FIDE October 2012 Rating List
Written by Administrator
Sunday, 30 September 2012
FIDE has published the official October 2012 rating list. Last month there were 44 players in the 2700+ pool, this time there are 51. This looks like an all-time record, although we didn't perform a detailed background check:
A good month for David Navara: the Czech GM increased his ELO by an amazing 31 points
Rank
Old
Rank
Name
Country
Title
Rating
Old
Rating
Games
1
1
Carlsen, Magnus
NOR
GM
2843
2843
0
2
2
Aronian, Levon
ARM
GM
2821 +5
2816
10
3
3
Kramnik, Vladimir
RUS
GM
2795 -2
2797
9
4
4
Radjabov, Teimour
AZE
GM
2792 +4
2788
9
5
5
Nakamura, Hikaru
USA
GM
2786 +3
2783
9
6
7
Karjakin, Sergey
RUS
GM
2780 +2
2778
10
7
6
Anand, Viswanathan
IND
GM
2780
2780
0
8
8
Caruana, Fabiano
ITA
GM
2772 -1
2773
9
9
9
Ivanchuk, Vassily
UKR
GM
2771 +2
2769
10
10
10
Morozevich, Alexander
RUS
GM
2758
2758
0
11
14
Kamsky, Gata
USA
GM
2755 +9
2746
11
12
11
Grischuk, Alexander
RUS
GM
2752 -2
2754
11
13
12
Topalov, Veselin
BUL
GM
2751 -1
2752
10
14
23
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
AZE
GM
2748 +19
2729
10
15
15
Wang, Hao
CHN
GM
2748 +6
2742
10
16
13
Svidler, Peter
RUS
GM
2747
2747
0
17
17
Gashimov, Vugar
AZE
GM
2737
2737
0
18
16
Gelfand, Boris
ISR
GM
2736 -2
2738
8
19
22
Ponomariov, Ruslan
UKR
GM
2735 +6
2729
10
20
24
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
CUB
GM
2734 +9
2725
10
21
18
Leko, Peter
HUN
GM
2734 -3
2737
10
22
32
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
POL
GM
2733 +20
2713
13
23
25
Jakovenko, Dmitry
RUS
GM
2732 +8
2724
9
24
20
Giri, Anish
NED
GM
2730
2730
7
25
27
Volokitin, Andrei
UKR
GM
2724 +6
2718
9
26
57
Navara, David
CZE
GM
2722 +31
2691
14
27
26
Adams, Michael
ENG
GM
2720 -2
2722
10
28
21
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
RUS
GM
2720 -10
2730
5
29
30
Shirov, Alexei
LAT
GM
2718 +4
2714
10
30
28
Andreikin, Dmitry
RUS
GM
2718
2718
0
31
31
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
CUB
GM
2717 +4
2713
21
32
44
Malakhov, Vladimir
RUS
GM
2713 +13
2700
14
33
34
McShane, Luke J
ENG
GM
2713
2713
0
34
37
Riazantsev, Alexander
RUS
GM
2712
2712
0
35
61
Cheparinov, Ivan
BUL
GM
2710 +21
2689
24
36
43
Areshchenko, Alexander
UKR
GM
2710 +8
2702
19
37
19
Jobava, Baadur
GEO
GM
2710 -24
2734
10
38
33
Almasi, Zoltan
HUN
GM
2707 -6
2713
10
39
49
Short, Nigel D
ENG
GM
2707 +9
2698
10
40
48
Polgar, Judit
HUN
GM
2705 +7
2698
10
41
50
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
FRA
GM
2705 +8
2697
10
42
39
Bacrot, Etienne
FRA
GM
2705
2705
0
43
40
Korobov, Anton
UKR
GM
2705
2705
0
44
36
Naiditsch, Arkadij
GER
GM
2704 -8
2712
10
45
42
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
RUS
GM
2704
2704
0
46
53
Le, Quang Liem
VIE
GM
2703 +10
2693
14
47
63
Akopian, Vladimir
ARM
GM
2703 +16
2687
10
48
52
Ding, Liren
CHN
GM
2702 +8
2694
14
49
29
Fressinet, Laurent
FRA
GM
2702 -12
2714
10
50
51
Vallejo Pons, Francisco
ESP
GM
2700 +3
2697
11
51
45
Moiseenko, Alexander
UKR
GM
2700 +1
2699
7
Notably, Akopian and Cheparinov are back in the 2700+ club after a few years of absence. Ding Liren enters it for the first time.
Top results: Navara +31, Cheparinov +21, Wojtasjzek+20, Mamedyarov +19, Akopian +16, Malakhov +13, Quang Liem +10
Severe losses: Jobava -24, Tomashevsky -10
Here is the updated list of all-time rating records
Now let's take a look at the women's rating list:
Munguntuul Butkhuyag earned 25 rating points per month by performing well at the Olympiad and FIDE Women's Grand Prix
Rank
Old
Rank
Name
Country
Title
Rating
Old
Rating
Games
1
1
Polgar, Judit
HUN
GM
2705 +7
2698
10
2
4
Koneru, Humpy
IND
GM
2607 +14
2593
11
3
3
Hou, Yifan
CHN
GM
2605 +6
2599
9
4
2
Muzychuk, Anna
SLO
GM
2587 -19
2606
21
5
5
Zhao, Xue
CHN
GM
2565 +16
2549
21
6
6
Dzagnidze, Nana
GEO
GM
2555 +8
2547
8
7
7
Lahno, Kateryna
UKR
GM
2551 +9
2542
10
8
9
Kosintseva, Nadezhda
RUS
GM
2539 +15
2524
9
9
12
Cmilyte, Viktorija
LTU
GM
2528 +8
2520
21
10
11
Sebag, Marie
FRA
GM
2521
2521
0
11
10
Kosintseva, Tatiana
RUS
GM
2515 -9
2524
20
12
15
Gunina, Valentina
RUS
IM
2514 +5
2509
13
13
13
Cramling, Pia
SWE
GM
2514
2514
0
14
17
Harika, Dronavalli
IND
GM
2512 +7
2505
10
15
16
Khotenashvili, Bela
GEO
IM
2504 -5
2509
10
16
19
Ruan, Lufei
CHN
WGM
2501 +9
2492
11
17
14
Zatonskih, Anna
USA
IM
2499 -13
2512
11
18
8
Ju, Wenjun
CHN
WGM
2498 -30
2528
21
19
18
Stefanova, Antoaneta
BUL
GM
2493 -9
2502
20
20
20
Zhu, Chen
QAT
GM
2491
2491
0
21
21
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
RUS
GM
2490 +1
2489
9
22
22
Paehtz, Elisabeth
GER
IM
2482 -1
2483
11
23
23
Danielian, Elina
ARM
GM
2476
2476
14
24
26
Pogonina, Natalija
RUS
WGM
2476 +8
2468
8
25
27
Muzychuk, Mariya
UKR
IM
2474 +8
2466
9
26
24
Krush, Irina
USA
IM
2470 -1
2471
14
27
29
Hoang, Thanh Trang
HUN
GM
2470 +6
2464
13
28
25
Galliamova, Alisa
RUS
IM
2468
2468
0
29
37
Huang, Qian
CHN
WGM
2466 +17
2449
14
30
28
Xu, Yuhua
CHN
GM
2465
2465
0
31
31
Tan, Zhongyi
CHN
WGM
2464 +4
2460
4
32
44
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag
MGL
IM
2459 +25
2434
20
33
32
Atalik, Ekaterina
TUR
IM
2458
2458
0
34
35
Mkrtchian, Lilit
ARM
IM
2456 +2
2454
15
35
34
Dembo, Yelena
GRE
IM
2454 -3
2457
11
36
42
Girya, Olga
RUS
WGM
2454 +14
2440
9
37
36
Hunt, Harriet V
ENG
IM
2450
2450
0
38
41
Zhukova, Natalia
UKR
GM
2449 +7
2442
9
39
30
Socko, Monika
POL
GM
2445 -18
2463
22
40
33
Javakhishvili, Lela
GEO
IM
2444 -14
2458
9
41
40
Moser, Eva
AUT
IM
2443
2443
0
42
45
Ushenina, Anna
UKR
IM
2439 +6
2433
10
43
46
Peptan, Corina-Isabela
ROU
IM
2437 +9
2428
9
44
39
Skripchenko, Almira
FRA
IM
2437 -6
2443
9
45
47
Ding, Yixin
CHN
WGM
2431 +7
2424
9
46
38
Khurtsidze, Nino
GEO
IM
2430 -14
2444
9
47
43
Batsiashvili, Nino
GEO
WGM
2430 -4
2434
8
48
48
Zaiatz, Elena
RUS
IM
2427 +3
2424
6
49
49
Bodnaruk, Anastasia
RUS
IM
2425 +4
2421
9
50
56
Milliet, Sophie
FRA
IM
2421 +11
2410
9
51
53
Guramishvili, Sopiko
GEO
IM
2418
2418
0
Best results: Munguntuul +25, Huang Qian +17, Zhao Xue +16, Kosintseva N +15, Koneru +14, Girya +14, Milliet +11
Serious losses: Ju Wenjun -30, Socko -18, Khurtsidze -14, Zatonskih -13
Congratulations to Ruan Lufei for becoming the 41st woman in the history of chess to break the 2500 barrier!
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