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World Champion Vishy
Anand maintained his second spot with an Elo Rating of 2790, thanks to
his stupendous shows in Shenyang World Cup and World Championships at
New Delhi and Tehran. The World top ten saw a few changes, with
Englishman Michael Adams moving to the fourth spot, while Israel's
Boris Gelfand enters the top ten after a long gap.
On the junior side,
it was two of India's bright stars who made it in the top 15 ranks.
For GM Krishnan Sasikiran it was a landmark when he crossed the 2600
barrier for the first time in his distinguished career, and is now
World Junior No. 4 with an Elo rating of 2601. Another talented
youngster, P Harikrishna, sponsored by Wipro improved his world junior
rankings moving to the 15th spot with an Elo of 2514.
Top 100 Men
|
Rank
|
Name
|
Country
|
Rating
|
|
1
|
Gary Kasparov
|
RUS
|
2849
|
|
2
|
Viswanathan
Anand
|
IND
|
2790
|
|
3
|
Vladimir Kramnik
|
RUS
|
2772
|
|
4
|
Michael Adams
|
ENG
|
2746
|
|
5
|
Peter Leko
|
HUN
|
2745
|
|
6
|
Alexander Morozevich
|
RUS
|
2745
|
|
7
|
Alexei Shirov
|
ESP
|
2718
|
|
8
|
Veselin Topalov
|
BUL
|
2718
|
|
9
|
Vassily Ivanchuk
|
UKR
|
2717
|
|
10
|
Boris Gelfand
|
ISR
|
2712
|
|
11
|
Evgeny Bareev
|
RUS
|
2709
|
|
12
|
Loek van Wely
|
NED
|
2700
|
|
13
|
Peter Svidler
|
RUS
|
2695
|
|
14
|
Mikhail Gurevich
|
BEL
|
2694
|
|
15
|
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
|
UZB
|
2693
|
|
16
|
Alexander Khalifman
|
RUS
|
2690
|
|
17
|
Ilia Smirin
|
ISR
|
2686
|
|
18
|
Alexey Dreev
|
RUS
|
2685
|
|
19
|
Viktor Bologan
|
MDA
|
2684
|
|
20
|
Anatoly Karpov
|
RUS
|
2679
|
|
21
|
Ruslan Ponomariov
|
UKR
|
2677
|
|
22
|
Kiril Georgiev
|
BUL
|
2676
|
|
23
|
Judit Polgar
|
HUN
|
2676
|
|
24
|
Nigel Short
|
ENG
|
2676
|
|
25
|
Vladislav Tkachiev
|
FRA
|
2672
|
|
26
|
Jiangchuan Ye
|
CHN
|
2671
|
|
27
|
Zurab Azmaiparashvili
|
GEO
|
2670
|
|
28
|
Alexander Grischuk
|
RUS
|
2663
|
|
29
|
Sergei Movsesian
|
CZE
|
2661
|
|
30
|
Ivan Sokolov
|
BIH
|
2659
|
|
31
|
Michal Krasenkow
|
POL
|
2658
|
|
32
|
Joel Lautier
|
FRA
|
2658
|
|
33
|
Alexander Onischuk
|
UKR
|
2658
|
|
34
|
Sergei Rublevsky
|
RUS
|
2657
|
|
35
|
Vladimir Akopian
|
ARM
|
2656
|
|
36
|
Jun Xu
|
CHN
|
2655
|
|
37
|
Predrag Nikolic
|
BIH
|
2652
|
|
38
|
Alexander Nenashev
|
UZB
|
2649
|
|
39
|
Xiaomin Peng
|
CHN
|
2648
|
|
40
|
Artur Jussupow
|
GER
|
2645
|
|
41
|
Rafael Vaganian
|
ARM
|
2641
|
|
42
|
Zoltan Almasi
|
HUN
|
2640
|
|
43
|
Ulf Andersson
|
SWE
|
2640
|
|
44
|
Yasser Seirawan
|
USA
|
2640
|
|
45
|
Sergei Shipov
|
RUS
|
2640
|
|
46
|
Viktor Korchnoi
|
SUI
|
2639
|
|
47
|
Konstantin Sakaev
|
RUS
|
2639
|
|
48
|
Andrei Kharlov
|
RUS
|
2639
|
|
49
|
Alexander Beliavsky
|
SLO
|
2638
|
|
50
|
Jaan Ehlvest
|
EST
|
2638
|
|
51
|
Alexandru1 Crisan
|
ROM
|
2635
|
|
52
|
Matthew Sadler
|
ENG
|
2633
|
|
53
|
Jeroen Piket
|
NED
|
2632
|
|
54
|
Alexander Lastin
|
RUS
|
2631
|
|
55
|
Rustem Dautov
|
GER
|
2631
|
|
56
|
Vadim Zvjaginsev
|
RUS
|
2631
|
|
57
|
Boris Avrukh
|
ISR
|
2630
|
|
58
|
Eduardas Rozentalis
|
LTU
|
2630
|
|
59
|
Jan Timman
|
NED
|
2629
|
|
60
|
Pavel Tregubov
|
RUS
|
2628
|
|
61
|
Boris Gulko
|
USA
|
2622
|
|
62
|
Alexander Rustemov
|
RUS
|
2620
|
|
63
|
Valerij Filippov
|
RUS
|
2619
|
|
64
|
Curt Hansen
|
DEN
|
2619
|
|
65
|
Christian Bauer
|
FRA
|
2618
|
|
66
|
Lubomir Ftacnik
|
SVK
|
2618
|
|
67
|
Etienne Bacrot
|
FRA
|
2618
|
|
68
|
Evgeniy Najer
|
RUS
|
2616
|
|
69
|
Robert Huebner
|
GER
|
2616
|
|
70
|
Vladimir Malakhov
|
RUS
|
2613
|
|
71
|
Vladimir Baklan
|
UKR
|
2613
|
|
72
|
Sergey Smagin
|
RUS
|
2613
|
|
73
|
Igor Khenkin
|
GER
|
2612
|
|
74
|
Evgeny Vladimirov
|
KAZ
|
2612
|
|
75
|
Aleksej Aleksandrov
|
BLR
|
2610
|
|
76
|
Konstantin Landa
|
RUS
|
2610
|
|
77
|
Christopher Lutz
|
GER
|
2609
|
|
78
|
Alexander Shabalov
|
USA
|
2609
|
|
79
|
Gilberto Milos
|
BRA
|
2608
|
|
80
|
Magaram Magomedov
|
RUS
|
2608
|
|
81
|
Smbat Lputian
|
ARM
|
2607
|
|
82
|
Gregory Kaidanov
|
USA
|
2607
|
|
83
|
Zhong Zhang
|
CHN
|
2607
|
|
84
|
Emil Sutovsky
|
ISR
|
2605
|
|
85
|
Vadim Milov
|
SUI
|
2604
|
|
86
|
Mihail Marin
|
ROM
|
2604
|
|
87
|
Jonathan Speelman
|
ENG
|
2604
|
|
88
|
Josif Dorfman
|
FRA
|
2602
|
|
89
|
Zbynek Hracek
|
CZE
|
2602
|
|
90
|
Krishnan
Sasikiran
|
IND
|
2601
|
|
91
|
Toni Najdoski
|
MKD
|
2601
|
|
92
|
Oleg Korneev
|
RUS
|
2600
|
|
93
|
Lev Psakhis
|
ISR
|
2598
|
|
94
|
Alexander Baburin
|
IRL
|
2598
|
|
95
|
Sergei Tiviakov
|
NED
|
2597
|
|
96
|
Andrey Shariyazdanov
|
RUS
|
2596
|
|
97
|
Julian Hodgson
|
ENG
|
2596
|
|
98
|
Igor Novikov
|
UKR
|
2596
|
|
99
|
Liviu-Dieter
Nisipeanu
|
ROM
|
2596
|
|
100
|
Vladimir Tukmakov
|
UKR
|
2595
|
|
101
|
Tomasz Markowski
|
POL
|
2595
|
|
102
|
Alexander Goldin
|
ISR
|
2595
|
Top 50 Women
|
Rank
|
Name
|
Country
|
Rating
|
|
1
|
Judit Polgar
|
HUN
|
2676
|
|
2
|
Jun Xie
|
CHN
|
2557
|
|
3
|
Alisa
Galliamova-Ivanchuk
|
RUS
|
2554
|
|
4
|
Chen Zhu
|
CHN
|
2538
|
|
5
|
Maia Chiburdanidze
|
GEO
|
2525
|
|
6
|
Pin Wang
|
CHN
|
2506
|
|
7
|
Yuhua Xu
|
CHN
|
2500
|
|
8
|
Nana Ioseliani
|
GEO
|
2499
|
|
9
|
Pia Cramling
|
SWE
|
2492
|
|
10
|
Kanying Qin
|
CHN
|
2489
|
|
11
|
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya
|
RUS
|
2486
|
|
12
|
Antoaneta Stefanova
|
BUL
|
2479
|
|
13
|
Lei Wang
|
CHN
|
2473
|
|
14
|
Sofia Polgar
|
HUN
|
2469
|
|
15
|
Thanh Trang Hoang
|
VIE
|
2465
|
|
16
|
Corina Peptan
|
ROM
|
2461
|
|
17
|
Natasa Bojkovic
|
YUG
|
2460
|
|
18
|
Natalia Zhukova
|
UKR
|
2460
|
|
19
|
Nino Khurtsidze
|
GEO
|
2459
|
|
20
|
Ketino
Kachiani-Gersinska
|
GER
|
2456
|
|
21
|
Almira
Skripchenko-Lautier
|
MDA
|
2450
|
|
22
|
Svetlana Matveeva
|
RUS
|
2449
|
|
23
|
Alisa Maric
|
YUG
|
2446
|
|
24
|
Xue Zhao
|
CHN
|
2440
|
|
25
|
Yuanyuan Xu
|
CHN
|
2437
|
|
26
|
Viktorija Cmilyte
|
LTU
|
2433
|
|
27
|
Anna Zatonskih
|
UKR
|
2432
|
|
28
|
Tatjana Vasilevich
|
UKR
|
2428
|
|
29
|
Harriet Hunt
|
ENG
|
2426
|
|
30
|
Yu Wang
|
CHN
|
2426
|
|
31
|
Maia Lomineishvili
|
GEO
|
2425
|
|
32
|
Olga Alexandrova
|
UKR
|
2425
|
|
33
|
Svetlana Prudnikova
|
YUG
|
2422
|
|
34
|
Cristina Adela Foisor
|
ROM
|
2418
|
|
35
|
Subbaraman
Vijayalakshmi
|
IND
|
2416
|
|
36
|
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
|
GEO
|
2416
|
|
37
|
Tatiana
Stepovaia-Dianchenko
|
RUS
|
2411
|
|
38
|
Zoja Lelchuk
|
GER
|
2411
|
|
39
|
Evgenija Ovod
|
RUS
|
2404
|
|
40
|
Alexandra Kosteniuk
|
RUS
|
2402
|
|
41
|
Ildiko Madl
|
HUN
|
2394
|
|
42
|
Elena Sedina
|
UKR
|
2393
|
|
43
|
Zhaoqin Peng
|
NED
|
2393
|
|
44
|
Julia Galianina-Ryjanova
|
RUS
|
2393
|
|
45
|
Irina Chelushkina
|
YUG
|
2385
|
|
46
|
Inna Gaponenko
|
UKR
|
2383
|
|
47
|
Jana Jackova
|
CZE
|
2380
|
|
48
|
Irina Krush
|
USA
|
2380
|
|
49
|
Pei Liu
|
CHN
|
2378
|
|
50
|
Irina Lymar
|
UKR
|
2377
|
Top 20 Juniors
|
Rank
|
Name
|
Country
|
Rating
|
|
1
|
Ruslan Ponomariov
|
UKR
|
2677
|
|
2
|
Alexander Grischuk
|
RUS
|
2663
|
|
3
|
Etienne Bacrot
|
FRA
|
2618
|
|
4
|
Krishnan
Sasikiran
|
IND
|
2601
|
|
5
|
Laurent Fressinet
|
FRA
|
2581
|
|
6
|
Xiangzhi Bu
|
CHN
|
2558
|
|
7
|
Pavel Eljanov
|
UKR
|
2556
|
|
8
|
Francisco Vallejo Pons
|
ESP
|
2545
|
|
9
|
Evgeny Shaposhnikov
|
RUS
|
2525
|
|
10
|
Dmitrij Jakovenko
|
RUS
|
2523
|
|
11
|
Levon Aronian
|
ARM
|
2522
|
|
12
|
Gabriel Sargissian
|
ARM
|
2520
|
|
13
|
Baadur Jobava
|
GEO
|
2518
|
|
14
|
Sergey Grigoriants
|
RUS
|
2515
|
|
15
|
Pentala
Harikrishna
|
IND
|
2514
|
|
16
|
Pavel Smirnov
|
RUS
|
2511
|
|
17
|
Evgeny Alekseev
|
RUS
|
2510
|
|
18
|
Peter Acs
|
HUN
|
2507
|
|
19
|
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami
|
IRI
|
2504
|
|
20
|
Dimitrij Bunzmann
|
GER
|
2500
|
|
|
Top 20 Girls
|
Rank
|
Name
|
Title
|
Country
|
Rating
|
Games
|
Birthday
|
|
1
|
Yuanyuan Xu
|
wf
|
CHN
|
2437
|
12
|
08.03.81
|
|
2
|
Viktorija Cmilyte
|
wg
|
LTU
|
2433
|
52
|
06.08.83
|
|
3
|
Evgenija Ovod
|
wm
|
RUS
|
2404
|
26
|
10.11.82
|
|
4
|
Alexandra Kosteniuk
|
IM wg
|
RUS
|
2402
|
8
|
23.04.84
|
|
5
|
Jana Jackova
|
wm
|
CZE
|
2380
|
38
|
06.08.82
|
|
6
|
Irina Krush
|
wm
|
USA
|
2380
|
13
|
24.12.83
|
|
7
|
Pei Liu
|
|
CHN
|
2378
|
0
|
26.09.88
|
|
8
|
Elisabeth Paehtz
|
wm
|
GER
|
2358
|
39
|
08.01.85
|
|
9
|
Iweta Radziewicz
|
wg
|
POL
|
2350
|
51
|
16.03.81
|
|
10
|
Ekaterina Korbut
|
wf
|
RUS
|
2347
|
22
|
09.02.85
|
|
11
|
Anita Gara
|
wm
|
HUN
|
2344
|
29
|
04.03.83
|
|
12
|
Yelena Dembo
|
wm
|
HUN
|
2342
|
13
|
08.12.83
|
|
13
|
Lilit Mkrtchian
|
wg
|
ARM
|
2339
|
22
|
09.08.82
|
|
14
|
Ekaterina Polovnikova
|
wm
|
RUS
|
2336
|
16
|
14.11.82
|
|
15
|
Regina Pokorna
|
wg
|
SVK
|
2329
|
37
|
18.01.82
|
|
16
|
Olga Zimina
|
wm
|
RUS
|
2323
|
19
|
14.05.82
|
|
17
|
Ticia Gara
|
wm
|
HUN
|
2322
|
16
|
25.10.84
|
|
18
|
Natia Tsadzikidze
|
wm
|
GEO
|
2322
|
0
|
27.04.83
|
|
19
|
Sopiko Khukhashvili
|
wm
|
GEO
|
2320
|
22
|
04.01.85
|
|
20
|
Ana Matnadze
|
wm
|
GEO
|
2317
|
11
|
20.02.83
|
Top
20 Indians
|
Rank
|
Player
|
Title
|
Rating
|
Games
|
City
|
|
1
|
Viswanathan Anand
|
g
|
2790
|
16
|
Chennai
|
|
2
|
Krishnan Sasikiran
|
g
|
2601
|
35
|
Chennai
|
|
3
|
Abhijit Kunte
|
g
|
2568
|
14
|
Pune
|
|
4
|
P Harikrishna
|
m
|
2514
|
24
|
Guntur
|
|
5
|
Dibyendu Barua
|
g
|
2494
|
20
|
Calcutta
|
|
6
|
R B Ramesh
|
m
|
2467
|
39
|
Chennai
|
|
7
|
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
|
m
|
2456
|
17
|
Calcutta
|
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