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Veselin Topalov remains number one on the January 1st 2007 rating list at 2783, which is 30 points less than his phenomenal 2813 rating in the previous list. He shed these points in the World Championship match against Kramnik and the Essent tournament. Topalov is now just four Elo points ahead of Viswanathan Anand (2779) and 17 ahead of Vladimir Kramnik (2766).
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan has risen to place four on the list, improving from 2728 to 2754. Peter Svidler has dropped out of the top-ten list, having lost 22 points and moved to place 12. Otherwise the list at the top of the chart is not much different from the previous one. The following chart shows you graphically who lost and who gained.
The January 2007 ratings of the top ten players, front, compared with October 2006, behind
Rank | Player | Oct '06 |
Jan '07 |
Diff. |
1 | Topalov, Veselin | 2813 |
2783 |
–30 |
2 | Anand, Viswanathan | 2779 |
2779 |
= |
3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 2750 |
2766 |
+16 |
4 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2728 |
2754 |
+26 |
5 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2741 |
2750 |
+9 |
6 | Leko, Peter | 2741 |
2749 |
+8 |
7 | Aronian, Levon | 2741 |
2744 |
+3 |
8 | Morozevich, Alexander | 2747 |
2741 |
–6 |
9 | Adams, Michael | 2735 |
2735 |
= |
10 | Gelfand, Boris | 2733 |
2733 |
= |
Below the top ten we find Judit Polgar at place 13, having gained 17 points. Ruslan Ponomariov has gained 20 points to rise from place 20 to place 14 on the current list. India is celebrating the second player from this rising chess superpower to reach 2700: Krishnan Sasikiran, whose 25-point rise came from one of the best performances in his career – in Doha, where he captained India to the team gold in the first ever chess competition at the Asian Games.
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2783 | 17 | 1975 |
2 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2779 | 0 | 1969 |
3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2766 | 11 | 1975 |
4 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2754 | 25 | 1985 |
5 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2750 | 33 | 1969 |
6 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2749 | 9 | 1979 |
7 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2744 | 13 | 1982 |
8 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2741 | 15 | 1977 |
9 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2735 | 0 | 1971 |
10 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2733 | 19 | 1968 |
11 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2729 | 6 | 1987 |
12 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2728 | 28 | 1976 |
13 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2727 | 6 | 1976 |
14 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2723 | 15 | 1983 |
15 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2719 | 16 | 1985 |
16 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2717 | 16 | 1983 |
17 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2715 | 21 | 1972 |
18 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2705 | 0 | 1983 |
19 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2705 | 0 | 1974 |
20 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2700 | 15 | 1971 |
21 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2700 | 14 | 1981 |
22 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2691 | 24 | 1983 |
23 | Short, Nigel D. | g | ENG | 2691 | 20 | 1965 |
24 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2690 | 11 | 1990 |
25 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROM | 2689 | 31 | 1976 |
26 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2683 | 11 | 1972 |
27 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2682 | 16 | 1979 |
28 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2679 | 25 | 1982 |
29 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2678 | 6 | 1990 |
30 | Dominguez, Lenier | g | CUB | 2677 | 19 | 1983 |
31 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2677 | 13 | 1974 |
32 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2675 | 29 | 1983 |
33 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2673 | 15 | 1986 |
34 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2669 | 34 | 1985 |
35 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2669 | 10 | 1976 |
36 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2667 | 13 | 1973 |
37 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 2665 | 8 | 1972 |
38 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2663 | 35 | 1985 |
39 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2663 | 21 | 1980 |
40 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2663 | 18 | 1975 |
41 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2663 | 7 | 1985 |
42 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2661 | 24 | 1985 |
43 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2661 | 18 | 1965 |
44 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2658 | 37 | 1969 |
45 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2658 | 21 | 1971 |
46 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2658 | 13 | 1976 |
47 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2658 | 6 | 1986 |
48 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2658 | 6 | 1983 |
49 | Lautier, Joel | g | FRA | 2656 | 0 | 1973 |
50 | Miton, Kamil | g | POL | 2655 | 28 | 1984 |
51 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2654 | 26 | 1968 |
52 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | NED | 2652 | 6 | 1968 |
53 | Krasenkow, Michal | g | POL | 2651 | 16 | 1963 |
54 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2651 | 10 | 1973 |
55 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2651 | 6 | 1987 |
56 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2650 | 0 | 1983 |
57 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2649 | 6 | 1973 |
58 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2647 | 9 | 1979 |
59 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2646 | 6 | 1981 |
60 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2645 | 13 | 1986 |
61 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2644 | 45 | 1987 |
62 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2644 | 28 | 1986 |
63 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2644 | 20 | 1985 |
64 | Izoria, Zviad | g | GEO | 2644 | 13 | 1984 |
65 | Avrukh, Boris | g | ISR | 2644 | 0 | 1978 |
66 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2643 | 38 | 1966 |
67 | Zhang, Pengxiang | g | CHN | 2643 | 37 | 1980 |
68 | Sakaev, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2641 | 14 | 1974 |
69 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2640 | 9 | 1986 |
70 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2639 | 24 | 1978 |
71 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 2639 | 0 | 1953 |
72 | Nijboer, Friso | g | NED | 2638 | 16 | 1965 |
73 | Seirawan, Yasser | g | USA | 2638 | 0 | 1960 |
74 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2637 | 25 | 1978 |
75 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2637 | 16 | 1987 |
76 | Volkov, Sergey | g | RUS | 2636 | 27 | 1974 |
77 | Gurevich, Mikhail | g | TUR | 2635 | 26 | 1959 |
78 | Asrian, Karen | g | ARM | 2634 | 7 | 1980 |
79 | Lputian, Smbat G | g | ARM | 2634 | 4 | 1958 |
80 | Spraggett, Kevin | g | CAN | 2633 | 29 | 1954 |
81 | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | g | UKR | 2632 | 21 | 1978 |
82 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2632 | 20 | 1983 |
83 | Azmaiparashvili, Zurab | g | GEO | 2632 | 2 | 1960 |
84 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2629 | 36 | 1977 |
85 | Korchnoi, Viktor | g | SUI | 2629 | 24 | 1931 |
86 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2629 | 24 | 1985 |
87 | Macieja, Bartlomiej | g | POL | 2629 | 18 | 1977 |
88 | Socko, Bartosz | g | POL | 2629 | 18 | 1978 |
89 | Afromeev, Vladimir | f | RUS | 2628 | 0 | 1954 |
90 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2627 | 44 | 1980 |
91 | Fridman, Daniel | g | LAT | 2626 | 18 | 1976 |
92 | Nikolic, Predrag | g | BIH | 2626 | 0 | 1960 |
93 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2624 | 40 | 1987 |
94 | Fedorov, Alexei | g | BLR | 2624 | 16 | 1972 |
95 | Smirnov, Pavel | g | RUS | 2621 | 27 | 1982 |
96 | Hansen, Curt | g | DEN | 2621 | 0 | 1964 |
97 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2619 | 24 | 1989 |
98 | Hracek, Zbynek | g | CZE | 2619 | 16 | 1970 |
99 | Istratescu, Andrei | g | ROM | 2619 | 16 | 1975 |
100 | Khalifman, Alexander | g | RUS | 2619 | 16 | 1966 |
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2727 | 6 | 1976 |
2 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2567 | 15 | 1987 |
3 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2530 | 21 | 1963 |
4 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2518 | 18 | 1976 |
5 | Xu, Yuhua | wg | CHN | 2517 | 0 | 1976 |
6 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2515 | 9 | 1984 |
7 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | g | GEO | 2510 | 7 | 1961 |
8 | Hou, Yifan | wf | CHN | 2509 | 30 | 1994 |
9 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | m | RUS | 2496 | 18 | 1985 |
10 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2483 | 6 | 1979 |
11 | Socko, Monika | m | POL | 2481 | 6 | 1978 |
12 | Sebag, Marie | m | FRA | 2477 | 9 | 1986 |
13 | Muzychuk, Anna | wg | SLO | 2475 | 23 | 1990 |
14 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | m | RUS | 2474 | 24 | 1986 |
15 | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2470 | 11 | 1972 |
16 | Hoang Thanh Trang | m | HUN | 2470 | 0 | 1980 |
17 | Dembo, Yelena | m | GRE | 2469 | 0 | 1983 |
18 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | m | LTU | 2466 | 5 | 1983 |
19 | Qin, Kanying | wg | CHN | 2465 | 0 | 1974 |
20 | Zhao, Xue | wg | CHN | 2463 | 26 | 1985 |
21 | Dzagnidze, Nana | m | GEO | 2463 | 15 | 1987 |
22 | Zatonskih, Anna | wg | USA | 2462 | 21 | 1978 |
23 | Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman | m | IND | 2459 | 33 | 1979 |
24 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2458 | 4 | 1982 |
25 | Zhukova, Natalia | wg | UKR | 2457 | 9 | 1979 |
26 | Lahno, Kateryna | m | UKR | 2456 | 8 | 1989 |
27 | Korbut, Ekaterina | wg | RUS | 2452 | 16 | 1985 |
28 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2451 | 22 | 1985 |
29 | Khurtsidze, Nino | m | GEO | 2451 | 16 | 1975 |
30 | Ciuksyte, Dagne | m | LTU | 2450 | 14 | 1977 |
31 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2450 | 9 | 1976 |
32 | Ushenina, Anna | wg | UKR | 2449 | 26 | 1985 |
33 | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2449 | 18 | 1983 |
34 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2446 | 30 | 1989 |
35 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | m | GEO | 2437 | 2 | 1968 |
36 | Hunt, Harriet | m | ENG | 2436 | 4 | 1978 |
37 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2435 | 26 | 1974 |
38 | Peng, Zhaoqin | g | NED | 2431 | 9 | 1968 |
39 | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2428 | 30 | 1981 |
40 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2428 | 1 | 1976 |
41 | Tairova, Elena | wg | RUS | 2427 | 35 | 1991 |
42 | Danielian, Elina | m | ARM | 2426 | 7 | 1978 |
43 | Harika, Dronavalli | wg | IND | 2421 | 47 | 1991 |
44 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2421 | 7 | 1984 |
45 | Li, Ruofan | wg | CHN | 2418 | 11 | 1978 |
46 | Gvetadze, Sopio | wg | GEO | 2416 | 22 | 1983 |
47 | Moser, Eva | m | AUT | 2416 | 18 | 1982 |
48 | Jackova, Jana | m | CZE | 2414 | 0 | 1982 |
49 | Ovod, Evgenija | m | RUS | 2410 | 9 | 1982 |
50 | Vasilevich, Tatjana | m | UKR | 2408 | 18 | 1977 |
51 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | m | ROM | 2408 | 13 | 1978 |
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2729 | 6 | 1987 |
2 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2690 | 11 | 1990 |
3 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2678 | 6 | 1990 |
4 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2651 | 6 | 1987 |
5 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2644 | 45 | 1987 |
6 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2637 | 16 | 1987 |
7 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2624 | 40 | 1987 |
8 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2619 | 24 | 1989 |
9 | Balogh, Csaba | g | HUN | 2616 | 0 | 1987 |
10 | Vitiugov, Nikita | m | RUS | 2604 | 35 | 1987 |
11 | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2593 | 7 | 1988 |
12 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | m | RUS | 2587 | 36 | 1990 |
13 | Predojevic, Borki | g | BIH | 2587 | 15 | 1987 |
14 | Khairullin, Ildar | m | RUS | 2586 | 42 | 1990 |
15 | Stellwagen, Daniel | g | NED | 2585 | 13 | 1987 |
16 | Lysyj, Igor | m | RUS | 2576 | 24 | 1987 |
17 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2573 | 12 | 1990 |
18 | Brkic, Ante | m | CRO | 2570 | 45 | 1988 |
19 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2566 | 26 | 1988 |
20 | Czarnota, Pawel | g | POL | 2562 | 9 | 1988 |
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2567 | 15 | 1987 |
2 | Hou, Yifan | wf | CHN | 2509 | 30 | 1994 |
3 | Muzychuk, Anna | wg | SLO | 2475 | 23 | 1990 |
4 | Dzagnidze, Nana | m | GEO | 2463 | 15 | 1987 |
5 | Lahno, Kateryna | m | UKR | 2456 | 8 | 1989 |
6 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2446 | 30 | 1989 |
7 | Tairova, Elena | wg | RUS | 2427 | 35 | 1991 |
8 | Harika, Dronavalli | wg | IND | 2421 | 47 | 1991 |
9 | Melia, Salome | wg | GEO | 2400 | 29 | 1987 |
10 | Mongontuul, Bathuyag | wg | MGL | 2397 | 32 | 1987 |
11 | Ruan, Lufei | CHN | 2370 | 11 | 1987 | |
12 | Karavade, Eesha | wg | IND | 2361 | 36 | 1987 |
13 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | wg | POL | 2350 | 16 | 1987 |
14 | Gunina, Valentina | wf | RUS | 2347 | 20 | 1989 |
15 | Foisor, Sabina-Francesca | wm | ROM | 2342 | 18 | 1989 |
16 | Vasilkova, Svetlana | wm | RUS | 2336 | 9 | 1988 |
17 | Malysheva, Polina | wm | RUS | 2336 | 0 | 1988 |
18 | Kovanova, Baira | wm | RUS | 2334 | 12 | 1987 |
19 | Ju, Wenjun | CHN | 2331 | 11 | 1991 | |
20 | Szczepkowska, Karina | wm | POL | 2331 | 9 | 1987 |
Lists and data by courtesy of FIDE