Nakamura Officially World's #3 on FIDE’s January Rating List

PeterDoggers

Updated: Jan 3, 2014, 10:22 PM | 56 | Chess Players

America's number one grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura moved to #3 in the world rankings by January 1st, 2014, when the new FIDE rating list was published. Nakamura reached his highest position ever with a 2789 rating, two points more than Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. World Champion Magnus Carlsen tops the list with 2872 (tied for his all-time high); Levon Aronian is still in second place with 2812.

Sergey Karjakin of Russia re-entered the world's top 10 thanks to a modest 3-point rating gain, which makes it clear how close the players are in spots 10-14. The biggest gap at the top is between Karjakin and #9 Anand: 14 points. Vassily Ivanchuk jumped back to spot #16, after falling to #22 previously.

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FIDE January Rating List (Top 100)

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2872	0	1990
2	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2812	8	1982
3	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2789	7	1987
4	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2787	8	1975
5	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2785	0	1975
6	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2782	0	1992
7	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2777	7	1983
8	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2777	0	1968
9	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2773	0	1969
10	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2759	8	1990
11	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2758	0	1976
12	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2757	0	1985
13	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2754	0	1971
14	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2754	0	1983
15	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2745	0	1990
16	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2739	8	1969
17	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2738	2	1983
18	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2737	6	1987
19	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2734	9	1994
20	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2734	1	1989
21	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2733	0	1983
22	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2732	7	1990
23	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2730	0	1979
24	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2727	8	1983
25	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2723	8	1985
26	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2722	0	1977
27	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2721	4	1983
28	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2719	0	1993
29	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2718	10	1985
30	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2717	11	1987
31	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2717	9	1992
32	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2717	6	1980
33	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2715	0	1987
34	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2713	0	1987
35	Shirov, Alexei	g	LAT	2711	8	1972
36	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2711	0	1987
37	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2710	8	1983
38	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2710	7	1980
39	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2709	9	1974
40	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2709	2	1981
41	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2709	0	1990
42	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2708	0	1976
43	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2707	2	1982
44	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2706	8	1986
45	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2706	2	1986
46	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2706	0	1974
47	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	g	UKR	2704	9	1986
48	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2703	0	1991
49	Navara, David	g	CZE	2702	2	1985
50	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2700	0	1991
51	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2699	12	1985
52	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2698	2	1979
53	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2698	0	1985
54	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2698	0	1985
55	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2693	0	1976
56	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2691	3	1996
57	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2691	2	1976
58	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2689	0	1985
59	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2684	0	1984
60	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2683	0	1965
61	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	2682	11	1989
62	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2682	9	1971
63	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2682	0	1989
64	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2681	0	1988
65	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	2680	13	1989
66	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2680	11	1985
67	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2680	0	1967
68	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2679	8	1975
69	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2679	5	1986
70	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2677	12	1994
71	Movsesian, Sergei	g	ARM	2677	8	1978
72	Istratescu, Andrei	g	FRA	2677	4	1975
73	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2676	27	1982
74	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2676	13	1981
75	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	2674	4	1984
76	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2673	0	1969
77	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2672	9	1972
78	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2672	0	1986
79	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2671	9	1983
80	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2668	9	1986
81	Lysyj, Igor	g	RUS	2666	0	1987
82	Amin, Bassem	g	EGY	2665	26	1988
83	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2663	4	1977
84	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2661	0	1971
85	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	2659	8	1988
86	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2658	5	1983
87	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2658	2	1990
88	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2657	0	1978
89	Lenic, Luka	g	SLO	2656	11	1988
90	Ragger, Markus	g	AUT	2656	6	1988
91	Erdos, Viktor	g	HUN	2656	2	1987
92	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	g	GEO	2655	2	1979
93	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2655	0	1985
94	Romanov, Evgeny	g	RUS	2654	20	1988
95	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2654	6	1979
96	Petrosian, Tigran L.	g	ARM	2654	4	1984
97	Jones, Gawain C B	g	ENG	2654	0	1987
98	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	2653	9	1965
99	Khairullin, Ildar	g	RUS	2653	1	1990
100	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2653	0	1976
101	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2652	0	1973

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There were hardly any changes in the women's list compared to the previous list in November. Because the FIDE ratings weren't covered here for a while, let's recap the situation: Judit Polgar of Hungary is clear first, obviously. In fact she has been the world's number one among women for exactly 25 years! World Champion Hou Yifan of China is the best of the rest, with 64 points less, followed by Humpy Koneru of India. It's only these three women who have a 2600+ rating and the gap with the rest is substantial: #4 is Zhao Xue of China with 2567.

FIDE January Rating List (Women, Top 30)

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2693	0	1976
2	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2629	0	1994
3	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2613	5	1987
4	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2567	5	1985
5	Muzychuk, Anna	g	SLO	2566	0	1990
6	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2546	4	1987
7	Lagno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2543	0	1989
8	Khotenashvili, Bela	g	GEO	2527	0	1988
9	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2527	0	1984
10	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2525	0	1963
11	Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	2520	5	1991
12	Cmilyte, Viktorija	g	LTU	2515	8	1983
13	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	g	RUS	2513	0	1985
14	Hoang, Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2511	2	1980
15	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2503	7	1992
16	Gunina, Valentina	g	RUS	2503	2	1989
17	Ruan, Lufei	wg	CHN	2503	2	1987
18	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2501	0	1986
19	Ushenina, Anna	g	UKR	2501	0	1985
20	Krush, Irina	g	USA	2500	1	1983
21	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2496	0	1986
22	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2495	0	1985
23	Harika, Dronavalli	g	IND	2486	14	1991
24	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2486	0	1979
25	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2484	5	1986
26	Tan, Zhongyi	wg	CHN	2483	5	1991
27	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2481	10	1976
28	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2470	3	1978
29	Danielian, Elina	g	ARM	2465	10	1978
30	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2465	1	1982

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FIDE January Rating List (Juniors, Top 20)

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2734	9	1994
2	Rapport, Richard	g	HUN	2691	3	1996
3	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2677	12	1994
4	Swiercz, Dariusz	g	POL	2630	2	1994
5	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2629	0	1994
6	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2625	7	1995
7	Nyzhnyk, Illya	g	UKR	2624	1	1996
8	Robson, Ray	g	USA	2617	6	1994
9	Dubov, Daniil	g	RUS	2614	6	1996
10	Cori, Jorge	g	PER	2608	20	1995
11	Wei, Yi	g	CHN	2607	5	1999
12	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2602	11	1994
13	Van Kampen, Robin	g	NED	2602	10	1994
14	Grigoryan, Karen H.	g	ARM	2584	15	1995
15	Bukavshin, Ivan	g	RUS	2578	0	1995
16	Artemiev, Vladislav	m	RUS	2570	0	1998
17	Kovalev, Vladislav	g	BLR	2562	8	1994
18	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy	m	UKR	2561	0	1994
19	Bok, Benjamin	m	NED	2560	20	1995
20	Lu, Shanglei	g	CHN	2558	5	1995

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FIDE January Rating List (Girls, (Juniors) Top 20)

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