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Ratings, ratings. It's more and more unclear to me whether they're a curse or a blessing but the fact remains that for almost every chess player no subject is more interesting than the four-digit number next to the players' names. So today we pay some attention to the new list, the FIDE ratings of July 2007. The original list, published a few days ago, just like the last one
in April contained a number of errors (e.g. Michael Adams appearing twice on it!) but today the corrected version has been
published.Top 20 July 2007 (April ratings between brackets)
1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 (2786) 4 1969
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2769 (2772) 10 1975
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2769 (2772) 1 1975
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2762 (2729) 22 1969
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2758 (2762) 18 1977
6 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2757 (2757) 14 1985
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2751 (2738) 9 1979
8 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2750 (2759) 15 1982
9 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2746 (2747) 7 1987
10 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2735 (2708) 29 1983
11 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2735 (2699) 28 1972
12 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 (2736) 6 1976
13 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 (2733) 21 1968
14 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2726 (2717) 18 1983
15 Adams, Michael g ENG 2724 (2734) 18 1971
16 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2718 (2705) 28 1974
17 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2710 (2693) 19 1990
18 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2708 (2698) 5 1971
19 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2707 (2727) 10 1976
20 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2706 (2717) 16 1983
Anand extended his lead some more, Kramnik and Topalov quite surprisingly still have the same rating (Kramnik's only rated game was his draw against Smeets in the Dutch league) and Ivanchuk in great form. As always, Mark Crowther made an
analysis of the top 100, noting that Seirawan, Asrian, Dreev, Azmaiparashvili, Spraggett, Khenkin, Gagunashvili, Najer and Korchnoi no longer belong to the strongest 100 chess players. But don't worry about Viktor, he dropped out a few times before and will be back!Top 20 July 2007 women
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2707 (2727) 10 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2572 (2575) 11 1987
3 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2533 (2535) 3 1963
4 Hou, Yifan wg CHN 2523 (2513) 25 1994
5 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2522 (2531) 11 1976
6 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2515 (2515) 0 1984
7 Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2502 (2459) 20 1986
8 Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2502 (2475) 17 1985
9 Zhao, Xue wg CHN 2500 (2467) 17 1985
10 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2496 (2510) 19 1961
11 Sebag, Marie m FRA 2491 (2479) 20 1986
12 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2481 (2492) 35 1979
13 Socko, Monika m POL 2479 (2481) 40 1978
14 Krush, Irina m USA 2479 (2478) 36 1983
15 Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2478 (2476) 12 1991
16 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2475 (2475) 19 1985
17 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2468 (2477) 9 1972
18 Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2467 (2462) 29 1983
19 Hoang Thanh Trang g HUN 2466 (2472) 40 1980
20 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2464 (2425) 42 1979
Judit lost 20 points but is still untouchable of course. The youngest player in the female top 20 is at an incredible 4th spot, the very talented lady (or should we say girl) Yifan Hou. And then there's Tatiana Kosintseva of course, climbing further up. And... how long did it take you to pronounce the name of no. 20?
Here you can download the full list.