FIDE October 2013 Rating List 
								 
							 
			
			
		
				
			
			
			 Written by Administrator			 
			  
			 
		 
					
				
				Tuesday, 01 October 2013				 
			 
					
			
			 
 
 
 
There are 45 players in the world rated 2700+. Alexander Grischuk (2786), Anish Giri (2749), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2742), Arkadij Naiditsch (2724) have improved their personal records.  
 
Magnus Carlsen is just 3 points shy of beating (his own) all-time chess record (2872). 
 
Updated list of all-time chess rating records  
 
 
Pavel Eljanov hasn't reached his personal peak (2761), but has made the largest step forward out of all 2700+s: +23 points 
 
  
    
        
            Rank 
            Old 
            Rank 
            Name 
            Country 
            Title 
            Rating 
            Old 
            Rating 
            Games 
         
        
              1  
            1 
            Carlsen, Magnus  
            NOR 
            GM 
            2870 +8 
            2862 
            6 
         
        
              2  
            3 
            Kramnik, Vladimir  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2796 +2 
            2794 
            16 
         
        
              3  
            2 
            Aronian, Levon  
            ARM 
            GM 
            2795 -18 
            2813 
            12 
         
        
              4  
            4 
            Grischuk, Alexander  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2786 +1 
            2785 
            6 
         
        
              5  
            9 
            Nakamura, Hikaru  
            USA 
            GM 
            2783 +11 
            2772 
            14 
         
        
              6  
            5 
            Caruana, Fabiano  
            ITA 
            GM 
            2779   
            2779 
            10 
         
        
              7  
            6 
            Anand, Viswanathan  
            IND 
            GM 
            2775   
            2775 
            0 
         
        
              8  
            10 
            Topalov, Veselin  
            BUL 
            GM 
            2771 +2 
            2769 
            6 
         
        
              9  
            11 
            Gelfand, Boris  
            ISR 
            GM 
            2765 +1 
            2764 
            8 
         
        
              10  
            8 
            Karjakin, Sergey  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2762 -10 
            2772 
            8 
         
        
              11  
            7 
            Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  
            AZE 
            GM 
            2759 -16 
            2775 
            8 
         
        
              12  
            13 
            Dominguez Perez, Leinier  
            CUB 
            GM 
            2753 -4 
            2757 
            13 
         
        
              13  
            12 
            Adams, Michael  
            ENG 
            GM 
            2753 -8 
            2761 
            4 
         
        
              14  
            14 
            Ponomariov, Ruslan  
            UKR 
            GM 
            2751 -5 
            2756 
            4 
         
        
              15  
            19 
            Giri, Anish  
            NED 
            GM 
            2749 +12 
            2737 
            13 
         
        
              16  
            26 
            Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  
            FRA 
            GM 
            2742 +20 
            2722 
            19 
         
        
              17  
            15 
            Svidler, Peter  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2740 -6 
            2746 
            10 
         
        
              18  
            18 
            Morozevich, Alexander  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2734 -5 
            2739 
            8 
         
        
              19  
            22 
            Ivanchuk, Vassily  
            UKR 
            GM 
            2733 +2 
            2731 
            8 
         
        
              20  
            20 
            Wang, Hao  
            CHN 
            GM 
            2733 -3 
            2736 
            4 
         
        
              21  
            17 
            Leko, Peter  
            HUN 
            GM 
            2732 -8 
            2740 
            4 
         
        
              22  
            24 
            Bacrot, Etienne  
            FRA 
            GM 
            2730 +7 
            2723 
            10 
         
        
              23  
            42 
            Eljanov, Pavel  
            UKR 
            GM 
            2729 +23 
            2706 
            15 
         
        
              24  
            28 
            Vitiugov, Nikita  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2729 +10 
            2719 
            6 
         
        
              25  
            16 
            Kamsky, Gata  
            USA 
            GM 
            2725 -16 
            2741 
            16 
         
        
              26  
            32 
            Naiditsch, Arkadij  
            GER 
            GM 
            2724 +14 
            2710 
            13 
         
        
              27  
            21 
            Radjabov, Teimour  
            AZE 
            GM 
            2723 -10 
            2733 
            6 
         
        
              28  
            25 
            Ding, Liren  
            CHN 
            GM 
            2722   
            2722 
            0 
         
        
              29  
            44 
            Tomashevsky, Evgeny  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2720 +17 
            2703 
            12 
         
        
              30  
            23 
            Jakovenko, Dmitry  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2719 -5 
            2724 
            13 
         
        
              31  
            27 
            Korobov, Anton  
            UKR 
            GM 
            2716 -4 
            2720 
            10 
         
        
              32  
            37 
            Areshchenko, Alexander  
            UKR 
            GM 
            2714 +5 
            2709 
            6 
         
        
              33  
            31 
            Wang, Yue  
            CHN 
            GM 
            2713   
            2713 
            0 
         
        
              34  
            45 
            Le, Quang Liem  
            VIE 
            GM 
            2712 +10 
            2702 
            8 
         
        
              35  
            40 
            Malakhov, Vladimir  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2711 +4 
            2707 
            6 
         
        
              36  
            38 
            Fressinet, Laurent  
            FRA 
            GM 
            2710 +2 
            2708 
            4 
         
        
              37  
            35 
            Harikrishna, P.  
            IND 
            GM 
            2709   
            2709 
            0 
         
        
              38  
            33 
            Alekseev, Evgeny  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2707 -3 
            2710 
            11 
         
        
              39  
            39 
            Almasi, Zoltan  
            HUN 
            GM 
            2707   
            2707 
            0 
         
        
              40  
            36 
            Andreikin, Dmitry  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2706 -3 
            2709 
            16 
         
        
              41  
            34 
            So, Wesley  
            PHI 
            GM 
            2706 -4 
            2710 
            4 
         
        
              42  
            43 
            Vallejo Pons, Francisco  
            ESP 
            GM 
            2705 -1 
            2706 
            11 
         
        
              43  
            30 
            Navara, David  
            CZE 
            GM 
            2703 -12 
            2715 
            14 
         
        
              44  
            41 
            Moiseenko, Alexander  
            UKR 
            GM 
            2703 -3 
            2706 
            4 
         
        
              45  
            29 
            Nepomniachtchi, Ian  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2702 -15 
            2717 
            11 
         
     
 
Biggest gains: Eljanov +23, Tomashevsky +17, Naiditsch +14, Giri +12, Nakamura +11, Vitiugov +10, Le +10 
Tough losses: Aronian -18, Mamedyarov -16, Kamsky -16, Nepomniatchi -15, Navara -12, Karjakin -10, Radjabov -10 
 
   
Hou Yifan convincingly regained the Women's World Chess Champion title 
 
 Irina Krush  is now officially rated 2502.  
 
Updated highest female ratings of all time  
 
 
    
        
            Rank 
            Old 
            Rank 
            Name 
            Country 
            Title 
            Rating 
            Old 
            Rating 
            Games 
         
        
              1  
            1 
            Polgar, Judit  
            HUN 
            GM 
            2689 -7 
            2696 
            2 
         
        
              2  
            2 
            Hou, Yifan  
            CHN 
            GM 
            2621 +12 
            2609 
            9 
         
        
              3  
            3 
            Koneru, Humpy  
            IND 
            GM 
            2607   
            2607 
            0 
         
        
              4  
            5 
            Zhao, Xue  
            CHN 
            GM 
            2579   
            2579 
            0 
         
        
              5  
            4 
            Muzychuk, Anna  
            SLO 
            GM 
            2560 -25 
            2585 
            9 
         
        
              6  
            6 
            Dzagnidze, Nana  
            GEO 
            GM 
            2556   
            2556 
            0 
         
        
              7  
            7 
            Ju, Wenjun  
            CHN 
            WGM 
            2535   
            2535 
            0 
         
        
              8  
            8 
            Lagno, Kateryna  
            UKR 
            GM 
            2534 +2 
            2532 
            3 
         
        
              9  
            9 
            Kosintseva, Nadezhda  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2523 -8 
            2531 
            7 
         
        
              10  
            10 
            Cramling, Pia  
            SWE 
            GM 
            2515   
            2515 
            0 
         
        
              11  
            11 
            Kosintseva, Tatiana  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2515   
            2515 
            0 
         
        
              12  
            12 
            Khotenashvili, Bela  
            GEO 
            IM 
            2514   
            2514 
            0 
         
        
              13  
            13 
            Sebag, Marie  
            FRA 
            GM 
            2510   
            2510 
            0 
         
        
              14  
            14 
            Gunina, Valentina  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2506   
            2506 
            0 
         
        
              15  
            15 
            Cmilyte, Viktorija  
            LTU 
            GM 
            2505   
            2505 
            6 
         
        
              16  
            22 
            Krush, Irina  
            USA 
            IM 
            2502 +10 
            2492 
            18 
         
        
              17  
            17 
            Ushenina, Anna  
            UKR 
            GM 
            2497 -3 
            2500 
            9 
         
        
              18  
            18 
            Stefanova, Antoaneta  
            BUL 
            GM 
            2496   
            2496 
            0 
         
        
              19  
            21 
            Hoang, Thanh Trang  
            HUN 
            GM 
            2495 +2 
            2493 
            2 
         
        
              20  
            19 
            Kosteniuk, Alexandra  
            RUS 
            GM 
            2495   
            2495 
            0 
         
        
              21  
            20 
            Huang, Qian  
            CHN 
            WGM 
            2494   
            2494 
            0 
         
        
              22  
            26 
            Muzychuk, Mariya  
            UKR 
            IM 
            2491 +13 
            2478 
            10 
         
        
              23  
            23 
            Tan, Zhongyi  
            CHN 
            WGM 
            2490   
            2490 
            0 
         
        
              24  
            24 
            Zhu, Chen  
            QAT 
            GM 
            2488   
            2488 
            0 
         
        
              25  
            25 
            Pogonina, Natalija  
            RUS 
            WGM 
            2485   
            2485 
            0 
         
        
              26  
            27 
            Harika, Dronavalli  
            IND 
            GM 
            2475   
            2475 
            0 
         
        
              27  
            29 
            Danielian, Elina  
            ARM 
            GM 
            2471 +1 
            2470 
            6 
         
        
              28  
            28 
            Zatonskih, Anna  
            USA 
            IM 
            2471   
            2471 
            0 
         
        
              29  
            30 
            Mkrtchian, Lilit  
            ARM 
            IM 
            2469   
            2469 
            0 
         
        
              30  
            32 
            Khurtsidze, Nino  
            GEO 
            IM 
            2462 +2 
            2460 
            9 
         
        
              31  
            31 
            Bodnaruk, Anastasia  
            RUS 
            IM 
            2459 -3 
            2462 
            9 
         
        
              32  
            34 
            Galliamova, Alisa  
            RUS 
            IM 
            2458   
            2458 
            0 
         
        
              33  
            35 
            Zhukova, Natalia  
            UKR 
            GM 
            2456   
            2456 
            10 
         
        
              34  
            36 
            Melia, Salome  
            GEO 
            IM 
            2453   
            2453 
            0 
         
        
              35  
            37 
            Hunt, Harriet V  
            ENG 
            IM 
            2449   
            2449 
            0 
         
        
              36  
            38 
            Dembo, Yelena  
            GRE 
            IM 
            2448   
            2448 
            0 
         
        
              37  
            41 
            Guo, Qi  
            CHN 
            WGM 
            2443   
            2443 
            0 
         
        
              38  
            42 
            Skripchenko, Almira  
            FRA 
            IM 
            2441   
            2441 
            0 
         
        
              39  
            39 
            Socko, Monika  
            POL 
            GM 
            2440 -4 
            2444 
            6 
         
        
              40  
            44 
            Munguntuul, Batkhuyag  
            MGL 
            IM 
            2440   
            2440 
            0 
         
        
              41  
            43 
            Paehtz, Elisabeth  
            GER 
            IM 
            2440   
            2440 
            0 
         
        
              42  
            50 
            Guramishvili, Sopiko  
            GEO 
            IM 
            2439 +8 
            2431 
            9 
         
        
              43  
            51 
            Peptan, Corina-Isabela  
            ROU 
            IM 
            2439 +10 
            2429 
            9 
         
        
              44  
            45 
            Girya, Olga  
            RUS 
            WGM 
            2439   
            2439 
            0 
         
        
              45  
            40 
            Tania, Sachdev  
            IND 
            IM 
            2438 -5 
            2443 
            11 
         
     
 
Biggest gains: Muzychuk M +13, Yifan +12, Krush +10, Peptan +10 
Painful losses: Muzychuk A -25 
 
 
 
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