi wg PER 2411 10 1993
59 Arabidze, Meri m GEO 2409 9 1994
60 Matnadze, Ana m ESP 2409 9 1983
61 Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2409 7 1982
62 Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2407 0 1981
63 Sukandar, Irine Kharisma m INA 2407 0 1992
64 Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina m ESP 2405 9 1987
65 Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna wg POL 2405 0 1988
66 Bojkovic, Natasa m SRB 2404 8 1971
67 Tania, Sachdev m IND 2404 0 1986
68 Kovanova, Baira wg RUS 2399 5 1987
69 Foisor, Cristina-Adela m ROU 2398 0 1967
70 Zaiatz, Elena m RUS 2396 7 1969
71 Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs wg MGL 2395 11 1986
72 Savina, Anastasia m RUS 2395 7 1992
73 Li, Ruofan m SIN 2394 0 1978
74 Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina wg POL 2393 5 1987
75 Karavade, Eesha m IND 2392 9 1987
76 Peng, Zhaoqin g NED 2392 8 1968
77 Aulia, Medina Warda wg INA 2391 9 1997
78 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2389 0 1980
79 Videnova, Iva wg BUL 2388 16 1987
80 L'Ami, Alina m ROU 2386 11 1985
81 Guramishvili, Sopiko m GEO 2381 7 1991
82 Milliet, Sophie m FRA 2379 0 1983
83 Kulon, Klaudia wm POL 2378 3 1992
84 Stockova, Zuzana m SVK 2378 0 1977
85 Bulmaga, Irina m ROU 2377 14 1993
86 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan g SCO 2377 9 1968
87 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2374 0 1976
88 Guichard, Pauline wg FRA 2372 0 1988
89 Charochkina, Daria wg RUS 2369 0 1990
90 Bartel, Marta wg POL 2366 9 1988
91 Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat wg IRI 2366 0 1997
92 Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan wg KAZ 2365 9 1991
93 Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2364 9 1977
94 Guseva, Marina m RUS 2364 6 1986
95 Gritsayeva, Oksana wf UKR 2364 0 1980
96 Theissl Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2362 0 1982
97 Zozulia, Anna m BEL 2358 0 1980
98 Haast, Anne wm NED 2357 1 1993
99 Daulyte, Deimante m LTU 2356 7 1989
100 Kononenko, Tatiana m UKR 2356 0 1978
101 Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2356 0 1969

FIDE Top Juniors

WIth the World Youth Chess CHampionships having just ended in Durban, South Africa, you might think the ratings changes would be left for the next ratings list, but not so, and the results have all been taken into account.

The biggest winner in the top juniors is Indian Murali Karthikeyan, who
missed the medal at the WYCC, but finished the month 37 Elo richer

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Giri, Anish g NED 2768 14 1994
2 Rapport, Richard g HUN 2720 11 1996
3 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2697 4 1994
4 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2673 17 1994
5 Artemiev, Vladislav g RUS 2666 10 1998
6 Fedoseev, Vladimir g RUS 2661 11 1995
7 Wei, Yi g CHN 2641 16 1999
8 Van Kampen, Robin g NED 2641 8 1994
9 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi g IND 2635 9 1994
10 Robson, Ray g USA 2628 0 1994
11 Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2627 18 1996
12 Bukavshin, Ivan g RUS 2616 9 1995
13 Swiercz, Dariusz g POL 2614 3 1994
14 Nyzhnyk, Illya g UKR 2613 9 1996
15 Cori, Jorge g PER 2612 10 1995
16 Anton Guijarro, David g ESP 2607 24 1995
17 Naroditsky, Daniel g USA 2601 0 1995
18 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof g POL 2599 0 1998
19 Grigoryan, Karen H. g ARM 2591 9 1995
20 Bok, Benjamin g NED 2591 1 1995
21 Lagarde, Maxime g FRA 2566 0 1994
22 Gabuzyan, Hovhannes g ARM 2565 13 1995
23 Bernadskiy, Vitaliy g UKR 2558 9 1994
24 Stukopin, Andrey g RUS 2556 0 1994
25 Indjic, Aleksandar g SRB 2554 7 1995
26 Oparin, Grigoriy g RUS 2552 7 1997
27 Vaibhav, Suri g IND 2551 20 1997
28 Kovalev, Vladislav g BLR 2548 7 1994
29 Dragun, Kamil g POL 2546 3 1995
30 Lu, Shanglei g CHN 2533 4 1995
31 Troff, Kayden W g USA 2532 9 1998
32 Bortnyk, Olexandr m UKR 2531 11 1996
33 Bluebaum, Matthias m GER 2530 18 1997
34 Abasov, Nijat g AZE 2528 14 1995
35 Forcen Esteban, Daniel m ESP 2526 0 1994
36 Antipov, Mikhail Al. g RUS 2524 5 1997
37 Eliseev, Urii g RUS 2521 0 1996
38 Idani, Pouya m IRI 2517 0 1995
39 Aghasaryan, Robert g ARM 2511 0 1994
40 Predke, Alexandr   RUS 2511 0 1994
41 Ringoir, Tanguy m BEL 2511 0 1994
42 Oliva Castaneda, Kevel m CUB 2509 10 1994
43 Ankit, R. Rajpara g IND 2508 9 1994
44 Ghosh, Diptayan m IND 2508 9 1998
45 Svane, Rasmus m GER 2506 0 1997
46 Vakhidov, Jahongir g UZB 2502 5 1995
47 Boruchovsky, Avital g ISR 2501 0 1997
48 Donchenko, Alexander m GER 2501 0 1998
49 Karthikeyan, Murali m IND 2499 20 1999
50 Bajarani, Ulvi g AZE 2496 15 1995
51 Sadzikowski, Daniel m POL 2496 7 1994
52 Santos Latasa, Jaime f ESP 2495 15 1996
53 Chigaev, Maksim m RUS 2495 0 1996
54 Grover, Sahaj g IND 2491 9 1995
55 Wagner, Dennis m GER 2490 18 1997
56 Chandra, Akshat m USA 2488 9 1999
57 Ducarmon, Quinten m NED 2487 12 1994
58 Aravindh,Chithambaram VR. m IND 2485 20 1999
59 Andersen, Mads m DEN 2485 7 1995
60 Kantans, Toms m LAT 2485 3 1994
61 Sevian, Samuel m USA 2484 8 2000
62 Alekseenko, Kirill f RUS 2483 11 1997
63 Mammadov, Zaur m AZE 2482 0 1994
64 Moiseenko, Vadim m RUS 2481 2 1994
65 Atabayev, Maksat m TKM 2480 0 1994
66 Zhou, Yang-Fan m ENG 2478 9 1994
67 Pichot, Alan m ARG 2473 11 1998
68 Kadric, Denis m BIH 2473 7 1995
69 Ma, Zhonghan   CHN 2471 4 1995
70 Xiong, Jeffery m USA 2470 12 2000
71 Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal m CHI 2470 11 1996
72 Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto f CUB 2466 0 1999
73 Yang, Darwin m USA 2465 0 1996
74 Mokshanov, Alexey m RUS 2460 0 1995
75 Sanal, Vahap m TUR 2459 23 1998
76 Nenezic, Marko m SRB 2459 21 1995
77 Georgiadis, Nico m SUI 2459 2 1996
78 Drozdowski, Kacper m POL 2458 7 1996
79 Guo, Qi wg CHN 2458 4 1995
80 Rambaldi, Francesco f ITA 2455 20 1999
81 Van Foreest, Jorden m NED 2455 20 1999
82 Gordievsky, Dmitry f RUS 2455 0 1996
83 Zajic, Milan m SRB 2454 20 1999
84 Pardo Simon, David m ESP 2454 10 1995
85 Fernandez, Daniel Howard m SIN 2454 9 1995
86 Ebeling, Daniel m FIN 2452 3 1996
87 Tari, Aryan m NOR 2450 10 1999
88 Yuffa, Daniil m RUS 2449 0 1997
89 Meskovs, Nikita f LAT 2447 1 1994
90 Prasanna Raghuram Rao m IND 2447 0 1994
91 Das, Sayantan m IND 2445 11 1997
92 Bellahcene, Bilel f FRA 2443 11 1998
93 Narayanan, Srinath m IND 2443 0 1994
94 Mons, Leon m GER 2442 14 1995
95 Lampert, Jonas m GER 2442 1 1997
96 Anurag, Mhamal m IND 2442 0 1995
97 Harutyunian, Tigran K. m ARM 2441 24 1997
98 Dastan, Muhammed Batuhan m TUR 2441 10 1997
99 Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo f PER 2440 19 1999
100 Barbot, Pierre f FRA 2440 0 1995
101 De Filomeno, Simone m ITA 2440 0 1995

FIDE Top Girls

With 55 Elo gained, 14-year-old Stavroula Tsolakidou from Greece brings
her total ratings increase to over 300 Elo in about a year as she was rated
1986 FIDE in August 2013, and now tops 2305 FIDE. The rise is no fluke
as she played in the WYCC Under-16 event and took silver. Impressive.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2673 17 1994
2 Guo, Qi wg CHN 2458 4 1995
3 Goryachkina, Aleksandra wg RUS 2430 0 1998
4 Ziaziulkina, Nastassia m BLR 2429 0 1995
5 Saduakassova, Dinara wg KAZ 2421 11 1996
6 Lei, Tingjie wg CHN 2421 4 1997
7 Arabidze, Meri m GEO 2409 9 1994
8 Aulia, Medina Warda wg INA 2391 9 1997
9 Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat wg IRI 2366 0 1997
10 Pustovoitova, Daria f RUS 2354 0 1994
11 Wang, Jue wg CHN 2353 15 1995
12 Tantsiura, Maria wm UKR 2352 11 1996
13 Aranaz Murillo, Amalia wm ESP 2344 9 1995
14 Zhai, Mo wm CHN 2339 4 1996
15 Rodriguez Rueda, Paula Andrea wm COL 2335 10 1996
16 Abdumalik, Zhansaya wg KAZ 2332 12 2000
17 Padmini, Rout wg IND 2331 11 1994
18 Osmanodja, Filiz wm GER 2317 11 1996
19 Efroimski, Marsel wm ISR 2316 7 1995
20 Mammadzada, Gunay wm AZE 2316 0 2000
21 Ni, Shiqun wm CHN 2312 3 1997
22 Shvayger, Yuliya wm ISR 2306 0 1994
23 Tsolakidou, Stavroula wf GRE 2305 28 2000
24 Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung wg VIE 2299 0 1994
25 Schut, Lisa wm NED 2296 0 1994
26 Iwanow, Anna wm POL 2279 9 1995
27 Brunello, Marina f ITA 2275 0 1994
28 Unuk, Laura wf SLO 2273 11 1999
29 Ibrahimova, Sabina wm AZE 2271 11 1995
30 Baciu, Diana wm MDA 2270 8 1994
31 Yuan, Yuanling wm CAN 2262 0 1994
32 Drogovoz, Irina   RUS 2257 11 1999
33 Xiao, Yiyi wf CHN 2248 15 1996
34 Osmak, Iulija wf UKR 2246 0 1998
35 Tomnikova, Lidia wm RUS 2240 0 1995
36 Dordzhieva, Dinara wm RUS 2238 0 1999
37 Enkhtuul, Altan-Ulzii wg MGL 2236 0 1994
38 Foisor, Mihaela-Veronica wm ROU 2236 0 1994
39 Varga, Klara wm HUN 2232 9 1994
40 Khlichkova, Tatiana wf RUS 2230 0 1994
41 Severina, Maria wm RUS 2229 0 1995
42 Danelia, Mariam wm GEO 2228 7 1994
43 Klek, Hanna-Marie   GER 2225 0 1995
44 Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias wm INA 2224 9 1995
45 Hakimifard, Ghazal wm IRI 2223 9 1994
46 Petrukhina, Irina wf RUS 2218 9 1994
47 Santeramo, Alessia wf ITA 2217 9 1998
48 Monica, Putri Wigustira wf INA 2213 0 1997
49 Kurbonboeva, Sarvinoz wm UZB 2212 9 1994
50 Bivol, Alina wm RUS 2208 0 1996
51 Lach, Aleksandra wf POL 2208 0 1995
52 Havanecz, Bianka   HUN 2207 0 1994
53 Velikic, Adela   SRB 2206 20 1997
54 Styazhkina, Anna wm RUS 2205 17 1997
55 Abdusattorova, Bakhora wf UZB 2202 25 1999
56 Nicolas Zapata, Irene wm ESP 2202 9 1997
57 Chumpitaz, Ann wm PER 2201 0 1994
58 Wisniowska, Klaudia wf POL 2198 3 1995
59 Khusnutdinova, Alsu wf RUS 2198 0 1998
60 Baraeva, Irina wm RUS 2197 0 1995
61 Suliati, Annisa wf INA 2192 0 1999
62 Mona, Khaled wg EGY 2191 9 1994
63 Castrillon Gomez, Melissa wm COL 2191 0 1995
64 Marikova, Jana   CZE 2185 11 1996
65 Rodionova, Polina wf RUS 2182 11 1997
66 Asgarizadeh, Minoo wf IRI 2177 0 1994
67 Derakhshani, Dorsa wf IRI 2175 20 1998
68 Imnadze, Nato wf GEO 2175 9 1996
69 Marjanovics, Annamaria wf HUN 2175 0 2001
70 Nandhidhaa, PV   IND 2174 10 1996
71 Retno, Wijayanti wf INA 2172 0 1999
72 Camacho, Chardine Cheradee wm PHI 2170 7 1994
73 Stoeri, Laura wf SUI 2169 11 1996
74 Khomeriki, Nino wf GEO 2168 7 1998
75 Harazinska, Ewa wf POL 2166 9 1998
76 Chernyak, Viktoria wf RUS 2166 1 1997
77 Khalafova, Narmin wf AZE 2166 0 1994
78 Ivana Maria, Furtado wm IND 2165 11 1999
79 Salazar, Aura Cristina wm COL 2165 0 1995
80 Smirnova, Ekaterina wf RUS 2165 0 1996
81 Makarenko, Alexandra wf RUS 2163 0 1996
82 Varga, Melinda   HUN 2163 0 1997
83 Bykova, Anastasia wf RUS 2161 8 1997
84 Ghozali, Anugrah Maria wf INA 2161 0 2000
85 Rakhmangulova, Anastasiya wm UKR 2161 0 1994
86 Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim wf UZB 2160 9 1999
87 Gevorgyan, Maria wf ARM 2160 0 1994
88 Roca Rojas, Ana Flavia wf CUB 2160 0 1996
89 Galunova, Tsveta   BUL 2157 15 1995
90 Szente Varga, Fruzsina   HUN 2156 0 1996
91 Ainutdinova, Yekaterina wf KAZ 2155 0 1994
92 Gelip, Ioana   ROU 2154 18 1995
93 Juhasz, Barbara wf HUN 2152 0 1995
94 Ivanova, Karina wf RUS 2151 0 1996
95 Zhylkaidarova, Sholpan   KAZ 2149 0 1994
96 Gazikova, Veronika wf SVK 2148 11 1999
97 Bezkorovaina, Mariia   UKR 2147 0 1997
98 Cerrato Torrijos, Maria wf ESP 2147 0 1995
99 Vasenina, Anna wf RUS 2147 0 1999
100 Lingur, Zalina   RUS 2146 16 1998

Top 100 Rapid

The only change worth noting is Alexander Morozevich's 18 Elo imprvement, moving him past a group all with similar ratings, and leaving him as clear no.11.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2858 0 1992
2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2855 0 1990
3 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2828 0 1983
4 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2813 0 1982
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2811 0 1969
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2809 0 1969
7 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2806 0 1990
8 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2801 0 1990
9 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2800 0 1987
10 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2799 0 1976
11 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2791 11 1977
12 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2776 0 1987
13 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2773 0 1975
14 Leko, Peter g HUN 2773 0 1979
15 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2772 0 1975
16 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2771 6 1991
17 Wang, Yue g CHN 2765 0 1987
18 Adams, Michael g ENG 2764 0 1971
19 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2763 0 1983
20 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2748 0 1987
21 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2739 0 1985
22 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738 0 1983
23 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2731 0 1983
24 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2729 0 1974
25 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2728 0 1990
26 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2727 0 1983
27 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2726 0 1983
28 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2724 0 1978
29 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son g VIE 2724 0 1990
30 Rapport, Richard g HUN 2724 0 1996
31 Kovalenko, Igor g LAT 2719 11 1988
32 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2719 0 1968
33 Wang, Hao g CHN 2719 0 1989
34 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2715 0 1980
35 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2714 0 1983
36 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2714 0 1965
37 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2713 0 1981
38 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2713 0 1994
39 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2711 22 1974
40 Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2709 0 1986
41 Ding, Liren g CHN 2708 0 1992
42 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2707 0 1988
43 Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2706 11 1990
44 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2701 11 1987
45 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2701 0 1986
46 Dreev, Aleksey g RUS 2700 22 1969
47 Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo g VEN 2700 0 1989
48 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2699 0 1986
49 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2698 0 1985
50 Sjugirov, Sanan g RUS 2698 0 1993
51 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2695 0 1985
52 Ragger, Markus g AUT 2692 7 1988
53 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2692 0 1972
54 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2690 0 1985
55 Smirnov, Pavel g RUS 2689 11 1982
56 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2689 0 1982
57 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy g UKR 2687 0 1986
58 Meier, Georg g GER 2686 0 1987
59 Istratescu, Andrei g FRA 2685 0 1975
60 Salgado Lopez, Ivan g ESP 2685 0 1991
61 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2684 0 1987
62 Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2683 11 1982
63 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2682 0 1982
64 Matlakov, Maxim g RUS 2680 11 1991
65 Roiz, Michael g ISR 2678 9 1983
66 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2677 7 1967
67 Giri, Anish g NED 2674 0 1994
68 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2673 0 1985
69 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2673 0 1973
70 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2673 0 1989
71 Grachev, Boris g RUS 2671 0 1986
72 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2670 11 1980
73 Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2668 0 1987
74 Sadler, Matthew D g ENG 2667 0 1974
75 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2666 0 1983
76 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2665 0 1984
77 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2665 0 1979
78 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2665 0 1977
79 Parligras, Mircea-Emilian g ROU 2665 0 1980
80 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2665 0 1978
81 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. g UKR 2664 0 1981
82 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g GER 2664 0 1976
83 Ni, Hua g CHN 2663 0 1983
84 Delgado Ramirez, Neuris g PAR 2662 7 1981
85 Yudin, Sergei g RUS 2661 11 1986
86 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2660 22 1976
87 Fedoseev, Vladimir g RUS 2660 0 1995
88 Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2659 0 1982
89 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2655 10 1985
90 Petrosian, Tigran L. g ARM 2655 0 1984
91 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2654 0 1988
92 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2653 11 1985
93 Baklan, Vladimir g UKR 2653 0 1978
94 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2653 0 1985
95 Khenkin, Igor g GER 2653 0 1968
96 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2652 11 1972
97 Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2651 0 1996
98 Edouard, Romain g FRA 2651 0 1990
99 Onischuk, Vladimir g UKR 2648 0 1991
100 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2647 0 1971

Top 50 Women Rapid

There were few changes in the Rapid ratings this month, and no major Elo changes of note.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
 1  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2646  0  1976
 2  Koneru, Humpy  g  IND  2611  0  1987
 3  Hou, Yifan  g  CHN  2600  0  1994
 4  Lagno, Kateryna  g  RUS  2599  0  1989
 5  Stefanova, Antoaneta  g  BUL  2578  0  1979
 6  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  g  RUS  2577  0  1984
 7  Ju, Wenjun  wg  CHN  2555  0  1991
 8  Gunina, Valentina  g  RUS  2552  0  1989
 9  Dzagnidze, Nana  g  GEO  2547  0  1987
 10  Muzychuk, Anna  g  UKR  2546  0  1990
 11  Kosintseva, Tatiana  g  RUS  2505  0  1986
 12  Javakhishvili, Lela  m  GEO  2499  0  1984
 13  Ushenina, Anna  g  UKR  2489  0  1985
 14  Krush, Irina  g  USA  2488  3  1983
 15  Paehtz, Elisabeth  m  GER  2485  0  1985
 16  Zhao, Xue  g  CHN  2485  0  1985
 17  Zatonskih, Anna  m  USA  2482  0  1978
 18  Sebag, Marie  g  FRA  2479  0  1986
 19  Zhu, Chen  g  QAT  2464  0  1976
 20  Cmilyte, Viktorija  g  LTU  2462  0  1983
 21  Matnadze, Ana  m  ESP  2459  0  1983
 22  Socko, Monika  g  POL  2455  0  1978
 23  Muzychuk, Mariya  m  UKR  2445  0  1992
 24  Cramling, Pia  g  SWE  2443  0  1963
 25  Shen, Yang  m  CHN  2442  0  1989
 26  Galliamova, Alisa  m  RUS  2440  0  1972
 27  Huang, Qian  wg  CHN  2439  0  1986
 28  Moser, Eva  m  AUT  2439  0  1982
 29  Gaponenko, Inna  m  UKR  2432  0  1976
 30  Arabidze, Meri  m  GEO  2430  0  1994
 31  Batsiashvili, Nino  m  GEO  2430  0  1987
 32  Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna  wg  POL  2428  0  1988
 33  Guo, Qi  wg  CHN  2426  0  1995
 34  Tan, Zhongyi  wg  CHN  2423  0  1991
 35  Harika, Dronavalli  g  IND  2421  0  1991
 36  Peptan, Corina-Isabela  m  ROU  2419  0  1978
 37  Khotenashvili, Bela  g  GEO  2418  0  1988
 38  Bodnaruk, Anastasia  m  RUS  2412  0  1992
 39  Karavade, Eesha  m  IND  2408  0  1987
 40  Alexandrova, Olga  m  ESP  2406  0  1978
 41  Foisor, Cristina-Adela  m  ROU  2406  0  1967
 42  L'Ami, Alina  m  ROU  2404  0  1985
 43  Khurtsidze, Nino  m  GEO  2400  0  1975
 44  Pustovoitova, Daria  f  RUS  2399  0  1994
 45  Melia, Salome  m  GEO  2393  0  1987
 46  Vojinovic, Jovana  wg  SRB  2392  0  1992
 47  Zaiatz, Elena  m  RUS  2390  0  1969
 48  Guseva, Marina  m  RUS  2389  0  1986
 49  Milliet, Sophie  m  FRA  2388  0  1983
 50  Kovanova, Baira  wg  RUS  2387  0  1987

Top 100 Blitz

While Alexander Morozevich took a giant 61 Elo leap to 2811 and world number seven, Alexander Grischuk jumped in the opposite direction and lost 53 Elo.

18-year-old IM Olexandr Bortnyck continues to be the ultimate specialist,
and remains at 2679 FIDE Blitz, with a standard rating of 2531. That said,
after his gold medal at the WYCC in the Boys Under-18, with a 2700
performance, one imagines this disparity will not last.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
 1  Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR  2948  0  1990
 2  Nakamura, Hikaru  g  USA  2906  0  1987
 3  Nepomniachtchi, Ian  g  RUS  2880  0  1990
 4  Aronian, Levon  g  ARM  2850  0  1982
 5  Le, Quang Liem  g  VIE  2828  0  1991
 6  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  g  AZE  2824  0  1985
 7  Morozevich, Alexander  g  RUS  2811  19  1977
 8  Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND  2811  0  1969
 9  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  g  FRA  2776  0  1990
 10  Mamedov, Rauf  g  AZE  2767  0  1988
 11  Ponomariov, Ruslan  g  UKR  2758  0  1983
 12  Giri, Anish  g  NED  2757  0  1994
 13  Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS  2757  0  1975
 14  Svidler, Peter  g  RUS  2756  0  1976
 15  Bogdanovich, Stanislav  m  UKR  2754  0  1993
 16  Korobov, Anton  g  UKR  2752  0  1985
 17  Dreev, Aleksey  g  RUS  2749  0  1969
 18  Sargissian, Gabriel  g  ARM  2749  0  1983
 19  Wojtaszek, Radoslaw  g  POL  2743  0  1987
 20  Bacrot, Etienne  g  FRA  2739  0  1983
 21  Malakhov, Vladimir  g  RUS  2738  19  1980
 22  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2736  0  1976
 23  Zubov, Alexander  g  UKR  2735  0  1983
 24  Savchenko, Boris  g  RUS  2733  19  1986
 25  Dominguez Perez, Leinier  g  CUB  2728  0  1983
 26  Harikrishna, P.  g  IND  2728  0  1986
 27  Meier, Georg  g  GER  2726  0  1987
 28  So, Wesley  g  PHI  2726  0  1993
 29  Tomashevsky, Evgeny  g  RUS  2725  0  1987
 30  Grischuk, Alexander  g  RUS  2724  19  1983
 31  Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo  g  VEN  2720  0  1989
 32  Ivanchuk, Vassily  g  UKR  2720  0  1969
 33  Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son  g  VIE  2715  0  1990
 34  Radjabov, Teimour  g  AZE  2715  0  1987
 35  Bruzon Batista, Lazaro  g  CUB  2712  0  1982
 36  Riazantsev, Alexander  g  RUS  2707  19  1985
 37  Navara, David  g  CZE  2705  0  1985
 38  Kamsky, Gata  g  USA  2704  0  1974
 39  Lu, Shanglei  g  CHN  2704  0  1995
 40  Karjakin, Sergey  g  RUS  2701  19  1990
 41  Fressinet, Laurent  g  FRA  2699  0  1981
 42  Vitiugov, Nikita  g  RUS  2695  11  1987
 43  Caruana, Fabiano  g  ITA  2695  0  1992
 44  Kokarev, Dmitry  g  RUS  2695  0  1982
 45  Kononenko, Dmitry  g  UKR  2695  0  1988
 46  Yu, Yangyi  g  CHN  2694  0  1994
 47  Wang, Hao  g  CHN  2693  0  1989
 48  Sasikiran, Krishnan  g  IND  2692  0  1981
 49  Grachev, Boris  g  RUS  2691  19  1986
 50  Andriasian, Zaven  g  ARM  2691  0  1989
 51  Laznicka, Viktor  g  CZE  2691  0  1988
 52  Bocharov, Dmitry  g  RUS  2689  0  1982
 53  Najer, Evgeniy  g  RUS  2688  19  1977
 54  Cheparinov, Ivan  g  BUL  2688  0  1986
 55  Ding, Liren  g  CHN  2688  0  1992
 56  Areshchenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2687  0  1986
 57  Edouard, Romain  g  FRA  2686  0  1990
 58  Yudin, Sergei  g  RUS  2686  0  1986
 59  Matlakov, Maxim  g  RUS  2683  0  1991
 60  Belous, Vladimir  g  RUS  2682  41  1993
 61  Leko, Peter  g  HUN  2682  0  1979
 62  Wang, Yue  g  CHN  2682  0  1987
 63  Dubov, Daniil  g  RUS  2681  19  1996
 64  Eljanov, Pavel  g  UKR  2680  0  1983
 65  Bortnyk, Olexandr  m  UKR  2679  11  1996
 66  Kazhgaleyev, Murtas  g  KAZ  2679  0  1973
 67  Petrosian, Tigran L.  g  ARM  2677  0  1984
 68  Safarli, Eltaj  g  AZE  2676  0  1992
 69  Khismatullin, Denis  g  RUS  2674  11  1984
 70  Kuzubov, Yuriy  g  UKR  2672  0  1990
 71  Rapport, Richard  g  HUN  2668  0  1996
 72  Jones, Gawain C B  g  ENG  2666  0  1987
 73  Muzychuk, Anna  g  UKR  2665  0  1990
 74  Saric, Ivan  g  CRO  2665  0  1990
 75  Anton Guijarro, David  g  ESP  2664  0  1995
 76  Lenderman, Aleksandr  g  USA  2664  0  1989
 77  Granda Zuniga, Julio E  g  PER  2663  0  1967
 78  Van Wely, Loek  g  NED  2663  0  1972
 79  Hou, Yifan  g  CHN  2662  0  1994
 80  Fedorchuk, Sergey A.  g  UKR  2661  0  1981
 81  Bukavshin, Ivan  g  RUS  2658  0  1995
 82  Potkin, Vladimir  g  RUS  2658  0  1982
 83  Shimanov, Aleksandr  g  RUS  2658  0  1992
 84  Avrukh, Boris  g  ISR  2657  0  1978
 85  Movsesian, Sergei  g  ARM  2657  0  1978
 86  Dlugy, Maxim  g  USA  2656  7  1966
 87  Roiz, Michael  g  ISR  2655  11  1983
 88  Akopian, Vladimir  g  ARM  2654  0  1971
 89  Ponkratov, Pavel  g  RUS  2654  0  1988
 90  Ramirez, Alejandro  g  USA  2654  0  1988
 91  Bortnyk, Mykola  m  UKR  2653  11  1994
 92  Guseinov, Gadir  g  AZE  2653  0  1986
 93  Palac, Mladen  g  CRO  2652  19  1971
 94  Khairullin, Ildar  g  RUS  2652  11  1990
 95  Nyzhnyk, Illya  g  UKR  2652  0  1996
 96  Amin, Bassem  g  EGY  2649  0  1988
 97  Brunello, Sabino  g  ITA  2649  0  1989
 98  Hammer, Jon Ludvig  g  NOR  2648  0  1990
 99  Inarkiev, Ernesto  g  RUS  2648  0  1985
 100  Kovalenko, Igor  g  LAT  2647  11  1988

Top 50 Women Blitz

Only a handful of players played any events this month, with no real changes in the top 50.

Rk
 Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
 1  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2736  0  1976
 2  Muzychuk, Anna  g  UKR  2665  0  1990
 3  Hou, Yifan  g  CHN  2662  0  1994
 4  Dzagnidze, Nana  g  GEO  2591  0  1987
 5  Gunina, Valentina  g  RUS  2582  17  1989
 6  Kosintseva, Tatiana  g  RUS  2578  0  1986
 7  Zhao, Xue  g  CHN  2576  0  1985
 8  Stefanova, Antoaneta  g  BUL  2569  0  1979
 9  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  g  RUS  2548  0  1984
 10  Lagno, Kateryna  g  RUS  2540  0  1989
 11  Harika, Dronavalli  g  IND  2531  0  1991
 12  Tan, Zhongyi  wg  CHN  2525  0  1991
 13  Paehtz, Elisabeth  m  GER  2522  0  1985
 14  Koneru, Humpy  g  IND  2521  0  1987
 15  Sebag, Marie  g  FRA  2504  0  1986
 16  Huang, Qian  wg  CHN  2471  0  1986
 17  Ju, Wenjun  wg  CHN  2469  0  1991
 18  Ushenina, Anna  g  UKR  2467  0  1985
 19  Matnadze, Ana  m  ESP  2461  0  1983
 20  Khotenashvili, Bela  g  GEO  2447  0  1988
 21  Guseva, Marina  m  RUS  2442  0  1986
 22  Cmilyte, Viktorija  g  LTU  2439  0  1983
 23  Muzychuk, Mariya  m  UKR  2439  0  1992
 24  Bodnaruk, Anastasia  m  RUS  2434  11  1992
 25  Cramling, Pia  g  SWE  2433  0  1963
 26  Cori T., Deysi  wg  PER  2429  0  1993
 27  Zatonskih, Anna  m  USA  2425  0  1978
 28  Moser, Eva  m  AUT  2422  0  1982
 29  Batsiashvili, Nino  m  GEO  2419  0  1987
 30  Socko, Monika  g  POL  2415  0  1978
 31  Zhu, Chen  g  QAT  2411  0  1976
 32  L'Ami, Alina  m  ROU  2409  0  1985
 33  Alexandrova, Olga  m  ESP  2408  0  1978
 34  Munguntuul, Batkhuyag  m  MGL  2404  0  1987
 35  Peptan, Corina-Isabela  m  ROU  2404  0  1978
 36  Khurtsidze, Nino  m  GEO  2401  0  1975
 37  Charochkina, Daria  wg  RUS  2400  17  1990
 38  Sukandar, Irine Kharisma  m  INA  2400  0  1992
 39  Vasilevich, Tatjana  m  UKR  2400  0  1977
 40  Guo, Qi  wg  CHN  2396  0  1995
 41  Zaiatz, Elena  m  RUS  2390  0  1969
 42  Zhukova, Natalia  g  UKR  2390  0  1979
 43  Ubiennykh, Ekaterina  wm  RUS  2386  0  1983
 44  Hoang, Thi Bao Tram  wg  VIE  2385  0  1987
 45  Ambartsumova, Karina  wg  RUS  2378  0  1989
 46  Girya, Olga  wg  RUS  2371  0  1991
 47  Gaponenko, Inna  m  UKR  2370  0  1976
 48  Krush, Irina  g  USA  2370  0  1983
 49  Shen, Yang  m  CHN  2367  0  1989
 50  Guramishvili, Sopiko  m  GEO  2364  0  1991

Source: FIDE

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