July 2009 FIDE ratings: Topalov leads, Anand second

July 2009 FIDE ratings: Topalov leads, Anand second
01.07.2009 – Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov has gained one point from ten games to retain his top ranking in the FIDE list, 25 point ahead of reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand. In third place we find Magnus Carlsen, the 18-year-old GM from Norway. The biggest fall – once again – was by Vassily Ivanchuk, who shed 43 points. Top rankings and statistics.


FIDE July 2009 Rating List
GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria has held the top slot, gaining one point from ten games. World Champion Viswanathan Anand gained five points to finish just 12 points shy of the 2800 mark. Anand is 25 point behind the leader. Norwegian wonder-GM Magnus Carlsen is 16 point behind Anand, while Armenian GM Levon Aronian has advanced to place four in the world. Steadly climbing is Russian GM Dmitry Jakovenko in place five, just ahead of perennials Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Leko. The big winners and losers are given at the end of this table.

FIDE July 1st 2009 – Top 100 Players
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2813 10 1975
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 2 1969
3 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 12 1990
4 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2768 13 1982
5 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2760 15 1983
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2759 0 1975
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2756 13 1979
8 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2756 0 1987
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2755 27 1968
10 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2751 0 1977
11 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2740 9 1986
12 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2739 36 1976
13 Wang, Yue g CHN 2736 10 1987
14 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2733 20 1983
15 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2732 38 1972
16 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2727 3 1983
17 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2721 32 1983
18 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2717 22 1974
19 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2717 17 1985
20 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2717 13 1990
21 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2716 44 1983
22 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2716 31 1978
23 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2716 10 1983
24 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2714 20 1985
25 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2712 13 1971
26 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2710 35 1987
27 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2710 16 1979
28 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2707 7 1980
29 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2703 31 1990
30 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2703 30 1969
31 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2703 16 1974
32 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2702 11 1985
33 Ni, Hua g CHN 2701 17 1983
34 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2699 34 1975
35 Adams, Michael g ENG 2699 7 1971
36 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2697 41 1985
37 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2696 29 1978
38 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2693 7 1982
39 Wang, Hao g CHN 2690 38 1989
40 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2689 12 1971
41 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2689 6 1987
42 Navara, David g CZE 2687 19 1985
43 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2687 1 1976
44 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2684 14 1965
45 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2684 2 1983
46 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2684 1 1976
47 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2682 9 1980
48 Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2681 7 1985
49 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2681 6 1987
50 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2680 17 1973
51 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2679 24 1986
52 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2678 14 1986
53 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2678 0 1986
54 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2675 27 1977
55 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2675 15 1985
56 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2675 10 1976
57 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2674 34 1973
58 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2672 29 1979
59 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2670 25 1992
60 Grachev, Boris g RUS 2669 19 1986
61 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2669 18 1981
62 Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2669 13 1985
63 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2667 28 1981
64 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2667 18 1983
65 Fridman, Daniel g GER 2665 23 1976
66 Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2664 9 1986
67 Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2663 26 1977
68 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2662 23 1953
69 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2660 15 1969
70 Milov, Vadim g SUI 2659 2 1972
71 Roiz, Michael g ISR 2658 31 1983
72 Meier, Georg g GER 2658 21 1987
73 Socko, Bartosz g POL 2656 30 1978
74 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. g UKR 2655 41 1981
75 Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2655 33 1972
76 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 33 1972
77 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2655 32 1968
78 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2654 30 1985
79 Tregubov, Pavel V. g RUS 2652 30 1971
80 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2651 40 1986
81 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2650 17 1973
82 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2650 15 1968
83 Savchenko, Boris g RUS 2650 12 1986
84 Pashikian, Arman g ARM 2650 2 1987
85 Shulman, Yuri g USA 2648 34 1975
86 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2648 20 1990
87 Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2648 16 1976
88 Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2647 33 1981
89 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2647 26 1967
90 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2647 20 1985
91 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2647 16 1985
92 So, Wesley g PHI 2646 22 1993
93 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2646 4 1960
94 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2645 18 1965
95 Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2645 0 1978
96 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2645 0 1988
97 Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2644 30 1987
98 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2644 0 1951
99 Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2641 24 1978
100 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2641 13 1978

The big winners at the top are (first two columns are their rankings):

Jul09 Jan09 Player Nat. rating gain
4 6 Aronian, Levon ARM 2768 +14
9 15 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2755 +22
12 18 Svidler, Peter RUS 2739 +13
21 36 Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2716 +23
25 34 Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2712 +16
27 52 Motylev, Alexander RUS 2710 +33
29 47 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2703 +19
34 45 Onischuk, Alexander USA 2699 +15
37 50 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij UKR 2696 +16
42 74 Navara, David CZE 2687 +33
50 61 Nielsen, Peter Heine DEN 2680 +12
54 64 Sutovsky, Emil ISR 2675 +15
59 78 Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2670 +21
60 75 Grachev, Boris RUS 2669 +17
62 67 Kurnosov, Igor RUS 2669 +11
65 83 Fridman, Daniel GER 2665 +19
68 91 Beliavsky, Alexander G SLO 2662 +22
71 100 Roiz, Michael ISR 2658 +23
72 88 Meier, Georg GER 2658 +17
73 95 Socko, Bartosz POL 2656 +19
91 98 Riazantsev, Alexander RUS 2647 +12

The biggest fall, for the second time in a row, was by Vassily Ivanchuk, who dropped 43 points (he decended by 33 in the previous list). But of course his brilliant win in the recent Bazna tournament will once again push him up the rankings to a place more appropriate to his abilities.

Jul09 Jan09 Player Nat. rating loss
14 10 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2733 -15
15 13 Shirov, Alexei ESP 2732 -13
22 11 Movsesian, Sergei SVK 2716 -31
30 12 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2703 -43
33 21 Ni, Hua CHN 2701 -23
57 32 Tiviakov, Sergei NED 2674 -23
58 35 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2672 -23
77 58 Sokolov, Ivan BIH 2655 -14
78 49 Efimenko, Zahar UKR 2654 -28

FIDE Top 100 Women July 2009
Of course Judit Polgar still leads, but the margin to the second-highest rated femal player in history, Koneru Humpy, has dwindled to 64 points. Chinese super-talent Hou Yifan is third, well ahead of the rest of the field.

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2687 1 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2623 11 1987
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2584 21 1994
4 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2544 18 1985
5 Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2542 14 1990
6 Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2539 7 1986
7 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2536 9 1987
8 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2535 8 1979
9 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2531 14 1986
10 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2525 5 1963
11 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2516 0 1984
12 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan g SCO 2506 12 1968
13 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2506 0 1961
14 Danielian, Elina m ARM 2502 2 1978
15 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2501 6 1985
16 Hoang Thanh Trang g HUN 2501 5 1980
17 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2486 11 1987
18 Xu, Yuhua g CHN 2485 7 1976
19 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2482 6 1985
20 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2481 7 1989
21 Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2477 7 1985
22 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2474 20 1985
23 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2473 11 1976
24 Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2470 39 1983
25 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2470 9 1984
26 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2467 9 1982
27 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2466 16 1978
28 Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2466 0 1983
29 Qin, Kanying wg CHN 2466 0 1974
30 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2465 7 1979
31 Krush, Irina m USA 2458 13 1983
32 Shen, Yang wg CHN 2453 22 1989
33 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2452 2 1978
34 Tairova, Elena m RUS 2450 19 1991
35 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2450 14 1976
36 Socko, Monika g POL 2449 9 1978
37 Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2448 8 1981
38 Korbut, Ekaterina m RUS 2448 0 1985
39 Romanko, Marina m RUS 2447 19 1986
40 Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2447 6 1982
41 Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2445 31 1991
42 Ju, Wenjun CHN 2443 33 1991
43 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2441 18 1992
44 Melia, Salome m GEO 2441 9 1987
45 Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2437 34 1989
46 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2437 18 1974
47 Tan, Zhongyi CHN 2435 22 1991
48 Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2434 0 1982
49 Moser, Eva m AUT 2431 26 1982
50 Khukhashvili, Sopiko m GEO 2430 9 1985
51 Bojkovic, Natasa m SRB 2429 6 1971
52 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2428 18 1976
53 Repkova, Eva m SVK 2428 5 1975
54 Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2427 9 1977
55 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2424 22 1986
56 Foisor, Cristina-Adela m ROU 2424 15 1967
57 Li, Ruofan wg SIN 2423 0 1978
58 Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2420 24 1977
59 Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2418 8 1975
60 Peng, Zhaoqin g NED 2418 7 1968
61 Matnadze, Ana m GEO 2413 27 1983
62 Stockova, Zuzana m SVK 2413 9 1977
63 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag wg MGL 2412 36 1987
64 Zdebskaja, Natalia wg UKR 2412 32 1986
65 Tania, Sachdev m IND 2410 31 1986
66 Maric, Alisa m SRB 2407 0 1970
67 Kovanova, Baira wg RUS 2406 15 1987
68 Khotenashvili, Bela wg GEO 2402 9 1988
69 Jackova, Jana m CZE 2396 16 1982
70 Fierro Baquero, Martha L. m ECU 2394 14 1977
71 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2392 5 1980
72 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2392 0 1978
73 Zhang, Xiaowen wm CHN 2391 33 1989
74 Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2391 16 1969
75 Goletiani, Rusudan wg USA 2391 0 1980
76 Cori T., Deysi wm PER 2390 50 1993
77 Zaiatz, Elena m RUS 2390 15 1969
78 Milliet, Sophie m FRA 2388 11 1983
79 Alexandrova, Olga m ESP 2388 9 1978
80 Bodnaruk, Anastasia wg RUS 2388 6 1992
81 Turova, Irina m RUS 2387 24 1979
82 Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2387 9 1987
83 Karavade, Eesha wg IND 2386 28 1987
84 Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2386 27 1969
85 Borsuk, Angela m ISR 2385 0 1967
86 Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2384 14 1974
87 Savina, Anastasia RUS 2382 42 1992
88 Majdan, Joanna wg POL 2382 0 1988
89 Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2381 27 1982
90 Wang, Yu A. m CHN 2380 22 1982
91 Michna, Marta wg GER 2379 18 1978
92 Demina, Julia wg RUS 2378 12 1969
93 Sergeyeva, Mariya wg KAZ 2377 0 1983
94 Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2375 13 1979
95 Stepovaia, Tatiana wg RUS 2370 9 1965
96 Iljushina, Olga wm RUS 2366 16 1981
97 Tsereteli, Tamar wg GEO 2365 0 1985
98 Purtseladze, Maka m GEO 2362 8 1988
99 Lanchava, Tea m NED 2360 4 1974
100 Djingarova, Emilia wg BUL 2359 25 1978

FIDE Top 20 Juniors July 2009
Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen leads clearly, followed by his Ukrainian "twin" Sergey Karjakin and the very interesting young GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who is now firmly entrenched as France's second strongest player (behind Etienne Bacrot). We also have a keen eye on Fabiano Caruana, who has climbed 21 points from the last list. Note that Hou Yifan, the strongest girl in the world, is no longer amongst the top 20 of the Juniors' list.

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 12 1990
2 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2717 13 1990
3 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2703 31 1990
4 Wang, Hao g CHN 2690 38 1989
5 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2670 25 1992
6 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2648 20 1990
7 So, Wesley g PHI 2646 22 1993
8 Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2635 19 1990
9 Li, Chao b g CHN 2634 22 1989
10 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2632 15 1990
11 Rodshtein, Maxim g ISR 2623 11 1989
12 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2621 9 1989
13 Howell, David W L g ENG 2614 5 1990
14 Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2602 17 1990
15 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2602 11 1991
16 Edouard, Romain g FRA 2597 26 1990
17 Safarli, Eltaj g AZE 2597 9 1992
18 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son g VIE 2592 20 1990
19 Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2590 31 1993
20 Sjugirov, Sanan g RUS 2590 19 1993

FIDE Top 20 Girls July 2009
GM Hou Yifan of China, 15, still leads, more than 40 points ahead of IM Anna Muzychuk, and 100 ahead of GM Kateryna Lahno, who recently married GM Robert Fontaine.

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2584 21 1994
2 Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2542 14 1990
3 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2481 7 1989
4 Shen, Yang wg CHN 2453 22 1989
5 Tairova, Elena m RUS 2450 19 1991
6 Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2445 31 1991
7 Ju, Wenjun CHN 2443 33 1991
8 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2441 18 1992
9 Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2437 34 1989
10 Tan, Zhongyi CHN 2435 22 1991
11 Zhang, Xiaowen wm CHN 2391 33 1989
12 Cori T., Deysi wm PER 2390 50 1993
13 Bodnaruk, Anastasia wg RUS 2388 6 1992
14 Savina, Anastasia RUS 2382 42 1992
15 Kashlinskaya, Alina wg RUS 2346 24 1993
16 Ding, Yixin wf CHN 2343 33 1991
17 Vojinovic, Jovana wm MNE 2341 9 1992
18 Severiukhina, Zoja wm RUS 2340 19 1990
19 Guramishvili, Sopiko wg GEO 2339 26 1991
20 Gomes, Mary Ann wg IND 2332 0 1989

Lists and data by courtesy of FIDE