Magnus Carlsen (2813) tops the world rankings by one point. On the May 1 FIDE rating list Veselin Topalov has won seven rating points to reach 2812. Vassily Ivanchuk is not the highest rated Ukrainian anymore; Pavel Eljanov confirmed his steady progress and surpassed him to enter the world's top 10. And Alexei Shirov is back there too.FIDE published its May 1st rating list and this time there's not a big 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). Only Anand's and Topalov's ratings are different because of the current World Championship match: virtually speaking Topalov has dropped back to 2806 and Anand is just 3.6 points away from the 2800 barrier.
The biggest news this time is that Vassily Ivanchuk isn't Ukraine's number one player anymore, for the first time in years. Winning another 15 points in 20 games, on the May 2010 list
Pavel Eljanov has reached a 9th spot, while Ivanchuk lost seven points and dropped slightly from 11 to 12.With solid results in not so many games Wang Yue climbed from 10 to 8, and the 10th place is now occupied by Alexei Shirov. Boris Gelfand is out of the top 10 again but only lost 9 rating points. Sergey Karjakin might see the first results of his switch of federations and trainers: he climbed from 21 to 14. Alexander Morozevich didn't play this period but still dropped three places, to 27 now. Anand's seconds Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Peter Heine Nielsen can be found next to each other on the list: numbers 39 and 40.One of the biggest climbers was Ian Nepomniachtchi, who won no less than 39 points and went up from 78 to 42. Reaching 97, Anish Giri is a top 100 player for the first time.The women's list has been stable for a long time now, with very few changes in the top 10. Both Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru didn't play, so the gap is still 60 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.
All data courtesy of FIDE.FIDE MAY 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 | 2813 (0) | 0 (-13) |
| 2 | 2 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2812 (+7) | 10 (+10) |
| 3 | 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2790 (0) | 0 (-13) |
| 4 | 4 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2789 (+2) | 2 (-11) |
| 5 | 5 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2783 (+1) | 10 (+1) |
| 6 | 6 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2763 (+3) | 4 (-5) |
| 7 | 7 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2760 (+4) | 18 (+2) |
| 8 | 10 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2752 (+3) | 7 (+7) |
| 9 | 16 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2751 (+15) | 20 (+20) |
| 10 | 14 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2742 (+5) | 10 (-3) |
| 11 | 9 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2741 (-9) | 16 (+9) |
| 12 | 11 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2741 (-7) | 10 (-3) |
| 13 | 13 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2740 (0) | 0 (-7) |
| 14 | 21 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2739 (+14) | 7 (-6) |
| 15 | 8 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2735 (-15) | 15 (+6) |
| 16 | 18 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2735 (0) | 0 (-13) |
| 17 | 12 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2734 (-6) | 14 (+7) |
| 18 | 15 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2733 (-4) | 7 (+7) |
| 19 | 17 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2733 (-2) | 4 (-17) |
| 20 | 23 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2725 (+5) | 11 (+2) |
| 21 | 20 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2725 (0) | 10 (-4) |
| 22 | 22 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2722 (+1) | 12 (+5) |
| 23 | 25 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2722 (+7) | 10 (+10) |
| 24 | 31 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2718 (+10) | 24 (+24) |
| 25 | 29 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2717 (+8) | 35 (+25) |
| 26 | 40 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2715 (+20) | 11 (+2) |
| 27 | 24 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2715 (0) | 0 (-6) |
| 28 | 27 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2713 (0) | 0 (-13) |
| 29 | 26 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2710 (-4) | 25 (+6) |
| 30 | 19 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2710 (-17) | 15 (+6) |
| 31 | 36 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2708 (+7) | 18 (+4) |
| 32 | 28 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2707 (-3) | 18 (+3) |
| 33 | 32 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2704 (-1) | 21 (+3) |
| 34 | 38 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2704 (+7) | 9 (+1) |
| 35 | 30 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2703 (-5) | 30 (+20) |
| 36 | 34 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2702 (0) | 9 (-19) |
| 37 | 37 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2700 (0) | 20 (+11) |
| 38 | 44 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2699 (+12) | 9 (0) |
| 39 | 35 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2699 (-3) | 3 (+3) |
| 40 | 39 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2698 (+1) | 9 (+9) |
| 41 | 33 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2697 (-7) | 19 (+9) |
| 42 | 78 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2695 (+39) | 20 (+2) |
| 43 | 43 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2694 (+6) | 11 (+2) |
| 44 | 46 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2690 (+4) | 6 (-27) |
| 45 | 56 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2689 (+19) | 28 (+18) |
| 46 | 42 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2687 (-2) | 13 (-22) |
| 47 | 41 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2686 (-5) | 34 (+12) |
| 48 | 47 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2685 (-1) | 9 (-4) |
| 49 | 48 | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | g | UKR | 2684 (-2) | 4 (+4) |
| 50 | 51 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2682 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 51 | 50 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2681 (-1) | 3 (-15) |
| 52 | 54 | Kurnosov, Igor | g | RUS | 2680 (+6) | 28 (+19) |
| 53 | - | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2677 (+) | 29 (+) |
| 54 | 80 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2677 (+22) | 18 (0) |
| 55 | 53 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2677 (+2) | 11 (-4) |
| 56 | 73 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2676 (+17) | 19 (+19) |
| 57 | 52 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2675 (-5) | 21 (-1) |
| 58 | 71 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2674 (+14) | 20 (+11) |
| 59 | 68 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2672 (+11) | 19 (+6) |
| 60 | 55 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2672 (0) | 0 (-13) |
| 61 | 63 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2669 (+2) | 18 (+9) |
| 62 | 59 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2669 (+1) | 17 (+8) |
| 63 | - | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2668 (+) | 27 (+) |
| 64 | 49 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2668 (-16) | 21 (+3) |
| 65 | 60 | Grachev, Boris | g | RUS | 2667 (0) | 17 (-10) |
| 66 | 62 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2667 (0) | 7 (-6) |
| 67 | 64 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2665 (0) | 0 (-22) |
| 68 | 86 | Roiz, Michael | g | ISR | 2664 (+12) | 27 (+21) |
| 69 | 45 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2664 (-23) | 25 (+16) |
| 70 | 65 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2663 (-2) | 28 (+10) |
| 71 | 57 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2663 (-7) | 22 (+22) |
| 72 | 61 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2663 (-4) | 11 (-7) |
| 73 | 70 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2663 (+3) | 5 (-13) |
| 74 | 58 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2662 (-7) | 24 (+6) |
| 75 | 89 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2661 (+11) | 11 (-9) |
| 76 | 69 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2660 (0) | 0 (-27) |
| 77 | 87 | Smeets, Jan | g | NED | 2659 (+8) | 6 (-8) |
| 78 | 76 | Khismatullin, Denis | g | RUS | 2657 (0) | 18 (0) |
| 79 | 101 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2656 (+13) | 18 (+9) |
| 80 | 79 | Avrukh, Boris | g | ISR | 2656 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 81 | 82 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2655 (+2) | 21 (+12) |
| 82 | 90 | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2654 (+4) | 36 (+26) |
| 83 | - | Sokolov, Ivan | g | BIH | 2654 (+) | 25 (+) |
| 84 | - | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2653 (+) | 13 (+) |
| 85 | - | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2653 (+) | 11 (+) |
| 86 | 91 | Zhou, Jianchao | g | CHN | 2652 (+2) | 4 (-5) |
| 87 | 66 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2649 (-14) | 13 (+4) |
| 88 | - | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2648 (+) | 20 (+) |
| 89 | 93 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2647 (-1) | 20 (-9) |
| 90 | 92 | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. | g | UKR | 2646 (-3) | 13 (-5) |
| 91 | 77 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 2645 (-12) | 25 (+25) |
| 92 | - | Socko, Bartosz | g | POL | 2644 (+) | 18 (+) |
| 93 | 88 | Seirawan, Yasser | g | USA | 2644 (-7) | 3 (+2) |
| 94 | 98 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 2644 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 95 | 96 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2643 (-2) | 5 (-4) |
| 96 | 100 | Lastin, Alexander | g | RUS | 2643 (0) | 0 (-9) |
| 97 | - | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2642 (+) | 24 (+) |
| 98 | 83 | Savchenko, Boris | g | RUS | 2642 (-10) | 17 (-1) |
| 99 | - | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2642 (+) | 0 (+) |
| 100 | 95 | Gustafsson, Jan | g | GER | 2640 (-6) | 24 (+14) |
| 101 | 75 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2640 (-17) | 11 (-8) |
| 102 | - | Vuckovic, Bojan | g | SRB | 2640 (+) | 11 (+) |
| 103 | - | Sandipan, Chanda | g | IND | 2640 (+) | 2 (+) |
FIDE MAY 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 | 2622 (0) | 0 (-10) |
| 3 | 3 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2589 (+19) | 12 (-6) |
| 4 | 4 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2560 (+5) | 16 (+6) |
| 5 | 5 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | m | RUS | 2553 (-1) | 11 (-7) |
| 6 | 9 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2536 (+13) | 21 (0) |
| 7 | 7 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2534 (+10) | 11 (-7) |
| 8 | 6 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2529 (-4) | 22 (+9) |
| 9 | 10 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2527 (+9) | 3 (+3) |
| 10 | 12 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2524 (+18) | 14 (+5) |
| 11 | 8 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2519 (-5) | 6 (-4) |
| 12 | 23 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | m | LTU | 2514 (+29) | 24 (+14) |
| 13 | 11 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | g | GEO | 2514 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 14 | 16 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2501 (+5) | 6 (-1) |
| 15 | 15 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2500 (0) | 0 (-9) |
| 16 | 17 | Zhukova, Natalia | wg | UKR | 2499 (+7) | 17 (+7) |
| 17 | 19 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2493 (+3) | 8 (-10) |
| 18 | 28 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2491 (+18) | 9 (-15) |
| 19 | 20 | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2487 (0) | 0 (-9) |
| 20 | 22 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2485 (-1) | 30 (+21) |
| 21 | 33 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2485 (+20) | 21 (+13) |
| 22 | 26 | Xu, Yuhua | g | CHN | 2484 (+6) | 2 (+2) |
| 23 | 21 | Hoang Thanh Trang | g | HUN | 2482 (-5) | 11 (+11) |
| 24 | 14 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2482 (-18) | 11 (-8) |
| 25 | 24 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2478 (-1) | 11 (-9) |
| 26 | 13 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2477 (-26) | 11 (+11) |
| 27 | 27 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2476 (0) | 0 (-7) |
| 28 | 25 | Ruan, Lufei | wg | CHN | 2474 (-5) | 1 (+1) |
| 29 | 18 | Danielian, Elina | m | ARM | 2473 (-18) | 12 (+10) |
| 30 | 36 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2470 (+9) | 27 (+17) |
| 31 | 39 | Dembo, Yelena | m | GRE | 2470 (+13) | 11 (+11) |
| 32 | 44 | Ushenina, Anna | m | UKR | 2468 (+16) | 15 (+15) |
| 33 | 30 | Melia, Salome | m | GEO | 2466 (-1) | 20 (-11) |
| 34 | 31 | Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman | m | IND | 2466 (0) | 0 (-11) |
| 35 | 29 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2465 (-7) | 20 (+15) |
| 36 | 41 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2464 (+8) | 17 (+17) |
| 37 | 34 | Tan, Zhongyi | wg | CHN | 2464 (0) | 2 (+2) |
| 38 | 37 | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2460 (+1) | 22 (+14) |
| 39 | 38 | Gunina, Valentina | wf | RUS | 2457 (0) | 15 (-3) |
| 40 | 40 | Polgar, Sofia | m | HUN | 2457 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 41 | 35 | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2455 (-6) | 23 (-1) |
| 42 | 42 | Tairova, Elena | m | RUS | 2455 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 43 | 49 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2452 (+8) | 32 (+19) |
| 44 | 50 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2452 (+8) | 3 (+3) |
| 45 | 43 | Hunt, Harriet V | m | ENG | 2452 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 46 | 47 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | g | SCO | 2449 (+2) | 16 (+6) |
| 47 | 56 | Khurtsidze, Nino | m | GEO | 2448 (+14) | 11 (-2) |
| 48 | 52 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2447 (+9) | 16 (+7) |
| 49 | 48 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2444 (-1) | 5 (+5) |
| 50 | 53 | Moser, Eva | m | AUT | 2440 (+3) | 32 (+25) |
| 51 | 51 | Huang, Qian | wg | CHN | 2437 (-2) | 3 (+3) |
| 52 | 57 | Repkova, Eva | m | SVK | 2434 (0) | 29 (+29) |
| 53 | 54 | Zhang, Xiaowen | wg | CHN | 2426 (-11) | 4 (+4) |
| 54 | 62 | Khukhashvili, Sopiko | m | GEO | 2421 (0) | 0 (-16) |
| 55 | 61 | Ovod, Evgenija | m | RUS | 2418 (-3) | 20 (-4) |
| 56 | 73 | Houska, Jovanka | m | ENG | 2417 (+25) | 17 (-2) |
| 57 | 64 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | m | ROU | 2416 (+5) | 9 (+9) |
| 58 | 67 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | wg | POL | 2415 (+11) | 11 (+3) |
| 59 | 59 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | m | MGL | 2413 (-15) | 13 (+4) |
| 60 | 74 | Savina, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2412 (+21) | 15 (-12) |
| 61 | 65 | Romanko, Marina | m | RUS | 2411 (+2) | 17 (-10) |
| 62 | 45 | Khotenashvili, Bela | m | GEO | 2410 (-38) | 20 (+7) |
| 63 | 84 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2410 (+26) | 15 (-12) |
| 64 | 55 | Cori T., Deysi | wm | PER | 2409 (-25) | 27 (0) |
| 65 | 66 | Matnadze, Ana | m | GEO | 2409 (+3) | 10 (+1) |
| 66 | 88 | Galojan, Lilit | wg | ARM | 2402 (+22) | 11 (+2) |
| 67 | 68 | Jackova, Jana | m | CZE | 2402 (-1) | 2 (+2) |
| 68 | 69 | Tsereteli, Tamar | wg | GEO | 2402 (0) | 0 (-12) |
| 69 | 58 | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | m | ROU | 2401 (-32) | 21 (+12) |
| 70 | 71 | Stockova, Zuzana | m | SVK | 2400 (-1) | 18 (+18) |
| 71 | 63 | Vasilevich, Tatjana | m | UKR | 2399 (-15) | 23 (+23) |
| 72 | 72 | Tania, Sachdev | m | IND | 2398 (+5) | 9 (-17) |
| 73 | 70 | Peng, Zhaoqin | g | NED | 2397 (-4) | 13 (-6) |
| 74 | 80 | Turova, Irina | m | RUS | 2394 (+8) | 9 (+9) |
| 75 | 91 | Michna, Marta | wg | GER | 2393 (+20) | 18 (+11) |
| 76 | 83 | Madl, Ildiko | m | HUN | 2393 (+8) | 17 (+17) |
| 77 | 76 | Zaiatz, Elena | m | RUS | 2392 (+1) | 11 (+3) |
| 78 | 86 | Pokorna, Regina | wg | SVK | 2388 (+6) | 8 (+8) |
| 79 | 79 | Maric, Alisa | m | SRB | 2387 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 80 | 92 | Gara, Anita | m | HUN | 2385 (+15) | 11 (+11) |
| 81 | 78 | Zdebskaja, Natalia | wg | UKR | 2383 (-7) | 11 (-6) |
| 82 | 93 | Molchanova, Tatjana | wm | RUS | 2381 (+12) | 16 (0) |
| 83 | 77 | Alexandrova, Olga | m | ESP | 2381 (-10) | 11 (+11) |
| 84 | 90 | Matveeva, Svetlana | m | RUS | 2379 (+6) | 16 (+7) |
| 85 | 75 | Milliet, Sophie | m | FRA | 2378 (-13) | 23 (+2) |
| 86 | 95 | Karavade, Eesha | wg | IND | 2377 (+11) | 9 (-16) |
| 87 | 89 | Stepovaia, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2375 (0) | 0 (-8) |
| 88 | - | Kononenko, Tatiana | m | UKR | 2374 (+) | 11 (+) |
| 89 | 87 | Shadrina, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2374 (-8) | 2 (+2) |
| 90 | - | Cosma, Elena-Luminita | wg | ROU | 2370 (+) | 20 (+) |
| 91 | 81 | Lomineishvili, Maia | m | GEO | 2370 (-15) | 11 (-1) |
| 92 | 85 | Bojkovic, Natasa | m | SRB | 2368 (-16) | 11 (+11) |
| 93 | 82 | Kovanova, Baira | wg | RUS | 2366 (-19) | 15 (+6) |
| 94 | 96 | Goletiani, Rusudan | m | USA | 2366 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 95 | 98 | Lanchava, Tea | m | NED | 2364 (0) | 1 (-1) |
| 96 | 94 | Vajda, Szidonia | m | HUN | 2363 (-6) | 17 (+17) |
| 97 | - | Gvetadze, Sopio | m | GEO | 2363 (+) | 11 (+) |
| 98 | - | Fierro Baquero, Martha L. | m | ECU | 2363 (+) | 9 (+) |
| 99 | - | Kulovana, Eva | wg | CZE | 2362 (+) | 22 (+) |
| 100 | - | Gu, Xiaobing | wg | CHN | 2361 (+) | 2 (+) |
FIDE MAY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 20 JUNIORS
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2813 | 0 | 1990 |
| 2 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2739 | 7 | 1990 |
| 3 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2710 | 15 | 1990 |
| 4 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2695 | 20 | 1990 |
| 5 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2687 | 13 | 1991 |
| 6 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2675 | 21 | 1992 |
| 7 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2665 | 0 | 1993 |
| 8 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2643 | 5 | 1990 |
| 9 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2642 | 24 | 1994 |
| 10 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2642 | 0 | 1990 |
| 11 | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2636 | 7 | 1993 |
| 12 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2628 | 23 | 1990 |
| 13 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2620 | 18 | 1990 |
| 14 | Khairullin, Ildar | g | RUS | 2617 | 19 | 1990 |
| 15 | Kovalyov, Anton | g | ARG | 2615 | 9 | 1992 |
| 16 | Edouard, Romain | g | FRA | 2611 | 30 | 1990 |
| 17 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2610 | 20 | 1993 |
| 18 | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2610 | 11 | 1992 |
| 19 | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | g | NOR | 2610 | 7 | 1990 |
| 20 | Salgado Lopez, Ivan | g | ESP | 2606 | 11 | 1991 |
FIDE MAY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 20 GIRLS
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2589 | 12 | 1994 |
| 2 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2529 | 22 | 1990 |
| 3 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2500 | 0 | 1991 |
| 4 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2491 | 9 | 1991 |
| 5 | Tan, Zhongyi | wg | CHN | 2464 | 2 | 1991 |
| 6 | Tairova, Elena | m | RUS | 2455 | 0 | 1991 |
| 7 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2452 | 32 | 1992 |
| 8 | Savina, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2412 | 15 | 1992 |
| 9 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2410 | 15 | 1992 |
| 10 | Cori T., Deysi | wm | PER | 2409 | 27 | 1993 |
| 11 | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2353 | 15 | 1991 |
| 12 | Pustovoitova, Daria | | RUS | 2352 | 9 | 1994 |
| 13 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | wg | RUS | 2346 | 10 | 1993 |
| 14 | Ding, Yixin | wf | CHN | 2327 | 3 | 1991 |
| 15 | Severiukhina, Zoja | wm | RUS | 2321 | 11 | 1990 |
| 16 | Padmini, Rout | wm | IND | 2319 | 0 | 1994 |
| 17 | Paikidze, Nazi | wm | GEO | 2317 | 27 | 1993 |
| 18 | Muminova, Nafisa | wm | UZB | 2311 | 18 | 1990 |
| 19 | Ohme, Melanie | wm | GER | 2309 | 20 | 1990 |
| 20 | Rakic, Marija | wm | SRB | 2306 | 0 | 1990 |
Magnus Carlsen (2813) tops the world rankings by one point. On the May 1 FIDE rating list Veselin Topalov has won seven rating points to reach 2812. Vassily Ivanchuk is not the highest rated Ukrainian anymore; Pavel Eljanov confirmed his steady progress and surpassed him to enter the world's top 10. And Alexei Shirov is back there too.FIDE published its May 1st rating list and this time there's not a big 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). Only Anand's and Topalov's ratings are different because of the current World Championship match: virtually speaking Topalov has dropped back to 2806 and Anand is just 3.6 points away from the 2800 barrier.
The biggest news this time is that Vassily Ivanchuk isn't Ukraine's number one player anymore, for the first time in years. Winning another 15 points in 20 games, on the May 2010 list Pavel Eljanov has reached a 9th spot, while Ivanchuk lost seven points and dropped slightly from 11 to 12.With solid results in not so many games Wang Yue climbed from 10 to 8, and the 10th place is now occupied by Alexei Shirov. Boris Gelfand is out of the top 10 again but only lost 9 rating points. Sergey Karjakin might see the first results of his switch of federations and trainers: he climbed from 21 to 14. Alexander Morozevich didn't play this period but still dropped three places, to 27 now. Anand's seconds Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Peter Heine Nielsen can be found next to each other on the list: numbers 39 and 40.One of the biggest climbers was Ian Nepomniachtchi, who won no less than 39 points and went up from 78 to 42. Reaching 97, Anish Giri is a top 100 player for the first time.The women's list has been stable for a long time now, with very few changes in the top 10. Both Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru didn't play, so the gap is still 60 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. All data courtesy of FIDE.
