The gap between Magnus Carlsen (2826) and Veselin Topalov (2803) has increased to 23 points on the July 1 FIDE rating list. The Norwegian won 13 points whereas the Bulgarian dropped 9. Third is World Champion Viswanathan Anand, now with 2800 points exactly. Wang Yue dropped from 8th to 28th.FIDE has published its July 1st rating list and since all the big events were entered in time, there's no difference between the official top 10 and the "live" top 10 of Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website). In fact there aren't very big changes in the top 10 compared to the previous list either.
Carlsen's fine victory in Romania last week got him another 13 rating points and because Topalov lost 9 points in his match with Anand, the gap between the world's number one and two is now 23 points. Those 9 points went to Anand, who thereby surpassed Kramnik to regain the 3rd spot, at a nice 2800 precisely.At the Kings' Tournament Gelfand lost twice to Radjabov; the two switched places on the rankings between spots 10 and 13. Malakhov and Navara are in the top 20 on this list - the latter thanks to a stunning 8.5/9 at the Czech Championship.Vugar Gashimov, who was still 7th in the world on the January 2010 list, dropped further to a 26th spot. The biggest skydive was performed by Wang Yue, who lost 36 points and went down from 8th to 28th. Winning 16 points, Wang Hao surpassed him to become China's number one at 2724.After entering the top 100 on the May list, Anish Giri won 30 more points to climb to a 62nd place at 2672, but the highest rated Dutch player is Loek van Wely with five points more. Ivan Cheparinov is back in the top 100 with 2661.The women's list is still very stable, with very few changes in the top 10. Judit Polgar again didn't play, but Humpy Koneru did. The Indian lost 22 points at the 3rd FIDE Grand Prix in Nalchik and so the gap increased from 60 to 82 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 JULY 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 (+13) | 10 (+10) |
| 2 | 2 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2803 (-9) | 12 (+2) |
| 3 | 4 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2800 (+11) | 13 (+11) |
| 4 | 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2790 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 5 | 5 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2783 (0) | 0 (-10) |
| 6 | 6 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2761 (-2) | 13 (+9) |
| 7 | 7 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2760 (0) | 0 (-18) |
| 8 | 9 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2755 (+4) | 16 (-4) |
| 9 | 10 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2749 (+7) | 7 (-3) |
| 10 | 13 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2748 (+8) | 23 (+23) |
| 11 | 14 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2747 (+8) | 11 (+4) |
| 12 | 12 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2739 (-2) | 25 (+15) |
| 13 | 11 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2739 (-2) | 23 (+7) |
| 14 | 18 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2734 (+1) | 23 (+16) |
| 15 | 15 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2734 (-1) | 18 (+3) |
| 16 | 16 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2734 (-1) | 13 (+13) |
| 17 | 22 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2732 (+10) | 16 (+4) |
| 18 | 24 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2731 (+13) | 9 (-15) |
| 19 | 19 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2729 (-4) | 10 (+6) |
| 20 | 21 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2726 (+1) | 27 (+17) |
| 21 | 23 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2724 (+2) | 36 (+26) |
| 22 | 30 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2723 (+13) | 12 (-3) |
| 23 | 25 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2723 (+6) | 2 (-33) |
| 24 | 32 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2722 (+15) | 18 (0) |
| 25 | 29 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2720 (+10) | 11 (-14) |
| 26 | 17 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2719 (-15) | 17 (+3) |
| 27 | 20 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2717 (-8) | 2 (-9) |
| 28 | 8 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2716 (-36) | 29 (+22) |
| 29 | 28 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2716 (+3) | 10 (+10) |
| 30 | 27 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2715 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 31 | 36 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2713 (+11) | 10 (+1) |
| 32 | 26 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2710 (-5) | 17 (+6) |
| 33 | 31 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2708 (0) | 0 (-18) |
| 34 | 42 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2706 (+11) | 20 (0) |
| 35 | 41 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2706 (+9) | 15 (-4) |
| 36 | 38 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2701 (+2) | 21 (+12) |
| 37 | 40 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2700 (+2) | 2 (-7) |
| 38 | 39 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2699 (0) | 0 (-3) |
| 39 | 57 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2697 (+22) | 21 (0) |
| 40 | 45 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2697 (+8) | 8 (-20) |
| 41 | 35 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2697 (-6) | 4 (-26) |
| 42 | 64 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2695 (+27) | 28 (+7) |
| 43 | 37 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2691 (-9) | 23 (+3) |
| 44 | 43 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2691 (-3) | 13 (+2) |
| 45 | 54 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2690 (+13) | 18 (0) |
| 46 | 48 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2690 (+5) | 14 (+5) |
| 47 | 53 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2689 (+12) | 10 (-19) |
| 48 | 34 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2688 (-16) | 13 (+4) |
| 49 | 49 | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | g | UKR | 2686 (+2) | 10 (+6) |
| 50 | 33 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2685 (-19) | 14 (-7) |
| 51 | 47 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2684 (-2) | 18 (-16) |
| 52 | 59 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2683 (+11) | 21 (+2) |
| 53 | 58 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2682 (+8) | 15 (-5) |
| 54 | 50 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2682 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 55 | 46 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2681 (-6) | 9 (-4) |
| 56 | 44 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2679 (-11) | 9 (+3) |
| 57 | 84 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2677 (+24) | 27 (+14) |
| 58 | 51 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2676 (-5) | 26 (+23) |
| 59 | 74 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2675 (+13) | 13 (-11) |
| 60 | 67 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2674 (+9) | 18 (+18) |
| 61 | 55 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2673 (-4) | 16 (+5) |
| 62 | 97 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2672 (+30) | 25 (+1) |
| 63 | 70 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2672 (+9) | 12 (-16) |
| 64 | 61 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2671 (+2) | 13 (-5) |
| 65 | 56 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2670 (-6) | 8 (-11) |
| 66 | 77 | Smeets, Jan | g | NED | 2669 (+10) | 9 (+3) |
| 67 | 86 | Zhou, Jianchao | g | CHN | 2668 (+16) | 35 (+31) |
| 68 | 65 | Grachev, Boris | g | RUS | 2668 (+1) | 13 (-4) |
| 69 | 78 | Khismatullin, Denis | g | RUS | 2667 (+10) | 9 (-9) |
| 70 | 62 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2667 (-2) | 7 (-10) |
| 71 | 90 | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. | g | UKR | 2665 (+19) | 27 (+14) |
| 72 | 75 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2665 (+4) | 20 (+9) |
| 73 | 71 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2664 (+1) | 1 (-21) |
| 74 | 72 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2663 (0) | 0 (-11) |
| 75 | 73 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2663 (0) | 0 (-5) |
| 76 | 52 | Kurnosov, Igor | g | RUS | 2662 (-18) | 9 (-19) |
| 77 | 101 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2661 (+21) | 7 (-4) |
| 78 | 69 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2661 (-3) | 4 (-21) |
| 79 | 81 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2660 (+5) | 33 (+12) |
| 80 | 85 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2660 (+7) | 10 (-1) |
| 81 | 87 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2657 (+8) | 6 (-7) |
| 82 | 89 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2656 (+9) | 8 (-12) |
| 83 | 79 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2656 (0) | 0 (-18) |
| 84 | 60 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2655 (-17) | 9 (+9) |
| 85 | 63 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2653 (-15) | 10 (-17) |
| 86 | 95 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2650 (+7) | 10 (+5) |
| 87 | - | Gharamian, Tigran | g | FRA | 2650 (+) | 9 (+) |
| 88 | - | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2648 (+) | 13 (+) |
| 89 | 88 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2648 (0) | 0 (-20) |
| 90 | 76 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2646 (-14) | 18 (+18) |
| 91 | - | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2646 (+) | 16 (+) |
| 92 | 92 | Socko, Bartosz | g | POL | 2646 (+2) | 9 (-9) |
| 93 | 66 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2645 (-22) | 35 (+28) |
| 94 | 82 | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2645 (-9) | 23 (-13) |
| 95 | 68 | Roiz, Michael | g | ISR | 2645 (-19) | 11 (-16) |
| 96 | 94 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 2644 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 97 | 100 | Gustafsson, Jan | g | GER | 2643 (+3) | 11 (-13) |
| 98 | - | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | g | BLR | 2642 (+) | 31 (+) |
| 99 | 83 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | BIH | 2641 (-13) | 25 (0) |
| 100 | - | Macieja, Bartlomiej | g | POL | 2639 (+) | 16 (+) |
FIDE JULY 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 | 2600 (-22) | 11 (+11) |
| 3 | 3 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2577 (-12) | 36 (+24) |
| 4 | 7 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2562 (+28) | 11 (0) |
| 5 | 4 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2560 (0) | 0 (-16) |
| 6 | 5 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | m | RUS | 2551 (-2) | 10 (-1) |
| 7 | 9 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2535 (+8) | 4 (+1) |
| 8 | 8 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2527 (-2) | 21 (-1) |
| 9 | 12 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | m | LTU | 2527 (+13) | 7 (-17) |
| 10 | 10 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2519 (-5) | 7 (-7) |
| 11 | 11 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2519 (0) | 0 (-6) |
| 12 | 6 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2517 (-19) | 25 (+4) |
| 13 | 13 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | g | GEO | 2514 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 14 | 18 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2504 (+13) | 29 (+20) |
| 15 | 14 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2501 (0) | 0 (-6) |
| 16 | 16 | Zhukova, Natalia | g | UKR | 2499 (0) | 0 (-17) |
| 17 | 25 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2498 (+20) | 23 (+12) |
| 18 | 15 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2496 (-4) | 26 (+26) |
| 19 | 22 | Xu, Yuhua | g | CHN | 2488 (+4) | 2 (0) |
| 20 | 20 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2485 (0) | 0 (-30) |
| 21 | 19 | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2482 (-5) | 9 (+9) |
| 22 | 28 | Ruan, Lufei | wg | CHN | 2480 (+6) | 6 (+5) |
| 23 | 21 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2477 (-8) | 4 (-17) |
| 24 | 41 | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2476 (+21) | 24 (+1) |
| 25 | 27 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2476 (0) | 12 (+12) |
| 26 | 23 | Hoang Thanh Trang | g | HUN | 2474 (-8) | 11 (0) |
| 27 | 31 | Dembo, Yelena | m | GRE | 2470 (0) | 0 (-11) |
| 28 | 30 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2470 (0) | 0 (-27) |
| 29 | 24 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2469 (-13) | 9 (-2) |
| 30 | 26 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2468 (-9) | 11 (0) |
| 31 | 32 | Ushenina, Anna | m | UKR | 2468 (0) | 0 (-15) |
| 32 | 34 | Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman | m | IND | 2466 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 33 | 35 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2465 (0) | 0 (-20) |
| 34 | 17 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2462 (-31) | 26 (+18) |
| 35 | 39 | Gunina, Valentina | wg | RUS | 2462 (+5) | 9 (-6) |
| 36 | 37 | Tan, Zhongyi | wg | CHN | 2461 (-3) | 26 (+24) |
| 37 | 36 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2458 (-6) | 8 (-9) |
| 38 | 45 | Hunt, Harriet V | m | ENG | 2454 (+2) | 10 (+10) |
| 39 | 43 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2452 (0) | 0 (-32) |
| 40 | 46 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | g | SCO | 2451 (+2) | 9 (-7) |
| 41 | 40 | Polgar, Sofia | m | HUN | 2450 (-7) | 5 (+5) |
| 42 | 51 | Huang, Qian | wg | CHN | 2447 (+10) | 17 (+14) |
| 43 | 48 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2447 (0) | 0 (-16) |
| 44 | 38 | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2446 (-14) | 6 (-16) |
| 45 | 49 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2444 (0) | 0 (-5) |
| 46 | 47 | Khurtsidze, Nino | m | GEO | 2443 (-5) | 18 (+7) |
| 47 | 33 | Melia, Salome | m | GEO | 2442 (-24) | 17 (-3) |
| 48 | 50 | Moser, Eva | m | AUT | 2440 (0) | 0 (-32) |
| 49 | 44 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2435 (-17) | 13 (+10) |
| 50 | 52 | Repkova, Eva | m | SVK | 2434 (0) | 0 (-29) |
| 51 | 56 | Houska, Jovanka | m | ENG | 2433 (+16) | 12 (-5) |
| 52 | 29 | Danielian, Elina | m | ARM | 2431 (-42) | 11 (-1) |
| 53 | 62 | Khotenashvili, Bela | m | GEO | 2423 (+13) | 18 (-2) |
| 54 | 65 | Matnadze, Ana | m | GEO | 2422 (+13) | 9 (-1) |
| 55 | 59 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | m | MGL | 2421 (+8) | 11 (-2) |
| 56 | 57 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | m | ROU | 2416 (0) | 0 (-9) |
| 57 | 58 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | wg | POL | 2415 (0) | 0 (-11) |
| 58 | 61 | Romanko, Marina | m | RUS | 2411 (0) | 0 (-17) |
| 59 | 54 | Khukhashvili, Sopiko | m | GEO | 2409 (-12) | 27 (+27) |
| 60 | 73 | Peng, Zhaoqin | g | NED | 2403 (+6) | 10 (-3) |
| 61 | 64 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2403 (-6) | 7 (-20) |
| 62 | 67 | Jackova, Jana | m | CZE | 2402 (0) | 0 (-2) |
| 63 | 76 | Madl, Ildiko | m | HUN | 2401 (+8) | 12 (-5) |
| 64 | 55 | Ovod, Evgenija | m | RUS | 2401 (-17) | 9 (-11) |
| 65 | 70 | Stockova, Zuzana | m | SVK | 2400 (0) | 0 (-18) |
| 66 | 71 | Vasilevich, Tatjana | m | UKR | 2399 (0) | 0 (-23) |
| 67 | 77 | Zaiatz, Elena | m | RUS | 2398 (+6) | 16 (+5) |
| 68 | 63 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2397 (-13) | 10 (-5) |
| 69 | 72 | Tania, Sachdev | m | IND | 2396 (-2) | 20 (+11) |
| 70 | 74 | Turova, Irina | m | RUS | 2394 (0) | 0 (-9) |
| 71 | - | Rudolf, Anna | wg | HUN | 2393 (+) | 27 (+) |
| 72 | 75 | Michna, Marta | wg | GER | 2393 (0) | 0 (-18) |
| 73 | 60 | Savina, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2392 (-20) | 10 (-5) |
| 74 | 53 | Zhang, Xiaowen | wg | CHN | 2390 (-36) | 17 (+13) |
| 75 | 78 | Pokorna, Regina | wg | SVK | 2388 (0) | 0 (-8) |
| 76 | 79 | Maric, Alisa | m | SRB | 2387 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 77 | - | Ding, Yixin | wf | CHN | 2385 (+) | 26 (+) |
| 78 | 66 | Galojan, Lilit | wg | ARM | 2384 (-18) | 9 (-2) |
| 79 | 68 | Tsereteli, Tamar | wg | GEO | 2384 (-18) | 8 (+8) |
| 80 | - | Batsiashvili, Nino | wg | GEO | 2383 (+) | 18 (+) |
| 81 | 81 | Zdebskaja, Natalia | wg | UKR | 2383 (0) | 0 (-11) |
| 82 | 80 | Gara, Anita | m | HUN | 2382 (-3) | 10 (-1) |
| 83 | 69 | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | m | ROU | 2381 (-20) | 21 (0) |
| 84 | 83 | Alexandrova, Olga | m | ESP | 2381 (0) | 0 (-11) |
| 85 | 82 | Molchanova, Tatjana | wg | RUS | 2381 (0) | 0 (-16) |
| 86 | 84 | Matveeva, Svetlana | m | RUS | 2379 (0) | 0 (-16) |
| 87 | 86 | Karavade, Eesha | m | IND | 2378 (+1) | 9 (0) |
| 88 | 93 | Kovanova, Baira | wg | RUS | 2376 (+10) | 11 (-4) |
| 89 | - | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2376 (+) | 10 (+) |
| 90 | 87 | Stepovaia, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2375 (0) | 8 (+8) |
| 91 | 88 | Kononenko, Tatiana | m | UKR | 2374 (0) | 0 (-11) |
| 92 | 89 | Shadrina, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2374 (0) | 0 (-2) |
| 93 | - | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | wg | ESP | 2373 (+) | 29 (+) |
| 94 | 98 | Fierro Baquero, Martha L. | m | ECU | 2372 (+9) | 6 (-3) |
| 95 | 90 | Cosma, Elena-Luminita | wg | ROU | 2370 (0) | 2 (-18) |
| 96 | 91 | Lomineishvili, Maia | m | GEO | 2370 (0) | 0 (-11) |
| 97 | - | Wang, Yu A. | m | CHN | 2369 (+) | 24 (+) |
| 98 | - | Djingarova, Emilia | wg | BUL | 2368 (+) | 6 (+) |
| 99 | 92 | Bojkovic, Natasa | m | SRB | 2368 (0) | 0 (-11) |
| 100 | 85 | Milliet, Sophie | m | FRA | 2367 (-11) | 9 (-14) |
FIDE JULY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 20 JUNIORS
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2826 | 10 | 1990 |
| 2 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2747 | 11 | 1990 |
| 3 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2723 | 12 | 1990 |
| 4 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2706 | 20 | 1990 |
| 5 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2697 | 21 | 1992 |
| 6 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2681 | 9 | 1991 |
| 7 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2674 | 18 | 1993 |
| 8 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2672 | 25 | 1994 |
| 9 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2650 | 10 | 1990 |
| 10 | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | g | NOR | 2636 | 19 | 1990 |
| 11 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2628 | 0 | 1990 |
| 12 | Khairullin, Ildar | g | RUS | 2620 | 34 | 1990 |
| 13 | Edouard, Romain | g | FRA | 2620 | 9 | 1990 |
| 14 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2617 | 12 | 1990 |
| 15 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2616 | 3 | 1990 |
| 16 | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2615 | 31 | 1993 |
| 17 | Feller, Sebastien | g | FRA | 2611 | 16 | 1991 |
| 18 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2610 | 0 | 1993 |
| 19 | Salgado Lopez, Ivan | g | ESP | 2607 | 14 | 1991 |
| 20 | Popov, Ivan | g | RUS | 2606 | 10 | 1990 |
FIDE JULY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 20 GIRLS
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2577 | 36 | 1994 |
| 2 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2527 | 21 | 1990 |
| 3 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2504 | 29 | 1991 |
| 4 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2496 | 26 | 1991 |
| 5 | Tan, Zhongyi | wg | CHN | 2461 | 26 | 1991 |
| 6 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2452 | 0 | 1992 |
| 7 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2403 | 7 | 1993 |
| 8 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2397 | 10 | 1992 |
| 9 | Savina, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2392 | 10 | 1992 |
| 10 | Ding, Yixin | wf | CHN | 2385 | 26 | 1991 |
| 11 | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2376 | 10 | 1991 |
| 12 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | wg | RUS | 2352 | 21 | 1993 |
| 13 | Paikidze, Nazi | wg | GEO | 2346 | 9 | 1993 |
| 14 | Severiukhina, Zoja | wm | RUS | 2341 | 19 | 1990 |
| 15 | Pustovoitova, Daria | | RUS | 2338 | 21 | 1994 |
| 16 | Ohme, Melanie | wm | GER | 2326 | 5 | 1990 |
| 17 | Rakic, Marija | wm | SRB | 2317 | 11 | 1990 |
| 18 | Vojinovic, Jovana | wg | MNE | 2302 | 0 | 1992 |
| 19 | Havlikova, Kristyna | wm | CZE | 2299 | 25 | 1992 |
| 20 | Charochkina, Daria | wm | RUS | 2298 | 18 | 1990 |
| 21 | Guramishvili, Sopiko | wg | GEO | 2298 | 18 | 1991 |
| 22 | Repina, Varvara | wf | RUS | 2298 | 17 | 1992 |
All data courtesy of FIDE
The gap between Magnus Carlsen (2826) and Veselin Topalov (2803) has increased to 23 points on the July 1 FIDE rating list. The Norwegian won 13 points whereas the Bulgarian dropped 9. Third is World Champion Viswanathan Anand, now with 2800 points exactly. Wang Yue dropped from 8th to 28th.FIDE has published its July 1st rating list and since all the big events were entered in time, there's no difference between the official top 10 and the "live" top 10 of Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website). In fact there aren't very big changes in the top 10 compared to the previous list either.
Carlsen's fine victory in Romania last week got him another 13 rating points and because Topalov lost 9 points in his match with Anand, the gap between the world's number one and two is now 23 points. Those 9 points went to Anand, who thereby surpassed Kramnik to regain the 3rd spot, at a nice 2800 precisely.At the Kings' Tournament Gelfand lost twice to Radjabov; the two switched places on the rankings between spots 10 and 13. Malakhov and Navara are in the top 20 on this list - the latter thanks to a stunning 8.5/9 at the Czech Championship.Vugar Gashimov, who was still 7th in the world on the January 2010 list, dropped further to a 26th spot. The biggest skydive was performed by Wang Yue, who lost 36 points and went down from 8th to 28th. Winning 16 points, Wang Hao surpassed him to become China's number one at 2724.After entering the top 100 on the May list, Anish Giri won 30 more points to climb to a 62nd place at 2672, but the highest rated Dutch player is Loek van Wely with five points more. Ivan Cheparinov is back in the top 100 with 2661.The women's list is still very stable, with very few changes in the top 10. Judit Polgar again didn't play, but Humpy Koneru did. The Indian lost 22 points at the 3rd FIDE Grand Prix in Nalchik and so the gap increased from 60 to 82 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.
