Dzagnidze was the clear winner of 4th Women’s Grand Prix at Jermuk
The 4th Women’s Grand Prix took place in Jermuk from 24th June to 6th July 2010. The first place was clearly obtained by Nana Dzagnidze. Her 7.5/8 in the initial rounds assured the victory.?
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2682 0 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2600 11 1987
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2577 36 1994
4 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2562 11 1986
5 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2560 0 1979
6 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2551 10 1985
7 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2535 4 1989
8 Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2527 21 1990
9 Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2527 7 1983
10 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2519 7 1986
The gap between Magnus Carlsen (2826) and Veselin Topalov (2803) has increased to 23 points on the July 1 FIDE rating list. The Norwegian won 13 points whereas the Bulgarian dropped 9. Third is World Champion Viswanathan Anand, now with 2800 points exactly. Wang Yue dropped from 8th to 28th.
FIDE has published its July 1st rating list and since all the big events were entered in time, there’s no difference between the official top 10 and the “live” top 10 of Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website). In fact there aren’t very big changes in the top 10 compared to the previous list either.
Carlsen’s fine victory in Romania last week got him another 13 rating points and because Topalov lost 9 points in his match with Anand, the gap between the world’s number one and two is now 23 points. Those 9 points went to Anand, who thereby surpassed Kramnik to regain the 3rd spot, at a nice 2800 precisely.
At the Kings’ Tournament Gelfand lost twice to Radjabov; the two switched places on the rankings between spots 10 and 13. Malakhov and Navara are in the top 20 on this list – the latter thanks to a stunning 8.5/9 at the Czech Championship.
Vugar Gashimov, who was still 7th in the world on the January 2010 list, dropped further to a 26th spot. The biggest skydive was performed by Wang Yue, who lost 36 points and went down from 8th to 28th. Winning 16 points, Wang Hao surpassed him to become China’s number one at 2724.
After entering the top 100 on the May list, Anish Giri won 30 more points to climb to a 62nd place at 2672, but the highest rated Dutch player is Loek van Wely with five points more. Ivan Cheparinov is back in the top 100 with 2661.
The women’s list is still very stable, with very few changes in the top 10. Judit Polgar again didn’t play, but Humpy Koneru did. The Indian lost 22 points at the 3rd FIDE Grand Prix in Nalchik and so the gap increased from 60 to 82 points. Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists.
FIDE JULY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Legend:
black color – player remained on the same position
green color – player moved up in the list
red color – player moved down in the list
blue color – player is new to the current Top list Old represents player’s position in the previous period list
Magnus Carlsen (2813) tops the world rankings by one point. On the May 1 FIDE rating list Veselin Topalov has won seven rating points to reach 2812. Vassily Ivanchuk is not the highest rated Ukrainian anymore; Pavel Eljanov confirmed his steady progress and surpassed him to enter the world’s top 10. And Alexei Shirov is back there too.
FIDE published its May 1st rating list and this time there’s not a big difference between the official top 10 and the “live” top 10 of Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website). Only Anand’s and Topalov’s ratings are different because of the current World Championship match: virtually speaking Topalov has dropped back to 2806 and Anand is just 3.6 points away from the 2800 barrier.
The biggest news this time is that Vassily Ivanchuk isn’t Ukraine’s number one player anymore, for the first time in years. Winning another 15 points in 20 games, on the May 2010 list Pavel Eljanov has reached a 9th spot, while Ivanchuk lost seven points and dropped slightly from 11 to 12.
With solid results in not so many games Wang Yue climbed from 10 to 8, and the 10th place is now occupied by Alexei Shirov. Boris Gelfand is out of the top 10 again but only lost 9 rating points. Sergey Karjakin might see the first results of his switch of federations and trainers: he climbed from 21 to 14. Alexander Morozevich didn’t play this period but still dropped three places, to 27 now. Anand’s seconds Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Peter Heine Nielsen can be found next to each other on the list: numbers 39 and 40.
One of the biggest climbers was Ian Nepomniachtchi, who won no less than 39 points and went up from 78 to 42. Reaching 97, Anish Giri is a top 100 player for the first time.
The women’s list has been stable for a long time now, with very few changes in the top 10. Both Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru didn’t play, so the gap is still 60 points. Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists. All data courtesy of FIDE.
FIDE MAY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Legend:
black color – player remained on the same position
green color – player moved up in the list
red color – player moved down in the list
blue color – player is new to the current Top list Old represents player’s position in the previous period list
Today was the first round of the very strong Russian Team Championships, taking place in Dagomys, close to Sochi, Russia. Many of the strongest women chess players of the planet are participating, with 5 holding the Grandmaster (GM) title, and the average tournament rating above 2400 ELO. Even though it's the Russian Team Championship, many non-Russian top women are playing for Russian clubs, making it extra strong and interesting.
My team (Moscow) drew today against the team of Economist Saratov 2-2 . I drew my game, playing Black against Chinese Grandmaster Zhao Xue (see photos), rated 2490 FIDE. You can see the game below.
Tomorrow will be an important day, as our team will play AVS Krasnoturyinsk, which is the rating favorite, boasting an average ELO of 2508.
FIDE publishes March 1 ratings, Linares not counted
Just a few days ago Veselin Topalov won the Linares tournament and narrowed the gap with Magnus Carlsen on the live rating list to just one point. On the March 1st FIDE rating list the Norwegian leads with a personal record of 2813 and is still 8 points ahead of Topalov.
It’s already an improvement to have six rating lists a year instead of four, but today we are reminded again of the fact that a monthly, or even weekly official list might be even better. While Carlsen and Topalov are just one (in fact 0.7) rating point away from each other on the “live list” by Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website), on the official list the distance is 8 points because Linares hasn’t been counted yet.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand lost his third place to Vladimir Kramnik; between them there are just three points. This means that the upcoming World Championship match in Sofia will be played between the current world’s number 2 and 4.
Vugar Gashimov was Azerbaijan’s number one player briefly, but he’s out of the top 10 again. His 6th place is now occupied by his compatriot Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who is back among the elite after a lesser period. Grischuk and Svidler climbed to spots number 7 and 8.
Vassily Ivanchuk is out of the top 10 again; he dropped slightly from 8 to 11. Hikaru Nakamura saw a strong period awarded with a 17th place. Alexander Morozevich’ decline continued; the former World’s number 2 can now be found on spot 24. There are now 37 players with a rating of 2700 or higher.
In the women’s list nothing much changed. The difference between Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru decreased a bit further, from 68 to 60 points. Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists. All data courtesy of FIDE.
FIDE MARCH 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Legend:
black color – player remained on the same position
green color – player moved up in the list
red color – player moved down in the list
blue color – player is new to the current Top list Old represents player’s position in the previous period list
Gibraltar : Etienne Bacrot joue les départages à 15h
Avec 7,5 points sur 10, cinq joueurs se disputent cet après midi la première place de l'Open d'échecs de Gibraltar. L'allemand Jan Gustafsson, le slovaque Sergei Movsesian, l'espagnol Franscisco Vallejo Pons, le britannique Michael Adams et le français Etienne Bacrot. De son côté, Laurent Fressinet annule face à Natalia Zhukova et finit à 7 points.
Le Direct Live à 15h, la retransmission en Vidéo, toutes les parties à Visualiser et/ou Télécharger
Les appariements de la ronde 10 :
1 Gustafsson, Jan 7.0 2627 1/2 Movsesian, Sergei 7.0 2708
2 Vallejo Pons, F 7.0 2705 1/2 Adams, Michael 7.0 2694
3 Bacrot, Etienne 6.5 2713 1-0 Cramling, Pia 6.5 2528
4 Bindrich, Falko 6.5 2512 - Kamsky, Gata 6.5 2693
5 Zhukova, Natalia 6.5 2462 1/2 Fressinet, Laurent 6.5 2670
6 Fridman, Daniel 6.5 2654 - Lenderman, Alex 6.5 2560
7 Javakhishvili, Lela 6.5 2493 - Sandipan, Chanda 6.5 2622
8 Boskovic, Drasko 6.5 2454 - Koneru, Humpy 6.5 2614
9 Geetha Narayanan G 6.5 2584 - Stefanova, Antoaneta 6.5 2545
Les résultats de la ronde 9 :
1 Gustafsson, Jan 6.5 2627 1/2 Bacrot, Etienne 6.0 2713
2 Movsesian, Sergei 6.0 2708 1-0 Halkias, Stelios 6.0 2566
3 Naumann, Alexander 6.0 2525 0-1 Vallejo Pons, F. 6.0 2705
4 Adams, Michael 6.0 2694 1-0 Lemos, Damian 6.0 2556
5 Koneru, Humpy 6.0 2614 1/2 Kamsky, Gata 6.0 2693
6 Fressinet, Laurent 6.0 2670 1/2 Javakhishvili, L. 6.0 2493
7 Sandipan, Chand a 6.0 2622 1/2 Boskovic, Drasko 6.0 2454
Cette année, le tournoi en 10 rondes au système suisse, s'honore de la présence de la championne du monde d'échecs en titre, la russe Alexandra Kosteniuk... une raison de plus pour suivre cet événement échiquéen aux côtés de Laurent Freyd, arbitre international français, nommé arbitre principal du Master.
Deux champions du monde : Boris Spassky et Alexandra Kosteniuk
Quelques éléments sur Gibraltar tirés de Wikipédia :
Gibraltar (de l'arabe Jabal Tariq (??? ????), « le mont de Tariq » du nom de Tariq ibn Ziyad), est un territoire d'outre-mer du Royaume-Uni depuis 1704, situé en Europe du sud, plus précisément au sud de l'Espagne, en bordure du détroit de Gibraltar qui relie la Méditerranée à l'océan Atlantique. Une grande partie du territoire comprend l'immense Rocher de Gibraltar.
Les Britanniques ont maintenu dans le passé une présence militaire importante à Gibraltar. Cette présence est à présent réduite, mais il en reste encore beaucoup de traces. Bien que la majorité de sa population y soit opposée[réf. nécessaire], Gibraltar est revendiqué par l'Espagne. La question de Gibraltar est une cause majeure de dissension dans les relations hispano-britanniques.
Gibraltar fait partie de l'Union européenne mais certaines lois n'y sont pas appliquées.
Pour en savoir plus:Le site officiel - La farandole de photos - Le classement - Les résultats des Français
Avec 7 points sur 9, quatre joueurs se disputent ce matin la première place de l'Open d'échecs de Gibraltar. L'allemand Jan Gustafsson face au slovaque Sergei Movsesian (en photo ci-dessus) table 1, et l'espagnol Franscisco Vallejo Pons face au britannique Michael Adams, table 2. Côté tricolore, Laurent Fressinet et Etienne Bacrot, sont juste derrière avec 6,5 points et peuvent encore espérer le podium. Attention, les parties des premières tables se jouent à 10h pour permettre d'éventuels départages à 15h.
Le Direct Live à 10h, la retransmission en Vidéo, toutes les parties à Visualiser et/ou Télécharger
Les appariements de la ronde 10 :
1 Gustafsson, Jan 7.0 2627 - Movsesian, Sergei 7.0 2708
2 Vallejo Pons, F 7.0 2705 - Adams, Michael 7.0 2694
3 Bacrot, Etienne 6.5 2713 - Cramling, Pia 6.5 2528
4 Bindrich, Falko 6.5 2512 - Kamsky, Gata 6.5 2693
5 Zhukova, Natalia 6.5 2462 - Fressinet, Laurent 6.5 2670
6 Fridman, Daniel 6.5 2654 - Lenderman, Alex 6.5 2560
7 Javakhishvili, Lela 6.5 2493 - Sandipan, Chanda 6.5 2622
8 Boskovic, Drasko 6.5 2454 - Koneru, Humpy 6.5 2614
9 Geetha Narayanan G 6.5 2584 - Stefanova, Antoaneta 6.5 2545
Les résultats de la ronde 9 :
1 Gustafsson, Jan 6.5 2627 1/2 Bacrot, Etienne 6.0 2713
2 Movsesian, Sergei 6.0 2708 1-0 Halkias, Stelios 6.0 2566
3 Naumann, Alexander 6.0 2525 0-1 Vallejo Pons, F. 6.0 2705
4 Adams, Michael 6.0 2694 1-0 Lemos, Damian 6.0 2556
5 Koneru, Humpy 6.0 2614 1/2 Kamsky, Gata 6.0 2693
6 Fressinet, Laurent 6.0 2670 1/2 Javakhishvili, L. 6.0 2493
7 Sandipan, Chand a 6.0 2622 1/2 Boskovic, Drasko 6.0 2454
Cette année, le tournoi en 10 rondes au système suisse, s'honore de la présence de la championne du monde d'échecs en titre, la russe Alexandra Kosteniuk... une raison de plus pour suivre cet événement échiquéen aux côtés de Laurent Freyd, arbitre international français, nommé arbitre principal du Master.
Deux champions du monde : Boris Spassky et Alexandra Kosteniuk
Quelques éléments sur Gibraltar tirés de Wikipédia :
Gibraltar (de l'arabe Jabal Tariq (??? ????), « le mont de Tariq » du nom de Tariq ibn Ziyad), est un territoire d'outre-mer du Royaume-Uni depuis 1704, situé en Europe du sud, plus précisément au sud de l'Espagne, en bordure du détroit de Gibraltar qui relie la Méditerranée à l'océan Atlantique. Une grande partie du territoire comprend l'immense Rocher de Gibraltar.
Les Britanniques ont maintenu dans le passé une présence militaire importante à Gibraltar. Cette présence est à présent réduite, mais il en reste encore beaucoup de traces. Bien que la majorité de sa population y soit opposée[réf. nécessaire], Gibraltar est revendiqué par l'Espagne. La question de Gibraltar est une cause majeure de dissension dans les relations hispano-britanniques.
Gibraltar fait partie de l'Union européenne mais certaines lois n'y sont pas appliquées.
Pour en savoir plus:Le site officiel - La farandole de photos - Le classement - Les résultats des Français
L'ukrainienne Natalia Zhukova (en photo ci-dessus) et Humpy Koneru sont les seules joueuses parmi les 11 leaders de l'Open d'échecs de Gibraltar avec 5,5 points sur 7. Côté tricolore, Laurent Fressinet fait partie du groupe des échappés. Etienne Bacrot, Romain Edouard, Clovis Vernay et Sébastien Mazé restent en embuscade dans le peloton des poursuivants avec 5 points.
Le Direct Live à 16h, la retransmission en Vidéo, toutes les parties à Visualiser et/ou Télécharger
Parmi les rencontres phares de cette 8ème ronde, nous suivrons aujourd'hui, le duel entre Natalia Zhukova et Jan Gustafsson et la rencontre entre Stelios Halkias et Laurent Fressinet.
Les appariements de la ronde 8 :
1 Koneru, Humpy 5.5 2614 - Movsesian, Sergei 5.5 2708
2 Vallejo Pons 5.5 2705 - Sandipan, Chanda 5.5 2622
3 Kamsky, Gata 5.5 2693 - Adams, Michael 5.5 2694
4 Halkias, Stelios 5.5 2566 - Fressinet, Laurent 5.5 2670
5 Zhukova, Natalia 5.5 2462 - Gustafsson, Jan 5.5 2627
6 Bacrot, Etienne 5.0 2713 - Lenderman, Alex 5.5 2560
7 Cheparinov, Ivan 5.0 2660 - Speelman, Jon S 5.0 2525
8 Fridman, Daniel 5.0 2654 - Hoffmann, Michael 5.0 2508
Les résultats de la Ronde 7 de lundi :
1 Adams, Michael 5.0 2694 1/2 Zhukova, Natalia 5.0 2462
2 Sandipan, Chanda 5.0 2622 1/2 Gustafsson, Jan 5.0 2627
3 Maze, Sebastien 4.5 2554 1/2 Bacrot, Etienne 4.5 2713
4 Movsesian, Sergei 4.5 2708 1-0 Bhat, Vinay S. 4.5 2540
5 Malakhatko, Vadim 4.5 2549 0-1 Vallejo Pons, F 4.5 2705
6 Stefanova, Antoaneta 4.5 2545 0-1 Kamsky, Gata 4.5 2693
7 Fressinet, Laurent 4.5 2670 1-0 Cramling, Pia 4.5 2528
Cette année, le tournoi en 10 rondes au système suisse, s'honore de la présence de la championne du monde d'échecs en titre, la russe Alexandra Kosteniuk... une raison de plus pour suivre cet événement échiquéen aux côtés de Laurent Freyd, arbitre international français, nommé arbitre principal du Master.
Deux champions du monde : Boris Spassky et Alexandra Kosteniuk
Quelques éléments sur Gibraltar tirés de Wikipédia :
Gibraltar (de l'arabe Jabal Tariq (??? ????), « le mont de Tariq » du nom de Tariq ibn Ziyad), est un territoire d'outre-mer du Royaume-Uni depuis 1704, situé en Europe du sud, plus précisément au sud de l'Espagne, en bordure du détroit de Gibraltar qui relie la Méditerranée à l'océan Atlantique. Une grande partie du territoire comprend l'immense Rocher de Gibraltar.
Les Britanniques ont maintenu dans le passé une présence militaire importante à Gibraltar. Cette présence est à présent réduite, mais il en reste encore beaucoup de traces. Bien que la majorité de sa population y soit opposée[réf. nécessaire], Gibraltar est revendiqué par l'Espagne. La question de Gibraltar est une cause majeure de dissension dans les relations hispano-britanniques.
Gibraltar fait partie de l'Union européenne mais certaines lois n'y sont pas appliquées.
Pour en savoir plus:Le site officiel - La farandole de photos - Le classement - Les résultats des Français
L'ukrainienne Natalia Zhukova (2462), l'allemand Jan Gustafsson (2627), l'indien Chanda Sandipan (2622) et le britannique Michael Adams (2694) ont pris les commandes de l'Open d'échecs de Gibraltar avec 5 points sur 6. Les Français Etienne Bacrot, Laurent Fressinet et Sébastien Mazé sont en embuscade dans le peloton des poursuivants avec 4,5 points.
Parmi les rencontres phares de cette 6ème ronde, nous suivrons aujourd'hui, le duel entre Michael Adams et Natalia Zhukova (en photo) qui a battu Romain Edouard lors de la ronde précédente.
Le Direct Live à 16h, la retransmission en Vidéo, toutes les parties à Visualiser et/ou Télécharger
Extraits des résultats de la Ronde 6 :
1 Gustafsson, Jan 4.5 2627 1/2 Adams, Michael 4.5 2694
2 Bacrot, Etienne 4.0 2713 1/2 Felgaer, Ruben 4.0 2591
3 Speelman, Jon S 4.0 2525 1/2 Movsesian, Sergei 4.0 2708
4 Kamsky, Gata 4.0 2693 1/2 Lenderman, Alex 4.0 2560
5 Guliyev, Namig 4.0 2516 1/2 Fressinet, Laurent 4.0 2670
6 Fridman, Daniel 4.0 2654 1/2 Malakhatko, Vadim 4.0 2549
7 Dzagnidze, Nana 4.0 2506 0-1 Sandipan, Chanda 4.0 2622
8 Zhukova, Natalia 4.0 2462 1-0 Edouard, Romain 4.0 2608
Extrait des appariements de la ronde 7 :
1 Adams, Michael 5.0 2694 Zhukova, Natalia 5.0 2462
2 Sandipan, Chanda 5.0 2622 Gustafsson, Jan 5.0 2627
3 Maze, Sebastien 4.5 2554 Bacrot, Etienne 4.5 2713
4 Movsesian, Sergei 4.5 2708 Bhat, Vinay S. 4.5 2540
5 Malakhatko, Vadim 4.5 2549 Vallejo Pons, F 4.5 2705
6 Stefanova, Antoaneta 4.5 2545 Kamsky, Gata 4.5 2693
7 Fressinet, Laurent 4.5 2670 Cramling, Pia 4.5 2528
Cette année, le tournoi en 10 rondes au système suisse, s'honore de la présence de la championne du monde d'échecs en titre, la russe Alexandra Kosteniuk... une raison de plus pour suivre cet événement échiquéen aux côtés de Laurent Freyd, arbitre international français, nommé arbitre principal du Master.
Deux champions du monde : Boris Spassky et Alexandra Kosteniuk
Quelques éléments sur Gibraltar tirés de Wikipédia :
Gibraltar (de l'arabe Jabal Tariq (??? ????), « le mont de Tariq » du nom de Tariq ibn Ziyad), est un territoire d'outre-mer du Royaume-Uni depuis 1704, situé en Europe du sud, plus précisément au sud de l'Espagne, en bordure du détroit de Gibraltar qui relie la Méditerranée à l'océan Atlantique. Une grande partie du territoire comprend l'immense Rocher de Gibraltar.
Les Britanniques ont maintenu dans le passé une présence militaire importante à Gibraltar. Cette présence est à présent réduite, mais il en reste encore beaucoup de traces. Bien que la majorité de sa population y soit opposée[réf. nécessaire], Gibraltar est revendiqué par l'Espagne. La question de Gibraltar est une cause majeure de dissension dans les relations hispano-britanniques.
Gibraltar fait partie de l'Union européenne mais certaines lois n'y sont pas appliquées.
Pour en savoir plus:Le site officiel - La farandole de photos - Le classement - Les résultats des Français
I came across today the rating list of the best chess countries in women's chess, as compiled by FIDE using the average of the top 10 women chess players of each country.
It's very interesting to study this list. You can see that China and Russia are ahead of the other countries, basically because they have a lot of good lady players. You will note that for both those countries their 10th player is still above 2400 ELO, which makes it easier to build strong teams for national team competitions such as the Chess Olympiads.
That proves the point that for a country to have a good national team it's not enough to support the top players but one needs to start at the grass-roots, and get as many players to start chess as possible. Especially important is to try to get chess into schools, to show both boys and girls that chess is a cool game, that will help them in their studies and later on in life. And of course that will provide a larger pool of talent for many women players to grow and hopefully as many as possible candidates for representing their country in the national team.
Competition at the top is good. The best proof of it is the fierce competition there is in Russia to be part of the national team. Due to that uncertainty to be part of "The Team", everybody trains real hard and everyone's rating increases. The result is that Russia is the only country who has 4 lady players whose rating is above 2500 ELO (the two Kosintseva's, Pogonina and me), and players with 2450 ELO have little or no chance to be part of the National Team.
So I congratulate all chess teachers, coaches, and educators, and thank them for the great work they do to promote chess to our youth and introduce them to our wonderful game. That's the only way that our countries will get strong national teams, thereby winning medals and providing incentive for others to follow their leadership.
The top Chess Countries for Women's Chess are as follows:
1. China2481
1 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2590 14 1994 2 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2512 4 1991 3 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2504 4 1985 4 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2479 2 1987 5 Xu, Yuhua g CHN 2478 3 1976 6 Qin, Kanying wg CHN 2466 0 1974 7 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2464 3 1991 8 Shen, Yang wg CHN 2444 2 1989 9 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2439 3 1986 10 Zhang, Xiaowen wg CHN 2437 24 1989
2. Russia2470
1 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2533 9 1985 2 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2523 10 1984 3 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2515 8 1986 4 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2501 0 1985 5 Tairova, Elena m RUS 2455 0 1991 6 Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2448 7 1989 6 Korbut, Ekaterina m RUS 2448 0 1985 8 Romanko, Marina m RUS 2433 6 1986 9 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2428 4 1974 10 Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2415 0 1982
3. Georgia2444
1 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2514 0 1961 2 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2506 19 1987 3 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2493 7 1984 4 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2461 8 1988 5 Khukhashvili, Sopiko m GEO 2438 7 1985 6 Melia, Salome m GEO 2431 9 1987 7 Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2414 13 1975 8 Matnadze, Ana m GEO 2407 9 1983 9 Tsereteli, Tamar wg GEO 2403 9 1985 10 Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2371 0 1977
4. Ukraine2417
1 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2518 16 1989 2 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2470 16 1976 3 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2462 8 1979 4 Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2452 6 1985 5 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2447 0 1992 6 Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2414 0 1977 7 Zdebskaja, Natalia wg UKR 2402 16 1986 8 Cherednichenko, Svetlana wg UKR 2349 0 1984 9 Hryhorenko, Nataliya wm UKR 2344 9 1986 10 Melamed, Tatiana wg UKR 2312 0 1974
5. Hungary2388
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2682 4 1976 2 Hoang Thanh Trang g HUN 2487 0 1980 3 Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2385 7 1969 4 Gara, Anita m HUN 2370 17 1983 5 Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2369 17 1979 6 Gara, Ticia wg HUN 2354 8 1984 7 Medvegy, Nora Dr. m HUN 2344 0 1977 8 Schneider, Veronika wm HUN 2315 0 1987 9 Lakos, Nikoletta wg HUN 2292 5 1978 10 Rudolf, Anna wg HUN 2283 16 1987
6. India2384
1 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2614 8 1987 2 Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2471 11 1991 3 Karavade, Eesha wg IND 2405 11 1987 4 Tania, Sachdev m IND 2398 11 1986 5 Meenakshi Subbaraman wg IND 2353 11 1981 6 Mohota, Nisha wg IND 2330 11 1980 7 Gomes, Mary Ann wg IND 2325 24 1989 8 Soumya, Swaminathan wg IND 2323 24 1989 8 Swathi, Ghate wg IND 2323 0 1980 10 Padmini, Rout wm IND 2294 37 1994
7. Poland2349
1 Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2455 13 1981 2 Socko, Monika g POL 2450 14 1978 3 Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2391 19 1987 4 Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2374 7 1978 4 Majdan, Joanna wg POL 2374 7 1988 6 Kadziolka, Beata wg POL 2328 14 1986 7 Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina wm POL 2322 5 1987 8 Jaracz, Barbara wg POL 2284 5 1977 9 Przezdziecka, Marta wg POL 2265 5 1988 10 Matras-Clement, Agnieszka wm POL 2251 5 1982
8. USA2330
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Last month he turned 19, and today Magnus Carlsen officialy became the official world’s number one player. On the January 1st FIDE rating list the Norwegian as a rating of 2810, 5 points more than Veselin Topalov, who had occupied the number 1 spot since October 2008.
After winning the London Chess Classic with three wins and four draws it was a fact: Magnus Carlsen would become the youngest world’s number one in chess history. Thanks to the “live list” by Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website) everyone could already see how the top rankings would look like, and today this became official due to FIDE’s publication of the January list.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand won 2 points and is still in third place; after the Tal Memorial and London Vladimir Kramnik surpassed Levon Aronian to become 4th. Vassily Ivanchuk is back in the top 10, and Wang Yue entered for the first time – the Chinese GM is now the world’s 9th player. After a successful period, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is 11th now. Leko and Morozevich dropped out of the top 10.
Frenchman Vachier-Lagrave, just two months older than Carlsen, has now entered the top 20 while another former prodigy, Sergei Karjakin, dropped out – but let’s not forget he’ll be defending his Corus title soon. Vladimir Malakhov’s successful period resulted in a rise from spot 31 to 22. Without getting too much attention, Zoltan Almasi and David Navara occupy the excellent spots 26 and 27.
A disappointing London Chess Classic cost Nigel Short his 2700+ rating but he’s still just England’s best player at 2696; Michael Adams is now one spot below him at 2694. 17-year-old Fabiano Caruana did well again and climbed no less than 30 places; from spot 81 to 51. Another young player did even better: 18-year-old Sergei Zhigalko went from 93 to 58. New in the top 100 compared to the previous list are Ian Nepomniachtchi (69th), Wesley So (77th), Viktor Laznicka (84th), Le Quang Liem (93rd) Tomi Nyback (97th) and Evgeny Bareev (98th).
In the women’s list again the top 3 didn’t change; the difference between Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru is now 68 points. Nadezhda Kosintseva climbed from 9th to 5th while Alexandra Kosteniuk and Kateryna Lahno are back into the top 10. Nana Dzagnidze dropped out from 4th place all the way to 14th.
Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists. All data courtesy of FIDE.
FIDE JANUARY 2010 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Legend:
black color – player remained on the same position
green color – player moved up in the list
red color – player moved down in the list
blue color – player is new to the current Top list Old represents player’s position in the previous period list
Magnus Carlsen officialy broke the 2800 barrier today. On the November 1st FIDE rating list the Norwegian is the new world’s number 2, only 9 points behind Veselin Topalov (2810). Radjabov and Ivanchuk left the top 10 for Gashimov and Svidler.
We all know the story of Magnus Carlsen’s amazing performance at the Nanjing super-tournament, but it still takes your breath away to see that magical 2801 next to his name, now officially, on the November 1st FIDE rating list. The top 10 is almost identical to the “live list” by Hans Arild Runde which you can also find in the far right column on this website. The difference is the European Team Championship, not yet included in the official list. In Novi Sad Veselin Topalov lost a bit, and so Magnus Carlsen is in fact only 3.9 points behind the Bulgarian; a gap that could be closed during the upcoming Tal Memorial.
In about one and a half years time Vugar Gashimov has become one of the world’s very best players – he entered the top 10 for the first time and is now on a fine 6th place, behind Topalov, Carlsen, Anand, Aronian and Kramnik. It’s good to see Peter Svidler back there too; the grandmaster from St Petersburg is 8th now, one place behind Boris Gelfand.
Leko dropped from 6th to 9th place and Radjabov and Ivanchuk are just out of the top 10; on spots 11 and 12 respectively. Eljanov climbed to 17th, but on the live list that’s already 11th (!) thanks to his top performance in Novi Sad. Nakamura and Alekseev dropped out of the top 20. New or back in the top 100 are Surya Ganguly, Jan Smeets, Giovanni Vescovi, Boris Savchenko, Denis Khismatullin, Bartosz Socko and Anton Korobov.
The women’s top 10 has barely changed since the September list. Judit Polgar dropped 7 rating points at the Univé Tournament in Hoogeveen but is still 77 points ahead of Humpy Koneru. Nana Dzagnidze is now the 4th female player in the world, 41 points behind Hou Yifan. Nadezhda Kosintseva already climbed to 9th place and her 8/9 in Novi Sad still needs to be added to that! Zhao Xue dropped from 4th to 14th place. The names in the Juniors and Girls top 10s are the same as two months ago.
Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists. All data courtesy of FIDE.
FIDE NOVEMBER 2009 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Legend:
black color – player remained on the same position
green color – player moved up in the list
red color – player moved down in the list
blue color – player is new to the current Top list Old represents player’s position in the previous period list
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Le tournoi d'échecs InventiChess 2009 se tient du 18 au 26 Septembre dans le centre de formation de la société Inventi à Anvers. Neuf grands maîtres et un maître international belge invité participent au tournoi majeur de catégorie 15. Lors de la première ronde, Etienne Bacrot avait miniaturisé son adversaire, l'arménien Gabriel Sargissian, en 18 coups à peine. En grande forme, le tricolore avait ensuite remporté sa partie de la ronde 2 face au jeune champion anglais David Howell pour s'imposer d'entrée comme le patron du tournoi. Hier, Etienne a annulé contre Krishnan Sasikiran en 35 coups et a été rattrapé par l'israélien Sutovsky, vainqueur d'Howell. Au programme du jour, la ronde 4 à suivre en direct à partir de 14h.
Les appariements et résultats de la ronde 4 :
Stefanova, Antonaeta (2535) 0-1 Sargissian, Gabriel (2678)
Howell, David (2624) 1/2 Socko, Bartosz (2637)
Sasikirian, Krishnan (2661) 1/2 Sutovsky, Emil (2676)
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Le tournoi d'échecs InventiChess 2009 se tient du 18 au 26 Septembre dans le centre de formation de la société Inventi à Anvers. Neuf grands maîtres et un maître international belge invité participent au tournoi majeur de catégorie 15. Lors de la première ronde, Etienne Bacrot avait miniaturisé son adversaire, l'arménien Gabriel Sargissian, en 18 coups à peine. En grande forme, le tricolore remporte sa partie de la ronde 2 face au jeune champion anglais David Howell et s'impose d'entrée comme le patron du tournoi. Au programme du jour, la ronde 3 à suivre en direct à partir de 14h.
Tournoi d'échecs InventiChess : Etienne Bacrot frappe fort d'entrée
Le tournoi d'échecs InventiChess 2009 se tient du 18 au 26 Septembre dans le centre de formation de la société Inventi à Anvers. Neuf grands maîtres et un maître international belge invité participent au tournoi majeur de catégorie 15. Hier lors de la première ronde, Etienne Bacrot a miniaturisé son adversaire, l'arménien Gabriel Sargissian, en 18 coups à peine. La ronde 2 est à suivre en direct à partir de 14h. Va y avoir du sport !
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InventiChess 2009 : Etienne Bacrot, tête de série n°1 à Anvers
La grand place d'Anvers
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Le tournoi d'échecs InventiChess 2009 se tient du 18 au 26 Septembre dans le centre de formation de la société Inventi à Anvers. Neuf grands maîtres et un maître international belge invité participent au tournoi majeur de catégorie 15. Les parties sont retransmises en direct à partir de 14h.
Following its new policy of publishing six instead of four rating lists a year, FIDE already made available the September rating list today. The top 10 didn’t change much; Jakovenko is out but after a great summer Vassily Ivanchuk is back in; the Ukrainian climbed from spot 30th all the way up to 8th place.
The top 10 of the FIDE’s September rating list is almost identical to the “live list” by Hans Arild Runde which you can also find in the far right column on this website. The difference is that FIDE rounded off Boris Gelfand’s and Vassily Ivanchuk’s rating to 2756, and in this case Ivanchuk ‘wins’ because of a higher number of played games. In any case, it’s interesting to note that the only two players in the top 10 over 40 years old, are having the same rating at the moment.
We can safely use the synonym “Russia’s number one player” again for Vladimir Kramnik after Dmitry Jakovenko dropped from 5th to 11th place. Ruslan Ponomariov is slowly but surely getting closer to the elite again and the biggest winner at the top, besides Ivanchuk, is Hikaru Nakamura of course, although in the meantime he already lost many points in Amsterdam this week.
We find Nigel Short back in the world’s top 30 but Rustam Kasimdzhanov climbed even more, from 58th to 31st. Kamsky went down considerably, from 18th to 38th. After finishing shared first at both Politiken and Zurich (winning two last-round games with Black!) Boris Avrukh went from place 100 to 60.
In the women’s list the top 6 stayed the same; Pia Cramling climbed from 10th to 6th place, behind Judit Polgar, Humpy Koneru, Hou Yifan, Zhao Xue and Tatiana Kosintseva. Sergei Zhigalko entered the Juniors top 10 and Harika Dronavalli is now 4th in the Girls list.
Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists. All data courtesy of FIDE.
FIDE SEPTEMBER 2009 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Legend:
black color – player remained on the same position
green color – player moved up in the list
red color – player moved down in the list
blue color – player is new to the current Top list Old represents player’s position in the previous period list
Veselin Topalov tops the July FIDE rating list with a rating of 2813. The Bulgarian is 25 points ahead of World Champion Viswanathan Anand. After dropping 33 rating points on the previous list, Vassily Ivanchuk lost 43 more points, to dive to 30th place.
Yesterday FIDE published its new rating list, which this time is not identical to the “live list” by Hans Arild Runde which you can also find in the far right column on this website. The difference is the Kings Tournament in Bazna, Romania, won by Vassily Ivanchuk last week: this tournament wasn’t rated yet. Therefore we find Boris Gelfand climbing from 15th to 9th, though virtually the 40-year-old Israeli grandmaster is the world’s number 5.
The top 5 (Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Dmitry Jakovenko) all won points and because he didn’t play rated games, Kramnik allowed Aronian and Jakovenko to pass him on the list. Teimour Radjabov and Alexander Morozevich also dropped a bit by not playing. Vugar Gashimov keeps on doing well and is about to enter the top 10 now.
Despite losing three points on this list, Gata Kamsky climbed from 24th to 18th, but he lost many points in Bazna. Sergei Movsesian lost 31 points and dropped from 11th to 22nd but the biggest loser in the top was of course Vassily Ivanchuk, who left the top 10 15 (now 30th) for the first time in a very, very long time.
Poikovsky winner Alexander Motylev is now the world’s number 27 while France’s new hope Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is only two spots below. On the last two lists there were 31 players with a FIDE rating above 2700 but this time there are 33.
In the women’s list the top 10 is still the same, but with minor some changes: Zhao Xue is now best of the rest, climbing from 7th to 4th, behind the super-trio Judit Polgar, Humpy Koneru and Hou Yifan.
In the Juniors list Dmitry Andreikin climbed to 6th place, surpassing amongst others Wesley So. On the Girls list Shen Yang and Elena Tairov are the biggest climbers.
Below you’ll find the new top 100, the top 100 women, the top 20 juniors and the top 20 girls. We give the first two lists including the changes with the previous lists. All data courtesy of FIDE.
FIDE JULY 2009 RATING LIST: TOP 100 PLAYERS
Legend:
black color - player remained on the same position
green color - player moved up in the list
red color - player moved down in the list
blue color - player is new to the current Top list Old represents player’s position in the previous period list
The gap between Magnus Carlsen (2826) and Veselin Topalov (2803) has increased to 23 points on the July 1 FIDE rating list. The Norwegian won 13 points whereas the Bulgarian dropped 9. Third is World Champion Viswanathan Anand, now with 2800 points exactly. Wang Yue dropped from 8th to 28th.
Carlsen’s fine victory in Romania last week got him another 13 rating points and because Topalov lost 9 points in his match with Anand, the gap between the world’s number one and two is now 23 points. Those 9 points went to Anand, who thereby surpassed Kramnik to regain the 3rd spot, at a nice 2800 precisely.
The biggest news this time is that Vassily Ivanchuk isn’t Ukraine’s number one player anymore, for the first time in years. Winning another 15 points in 20 games, on the May 2010 list Pavel Eljanov has reached a 9th spot, while Ivanchuk lost seven points and dropped slightly from 11 to 12.
After winning the London Chess Classic with three wins and four draws it was a fact: Magnus Carlsen would become the youngest world’s number one in chess history. Thanks to the “live list” by Hans Arild Runde (which you can also find in the far right column on this website) everyone could already see how the top rankings would look like, and today this became official due to FIDE’s publication of the January list.
A disappointing London Chess Classic cost Nigel Short his 2700+ rating but he’s still just England’s best player at 2696; Michael Adams is now one spot below him at 2694. 17-year-old Fabiano Caruana did well again and climbed no less than 30 places; from spot 81 to 51. Another young player did even better: 18-year-old Sergei Zhigalko went from 93 to 58. New in the top 100 compared to the previous list are Ian Nepomniachtchi (69th), Wesley So (77th), Viktor Laznicka (84th), Le Quang Liem (93rd) Tomi Nyback (97th) and Evgeny Bareev (98th).
