FIDE May 2012 Rating List
Written by Administrator
Monday, 30 April 2012
FIDE May 2012 is special in the sense that 4 players have entered the 2700+ club for the first time in their life: Bruzon (2711, CUB); Inarkiev (2707, RUS); McShane (2706, ENG); Volokitin (2704, UKR) . Moreover, a few others have improved their personal records. You can check out the updated list of the highest-rated chess players of all time here .
Viktor Bologan won the 2003 Dortmund event and was rated 2700 in year 2005.
Now he is finally back to the 2700+ club!
Rank
Old
Name
Title
Country
Rating
Games
1
1
Carlsen, Magnus
g
NOR
2835 (0)
0 (-13)
2
2
Aronian, Levon
g
ARM
2825 (+5)
3 (-10)
3
3
Kramnik, Vladimir
g
RUS
2801 (0)
0 (0)
4
4
Anand, Viswanathan
g
IND
2791 (-8)
4 (+4)
5
5
Radjabov, Teimour
g
AZE
2784 (0)
0 (-13)
6
8
Karjakin, Sergey
g
RUS
2779 (+13)
7 (-6)
7
6
Nakamura, Hikaru
g
USA
2775 (+4)
5 (-18)
8
7
Caruana, Fabiano
g
ITA
2770 (+3)
26 (-6)
9
9
Morozevich, Alexander
g
RUS
2769 (+4)
7 (-3)
10
10
Ivanchuk, Vassily
g
UKR
2764 (0)
0 (-23)
11
11
Grischuk, Alexander
g
RUS
2761 (0)
0 (0)
12
12
Topalov, Veselin
g
BUL
2752 (0)
0 (-13)
13
15
Svidler, Peter
g
RUS
2741 (-3)
12 (+2)
14
16
Kamsky, Gata
g
USA
2741 (0)
0 (-13)
15
17
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
g
RUS
2738 (+2)
6 (-3)
16
19
Wang, Hao
g
CHN
2738 (+5)
6 (+6)
17
14
Gashimov, Vugar
g
AZE
2737 (-8)
5 (-8)
18
21
Jakovenko, Dmitry
g
RUS
2736 (+7)
17 (+17)
19
18
Adams, Michael
g
ENG
2728 (-7)
9 (-1)
20
22
Gelfand, Boris
g
ISR
2727 (0)
0 (-13)
21
23
Ponomariov, Ruslan
g
UKR
2726 (-1)
11 (+11)
22
13
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
g
AZE
2726 (-26)
8 (-2)
23
20
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
g
CUB
2725 (-5)
7 (+7)
24
24
Leko, Peter
g
HUN
2723 (+3)
6 (+6)
25
31
Jobava, Baadur
g
GEO
2721 (+15)
24 (+15)
26
38
Sasikiran, Krishnan
g
IND
2720 (+17)
17 (-2)
27
34
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
g
POL
2717 (+11)
20 (+20)
28
62
Bologan, Viktor
g
MDA
2716 (+29)
30 (+20)
29
26
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
g
RUS
2716 (-2)
7 (-2)
30
55
Fressinet, Laurent
g
FRA
2715 (+22)
27 (+27)
31
28
Riazantsev, Alexander
g
RUS
2714 (+4)
18 (+18)
32
25
Almasi, Zoltan
g
HUN
2713 (-6)
9 (-1)
33
36
Malakhov, Vladimir
g
RUS
2712 (+7)
18 (+18)
34
53
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
g
CUB
2711 (+17)
8 (-5)
35
33
Moiseenko, Alexander
g
UKR
2711 (+5)
6 (+6)
36
29
Polgar, Judit
g
HUN
2709 (0)
0 (-10)
37
50
Inarkiev, Ernesto
g
RUS
2707 (+12)
16 (+7)
38
45
Navara, David
g
CZE
2706 (+6)
40 (+27)
39
58
McShane, Luke J
g
ENG
2706 (+15)
10 (+10)
40
49
Short, Nigel D
g
ENG
2705 (+8)
9 (-1)
41
52
Volokitin, Andrei
g
UKR
2704 (+9)
28 (+28)
42
30
Vitiugov, Nikita
g
RUS
2703 (-6)
24 (+14)
43
47
Le, Quang Liem
g
VIE
2703 (+5)
9 (-10)
44
39
Li, Chao b
g
CHN
2703 (0)
0 (-16)
45
59
Andreikin, Dmitry
g
RUS
2700 (+11)
17 (-1)
Biggest winners: Bologan (+29), Fressinet (+22), Sasikiran (+17), Bruzon (+17), Jobava (+15), Karjakin (+13), Inarkiev (+12), Wojtaszjek (+11), Andreikin (+11).
Largest losses: Mamedyarov (-26) - strangely enough, only he has lost over 10 points in a period among the 2700+ players.
Elizabeth Paehtz gained 32 rating points and is very close to the coveted 2500 mark
In the women's section Bela Khotenashvili has entered the 2500+ club for the first time. Other results are posted below:
Rank
Old
Name
Title
Country
Rating
Games
1
1
Polgar, Judit
g
HUN
2709 (0)
0 (-10)
2
2
Hou, Yifan
g
CHN
2623 (-16)
29 (+19)
3
4
Muzychuk, Anna
g
SLO
2598 (+15)
18 (+8)
4
3
Koneru, Humpy
g
IND
2589 (0)
0 (-10)
5
8
Zhao, Xue
g
CHN
2549 (+6)
9 (0)
6
5
Dzagnidze, Nana
g
GEO
2547 (-12)
11 (-4)
7
7
Lahno, Kateryna
g
UKR
2546 (0)
13 (0)
8
11
Kosintseva, Tatiana
g
RUS
2532 (+19)
11 (+11)
9
14
Gunina, Valentina
m
RUS
2530 (+19)
16 (+7)
10
6
Ju, Wenjun
wg
CHN
2529 (-28)
20 (+11)
11
9
Kosintseva, Nadezhda
g
RUS
2528 (-7)
16 (+6)
12
12
Sebag, Marie
g
FRA
2521 (+9)
11 (+11)
13
10
Stefanova, Antoaneta
g
BUL
2518 (-13)
21 (+11)
14
13
Zatonskih, Anna
m
USA
2510 (-1)
19 (+8)
15
17
Cmilyte, Viktorija
g
LTU
2508 (+11)
15 (+2)
16
15
Harika, Dronavalli
g
IND
2508 (+7)
5 (-17)
17
22
Khotenashvili, Bela
m
GEO
2500 (+10)
20 (+20)
18
32
Paehtz, Elisabeth
m
GER
2491 (+32)
30 (+17)
19
19
Zhu, Chen
g
QAT
2491 (0)
0 (-10)
20
25
Danielian, Elina
g
ARM
2484 (+6)
11 (-3)
21
18
Socko, Monika
g
POL
2484 (-9)
8 (-1)
22
21
Galliamova, Alisa
m
RUS
2484 (-6)
5 (+5)
23
23
Ruan, Lufei
wg
CHN
2483 (0)
0 (0)
24
24
Cramling, Pia
g
SWE
2478 (-3)
3 (-16)
25
26
Atalik, Ekaterina
m
TUR
2474 (0)
0 (-17)
26
30
Moser, Eva
m
AUT
2469 (+9)
16 (+2)
27
28
Xu, Yuhua
g
CHN
2465 (0)
0 (0)
28
29
Krush, Irina
m
USA
2457 (-4)
18 (+2)
29
38
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
g
RUS
2457 (+9)
17 (+17)
30
31
Dembo, Yelena
m
GRE
2457 (-3)
3 (+3)
31
20
Muzychuk, Mariya
m
UKR
2456 (-34)
20 (+10)
32
39
Khurtsidze, Nino
m
GEO
2456 (+9)
11 (+1)
33
34
Ushenina, Anna
m
UKR
2454 (-4)
11 (+11)
34
35
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag
m
MGL
2451 (0)
0 (-18)
35
43
Hoang, Thanh Trang
g
HUN
2449 (+11)
11 (-11)
36
37
Javakhishvili, Lela
m
GEO
2449 (+1)
11 (-5)
37
33
Mkrtchian, Lilit
m
ARM
2449 (-9)
11 (+11)
38
36
Pogonina, Natalija
wg
RUS
2447 (-2)
17 (+17)
39
40
Matnadze, Ana
m
ESP
2446 (-1)
11 (+11)
40
41
Zaiatz, Elena
m
RUS
2446 (0)
0 (0)
41
46
Zhukova, Natalia
g
UKR
2442 (+7)
17 (+7)
42
48
Rajlich, Iweta
m
POL
2441 (+19)
18 (+9)
43
27
Skripchenko, Almira
m
FRA
2440 (-28)
15 (+15)
44
44
Batsiashvili, Nino
wg
GEO
2436 (-2)
11 (+2)
45
45
Tan, Zhongyi
wg
CHN
2430 (-8)
20 (+20)
Biggest winners: Paehtz (+28), Kosintseva T (+19), Gunina (+19), Rajlich (+19), Muzychuk A (+15), Cmilyte (+11), Hoang (+11), Khotenashvili (+10).
Greatest losses: Muzychuk M (-34), Skripchenko (-28), Ju Wenjun (-28), Hou Yifan (-16), Stefanova (-13), Dzagnidze (-12).
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