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The International Chess Federation has published the July 2013 ratings list. Magnus Carlsen remains way ahead of his colleagues in first place, he is 49 points above Levon Aronian. The main highlight is the presence of Fabiano Caruana in third place. The 20-year old Italian has risen straight to the top of the charts in the last year and a half and seems to be ready to fight for first place with Carlsen in the upcoming years.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand did not have a good run lately, and has fallen to the eighth place, staying right above his two last challengers for the crown, Boris Gelfand (9th) and Veselin Topalov (10th).
Even though he has not been playing as much as before, Alexander Grischuk continues showing his great strength and is now fifth with 2780 elo points. However, the player who had the biggest leap forward was Cuban star Leinier Dominguez, who won 30 points thanks to his victory in Thessaloniki; he is now 13th in the list.
Judit Polgar still leads the women’s list with a big margin. Dilijan Grand Prix winner Humpy Koneru is second, followed closely by Hou Yifan and Anna Muzychuk.
Anish Giri leads the juniors list, while Hou Yifan is first among the girls. (www.chessdom.com)
Top 100 players – July 2013:
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2862
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2813
3 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2796
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2784
5 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2780
6 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2776
7 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2775
8 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2775
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2773
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2767
11 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2763
12 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2761
13 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2757
14 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2756
15 Wang, Hao g CHN 2752
16 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2746
17 Adams, Michael g ENG 2740
18 Leko, Peter g HUN 2737
19 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2736
20 Giri, Anish g NED 2734
21 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2734
22 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2733
23 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2733
24 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2727
25 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2720
26 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2719
27 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2717
28 Navara, David g CZE 2715
29 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2714
30 Ding, Liren g CHN 2714
31 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2714
32 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2713
33 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2712
34 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2710
35 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2709
36 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2709
37 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2709
38 So, Wesley g PHI 2708
39 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2708
40 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2708
41 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2707
42 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2706
43 Wang, Yue g CHN 2705
44 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2702
45 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2701
46 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2701
47 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2699
48 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2699
49 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2699
50 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2697
51 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2696
52 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2696
53 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2695
54 Rapport, Richard g HUN 2693
55 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2693
56 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2691
57 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2689
58 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2688
59 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2688
60 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2687
61 Li, Chao b g CHN 2686
62 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2684
63 Grachev, Boris g RUS 2683
64 Ragger, Markus g AUT 2680
65 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2680
66 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2680
67 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2679
68 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy g UKR 2678
69 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2678
70 Gareev, Timur g USA 2676
71 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2672
72 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2671
73 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2670
74 Dreev, Aleksey g RUS 2668
75 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. g UKR 2667
76 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2667
77 Matlakov, Maxim g RUS 2665
78 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2664
79 Shimanov, Aleksandr g RUS 2664
80 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2663
81 Edouard, Romain g FRA 2662
82 Romanov, Evgeny g RUS 2662
83 Ni, Hua g CHN 2661
84 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2661
85 Petrosian, Tigran L. g ARM 2660
86 Safarli, Eltaj g AZE 2660
87 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2660
88 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2660
89 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2659
90 Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2658
91 Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2658
92 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2658
93 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2657
94 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2657
95 Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2657
96 Lysyj, Igor g RUS 2656
97 Gharamian, Tigran g FRA 2655
98 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2655
99 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2654
100 Gajewski, Grzegorz g POL 2653
Top 100 women – July 2013:
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2696
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2607
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2600
4 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2594
5 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2558
6 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2553
7 Lagno, Kateryna g UKR 2542
8 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2531
9 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2531
10 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2528
11 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2528
12 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2524
13 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2512
14 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2507
15 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2501
16 Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2500
17 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2497
18 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2497
19 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2494
20 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2489
21 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2489
22 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2487
23 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2484
24 Krush, Irina m USA 2480
25 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2478
26 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2478
27 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2473
28 Zhukova, Natalia g UKR 2471
29 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2470
30 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2467
31 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2465
32 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2458
33 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2454
34 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2454
35 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag m MGL 2452
36 Alexandrova, Olga m ESP 2449
37 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2449
38 Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2448
39 Guo, Qi wg CHN 2446
40 Moser, Eva m AUT 2446
41 Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2443
42 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2441
43 Bodnaruk, Anastasia m RUS 2440
44 Cori T., Deysi wg PER 2439
45 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2439
46 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2437
47 Socko, Monika g POL 2436
48 Ding, Yixin wg CHN 2432
49 Tania, Sachdev m IND 2430
50 Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2430
51 Melia, Salome m GEO 2428
52 Gomes, Mary Ann wg IND 2423
53 Zaiatz, Elena m RUS 2423
54 Guramishvili, Sopiko m GEO 2421
55 Bojkovic, Natasa m SRB 2415
56 Matnadze, Ana m ESP 2412
57 Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2411
58 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2407
59 Shen, Yang m CHN 2405
60 Batsiashvili, Nino wg GEO 2405
61 Bulmaga, Irina wg ROU 2403
62 Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina m ESP 2402
63 Goryachkina, Aleksandra wg RUS 2401
64 Wang, Jue wg CHN 2399
65 Karavade, Eesha m IND 2398
66 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2398
67 Pham, Le Thao Nguyen m VIE 2397
68 Milliet, Sophie m FRA 2396
69 Li, Ruofan m SIN 2396
70 Wang, Pin wg CHN 2394
71 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2393
72 Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2393
73 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2393
74 Peng, Zhaoqin g NED 2389
75 Foisor, Cristina-Adela m ROU 2387
76 Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2386
77 Michna, Marta wg GER 2385
78 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan g SCO 2385
79 Melamed, Tatjana wg GER 2384
80 Lujan, Carolina m ARG 2383
81 Nemcova, Katerina wg USA 2382
82 Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina wg POL 2380
83 Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2380
84 Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2377
85 Vojinovic, Jovana wg SRB 2376
86 Zhang, Xiaowen wg CHN 2375
87 Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna wg POL 2375
88 Khukhashvili, Sopiko m GEO 2374
89 Repkova, Eva m SVK 2374
90 Kovanova, Baira wg RUS 2371
91 Vasilevich, Irina m RUS 2370
92 Kononenko, Tatiana m UKR 2369
93 Savina, Anastasia m RUS 2368
94 Paikidze, Nazi m GEO 2368
95 Romanko, Marina m RUS 2368
96 Schleining, Zoya wg GER 2368
97 Sukandar, Irine Kharisma wg INA 2365
98 Daulyte, Deimante wg LTU 2363
99 Fierro Baquero, Martha L. m ECU 2362
100 Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino m GER 2362
101 Sudakova, Irina wg RUS 2362
102 Stockova, Zuzana m SVK 2359
103 Wang, Yu A. m CHN 2359
104 Linares Napoles, Oleiny wg CUB 2358
105 L’Ami, Alina wg ROU 2356
106 Ciuksyte, Dagne m ENG 2355
107 Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan wg KAZ 2354
108 Charkhalashvili, Inga wg GEO 2353
109 Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs wg MGL 2351
110 Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2351
111 Kursova, Maria wg ARM 2351
112 Manakova, Maria wg SRB 2351
113 Purtseladze, Maka m GEO 2349
114 Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2349
115 Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2349
116 Medvegy, Nora Dr. m HUN 2346
117 Ubiennykh, Ekaterina wm RUS 2344
118 Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2343
119 Guichard, Pauline wg FRA 2342
120 Gvetadze, Sofio m GEO 2341
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
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Hi everyone,
The International Chess Federation has published the July 2013 ratings list. Magnus Carlsen remains way ahead of his colleagues in first place, he is 49 points above Levon Aronian. The main highlight is the presence of Fabiano Caruana in third place. The 20-year old Italian has risen straight to the top of the charts in the last year and a half and seems to be ready to fight for first place with Carlsen in the upcoming years.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand did not have a good run lately, and has fallen to the eighth place, staying right above his two last challengers for the crown, Boris Gelfand (9th) and Veselin Topalov (10th).
Even though he has not been playing as much as before, Alexander Grischuk continues showing his great strength and is now fifth with 2780 elo points. However, the player who had the biggest leap forward was Cuban star Leinier Dominguez, who won 30 points thanks to his victory in Thessaloniki; he is now 13th in the list.
Judit Polgar still leads the women’s list with a big margin. Dilijan Grand Prix winner Humpy Koneru is second, followed closely by Hou Yifan and Anna Muzychuk.
Anish Giri leads the juniors list, while Hou Yifan is first among the girls. (www.chessdom.com)
Top 100 players – July 2013:
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2862
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2813
3 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2796
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2784
5 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2780
6 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2776
7 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2775
8 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2775
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2773
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2767
11 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2763
12 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2761
13 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2757
14 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2756
15 Wang, Hao g CHN 2752
16 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2746
17 Adams, Michael g ENG 2740
18 Leko, Peter g HUN 2737
19 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2736
20 Giri, Anish g NED 2734
21 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2734
22 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2733
23 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2733
24 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2727
25 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2720
26 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2719
27 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2717
28 Navara, David g CZE 2715
29 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2714
30 Ding, Liren g CHN 2714
31 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2714
32 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2713
33 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2712
34 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2710
35 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2709
36 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2709
37 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2709
38 So, Wesley g PHI 2708
39 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2708
40 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2708
41 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2707
42 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2706
43 Wang, Yue g CHN 2705
44 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2702
45 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2701
46 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2701
47 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2699
48 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2699
49 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2699
50 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2697
51 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2696
52 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2696
53 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2695
54 Rapport, Richard g HUN 2693
55 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2693
56 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2691
57 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2689
58 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2688
59 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2688
60 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2687
61 Li, Chao b g CHN 2686
62 Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2684
63 Grachev, Boris g RUS 2683
64 Ragger, Markus g AUT 2680
65 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2680
66 Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2680
67 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2679
68 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy g UKR 2678
69 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2678
70 Gareev, Timur g USA 2676
71 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2672
72 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2671
73 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2670
74 Dreev, Aleksey g RUS 2668
75 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. g UKR 2667
76 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2667
77 Matlakov, Maxim g RUS 2665
78 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2664
79 Shimanov, Aleksandr g RUS 2664
80 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2663
81 Edouard, Romain g FRA 2662
82 Romanov, Evgeny g RUS 2662
83 Ni, Hua g CHN 2661
84 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2661
85 Petrosian, Tigran L. g ARM 2660
86 Safarli, Eltaj g AZE 2660
87 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2660
88 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2660
89 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2659
90 Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2658
91 Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2658
92 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2658
93 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2657
94 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2657
95 Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2657
96 Lysyj, Igor g RUS 2656
97 Gharamian, Tigran g FRA 2655
98 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2655
99 Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2654
100 Gajewski, Grzegorz g POL 2653
Top 100 women – July 2013:
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2696
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2607
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2600
4 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2594
5 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2558
6 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2553
7 Lagno, Kateryna g UKR 2542
8 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2531
9 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2531
10 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2528
11 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2528
12 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2524
13 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2512
14 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2507
15 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2501
16 Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2500
17 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2497
18 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2497
19 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2494
20 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2489
21 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2489
22 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2487
23 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2484
24 Krush, Irina m USA 2480
25 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2478
26 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2478
27 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2473
28 Zhukova, Natalia g UKR 2471
29 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2470
30 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2467
31 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2465
32 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2458
33 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2454
34 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2454
35 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag m MGL 2452
36 Alexandrova, Olga m ESP 2449
37 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2449
38 Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2448
39 Guo, Qi wg CHN 2446
40 Moser, Eva m AUT 2446
41 Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2443
42 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2441
43 Bodnaruk, Anastasia m RUS 2440
44 Cori T., Deysi wg PER 2439
45 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2439
46 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2437
47 Socko, Monika g POL 2436
48 Ding, Yixin wg CHN 2432
49 Tania, Sachdev m IND 2430
50 Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2430
51 Melia, Salome m GEO 2428
52 Gomes, Mary Ann wg IND 2423
53 Zaiatz, Elena m RUS 2423
54 Guramishvili, Sopiko m GEO 2421
55 Bojkovic, Natasa m SRB 2415
56 Matnadze, Ana m ESP 2412
57 Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2411
58 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2407
59 Shen, Yang m CHN 2405
60 Batsiashvili, Nino wg GEO 2405
61 Bulmaga, Irina wg ROU 2403
62 Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina m ESP 2402
63 Goryachkina, Aleksandra wg RUS 2401
64 Wang, Jue wg CHN 2399
65 Karavade, Eesha m IND 2398
66 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2398
67 Pham, Le Thao Nguyen m VIE 2397
68 Milliet, Sophie m FRA 2396
69 Li, Ruofan m SIN 2396
70 Wang, Pin wg CHN 2394
71 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2393
72 Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2393
73 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2393
74 Peng, Zhaoqin g NED 2389
75 Foisor, Cristina-Adela m ROU 2387
76 Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2386
77 Michna, Marta wg GER 2385
78 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan g SCO 2385
79 Melamed, Tatjana wg GER 2384
80 Lujan, Carolina m ARG 2383
81 Nemcova, Katerina wg USA 2382
82 Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina wg POL 2380
83 Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2380
84 Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2377
85 Vojinovic, Jovana wg SRB 2376
86 Zhang, Xiaowen wg CHN 2375
87 Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna wg POL 2375
88 Khukhashvili, Sopiko m GEO 2374
89 Repkova, Eva m SVK 2374
90 Kovanova, Baira wg RUS 2371
91 Vasilevich, Irina m RUS 2370
92 Kononenko, Tatiana m UKR 2369
93 Savina, Anastasia m RUS 2368
94 Paikidze, Nazi m GEO 2368
95 Romanko, Marina m RUS 2368
96 Schleining, Zoya wg GER 2368
97 Sukandar, Irine Kharisma wg INA 2365
98 Daulyte, Deimante wg LTU 2363
99 Fierro Baquero, Martha L. m ECU 2362
100 Kachiani-Gersinska, Ketino m GER 2362
101 Sudakova, Irina wg RUS 2362
102 Stockova, Zuzana m SVK 2359
103 Wang, Yu A. m CHN 2359
104 Linares Napoles, Oleiny wg CUB 2358
105 L’Ami, Alina wg ROU 2356
106 Ciuksyte, Dagne m ENG 2355
107 Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan wg KAZ 2354
108 Charkhalashvili, Inga wg GEO 2353
109 Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs wg MGL 2351
110 Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2351
111 Kursova, Maria wg ARM 2351
112 Manakova, Maria wg SRB 2351
113 Purtseladze, Maka m GEO 2349
114 Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2349
115 Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2349
116 Medvegy, Nora Dr. m HUN 2346
117 Ubiennykh, Ekaterina wm RUS 2344
118 Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2343
119 Guichard, Pauline wg FRA 2342
120 Gvetadze, Sofio m GEO 2341
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal chess blog
