FIDE January 2013 Rating List
Written by Administrator
Tuesday, 01 January 2013
The first FIDE rating list in 2013 includes 47 players rated 2700 or above. Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Wang Hao, Dmitry Andreikin, Rustam Kazimdzhanov and Ding Liren broke their personal records.
Magnus Carlsen is now the highest-rated ever player in the history of chess . Congratulations!
Rank
Old
Rank
Name
Country
Title
Rating
Old
Rating
Games
1
1
Carlsen, Magnus
NOR
GM
2861 +13
2848
8
2
3
Kramnik, Vladimir
RUS
GM
2810 +15
2795
8
3
2
Aronian, Levon
ARM
GM
2802 -13
2815
8
4
4
Radjabov, Teimour
AZE
GM
2793
2793
0
5
5
Caruana, Fabiano
ITA
GM
2781 -1
2782
11
6
7
Karjakin, Sergey
RUS
GM
2780 +5
2775
11
7
6
Anand, Viswanathan
IND
GM
2772 -3
2775
8
8
8
Topalov, Veselin
BUL
GM
2771
2771
0
9
13
Nakamura, Hikaru
USA
GM
2769 +9
2760
8
10
11
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
AZE
GM
2766 +2
2764
11
11
10
Grischuk, Alexander
RUS
GM
2764
2764
0
12
15
Morozevich, Alexander
RUS
GM
2758 +10
2748
11
13
9
Ivanchuk, Vassily
UKR
GM
2758 -8
2766
4
14
19
Wang, Hao
CHN
GM
2752 +15
2737
13
15
16
Svidler, Peter
RUS
GM
2747
2747
11
16
14
Gelfand, Boris
ISR
GM
2740 -11
2751
11
17
12
Kamsky, Gata
USA
GM
2740 -22
2762
11
18
18
Gashimov, Vugar
AZE
GM
2737
2737
0
19
23
Leko, Peter
HUN
GM
2735 +3
2732
11
20
17
Jakovenko, Dmitry
RUS
GM
2734 -7
2741
10
21
22
Ponomariov, Ruslan
UKR
GM
2733 +1
2732
11
22
25
Andreikin, Dmitry
RUS
GM
2727 +4
2723
6
23
33
Adams, Michael
ENG
GM
2725 +15
2710
8
24
24
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
RUS
GM
2725
2725
0
25
20
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
CUB
GM
2723 -11
2734
11
26
21
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
POL
GM
2723 -11
2734
11
27
26
Volokitin, Andrei
UKR
GM
2722
2722
4
28
28
Areshchenko, Alexander
UKR
GM
2720
2720
0
29
27
Giri, Anish
NED
GM
2720
2720
0
30
31
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
FRA
GM
2711
2711
0
31
32
Moiseenko, Alexander
UKR
GM
2710
2710
0
32
34
Navara, David
CZE
GM
2710
2710
0
33
50
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
UZB
GM
2709 +13
2696
11
34
45
Ding, Liren
CHN
GM
2709 +7
2702
4
35
36
Malakhov, Vladimir
RUS
GM
2709
2709
4
36
35
Cheparinov, Ivan
BUL
GM
2709
2709
0
37
38
Naiditsch, Arkadij
GER
GM
2708
2708
0
38
37
Shirov, Alexei
LAT
GM
2708
2708
0
39
40
Le, Quang Liem
VIE
GM
2705
2705
0
40
42
Riazantsev, Alexander
RUS
GM
2705
2705
0
41
43
Akopian, Vladimir
ARM
GM
2704
2704
0
42
39
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
RUS
GM
2703 -4
2707
6
43
44
Bacrot, Etienne
FRA
GM
2703
2703
0
44
54
Berkes, Ferenc
HUN
GM
2702 +9
2693
9
45
30
Jobava, Baadur
GEO
GM
2702 -9
2711
4
46
56
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
CUB
GM
2701 +9
2692
9
47
47
Fressinet, Laurent
FRA
GM
2700
2700
0
Largest gains: Kramnik (+15), Wang Hao (+15), Adams (+15), Carlsen (+13), Kasimdzhanov (+13), Morozevich (+10)
Toughest losses: Kamsky (-22), Aronian (-13), Gelfand (-11), Wojtaszjek (-11)
Now let's take a look at the ladies' ratings:
Both Antoaneta Stefanova and Anna Ushenina earned 25 rating points per month, but only Anna became the Women's World Chess Champion after defeating her competitior in the final match!
Rank
Old
Rank
Name
Country
Title
Rating
Old
Rating
Games
1
1
Polgar, Judit
HUN
GM
2696 -9
2705
8
2
3
Hou, Yifan
CHN
GM
2603 -3
2606
4
3
2
Koneru, Humpy
IND
GM
2597 -13
2610
4
4
4
Muzychuk, Anna
SLO
GM
2582 -4
2586
8
5
6
Dzagnidze, Nana
GEO
GM
2555
2555
0
6
5
Zhao, Xue
CHN
GM
2554 -11
2565
12
7
7
Lagno, Kateryna
UKR
GM
2547 -6
2553
4
8
8
Kosintseva, Nadezhda
RUS
GM
2531 -8
2539
8
9
10
Sebag, Marie
FRA
GM
2530 +9
2521
8
10
12
Cramling, Pia
SWE
GM
2518 +2
2516
4
11
13
Kosintseva, Tatiana
RUS
GM
2517 +2
2515
6
12
19
Stefanova, Antoaneta
BUL
GM
2516 +25
2491
14
13
9
Cmilyte, Viktorija
LTU
GM
2515 -9
2524
4
14
14
Harika, Dronavalli
IND
GM
2514 +2
2512
10
15
16
Ju, Wenjun
CHN
WGM
2505 +4
2501
14
16
18
Ruan, Lufei
CHN
WGM
2501
2501
0
17
15
Khotenashvili, Bela
GEO
IM
2498 -6
2504
2
18
17
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
RUS
GM
2495 -6
2501
4
19
20
Zhu, Chen
QAT
GM
2491
2491
8
20
21
Zatonskih, Anna
USA
IM
2491 +2
2489
4
21
11
Gunina, Valentina
RUS
IM
2490 -27
2517
16
22
22
Paehtz, Elisabeth
GER
IM
2482
2482
0
23
29
Huang, Qian
CHN
WGM
2478 +13
2465
11
24
37
Ushenina, Anna
UKR
GM
2477 +25
2452
14
25
23
Pogonina, Natalija
RUS
WGM
2475 -3
2478
6
26
25
Muzychuk, Mariya
UKR
IM
2471 -5
2476
6
27
38
Zhukova, Natalia
UKR
GM
2471 +20
2451
6
28
26
Hoang, Thanh Trang
HUN
GM
2469 -1
2470
4
29
24
Danielian, Elina
ARM
GM
2466 -10
2476
8
30
30
Tan, Zhongyi
CHN
WGM
2466 +2
2464
3
31
34
Javakhishvili, Lela
GEO
IM
2461 +6
2455
10
32
31
Atalik, Ekaterina
TUR
IM
2461
2461
0
33
27
Galliamova, Alisa
RUS
IM
2459 -9
2468
6
34
33
Mkrtchian, Lilit
ARM
IM
2458 +1
2457
8
35
32
Krush, Irina
USA
IM
2458 -1
2459
6
36
36
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag
MGL
IM
2453
2453
0
37
39
Hunt, Harriet V
ENG
IM
2450
2450
0
38
35
Dembo, Yelena
GRE
IM
2448 -6
2454
2
39
41
Socko, Monika
POL
GM
2445
2445
6
40
40
Peptan, Corina-Isabela
ROU
IM
2443 -4
2447
7
41
42
Moser, Eva
AUT
IM
2443
2443
0
42
28
Girya, Olga
RUS
WGM
2441 -26
2467
14
43
47
Khurtsidze, Nino
GEO
IM
2437 +9
2428
4
44
43
Skripchenko, Almira
FRA
IM
2436 -5
2441
2
45
44
Cori T., Deysi
PER
WGM
2434 -4
2438
2
46
45
Guo, Qi
CHN
WGM
2431 -1
2432
6
47
46
Bodnaruk, Anastasia
RUS
IM
2430 +1
2429
2
The women's top list of highest-rated players ever remains unchanged.
Biggest gains: Stefanova (+25), Ushenina (+25), Zhukova (+20), Huan Qian (+13)
Toughest losses: Gunina (-27), Girya (-26), Koneru (-13), Zhao Xue (-11), Danielian (-10)
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