August 2012 FIDE Rating List

Updated: Aug 1, 2012, 10:57 AM | 8 | Chess Event Coverage

The official August 2012 chess rating list has been released by FIDE. It's the first of the new monthly rating lists. Previously lists had been published every 2 months, which was itself a recent improvement on the long-established practice of quarterly rating lists.

The increased frequency is partly being driven by the advent of 'live' rating websites such as 2700Chess.com, which track rating changes for the top ranked players on a daily basis.

As the official lists become more frequent, then the changes between each are necessarily fewer.

The top 100 ranked players:

#	Name	Nat	Elo
1	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2837
2	Aronian, Levon	ARM	2816
3	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2797
4	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2788
5	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2785
6	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	2780
7	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2778
8	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	2773
9	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	2770
10	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2769
11	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2763
12	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	2752
13	Svidler, Peter	RUS	2749
14	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2746
15	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2738
16	Leko, Peter	HUN	2737
17	Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	2737
18	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	2734
19	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2734
20	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	2730
21	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2730
22	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2729
23	Wang, Hao	CHN	2726
24	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	2725
25	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	2722
26	Adams, Michael	ENG	2722
27	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	2717
28	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	2715
29	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	2714
30	Almasi, Zoltan	HUN	2713
31	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2713
32	McShane, Luke J	ENG	2713
33	Naiditsch, Arkadij	GER	2712
34	Riazantsev, Alexander	RUS	2712
35	Giri, Anish	NED	2711
36	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	CUB	2711
37	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	2709
38	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	2708
39	Sasikiran, Krishnan	IND	2707
40	Moiseenko, Alexander	UKR	2706
41	Shirov, Alexei	LAT	2706
42	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	2705
43	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	2704
44	Polgar, Judit	HUN	2698
45	Short, Nigel D	ENG	2698
46	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	2698
47	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	2697
48	Sokolov, Ivan	NED	2696
49	Ding, Liren	CHN	2695
50	Efimenko, Zahar	UKR	2694
51	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	2693
52	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2693
53	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2693
54	Rublevsky, Sergei	RUS	2693
55	Navara, David	CZE	2691
56	Areshchenko, Alexander	UKR	2691
57	Van Wely, Loek	NED	2691
58	Akopian, Vladimir	ARM	2687
59	Sutovsky, Emil	ISR	2687
60	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	UKR	2686
61	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2686
62	Wang, Yue	CHN	2685
63	Harikrishna, P.	IND	2685
64	Berkes, Ferenc	HUN	2685
65	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	2684
66	Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	2683
67	Korobov, Anton	UKR	2683
68	Laznicka, Viktor	CZE	2683
69	Bauer, Christian	FRA	2682
70	Georgiev, Kiril	BUL	2682
71	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2681
72	Dreev, Aleksey	RUS	2677
73	Grachev, Boris	RUS	2675
74	Tiviakov, Sergei	NED	2674
75	Gyimesi, Zoltan	HUN	2674
76	Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	2673
77	Ni, Hua	CHN	2671
78	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	RUS	2671
79	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2670
80	Ragger, Markus	AUT	2670
81	Balogh, Csaba	HUN	2668
82	Zhigalko, Sergei	BLR	2667
83	Onischuk, Alexander	USA	2666
84	Li, Chao b	CHN	2665
85	Negi, Parimarjan	IND	2664
86	Najer, Evgeniy	RUS	2664
87	Matlakov, Maxim	RUS	2663
88	Gharamian, Tigran	FRA	2663
89	Nielsen, Peter Heine	DEN	2662
90	Petrosian, Tigran L.	ARM	2661
91	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	GEO	2659
92	Motylev, Alexander	RUS	2658
93	Gareev, Timur	USA	2658
94	Khenkin, Igor	GER	2656
95	Bartel, Mateusz	POL	2654
96	Jones, Gawain C B	ENG	2653
97	Fridman, Daniel	GER	2653
98	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	PER	2653
99	So, Wesley	PHI	2652
100	Edouard, Romain	FRA	2652
101	Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	2652
102	Kurnosov, Igor	RUS	2652
103	Milov, Vadim	SUI	2652

The top 100 women players:

#	Name	Nat	Elo
1	Polgar, Judit	HUN	2698
2	Muzychuk, Anna	SLO	2606
3	Hou, Yifan	CHN	2599
4	Koneru, Humpy	IND	2593
5	Zhao, Xue	CHN	2549
6	Dzagnidze, Nana	GEO	2547
7	Lahno, Kateryna	UKR	2542
8	Kosintseva, Tatiana	RUS	2530
9	Ju, Wenjun	CHN	2528
10	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	RUS	2524
11	Sebag, Marie	FRA	2521
12	Cmilyte, Viktorija	LTU	2520
13	Zatonskih, Anna	USA	2512
14	Khotenashvili, Bela	GEO	2509
15	Gunina, Valentina	RUS	2507
16	Cramling, Pia	SWE	2503
17	Harika, Dronavalli	IND	2503
18	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2502
19	Ruan, Lufei	CHN	2492
20	Zhu, Chen	QAT	2491
21	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	2489
22	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	2483
23	Danielian, Elina	ARM	2476
24	Socko, Monika	POL	2467
25	Krush, Irina	USA	2467
26	Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	2466
27	Galliamova, Alisa	RUS	2465
28	Xu, Yuhua	CHN	2465
29	Hoang, Thanh Trang	HUN	2464
30	Moser, Eva	AUT	2459
31	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2458
32	Dembo, Yelena	GRE	2457
33	Tan, Zhongyi	CHN	2456
34	Mkrtchian, Lilit	ARM	2454
35	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	2453
36	Hunt, Harriet V	ENG	2450
37	Huang, Qian	CHN	2449
38	Pogonina, Natalija	RUS	2448
39	Khurtsidze, Nino	GEO	2444
40	Skripchenko, Almira	FRA	2442
41	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	2442
42	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	MGL	2434
43	Girya, Olga	RUS	2433
44	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2433
45	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	2432
46	Ding, Yixin	CHN	2424
47	Zaiatz, Elena	RUS	2424
48	Matnadze, Ana	ESP	2422
49	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	SCO	2421
50	Shen, Yang	CHN	2420
51	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	ROU	2420
52	Ovod, Evgenija	RUS	2419
53	Guramishvili, Sopiko	GEO	2418
54	Alexandrova, Olga	ESP	2417
55	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	RUS	2414
56	Cori T., Deysi	PER	2413
57	Rajlich, Iweta	POL	2412
58	Milliet, Sophie	FRA	2411
59	Peng, Zhaoqin	NED	2411
60	Kovanova, Baira	RUS	2408
61	Houska, Jovanka	ENG	2406
62	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	RUS	2405
63	Gaponenko, Inna	UKR	2404
64	Vasilevich, Tatjana	UKR	2404
65	Melia, Salome	GEO	2403
66	Foisor, Cristina-Adela	ROU	2402
67	Romanko, Marina	RUS	2399
68	Khukhashvili, Sopiko	GEO	2396
69	Gomes, Mary Ann	IND	2396
70	Paikidze, Nazi	GEO	2394
71	Pham, Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	2393
72	Bojkovic, Natasa	SRB	2392
73	Kashlinskaya, Alina	RUS	2391
74	Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman	IND	2387
75	Gara, Ticia	HUN	2385
76	Fierro Baquero, Martha L.	ECU	2384
77	Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna	POL	2383
78	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2380
79	Michna, Marta	GER	2380
80	Tania, Sachdev	IND	2379
81	Arabidze, Meri	GEO	2379
82	Repkova, Eva	SVK	2378
83	Zawadzka, Jolanta	POL	2377
84	Zhang, Xiaowen	CHN	2376
85	Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina	POL	2375
86	Vasilevich, Irina	RUS	2375
87	Kononenko, Tatiana	UKR	2374
88	L'Ami, Alina	ROU	2372
89	Karavade, Eesha	IND	2371
90	Lujan, Carolina	ARG	2368
91	Ubiennykh, Ekaterina	RUS	2367
92	Abdyjapar, Asyl	KGZ	2365
93	Schleining, Zoya	GER	2365
94	Lomineishvili, Maia	GEO	2363
95	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	INA	2362
96	Vajda, Szidonia	HUN	2362
97	Shadrina, Tatiana	RUS	2361
98	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	RUS	2361
99	Guo, Qi	CHN	2358
100	Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino	GER	2357
101	Madl, Ildiko	HUN	2357

The top 20 junior players:

#	Name	Nat	Elo	B-Year
1	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	2773	1992
2	Giri, Anish	NED	2711	1994
3	Ding, Liren	CHN	2695	1992
4	Negi, Parimarjan	IND	2664	1993
5	So, Wesley	PHI	2652	1993
6	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2635	1994
7	Sjugirov, Sanan	RUS	2635	1993
8	Zherebukh, Yaroslav	UKR	2629	1993
9	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2620	1992
10	Nyzhnyk, Illya	UKR	2619	1996
11	Kovalyov, Anton	ARG	2605	1992
12	Rapport, Richard	HUN	2605	1996
13	Hou, Yifan	CHN	2599	1994
14	Robson, Ray	USA	2598	1994
15	Shimanov, Aleksandr	RUS	2596	1992
16	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	2594	1996
17	Swiercz, Dariusz	POL	2594	1994
18	Durarbayli, Vasif	AZE	2584	1992
19	Ipatov, Alexander	TUR	2577	1993
20	Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel	ARM	2567	1993

The last rating list (July 2012) can be found here.

August 2012 FIDE Rating List

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