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World Chess Ratings - January 2011
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Magnus Carlsen has regained the #1 spot on the rating list. Anand is at his all-time peak (2810), so is Aronian (2805). Sergey Karjakin burst into the top-5, while Hikaru Nakamura made it to the world top-10.

Largest rating increases per period among 2700+ players: Karjakin (+16); Nepomniatchi (+13); Carlsen, Caruana (+12), Vachier-Lagrave; Hikaru Nakamura (+10).

Most rating points lost: Wang Yue (-22); Eljanov (-18); Shirov (-13); Topalov (-11)

Rank   Old    Name Title Country Rating Games
   1   2  Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR  2814 (+12)  17 (+3)
 2   1  Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND  2810 (+6)  17 (+11)
   3   3  Aronian, Levon  g  ARM  2805 (+4)  9 (-13)
   4   4  Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS  2784 (-7)  16 (-5)
 5   9  Karjakin, Sergey  g  RUS  2776 (+16)  20 (+4)
 6   5  Topalov, Veselin  g  BUL  2775 (-11)  10 (+1)
 7   6  Grischuk, Alexander  g  RUS  2773 (+2)  20 (+5)
   8   8  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  g  AZE  2772 (+9)  9 (-7)
 9   7  Ivanchuk, Vassily  g  UKR  2764 (0)  0 (-16)
 10   15  Nakamura, Hikaru  g  USA  2751 (+10)  16 (+1)
   11   11  Ponomariov, Ruslan  g  UKR  2744 (0)  0 (-20)
   12   12  Radjabov, Teimour  g  AZE  2744 (0)  0 (-14)
 13   17  Gashimov, Vugar  g  AZE  2736 (+3)  10 (0)
 14   10  Wang, Yue  g  CHN  2734 (-22)  21 (0)
 15   26  Nepomniachtchi, Ian  g  RUS  2733 (+13)  11 (-15)
 16   14  Gelfand, Boris  g  ISR  2733 (-8)  9 (-7)
   17   18  Wang, Hao  g  CHN  2731 (+4)  33 (+11)
 18   23  Svidler, Peter  g  RUS  2730 (+8)  11 (-5)
   19   19  Kamsky, Gata  g  USA  2730 (+4)  6 (-20)
   20   20  Wojtaszek, Radoslaw  g  POL  2726 (0)  0 (-18)
 21   13  Eljanov, Pavel  g  UKR  2724 (-18)  9 (-16)
 22   29  Bacrot, Etienne  g  FRA  2723 (+8)  10 (+4)
 23   22  Adams, Michael  g  ENG  2723 (0)  7 (-11)
 24   16  Shirov, Alexei  g  ESP  2722 (-13)  15 (-17)
 25   31  Caruana, Fabiano  g  ITA  2721 (+12)  18 (-1)
 26   24  Movsesian, Sergei  g  ARM  2721 (0)  0 (-26)
 27   25  Almasi, Zoltan  g  HUN  2719 (-2)  10 (-5)
 28   21  Jakovenko, Dmitry  g  RUS  2718 (-8)  11 (-6)
 29   27  Leko, Peter  g  HUN  2717 (0)  0 (-10)
 30   28  Dominguez Perez, Leinier  g  CUB  2716 (0)  0 (-10)
 31   36  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  g  FRA  2715 (+12)  6 (-23)
 32   30  Malakhov, Vladimir  g  RUS  2714 (+2)  14 (-11)
   33   33  Vitiugov, Nikita  g  RUS  2709 (0)  11 (-4)
   34   34  Navara, David  g  CZE  2708 (0)  0 (-28)
 35   32  Fressinet, Laurent  g  FRA  2707 (-2)  15 (0)
 36   35  Jobava, Baadur  g  GEO  2707 (0)  0 (-16)
   37   38  Alekseev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2701 (0)  0 (-25)
 38   37  Efimenko, Zahar  g  UKR  2701 (0)  0 (-27)
   39   39  Morozevich, Alexander  g  RUS  2700 (0)  0 (0)


Picture of Hou Yifan by Mike Magnan exclusively for Pogonina.com

Now to the female rankings. The most important result is that 16-year old Hou Yifan from China became the Women's World Champion and broke the 2600 barrier.

Largest rating gains: Paikidze (+54); Zhao (+22); Zhu (+18); Zatonskih (+15); Muzychuk M (+14); Cmilyte (+12); Yifan (+11), Galliamova (+10).

Greatest ratings losses: Kosintseva N (-24); Hoanh Thanh (-17); Krush (-12), Danielian (-12); Kosintseva T (-11); Cramling (-10); Ju (-10).

Rank   Old    Name Title Country Rating Games
   1  1  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2686 (0)  0 (-10)
   2  2  Koneru, Humpy  g  IND  2607 (+7)  18 (+11)
   3  3  Hou, Yifan  g  CHN  2602 (+11)  23 (0)
   4  4  Kosintseva, Tatiana  g  RUS  2570 (-11)  15 (+5)
   5  5  Kosintseva, Nadezhda  m  RUS  2552 (-24)  11 (+1)
   6  6  Dzagnidze, Nana  g  GEO  2550 (-1)  4 (-16)
   7  7  Stefanova, Antoaneta  g  BUL  2546 (-2)  4 (-11)
   8  8  Muzychuk, Anna  m  SLO  2529 (-1)  6 (-9)
 9  13  Cmilyte, Viktorija  g  LTU  2526 (+12)  14 (-1)
   10  10  Harika, Dronavalli  m  IND  2520 (-5)  16 (-1)
   11  12  Lahno, Kateryna  g  UKR  2518 (-4)  8 (-6)
 12  9  Cramling, Pia  g  SWE  2516 (-10)  4 (-11)
 13  11  Ju, Wenjun  wg  CHN  2514 (-10)  17 (0)
   14  15  Chiburdanidze, Maia  g  GEO  2502 (0)  4 (-1)
 15  14  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  g  RUS  2498 (-9)  17 (+3)
 16  19  Galliamova, Alisa  m  RUS  2497 (+10)  11 (+4)
 17  26  Zhao, Xue  g  CHN  2496 (+22)  30 (+6)
 18  25  Zhu, Chen  g  QAT  2495 (+18)  10 (0)
 19  24  Zatonskih, Anna  m  USA  2493 (+15)  6 (-4)
 20  16  Socko, Monika  g  POL  2489 (-6)  9 (-18)
 21  18  Sebag, Marie  g  FRA  2489 (-5)  4 (-5)
 22  20  Xu, Yuhua  g  CHN  2484 (+1)  2 (-12)
 23  17  Krush, Irina  m  USA  2483 (-12)  17 (+6)
 24  21  Ruan, Lufei  wg  CHN  2480 (0)  14 (+14)
 25  32  Muzychuk, Mariya  m  UKR  2476 (+14)  6 (-16)
 26  22  Mkrtchian, Lilit  m  ARM  2475 (-4)  2 (-16)
 27  29  Pogonina, Natalija  wg  RUS  2472 (0)  13 (-5)
 28  27  Paehtz, Elisabeth  m  GER  2472 (-2)  4 (-5)
 29  23  Gunina, Valentina  wg  RUS  2471 (-8)  11 (+4)
   30  30  Gaponenko, Inna  m  UKR  2466 (-3)  9 (-14)
 31  35  Skripchenko, Almira  m  FRA  2458 (-2)  8 (+4)
 32  36  Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan  g  SCO  2458 (0)  0 (-15)
 33  37  Dembo, Yelena  m  GRE  2457 (+3)  6 (-4)
 34  28  Hoang Thanh Trang  g  HUN  2456 (-17)  14 (+3)
 35  67  Paikidze, Nazi  wg  GEO  2455 (+54)  20 (+2)
 36  33  Shen, Yang  wg  CHN  2455 (-6)  14 (-1)
 37  34  Ushenina, Anna  m  UKR  2454 (-6)  11 (-4)
 38  31  Danielian, Elina  g  ARM  2454 (-12)  2 (-16)
   39  39  Hunt, Harriet V  m  ENG  2454 (0)  0 (0)
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