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January 2015 ratings: a few extraordinary results

1/1/2015 – It would be easy to presume that with the last month of the year having just played through, with little in the way of Super GM tournaments to discuss, that the list ushering in the new year would have little to say, but as it is, not so. As you will see, this list contains not a few extraordinary results such as the boy who went from 1949 to 2517 in three months!

December 2014 ratings: A few more historic marks

12/2/2014 – It was a remarkable month and not merely because of the amount of top level chess. Although nearly everything was overshadowed by the World Championship, new historic marks were set. Alexander Grischuk had the best result of his career and rocketed to 2810, while Samuel Sevian became the youngest GM in US history. Not least is Wei Yi who is now in the Top 100 at age 15.

October 2014 ratings: Faby! Faby! Faby!

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.

September 2014 ratings: Chinese Gold

9/1/2014 – To describe August as having been a busy month for ratings would be a huge understatement. The Olympiads at Tromso ensured a massive amount of games for almost all the top players, and the few who were not representing their countries, kept busy otherwise. The Chinese Gold for the men was historic, and was thanks to incredible results by Ding Liren and Yu Yangyi. Read the summaries.

August 2014 ratings: History in the making

7/31/2014 – The month of August saw a few historic moments. The first and most visible is Fabiano Caruana finally breaking into the 2800 club once and for all with 2801. Still, this was overshadowed by Hou Yifan breaking into the Top 100 players at 87th, only the second female in history. However, see the summaries to find out who scored 200 Elo or 300 Elo in a year and even 134 Elo in one month!

March 2014 ratings: Carlsen does it again with 2881

2/28/2014 – The latest and greatest FIDE ratings list has been published, and the big news is quite obviously Magnus Carlsen's new record of 2881, achieved after his result at Zurich. The question of 2900 looms closer and seems very achievable. Levon Aronian kept him in sight with a personal best of 2830. French GM Vachier-Lagrave climbed to the Top Ten for the first time. Tables, results, and more.

November 2013 ratings – Nakamura in place four

11/1/2013 – Naturally Magnus Carlsen is firmly entrenched in place one, 69 points above anyone else. Hikaru Nakamura switched places with Alexander Grischuk and is now number four in the world. Boris Gelfand gained 12 points to rise to number seven – ahead of World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who is eighth. November 2013 FIDE ratings.

September 2013 ratings – Kramnik back at three

9/1/2013 – Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik gained ten points in the past month and retook the third place that is something of a birthright – switching rating slots with Crown Prince and pretender Fabiano Caruana of Italy, who lost 17 points and dropped from third to fifth. September 2013 FIDE ratings.

July 2013 ratings – big changes at the top

7/1/2013 – With the world rankings being published on a monthly basis the action at the top – big gains and losses – are usually fairly restricted. Not so in the latest list: Fabiano Caruana gained 22 points and climbed from ninth to third place in the world. Vladimir Kramnik lost nineteen points and dropped a rank, from third to fourth. July 2013 rating of FIDE.

June 2013 ratings – Magnus Carlsen remains on top

6/1/2013 – The monthly ratings show Kramnik and Topalov, who gained a bunch of points in the previous list, dropping most or some of these points. Aronian played 18 games but remained exactly in the same position with the same rating. Karjakin did a big climb, from tenth in the world to seventh, gaining 15 points in the process. June 2013 rating of FIDE.

FIDE May 2013 ratings – big changes at the top

5/2/2013 – The monthly ratings published by FIDE usually show little variation amongst the strongest players. Not so in April, where a number in the top ten slot gained up to 22 points, and one player dropped a thumping 48 points in a single month, descending from fourth to 14th place in the world. May 2013 rating of FIDE.

FIDE April 2013 ratings – and reform plans

4/1/2013 – Vladimir Kramnik lost a bunch of rating points and descended from rank two to three, exchanging places with Levon Aronian, while Fabiano Caruana gained twelve to rejoin the top ten. Apart from that nothing really noteworthy to report this month, which has led to discussions within FIDE on how to "hot up" the list. We were privy to some of their very daring plans and can tell you what is in store.

FIDE March 2013 ratings

3/4/2013 –  Of the top ten, only Anand actually played any games in February, ten in total, with a gain of four rating points. Giri and Vachier both increased their ratings by seven points, while Naiditsch and Wojtaszek both lost ten points. Wesley So gained 17 points from 19 games and is second in the Juniors ranking. Big winners: Nikita Vitiugov (+18) and Pavel Eljanov (+19). March rankings.

The name of the game is domination

3/1/2013 –  With Magnus Carlsen's Elo skyrocketing past Mars, the big talk is on the record rating and how far he can take it. The secondary talk, understandably, is how this compares with past ratings, and whether the record is indeed a record. In the following article, a different perspective is shed on the subject, highlighting the most dominant rating as opposed to the highest. Food for thought.

FIDE January 2013 ratings – Carlsen with record-breaking lead

1/1/2013 – We enthusiastically reported it in our London Chess Classic coverage: Magnus Carlsen has shattered Garry Kasparov's legendary 2851 rating record. Now the chess sensation from Norway has officially been recorded at 2861 in the FIDE rating lists. Vladimir Kramnik has replaced Levon Aronian in second place, Sergey Karjakin has overtaken World Champion Vishy Anand. January rankings.

Bareev up and Leko down in FIDE October ratings

9/22/2003 – The big winners are Evgeny Bareev, who gained 18 points and jumped to place four, and Indian GM Krishnan Sasikiran, who gained 25 points rose from 40 to 24. Peter Leko dropped from rank 4 to 10. On the very top Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand reign supreme. Here is the list of the top 100.
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