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In the top 100 players, men and women alike, we see Veselin Topalov at the top, a full 34 points ahead of his nearest rival. This reminds us of Garry Kasparov, who for the first time in decades is not on the list, due to retirement and inactivity. It is astounding how Topalov has been able to fill the vacant berth and put such a clear distance between himself and the rest of the world.
Obviously the FIDE world champion is playing extremely well and also looking after his appearance schemes very carefully. Anand has probably been too active in this rating segment, having played almost twice as many games as Topalov. Armenian GM Levon Aronian has gained another 21 points and is now just 18 points shy of Anand. Vladimir Kramnik came back from a protracted illness to display the highest performance of any player at the Turin Chess Olympiad. He is now in fourth place, 18 points behind Aronian.
Other noteworthy players:
No. | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Gms | B-Year |
1 | Topalov, Veselin | G | BUL | 2813 | 14 | 1975 |
2 | Anand, Viswanathan | G | IND | 2779 | 26 | 1969 |
3 | Aronian, Levon | G | ARM | 2761 | 21 | 1982 |
4 | Kramnik, Vladimir | G | RUS | 2743 | 9 | 1975 |
5 | Svidler, Peter | G | RUS | 2742 | 28 | 1976 |
6 | Leko, Peter | G | HUN | 2738 | 0 | 1979 |
7 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | G | UKR | 2734 | 39 | 1969 |
8 | Adams, Michael | G | ENG | 2732 | 25 | 1971 |
9 | Morozevich, Alexander | G | RUS | 2731 | 18 | 1977 |
10 | Gelfand, Boris | G | ISR | 2729 | 20 | 1968 |
11 | Radjabov, Teimour | G | AZE | 2728 | 20 | 1987 |
12 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | G | AZE | 2722 | 27 | 1985 |
13 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | G | UKR | 2721 | 29 | 1983 |
14 | Navara, David | G | CZE | 2719 | 36 | 1985 |
15 | Shirov, Alexei | G | ESP | 2716 | 43 | 1972 |
16 | Akopian, Vladimir | G | ARM | 2713 | 21 | 1971 |
17 | Polgar, Judit | G | HUN | 2710 | 1 | 1976 |
18 | Grischuk, Alexander | G | RUS | 2709 | 28 | 1983 |
19 | Bacrot, Etienne | G | FRA | 2707 | 32 | 1983 |
20 | Kamsky, Gata | G | USA | 2697 | 29 | 1974 |
21 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | G | ROM | 2693 | 32 | 1976 |
22 | Malakhov, Vladimir | G | RUS | 2691 | 21 | 1980 |
23 | Georgiev, Kiril | G | BUL | 2685 | 30 | 1965 |
24 | Bareev, Evgeny | G | RUS | 2683 | 26 | 1966 |
25 | Harikrishna, P. | G | IND | 2682 | 24 | 1986 |
26 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | G | IND | 2681 | 29 | 1981 |
27 | Karjakin, Sergey | G | UKR | 2679 | 22 | 1990 |
28 | Najer, Evgeniy | G | RUS | 2677 | 20 | 1977 |
29 | Short, Nigel D. | G | ENG | 2676 | 11 | 1965 |
30 | Van Wely, Loek | G | NED | 2675 | 38 | 1972 |
31 | Lautier, Joel | G | FRA | 2675 | 24 | 1973 |
32 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | G | RUS | 2675 | 19 | 1976 |
33 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | G | ESP | 2674 | 22 | 1982 |
34 | Carlsen, Magnus | G | NOR | 2673 | 23 | 1990 |
35 | Almasi, Zoltan | G | HUN | 2672 | 43 | 1976 |
36 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | G | UZB | 2672 | 35 | 1979 |
37 | Azmaiparashvili, Zurab | G | GEO | 2669 | 0 | 1960 |
38 | Onischuk, Alexander | G | USA | 2668 | 31 | 1975 |
39 | Tiviakov, Sergei | G | NED | 2668 | 36 | 1973 |
40 | Karpov, Anatoly | G | RUS | 2668 | 3 | 1951 |
41 | Sargissian, Gabriel | G | ARM | 2667 | 42 | 1983 |
42 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | G | RUS | 2667 | 19 | 1983 |
43 | Rublevsky, Sergei | G | RUS | 2667 | 24 | 1974 |
44 | Bruzon, Lazaro | G | CUB | 2667 | 11 | 1982 |
45 | Dreev, Alexey | G | RUS | 2666 | 19 | 1969 |
46 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | G | GER | 2665 | 47 | 1985 |
47 | Bu, Xiangzhi | G | CHN | 2664 | 12 | 1985 |
48 | Motylev, Alexander | G | RUS | 2662 | 8 | 1979 |
49 | Volokitin, Andrei | G | UKR | 2662 | 31 | 1986 |
50 | Izoria, Zviad | G | GEO | 2660 | 26 | 1984 |
51 | Smirin, Ilia | G | ISR | 2659 | 29 | 1968 |
52 | Dominguez, Lenier | G | CUB | 2658 | 12 | 1983 |
53 | Timofeev, Artyom | G | RUS | 2657 | 11 | 1985 |
54 | Sokolov, Ivan | G | NED | 2652 | 49 | 1968 |
55 | Eljanov, Pavel | G | UKR | 2651 | 28 | 1983 |
56 | Jobava, Baadur | G | GEO | 2651 | 21 | 1983 |
57 | Moiseenko, Alexander | G | UKR | 2649 | 30 | 1980 |
58 | Kobalia, Mikhail | G | RUS | 2647 | 17 | 1978 |
59 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | G | FRA | 2645 | 25 | 1973 |
60 | Bologan, Viktor | G | MDA | 2645 | 40 | 1971 |
61 | Gashimov, Vugar | G | AZE | 2644 | 28 | 1986 |
62 | Alekseev, Evgeny | G | RUS | 2644 | 11 | 1985 |
63 | Gurevich, Mikhail | G | TUR | 2643 | 59 | 1959 |
64 | Sakaev, Konstantin | G | RUS | 2642 | 21 | 1974 |
65 | Areshchenko, Alexander | G | UKR | 2641 | 20 | 1986 |
66 | Avrukh, Boris | G | ISR | 2641 | 21 | 1978 |
67 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | G | DEN | 2640 | 29 | 1973 |
68 | Zhang, Zhong | G | CHN | 2639 | 8 | 1978 |
69 | Miton, Kamil | G | POL | 2638 | 21 | 1984 |
70 | Korneev, Oleg | G | RUS | 2638 | 48 | 1969 |
71 | Seirawan, Yasser | G | USA | 2638 | 5 | 1960 |
72 | Delchev, Aleksander | G | BUL | 2637 | 37 | 1971 |
73 | Movsesian, Sergei | G | SVK | 2637 | 38 | 1978 |
74 | Krasenkow, Michal | G | POL | 2635 | 16 | 1963 |
75 | Asrian, Karen | G | ARM | 2635 | 30 | 1980 |
76 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | G | PER | 2634 | 12 | 1967 |
77 | Lputian, Smbat G | G | ARM | 2634 | 11 | 1958 |
78 | Nakamura, Hikaru | G | USA | 2632 | 27 | 1987 |
79 | Efimenko, Zahar | G | UKR | 2632 | 26 | 1985 |
80 | Cheparinov, Ivan | G | BUL | 2632 | 24 | 1986 |
81 | Volkov, Sergey | G | RUS | 2628 | 10 | 1974 |
82 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | G | BLR | 2627 | 16 | 1973 |
83 | Fressinet, Laurent | G | FRA | 2626 | 47 | 1981 |
84 | Wang, Yue | G | CHN | 2626 | 30 | 1987 |
85 | Nikolic, Predrag | G | BIH | 2626 | 31 | 1960 |
86 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | G | SLO | 2625 | 18 | 1953 |
87 | Damljanovic, Branko | G | SCG | 2625 | 22 | 1961 |
88 | Hansen, Curt | G | DEN | 2625 | 10 | 1964 |
89 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | G | RUS | 2625 | 22 | 1985 |
90 | Ibragimov, Ildar | G | USA | 2624 | 22 | 1967 |
91 | Riazantsev, Alexander | G | RUS | 2622 | 23 | 1985 |
92 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | G | POL | 2622 | 20 | 1987 |
93 | Zhang, Pengxiang | G | CHN | 2622 | 8 | 1980 |
94 | Khalifman, Alexander | G | RUS | 2622 | 7 | 1966 |
95 | Socko, Bartosz | G | POL | 2621 | 36 | 1978 |
96 | Baklan, Vladimir | G | UKR | 2621 | 24 | 1978 |
97 | Afromeev, Vladimir | F | RUS | 2620 | 14 | 1954 |
98 | Milov, Vadim | G | SUI | 2620 | 17 | 1972 |
99 | Illescas Cordoba, Miguel | G | ESP | 2620 | 17 | 1965 |
100 | Vescovi, Giovanni | G | BRA | 2619 | 11 | 1978 |
101 | Atalik, Suat | G | TUR | 2619 | 51 | 1964 |
In the women's section Judit Polgar was occupied with her second pregnancy and played just one game. She remains on top of the list (and is currently number 17 overall in the world). India's Koneru Humpy is second, 162 points behind Judit. Humpy herself is 14 points ahead of the very determined Alexandra Kosteniuk. Veteran Pia Cramling has climbed to fourth, with former FIDE world champion Andoaneta Stefanova a single point behind in fifth. Remarkable is the appearance of Women's FM Hou Yifan on this list at the age of just 12 years and four months. Hou is just 29 points behind her compatriot Xu Yuhua, who is the reigning women's world champion, and 12 points ahead of Zhu Chen, the former women's world champion.
No. | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Gms | B-Year |
1 | Polgar, Judit | G | HUN | 2710 | 1 | 1976 |
2 | Koneru, Humpy | G | IND | 2548 | 52 | 1987 |
3 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | G | RUS | 2534 | 10 | 1984 |
4 | Cramling, Pia | G | SWE | 2521 | 20 | 1963 |
5 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | G | BUL | 2520 | 34 | 1979 |
6 | Xu, Yuhua | WG | CHN | 2517 | 0 | 1976 |
7 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | G | GEO | 2504 | 0 | 1961 |
8 | Hou, Yifan | WF | CHN | 2488 | 41 | 1994 |
9 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | M | RUS | 2479 | 34 | 1986 |
10 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | M | LTU | 2476 | 27 | 1983 |
11 | Zhu, Chen | G | QAT | 2476 | 13 | 1976 |
12 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | M | RUS | 2472 | 32 | 1985 |
13 | Hoang Thanh Trang | M | HUN | 2470 | 35 | 1980 |
14 | Galliamova, Alisa | M | RUS | 2470 | 0 | 1972 |
15 | Dembo, Yelena | M | GRE | 2465 | 26 | 1983 |
16 | Qin, Kanying | WG | CHN | 2465 | 0 | 1974 |
17 | Socko, Monika | M | POL | 2464 | 5 | 1978 |
18 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | M | RUS | 2463 | 16 | 1974 |
19 | Shen, Yang | CHN | 2459 | 37 | 1989 | |
20 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | M | ARM | 2459 | 32 | 1982 |
21 | Gaponenko, Inna | M | UKR | 2458 | 39 | 1976 |
22 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | M | GER | 2456 | 44 | 1985 |
23 | Muzychuk, Anna | WG | SLO | 2456 | 32 | 1990 |
24 | Zhukova, Natalia | WG | UKR | 2456 | 20 | 1979 |
25 | Zhao, Xue | WG | CHN | 2456 | 13 | 1985 |
26 | Matveeva, Svetlana | M | RUS | 2454 | 0 | 1969 |
27 | Lahno, Kateryna | M | UKR | 2449 | 27 | 1989 |
28 | Sebag, Marie | M | FRA | 2448 | 24 | 1986 |
29 | Pogonina, Natalija | WG | RUS | 2441 | 22 | 1985 |
30 | Ciuksyte, Dagne | M | LTU | 2440 | 27 | 1977 |
31 | Hunt, Harriet | M | ENG | 2439 | 19 | 1978 |
32 | Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman | M | IND | 2438 | 18 | 1979 |
33 | Dzagnidze, Nana | M | GEO | 2437 | 21 | 1987 |
34 | Krush, Irina | M | USA | 2436 | 20 | 1983 |
35 | Zatonskih, Anna | WG | USA | 2432 | 30 | 1978 |
36 | Korbut, Ekaterina | WG | RUS | 2430 | 18 | 1985 |
37 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | M | GEO | 2427 | 26 | 1968 |
38 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | M | ROM | 2425 | 22 | 1978 |
39 | Radziewicz, Iweta | M | POL | 2425 | 16 | 1981 |
40 | Danielian, Elina | M | ARM | 2423 | 23 | 1978 |
41 | Skripchenko, Almira | M | FRA | 2421 | 30 | 1976 |
42 | Peng, Zhaoqin | G | NED | 2420 | 38 | 1968 |
43 | Javakhishvili, Lela | M | GEO | 2418 | 22 | 1984 |
44 | Khurtsidze, Nino | M | GEO | 2414 | 22 | 1975 |
45 | Vasilevich, Tatjana | M | UKR | 2412 | 31 | 1977 |
46 | Ushenina, Anna | WG | UKR | 2410 | 21 | 1985 |
47 | Kostiukova, Liubov | WG | UKR | 2409 | 24 | 1983 |
48 | Ovod, Evgenija | M | RUS | 2409 | 9 | 1982 |
49 | Zaiatz, Elena | M | RUS | 2405 | 10 | 1969 |
50 | Jackova, Jana | M | CZE | 2403 | 34 | 1982 |
The top junior in the world, by a margin of 46 points, is Teimour Radjabov, who turned 19 last March. Second is India's Pentala Harikrishna, who is a year younger. In hot pursuit is Ukrainian GM Sergey Karjakin, who is just 16, followed by his Norwegian rival Magnus Carlsen, who is 15.
No. | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Gms | B-Year |
1 | Radjabov, Teimour | G | AZE | 2728 | 20 | 1987 |
2 | Harikrishna, P. | G | IND | 2682 | 24 | 1986 |
3 | Karjakin, Sergey | G | UKR | 2679 | 22 | 1990 |
4 | Carlsen, Magnus | G | NOR | 2673 | 23 | 1990 |
5 | Volokitin, Andrei | G | UKR | 2662 | 31 | 1986 |
6 | Gashimov, Vugar | G | AZE | 2644 | 28 | 1986 |
7 | Areshchenko, Alexander | G | UKR | 2641 | 20 | 1986 |
8 | Nakamura, Hikaru | G | USA | 2632 | 27 | 1987 |
9 | Cheparinov, Ivan | G | BUL | 2632 | 24 | 1986 |
10 | Wang, Yue | G | CHN | 2626 | 30 | 1987 |
11 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | G | POL | 2622 | 20 | 1987 |
12 | Wang, Hao | G | CHN | 2610 | 18 | 1989 |
13 | Balogh, Csaba | G | HUN | 2609 | 47 | 1987 |
14 | Laznicka, Viktor | G | CZE | 2602 | 34 | 1988 |
15 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | G | RUS | 2594 | 22 | 1987 |
16 | Baramidze, David | G | GER | 2591 | 50 | 1988 |
17 | Guseinov, Gadir | G | AZE | 2591 | 31 | 1986 |
18 | Pantsulaia, Levan | G | GEO | 2584 | 26 | 1986 |
19 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | G | FRA | 2577 | 18 | 1990 |
20 | Stellwagen, Daniel | G | NED | 2575 | 30 | 1987 |
Koneru Humpy, the strongest female player India has every produced, is comfortably in first place. She turned 19 on March 31 this year. In second is the phenomenon Hou Yifan, who we remind you is just 12. Eastern European girls like Tatiana Kosintseva, Anna Muzychuk and Kateryna Lahno are part of the top group that will make life tough for th