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Topalov tops new FIDE ratings, now officially

30 September 2008 10:38 AM CET | Last modified: 17:35 | By Peter Doggers  | Filed under: Reports | Tags: ,

For the first time since January 1 (or rather March 31) 2007, Veselin Topalov is the highest rated player in the world. On the new FIDE rating list, published yesterday, Magnus Carlsen is number 4 and not 3 as in Hans Arild Runde’s live list.

Again, FIDE has published its new rating list a few days before the official date. Since yesterday their front page heads “Topalov Regains Top Spot”, something the chess fans have known for two weeks already thanks to the famous “live list” which you can also find in the far right column on this website.

Veselin Topalov’s new FIDE rating is 2791 - still 22 points below his personal record by the way. After becoming the FIDE World Champion in San Luis in 2005, he also won the 2006 Corus Chess Tournament joint with Anand. On the April 2006 list he was the world’s number one for the first time, a position he “successfully defended” till and including the January 2007 list.

In a period where the first six players of the world are of almost equal strength, Topalov’s great fighting spirit in Bilbao made the difference for the current list. At some point no less than four players had a chance to claim the highest ELO rating in October, but Topalov’s last-round win against Ivanchuk decided matters.

Although he did not play in Bilbao, Alexander Morozevich managed to keep his second spot. On the last list he had the same rating as his compatriot Kramnik; this time he’s clear second, but having just one point more than Vassily Ivanchuk and Magnus Carlsen.

On the live list Carlsen has 2786,1 and Ivanchuk 2785,6 which both rounds off to 2786. For FIDE, the one who has played the most games “wins” (and when Ivanchuk is involved, he’s usually the one!) And so there’s only a difference of five points in the top four this time.

It’s a bit ironic that two weeks before their World Championship match in Bonn, Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik have dropped to 5th and 6th place, while they were sharing the first spot only three lists ago! Both have had one very bad tournament this summer (Kramnik in Dortmund; Anand in Bilbao) and of course there’s a connection with the upcoming match.

Levon Aronian is back in the top 10; he won 20 points and climbed from 12th to 7th place. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov lost 11 points and dropped from 8th to 14th place. Peter Svidler lost “touch” with the top 10, dropping from 11th to 17th.

Let’s go to the new stars. After winning the first Grand Prix tournament in Baku (shared with Gashimov and Carlsen) and finishing shared third in Sochi, Wang Yue’s fantastic 8.5 out of 10 at the NH Chess Tournament lifted him up to the 11th place, with a rating of 2736 (2740 on the live list, by the way). One spot higher is Dmitry Jakovenko, who has one rating point more.

As we predicted a week after the July list was published, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is France’s new number one: he’ll turn 18 on October 21st (the same generation as Carlsen and Karjakin!) but he’s already in the world’s top 25, rated 2716 now, 11 points more than Etienne Bacrot.

In the October list we see that there are now 32 players with a FIDE rating above 2700. These include two more new members of the elite club: Hikaru Nakamura and Sergei Rublevsky. New or back in the top 100 are Alexander Riazantsev, (2656), Boris Savchenko (2648), Fabiano Caruana (2640), Nikita Vitiugov (2638), Alexander Graf (2636), Jan Gustafsson (2634) and Vadim Malakhatko (2633).

In the women’s list, Judit Polgar was, is and will be the number one - she’s still rated 2711 after she didn’t play a rated game this summer. Actually Polgar should have been mentioned in the above (men’s) section; since she never plays women’s events she might even prefer to be called “the world’s number 27″!

World championship semi-finalist Humpy Koneru lost four rating points in the last three months but this didn’t threaten her supremacy in the “rest of the ladies” list. We do have a new number three: 14-year-old Hou Yifan just keeps on rollin’ and won 21 points this time, overtaking former world champion and compatriot Xie Jun by four points.

The new world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk won fifteen points but only went up from 10th to 8th place.

Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the lists including the changes with the previous list. (It should also be mentioned when FIDE is doing good things and actually the ratings section on their website has greatly improved!)

FIDE OCTOBER 2008 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   5  Topalov, Veselin  g  BUL  2791 (+14)  10 (0)
 2   2  Morozevich, Alexander  g  RUS  2787 (-1)  9 (-11)
 3   4  Ivanchuk, Vassily  g  UKR  2786 (+5)  50 (+25)
 4   6  Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR  2786 (+11)  31 (+15)
 5   1  Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND  2783 (-15)  10 (+8)
 6   3  Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS  2772 (-16)  16 (+16)
 7   12  Aronian, Levon  g  ARM  2757 (+20)  23 (+12)
 8   7  Radjabov, Teimour  g  AZE  2751 (+7)  23 (-8)
 9   10  Leko, Peter  g  HUN  2747 (+6)  16 (+16)
 10   24  Jakovenko, Dmitry  g  RUS  2737 (+28)  39 (+19)
 11   29  Wang, Yue  g  CHN  2736 (+32)  23 (-5)
 12   13  Adams, Michael  g  ENG  2734 (-1)  16 (-4)
 13   16  Movsesian, Sergei  g  SVK  2732 (+9)  12 (-41)
 14   8  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  g  AZE  2731 (-11)  16 (-7)
 15   15  Karjakin, Sergey  g  UKR  2730 (+3)  24 (-3)
 16   17  Kamsky, Gata  g  USA  2729 (+6)  22 (-6)
 17   11  Svidler, Peter  g  RUS  2727 (-11)  24 (-8)
 18   9  Shirov, Alexei  g  ESP  2726 (-15)  34 (+23)
 19   21  Eljanov, Pavel  g  UKR  2720 (+4)  26 (+3)
 20   18  Gelfand, Boris  g  ISR  2719 (-1)  27 (+17)
 21   25  Dominguez Perez, Leinier  g  CUB  2719 (+11)  15 (-4)
 22   19  Ponomariov, Ruslan  g  UKR  2719 (+1)  14 (+4)
 23   14  Grischuk, Alexander  g  RUS  2719 (-9)  13 (-8)
 24   39  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  g  FRA  2716 (+35)  30 (-5)
 25   26  Alekseev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2715 (+7)  30 (+18)
 26   23  Bu, Xiangzhi  g  CHN  2714 (+4)  9 (-16)
 27   22  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2711 (0)  0 (-3)
 28   27  Ni, Hua  g  CHN  2710 (+5)  5 (-23)
 29   33  Bacrot, Etienne  g  FRA  2705 (+14)  23 (-14)
 30   31  Nakamura, Hikaru  g  USA  2704 (+7)  6 (-21)
 31   20  Gashimov, Vugar  g  AZE  2703 (-14)  27 (-7)
 32   30  Rublevsky, Sergei  g  RUS  2702 (+3)  14 (+4)
 33   36  Cheparinov, Ivan  g  BUL  2696 (+9)  28 (+5)
 34   34  Wang, Hao  g  CHN  2696 (+5)  9 (-19)
 35   38  Sasikiran, Krishnan  g  IND  2694 (+10)  9 (-9)
 36   79  Tiviakov, Sergei  g  NED  2686 (+41)  56 (+14)
 37   32  Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  g  ROU  2684 (-8)  19 (-7)
 38   49  Najer, Evgeniy  g  RUS  2682 (+12)  20 (-18)
 39   37  Bologan, Viktor  g  MDA  2682 (-4)  9 (-24)
 40   28  Milov, Vadim  g  SUI  2681 (-24)  9 (-7)
 41   48  Efimenko, Zahar  g  UKR  2680 (+10)  10 (-30)
 42   45  Akopian, Vladimir  g  ARM  2679 (+6)  5 (-12)
 43   97  Moiseenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2678 (+46)  40 (+13)
 44   54  Naiditsch, Arkadij  g  GER  2678 (+13)  17 (-25)
 45   40  Roiz, Michael  g  ISR  2677 (-3)  32 (0)
 46   44  Fressinet, Laurent  g  FRA  2676 (+3)  12 (-29)
 47   35  Malakhov, Vladimir  g  RUS  2675 (-14)  21 (+10)
 48   60  Postny, Evgeny  g  ISR  2674 (+13)  40 (+5)
 49   43  Motylev, Alexander  g  RUS  2672 (-2)  11 (-12)
 50   41  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  g  UZB  2672 (-7)  5 (-20)
 51   73  Timofeev, Artyom  g  RUS  2670 (+20)  20 (-20)
 52   64  Dreev, Alexey  g  RUS  2670 (+13)  5 (-12)
 53   42  Inarkiev, Ernesto  g  RUS  2669 (-6)  22 (-7)
 54   51  Nikolic, Predrag  g  BIH  2669 (0)  0 (-28)
 55   75  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  g  ESP  2664 (+14)  22 (-5)
 56   55  Jobava, Baadur  g  GEO  2664 (-1)  12 (+3)
 57   56  Areshchenko, Alexander  g  UKR  2664 (0)  0 (-40)
 58   58  Tkachiev, Vladislav  g  FRA  2664 (0)  0 (-18)
 59   52  Almasi, Zoltan  g  HUN  2663 (-5)  5 (-21)
 60   71  Nielsen, Peter Heine  g  DEN  2662 (+10)  10 (-32)
 61   47  Volokitin, Andrei  g  UKR  2659 (-12)  29 (-2)
 62   53  Harikrishna, P.  g  IND  2659 (-9)  12 (-3)
 63   57  Ivanisevic, Ivan  g  SRB  2658 (-6)  42 (+11)
 64   66  Avrukh, Boris  g  ISR  2657 (+1)  16 (-19)
 65   -  Riazantsev, Alexander  g  RUS  2656 (+)  32 (+)
 66   85  Grachev, Boris  g  RUS  2653 (+13)  22 (0)
 67   87  Lastin, Alexander  g  RUS  2651 (+12)  20 (-9)
 68   70  Sutovsky, Emil  g  ISR  2651 (-3)  19 (-9)
 69   72  Karpov, Anatoly  g  RUS  2651 (0)  0 (-3)
 70   82  Guseinov, Gadir  g  AZE  2650 (+7)  20 (-16)
 71   63  Sokolov, Ivan  g  NED  2650 (-8)  11 (-16)
 72   90  Smirin, Ilia  g  ISR  2649 (+12)  27 (+5)
 73   98  Zhang, Zhong  g  SIN  2649 (+17)  20 (-3)
 74   -  Savchenko, Boris  g  RUS  2648 (+)  43 (+)
 75   67  Khenkin, Igor  g  GER  2647 (-8)  20 (-25)
 76   69  Bareev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2647 (-8)  15 (+8)
 77   62  Tregubov, Pavel V.  g  RUS  2646 (-12)  12 (-24)
 78   59  Zvjaginsev, Vadim  g  RUS  2646 (-17)  11 (+1)
 79   77  Tomashevsky, Evgeny  g  RUS  2646 (0)  0 (-21)
 80   80  Berkes, Ferenc  g  HUN  2645 (0)  27 (-4)
 81   46  Georgiev, Kiril  g  BUL  2645 (-26)  23 (-9)
 82   50  Onischuk, Alexander  g  USA  2644 (-26)  30 (+9)
 83   99  Sadvakasov, Darmen  g  KAZ  2643 (+11)  16 (+7)
 84   61  Sargissian, Gabriel  g  ARM  2642 (-18)  12 (-21)
 85   68  Short, Nigel D  g  ENG  2642 (-13)  11 (-14)
 86   95  Sakaev, Konstantin  g  RUS  2640 (+6)  11 (-11)
 87   -  Caruana, Fabiano  g  ITA  2640 (+)  10 (+)
 88   84  Kazhgaleyev, Murtas  g  KAZ  2640 (-1)  9 (-10)
 89   -  Vitiugov, Nikita  g  RUS  2638 (+)  21 (+)
 90   -  Graf, Alexander  g  GER  2636 (+)  32 (+)
 91   83  Zhang, Pengxiang  g  CHN  2636 (-7)  4 (-20)
 92   102  Vescovi, Giovanni  g  BRA  2635 (+4)  9 (-15)
 93   74  Amonatov, Farrukh  g  TJK  2634 (-16)  29 (+1)
 94   101  Gurevich, Mikhail  g  TUR  2634 (+3)  19 (-12)
 95   86  Nyback, Tomi  g  FIN  2634 (-5)  18 (-16)
 96   -  Gustafsson, Jan  g  GER  2634 (+)  12 (+)
 97   96  Seirawan, Yasser  g  USA  2634 (0)  0 (-2)
 98   -  Malakhatko, Vadim  g  BEL  2633 (+)  69 (+)
 99   76  Navara, David  g  CZE  2633 (-13)  22 (-21)
 100   91  Istratescu, Andrei  g  ROU  2633 (-3)  9 (-23)


FIDE OCTOBER 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN

Rank   Old    Name Title Country Rating Games
 1  1  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2711 (0)  0 (-3)
 2  2  Koneru, Humpy  g  IND  2618 (-4)  15 (-13)
 3  4  Hou, Yifan  wg  CHN  2578 (+21)  40 (+5)
 4  3  Xie, Jun  g  CHN  2574 (0)  0 (0)
 5  6  Cramling, Pia  g  SWE  2550 (+6)  23 (+2)
 6  5  Stefanova, Antoaneta  g  BUL  2548 (-2)  15 (-13)
 7  7  Sebag, Marie  g  FRA  2533 (+4)  7 (-8)
 8  10  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  g  RUS  2525 (+15)  21 (+19)
 9  8  Zhao, Xue  g  CHN  2518 (-4)  4 (-31)
 10  16  Danielian, Elina  m  ARM  2513 (+18)  27 (+5)
 11  9  Kosintseva, Tatiana  m  RUS  2513 (+2)  6 (-3)
 12  11  Cmilyte, Viktorija  m  LTU  2512 (+4)  14 (-13)
 13  13  Muzychuk, Anna  m  SLO  2508 (+4)  19 (-11)
 14  36  Dzagnidze, Nana  m  GEO  2503 (+45)  45 (+16)
 15  22  Ushenina, Anna  m  UKR  2496 (+20)  15 (-13)
 16  14  Ruan, Lufei  wg  CHN  2496 (-3)  6 (0)
 17  15  Zhu, Chen  g  QAT  2496 (0)  0 (-14)
 18  18  Chiburdanidze, Maia  g  GEO  2489 (0)  0 (0)
 19  12  Lahno, Kateryna  g  UKR  2488 (-19)  24 (+4)
 20  17  Zhukova, Natalia  wg  UKR  2488 (-1)  11 (-9)
 21  19  Hoang Thanh Trang  g  HUN  2483 (-4)  13 (-18)
 22  20  Xu, Yuhua  g  CHN  2477 (-6)  11 (-6)
 23  25  Pogonina, Natalija  wg  RUS  2474 (+5)  12 (-8)
 24  26  Gaponenko, Inna  m  UKR  2473 (+5)  52 (+15)
 25  31  Javakhishvili, Lela  m  GEO  2473 (+12)  11 (-23)
 26  21  Paehtz, Elisabeth  m  GER  2471 (-10)  13 (-30)
 27  33  Kosintseva, Nadezhda  m  RUS  2468 (+8)  6 (-1)
 28  29  Hunt, Harriet V  m  ENG  2462 (0)  0 (-12)
 29  30  Qin, Kanying  wg  CHN  2462 (0)  0 (-5)
 30  32  Harika, Dronavalli  m  IND  2461 (0)  38 (+16)
 31  35  Korbut, Ekaterina  m  RUS  2459 (0)  0 (-9)
 32  27  Skripchenko, Almira  m  FRA  2455 (-8)  13 (-15)
 33  28  Peng, Zhaoqin  g  NED  2455 (-7)  9 (-21)
 34  24  Krush, Irina  m  USA  2452 (-18)  8 (-23)
 35  39  Shen, Yang  wg  CHN  2450 (+5)  8 (-10)
 36  37  Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan  m  SCO  2448 (0)  0 (-7)
 37  43  Dembo, Yelena  m  GRE  2446 (+15)  18 (-2)
 38  40  Mkrtchian, Lilit  m  ARM  2443 (+7)  12 (-5)
 39  38  Zatonskih, Anna  m  USA  2440 (-6)  10 (-21)
 40  41  Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  m  RUS  2439 (+4)  5 (-30)
 41  55  Lomineishvili, Maia  m  GEO  2437 (+23)  15 (+4)
 42  56  Muzychuk, Mariya  wg  UKR  2436 (+23)  30 (-1)
 43  23  Socko, Monika  m  POL  2434 (-39)  32 (-6)
 44  46  Atalik, Ekaterina  m  TUR  2432 (+6)  31 (+3)
 45  61  Peptan, Corina-Isabela  m  ROU  2430 (+21)  36 (+17)
 46  54  Hagarova, Zuzana  m  SVK  2430 (+15)  9 (-13)
 47  44  Huang, Qian  wg  CHN  2430 (0)  0 (-8)
 48  53  Ovod, Evgenija  m  RUS  2429 (+13)  7 (-12)
 49  45  Shadrina, Tatiana  wg  RUS  2429 (0)  0 (-9)
 50  47  Li, Ruofan  wg  SIN  2426 (+1)  11 (-14)
 51  42  Tania, Sachdev  m  IND  2425 (-7)  12 (-6)
 52  51  Tairova, Elena  m  RUS  2422 (+5)  11 (-7)
 53  48  Bojkovic, Natasa  m  SRB  2420 (-3)  8 (-3)
 54  49  Zdebskaja, Natalia  wg  UKR  2419 (-3)  7 (-26)
 55  57  Khurtsidze, Nino  m  GEO  2417 (+4)  14 (+14)
 56  60  Matnadze, Ana  m  GEO  2411 (0)  40 (+23)
 57  58  Matveeva, Svetlana  m  RUS  2411 (-1)  4 (-25)
 58  52  Melia, Salome  m  GEO  2410 (-6)  43 (+23)
 59  64  Mongontuul, Bathuyag  wg  MGL  2410 (+4)  4 (-26)
 60  62  Khukhashvili, Sopiko  m  GEO  2409 (+1)  13 (-7)
 61  63  Wang, Pin  wg  CHN  2407 (0)  0 (-5)
 62  59  Maric, Alisa  m  SRB  2405 (-7)  25 (+25)
 63  50  Rajlich, Iweta  m  POL  2404 (-13)  40 (+20)
 64  67  Repkova, Eva  m  SVK  2400 (-3)  18 (-10)
 65  66  Michna, Marta  wg  GER  2399 (-5)  18 (+7)
 66  65  Houska, Jovanka  m  ENG  2399 (-6)  11 (0)
 67  -  Borsuk, Angela  wg  ISR  2398 (+)  35 (+)
 68  86  Romanko, Marina  wg  RUS  2398 (+24)  20 (0)
 69  71  Ju, Wenjun    CHN  2397 (+8)  4 (-11)
 70  73  Tan, Zhongyi    CHN  2395 (+8)  4 (-14)
 71  -  Nadig, Kruttika  wm  IND  2387 (+)  62 (+)
 72  -  Karavade, Eesha  wg  IND  2386 (+)  46 (+)
 73  75  Stepovaia, Tatiana  wg  RUS  2386 (+3)  12 (-17)
 74  76  Alexandrova, Olga  m  UKR  2383 (0)  0 (-9)
 75  69  Bodnaruk, Anastasia  wf  RUS  2381 (-13)  21 (-24)
 76  79  Gunina, Valentina  wf  RUS  2381 (0)  0 (-24)
 77  78  Turova, Irina  m  RUS  2381 (0)  0 (-29)
 78  80  Wang, Yu A.  m  CHN  2381 (0)  0 (-19)
 79  -  Zozulia, Anna  m  BEL  2380 (+)  36 (+)
 80  68  Vajda, Szidonia  m  HUN  2380 (-17)  20 (-21)
 81  96  Kovanova, Baira  wg  RUS  2379 (+20)  8 (-12)
 82  70  Zawadzka, Jolanta  wg  POL  2378 (-11)  36 (+19)
 83  82  Kononenko, Tatiana  m  UKR  2377 (0)  0 (0)
 84  74  Moser, Eva  m  AUT  2376 (-7)  20 (-24)
 85  101  Pokorna, Regina  wg  SVK  2376 (+19)  9 (-18)
 86  72  Madl, Ildiko  m  HUN  2376 (-11)  4 (-28)
 87  85  Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino  m  GER  2371 (-3)  2 (-27)
 88  87  Nemcova, Katerina  wg  CZE  2369 (-3)  18 (-5)
 89  93  Vasilkova, Svetlana  wm  RUS  2369 (+8)  8 (-20)
 90  91  Vasilevich, Tatjana  m  UKR  2368 (+3)  8 (-17)
 91  89  Zimina, Olga  wg  ITA  2368 (0)  0 (-25)
 92  100  Milliet, Sophie  wg  FRA  2366 (+9)  20 (-13)
 93  94  Lujan, Carolina  m  ARG  2366 (+5)  18 (-7)
 94  90  Chistiakova, Tamara  wf  RUS  2366 (0)  0 (0)
 95  -  Foisor, Cristina Adela  wg  ROU  2365 (+)  36 (+)
 96  -  Sedina, Elena  m  ITA  2365 (+)  13 (+)
 97  -  Zaiatz, Elena  m  RUS  2364 (+)  9 (+)
 98  -  Dworakowska, Joanna  m  POL  2363 (+)  9 (+)
 99  81  Fierro Baquero, Martha L.  m  ECU  2361 (-18)  17 (-8)
 100  -  Gvetadze, Sopio  m  GEO  2361 (+)  15 (+)


FIDE OCTOBER 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 20 JUNIORS

Rank   Old    Name Title Country Rating Games
 1  1  Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR  2786 (+11)  31 (+15)
 2  2  Karjakin, Sergey  g  UKR  2730 (+3)  24 (-3)
 3  4  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  g  FRA  2716 (+35)  30 (-5)
 4  3  Wang, Hao  g  CHN  2696 (+5)  9 (-19)
 5  5  Caruana, Fabiano  g  ITA  2640 (+10)  10 (-17)
 6  6  Mamedov, Rauf  g  AZE  2631 (+4)  31 (+11)
 7  17  Kuzubov, Yuriy  g  UKR  2622 (+44)  33 (+4)
 8  13  Li, Chao b  g  CHN  2622 (+32)  33 (-7)
 9  10  Nepomniachtchi, Ian  g  RUS  2616 (+14)  18 (0)
 10  9  Zhou, Jianchao  g  CHN  2612 (+8)  9 (-10)
 11  18  So, Wesley  g  PHI  2610 (+33)  69 (+35)
 12  7  Rodshtein, Maxim  g  ISR  2609 (+4)  42 (+13)
 13  8  Andreikin, Dmitry  g  RUS  2603 (-1)  22 (-11)
 14  -  Negi, Parimarjan  g  IND  2597 (+)  36 (+)
 15  -  Howell, David W L  g  ENG  2593 (+)  32 (+)
 16  15  Zhigalko, Sergei  g  BLR  2592 (+9)  22 (+11)
 17  11  Laznicka, Viktor  g  CZE  2591 (-10)  13 (-29)
 18  19  Le, Quang Liem  g  VIE  2583 (+6)  22 (+11)
 19  -  Fier, Alexandr  g  BRA  2581 (+)  31 (+)
 20  -  Gareev, Timur  g  UZB  2581 (+)  13 (+)


FIDE OCTOBER 2008 RATING LIST: TOP 20 GIRLS

Due to technical problems, for this list unfortunately at the moment we cannot present a comparison with the previous list


Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
 1  Hou, Yifan  wg  CHN  2578  40  1994
 2  Muzychuk, Anna  m  SLO  2508  19  1990
 3  Lahno, Kateryna  g  UKR  2488  24  1989
 4  Harika, Dronavalli  m  IND  2461  38  1991
 5  Shen, Yang  wg  CHN  2450  8  1989
 6  Muzychuk, Mariya  wg  UKR  2436  30  1992
 7  Tairova, Elena  m  RUS  2422  11  1991
 8  Ju, Wenjun    CHN  2397  4  1991
 9  Tan, Zhongyi    CHN  2395  4  1991
 10  Nadig, Kruttika  wm  IND  2387  62  1988
 11  Bodnaruk, Anastasia  wf  RUS  2381  21  1992
 12  Gunina, Valentina  wf  RUS  2381  0  1989
 13  Nemcova, Katerina  wg  CZE  2369  18  1990
 14  Vasilkova, Svetlana  wm  RUS  2369  8  1988
 15  Zhang, Xiaowen  wm  CHN  2357  21  1989
 16  Dolzhikova, Kateryna  wm  UKR  2351  22  1988
 17  Khotenashvili, Bela  wg  GEO  2350  13  1988
 18  Stock, Lara  wm  CRO  2346  0  1992
 19  Nebolsina, Vera  wg  RUS  2340  2  1989
 20  Vojinovic, Jovana  wm  MNE  2332  24  1992
 21  Girya, Olga  wf  RUS  2332  9  1991


Comments

11 Responses to “Topalov tops new FIDE ratings, now officially”

  1. Michel on 30 September 2008 13:05 PM

    And who dropped out the top-100? Our own Loek…..
    With a good Olympics he can show what he can and make a comeback!

  2. MJol on 30 September 2008 14:35 PM

    FIDE should implement a weekly update ranking list - NOT every 3 months!

  3. sup on 30 September 2008 15:06 PM

    minor: Hou Yifan’s rank in the women’s ranklist has no indication that it has gone up (except from the numbers, of course).

  4. Christos on 30 September 2008 20:18 PM

    there is no indication with green or red arrows for players who have stayed at the same rank OR who have only moved up or down only one spot.

  5. ChessGirl on 30 September 2008 21:17 PM

    I don´t know how Loek even got to 100 in the first place xD

  6. MvE on 30 September 2008 22:20 PM

    He was just in time, before Russia, Ukraina, China and India uncorked vast quantities of fresh, young, bloodthirsty players, tumbling over each other in their race for a high ranking. Loek sneaked in and out.

  7. Janis Nisii on 30 September 2008 22:50 PM

    Peter, it’s the overall list not the men’s one. I know I know…but still…

  8. Theo on 30 September 2008 23:13 PM

    KingLoek is a great talented player. Too bad he didn’t had the Russian ‘aparat’ behind him. Otherwise he would be 2750 for sure!
    But he is still a great player! And being top 100 or being nr 120, it doesn’t matter much. It is still world class! For sure!

  9. semipatz on 1 October 2008 1:29 AM

    “Too bad he didn’t had the Russian ‘aparat’ behind him. Otherwise he would be 2750 for sure!”

    Until his recent skid, van Wely always used to get invited ahead of higher-rated players to play in supertournaments where almost all the other players were a good deal stronger. I’m not sure exactly why, but maybe he’s better connected than you’re suggesting.

    He DOES play exciting chess, though.

  10. TC on 1 October 2008 5:39 AM

    Wow………. 2633 required just get into top 100………….. Chess is so competitive now a days……… it is great for Chess!!

  11. ChessGirl on 1 October 2008 16:52 PM

    HAHAHAHA 2750 or more??? Definitely NOT. Are you suggesting that all the players above him in the list have the Russian aparat with them? Lots of them (i.e. Kamsky) don´t seem to agree. I can´t say that Luke is a bad player, I´m just saying that, like semipatz says, I can see him too frequently on top-level tournaments for his rating, and personally I don´t think he´s so good.

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