FIDE February 2013 Rating List
Written by Administrator
Saturday, 02 February 2013
The number of 2700+ players in the world is back to 50. The main news is that Magnus Carlsen has broken the all-time rating record once again, while Pentala Harikrishna entered the 2700+ club for the first time in his life.
Magnus Carlsen keeps marching towards 2900
Rank
Old
Rank
Name
Country
Title
Rating
Old
Rating
Games
1
1
Carlsen, Magnus
NOR
GM
2872 +11
2861
13
2
2
Kramnik, Vladimir
RUS
GM
2810
2810
0
3
3
Aronian, Levon
ARM
GM
2809 +7
2802
13
4
4
Radjabov, Teimour
AZE
GM
2793
2793
0
5
6
Karjakin, Sergey
RUS
GM
2786 +6
2780
13
6
7
Anand, Viswanathan
IND
GM
2780 +8
2772
13
7
8
Topalov, Veselin
BUL
GM
2771
2771
0
8
9
Nakamura, Hikaru
USA
GM
2767 -2
2769
13
9
10
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
AZE
GM
2766
2766
0
10
11
Grischuk, Alexander
RUS
GM
2764
2764
0
11
13
Ivanchuk, Vassily
UKR
GM
2758
2758
0
12
12
Morozevich, Alexander
RUS
GM
2758
2758
0
13
5
Caruana, Fabiano
ITA
GM
2757 -24
2781
13
14
15
Svidler, Peter
RUS
GM
2747
2747
0
15
19
Leko, Peter
HUN
GM
2744 +9
2735
13
16
14
Wang, Hao
CHN
GM
2743 -9
2752
13
17
16
Gelfand, Boris
ISR
GM
2740
2740
0
18
17
Kamsky, Gata
USA
GM
2740
2740
0
19
18
Gashimov, Vugar
AZE
GM
2737
2737
0
20
20
Jakovenko, Dmitry
RUS
GM
2734
2734
0
21
21
Ponomariov, Ruslan
UKR
GM
2733
2733
0
22
22
Andreikin, Dmitry
RUS
GM
2727
2727
0
23
24
Adams, Michael
ENG
GM
2725
2725
0
24
25
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
CUB
GM
2723
2723
6
25
23
Giri, Anish
NED
GM
2722 -4
2726
13
26
27
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
RUS
GM
2722
2722
0
27
28
Volokitin, Andrei
UKR
GM
2722
2722
0
28
29
Areshchenko, Alexander
UKR
GM
2720
2720
0
29
36
Naiditsch, Arkadij
GER
GM
2716 +8
2708
13
30
30
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
FRA
GM
2715 +2
2713
12
31
26
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
POL
GM
2710 -13
2723
10
32
31
Navara, David
CZE
GM
2710
2710
0
33
37
Shirov, Alexei
LAT
GM
2709 +1
2708
7
34
35
Cheparinov, Ivan
BUL
GM
2709
2709
0
35
33
Ding, Liren
CHN
GM
2709
2709
0
36
32
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
UZB
GM
2709
2709
0
37
34
Malakhov, Vladimir
RUS
GM
2709
2709
0
38
48
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro
CUB
GM
2707 +6
2701
15
39
46
Wang, Yue
CHN
GM
2706 +4
2702
4
40
38
Fressinet, Laurent
FRA
GM
2706
2706
0
41
50
Harikrishna, P.
IND
GM
2705 +7
2698
13
42
39
Le, Quang Liem
VIE
GM
2705
2705
0
43
40
Riazantsev, Alexander
RUS
GM
2705
2705
0
44
44
Bacrot, Etienne
FRA
GM
2704 +1
2703
7
45
41
Akopian, Vladimir
ARM
GM
2704
2704
0
46
43
Moiseenko, Alexander
UKR
GM
2703
2703
0
47
42
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
RUS
GM
2703
2703
0
48
56
Korobov, Anton
UKR
GM
2702 +12
2690
10
49
45
Berkes, Ferenc
HUN
GM
2702
2702
0
50
47
Jobava, Baadur
GEO
GM
2702
2702
0
Largest gains: Korobov (+12), Carlsen (+11)
Toughest losses: Caruana (-24), Wojtaszek (-13)
Updated list of all-time chess rating records
Now let's take a look at the ladies' ratings. Frankly speaking, very little action has taken place in January except for Gibraltar Open, which hasn't been rated yet.
Hou Yifan scored relatively well in Tata Steel Chess A group (5.5/13) and is now firmly at #2 spot among female chess players
Rank
Old
Rank
Name
Country
Title
Rating
Old
Rating
Games
1
1
Polgar, Judit
HUN
GM
2696
2696
0
2
2
Hou, Yifan
CHN
GM
2617 +14
2603
13
3
3
Koneru, Humpy
IND
GM
2597
2597
0
4
4
Muzychuk, Anna
SLO
GM
2582
2582
0
5
5
Dzagnidze, Nana
GEO
GM
2555
2555
0
6
6
Zhao, Xue
CHN
GM
2554
2554
0
7
7
Lagno, Kateryna
UKR
GM
2547
2547
0
8
8
Kosintseva, Nadezhda
RUS
GM
2531
2531
0
9
9
Sebag, Marie
FRA
GM
2530
2530
0
10
10
Cramling, Pia
SWE
GM
2523 +5
2518
9
11
11
Kosintseva, Tatiana
RUS
GM
2517
2517
0
12
12
Stefanova, Antoaneta
BUL
GM
2516
2516
0
13
13
Cmilyte, Viktorija
LTU
GM
2515
2515
0
14
14
Harika, Dronavalli
IND
GM
2514
2514
0
15
15
Ju, Wenjun
CHN
WGM
2505
2505
0
16
16
Ruan, Lufei
CHN
WGM
2501
2501
0
17
17
Khotenashvili, Bela
GEO
IM
2499 +1
2498
9
18
18
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
RUS
GM
2495
2495
0
19
20
Zatonskih, Anna
USA
IM
2491
2491
0
20
19
Zhu, Chen
QAT
GM
2491
2491
0
21
21
Gunina, Valentina
RUS
IM
2490
2490
0
22
22
Paehtz, Elisabeth
GER
IM
2482
2482
0
23
23
Huang, Qian
CHN
WGM
2478
2478
0
24
24
Ushenina, Anna
UKR
GM
2477
2477
0
25
25
Pogonina, Natalija
RUS
WGM
2475
2475
0
26
26
Muzychuk, Mariya
UKR
IM
2471
2471
0
27
27
Zhukova, Natalia
UKR
GM
2471
2471
0
28
28
Hoang, Thanh Trang
HUN
GM
2469
2469
0
29
29
Danielian, Elina
ARM
GM
2466
2466
0
30
30
Tan, Zhongyi
CHN
WGM
2466
2466
0
31
31
Javakhishvili, Lela
GEO
IM
2461
2461
0
32
35
Krush, Irina
USA
IM
2460 +2
2458
9
33
33
Galliamova, Alisa
RUS
IM
2459
2459
0
34
34
Mkrtchian, Lilit
ARM
IM
2458
2458
0
35
32
Atalik, Ekaterina
TUR
IM
2455 -6
2461
9
36
36
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag
MGL
IM
2453
2453
0
37
39
Socko, Monika
POL
GM
2452 +7
2445
9
38
37
Hunt, Harriet V
ENG
IM
2450
2450
0
39
38
Dembo, Yelena
GRE
IM
2448
2448
0
40
41
Moser, Eva
AUT
IM
2446 +3
2443
7
41
40
Peptan, Corina-Isabela
ROU
IM
2443
2443
0
42
42
Girya, Olga
RUS
WGM
2441
2441
0
43
43
Khurtsidze, Nino
GEO
IM
2437
2437
0
44
44
Skripchenko, Almira
FRA
IM
2436
2436
0
45
46
Guo, Qi
CHN
WGM
2431
2431
0
46
50
Zaiatz, Elena
RUS
IM
2430 +3
2427
9
47
47
Bodnaruk, Anastasia
RUS
IM
2430
2430
0
48
49
Alexandrova, Olga
ESP
IM
2427
2427
0
49
48
Ding, Yixin
CHN
WGM
2427
2427
0
50
51
Pham, Le Thao Nguyen
VIE
IM
2426
2426
0
The women's top list of highest-rated players ever remains unchanged.
Biggest gains: Hou Yifan (+14)
Toughest losses: none
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