May 2013 FIDE Rating List
FIDE have published the official rating list for May 2013.
The ratings include the very recently finished Zug Grand Prix, and as a result Veselin Topalov has soared up to #4 in the rankings, gaining a whopping 22 rating points. This is Topalov's highest rating since September 2010 when he was a member of the exclusive 2800+ club.
Can Bulgaria's finest earn another shot at the world title?
In contrast Teimour Radjabov drops 48 points to fall from #4 to #14.
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Former FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov
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The top 100 ranked players
| # | Name | Fed | Elo |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2868 |
| 2 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2813 |
| 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2811 |
| 4 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2793 |
| 5 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2783 |
| 6 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2779 |
| 7 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2775 |
| 8 | Caruana, Fabiano | ITA | 2774 |
| 9 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2769 |
| 10 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2767 |
| 11 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2760 |
| 12 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2755 |
| 13 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2753 |
| 14 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2745 |
| 15 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2744 |
| 16 | Wang, Hao | CHN | 2743 |
| 17 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2742 |
| 18 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2741 |
| 19 | Leko, Peter | HUN | 2737 |
| 20 | Giri, Anish | NED | 2734 |
| 21 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2731 |
| 22 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2729 |
| 23 | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2725 |
| 24 | Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | 2724 |
| 25 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | CUB | 2723 |
| 26 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2719 |
| 27 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2718 |
| 28 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2718 |
| 29 | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2714 |
| 30 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | GER | 2710 |
| 31 | Malakhov, Vladimir | RUS | 2710 |
| 32 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2710 |
| 33 | Areshchenko, Alexander | UKR | 2709 |
| 34 | Shirov, Alexei | LAT | 2708 |
| 35 | Riazantsev, Alexander | RUS | 2708 |
| 36 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | CUB | 2707 |
| 37 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2707 |
| 38 | Wang, Yue | CHN | 2706 |
| 39 | Akopian, Vladimir | ARM | 2705 |
| 40 | So, Wesley | PHI | 2705 |
| 41 | Korobov, Anton | UKR | 2705 |
| 42 | Harikrishna, P. | IND | 2702 |
| 43 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2702 |
| 44 | Jobava, Baadur | GEO | 2702 |
| 45 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2701 |
| 46 | Alekseev, Evgeny | RUS | 2700 |
| 47 | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 2700 |
| 48 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB | 2699 |
| 49 | Moiseenko, Alexander | UKR | 2698 |
| 50 | Navara, David | CZE | 2697 |
| 51 | McShane, Luke J | ENG | 2697 |
| 52 | Polgar, Judit | HUN | 2696 |
| 53 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2695 |
| 54 | Rublevsky, Sergei | RUS | 2695 |
| 55 | Almasi, Zoltan | HUN | 2695 |
| 56 | Fressinet, Laurent | FRA | 2693 |
| 57 | Movsesian, Sergei | ARM | 2693 |
| 58 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2690 |
| 59 | Van Wely, Loek | NED | 2689 |
| 60 | Berkes, Ferenc | HUN | 2688 |
| 61 | Volokitin, Andrei | UKR | 2687 |
| 62 | Grachev, Boris | RUS | 2687 |
| 63 | Li, Chao b | CHN | 2686 |
| 64 | Short, Nigel D | ENG | 2681 |
| 65 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2679 |
| 66 | Laznicka, Viktor | CZE | 2679 |
| 67 | Efimenko, Zahar | UKR | 2677 |
| 68 | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2675 |
| 69 | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2674 |
| 70 | Gareev, Timur | USA | 2674 |
| 71 | Gyimesi, Zoltan | HUN | 2674 |
| 72 | Sutovsky, Emil | ISR | 2673 |
| 73 | Bologan, Viktor | MDA | 2672 |
| 74 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND | 2669 |
| 75 | Motylev, Alexander | RUS | 2669 |
| 76 | Sargissian, Gabriel | ARM | 2667 |
| 77 | Ragger, Markus | AUT | 2666 |
| 78 | Onischuk, Alexander | USA | 2666 |
| 79 | Potkin, Vladimir | RUS | 2666 |
| 80 | Smirin, Ilia | ISR | 2663 |
| 81 | Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2662 |
| 82 | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. | UKR | 2660 |
| 83 | Zhigalko, Sergei | BLR | 2660 |
| 84 | Edouard, Romain | FRA | 2659 |
| 85 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | UKR | 2659 |
| 86 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | PER | 2659 |
| 87 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | DEN | 2658 |
| 88 | Georgiev, Kiril | BUL | 2657 |
| 89 | Gharamian, Tigran | FRA | 2657 |
| 90 | Khairullin, Ildar | RUS | 2657 |
| 91 | Meier, Georg | GER | 2655 |
| 92 | Ivanisevic, Ivan | SRB | 2655 |
| 93 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | RUS | 2655 |
| 94 | Iturrizaga, Eduardo | VEN | 2655 |
| 95 | Kurnosov, Igor | RUS | 2654 |
| 96 | Dreev, Aleksey | RUS | 2654 |
| 97 | Matlakov, Maxim | RUS | 2654 |
| 98 | Sjugirov, Sanan | RUS | 2654 |
| 99 | Gajewski, Grzegorz | POL | 2653 |
| 100 | Khismatullin, Denis | RUS | 2653 |
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The top 100 women players
| # | Name | Fed | Elo |
| 1 | Polgar, Judit | HUN | 2696 |
| 2 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2617 |
| 3 | Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2597 |
| 4 | Muzychuk, Anna | SLO | 2585 |
| 5 | Zhao, Xue | CHN | 2565 |
| 6 | Lagno, Kateryna | UKR | 2548 |
| 7 | Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2545 |
| 8 | Ju, Wenjun | CHN | 2544 |
| 9 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | RUS | 2531 |
| 10 | Sebag, Marie | FRA | 2527 |
| 11 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2526 |
| 12 | Cramling, Pia | SWE | 2525 |
| 13 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | LTU | 2522 |
| 14 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | RUS | 2517 |
| 15 | Gunina, Valentina | RUS | 2514 |
| 16 | Khotenashvili, Bela | GEO | 2505 |
| 17 | Ruan, Lufei | CHN | 2501 |
| 18 | Harika, Dronavalli | IND | 2492 |
| 19 | Ushenina, Anna | UKR | 2491 |
| 20 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | RUS | 2491 |
| 21 | Zhu, Chen | QAT | 2491 |
| 22 | Pogonina, Natalija | RUS | 2488 |
| 23 | Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2483 |
| 24 | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2483 |
| 25 | Danielian, Elina | ARM | 2478 |
| 26 | Hoang, Thanh Trang | HUN | 2476 |
| 27 | Zhukova, Natalia | UKR | 2476 |
| 28 | Krush, Irina | USA | 2470 |
| 29 | Huang, Qian | CHN | 2469 |
| 30 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER | 2466 |
| 31 | Zatonskih, Anna | USA | 2466 |
| 32 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | ARM | 2466 |
| 33 | Javakhishvili, Lela | GEO | 2464 |
| 34 | Girya, Olga | RUS | 2463 |
| 35 | Galliamova, Alisa | RUS | 2458 |
| 36 | Atalik, Ekaterina | TUR | 2455 |
| 37 | Moser, Eva | AUT | 2453 |
| 38 | Socko, Monika | POL | 2450 |
| 39 | Hunt, Harriet V | ENG | 2450 |
| 40 | Alexandrova, Olga | ESP | 2449 |
| 41 | Dembo, Yelena | GRE | 2448 |
| 42 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | MGL | 2442 |
| 43 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | RUS | 2440 |
| 44 | Guo, Qi | CHN | 2439 |
| 45 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | ROU | 2439 |
| 46 | Cori T., Deysi | PER | 2430 |
| 47 | Skripchenko, Almira | FRA | 2430 |
| 48 | Zaiatz, Elena | RUS | 2428 |
| 49 | Khurtsidze, Nino | GEO | 2428 |
| 50 | Ding, Yixin | CHN | 2427 |
| 51 | Guramishvili, Sopiko | GEO | 2426 |
| 52 | Melia, Salome | GEO | 2423 |
| 53 | Matnadze, Ana | ESP | 2412 |
| 54 | Rajlich, Iweta | POL | 2411 |
| 55 | Tania, Sachdev | IND | 2408 |
| 56 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | RUS | 2407 |
| 57 | Bojkovic, Natasa | SRB | 2403 |
| 58 | Wang, Jue | CHN | 2401 |
| 59 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | SCO | 2400 |
| 60 | Houska, Jovanka | ENG | 2399 |
| 61 | Pham, Le Thao Nguyen | VIE | 2399 |
| 62 | Karavade, Eesha | IND | 2398 |
| 63 | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | ESP | 2398 |
| 64 | Shen, Yang | CHN | 2397 |
| 65 | Li, Ruofan | SIN | 2396 |
| 66 | Bulmaga, Irina | ROU | 2393 |
| 67 | Gaponenko, Inna | UKR | 2393 |
| 68 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | RUS | 2392 |
| 69 | Milliet, Sophie | FRA | 2391 |
| 70 | Batsiashvili, Nino | GEO | 2390 |
| 71 | Peng, Zhaoqin | NED | 2389 |
| 72 | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | ROU | 2387 |
| 73 | Gomes, Mary Ann | IND | 2387 |
| 74 | Ovod, Evgenija | RUS | 2387 |
| 75 | Michna, Marta | GER | 2386 |
| 76 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | POL | 2383 |
| 77 | Khukhashvili, Sopiko | GEO | 2383 |
| 78 | Melamed, Tatjana | GER | 2382 |
| 79 | Nemcova, Katerina | CZE | 2382 |
| 80 | Lujan, Carolina | ARG | 2380 |
| 81 | Matveeva, Svetlana | RUS | 2380 |
| 82 | Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan | KAZ | 2379 |
| 83 | Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman | IND | 2378 |
| 84 | Shadrina, Tatiana | RUS | 2377 |
| 85 | Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina | POL | 2376 |
| 86 | Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna | POL | 2375 |
| 87 | Kovanova, Baira | RUS | 2371 |
| 88 | Sukandar, Irine Kharisma | INA | 2370 |
| 89 | Vasilevich, Irina | RUS | 2370 |
| 90 | Kononenko, Tatiana | UKR | 2369 |
| 91 | Paikidze, Nazi | GEO | 2368 |
| 92 | Romanko, Marina | RUS | 2368 |
| 93 | Zhang, Xiaowen | CHN | 2367 |
| 94 | Savina, Anastasia | RUS | 2363 |
| 95 | Repkova, Eva | SVK | 2363 |
| 96 | Fierro Baquero, Martha L. | ECU | 2362 |
| 97 | Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa | CUB | 2361 |
| 98 | Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino | GER | 2360 |
| 99 | Stockova, Zuzana | SVK | 2359 |
| 100 | Wang, Yu A. | CHN | 2359 |
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The top 20 juniors
| # | Name | Fed | Elo | B-Year |
| 1 | Giri, Anish | NED | 2734 | 1994 |
| 2 | So, Wesley | PHI | 2705 | 1993 |
| 3 | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2675 | 1994 |
| 4 | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2674 | 1996 |
| 5 | Sjugirov, Sanan | RUS | 2654 | 1993 |
| 6 | Negi, Parimarjan | IND | 2651 | 1993 |
| 7 | Nyzhnyk, Illya | UKR | 2635 | 1996 |
| 8 | Swiercz, Dariusz | POL | 2631 | 1994 |
| 9 | Zherebukh, Yaroslav | UKR | 2629 | 1993 |
| 10 | Dubov, Daniil | RUS | 2622 | 1996 |
| 11 | Robson, Ray | USA | 2620 | 1994 |
| 12 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2617 | 1994 |
| 13 | Ipatov, Alexander | TUR | 2588 | 1993 |
| 14 | Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | ARM | 2582 | 1993 |
| 15 | Van Kampen, Robin | NED | 2580 | 1994 |
| 16 | Lalith, Babu M.R. | IND | 2572 | 1993 |
| 17 | Anton Guijarro, David | ESP | 2564 | 1995 |
| 18 | Grigoryan, Karen H. | ARM | 2559 | 1995 |
| 19 | Eliseev, Urii | RUS | 2557 | 1996 |
| 20 | Grandelius, Nils | SWE | 2556 | 1993 |
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Photo by Anastasiya Karlovich.
