Carlsen officially world's number 2 at 2801

Magnus Carlsen officialy broke the 2800 barrier today. On the November 1st FIDE rating list the Norwegian is the new world's number 2, only 9 points behind Veselin Topalov (2810). Radjabov and Ivanchuk left the top 10 for Gashimov and Svidler.

We all know the story of Magnus Carlsen's amazing performance at the Nanjing super-tournament, but it still takes your breath away to see that magical 2801 next to his name, now officially, on the November 1st FIDE rating list. The top 10 is almost identical to the "live list" by Hans Arild Runde which you can also find in the far right column on this website. The difference is the European Team Championship, not yet included in the official list. In Novi Sad Veselin Topalov lost a bit, and so Magnus Carlsen is in fact only 3.9 points behind the Bulgarian; a gap that could be closed during the upcoming Tal Memorial.

In about one and a half years time Vugar Gashimov has become one of the world's very best players - he entered the top 10 for the first time and is now on a fine 6th place, behind Topalov, Carlsen, Anand, Aronian and Kramnik. It's good to see Peter Svidler back there too; the grandmaster from St Petersburg is 8th now, one place behind Boris Gelfand.

Leko dropped from 6th to 9th place and Radjabov and Ivanchuk are just out of the top 10; on spots 11 and 12 respectively. Eljanov climbed to 17th, but on the live list that's already 11th (!) thanks to his top performance in Novi Sad. Nakamura and Alekseev dropped out of the top 20. New or back in the top 100 are Surya Ganguly, Jan Smeets, Giovanni Vescovi, Boris Savchenko, Denis Khismatullin, Bartosz Socko and Anton Korobov.

The women's top 10 has barely changed since the September list. Judit Polgar dropped 7 rating points at the Univé Tournament in Hoogeveen but is still 77 points ahead of Humpy Koneru. Nana Dzagnidze is now the 4th female player in the world, 41 points behind Hou Yifan. Nadezhda Kosintseva already climbed to 9th place and her 8/9 in Novi Sad still needs to be added to that! Zhao Xue dropped from 4th to 14th place. The names in the Juniors and Girls top 10s are the same as two months ago.

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 NOVEMBER 2009 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	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2810 (-3)	10 (+10)
	2	4	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2801 (+29)	10 (0)
	3	2	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2788 (0)	0 (0)
	4	3	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2786 (+13)	13 (0)
	5	5	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772 (0)	0 (-10)
	6	14	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2758 (+18)	11 (+11)
	7	9	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2758 (+2)	11 (-22)
	8	12	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2754 (+13)	17 (+8)
	9	6	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2752 (-10)	10 (-13)
	10	10	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2750 (0)	0 (-18)
	11	7	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2748 (-9)	10 (0)
	12	8	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2739 (-17)	13 (-29)
	13	13	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2739 (-2)	5 (-4)
	14	17	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2736 (+3)	13 (+13)
	15	11	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2736 (-6)	10 (-14)
	16	15	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2734 (-2)	27 (+27)
	17	24	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2729 (+12)	15 (+2)
	18	20	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2723 (+1)	12 (-1)
	19	21	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2719 (-2)	25 (+23)
	20	18	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2719 (-11)	18 (0)
	21	22	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2719 (0)	0 (-13)
	22	26	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2718 (+7)	16 (+7)
	23	23	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2718 (0)	0 (-31)
	24	16	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2715 (-20)	17 (0)
	25	19	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2715 (-10)	7 (-16)
	26	36	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2711 (+15)	20 (+11)
	27	44	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2708 (+20)	21 (+14)
	28	42	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2708 (+18)	13 (+13)
	29	29	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2707 (+1)	16 (+6)
	30	39	Navara, David	g	CZE	2707 (+15)	9 (0)
	31	25	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2706 (-9)	26 (+16)
	32	31	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2705 (+3)	5 (-25)
	33	48	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2704 (+19)	15 (+6)
	34	28	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2700 (-9)	27 (+4)
	35	34	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2700 (+2)	7 (-6)
	36	50	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2698 (+16)	12 (-13)
	37	30	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2697 (-6)	17 (+17)
	38	45	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2697 (+10)	10 (0)
	39	35	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2696 (0)	0 (-9)
	40	27	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2695 (-15)	23 (+23)
	41	38	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2695 (+3)	16 (-16)
	42	53	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2694 (+13)	24 (+24)
	43	43	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2692 (+4)	24 (+16)
	44	52	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2691 (+10)	16 (+14)
	45	47	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2689 (+4)	26 (+16)
	46	41	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	2686 (-4)	26 (-2)
	47	32	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2682 (-20)	22 (+22)
	48	46	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2680 (-7)	6 (+6)
	49	37	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2677 (-17)	17 (-3)
	50	67	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2677 (+13)	14 (+3)
	51	54	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2676 (-2)	16 (+6)
	52	33	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2672 (-27)	18 (+18)
	53	56	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2672 (-1)	16 (+8)
	54	68	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	2672 (+9)	13 (-13)
	55	62	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2671 (+4)	5 (-15)
	56	83	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2668 (+14)	24 (+24)
	57	55	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2666 (-10)	26 (+17)
	58	59	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	2666 (-3)	20 (+20)
	59	51	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2666 (-15)	17 (0)
	60	40	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2665 (-27)	35 (+27)
	61	57	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2664 (-6)	34 (-11)
	62	63	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2664 (-3)	16 (+7)
	63	81	Landa, Konstantin	g	RUS	2664 (+9)	16 (+16)
	64	73	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2664 (+3)	9 (0)
	65	88	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2662 (+14)	16 (-1)
	66	69	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2661 (-2)	21 (+3)
	67	93	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2661 (+15)	16 (+5)
	68	78	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	2659 (+1)	3 (-17)
	69	85	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2656 (+5)	19 (-8)
	70	90	Lastin, Alexander	g	RUS	2656 (+8)	11 (+11)
	71	70	Pashikian, Arman	g	ARM	2656 (-7)	11 (-7)
	72	74	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	2655 (-4)	44 (+25)
	73	92	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	2655 (+9)	32 (+14)
	74	60	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	2655 (-13)	7 (-12)
	75	-	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	2654 (+)	25 (+)
	76	95	Fier, Alexandr	g	BRA	2653 (+9)	28 (-3)
	77	100	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	g	KAZ	2653 (+10)	15 (+6)
	78	77	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2653 (-5)	14 (-9)
	79	65	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2653 (-11)	10 (-8)
	80	49	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2652 (-32)	23 (+12)
	81	71	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2652 (-10)	21 (+4)
	82	82	Predojevic, Borki	g	BIH	2652 (-2)	17 (-1)
	83	86	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2652 (+2)	15 (-4)
	84	79	Sokolov, Ivan	g	BIH	2652 (-5)	11 (+1)
	85	76	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	2652 (-7)	5 (+5)
	86	61	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	2651 (-17)	22 (+12)
	87	84	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	2650 (-1)	26 (-7)
	88	-	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2650 (+)	17 (+)
	89	72	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	2649 (-12)	15 (-11)
	90	94	Seirawan, Yasser	g	USA	2649 (+3)	1 (+1)
	91	-	Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	2648 (+)	19 (+)
	92	80	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2648 (-8)	17 (+8)
	93	91	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2646 (0)	0 (-32)
	94	66	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2645 (-19)	21 (+8)
	95	-	Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	2644 (+)	29 (+)
	96	-	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	2643 (+)	16 (+)
	97	-	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	2643 (+)	15 (+)
	98	89	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	2643 (-5)	9 (0)
	99	-	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2642 (+)	14 (+)
	100	58	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	2642 (-27)	14 (+3)
	101	87	Tregubov, Pavel V.	g	RUS	2642 (-7)	11 (+2)

FIDE NOVEMBER 2009 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN

Rank		Old	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games
	1	1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2680 (-7)	6 (+6)
	2	2	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2603 (+8)	6 (-19)
	3	3	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2588 (+3)	30 (+21)
	4	7	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2547 (+12)	20 (-7)
	5	9	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2541 (+14)	15 (-14)
	6	8	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2532 (-1)	28 (+10)
	7	6	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2525 (-10)	6 (-29)
	8	5	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2522 (-14)	20 (+9)
	9	16	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2518 (+25)	21 (+10)
	10	10	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2518 (-1)	11 (+1)
	11	11	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2517 (+1)	6 (+6)
	12	12	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2514 (+8)	13 (+13)
	13	45	Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	2509 (+66)	48 (+48)
	14	4	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2506 (-36)	41 (+33)
	15	14	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2501 (0)	0 (0)
	16	17	Danielian, Elina	m	ARM	2499 (+10)	24 (+4)
	17	21	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2499 (+16)	6 (-3)
	18	29	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2492 (+23)	20 (+18)
	19	13	Hoang Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2487 (-14)	6 (+6)
	20	20	Xu, Yuhua	g	CHN	2483 (-2)	28 (+28)
	21	28	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2482 (+10)	23 (+14)
	22	24	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2480 (+3)	8 (-11)
	23	23	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2480 (-2)	6 (-14)
	24	19	Ruan, Lufei	wg	CHN	2475 (-11)	11 (+11)
	25	22	Dembo, Yelena	m	GRE	2468 (-14)	20 (-6)
	26	26	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2467 (-7)	15 (-14)
	27	32	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2466 (+4)	16 (+7)
	28	27	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2466 (-8)	15 (+7)
	29	15	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	g	SCO	2466 (-33)	13 (-5)
	30	30	Qin, Kanying	wg	CHN	2466 (0)	0 (0)
	31	34	Zhukova, Natalia	wg	UKR	2465 (+8)	9 (0)
	32	18	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2463 (-25)	17 (-1)
	33	51	Tan, Zhongyi		CHN	2460 (+25)	25 (+25)
	34	47	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2457 (+19)	30 (+4)
	35	31	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2457 (-8)	20 (0)
	36	25	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2457 (-19)	14 (-13)
	37	40	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2456 (+8)	5 (-6)
	38	39	Tairova, Elena	m	RUS	2455 (+5)	7 (+7)
	39	48	Khotenashvili, Bela	m	GEO	2454 (+16)	25 (+10)
	40	36	Shen, Yang	wg	CHN	2452 (-1)	35 (+35)
	41	37	Hunt, Harriet V	m	ENG	2452 (0)	0 (0)
	42	33	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2451 (-7)	17 (+1)
	43	35	Romanko, Marina	m	RUS	2449 (-4)	11 (-7)
	44	41	Korbut, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2448 (0)	0 (0)
	45	44	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2447 (+4)	12 (+4)
	46	49	Gunina, Valentina	wf	RUS	2446 (+9)	13 (+13)
	47	43	Atalik, Ekaterina	m	TUR	2445 (0)	0 (-9)
	48	56	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2442 (+18)	26 (+26)
	49	53	Melia, Salome	m	GEO	2436 (+4)	13 (-26)
	50	52	Foisor, Cristina-Adela	m	ROU	2435 (+2)	17 (-10)
	51	46	Repkova, Eva	m	SVK	2434 (-5)	8 (0)
	52	38	Khukhashvili, Sopiko	m	GEO	2432 (-19)	15 (+1)
	53	54	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2431 (0)	0 (0)
	54	59	Khurtsidze, Nino	m	GEO	2430 (+10)	15 (0)
	55	50	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2427 (-9)	13 (+4)
	56	58	Li, Ruofan	wg	SIN	2423 (0)	0 (0)
	57	76	Zhang, Xiaowen	wg	CHN	2422 (+31)	28 (+28)
	58	42	Ovod, Evgenija	m	RUS	2415 (-32)	20 (+20)
	59	57	Vasilevich, Tatjana	m	UKR	2414 (-9)	17 (+8)
	60	60	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	wg	MGL	2413 (-5)	14 (+5)
	61	72	Karavade, Eesha	wg	IND	2413 (+22)	9 (-9)
	62	78	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROU	2411 (+24)	15 (-14)
	63	61	Zawadzka, Jolanta	wg	POL	2410 (-4)	19 (-18)
	64	62	Zdebskaja, Natalia	wg	UKR	2408 (-2)	22 (+1)
	65	65	Peng, Zhaoqin	g	NED	2408 (+1)	14 (+5)
	66	55	Bojkovic, Natasa	m	SRB	2406 (-23)	11 (+11)
	67	85	Savina, Anastasia		RUS	2401 (+19)	27 (+27)
	68	71	Matnadze, Ana	m	GEO	2401 (+10)	10 (-26)
	69	68	Stockova, Zuzana	m	SVK	2401 (0)	0 (-18)
	70	66	Tania, Sachdev	m	IND	2399 (-6)	7 (-16)
	71	63	Kovanova, Baira	wg	RUS	2397 (-11)	20 (+6)
	72	67	Maric, Alisa	m	SRB	2396 (-9)	7 (-2)
	73	-	Tsereteli, Tamar	wg	GEO	2393 (+)	15 (+)
	74	86	Houska, Jovanka	m	ENG	2391 (+10)	10 (-10)
	75	73	Alexandrova, Olga	m	ESP	2391 (0)	0 (-9)
	76	75	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2391 (0)	0 (0)
	77	81	Madl, Ildiko	m	HUN	2390 (+4)	8 (+8)
	78	64	Milliet, Sophie	m	FRA	2390 (-17)	8 (-11)
	79	77	Zaiatz, Elena	m	RUS	2390 (0)	0 (0)
	80	-	Nikolova, Adriana	wm	BUL	2389 (+)	17 (+)
	81	70	Jackova, Jana	m	CZE	2388 (-5)	9 (0)
	82	93	Stepovaia, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2384 (+12)	12 (+7)
	83	69	Gomes, Mary Ann	wg	IND	2384 (-12)	7 (-15)
	84	82	Turova, Irina	m	RUS	2384 (0)	0 (-43)
	85	92	Vajda, Szidonia	m	HUN	2382 (+7)	19 (+19)
	86	90	Pokorna, Regina	wg	SVK	2382 (+4)	18 (+9)
	87	84	Shadrina, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2381 (-3)	17 (+17)
	88	98	Cori T., Deysi	wm	PER	2374 (+13)	9 (-30)
	89	79	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	wg	ESP	2373 (-13)	25 (+3)
	90	83	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	wg	RUS	2372 (-12)	18 (0)
	91	89	Lomineishvili, Maia	m	GEO	2371 (-7)	11 (-3)
	92	95	Gara, Anita	m	HUN	2369 (+4)	18 (+9)
	93	-	Molchanova, Tatjana	wm	RUS	2368 (+)	18 (+)
	94	96	Iljushina, Olga	wg	RUS	2367 (+3)	7 (-10)
	95	74	Goletiani, Rusudan	m	USA	2366 (-25)	18 (+18)
	96	94	Michna, Marta	wg	GER	2366 (0)	0 (-9)
	97	88	Wang, Yu A.	m	CHN	2362 (-18)	13 (+13)
	98	-	Dworakowska, Joanna	m	POL	2361 (+)	7 (+)
	99	97	Gara, Ticia	wg	HUN	2360 (-4)	19 (+12)
	100	-	Djingarova, Emilia	wg	BUL	2359 (+)	0 (+)

FIDE NOVEMBER 2009 RATING LIST: TOP 20 JUNIORS

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2801	10	1990
2	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2723	12	1990
3	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2718	0	1990
4	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2708	13	1989
5	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2652	21	1992
6	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2646	0	1989
7	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2640	15	1993
8	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2636	23	1990
9	Kuzubov, Yuriy	g	UKR	2634	16	1990
10	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2626	22	1990
11	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2624	10	1991
12	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	2623	7	1989
13	Negi, Parimarjan	g	IND	2620	33	1993
14	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2620	0	1990
15	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	g	VIE	2616	36	1990
16	Andriasian, Zaven	g	ARM	2613	25	1989
17	Khairullin, Ildar	g	RUS	2613	20	1990
18	Sjugirov, Sanan	g	RUS	2612	20	1993
19	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	g	VEN	2605	0	1989
20	Kovalyov, Anton	g	ARG	2601	20	1992

FIDE NOVEMBER 2009 RATING LIST: TOP 20 GIRLS

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2588	30	1994
2	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2532	28	1990
3	Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	2509	48	1991
4	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2499	6	1989
5	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2467	15	1991
6	Tan, Zhongyi		CHN	2460	25	1991
7	Tairova, Elena	m	RUS	2455	7	1991
8	Shen, Yang	wg	CHN	2452	35	1989
9	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2447	12	1992
10	Gunina, Valentina	wf	RUS	2446	13	1989
11	Zhang, Xiaowen	wg	CHN	2422	28	1989
12	Savina, Anastasia		RUS	2401	27	1992
13	Gomes, Mary Ann	wg	IND	2384	7	1989
14	Cori T., Deysi	wm	PER	2374	9	1993
15	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	wg	RUS	2372	18	1992
16	Muminova, Nafisa	wm	UZB	2347	17	1990
17	Severiukhina, Zoja	wm	RUS	2342	18	1990
18	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2340	18	1991
19	Padmini, Rout	wm	IND	2333	21	1994
20	Guramishvili, Sopiko	wg	GEO	2327	10	1991