Ivanchuk re-enters top 10 on new FIDE rating list

Following its new policy of publishing six instead of four rating lists a year, FIDE already made available the September rating list today. The top 10 didn't change much; Jakovenko is out but after a great summer Vassily Ivanchuk is back in; the Ukrainian climbed from spot 30th all the way up to 8th place.

The top 10 of the FIDE's September rating list 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 that FIDE rounded off Boris Gelfand's and Vassily Ivanchuk's rating to 2756, and in this case Ivanchuk 'wins' because of a higher number of played games. In any case, it's interesting to note that the only two players in the top 10 over 40 years old, are having the same rating at the moment.

We can safely use the synonym "Russia's number one player" again for Vladimir Kramnik after Dmitry Jakovenko dropped from 5th to 11th place. Ruslan Ponomariov is slowly but surely getting closer to the elite again and the biggest winner at the top, besides Ivanchuk, is Hikaru Nakamura of course, although in the meantime he already lost many points in Amsterdam this week.

We find Nigel Short back in the world's top 30 but Rustam Kasimdzhanov climbed even more, from 58th to 31st. Kamsky went down considerably, from 18th to 38th. After finishing shared first at both Politiken and Zurich (winning two last-round games with Black!) Boris Avrukh went from place 100 to 60.

In the women's list the top 6 stayed the same; Pia Cramling climbed from 10th to 6th place, behind Judit Polgar, Humpy Koneru, Hou Yifan, Zhao Xue and Tatiana Kosintseva. Sergei Zhigalko entered the Juniors top 10 and Harika Dronavalli is now 4th in the Girls list.

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 SEPTEMBER 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	2813 (0)	0 (-10)
	2	2	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2788 (0)	0 (-2)
	3	4	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2773 (+5)	13 (0)
	4	3	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772 (0)	10 (-2)
	5	6	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772 (+13)	10 (+10)
	6	7	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2762 (+6)	23 (+10)
	7	8	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2757 (+1)	10 (+10)
	8	30	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2756 (+53)	42 (+12)
	9	9	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2756 (+1)	33 (+6)
	10	10	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2750 (-1)	18 (+18)
	11	5	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2742 (-18)	24 (+9)
	12	12	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2741 (+2)	9 (-27)
	13	16	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2741 (+14)	9 (+6)
	14	11	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2740 (0)	0 (-9)
	15	13	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2736 (0)	0 (-10)
	16	26	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2735 (+25)	17 (-18)
	17	14	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2733 (0)	0 (-20)
	18	15	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2730 (-2)	18 (-20)
	19	24	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2725 (+11)	23 (+3)
	20	20	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2722 (+5)	13 (0)
	21	19	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2721 (+4)	2 (-15)
	22	23	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2719 (+3)	13 (+3)
	23	29	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2718 (+15)	31 (0)
	24	21	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2717 (+1)	13 (-31)
	25	28	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2715 (+8)	10 (+3)
	26	22	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2711 (-5)	9 (-22)
	27	27	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2710 (0)	0 (-16)
	28	17	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2709 (-12)	23 (-9)
	29	44	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2706 (+22)	10 (-4)
	30	31	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2703 (0)	0 (-16)
	31	58	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2702 (+30)	30 (+1)
	32	32	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2702 (0)	0 (-11)
	33	34	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2699 (0)	0 (-34)
	34	25	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2698 (-14)	13 (0)
	35	45	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2696 (+12)	9 (+7)
	36	38	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2696 (+3)	9 (+2)
	37	47	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2694 (+12)	20 (+11)
	38	18	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2692 (-25)	32 (+10)
	39	42	Navara, David	g	CZE	2692 (+5)	9 (-10)
	40	33	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2692 (-9)	8 (-9)
	41	37	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	2690 (-6)	28 (-1)
	42	39	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2690 (0)	0 (-38)
	43	40	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2688 (-1)	8 (-4)
	44	41	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2688 (-1)	7 (+1)
	45	50	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2687 (+7)	10 (-7)
	46	43	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2687 (0)	0 (-1)
	47	36	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2685 (-12)	10 (-31)
	48	46	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2685 (+1)	9 (+8)
	49	60	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2684 (+15)	11 (-8)
	50	35	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2682 (-17)	25 (+18)
	51	67	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2681 (+18)	17 (-9)
	52	52	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2681 (+3)	2 (-12)
	53	49	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2681 (0)	0 (-6)
	54	64	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2678 (+11)	10 (-8)
	55	54	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2676 (+1)	9 (-18)
	56	51	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2673 (-6)	8 (-16)
	57	57	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2670 (-4)	45 (+11)
	58	81	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	2669 (+19)	11 (-6)
	59	62	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	2669 (0)	0 (-13)
	60	100	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	2668 (+27)	19 (+6)
	61	48	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	2668 (-13)	10 (+3)
	62	53	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2667 (-11)	20 (+20)
	63	80	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2667 (+16)	9 (-31)
	64	66	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	2667 (+3)	2 (-7)
	65	72	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2664 (+6)	18 (-3)
	66	55	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2664 (-11)	13 (-2)
	67	56	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	2664 (-11)	11 (+1)
	68	94	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	2663 (+18)	26 (+8)
	69	90	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2663 (+16)	18 (-2)
	70	84	Pashikian, Arman	g	ARM	2663 (+13)	18 (+16)
	71	69	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	2662 (+2)	27 (+12)
	72	59	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2662 (-8)	17 (-8)
	73	65	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	2661 (-4)	26 (+3)
	74	61	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2661 (-8)	9 (-9)
	75	86	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2659 (+11)	9 (-11)
	76	70	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	2659 (0)	0 (-2)
	77	63	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2658 (-9)	23 (-5)
	78	71	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	2658 (0)	20 (-11)
	79	77	Sokolov, Ivan	g	BIH	2657 (+2)	10 (-22)
	80	68	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2656 (-6)	9 (-14)
	81	75	Landa, Konstantin	g	RUS	2655 (0)	0 (-33)
	82	97	Predojevic, Borki	g	BIH	2654 (+10)	18 (-12)
	83	78	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2654 (0)	0 (-30)
	84	88	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	2651 (+4)	33 (0)
	85	-	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2651 (+)	27 (+)
	86	76	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2650 (-5)	19 (-14)
	87	79	Tregubov, Pavel V.	g	RUS	2649 (-3)	9 (-21)
	88	82	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2648 (-2)	17 (+2)
	89	95	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	2648 (+3)	9 (+9)
	90	87	Lastin, Alexander	g	RUS	2648 (0)	0 (-16)
	91	-	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2646 (+)	32 (+)
	92	-	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	2646 (+)	18 (+)
	93	91	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2646 (-1)	11 (-5)
	94	93	Seirawan, Yasser	g	USA	2646 (0)	0 (-4)
	95	-	Fier, Alexandr	g	BRA	2644 (+)	31 (+)
	96	89	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2644 (-3)	27 (+1)
	97	92	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2644 (-2)	9 (-13)
	98	74	Fedorchuk, Sergey A.	g	UKR	2643 (-12)	37 (-4)
	99	99	Amonatov, Farrukh	g	TJK	2643 (+2)	13 (-11)
	100	-	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	g	KAZ	2643 (+)	9 (+)

FIDE SEPTEMBER 2009 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN

Rank		Old	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games
	1	1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2687 (0)	0 (-1)
	2	2	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2595 (-28)	25 (+14)
	3	3	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2585 (+1)	9 (-12)
	4	4	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2542 (-2)	8 (-10)
	5	6	Kosintseva, Tatiana	m	RUS	2536 (-3)	11 (+4)
	6	10	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2535 (+10)	35 (+30)
	7	7	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2535 (-1)	27 (+18)
	8	5	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2533 (-9)	18 (+4)
	9	8	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2527 (-8)	29 (+21)
	10	9	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2519 (-12)	10 (-4)
	11	11	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2516 (0)	0 (0)
	12	13	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2506 (0)	0 (0)
	13	16	Hoang Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2501 (0)	0 (-5)
	14	15	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2501 (0)	0 (-6)
	15	12	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	g	SCO	2499 (-7)	18 (+6)
	16	19	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2493 (+11)	11 (+5)
	17	14	Danielian, Elina	m	ARM	2489 (-13)	20 (+18)
	18	23	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2488 (+15)	18 (+7)
	19	17	Ruan, Lufei	wg	CHN	2486 (0)	0 (-11)
	20	18	Xu, Yuhua	g	CHN	2485 (0)	0 (-7)
	21	20	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2483 (+2)	9 (+2)
	22	28	Dembo, Yelena	m	GRE	2482 (+16)	26 (+26)
	23	22	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2482 (+8)	20 (0)
	24	24	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2477 (+7)	19 (-20)
	25	36	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2476 (+27)	27 (+18)
	26	41	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2474 (+29)	29 (-2)
	27	25	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2472 (+2)	9 (0)
	28	26	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2468 (+1)	9 (0)
	29	29	Qin, Kanying	wg	CHN	2466 (0)	0 (0)
	30	37	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2465 (+17)	20 (+12)
	31	27	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2462 (-4)	9 (-7)
	32	31	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2458 (0)	16 (+3)
	33	30	Zhukova, Natalia	wg	UKR	2457 (-8)	9 (+2)
	34	39	Romanko, Marina	m	RUS	2453 (+6)	18 (-1)
	35	32	Shen, Yang	wg	CHN	2453 (0)	0 (-22)
	36	33	Hunt, Harriet V	m	ENG	2452 (0)	0 (-2)
	37	50	Khukhashvili, Sopiko	m	GEO	2451 (+21)	14 (+5)
	38	34	Tairova, Elena	m	RUS	2450 (0)	0 (-19)
	39	21	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2448 (-29)	15 (+8)
	40	35	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2448 (-2)	11 (-3)
	41	38	Korbut, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2448 (0)	0 (0)
	42	40	Ovod, Evgenija	m	RUS	2447 (0)	0 (-6)
	43	48	Atalik, Ekaterina	m	TUR	2445 (+11)	9 (+9)
	44	43	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2443 (+2)	8 (-10)
	45	42	Ju, Wenjun		CHN	2443 (0)	0 (-33)
	46	53	Repkova, Eva	m	SVK	2439 (+11)	8 (+3)
	47	52	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2438 (+10)	26 (+8)
	48	68	Khotenashvili, Bela	m	GEO	2438 (+36)	15 (+6)
	49	45	Gunina, Valentina	wf	RUS	2437 (0)	0 (-34)
	50	46	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2436 (-1)	9 (-9)
	51	47	Tan, Zhongyi		CHN	2435 (0)	0 (-22)
	52	56	Foisor, Cristina-Adela	m	ROU	2433 (+9)	27 (+12)
	53	44	Melia, Salome	m	GEO	2432 (-9)	39 (+30)
	54	49	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2431 (0)	0 (-26)
	55	51	Bojkovic, Natasa	m	SRB	2429 (0)	0 (-6)
	56	55	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2424 (0)	0 (-22)
	57	58	Vasilevich, Tatjana	m	UKR	2423 (+3)	9 (-15)
	58	57	Li, Ruofan	wg	SIN	2423 (0)	0 (0)
	59	59	Khurtsidze, Nino	m	GEO	2420 (+2)	15 (+7)
	60	63	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	wg	MGL	2418 (+6)	9 (-27)
	61	82	Zawadzka, Jolanta	wg	POL	2414 (+27)	37 (+28)
	62	64	Zdebskaja, Natalia	wg	UKR	2410 (-2)	21 (-11)
	63	67	Kovanova, Baira	wg	RUS	2408 (+2)	14 (-1)
	64	78	Milliet, Sophie	m	FRA	2407 (+19)	19 (+8)
	65	60	Peng, Zhaoqin	g	NED	2407 (-11)	9 (+2)
	66	65	Tania, Sachdev	m	IND	2405 (-5)	23 (-8)
	67	66	Maric, Alisa	m	SRB	2405 (-2)	9 (+9)
	68	62	Stockova, Zuzana	m	SVK	2400 (-13)	18 (+9)
	69	-	Gomes, Mary Ann	wg	IND	2396 (+)	22 (+)
	70	69	Jackova, Jana	m	CZE	2393 (-3)	9 (-7)
	71	61	Matnadze, Ana	m	GEO	2391 (-22)	36 (+9)
	72	83	Karavade, Eesha	wg	IND	2391 (+5)	18 (-10)
	73	79	Alexandrova, Olga	m	ESP	2391 (+3)	9 (0)
	74	75	Goletiani, Rusudan	m	USA	2391 (0)	0 (0)
	75	74	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2391 (0)	0 (-16)
	76	73	Zhang, Xiaowen	wm	CHN	2391 (0)	0 (-33)
	77	77	Zaiatz, Elena	m	RUS	2390 (0)	0 (-15)
	78	72	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROU	2387 (-5)	29 (+29)
	79	-	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	wg	ESP	2386 (+)	22 (+)
	80	70	Fierro Baquero, Martha L.	m	ECU	2386 (-8)	9 (-5)
	81	84	Madl, Ildiko	m	HUN	2386 (0)	0 (-27)
	82	81	Turova, Irina	m	RUS	2384 (-3)	43 (+19)
	83	80	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	wg	RUS	2384 (-4)	18 (+12)
	84	86	Shadrina, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2384 (0)	0 (-14)
	85	87	Savina, Anastasia		RUS	2382 (0)	0 (-42)
	86	71	Houska, Jovanka	m	ENG	2381 (-11)	20 (+15)
	87	98	Purtseladze, Maka	m	GEO	2380 (+18)	14 (+6)
	88	90	Wang, Yu A.	m	CHN	2380 (0)	0 (-22)
	89	54	Lomineishvili, Maia	m	GEO	2378 (-49)	14 (+5)
	90	89	Pokorna, Regina	wg	SVK	2378 (-3)	9 (-18)
	91	92	Demina, Julia	wg	RUS	2377 (-1)	9 (-3)
	92	94	Vajda, Szidonia	m	HUN	2375 (0)	0 (-13)
	93	95	Stepovaia, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2372 (+2)	5 (-4)
	94	91	Michna, Marta	wg	GER	2366 (-13)	9 (-9)
	95	-	Gara, Anita	m	HUN	2365 (+)	9 (+)
	96	96	Iljushina, Olga	wg	RUS	2364 (-2)	17 (+1)
	97	-	Gara, Ticia	wg	HUN	2364 (+)	7 (+)
	98	76	Cori T., Deysi	wm	PER	2361 (-29)	39 (-11)
	99	88	Majdan, Joanna	wg	POL	2361 (-21)	26 (+26)
	100	99	Lanchava, Tea	m	NED	2360 (0)	0 (-4)

FIDE SEPTEMBER 2009 RATING LIST: TOP 20 JUNIORS

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772	10	1990
2	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2722	13	1990
3	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2718	31	1990
4	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2690	0	1989
5	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2662	17	1992
6	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2659	9	1990
7	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2646	32	1989
8	So, Wesley	g	PHI	2644	9	1993
9	Kuzubov, Yuriy	g	UKR	2636	19	1990
10	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2632	0	1990
11	Howell, David W L	g	ENG	2624	30	1990
12	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	2623	11	1989
13	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2620	40	1990
14	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	2617	9	1989
15	Negi, Parimarjan	g	IND	2615	19	1993
16	Andriasian, Zaven	g	ARM	2612	29	1989
17	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	g	VEN	2605	45	1989
18	Khairullin, Ildar	g	RUS	2604	8	1990
19	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2602	0	1991
20	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	g	IND	2598	38	1989

FIDE SEPTEMBER 2009 RATING LIST: TOP 20 GIRLS

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2585	9	1994
2	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2533	18	1990
3	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2483	9	1989
4	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2474	29	1991
5	Shen, Yang	wg	CHN	2453	0	1989
6	Tairova, Elena	m	RUS	2450	0	1991
7	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2443	8	1992
8	Ju, Wenjun		CHN	2443	0	1991
9	Gunina, Valentina	wf	RUS	2437	0	1989
10	Tan, Zhongyi		CHN	2435	0	1991
11	Gomes, Mary Ann	wg	IND	2396	22	1989
12	Zhang, Xiaowen	wm	CHN	2391	0	1989
13	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	wg	RUS	2384	18	1992
14	Savina, Anastasia		RUS	2382	0	1992
15	Cori T., Deysi	wm	PER	2361	39	1993
16	Vojinovic, Jovana	wg	MNE	2359	13	1992
17	Paulet, Iozefina	wg	ROU	2342	28	1989
18	Severiukhina, Zoja	wm	RUS	2339	9	1990
19	Guramishvili, Sopiko	wg	GEO	2337	41	1991
20	Padmini, Rout	wm	IND	2330	45	1994