Carlsen tops May FIDE ratings list, Aronian 10 points behind

Magnus Carlsen tops the May 1st FIDE rating list with the same rating as two months ago: 2835. Howevever, his lead has decreased to 10 points as Levon Aronian of Armenia won 5 points to get to 2825.
There were few changes in the world's top 10 in the past two months. At the moment of writing, Aronian's live rating is in fact 2826 so just 9 points behind Carlsen. The Armenian could become the world's number one on the next list if he does better than his rival at the Tal Memorial.
Vladimir Kramnik is still third with 2801 while World Champion Vishy Anand lost 8 points (remember that loss against Tiviakov?) to drop to 2791. Sergey Karjakin is back to 6th place, surpassing Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana by a few points. The rest of the top stayed more or less the same, although it must be noted that without playing Boris Gelfand returned into the top 20 just before the big match.
After his disastrous European Championship, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov lost 26 points and dropped from spot #13 to #22. Baadur Jobava (Georgia), Krishnan Sasikiran (India), Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Poland), Viktor Bologan (Moldavia) and Laurent Fressinet (France) can all look back at good spring period. In the last list there were 46 players with a 2700+ rating; in this list "only" 45.
Judit Polgar (Hungary) saw her lead over Hou Yifan (China) increase from 70 to 86 points because the Chinese World Champion lost 16 points. Still, there's no doubt that Hou Yifan is getting stronger and stronger and so a match between these two players would really be something! The biggest news here was Humpy Koneru dropping out of the world's top 3. Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) won 15 points and is now 9 points ahead of the Indian. Elisabeth Pähtz (Germany) won a whopping 32 points and can start thinking about obtaining a 2500 rating.
Below you'll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give all lists including the changes with the previous lists.
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
FIDE MAY 2012 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
| Rank | Old | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | |
| 1 | 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2835 (0) | 0 (-13) | |
| 2 | 2 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2825 (+5) | 3 (-10) | |
| 3 | 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2801 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| 4 | 4 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2791 (-8) | 4 (+4) | |
| 5 | 5 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2784 (0) | 0 (-13) | |
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6 | 8 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2779 (+13) | 7 (-6) |
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7 | 6 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2775 (+4) | 5 (-18) |
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8 | 7 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2770 (+3) | 26 (-6) |
| 9 | 9 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2769 (+4) | 7 (-3) | |
| 10 | 10 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2764 (0) | 0 (-23) | |
| 11 | 11 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2761 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| 12 | 12 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2752 (0) | 0 (-13) | |
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13 | 15 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2741 (-3) | 12 (+2) |
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14 | 16 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2741 (0) | 0 (-13) |
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15 | 17 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2738 (+2) | 6 (-3) |
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16 | 19 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2738 (+5) | 6 (+6) |
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17 | 14 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2737 (-8) | 5 (-8) |
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18 | 21 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2736 (+7) | 17 (+17) |
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19 | 18 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2728 (-7) | 9 (-1) |
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20 | 22 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2727 (0) | 0 (-13) |
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21 | 23 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2726 (-1) | 11 (+11) |
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22 | 13 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2726 (-26) | 8 (-2) |
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23 | 20 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2725 (-5) | 7 (+7) |
| 24 | 24 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2723 (+3) | 6 (+6) | |
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25 | 31 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2721 (+15) | 24 (+15) |
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26 | 38 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2720 (+17) | 17 (-2) |
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27 | 34 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2717 (+11) | 20 (+20) |
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28 | 62 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2716 (+29) | 30 (+20) |
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29 | 26 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2716 (-2) | 7 (-2) |
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30 | 55 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2715 (+22) | 27 (+27) |
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31 | 28 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2714 (+4) | 18 (+18) |
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32 | 25 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2713 (-6) | 9 (-1) |
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33 | 36 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2712 (+7) | 18 (+18) |
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34 | 53 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2711 (+17) | 8 (-5) |
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35 | 33 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2711 (+5) | 6 (+6) |
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36 | 29 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2709 (0) | 0 (-10) |
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37 | 50 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2707 (+12) | 16 (+7) |
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38 | 45 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2706 (+6) | 40 (+27) |
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39 | 58 | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2706 (+15) | 10 (+10) |
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40 | 49 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2705 (+8) | 9 (-1) |
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41 | 52 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2704 (+9) | 28 (+28) |
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42 | 30 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2703 (-6) | 24 (+14) |
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43 | 47 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2703 (+5) | 9 (-10) |
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44 | 39 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2703 (0) | 0 (-16) |
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45 | 59 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2700 (+11) | 17 (-1) |
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46 | 43 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2698 (-4) | 36 (+36) |
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47 | 41 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | ARM | 2698 (-4) | 28 (+18) |
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48 | 44 | Shirov, Alexei | g | LAT | 2698 (-3) | 13 (+3) |
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49 | 64 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2697 (+13) | 20 (+11) |
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50 | 54 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2697 (+4) | 20 (+4) |
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51 | 68 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2696 (+14) | 29 (+29) |
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52 | 32 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2695 (-11) | 33 (+25) |
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53 | 48 | Dreev, Aleksey | g | RUS | 2694 (-4) | 17 (+17) |
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54 | 27 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2693 (-24) | 22 (-1) |
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55 | 40 | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2693 (-9) | 18 (+8) |
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56 | 71 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2693 (+15) | 16 (+3) |
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57 | 37 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2693 (-11) | 11 (+2) |
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58 | 63 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2693 (+7) | 6 (+6) |
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59 | 61 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2691 (+3) | 22 (+22) |
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60 | 42 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2690 (-12) | 11 (+2) |
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61 | 60 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2690 (+1) | 10 (+10) |
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62 | 51 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2689 (-6) | 24 (+24) |
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63 | 75 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2689 (+18) | 20 (-7) |
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64 | 46 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2687 (-13) | 23 (+14) |
| 65 | 66 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2683 (0) | 5 (-4) | |
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66 | 57 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2682 (-9) | 19 (+4) |
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67 | 97 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | NED | 2680 (+27) | 37 (+23) |
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68 | 35 | Grachev, Boris | g | RUS | 2680 (-25) | 33 (+19) |
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69 | 67 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2680 (-2) | 18 (+8) |
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70 | 88 | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2679 (+19) | 18 (+18) |
| 71 | 72 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2679 (+5) | 11 (+1) | |
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72 | 69 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2678 (-1) | 25 (+16) |
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73 | 83 | Bartel, Mateusz | g | POL | 2677 (+12) | 38 (+6) |
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74 | 81 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2677 (+11) | 11 (+2) |
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75 | 74 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2677 (+4) | 7 (-9) |
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76 | 82 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2676 (+10) | 28 (+28) |
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77 | - | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2673 (+) | 29 (+) |
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78 | 85 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2673 (+9) | 20 (+11) |
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79 | 65 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2673 (-10) | 10 (-3) |
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80 | 84 | Balogh, Csaba | g | HUN | 2672 (+8) | 30 (+21) |
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81 | 76 | Gharamian, Tigran | g | FRA | 2672 (+1) | 19 (+10) |
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82 | 70 | Bauer, Christian | g | FRA | 2672 (-7) | 17 (+17) |
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83 | 95 | Ragger, Markus | g | AUT | 2670 (+16) | 40 (+31) |
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84 | - | Khenkin, Igor | g | GER | 2670 (+) | 37 (+) |
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85 | - | Matlakov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2668 (+) | 22 (+) |
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86 | 89 | Turov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2667 (+9) | 34 (+7) |
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87 | 56 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2665 (-28) | 17 (+17) |
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88 | - | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2664 (+) | 37 (+) |
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89 | 92 | Khismatullin, Denis | g | RUS | 2664 (+8) | 15 (-3) |
| 90 | 90 | Kurnosov, Igor | g | RUS | 2663 (+6) | 14 (-2) | |
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91 | 77 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2660 (-10) | 9 (+9) |
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92 | 80 | Azarov, Sergei | g | BLR | 2658 (-9) | 29 (+29) |
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93 | - | Jones, Gawain C B | g | ENG | 2657 (+) | 34 (+) |
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94 | - | Petrosian, Tigran L. | g | ARM | 2657 (+) | 29 (+) |
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95 | - | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | g | PER | 2657 (+) | 16 (+) |
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96 | - | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | g | GEO | 2656 (+) | 38 (+) |
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97 | 73 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2656 (-17) | 17 (-17) |
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98 | 79 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2656 (-12) | 11 (-7) |
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99 | - | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2656 (+) | 11 (+) |
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100 | 87 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2656 (-6) | 9 (+9) |
FIDE MAY 2012 RATING LIST: TOP 100 WOMEN
| Rank | Old | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | |
| 1 | 1 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2709 (0) | 0 (-10) | |
| 2 | 2 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2623 (-16) | 29 (+19) | |
| 3 | 4 | Muzychuk, Anna | g | SLO | 2598 (+15) | 18 (+8) | |
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4 | 3 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2589 (0) | 0 (-10) |
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5 | 8 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2549 (+6) | 9 (0) |
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6 | 5 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2547 (-12) | 11 (-4) |
| 7 | 7 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2546 (0) | 13 (0) | |
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8 | 11 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2532 (+19) | 11 (+11) |
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9 | 14 | Gunina, Valentina | m | RUS | 2530 (+19) | 16 (+7) |
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10 | 6 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2529 (-28) | 20 (+11) |
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11 | 9 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | g | RUS | 2528 (-7) | 16 (+6) |
| 12 | 12 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2521 (+9) | 11 (+11) | |
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13 | 10 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2518 (-13) | 21 (+11) |
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14 | 13 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2510 (-1) | 19 (+8) |
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15 | 17 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | g | LTU | 2508 (+11) | 15 (+2) |
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16 | 15 | Harika, Dronavalli | g | IND | 2508 (+7) | 5 (-17) |
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17 | 22 | Khotenashvili, Bela | m | GEO | 2500 (+10) | 20 (+20) |
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18 | 32 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2491 (+32) | 30 (+17) |
| 19 | 19 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2491 (0) | 0 (-10) | |
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20 | 25 | Danielian, Elina | g | ARM | 2484 (+6) | 11 (-3) |
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21 | 18 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2484 (-9) | 8 (-1) |
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22 | 21 | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2484 (-6) | 5 (+5) |
| 23 | 23 | Ruan, Lufei | wg | CHN | 2483 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| 24 | 24 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2478 (-3) | 3 (-16) | |
| 25 | 26 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2474 (0) | 0 (-17) | |
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26 | 30 | Moser, Eva | m | AUT | 2469 (+9) | 16 (+2) |
| 27 | 28 | Xu, Yuhua | g | CHN | 2465 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| 28 | 29 | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2457 (-4) | 18 (+2) | |
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29 | 38 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2457 (+9) | 17 (+17) |
| 30 | 31 | Dembo, Yelena | m | GRE | 2457 (-3) | 3 (+3) | |
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31 | 20 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2456 (-34) | 20 (+10) |
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32 | 39 | Khurtsidze, Nino | m | GEO | 2456 (+9) | 11 (+1) |
| 33 | 34 | Ushenina, Anna | m | UKR | 2454 (-4) | 11 (+11) | |
| 34 | 35 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | m | MGL | 2451 (0) | 0 (-18) | |
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35 | 43 | Hoang, Thanh Trang | g | HUN | 2449 (+11) | 11 (-11) |
| 36 | 37 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2449 (+1) | 11 (-5) | |
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37 | 33 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2449 (-9) | 11 (+11) |
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38 | 36 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2447 (-2) | 17 (+17) |
| 39 | 40 | Matnadze, Ana | m | ESP | 2446 (-1) | 11 (+11) | |
| 40 | 41 | Zaiatz, Elena | m | RUS | 2446 (0) | 0 (0) | |
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41 | 46 | Zhukova, Natalia | g | UKR | 2442 (+7) | 17 (+7) |
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42 | 48 | Rajlich, Iweta | m | POL | 2441 (+19) | 18 (+9) |
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43 | 27 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2440 (-28) | 15 (+15) |
| 44 | 44 | Batsiashvili, Nino | wg | GEO | 2436 (-2) | 11 (+2) | |
| 45 | 45 | Tan, Zhongyi | wg | CHN | 2430 (-8) | 20 (+20) | |
| 46 | 47 | Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan | g | SCO | 2426 (-8) | 5 (+5) | |
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47 | 53 | Romanko, Marina | m | RUS | 2420 (+3) | 16 (-2) |
| 48 | 49 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | m | ROU | 2420 (0) | 0 (-9) | |
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49 | 42 | Shen, Yang | wg | CHN | 2419 (-21) | 9 (+1) |
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50 | 52 | Li, Ruofan | m | SIN | 2419 (0) | 0 (0) |
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51 | 66 | Huang, Qian | wg | CHN | 2417 (+18) | 20 (+2) |
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52 | 56 | Tania, Sachdev | m | IND | 2417 (+3) | 14 (+1) |
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53 | 67 | Foisor, Cristina-Adela | m | ROU | 2417 (+19) | 12 (+3) |
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54 | 51 | Alexandrova, Olga | m | ESP | 2417 (-2) | 7 (+7) |
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55 | 50 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2417 (-2) | 6 (-3) |
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56 | 63 | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2414 (+8) | 27 (+18) |
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57 | 61 | Khukhashvili, Sopiko | m | GEO | 2414 (+6) | 9 (+1) |
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58 | 64 | Peng, Zhaoqin | g | NED | 2414 (+9) | 3 (+1) |
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59 | 69 | Houska, Jovanka | m | ENG | 2411 (+15) | 9 (-10) |
| 60 | 60 | Ovod, Evgenija | m | RUS | 2410 (+2) | 20 (+11) | |
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61 | 65 | Melia, Salome | m | GEO | 2410 (+10) | 11 (+1) |
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62 | 58 | Turova, Irina | m | RUS | 2410 (0) | 0 (0) |
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63 | 70 | Guramishvili, Sopiko | wg | GEO | 2408 (+13) | 11 (+1) |
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64 | 54 | Gaponenko, Inna | m | UKR | 2404 (-12) | 18 (+18) |
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65 | 59 | Vasilevich, Tatjana | m | UKR | 2404 (-6) | 14 (+14) |
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66 | 68 | Wang, Pin | wg | CHN | 2397 (0) | 0 (0) |
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67 | 57 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2394 (-18) | 20 (+11) |
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68 | 72 | Kovanova, Baira | wg | RUS | 2391 (-1) | 17 (+8) |
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69 | - | Pham, Le Thao Nguyen | wg | VIE | 2390 (+) | 33 (+) |
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70 | 73 | Zdebskaja, Natalia | wg | UKR | 2389 (0) | 0 (0) |
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71 | 91 | Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina | wg | POL | 2387 (+18) | 34 (+18) |
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72 | 85 | Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman | m | IND | 2387 (+11) | 12 (-6) |
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73 | 78 | Milliet, Sophie | m | FRA | 2387 (+2) | 1 (-28) |
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74 | 76 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2386 (0) | 0 (-18) |
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75 | 79 | Michna, Marta | wg | GER | 2385 (+2) | 28 (+28) |
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76 | - | Zhang, Xiaowen | wg | CHN | 2385 (+) | 20 (+) |
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77 | 71 | Bojkovic, Natasa | m | SRB | 2385 (-10) | 11 (+11) |
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78 | 55 | Repkova, Eva | m | SVK | 2384 (-32) | 23 (+23) |
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79 | 62 | Paikidze, Nazi | m | GEO | 2384 (-22) | 22 (+4) |
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80 | 75 | Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna | wg | POL | 2383 (-4) | 13 (+13) |
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81 | 87 | L'Ami, Alina | wg | ROU | 2383 (+11) | 9 (-10) |
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82 | 80 | Tsereteli, Tamar | wg | GEO | 2383 (0) | 0 (0) |
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83 | 90 | Gomes, Mary Ann | wg | IND | 2378 (+9) | 6 (-14) |
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84 | 81 | Fierro Baquero, Martha L. | m | ECU | 2377 (-3) | 5 (+5) |
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85 | 84 | Matveeva, Svetlana | m | RUS | 2377 (0) | 0 (0) |
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86 | 77 | Madl, Ildiko | m | HUN | 2376 (-10) | 9 (+9) |
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87 | - | Vojinovic, Jovana | wg | MNE | 2375 (+) | 11 (+) |
| 88 | 88 | Wang, Yu A. | m | CHN | 2375 (+3) | 11 (+11) | |
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89 | 82 | Vasilevich, Irina | m | RUS | 2375 (-5) | 9 (+9) |
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90 | 86 | Kononenko, Tatiana | m | UKR | 2374 (-1) | 11 (+11) |
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91 | 83 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | wg | RUS | 2372 (-5) | 16 (+7) |
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92 | 89 | Charochkina, Daria | wg | RUS | 2371 (0) | 14 (+5) |
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93 | - | Bulmaga, Irina | wm | ROU | 2370 (+) | 23 (+) |
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94 | - | Stockova, Zuzana | m | SVK | 2368 (+) | 10 (+) |
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95 | 99 | Lujan, Carolina | m | ARG | 2367 (+3) | 19 (+13) |
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96 | 93 | Vajda, Szidonia | m | HUN | 2367 (0) | 0 (0) |
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97 | 95 | Linares Napoles, Oleiny | wg | CUB | 2366 (0) | 0 (-9) |
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98 | 97 | Lomineishvili, Maia | m | GEO | 2366 (0) | 0 (0) |
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99 | 96 | Gara, Ticia | wg | HUN | 2365 (-1) | 4 (-1) |
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100 | 94 | Wang, Jue | CHN | 2364 (-2) | 11 (-7) | |
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101 | - | Foisor, Sabina-Francesca | wg | USA | 2364 (+) | 1 (+) |
FIDE MAY 2012 RATING LIST: TOP 20 JUNIORS
| Rank | Old | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | |
| 1 | 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2770 (+3) | 26 (-6) | |
| 2 | 2 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2693 (-24) | 22 (-1) | |
| 3 | 3 | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2679 (+19) | 18 (+18) | |
| 4 | 4 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2653 (0) | 4 (+4) | |
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5 | 7 | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2640 (+1) | 25 (+6) |
| 6 | 6 | Zherebukh, Yaroslav | g | UKR | 2632 (-10) | 16 (-11) | |
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7 | 10 | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2626 (+11) | 18 (+9) |
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8 | 11 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2625 (+15) | 18 (0) |
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9 | 8 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2623 (-16) | 29 (+19) |
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10 | 5 | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2620 (-25) | 9 (0) |
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11 | 9 | Kovalyov, Anton | g | ARG | 2619 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 12 | 12 | Robson, Ray | g | USA | 2614 (+8) | 10 (-8) | |
| 13 | 14 | Nyzhnyk, Illya | g | UKR | 2610 (+25) | 25 (+12) | |
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14 | 13 | Shimanov, Aleksandr | g | RUS | 2600 (+9) | 19 (-8) |
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15 | 17 | Swiercz, Dariusz | g | POL | 2585 (+20) | 38 (+29) |
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16 | - | Durarbayli, Vasif | g | AZE | 2579 (+) | 20 (+) |
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17 | 20 | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2577 (+18) | 40 (+21) |
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18 | 15 | Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | g | ARM | 2577 (-1) | 11 (+1) |
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19 | - | Dubov, Daniil | g | RUS | 2569 (+) | 16 (+) |
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20 | 16 | Van Kampen, Robin | g | NED | 2563 (-5) | 22 (+20) |
FIDE MAY 2012 RATING LIST: TOP 20 GIRLS
| Rank | Old | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | |
| 1 | 1 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2623 (-16) | 29 (+19) | |
| 2 | 2 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2456 (-34) | 20 (+10) | |
| 3 | 3 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2394 (-18) | 20 (+11) | |
| 4 | 5 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2386 (0) | 0 (-18) | |
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5 | 4 | Paikidze, Nazi | m | GEO | 2384 (-22) | 22 (+4) |
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6 | 8 | Vojinovic, Jovana | wg | MNE | 2375 (+19) | 11 (+1) |
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7 | 6 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | wg | RUS | 2372 (-5) | 16 (+7) |
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8 | 18 | Bulmaga, Irina | wm | ROU | 2370 (+63) | 23 (+5) |
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9 | 7 | Wang, Jue | CHN | 2364 (-2) | 11 (-7) | |
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10 | 9 | Guo, Qi | wg | CHN | 2360 (+9) | 11 (+11) |
| 11 | 12 | Ziaziulkina, Nastassia | wm | BLR | 2354 (+11) | 20 (+2) | |
| 12 | 13 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | wm | RUS | 2353 (+12) | 24 (+6) | |
| 13 | 14 | Arabidze, Meri | wm | GEO | 2351 (+14) | 11 (+2) | |
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14 | 11 | Padmini, Rout | wg | IND | 2345 (0) | 0 (-37) |
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15 | 17 | Pustovoitova, Daria | f | RUS | 2307 (-1) | 10 (+1) |
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16 | 15 | Savina, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2301 (-24) | 26 (+17) |
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17 | 16 | Havlikova, Kristyna | wm | CZE | 2299 (-13) | 20 (+13) |
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18 | 20 | Schut, Lisa | wm | NED | 2299 (+5) | 5 (-8) |
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19 | 21 | Soloviova, Liza | wg | UKR | 2294 (0) | 0 (0) |
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20 | 19 | Papp, Petra | wm | HUN | 2292 (-4) | 9 (0) |
All data courtesy of FIDE
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Comments
Zeblakob
1 year 1 month ago
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Improvement by Gelfand: from number 22 to 20 (without playing).
Parkov
1 year 1 month ago
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Oh great, is Boris going to be blamed for the quirks of the Elo system as well as everything else?
I mean he already sabotaged Carlsen's Candidates cycle, assassinated JFK and kicked everyone's puppy.
redivivo
1 year 1 month ago
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No one ever blamed Gelfand for the Elo system or for sabotaging Carlsen's cycle as far as I've heard. That he gained two spots without playing is just a fact, there's no reason to ignore his position on the rating list. Kamsky also gained two spots without playing, that happens to some players on every rating list.
Niima
1 year 1 month ago
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Hilarious! Well said Parkov. Thanks for the laugh.
shaktimaan
1 year 1 month ago
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Well said Parkov!
Dude
1 year 1 month ago
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Funny, it seems that more and more people here are leaving comments without even reading the article.
Thomas
1 year 1 month ago
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Interestingly (kindly?) you didn't mention two other players who lost many rating points in the last two months: Boris Grachev who left the 2700+ club right after joining it, and Anish Giri.
Stephan
1 year 1 month ago
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Nyzhnyk is on his way up, he's going to be a star!
B L
1 year 1 month ago
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I enjoyed seeing Giri drop out of the 2700 club. That should bring his ego back into check.
harami
1 year 1 month ago
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What, the Dutch chess is being dominated by Giri ? It is only natural, first the Germans, then the Soviets and now Giri in Chess... :) Most of the dutch players are Russian emigres, the next set could be Nepalese..!!
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