Top ten rated players

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.
Top 100 players in the world, January 2007
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 |
Top women players
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 |
Top Juniors
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 |
Top girls
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 |
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