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 |
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.
