Okay, so who is the fastest?

Rapid Ratings 20th September 2002

Willy Iclicki writes:

Alexy Shirov was right to insist on the publication of this rapid list. He now shares the lead with Kasparov and Adams. His rating could be even higher, but I could not include his strong result at Villarrobledo, because unfortunately the organizers never send me the final cross-table.

Kasparov lost 9 points mainly because of its poor performance at the match Russia vs. Rest of the World, one of his worst result in chess. Kramnik did the same. Lautier lost 20 places and Morozevich make the biggest jump, he is now 8th. Radjabov, who did so well this year, becomes the best junior.

By the way, looking at the standing, it seems that the victory of the Rest of the World was not an accident, as only two Russian players are in the top ten! Well done Yasser, but next time don't forget Tkachiev and Kasimdzahnov – for a while they have been close or in to the top ten.

For this period, all top tournaments were included: Monaco, Prague, Moscow, Dubai, Russia vs. Rest of World… and some matches like Anand- Ponomariov, Shirov-Topalov etc. Thanks to those who support the rapid rating. See you next February.

Willy Iclicki.

Top 100 Men Rapid Rating List 20th September 2002

  No  NAT ID     Name                   Elo  Elo date
   1  ESP 00001  Shirov  Alexis         279  20-Sep-02
   2  RUS 00012  Kasparov  Gary         279  20-Sep-02
   3  ENG 00002  Adams  Michael         279  20-Sep-02
   4  IND 00001  Anand  Vichy           278  20-Sep-02
   5  BUL 00001  Topalov  Veselin       277  20-Sep-02
   6  ISR 00001  Gelfand  Boris         277  20-Sep-02
   7  HUN 00005  Leko  Peter            275  20-Sep-02
   8  RUS 00021  Morozevich  Alexander  274  20-Sep-02
   9  UKR 00001  Ivanchuk  Vassily      274  20-Sep-02
  10  FRA 00008  Tkachiev  Vladislav    273  20-Sep-02
  11  UZB 00001  Kasimdzahnov  Rustam   272  20-Sep-02
  12  BIH 00002  Sokolov  Ivan          272  20-Sep-02
  13  RUS 00002  Kramnik  Vladimir      270  20-Sep-02
  14  USA 00008  Kamsky  Gata           270  25-Sep-99
  15  FRM 00001  Georgiev  Kiril        270  20-Sep-02
  16  RUS 00003  Karpov  Anatoly        270  20-Sep-02
  17  HUN 00014  Chernin  Alexander     269  23-Mar-02
  18  RUS 00020  Rublevsky  Sergei      269  20-Sep-02
  19  AZE 00001  Radjabov  Teimour      269  20-Sep-02
  20  RUS 00015  Khalifman  Alexander   269  20-Sep-02
  21  RUS 00022  Bareev  Evgeny         268  20-Sep-02
  22  GEO 00001  Azmaiparashvili Zurab  268  20-Sep-02
  23  RUS 00054  Grischuk  Alexander    267  20-Sep-02
  24  UKR 00008  Ponomariov  Ruslan     267  20-Sep-02
  25  NED 00006  Timman  Jan            266  20-Sep-02
  26  FRA 00001  Lautier  Joel          266  20-Sep-02
  27  RUS 00001  Svidler  Peter         266  20-Sep-02
  28  RUS 00023  Salov  Valery          265  01-Jun-99
  29  RUS 00019  Shipov  Sergei         265  23-Mar-02
  30  RUS 00041  Ibragimov  Ildar       265  23-Mar-02
  31  SUI 00002  Milov  Vadim           265  20-Sep-02
  32  RUS 00078  Kharlov  Andrei        265  16-Mar-02
  33  BLR 00001  Fedorov  Alexei        265  25-Jun 99
  34  CZE 00001  Movsesian  Sergei      265  20-Sep-02
  35  FRA 00002  Bacrot  Etienne        265  20-Sep-02
  36  ARM 00004  Akopian  Vladimir      265  20-Sep-02
  37  ISR 00002  Smirin  Ilya           264  20-Sep-02
  38  USA 00015  Gulko  Boris  USA      264  23-Mar-02
  39  ISR 00112  Sutovsky  Emil         264  20-Sep-02
  40  RUS 00013  Dreev  Alexey          264  20-Sep-02
  41  NED 00002  Piket  Jeroen          264  20-Sep-02
  42  GEO 00004  Giorgadze  Giorgi      264  25-June99
  43  BEL 00001  Gurevich  Mikhail      263  22-Sep-02
  44  UKR 00024  Baklan  Vladimir       263  23-Mar-02
  45  ENG 00009  Speelman  Jonathan     263  25-Sep-01
  46  SLO 00003  Beliavsky  Alexander   262  20-Sep-02
  47  POL 00004  Krasenkow  Michael     262  25-Jun-01
  48  RUS 00060  Pigusov  Evgeny        262  25-Jun-01
  49  FRA 00110  Spassky  Boris         262  23-Mar-02
  50  HUN 00006  Almasi  Zoltan         262  20-Sep-02
  51  SWE 00001  Andersson  Ulf         262  25-Jun-99
  52  USA 00019  Shabalov  Alex         262  23-Mar-02
  53  RUS 00005  Epishin  Vladimir      262  23-Mar-02
  54  ISL 00005  Hjartarsson  Johann    262  01-Jul-00
  55  ARM 00006  Minasian  Artashes     261  01-Jul-00
  56  BRA 00003  Leitao  Rafael         261  25-Jul-01
  57  LTU 00001  Gavrikov  Viktor       261  20-Sep-02
  58  RUS 00072  Landa  Kontantin       261  23-Mar-02
  59  HUN 00016  Gyimesi  Zoltan        261  23-Mar-02
  60  SWE 00005  Agrest  Evgenij        261  23-Mar-02
  61  ISR 00009  Psakhis  Lev           261  23-Mar-02
  62  RUS 00039  Svesnikov  Evgeny      261  20-Sep-02
  63  USA 00003  Seirawan  Yasser       261  20-Sep-02
  64  EST 00001  Ehlvest  Jan           261  20-Sep-02
  65  BIH 00001  Nikolic  Pedrag        261  20-Sep-02
  66  ENG 00011  Lalic  Bogdan          260  23-Mar-02
  67  USA 00014  Serper  Grigory        260  25-Jul-01
  68  SVK 00001  Ftacnik  Lubomir       260  01-Sep-99
  69  BUL 00013  Kolev  Atanas          260  23-Mar-02
  70  RUS 00028  Kobalija  Mikhail      260  23-Mar-02
  71  UKR 00010  Savchenko  Stanislav   260  23-Mar-02
  72  SUI 00001  Korchnoi  Viktor       260  23-Mar-02
  73  RUS 00017  Dolmatov  Sergey       260  25-Jun-99
  74  GER 00133  Seul  Georg  Germany   260  23-Mar-02
  75  RUS 00014  Zvjaginsev  Vadim      260  20-Sep-02
  76  UKR 00025  Shneider  Aleksander   260  23-Mar-02
  77  POL 00003  Macieja  Bartlomiej    260  22-Sep-02
  78  ARM 00007  Anastasian  Ashot      260  23-Mar-02
  79  AUS 00001  Rogers  Ian  Austalia  259  23-Mar-02
  80  NED 00016  Tiviakov  Sergei       259  22-Sep-02
  81  SLO 00007  Sermek  Drazen         259  23-Mar-02
  82  ISR 00010  Huzman  Alexander      259  25-Jul-01
  83  RUS 00038  Filippov  Valeri       259  19-Jul-01
  84  HUN 00012  Ribli  Zoltan          259  25-Jun-99
  85  ISR 00003  Greenfeld  Alon        259  25-Jul-01
  86  RUS 00044  Najer  Evgenij         259  23-Mar-02
  87  IND 00005  Sasikiran  Krishan     259  20-Sep-02
  88  RUS 00056  Rustemov  Alexander    259  23-Mar-02
  89  RUS 00018  Sakaev  Konstantin     259  23-Mar-02
  90  USA 00001  Gurevich  Ilya         259  01-èþí-99
  91  UKR 00027  Brodsky  Michail       259  25-ÿíâ-01
  92  CUB 00004  Dominguez  Lenier      259  23-Mar-02
  93  FRA 00003  Dorfman  Iossif        259  25-ÿíâ-01
  94  CRO 00008  Cviltan  Ognjen        259  25-ÿíâ-01
  95  ARM 00009  Aronian  Levon         259  23-Mar-02
  96  USA 00009  Benjamin  Joel         259  25-ÿíâ-01
  97  ESP 00007  Vallejo Pons  N        259  23-Mar-02
  98  YUG 00001  Ljubojevic  Ljubomir   259  20-Sep-02
  99  ROM 00010  Istratescu  Andrei     258  23-Mar-02
 100  ARM 00003  Asrian  Levon          258  25-June99
 101  FRA 00010  Fressinet  Laurent     258  20-Sep-02
 102  GER 00126  Jussupov  Artur        258  20-Sep-02
 103  RUS 00024  Ulibin  Mikhail        258  01-èþë-00
 104  RUS 00055  Malakhov  Vladimir     258  25-ÿíâ-01
 105  ISR 00050  Gofshtein  Leonid D    258  23-Mar-02
 106  DEN 00001  Nielsen  Peter Heine   258  25-June99
 107  GER 00131  Lobron  Eric  Germany  258  23-Mar-02
 108  UKR 00021  Onischuk  Alexander    258  20-Sep-02
 109  KAZ 00003  Vladimirov  Evgeny     258  23-Mar-02
 110  UKR 00020  Timoshenko  Georgy     258  23-Mar-02
 111  ENG 00008  Short  Nigel           258  20-Sep-02
 112  LTU 00005  Kveinys  Aloyzas       258  23-Mar-02
 113  SUI 00004  Gallagher  Joseph G.   258  01-èþë-00
 114  CHN 00044  Ye  Jiangchun          258  20-Sep-02
 115  CHN 00007  Zhang  Zhong           258  23-Mar-02
 116  SWE 00007  Hellers  Ferdinand     258  23-Mar-02