FIDE September 2012 Rating List

Written by Administrator

Saturday, 01 September 2012

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The initial version of the rating list included all the inactive players and even the deceased Bobby Fischer. As of now, it has been corrected.

Anton Korobov, the new Ukrainian Chess Champion, rated 2705, +22 points

Rank	Old Rank	Name	Country	Title	Rating	Old Rating	Games
1	1	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	GM	2843 +6	2837	10
2	2	Aronian, Levon	ARM	GM	2816	2816	0
3	3	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	GM	2797	2797	0
4	4	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	GM	2788	2788	0
5	7	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	GM	2783 +5	2778	10
6	6	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	GM	2780	2780	0
7	5	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	GM	2778 -7	2785	9
8	8	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	GM	2773	2773	0
9	10	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	GM	2769	2769	0
10	9	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	GM	2758 -12	2770	2
11	11	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	GM	2754 -9	2763	9
12	12	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	GM	2752	2752	0
13	13	Svidler, Peter	RUS	GM	2747 -2	2749	9
14	14	Kamsky, Gata	USA	GM	2746	2746	9
15	23	Wang, Hao	CHN	GM	2742 +16	2726	10
16	15	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	GM	2738	2738	0
17	17	Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	GM	2737	2737	0
18	16	Leko, Peter	HUN	GM	2737	2737	0
19	21	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	GM	2734 +4	2730	4
20	35	Giri, Anish	NED	GM	2730 +19	2711	10
21	20	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	GM	2730	2730	0
22	19	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	GM	2729 -5	2734	11
23	22	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	GM	2729	2729	0
24	24	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	GM	2725	2725	0
25	25	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	GM	2724 +2	2722	9
26	26	Adams, Michael	ENG	GM	2722	2722	0
27	37	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	GM	2718 +9	2709	11
28	28	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	GM	2718 +3	2715	9
29	29	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	GM	2714	2714	10
30	41	Shirov, Alexei	LAT	GM	2714 +8	2706	6
31	36	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	CUB	GM	2713 +2	2711	9
32	27	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	GM	2713 -4	2717	4
33	30	Almasi, Zoltan	HUN	GM	2713	2713	0
34	32	McShane, Luke J	ENG	GM	2713	2713	0
35	18	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	GM	2712 -22	2734	8
36	33	Naiditsch, Arkadij	GER	GM	2712	2712	0
37	34	Riazantsev, Alexander	RUS	GM	2712	2712	0
38	39	Sasikiran, Krishnan	IND	GM	2707	2707	0
39	31	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	GM	2705 -8	2713	20
40	67	Korobov, Anton	UKR	GM	2705 +22	2683	11
41	46	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	GM	2705 +7	2698	11
42	43	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	GM	2704	2704	0
43	56	Areshchenko, Alexander	UKR	GM	2702 +11	2691	11
44	38	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	GM	2700 -8	2708	10

Korobov and Areschenko entered the 2700+ club. Our congratulations!

Notable gains: Korobov +22, Giri +19, Wang Hao +16, Areschenko +11
Severe losses: Bologan, Morozevich -12

Updated list of highest-rated chess players of all times

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Natalia Pogonina, the new Russian Women's Chess Champion, 2468, +20 points

Women's rating list:

Rank	Old Rank	Name	Country	Title	Rating	Old Rating	Games
1	1	Polgar, Judit	HUN	GM	2698	2698	0
2	2	Muzychuk, Anna	SLO	GM	2606	2606	0
3	3	Hou, Yifan	CHN	GM	2599	2599	0
4	4	Koneru, Humpy	IND	GM	2593	2593	0
5	5	Zhao, Xue	CHN	GM	2549	2549	0
6	6	Dzagnidze, Nana	GEO	GM	2547	2547	0
7	7	Lahno, Kateryna	UKR	GM	2542	2542	0
8	9	Ju, Wenjun	CHN	WGM	2528	2528	0
9	10	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	RUS	GM	2524	2524	9
10	8	Kosintseva, Tatiana	RUS	GM	2524 -6	2530	9
11	11	Sebag, Marie	FRA	GM	2521	2521	0
12	12	Cmilyte, Viktorija	LTU	GM	2520	2520	0
13	16	Cramling, Pia	SWE	GM	2514 +11	2503	6
14	13	Zatonskih, Anna	USA	IM	2512	2512	0
15	15	Gunina, Valentina	RUS	IM	2509 +2	2507	9
16	14	Khotenashvili, Bela	GEO	IM	2509	2509	0
17	17	Harika, Dronavalli	IND	GM	2505 +2	2503	18
18	18	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	GM	2502	2502	0
19	19	Ruan, Lufei	CHN	WGM	2492	2492	0
20	20	Zhu, Chen	QAT	GM	2491	2491	0
21	21	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	GM	2489	2489	0
22	22	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	IM	2483	2483	0
23	23	Danielian, Elina	ARM	GM	2476	2476	0
24	25	Krush, Irina	USA	IM	2471 +4	2467	6
25	27	Galliamova, Alisa	RUS	IM	2468 +3	2465	9
26	38	Pogonina, Natalija	RUS	WGM	2468 +20	2448	9
27	26	Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	IM	2466	2466	0
28	28	Xu, Yuhua	CHN	GM	2465	2465	0
29	29	Hoang, Thanh Trang	HUN	GM	2464	2464	0
30	24	Socko, Monika	POL	GM	2463 -4	2467	17
31	33	Tan, Zhongyi	CHN	WGM	2460 +4	2456	9
32	35	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	IM	2458 +5	2453	7
33	31	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	IM	2458	2458	0
34	32	Dembo, Yelena	GRE	IM	2457	2457	0
35	34	Mkrtchian, Lilit	ARM	IM	2454	2454	0
36	36	Hunt, Harriet V	ENG	IM	2450	2450	0
37	37	Huang, Qian	CHN	WGM	2449	2449	0
38	39	Khurtsidze, Nino	GEO	IM	2444	2444	0
39	40	Skripchenko, Almira	FRA	IM	2443 +1	2442	10
40	30	Moser, Eva	AUT	IM	2443 -16	2459	9
41	41	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	GM	2442	2442	0
42	43	Girya, Olga	RUS	WGM	2440 +7	2433	9
43	45	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	WGM	2434 +2	2432	7
44	42	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	MGL	IM	2434	2434	0