Last month he turned 19, and today Magnus Carlsen officialy became the official world's number one player. On the January 1st FIDE rating list the Norwegian as a rating of 2810, 5 points more than Veselin Topalov, who had occupied the number 1 spot since October 2008.
After winning the London Chess Classic with three wins and four draws it was a fact:
Magnus Carlsen would become the youngest world's number one in chess history. Thanks to the "live list" by Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website) everyone could already see how the top rankings would look like, and today this became official due to FIDE's publication of the January list.World Champion Viswanathan Anand won 2 points and is still in third place; after the Tal Memorial and London Vladimir Kramnik surpassed Levon Aronian to become 4th. Vassily Ivanchuk is back in the top 10, and Wang Yue entered for the first time - the Chinese GM is now the world's 9th player. After a successful period, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is 11th now. Leko and Morozevich dropped out of the top 10.Frenchman Vachier-Lagrave, just two months older than Carlsen, has now entered the top 20 while another former prodigy, Sergei Karjakin, dropped out - but let's not forget he'll be defending his Corus title soon. Vladimir Malakhov's successful period resulted in a rise from spot 31 to 22. Without getting too much attention, Zoltan Almasi and David Navara occupy the excellent spots 26 and 27.
A disappointing London Chess Classic cost
Nigel Short his 2700+ rating but he's still just England's best player at 2696; Michael Adams is now one spot below him at 2694. 17-year-old Fabiano Caruana did well again and climbed no less than 30 places; from spot 81 to 51. Another young player did even better: 18-year-old Sergei Zhigalko went from 93 to 58. New in the top 100 compared to the previous list are Ian Nepomniachtchi (69th), Wesley So (77th), Viktor Laznicka (84th), Le Quang Liem (93rd) Tomi Nyback (97th) and Evgeny Bareev (98th).In the women's list again the top 3 didn't change; the difference between Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru is now 68 points. Nadezhda Kosintseva climbed from 9th to 5th while Alexandra Kosteniuk and Kateryna Lahno are back into the top 10. Nana Dzagnidze dropped out from 4th place all the way to 14th. 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.
All data courtesy of FIDE.FIDE JANUARY 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 | 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2810 (+9) | 16 (+6) |
| 2 | 1 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2805 (-5) | 4 (-6) |
| 3 | 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2790 (+2) | 9 (+9) |
| 4 | 5 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2788 (+16) | 16 (+16) |
| 5 | 4 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2781 (-5) | 17 (+4) |
| 6 | 7 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2761 (+3) | 25 (+14) |
| 7 | 6 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2759 (+1) | 21 (+10) |
| 8 | 12 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2749 (+10) | 13 (0) |
| 9 | 16 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2749 (+15) | 8 (-19) |
| 10 | 8 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2744 (-10) | 27 (+10) |
| 11 | 19 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2741 (+22) | 19 (-6) |
| 12 | 9 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2739 (-13) | 9 (-1) |
| 13 | 13 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2737 (-2) | 25 (+20) |
| 14 | 17 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2736 (+7) | 14 (-1) |
| 15 | 14 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2736 (0) | 8 (-5) |
| 16 | 11 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2733 (-15) | 13 (+3) |
| 17 | 10 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2732 (-18) | 19 (+19) |
| 18 | 23 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2730 (+12) | 21 (+21) |
| 19 | 15 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2730 (-6) | 17 (+7) |
| 20 | 20 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2723 (+4) | 19 (+1) |
| 21 | 18 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2720 (-3) | 12 (0) |
| 22 | 31 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2716 (+10) | 15 (-11) |
| 23 | 28 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2715 (+7) | 10 (-3) |
| 24 | 34 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2713 (+13) | 18 (-9) |
| 25 | 21 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2712 (-7) | 4 (+4) |
| 26 | 33 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2710 (+6) | 7 (-8) |
| 27 | 30 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2708 (+1) | 15 (+6) |
| 28 | 24 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2708 (-7) | 7 (-10) |
| 29 | 22 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2708 (-10) | 2 (-14) |
| 30 | 27 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2705 (-3) | 14 (-7) |
| 31 | 26 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2705 (-6) | 10 (-10) |
| 32 | 39 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2704 (+8) | 15 (+15) |
| 33 | 25 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2703 (-12) | 13 (+6) |
| 34 | 32 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2702 (-3) | 2 (-3) |
| 35 | 40 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2697 (+2) | 6 (-17) |
| 36 | 37 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2697 (0) | 4 (-13) |
| 37 | 38 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2697 (0) | 0 (-10) |
| 38 | 29 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2696 (-11) | 7 (-9) |
| 39 | 36 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2694 (-4) | 17 (+5) |
| 40 | 41 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2693 (-2) | 6 (-10) |
| 41 | 42 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2692 (-2) | 8 (-16) |
| 42 | 44 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2692 (+1) | 8 (-8) |
| 43 | 43 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2692 (0) | 6 (-18) |
| 44 | 45 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2687 (-2) | 13 (-13) |
| 45 | 46 | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | g | UKR | 2686 (0) | 0 (-26) |
| 46 | 48 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2682 (+2) | 4 (-2) |
| 47 | 50 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2681 (+4) | 12 (-2) |
| 48 | 51 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2680 (+4) | 12 (-4) |
| 49 | 35 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2678 (-22) | 10 (+3) |
| 50 | 49 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2677 (0) | 0 (-17) |
| 51 | 81 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2675 (+23) | 18 (-3) |
| 52 | 47 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2673 (-9) | 6 (-16) |
| 53 | 54 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2672 (0) | 0 (-13) |
| 54 | 53 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2672 (0) | 0 (-16) |
| 55 | 78 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2670 (+17) | 12 (-2) |
| 56 | 62 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2670 (+6) | 6 (-10) |
| 57 | 52 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2670 (-2) | 4 (-14) |
| 58 | 93 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2668 (+22) | 13 (+13) |
| 59 | 65 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2668 (+6) | 11 (-5) |
| 60 | 58 | Kurnosov, Igor | g | RUS | 2668 (+2) | 10 (-10) |
| 61 | 59 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2665 (-1) | 4 (-13) |
| 62 | 61 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2662 (-2) | 2 (-32) |
| 63 | 67 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2661 (0) | 0 (-16) |
| 64 | 91 | Vescovi, Giovanni | g | BRA | 2660 (+12) | 20 (+1) |
| 65 | 55 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2660 (-11) | 15 (+10) |
| 66 | 66 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2659 (-2) | 9 (-12) |
| 67 | 70 | Lastin, Alexander | g | RUS | 2659 (+3) | 4 (-7) |
| 68 | 79 | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2658 (+5) | 12 (+2) |
| 69 | - | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2658 (+) | 10 (+) |
| 70 | 92 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 2657 (+9) | 18 (+1) |
| 71 | 56 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2657 (-11) | 10 (-14) |
| 72 | 60 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2657 (-8) | 10 (-25) |
| 73 | 88 | Smeets, Jan | g | NED | 2657 (+7) | 10 (-7) |
| 74 | 57 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2657 (-9) | 9 (-17) |
| 75 | 68 | Roiz, Michael | g | ISR | 2657 (-2) | 8 (+5) |
| 76 | 74 | Avrukh, Boris | g | ISR | 2656 (+1) | 8 (+1) |
| 77 | - | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2656 (+) | 8 (+) |
| 78 | 69 | Krasenkow, Michal | g | POL | 2656 (0) | 0 (-19) |
| 79 | 89 | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2654 (+5) | 8 (-7) |
| 80 | 75 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2654 (0) | 4 (-21) |
| 81 | 73 | Baklan, Vladimir | g | UKR | 2654 (-1) | 2 (-30) |
| 82 | 80 | Grachev, Boris | g | RUS | 2653 (+1) | 18 (-5) |
| 83 | 64 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2653 (-11) | 4 (-5) |
| 84 | - | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2652 (+) | 16 (+) |
| 85 | 86 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2652 (+1) | 4 (-18) |
| 86 | 96 | Khismatullin, Denis | g | RUS | 2651 (+8) | 16 (0) |
| 87 | 72 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2650 (-5) | 9 (-35) |
| 88 | 84 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | BIH | 2649 (-3) | 12 (+1) |
| 89 | 94 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2649 (+4) | 6 (-15) |
| 90 | 90 | Seirawan, Yasser | g | USA | 2649 (0) | 2 (+1) |
| 91 | 99 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2648 (+6) | 17 (+3) |
| 92 | 87 | Postny, Evgeny | g | ISR | 2648 (-2) | 7 (-19) |
| 93 | - | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2647 (+) | 20 (+) |
| 94 | 71 | Pashikian, Arman | g | ARM | 2647 (-9) | 6 (-5) |
| 95 | 63 | Landa, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2645 (-19) | 10 (-6) |
| 96 | 85 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 2644 (-8) | 6 (+1) |
| 97 | - | Nyback, Tomi | g | FIN | 2643 (+) | 13 (+) |
| 98 | - | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2643 (+) | 10 (+) |
| 99 | 77 | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | g | KAZ | 2643 (-10) | 9 (-6) |
| 100 | 97 | Socko, Bartosz | g | POL | 2643 (0) | 8 (-7) |
FIDE JANUARY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN
| Rank | Old | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games |
| 1 | 1 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2682 (+2) | 4 (-2) |
| 2 | 2 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2614 (+11) | 8 (+2) |
| 3 | 3 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2590 (+2) | 14 (-16) |
| 4 | 5 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2545 (+4) | 7 (-8) |
| 5 | 9 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | m | RUS | 2533 (+15) | 9 (-12) |
| 6 | 7 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2528 (+3) | 4 (-2) |
| 7 | 6 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2523 (-9) | 25 (-3) |
| 8 | 11 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2523 (+6) | 10 (+4) |
| 9 | 17 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2518 (+19) | 16 (+10) |
| 10 | 8 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2515 (-7) | 8 (-12) |
| 11 | 12 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | g | GEO | 2514 (0) | 0 (-13) |
| 12 | 13 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2512 (+3) | 4 (-44) |
| 13 | 10 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2510 (-8) | 8 (-3) |
| 14 | 4 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2506 (-41) | 19 (-1) |
| 15 | 14 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2504 (-2) | 4 (-37) |
| 16 | 18 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2503 (+11) | 9 (-11) |
| 17 | 15 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2501 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 18 | 16 | Danielian, Elina | m | ARM | 2495 (-4) | 11 (-13) |
| 19 | 21 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2493 (+11) | 7 (-16) |
| 20 | 22 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | m | LTU | 2489 (+9) | 9 (+1) |
| 21 | 19 | Hoang Thanh Trang | g | HUN | 2487 (0) | 0 (-6) |
| 22 | 23 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2484 (+4) | 9 (+3) |
| 23 | 24 | Ruan, Lufei | wg | CHN | 2479 (+4) | 2 (-9) |
| 24 | 20 | Xu, Yuhua | g | CHN | 2478 (-5) | 3 (-25) |
| 25 | 26 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2471 (+4) | 11 (-4) |
| 26 | 34 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2470 (+13) | 16 (-14) |
| 27 | 29 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | g | SCO | 2470 (+4) | 9 (-4) |
| 28 | 32 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2470 (+7) | 4 (-13) |
| 29 | 30 | Qin, Kanying | wg | CHN | 2466 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 30 | 27 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2466 (0) | 0 (-16) |
| 31 | 33 | Tan, Zhongyi | wg | CHN | 2464 (+4) | 3 (-22) |
| 32 | 31 | Zhukova, Natalia | wg | UKR | 2462 (-3) | 8 (-1) |
| 33 | 39 | Khotenashvili, Bela | m | GEO | 2461 (+7) | 8 (-17) |
| 34 | 25 | Dembo, Yelena | m | GRE | 2457 (-11) | 8 (-12) |
| 35 | 37 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2456 (0) | 0 (-5) |
| 36 | 35 | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2455 (-2) | 13 (-7) |
| 37 | 42 | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2455 (+4) | 5 (-12) |
| 38 | 38 | Tairova, Elena | m | RUS | 2455 (0) | 0 (-7) |
| 39 | 28 | Ushenina, Anna | m | UKR | 2452 (-14) | 6 (-9) |
| 40 | 41 | Hunt, Harriet V | m | ENG | 2452 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 41 | 36 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2450 (-7) | 14 (0) |
| 42 | 46 | Gunina, Valentina | wf | RUS | 2448 (+2) | 7 (-6) |
| 43 | 44 | Korbut, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2448 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 44 | 45 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2447 (0) | 0 (-12) |
| 45 | 47 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2445 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 46 | 40 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2444 (-8) | 2 (-33) |
| 47 | 50 | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | m | ROU | 2440 (+5) | 10 (-7) |
| 48 | 48 | Huang, Qian | wg | CHN | 2439 (-3) | 3 (-23) |
| 49 | 52 | Khukhashvili, Sopiko | m | GEO | 2438 (+6) | 7 (-8) |
| 50 | 57 | Zhang, Xiaowen | wg | CHN | 2437 (+15) | 24 (-4) |
| 51 | 51 | Repkova, Eva | m | SVK | 2434 (0) | 0 (-8) |
| 52 | 43 | Romanko, Marina | m | RUS | 2433 (-16) | 6 (-5) |
| 53 | 49 | Melia, Salome | m | GEO | 2431 (-5) | 9 (-4) |
| 54 | 55 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2428 (+1) | 4 (-9) |
| 55 | 60 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | wg | MGL | 2427 (+14) | 15 (+1) |
| 56 | 53 | Moser, Eva | m | AUT | 2424 (-7) | 8 (+8) |
| 57 | 56 | Li, Ruofan | m | SIN | 2423 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 58 | 58 | Ovod, Evgenija | m | RUS | 2415 (0) | 0 (-20) |
| 59 | 54 | Khurtsidze, Nino | m | GEO | 2414 (-16) | 13 (-2) |
| 60 | 59 | Vasilevich, Tatjana | m | UKR | 2414 (0) | 0 (-17) |
| 61 | 88 | Cori T., Deysi | wm | PER | 2412 (+38) | 33 (+24) |
| 62 | 62 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | m | ROU | 2411 (0) | 7 (-8) |
| 63 | 67 | Savina, Anastasia | | RUS | 2407 (+6) | 20 (-7) |
| 64 | 68 | Matnadze, Ana | m | GEO | 2407 (+6) | 9 (-1) |
| 65 | 61 | Karavade, Eesha | wg | IND | 2405 (-8) | 11 (+2) |
| 66 | 78 | Milliet, Sophie | m | FRA | 2404 (+14) | 13 (+5) |
| 67 | 81 | Jackova, Jana | m | CZE | 2403 (+15) | 16 (+7) |
| 68 | 73 | Tsereteli, Tamar | wg | GEO | 2403 (+10) | 9 (-6) |
| 69 | 64 | Zdebskaja, Natalia | wg | UKR | 2402 (-6) | 16 (-6) |
| 70 | 65 | Peng, Zhaoqin | g | NED | 2402 (-6) | 9 (-5) |
| 71 | 74 | Houska, Jovanka | m | ENG | 2401 (+10) | 18 (+8) |
| 72 | 69 | Stockova, Zuzana | m | SVK | 2401 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 73 | 70 | Tania, Sachdev | m | IND | 2398 (-1) | 11 (+4) |
| 74 | 63 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | wg | POL | 2391 (-19) | 19 (0) |
| 75 | 79 | Zaiatz, Elena | m | RUS | 2391 (+1) | 4 (+4) |
| 76 | 75 | Alexandrova, Olga | m | ESP | 2391 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 77 | 76 | Matveeva, Svetlana | m | RUS | 2391 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 78 | 82 | Stepovaia, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2389 (+5) | 8 (-4) |
| 79 | 93 | Molchanova, Tatjana | wm | RUS | 2388 (+20) | 8 (-10) |
| 80 | 72 | Maric, Alisa | m | SRB | 2387 (-9) | 9 (+2) |
| 81 | 84 | Turova, Irina | m | RUS | 2386 (+2) | 8 (+8) |
| 82 | 77 | Madl, Ildiko | m | HUN | 2385 (-5) | 7 (-1) |
| 83 | 66 | Bojkovic, Natasa | m | SRB | 2384 (-22) | 9 (-2) |
| 84 | 71 | Kovanova, Baira | wg | RUS | 2384 (-13) | 2 (-18) |
| 85 | 87 | Shadrina, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2382 (+1) | 9 (-8) |
| 86 | 86 | Pokorna, Regina | wg | SVK | 2382 (0) | 0 (-18) |
| 87 | - | Galojan, Lilit | wg | ARM | 2374 (+) | 8 (+) |
| 88 | 98 | Dworakowska, Joanna | m | POL | 2374 (+13) | 7 (0) |
| 89 | - | Majdan, Joanna | wg | POL | 2374 (+) | 7 (+) |
| 90 | 90 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2372 (0) | 2 (-16) |
| 91 | 91 | Lomineishvili, Maia | m | GEO | 2371 (0) | 0 (-11) |
| 92 | 92 | Gara, Anita | m | HUN | 2370 (+1) | 17 (-1) |
| 93 | 96 | Michna, Marta | wg | GER | 2370 (+4) | 8 (+8) |
| 94 | 85 | Vajda, Szidonia | m | HUN | 2369 (-13) | 17 (-2) |
| 95 | 94 | Iljushina, Olga | wg | RUS | 2367 (0) | 0 (-7) |
| 96 | 95 | Goletiani, Rusudan | m | USA | 2366 (0) | 0 (-18) |
| 97 | - | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2365 (+) | 23 (+) |
| 98 | - | Gaprindashvili, Nona | g | GEO | 2360 (+) | 9 (+) |
| 99 | 89 | Calzetta Ruiz, Monica | wg | ESP | 2359 (-14) | 8 (-17) |
| 100 | 100 | Djingarova, Emilia | wg | BUL | 2359 (0) | 0 (0) |
FIDE JANUARY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 20 JUNIORS
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2810 | 16 | 1990 |
| 2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2730 | 21 | 1990 |
| 3 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2720 | 12 | 1990 |
| 4 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2675 | 18 | 1992 |
| 5 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2658 | 10 | 1990 |
| 6 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2656 | 8 | 1993 |
| 7 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2647 | 20 | 1991 |
| 8 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2635 | 14 | 1990 |
| 9 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2634 | 0 | 1990 |
| 10 | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | g | NOR | 2627 | 18 | 1990 |
| 11 | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2621 | 2 | 1993 |
| 12 | Popov, Ivan | g | RUS | 2617 | 17 | 1990 |
| 13 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2616 | 0 | 1990 |
| 14 | Kovalyov, Anton | g | ARG | 2613 | 18 | 1992 |
| 15 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2610 | 10 | 1993 |
| 16 | Edouard, Romain | g | FRA | 2608 | 5 | 1990 |
| 17 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2606 | 20 | 1990 |
| 18 | Khairullin, Ildar | g | RUS | 2605 | 2 | 1990 |
| 19 | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2594 | 9 | 1992 |
| 20 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2590 | 14 | 1994 |
FIDE NOVEMBER 2009 RATING LIST: TOP 20 GIRLS
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2590 | 14 | 1994 |
| 2 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2523 | 25 | 1990 |
| 3 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2512 | 4 | 1991 |
| 4 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2471 | 11 | 1991 |
| 5 | Tan, Zhongyi | wg | CHN | 2464 | 3 | 1991 |
| 6 | Tairova, Elena | m | RUS | 2455 | 0 | 1991 |
| 7 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2447 | 0 | 1992 |
| 8 | Cori T., Deysi | wm | PER | 2412 | 33 | 1993 |
| 9 | Savina, Anastasia | | RUS | 2407 | 20 | 1992 |
| 10 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2372 | 2 | 1992 |
| 11 | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2365 | 23 | 1991 |
| 12 | Muminova, Nafisa | wm | UZB | 2347 | 0 | 1990 |
| 13 | Severiukhina, Zoja | wm | RUS | 2341 | 13 | 1990 |
| 14 | Pustovoitova, Daria | | RUS | 2319 | 25 | 1994 |
| 15 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | wg | RUS | 2315 | 15 | 1993 |
| 16 | Ding, Yixin | wf | CHN | 2315 | 8 | 1991 |
| 17 | Tsatsalashvili, Keti | wm | GEO | 2312 | 30 | 1992 |
| 18 | Rakic, Marija | wm | SRB | 2306 | 3 | 1990 |
| 19 | Ohme, Melanie | wm | GER | 2300 | 7 | 1990 |
| 20 | Vojinovic, Jovana | wg | MNE | 2296 | 19 | 1992 |
Last month he turned 19, and today Magnus Carlsen officialy became the official world's number one player. On the January 1st FIDE rating list the Norwegian as a rating of 2810, 5 points more than Veselin Topalov, who had occupied the number 1 spot since October 2008.
After winning the London Chess Classic with three wins and four draws it was a fact: Magnus Carlsen would become the youngest world's number one in chess history. Thanks to the "live list" by Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website) everyone could already see how the top rankings would look like, and today this became official due to FIDE's publication of the January list.World Champion Viswanathan Anand won 2 points and is still in third place; after the Tal Memorial and London Vladimir Kramnik surpassed Levon Aronian to become 4th. Vassily Ivanchuk is back in the top 10, and Wang Yue entered for the first time - the Chinese GM is now the world's 9th player. After a successful period, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is 11th now. Leko and Morozevich dropped out of the top 10.Frenchman Vachier-Lagrave, just two months older than Carlsen, has now entered the top 20 while another former prodigy, Sergei Karjakin, dropped out - but let's not forget he'll be defending his Corus title soon. Vladimir Malakhov's successful period resulted in a rise from spot 31 to 22. Without getting too much attention, Zoltan Almasi and David Navara occupy the excellent spots 26 and 27.
A disappointing London Chess Classic cost Nigel Short his 2700+ rating but he's still just England's best player at 2696; Michael Adams is now one spot below him at 2694. 17-year-old Fabiano Caruana did well again and climbed no less than 30 places; from spot 81 to 51. Another young player did even better: 18-year-old Sergei Zhigalko went from 93 to 58. New in the top 100 compared to the previous list are Ian Nepomniachtchi (69th), Wesley So (77th), Viktor Laznicka (84th), Le Quang Liem (93rd) Tomi Nyback (97th) and Evgeny Bareev (98th).In the women's list again the top 3 didn't change; the difference between Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru is now 68 points. Nadezhda Kosintseva climbed from 9th to 5th while Alexandra Kosteniuk and Kateryna Lahno are back into the top 10. Nana Dzagnidze dropped out from 4th place all the way to 14th. 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. All data courtesy of FIDE.
