FIDE Rating List July 2009

Submitted by SonofPearl on Tue, 06/30/2009 at 12:56pm.

Veselin Topalov (pictured) is still ranked the world's number 1 player on the latest quarterly official FIDE ratings list, gaining a single point to stand at 2813 Elo. World Champion Viswanathan Anand is second on 2788 Elo and Magnus Carlsen is third on 2772 Elo, so the top three all keep their positions from last time.

Lev Aronian climbs to number 4 and Dmitry Jakovenko hits a career high of 5th in the world, just ahead of former world champion, Vladimir Kramnik.

After his recent poor run of form, Vassily Ivanchuk falls from number 12 to number 30. Something tells me he'll be back up in the top 10 soon!

Judith Polgar is quite inactive at the moment, but she is still the only female on the top 100 list, coming in at no.43 and 2687 Elo.

Magnus Carlsen is the top rated junior, followed by Sergey Karjakin (20th), Vachier-Lagrave (29th), Wang Hao (39th), Fabiano Caruana (59th), Dmitry Andreikin (86th), and Wesley So (92nd).

The full list:

July	Prev	Name	Country	Rating
1	1	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	2813
2	2	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	2788
3	3	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2772
4	6	Aronian, Levon	ARM	2768
5	7	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	2760
6	4	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2759
7	9	Leko, Peter	HUN	2756
8	5	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2756
9	15	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2755
10	8	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	2751
11	16	Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	2740
12	18	Svidler, Peter	RUS	2739
13	14	Wang, Yue	CHN	2736
14	10	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2733
15	13	Shirov, Alexei	ESP	2732
16	19	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2727
17	17	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2721
18	24	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2717
19	20	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2717
20	23	Karjakin, Sergey	UKR	2717
21	36	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2716
22	11	Movsesian, Sergei	SVK	2716
23	22	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	2716
24	25	Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	2714
25	34	Akopian, Vladimir	ARM	2712
26	30	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2710
27	52	Motylev, Alexander	RUS	2710
28	26	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	2707
29	47	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2703
30	12	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2703
31	29	Rublevsky, Sergei	RUS	2703
32	27	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2702
33	21	Ni, Hua	CHN	2701
34	45	Onischuk, Alexander	USA	2699
35	28	Adams, Michael	ENG	2699
36	31	Naiditsch, Arkadij	GER	2697
37	50	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	UKR	2696
38	40	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	2693
39	33	Wang, Hao	CHN	2690
40	39	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	2689
41	46	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	2689
42	74	Navara, David	CZE	2687
43	37	Polgar, Judit	HUN	2687
44	56	Short, Nigel D	ENG	2684
45	42	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2684
46	44	Almasi, Zoltan	HUN	2684
47	38	Moiseenko, Alexander	UKR	2682
48	53	Timofeev, Artyom	RUS	2681
49	41	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	2681
50	61	Nielsen, Peter Heine	DEN	2680
51	43	Harikrishna, P.	IND	2679
52	57	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	2678
53	51	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2678
54	64	Sutovsky, Emil	ISR	2675
55	54	Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	2675
56	55	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	ROU	2675
57	32	Tiviakov, Sergei	NED	2674
58	35	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	2672
59	78	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	2670
60	75	Grachev, Boris	RUS	2669
61	48	Sasikiran, Krishnan	IND	2669
62	67	Kurnosov, Igor	RUS	2669
63	62	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	2667
64	63	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	2667
65	83	Fridman, Daniel	GER	2665
66	65	Guseinov, Gadir	AZE	2664
67	59	Najer, Evgeniy	RUS	2663
68	91	Beliavsky, Alexander G	SLO	2662
69	60	Dreev, Alexey	RUS	2660
70	66	Milov, Vadim	SUI	2659
71	100	Roiz, Michael	ISR	2658
72	88	Meier, Georg	GER	2658
73	95	Socko, Bartosz	POL	2656
74	70	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	UKR	2655
75	--	Landa, Konstantin	RUS	2655
76	--	Van Wely, Loek	NED	2655
77	58	Sokolov, Ivan	BIH	2655
78	49	Efimenko, Zahar	UKR	2654
79	--	Tregubov, Pavel V.	RUS	2652
80	68	Areshchenko, Alexander	UKR	2651
81	69	Tkachiev, Vladislav	FRA	2650
82	90	Smirin, Ilia	ISR	2650
83	72	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	2650
84	71	Pashikian, Arman	ARM	2650
85	--	Shulman, Yuri	USA	2648
86	--	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	2648
87	77	Lastin, Alexander	RUS	2648
88	80	Postny, Evgeny	ISR	2647
89	--	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	PER	2647
90	92	Berkes, Ferenc	HUN	2647
91	98	Riazantsev, Alexander	RUS	2647
92	89	So, Wesley	PHI	2646
93	--	Seirawan, Yasser	USA	2646
94	94	Georgiev, Kiril	BUL	2645
95	84	Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	2645
96	85	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2645
97	76	Predojevic, Borki	BIH	2644
98	86	Karpov, Anatoly	RUS	2644
99	79	Amonatov, Farrukh	TJK	2641
100	82	Avrukh, Boris	ISR	2641

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by Tupalkov - 2 months ago
Sofia Bulgaria

Member Since: Jul 2009
Member Points: 10

No. 1

by GeniusKJ - 4 months ago
Coeur d'Alene United States

Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 6101

Yes Kasparov should be on this list... like in top 10

by Marchen - 4 months ago
Kota Kinabalu Malaysia

Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 9

Congratulations to Topalov...

by kaichess - 4 months ago
Fortaleza Brazil

Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 923

Don't worry Olusaba no brazilians too

by Olusaba - 4 months ago
Lagos Nigeria

Member Since: Apr 2009
Member Points: 78

Most of the listed people are full-time chess players, while most of us, if not all of the rest of us, are playing chess for fun. One day, Africans too will be on the list.

by master0062 - 4 months ago
Canton United States

Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 153

Why does Kasparov have to retire?

by gxtmf1 - 4 months ago
Mundelein United States

Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 1255

Wow. Carlsen is less than 1 year older than me and he has the third highest rating in the world...

Well, as long as I reach 1800 before I turn 50 and 2000 before I die, I'm fine.

by cuendillar - 4 months ago
Stockholm Sweden

Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 814

Impressive by Gelfand to reach a peak in both ranking and rating when past 40.

gxtmf1, Carlsen is still only 18. Juniors are players who are 20 or younger.

by bidmonfa - 4 months ago
El Pla d'Urgell Catalonia

Member Since: Jun 2009
Member Points: 3

Rating list july 2009

http://www.bidmonfa.com/elo_fide_ranking_2009_3.htm

by hwatuseke - 4 months ago
Jakarta Indonesia

Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 874

I was happy to join the United States weeks ago I played with Nakamura Two phase I Lost first round in the second round I feel there is a balance to the spirit of play, but time 3days/move out because then I can only win by the time course. Ratings in 2710, he sequence Pref 30. spirit of play and style of play very good size for me.

by Antrov - 4 months ago
Sofia Bulgaria

Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 5

bravo

by Tzar - 4 months ago
Bulgaria

Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 2

Topalov Rulezzz The Last Chess Master

by kerver73 - 4 months ago
Thessaloniki Greece

Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 1161

Vasily Inanchuck droped from 12th place to the 30th.....

by SilentWalker - 4 months ago
Milpitas, CA United States

Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 565

I wonder whether Ivanchuk's performance at Amber basically caused his poor performances in other events. I saw an interview with him last year in Amber saying how he was going to prepare - and then he had such a poor performance this year. I know Amber is not rated, but even so, if you prepare for an event like that for a year - and then have such a poor performance, that has to affect you psychologically. I am speculating though - maybe he is a little burned out with chess. It is hard to tell....

by Smartattack - 4 months ago
Portugal

Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 871

Nice to see David Navara back on track.

by gxtmf1 - 4 months ago
Mundelein United States

Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 1255

Wait, how old is Carlsen if he's a junior, too? Any thoughts on his chance of ever becoming World Champion?

by metalgear34 - 4 months ago
san mateo Philippines

Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 4

i hope i be on the list...

by idosheepallnight - 4 months ago
United States

Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 1340

Kasparov has done enough. Glad to see him retire. He should move to the West and start a chess school and retire though. I know I would go for a week to that school.