FIDE Rating List November 09
The latest official bi-monthly FIDE rating list has been published, and Veselin Topalov (pictured) maintains his position at #1 in the rankings, with Magnus Carlsen snapping at his heels in the #2 spot.
Carlsen's dominant performance in Nanjing saw him gain a whopping 29 points to become only the fifth player in history to cross the magical 2800 Elo barrier (joining Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Topalov).
Even allowing for some inflation in the Elo ratings through the decades, it's a remarkable achievement by Carlsen at just eighteen years of age.
After Topalov's recent disappointing results at the European Team Chess Championships, he has dropped to 2804 Elo on the current live list, barely 4 points ahead of the Norwegian.
Anand, Aronian each slip down one place to #3 and #4 respectively, thanks to Carlsen's big leap up. Kramnik holds steady at #5. Next is Gashimov, another big mover, gaining 18 points to enter the top 10 for the first time at #6.
Ivanchuk's see-saw rating is on a downward trajectory this time, and he drops from #8 to #12. Radjabov also slips out of the top 10, to #11.
Carlsen still qualifies as a junior - just - and therefore maintains his position as top ranked junior ahead of Karjakin (#18 on the list). Other juniors in the top 100 are Vachier-Lagrave at #23, Wang Hao (#28), Caruana (#81) and Zhigalko (#93). Wesley So drops out of the top 100, rated 2640 Elo (#103).
| Name | NAT | Rating | |
| 1(1) | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2810 |
| 2(4) | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2801 |
| 3(2) | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2788 |
| 4(3) | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2786 |
| 5(5) | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2772 |
| 6(14) | Gashimov, Vugar | AZE | 2758 |
| 7(9) | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2758 |
| 8(12) | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2754 |
| 9(6) | Leko, Peter | HUN | 2752 |
| 10(10) | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2750 |
| 11(7) | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2748 |
| 12(8) | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2739 |
| 13(13) | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2739 |
| 14(17) | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2736 |
| 15(11) | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2736 |
| 16(15) | Wang, Yue | CHN | 2734 |
| 17(24) | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2729 |
| 18(20) | Karjakin, Sergey | UKR | 2723 |
| 19(21) | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2719 |
| 20(18) | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2719 |
| 21(22) | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | CUB | 2719 |
| 22(26) | Movsesian, Sergei | SVK | 2718 |
| 23(23) | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2718 |
| 24(16) | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2715 |
| 25(19) | Alekseev, Evgeny | RUS | 2715 |
| 26(36) | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2711 |
| 27(44) | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2708 |
| 28(42) | Wang, Hao | CHN | 2708 |
| 29(29) | Short, Nigel D | ENG | 2707 |
| 30(39) | Navara, David | CZE | 2707 |
| 31(25) | Malakhov, Vladimir | RUS | 2706 |
| 32(31) | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB | 2705 |
| 33(48) | Almasi, Zoltan | HUN | 2704 |
| 34(28) | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2700 |
| 35(34) | Akopian, Vladimir | ARM | 2700 |
| 36(50) | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2698 |
| 37(30) | Rublevsky, Sergei | RUS | 2697 |
| 38(45) | Nielsen, Peter Heine | DEN | 2697 |
| 39(35) | Jobava, Baadur | GEO | 2696 |
| 40(27) | Motylev, Alexander | RUS | 2695 |
| 41(38) | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2695 |
| 42(53) | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2694 |
| 43(43) | Bologan, Viktor | MDA | 2692 |
| 44(52) | Volokitin, Andrei | UKR | 2691 |
| 45(47) | Naiditsch, Arkadij | GER | 2689 |
| 46(41) | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | UKR | 2686 |
| 47(32) | Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2682 |
| 48(46) | Polgar, Judit | HUN | 2680 |
| 49(37) | Moiseenko, Alexander | UKR | 2677 |
| 50(67) | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2677 |
| 51(54) | Sargissian, Gabriel | ARM | 2676 |
| 52(33) | Onischuk, Alexander | USA | 2672 |
| 53(56) | Harikrishna, P. | IND | 2672 |
| 54(68) | Georgiev, Kiril | BUL | 2672 |
| 55(62) | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 2671 |
| 56(83) | Efimenko, Zahar | UKR | 2668 |
| 57(55) | Sutovsky, Emil | ISR | 2666 |
| 58(59) | Kurnosov, Igor | RUS | 2666 |
| 59(51) | Najer, Evgeniy | RUS | 2666 |
| 60(40) | Ni, Hua | CHN | 2665 |
| 61(57) | Tiviakov, Sergei | NED | 2664 |
| 62(63) | Areshchenko, Alexander | UKR | 2664 |
| 63(81) | Landa, Konstantin | RUS | 2664 |
| 64(74) | Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND | 2664 |
| 65(88) | Smirin, Ilia | ISR | 2662 |
| 66(69) | Berkes, Ferenc | HUN | 2661 |
| 67(93) | Riazantsev, Alexander | RUS | 2661 |
| 68(78) | Roiz, Michael | ISR | 2659 |
| 69(85) | Krasenkow, Michal | POL | 2656 |
| 70(90) | Lastin, Alexander | RUS | 2656 |
| 71(70) | Pashikian, Arman | ARM | 2656 |
| 72(71) | Dreev, Alexey | RUS | 2655 |
| 73(92) | Baklan, Vladimir | UKR | 2655 |
| 74(60) | Avrukh, Boris | ISR | 2655 |
| 75(--) | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | IND | 2654 |
| 76(95) | Fier, Alexandr | BRA | 2653 |
| 77(100) | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | KAZ | 2653 |
| 78(77) | Fressinet, Laurent | FRA | 2653 |
| 79(65) | Meier, Georg | GER | 2653 |
| 80(49) | Grachev, Boris | RUS | 2652 |
| 81(72) | Caruana, Fabiano | ITA | 2652 |
| 82(82) | Predojevic, Borki | BIH | 2652 |
| 83(86) | Van Wely, Loek | NED | 2652 |
| 84(79) | Sokolov, Ivan | BIH | 2652 |
| 85(76) | Milov, Vadim | SUI | 2652 |
| 86(61) | Timofeev, Artyom | RUS | 2651 |
| 87(84) | Postny, Evgeny | ISR | 2650 |
| 88(--) | Smeets, Jan | NED | 2650 |
| 89(73) | Fridman, Daniel | GER | 2649 |
| 90(94) | Seirawan, Yasser | USA | 2649 |
| 91(--) | Vescovi, Giovanni | BRA | 2648 |
| 92(80) | Beliavsky, Alexander G | SLO | 2648 |
| 93(91) | Zhigalko, Sergei | BLR | 2646 |
| 94(66) | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2645 |
| 95(--) | Savchenko, Boris | RUS | 2644 |
| 96(--) | Khismatullin, Denis | RUS | 2643 |
| 97(--) | Socko, Bartosz | POL | 2643 |
| 98(89) | Kobalia, Mikhail | RUS | 2643 |
| 99(--) | Korobov, Anton | UKR | 2642 |
| 100(58) | Tkachiev, Vladislav | FRA | 2642 |
| 101(87) | Tregubov, Pavel V. | RUS | 2642 |
The top 100 women:
| Name | NAT | Rating | |
| 1 | Polgar, Judit | HUN | 2680 |
| 2 | Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2603 |
| 3 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2588 |
| 4 | Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2547 |
| 5 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2541 |
| 6 | Muzychuk, Anna | SLO | 2532 |
| 7 | Cramling, Pia | SWE | 2525 |
| 8 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | RUS | 2522 |
| 9 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | RUS | 2518 |
| 10 | Sebag, Marie | FRA | 2518 |
| 11 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | RUS | 2517 |
| 12 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | GEO | 2514 |
| 13 | Ju, Wenjun | CHN | 2509 |
| 14 | Zhao, Xue | CHN | 2506 |
| 15 | Pogonina, Natalija | RUS | 2501 |
| 16 | Danielian, Elina | ARM | 2499 |
| 17 | Lahno, Kateryna | UKR | 2499 |
| 18 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | ARM | 2492 |
| 19 | Hoang Thanh Trang | HUN | 2487 |
| 20 | Xu, Yuhua | CHN | 2483 |
| 21 | Javakhishvili, Lela | GEO | 2482 |
| 22 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | LTU | 2480 |
| 23 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER | 2480 |
| 24 | Ruan, Lufei | CHN | 2475 |
| 25 | Dembo, Yelena | GRE | 2468 |
| 26 | Harika, Dronavalli | IND | 2467 |
| 27 | Zatonskih, Anna | USA | 2466 |
| 28 | Ushenina, Anna | UKR | 2466 |
| 29 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | SCO | 2466 |
| 30 | Qin, Kanying | CHN | 2466 |
| 31 | Zhukova, Natalia | UKR | 2465 |
| 32 | Zhu, Chen | QAT | 2463 |
| 33 | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2460 |
| 34 | Gaponenko, Inna | UKR | 2457 |
| 35 | Rajlich, Iweta | POL | 2457 |
| 36 | Socko, Monika | POL | 2457 |
| 37 | Skripchenko, Almira | FRA | 2456 |
| 38 | Tairova, Elena | RUS | 2455 |
| 39 | Khotenashvili, Bela | GEO | 2454 |
| 40 | Shen, Yang | CHN | 2452 |
| 41 | Hunt, Harriet V | ENG | 2452 |
| 42 | Krush, Irina | USA | 2451 |
| 43 | Romanko, Marina | RUS | 2449 |
| 44 | Korbut, Ekaterina | RUS | 2448 |
| 45 | Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2447 |
| 46 | Gunina, Valentina | RUS | 2446 |
| 47 | Atalik, Ekaterina | TUR | 2445 |
| 48 | Huang, Qian | CHN | 2442 |
| 49 | Melia, Salome | GEO | 2436 |
| 50 | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | ROU | 2435 |
| 51 | Repkova, Eva | SVK | 2434 |
| 52 | Khukhashvili, Sopiko | GEO | 2432 |
| 53 | Moser, Eva | AUT | 2431 |
| 54 | Khurtsidze, Nino | GEO | 2430 |
| 55 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | RUS | 2427 |
| 56 | Li, Ruofan | SIN | 2423 |
| 57 | Zhang, Xiaowen | CHN | 2422 |
| 58 | Ovod, Evgenija | RUS | 2415 |
| 59 | Vasilevich, Tatjana | UKR | 2414 |
| 60 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | MGL | 2413 |
| 61 | Karavade, Eesha | IND | 2413 |
| 62 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | ROU | 2411 |
| 63 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | POL | 2410 |
| 64 | Zdebskaja, Natalia | UKR | 2408 |
| 65 | Peng, Zhaoqin | NED | 2408 |
| 66 | Bojkovic, Natasa | SRB | 2406 |
| 67 | Savina, Anastasia | RUS | 2401 |
| 68 | Matnadze, Ana | GEO | 2401 |
| 69 | Stockova, Zuzana | SVK | 2401 |
| 70 | Tania, Sachdev | IND | 2399 |
| 71 | Kovanova, Baira | RUS | 2397 |
| 72 | Maric, Alisa | SRB | 2396 |
| 73 | Tsereteli, Tamar | GEO | 2393 |
| 74 | Houska, Jovanka | ENG | 2391 |
| 75 | Alexandrova, Olga | ESP | 2391 |
| 76 | Matveeva, Svetlana | RUS | 2391 |
| 77 | Madl, Ildiko | HUN | 2390 |
| 78 | Milliet, Sophie | FRA | 2390 |
| 79 | Zaiatz, Elena | RUS | 2390 |
| 80 | Nikolova, Adriana | BUL | 2389 |
| 81 | Jackova, Jana | CZE | 2388 |
| 82 | Stepovaia, Tatiana | RUS | 2384 |
| 83 | Gomes, Mary Ann | IND | 2384 |
| 84 | Turova, Irina | RUS | 2384 |
| 85 | Vajda, Szidonia | HUN | 2382 |
| 86 | Pokorna, Regina | SVK | 2382 |
| 87 | Shadrina, Tatiana | RUS | 2381 |
| 88 | Cori T., Deysi | PER | 2374 |
| 89 | Calzetta Ruiz, Monica | ESP | 2373 |
| 90 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | RUS | 2372 |
| 91 | Lomineishvili, Maia | GEO | 2371 |
| 92 | Gara, Anita | HUN | 2369 |
| 93 | Molchanova, Tatjana | RUS | 2368 |
| 94 | Iljushina, Olga | RUS | 2367 |
| 95 | Goletiani, Rusudan | USA | 2366 |
| 96 | Michna, Marta | GER | 2366 |
| 97 | Wang, Yu A. | CHN | 2362 |
| 98 | Dworakowska, Joanna | POL | 2361 |
| 99 | Gara, Ticia | HUN | 2360 |
| 100 | Djingarova, Emilia | BUL | 2359 |
