
The new FIDE ratings have just been
published at the FIDE website. World champion Viswanathan Anand is topping the list alone, with a rating of 2803. Magnus Carlsen is no longer a talent, he's the 5th best player in the world.

It's nice to see the two players who will play a World Championship match in October in Bonn, having the same rating. This will probably change on the coming list and the first meeting between the two will take place in a few weeks from now in Wijk aan Zee. For the moment Kramnik is the world's no. 1, based on a higher number of rated games.Topalov has won 11 points (and Cheparinov 43 by the way, he's now a 2700 guy too). Ivanchuk's free fall feels a bit unjust, considering his recent successes in blitz chess, but we've seen it before and he'll probably rise again on the next list. Morozevich won 10 points to go to 4th place, and in Moscow he's adding some more points so who knows where he will end. Svidler won no less than 31 points and is now the world's 5th player. For Carlsen and Karjakin it might be the last list not being in the top 10 (now 13th and 14th respectively).On the ladies list, Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru are 1 and 2 of course but the not very active Xie Jun is third again, because Cramling lost 7 points. The young Hou Yifan won 25 points and elevated to 5th position. On the juniors list, Carlsen and Karjakin are a class of their own - note that Nakamura and Radjabov are now too old to be called juniors.FIDE JANUARY 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2799 | 9 | 1975 |
2 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2799 | 3 | 1969 |
3 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2780 | 14 | 1975 |
4 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2765 | 12 | 1977 |
5 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2763 | 19 | 1976 |
6 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2760 | 35 | 1985 |
7 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2755 | 49 | 1972 |
8 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2753 | 9 | 1979 |
9 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2751 | 30 | 1969 |
10 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2739 | 16 | 1982 |
11 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2737 | 9 | 1968 |
12 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2735 | 20 | 1987 |
13 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2733 | 37 | 1990 |
14 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2732 | 36 | 1990 |
15 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2726 | 32 | 1974 |
16 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2726 | 31 | 1971 |
17 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2720 | 33 | 1983 |
18 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2719 | 40 | 1983 |
19 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2713 | 36 | 1986 |
20 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2711 | 35 | 1985 |
21 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2711 | 21 | 1983 |
22 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2707 | 10 | 1976 |
23 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2700 | 30 | 1971 |
24 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2700 | 23 | 1983 |
25 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2698 | 49 | 1987 |
26 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2695 | 26 | 1974 |
27 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2692 | 8 | 1983 |
28 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2691 | 51 | 1985 |
29 | Dominguez Perez, Lenier | g | CUB | 2691 | 15 | 1983 |
30 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 2690 | 17 | 1972 |
31 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2689 | 40 | 1980 |
32 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | NED | 2686 | 23 | 1968 |
33 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2684 | 33 | 1976 |
34 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2681 | 21 | 1979 |
35 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2681 | 16 | 1972 |
36 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2681 | 12 | 1985 |
37 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2680 | 62 | 1983 |
38 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2680 | 20 | 1985 |
39 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2677 | 30 | 1981 |
40 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2677 | 27 | 1976 |
41 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2677 | 25 | 1966 |
42 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2677 | 21 | 1978 |
43 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2676 | 18 | 1983 |
44 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2675 | 23 | 1982 |
45 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2674 | 12 | 1986 |
46 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2670 | 22 | 1987 |
47 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2667 | 29 | 1976 |
48 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2665 | 62 | 1989 |
49 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2665 | 21 | 1986 |
50 | Nikolic, Predrag | g | BIH | 2665 | 21 | 1960 |
51 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2664 | 23 | 1985 |
52 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2664 | 12 | 1975 |
53 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2664 | 8 | 1986 |
54 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2663 | 7 | 1971 |
55 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2662 | 28 | 1965 |
56 | Roiz, Michael | g | ISR | 2659 | 26 | 1983 |
57 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2657 | 18 | 1973 |
58 | Lautier, Joel | g | FRA | 2657 | 0 | 1973 |
59 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2656 | 19 | 1981 |
60 | Karpov, Anatoly | g | RUS | 2655 | 10 | 1951 |
61 | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. | g | UKR | 2652 | 27 | 1981 |
62 | Ivanisevic, Ivan | g | SRB | 2649 | 32 | 1977 |
63 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2649 | 30 | 1973 |
64 | Amonatov, Farrukh | g | TJK | 2649 | 13 | 1978 |
65 | Baklan, Vladimir | g | UKR | 2647 | 24 | 1978 |
66 | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | g | UKR | 2647 | 22 | 1978 |
67 | Sakaev, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2646 | 32 | 1974 |
68 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2646 | 31 | 1987 |
69 | Afromeev, Vladimir | f | RUS | 2646 | 0 | 1954 |
70 | Korneev, Oleg | g | RUS | 2645 | 80 | 1969 |
71 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2645 | 23 | 1986 |
72 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2645 | 15 | 1965 |
73 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2644 | 24 | 1979 |
74 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2643 | 20 | 1983 |
75 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2643 | 19 | 1980 |
76 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2642 | 17 | 1977 |
77 | Predojevic, Borki | g | BIH | 2641 | 27 | 1987 |
78 | Landa, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2641 | 17 | 1972 |
79 | Zhang, Pengxiang | g | CHN | 2640 | 42 | 1980 |
80 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2638 | 30 | 1985 |
81 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 2638 | 27 | 1953 |
82 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2638 | 25 | 1985 |
83 | Khalifman, Alexander | g | RUS | 2638 | 12 | 1966 |
84 | Izoria, Zviad | g | GEO | 2637 | 10 | 1984 |
85 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2637 | 8 | 1990 |
86 | Krasenkow, Michal | g | POL | 2636 | 27 | 1963 |
87 | Tregubov, Pavel V. | g | RUS | 2636 | 18 | 1971 |
88 | Socko, Bartosz | g | POL | 2635 | 21 | 1978 |
89 | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | g | GEO | 2635 | 9 | 1979 |
90 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2634 | 15 | 1977 |
91 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2633 | 28 | 1969 |
92 | Mikhalevski, Victor | g | ISR | 2632 | 27 | 1972 |
93 | Delchev, Aleksander | g | BUL | 2630 | 24 | 1971 |
94 | Pantsulaia, Levan | g | GEO | 2629 | 16 | 1986 |
95 | Kotronias, Vasilios | g | GRE | 2628 | 31 | 1964 |
96 | Avrukh, Boris | g | ISR | 2628 | 18 | 1978 |
97 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2628 | 8 | 1985 |
98 | Seirawan, Yasser | g | USA | 2628 | 3 | 1960 |
99 | Postny, Evgeny | g | ISR | 2627 | 28 | 1981 |
100 | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2627 | 11 | 1976 |
101 | Vladimirov, Evgeny | g | KAZ | 2627 | 0 | 1957 |
FIDE JANUARY 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2707 | 10 | 1976 |
2 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2612 | 11 | 1987 |
3 | Xie, Jun | g | CHN | 2574 | 4 | 1970 |
4 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2548 | 24 | 1976 |
5 | Hou, Yifan | wg | CHN | 2527 | 67 | 1994 |
6 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2524 | 11 | 1963 |
7 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2523 | 8 | 1984 |
8 | Zhao, Xue | wg | CHN | 2517 | 52 | 1985 |
9 | Sebag, Marie | m | FRA | 2510 | 8 | 1986 |
10 | Xu, Yuhua | g | CHN | 2500 | 14 | 1976 |
11 | Ruan, Lufei | | CHN | 2495 | 35 | 1987 |
12 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | m | RUS | 2495 | 8 | 1986 |
13 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | g | GEO | 2489 | 12 | 1961 |
14 | Ushenina, Anna | m | UKR | 2484 | 22 | 1985 |
15 | Danielian, Elina | m | ARM | 2480 | 21 | 1978 |
16 | Socko, Monika | m | POL | 2479 | 15 | 1978 |
17 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2476 | 25 | 1985 |
18 | Hoang Thanh Trang | g | HUN | 2475 | 20 | 1980 |
19 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | m | LTU | 2475 | 16 | 1983 |
20 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2475 | 16 | 1989 |
21 | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2473 | 18 | 1983 |
22 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | m | RUS | 2472 | 8 | 1985 |
23 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2470 | 20 | 1984 |
24 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2464 | 13 | 1979 |
25 | Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman | m | IND | 2464 | 0 | 1979 |
26 | Peng, Zhaoqin | g | NED | 2461 | 21 | 1968 |
27 | Muzychuk, Anna | wg | SLO | 2460 | 22 | 1990 |
28 | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2460 | 0 | 1972 |
29 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2458 | 0 | 1978 |
30 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | m | GEO | 2457 | 21 | 1968 |
31 | Korbut, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2457 | 14 | 1985 |
32 | Hunt, Harriet V | m | ENG | 2457 | 4 | 1978 |
33 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2455 | 32 | 1991 |
34 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2455 | 12 | 1974 |
35 | Zhukova, Natalia | wg | UKR | 2443 | 25 | 1979 |
36 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2443 | 11 | 1976 |
37 | Khurtsidze, Nino | m | GEO | 2441 | 22 | 1975 |
38 | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2437 | 32 | 1981 |
39 | Matveeva, Svetlana | m | RUS | 2433 | 5 | 1969 |
40 | Huang, Qian | wm | CHN | 2430 | 58 | 1986 |
41 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2429 | 41 | 1989 |
42 | Dzagnidze, Nana | m | GEO | 2429 | 25 | 1987 |
43 | Dembo, Yelena | m | GRE | 2427 | 17 | 1983 |
44 | Li, Ruofan | wg | SIN | 2425 | 23 | 1978 |
45 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2422 | 22 | 1976 |
46 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2420 | 28 | 1985 |
47 | Vajda, Szidonia | m | HUN | 2418 | 18 | 1979 |
48 | Tania, Sachdev | wg | IND | 2417 | 11 | 1986 |
49 | Wang, Pin | wg | CHN | 2415 | 10 | 1974 |
50 | Foisor, Cristina Adela | m | ROU | 2412 | 22 | 1967 |
51 | Shadrina, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2412 | 17 | 1974 |
52 | Maric, Alisa | m | SRB | 2412 | 7 | 1970 |
FIDE JANUARY 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 20 JUNIORS
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2733 | 37 | 1990 |
2 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2732 | 36 | 1990 |
3 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2665 | 62 | 1989 |
4 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2637 | 8 | 1990 |
5 | Rodshtein, Maxim | g | ISR | 2614 | 23 | 1989 |
6 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2606 | 27 | 1990 |
7 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2600 | 11 | 1990 |
8 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2598 | 26 | 1992 |
9 | Popov, Ivan | g | RUS | 2595 | 39 | 1990 |
10 | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2595 | 30 | 1988 |
11 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2583 | 23 | 1988 |
12 | Baramidze, David | g | GER | 2582 | 27 | 1988 |
13 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2573 | 22 | 1990 |
14 | Lenic, Luka | m | SLO | 2568 | 32 | 1988 |
15 | Li, Chao b | | CHN | 2566 | 33 | 1989 |
16 | Vovk, Yuri | m | UKR | 2561 | 45 | 1988 |
17 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2558 | 18 | 1989 |
18 | Brkic, Ante | g | CRO | 2558 | 15 | 1988 |
19 | Gareev, Timur | g | UZB | 2557 | 0 | 1988 |
20 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2551 | 12 | 1990 |
FIDE JANUARY 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 20 GIRLS
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Hou, Yifan | wg | CHN | 2527 | 67 | 1994 |
2 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2475 | 16 | 1989 |
3 | Muzychuk, Anna | wg | SLO | 2460 | 22 | 1990 |
4 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2455 | 32 | 1991 |
5 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2429 | 41 | 1989 |
6 | Foisor, Sabina-Francesca | wg | ROU | 2386 | 21 | 1989 |
7 | Tairova, Elena | m | RUS | 2386 | 13 | 1991 |
8 | Charochkina, Daria | wm | RUS | 2383 | 18 | 1990 |
9 | Ju, Wenjun | | CHN | 2360 | 29 | 1991 |
10 | Vasilkova, Svetlana | wm | RUS | 2359 | 23 | 1988 |
11 | Muzychuk, Mariya | wm | UKR | 2357 | 9 | 1992 |
12 | Nebolsina, Vera | wm | RUS | 2348 | 26 | 1989 |
13 | Stock, Lara | wm | CRO | 2346 | 10 | 1992 |
14 | Nemcova, Katerina | wm | CZE | 2342 | 39 | 1990 |
15 | Girya, Olga | wf | RUS | 2342 | 22 | 1991 |
16 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | wf | RUS | 2317 | 9 | 1992 |
17 | Soumya, Swaminathan | wm | IND | 2315 | 35 | 1989 |
18 | Mamedjarova, Turkan | wg | AZE | 2313 | 18 | 1989 |
19 | Paikidze, Nazi | wf | GEO | 2311 | 20 | 1993 |
20 | Zhang, Xiaowen | | CHN | 2309 | 29 | 1989 |