Levon Aronian is the world's number 4 player in the world on the September FIDE rating list. The Armenian is now one place higher than Vladimir Kramnik, who lost ten points in Dortmund this summer. Pavel Eljanov is now 6th while Vassily Ivanchuk is back in the top 10.
One of the things we hadn't published yet, partly because of the editor-in-chief's long journey eastbound, is the new FIDE rating list. You probably knew already what the top looked like from checking Hans Arild Runde's "live list" (of which the top 10 is also to be found in the far right column on this website). Besides the change of places 4 and 5 the other story about the top 10 is Eljanov's new rise, from 8 to 6. After winning 6 more points he continues to be Ukraine's number one, though both Vassily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomariov also did well this period, and are not too far behind.Hikaru Nakamura won 4 points in Amsterdam which was still enough to climb 4 places as well, since the ratings around that number 15 are so close. Michael Adams had an excellent summer and gained 22 points, climbing from 35 to 18. Like Kramnik, Peter Leko lost 10 points in Dortmund and now dropped out of the top 20.Radoslaw Wojtaszek seems to be picking the fruit of his labour with Vishy Anand, and climbed from 75 to 42 after winning 29 points. Viktor Laznicka did even better and gained 52 points in these two months, re-entering the top 100 at spot 45!The women's top remains very stable, with very few changes in the top 10. Judit Polgar again didn't play, but Humpy Koneru did. The Indian lost 7 points and so the gap increased from from 82 to 89 points. Below you'll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists.
FIDE SEPTEMBER 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Legend:
black color - player remained on the same position
green color - player moved up in the list
red color - player moved down in the list
blue color - player is new to the current Top list
Old represents player's position in the previous period list
| Rank | Old | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games |
| 1 | 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2826 (0) | 0 (-10) |
| 2 | 2 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2803 (0) | 0 (-12) |
| 3 | 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2800 (0) | 0 (-13) |
| 4 | 5 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2783 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 5 | 4 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2780 (-10) | 10 (+10) |
| 6 | 8 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2761 (+6) | 10 (-6) |
| 7 | 7 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2760 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 8 | 6 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2756 (-5) | 10 (-3) |
| 9 | 12 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2754 (+15) | 9 (-16) |
| 10 | 13 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2751 (+12) | 10 (-13) |
| 11 | 14 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2749 (+15) | 10 (-13) |
| 12 | 9 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2749 (0) | 0 (-7) |
| 13 | 10 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2748 (0) | 0 (-23) |
| 14 | 11 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2747 (0) | 0 (-11) |
| 15 | 19 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2733 (+4) | 10 (0) |
| 16 | 28 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2732 (+16) | 8 (-21) |
| 17 | 15 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2731 (-3) | 10 (-8) |
| 18 | 35 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2728 (+22) | 21 (+6) |
| 19 | 20 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2726 (0) | 0 (-27) |
| 20 | 17 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2725 (-7) | 8 (-8) |
| 21 | 16 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2724 (-10) | 10 (-3) |
| 22 | 21 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2724 (0) | 8 (-28) |
| 23 | 23 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2723 (0) | 0 (-2) |
| 24 | 18 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2722 (-9) | 7 (-2) |
| 25 | 22 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2721 (-2) | 10 (-2) |
| 26 | 26 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2719 (0) | 0 (-17) |
| 27 | 40 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2718 (+21) | 20 (+12) |
| 28 | 25 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2716 (-4) | 11 (0) |
| 29 | 29 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2716 (0) | 0 (-10) |
| 30 | 32 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2710 (0) | 0 (-17) |
| 31 | 24 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2709 (-13) | 5 (-13) |
| 32 | 27 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2707 (-10) | 10 (+8) |
| 33 | 34 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2706 (0) | 0 (-20) |
| 34 | 31 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2705 (-8) | 9 (-1) |
| 35 | 33 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2701 (-7) | 9 (+9) |
| 36 | 39 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2700 (+3) | 19 (-2) |
| 37 | 30 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2700 (-15) | 9 (+9) |
| 38 | 41 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2697 (0) | 9 (+5) |
| 39 | 58 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2695 (+19) | 8 (-18) |
| 40 | 55 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2694 (+13) | 10 (+1) |
| 41 | 50 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2694 (+9) | 3 (-11) |
| 42 | 75 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2692 (+29) | 18 (+18) |
| 43 | 44 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2691 (0) | 0 (-13) |
| 44 | 43 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2691 (0) | 0 (-23) |
| 45 | - | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2690 (+) | 19 (+) |
| 46 | 42 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2690 (-5) | 13 (-15) |
| 47 | 45 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2690 (0) | 5 (-13) |
| 48 | 46 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2690 (0) | 0 (-14) |
| 49 | 36 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2688 (-13) | 7 (-14) |
| 50 | 53 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2686 (+4) | 11 (-4) |
| 51 | 59 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2685 (+10) | 22 (+9) |
| 52 | 38 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2685 (-14) | 13 (+13) |
| 53 | 47 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2683 (-6) | 6 (-4) |
| 54 | 48 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2683 (-5) | 5 (-8) |
| 55 | 52 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2683 (0) | 0 (-21) |
| 56 | 54 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2682 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 57 | 56 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2681 (+2) | 9 (0) |
| 58 | 85 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2679 (+26) | 44 (+34) |
| 59 | 57 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2679 (+2) | 28 (+1) |
| 60 | 65 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2678 (+8) | 19 (+11) |
| 61 | 62 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2677 (+5) | 19 (-6) |
| 62 | 61 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2677 (+4) | 18 (+2) |
| 63 | 49 | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | g | UKR | 2677 (-9) | 13 (+3) |
| 64 | 51 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2674 (-10) | 23 (+5) |
| 65 | 71 | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. | g | UKR | 2671 (+6) | 27 (0) |
| 66 | 64 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2671 (0) | 0 (-13) |
| 67 | 37 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2670 (-30) | 17 (+15) |
| 68 | 81 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2670 (+13) | 9 (+3) |
| 69 | 86 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2669 (+19) | 22 (+12) |
| 70 | 66 | Smeets, Jan | g | NED | 2669 (0) | 0 (-9) |
| 71 | 60 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2668 (-6) | 19 (+1) |
| 72 | 68 | Grachev, Boris | g | RUS | 2668 (0) | 0 (-13) |
| 73 | 72 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2665 (0) | 0 (-20) |
| 74 | 83 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2664 (+8) | 9 (+9) |
| 75 | 73 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2664 (0) | 0 (-1) |
| 76 | 74 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2663 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 77 | 77 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2661 (0) | 0 (-7) |
| 78 | 78 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2661 (0) | 0 (-4) |
| 79 | 67 | Zhou, Jianchao | g | CHN | 2660 (-8) | 8 (-27) |
| 80 | 80 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2660 (0) | 0 (-10) |
| 81 | 88 | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2659 (+11) | 19 (+6) |
| 82 | 76 | Kurnosov, Igor | g | RUS | 2659 (-3) | 9 (0) |
| 83 | 70 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2658 (-9) | 18 (+11) |
| 84 | 87 | Gharamian, Tigran | g | FRA | 2658 (+8) | 9 (0) |
| 85 | - | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2657 (+) | 17 (+) |
| 86 | 63 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2657 (-15) | 9 (-3) |
| 87 | 91 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2657 (+11) | 9 (-7) |
| 88 | 92 | Socko, Bartosz | g | POL | 2657 (+11) | 9 (0) |
| 89 | 89 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2656 (+8) | 9 (+9) |
| 90 | 69 | Khismatullin, Denis | g | RUS | 2654 (-13) | 27 (+18) |
| 91 | 84 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2650 (-5) | 28 (+19) |
| 92 | 100 | Macieja, Bartlomiej | g | POL | 2649 (+10) | 34 (+18) |
| 93 | - | Feller, Sebastien | g | FRA | 2649 (+) | 21 (+) |
| 94 | 79 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2649 (-11) | 5 (-28) |
| 95 | 97 | Gustafsson, Jan | g | GER | 2646 (+3) | 9 (-2) |
| 96 | 90 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2645 (-1) | 18 (0) |
| 97 | 94 | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2645 (0) | 9 (-14) |
| 98 | 96 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 2644 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 99 | 93 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2643 (-2) | 8 (-27) |
| 100 | 98 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | g | BLR | 2642 (0) | 0 (-31) |
FIDE SEPTEMBER 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN
| Rank | Old | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games |
| 1 | 1 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2682 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 2 | 2 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2593 (-7) | 11 (0) |
| 3 | 3 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2578 (+1) | 25 (-11) |
| 4 | 4 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2573 (+11) | 22 (+11) |
| 5 | 6 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | m | RUS | 2565 (+14) | 16 (+6) |
| 6 | 5 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2551 (-9) | 28 (+28) |
| 7 | 7 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2539 (+4) | 9 (+5) |
| 8 | 8 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2535 (+8) | 15 (-6) |
| 9 | 17 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2534 (+36) | 11 (-12) |
| 10 | 11 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2524 (+5) | 9 (+9) |
| 11 | 18 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2516 (+20) | 8 (-18) |
| 12 | 14 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2515 (+11) | 18 (-11) |
| 13 | 9 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | g | LTU | 2513 (-14) | 16 (+9) |
| 14 | 12 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2509 (-8) | 11 (-14) |
| 15 | 13 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | g | GEO | 2500 (-14) | 22 (+22) |
| 16 | 10 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2499 (-20) | 11 (+4) |
| 17 | 16 | Zhukova, Natalia | g | UKR | 2499 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 18 | 15 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2491 (-10) | 14 (+14) |
| 19 | 24 | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2490 (+14) | 9 (-15) |
| 20 | 23 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2486 (+9) | 27 (+23) |
| 21 | 30 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2484 (+16) | 18 (+7) |
| 22 | 26 | Hoang Thanh Trang | g | HUN | 2482 (+8) | 11 (0) |
| 23 | 21 | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2482 (0) | 0 (-9) |
| 24 | 25 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2480 (+4) | 20 (+8) |
| 25 | 28 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2480 (+10) | 9 (+9) |
| 26 | 22 | Ruan, Lufei | wg | CHN | 2480 (0) | 0 (-6) |
| 27 | 19 | Xu, Yuhua | g | CHN | 2475 (-13) | 23 (+21) |
| 28 | 33 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2469 (+4) | 31 (+31) |
| 29 | 34 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2469 (+7) | 14 (-12) |
| 30 | 20 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2467 (-18) | 3 (+3) |
| 31 | 52 | Danielian, Elina | m | ARM | 2466 (+35) | 29 (+18) |
| 32 | 31 | Ushenina, Anna | m | UKR | 2466 (-2) | 13 (+13) |
| 33 | 32 | Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman | m | IND | 2466 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 34 | 35 | Gunina, Valentina | wg | RUS | 2465 (+3) | 5 (-4) |
| 35 | 53 | Khotenashvili, Bela | m | GEO | 2464 (+41) | 23 (+5) |
| 36 | 37 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2464 (+6) | 10 (+2) |
| 37 | 39 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2464 (+12) | 8 (+8) |
| 38 | 36 | Tan, Zhongyi | wg | CHN | 2461 (0) | 16 (-10) |
| 39 | 38 | Hunt, Harriet V | m | ENG | 2454 (0) | 0 (-10) |
| 40 | 27 | Dembo, Yelena | m | GRE | 2452 (-18) | 9 (+9) |
| 41 | 29 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2451 (-18) | 9 (0) |
| 42 | 40 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | g | SCO | 2451 (0) | 0 (-9) |
| 43 | 41 | Polgar, Sofia | m | HUN | 2450 (0) | 0 (-5) |
| 44 | 45 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2447 (+3) | 31 (+31) |
| 45 | 50 | Repkova, Eva | m | SVK | 2447 (+13) | 9 (+9) |
| 46 | 43 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2447 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 47 | 44 | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2446 (0) | 0 (-6) |
| 48 | 49 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2443 (+8) | 33 (+20) |
| 49 | 47 | Melia, Salome | m | GEO | 2439 (-3) | 29 (+12) |
| 50 | 48 | Moser, Eva | m | AUT | 2436 (-4) | 18 (+18) |
| 51 | 42 | Huang, Qian | wg | CHN | 2436 (-11) | 16 (-1) |
| 52 | 46 | Khurtsidze, Nino | m | GEO | 2435 (-8) | 18 (0) |
| 53 | 70 | Turova, Irina | m | RUS | 2433 (+39) | 43 (+43) |
| 54 | 54 | Matnadze, Ana | m | GEO | 2428 (+6) | 18 (+9) |
| 55 | 51 | Houska, Jovanka | m | ENG | 2426 (-7) | 11 (-1) |
| 56 | 59 | Khukhashvili, Sopiko | m | GEO | 2422 (+13) | 9 (-18) |
| 57 | 89 | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2414 (+38) | 22 (+12) |
| 58 | 55 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | m | MGL | 2412 (-9) | 11 (0) |
| 59 | 56 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | m | ROU | 2412 (-4) | 11 (+11) |
| 60 | 58 | Romanko, Marina | m | RUS | 2411 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 61 | 57 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | wg | POL | 2410 (-5) | 18 (+18) |
| 62 | 67 | Zaiatz, Elena | m | RUS | 2407 (+9) | 9 (-7) |
| 63 | 73 | Savina, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2404 (+12) | 9 (-1) |
| 64 | 62 | Jackova, Jana | m | CZE | 2402 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 65 | 64 | Ovod, Evgenija | m | RUS | 2401 (0) | 0 (-9) |
| 66 | 60 | Peng, Zhaoqin | g | NED | 2400 (-3) | 8 (-2) |
| 67 | 65 | Stockova, Zuzana | m | SVK | 2400 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 68 | 72 | Michna, Marta | wg | GER | 2399 (+6) | 16 (+16) |
| 69 | 68 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2399 (+2) | 5 (-5) |
| 70 | 66 | Vasilevich, Tatjana | m | UKR | 2399 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 71 | 63 | Madl, Ildiko | m | HUN | 2397 (-4) | 10 (-2) |
| 72 | 83 | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | m | ROU | 2395 (+14) | 16 (-5) |
| 73 | 97 | Wang, Yu A. | m | CHN | 2394 (+25) | 14 (-10) |
| 74 | 80 | Batsiashvili, Nino | wg | GEO | 2390 (+7) | 26 (+8) |
| 75 | 100 | Milliet, Sophie | m | FRA | 2388 (+21) | 29 (+20) |
| 76 | 76 | Maric, Alisa | m | SRB | 2387 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 77 | 91 | Kononenko, Tatiana | m | UKR | 2384 (+10) | 10 (+10) |
| 78 | 79 | Tsereteli, Tamar | wg | GEO | 2384 (0) | 0 (-8) |
| 79 | 69 | Tania, Sachdev | m | IND | 2382 (-14) | 18 (-2) |
| 80 | 82 | Gara, Anita | m | HUN | 2382 (0) | 0 (-10) |
| 81 | 84 | Alexandrova, Olga | m | ESP | 2381 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 82 | 92 | Shadrina, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2379 (+5) | 9 (+9) |
| 83 | 77 | Ding, Yixin | wf | CHN | 2379 (-6) | 8 (-18) |
| 84 | 86 | Matveeva, Svetlana | m | RUS | 2379 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 85 | 85 | Molchanova, Tatjana | wg | RUS | 2378 (-3) | 9 (+9) |
| 86 | - | Paikidze, Nazi | wg | GEO | 2376 (+) | 20 (+) |
| 87 | - | Mikadze, Miranda | wm | GEO | 2375 (+) | 9 (+) |
| 88 | - | Charkhalashvili, Inga | wg | GEO | 2375 (+) | 8 (+) |
| 89 | 90 | Stepovaia, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2375 (0) | 0 (-8) |
| 90 | 78 | Galojan, Lilit | m | ARM | 2373 (-11) | 10 (+1) |
| 91 | - | Sukandar, Irine Kharisma | wg | INA | 2372 (+) | 18 (+) |
| 92 | - | Gu, Xiaobing | wg | CHN | 2371 (+) | 6 (+) |
| 93 | 88 | Kovanova, Baira | wg | RUS | 2370 (-6) | 11 (0) |
| 94 | 75 | Pokorna, Regina | wg | SVK | 2370 (-18) | 6 (+6) |
| 95 | 61 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2368 (-35) | 46 (+39) |
| 96 | 94 | Fierro Baquero, Martha L. | m | ECU | 2368 (-4) | 29 (+23) |
| 97 | 93 | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | wg | ESP | 2368 (-5) | 18 (-11) |
| 98 | 99 | Bojkovic, Natasa | m | SRB | 2368 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 99 | 98 | Djingarova, Emilia | wg | BUL | 2368 (0) | 0 (-6) |
| 100 | 71 | Rudolf, Anna | wg | HUN | 2366 (-27) | 18 (-9) |
| 101 | - | Goletiani, Rusudan | m | USA | 2366 (+) | 0 (+) |
FIDE SEPTEMBER 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 20 JUNIORS
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2826 | 0 | 1990 |
| 2 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2747 | 0 | 1990 |
| 3 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2721 | 10 | 1990 |
| 4 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2706 | 0 | 1990 |
| 5 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2700 | 19 | 1992 |
| 6 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2694 | 10 | 1991 |
| 7 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2677 | 19 | 1994 |
| 8 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2669 | 22 | 1990 |
| 9 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2668 | 19 | 1993 |
| 10 | Feller, Sebastien | g | FRA | 2649 | 21 | 1991 |
| 11 | Edouard, Romain | g | FRA | 2636 | 20 | 1990 |
| 12 | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | g | NOR | 2633 | 29 | 1990 |
| 13 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2633 | 9 | 1990 |
| 14 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2628 | 0 | 1990 |
| 15 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2627 | 19 | 1993 |
| 16 | Khairullin, Ildar | g | RUS | 2620 | 0 | 1990 |
| 17 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2616 | 19 | 1990 |
| 18 | Matlakov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2613 | 22 | 1991 |
| 19 | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2607 | 32 | 1992 |
| 20 | Popov, Ivan | g | RUS | 2606 | 0 | 1990 |
FIDE SEPTEMBER 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 20 GIRLS
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2578 | 25 | 1994 |
| 2 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2535 | 15 | 1990 |
| 3 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2516 | 8 | 1991 |
| 4 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2515 | 18 | 1991 |
| 5 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2464 | 8 | 1992 |
| 6 | Tan, Zhongyi | wg | CHN | 2461 | 16 | 1991 |
| 7 | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2414 | 22 | 1991 |
| 8 | Savina, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2404 | 9 | 1992 |
| 9 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2399 | 5 | 1992 |
| 10 | Ding, Yixin | wf | CHN | 2379 | 8 | 1991 |
| 11 | Paikidze, Nazi | wg | GEO | 2376 | 20 | 1993 |
| 12 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2368 | 46 | 1993 |
| 13 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | wg | RUS | 2358 | 14 | 1993 |
| 14 | Guramishvili, Sopiko | wg | GEO | 2343 | 35 | 1991 |
| 15 | Pustovoitova, Daria | | RUS | 2333 | 9 | 1994 |
| 16 | Padmini, Rout | wg | IND | 2326 | 13 | 1994 |
| 17 | Muminova, Nafisa | wm | UZB | 2319 | 13 | 1990 |
| 18 | Vojinovic, Jovana | wg | MNE | 2319 | 9 | 1992 |
| 19 | Havlikova, Kristyna | wm | CZE | 2318 | 22 | 1992 |
| 20 | Rakic, Marija | wm | SRB | 2317 | 0 | 1990 |
All data courtesy of FIDE
Levon Aronian is the world's number 4 player in the world on the September FIDE rating list. The Armenian is now one place higher than Vladimir Kramnik, who lost ten points in Dortmund this summer. Pavel Eljanov is now 6th while Vassily Ivanchuk is back in the top 10.
