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August 2012 FIDE Rating List

August 2012 FIDE Rating List

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fide_official_logo-gens-una-sumus cropped.jpgThe 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

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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

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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

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

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