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Five players above 2800 ELO in the September rating list

Official FIDE logoThe September FIDE rating list is now published, with 5 players over 2800 ELO. For the 51st time Carlsen leads the ratings, this time with 2856 ELO, unchanged since he has not played any rated games in the month of August. Anand, Topalov, Nakamura, and Caruana have not participated in rated events either, and they continue as part of the 2800 ELO club.

Ding Liren has added 12 points to his rating, and with 2782 ELO is right behind Anish Giri, who continues at 6th with 2793 ELO.

The Turkish Super League has added 5 points to the rating of Wesley So, something he is quickly losing with his participation at the Sinquefield Cup. Exactly the opposite is the situation with Levon Aronian, who is out of top 10, but will return after his nice performance in the USA.

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Rank Name Country Rating
1  Carlsen, Magnus  NOR 2853
2  Anand, Viswanathan  IND 2816
3  Topalov, Veselin  BUL 2816
4  Nakamura, Hikaru  USA 2814
5  Caruana, Fabiano  USA 2808
6  Giri, Anish  NED 2793
7  Ding, Liren  CHN 2782
8  Kramnik, Vladimir  RUS 2777
9  So, Wesley  USA 2773
10  Grischuk, Alexander  RUS 2771
11  Aronian, Levon  ARM 2765
12  Karjakin, Sergey  RUS 2762
13  Tomashevsky, Evgeny  RUS 2758
14  Li, Chao b  CHN 2756
15  Jakovenko, Dmitry  RUS 2748
16  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  FRA 2744
17  Adams, Michael  ENG 2742
18  Wojtaszek, Radoslaw  POL 2741
19  Gelfand, Boris  ISR 2741
20  Radjabov, Teimour  AZE 2738
21  Harikrishna, P.  IND 2737
22  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  AZE 2736
23  Wei, Yi  CHN 2734
24  Dominguez Perez, Leinier  CUB 2732
25  Navara, David  CZE 2728
26  Svidler, Peter  RUS 2727
27  Ivanchuk, Vassily  UKR 2726
28  Vitiugov, Nikita  RUS 2725
29  Wang, Yue  CHN 2724
30  Yu, Yangyi  CHN 2721
31  Andreikin, Dmitry  RUS 2720
32  Eljanov, Pavel  UKR 2717
33  Shirov, Alexei  LAT 2712
34  Wang, Hao  CHN 2712
35  Morozevich, Alexander  RUS 2711
36  Kryvoruchko, Yuriy  UKR 2710
37  Ponomariov, Ruslan  UKR 2710
38  Bu, Xiangzhi  CHN 2710
39  Leko, Peter  HUN 2707
40  Howell, David W L  ENG 2705
41  Nepomniachtchi, Ian  RUS 2705
42  Ni, Hua  CHN 2704
43  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  UZB 2704
44  Fressinet, Laurent  FRA 2702
45  Rublevsky, Sergei  RUS 2702
46  Korobov, Anton  UKR 2700
47  Almasi, Zoltan  HUN 2700
48  Kovalenko, Igor  LAT 2699
49  Le, Quang Liem  VIE 2697
50  Ragger, Markus  AUT 2695
51  Malakhov, Vladimir  RUS 2694
52  Moiseenko, Alexander  UKR 2692
53  Bacrot, Etienne  FRA 2692
54  Kamsky, Gata  USA 2691
55  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  ESP 2689
56  Matlakov, Maxim  RUS 2689
57  Naiditsch, Arkadij  AZE 2684
58  Hammer, Jon Ludvig  NOR 2683
59  Cheparinov, Ivan  BUL 2681
60  Robson, Ray  USA 2680
61  Sargissian, Gabriel  ARM 2679
62  Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter  GER 2678
63  Saric, Ivan  CRO 2678
64  Short, Nigel D  ENG 2678
65  Laznicka, Viktor  CZE 2676
66  Artemiev, Vladislav  RUS 2675
67  Adhiban, B.  IND 2674
68  McShane, Luke J  ENG 2674
69  Rodshtein, Maxim  ISR 2673
70  Lysyj, Igor  RUS 2671
71  Jobava, Baadur  GEO 2671
72  Hou, Yifan  CHN 2671
73  Bareev, Evgeny  RUS 2669
74  Granda Zuniga, Julio E  PER 2667
75  Negi, Parimarjan  IND 2664
76  Sjugirov, Sanan  RUS 2664
77  Onischuk, Alexander  USA 2662
78  Dubov, Daniil  RUS 2661
79  Popov, Ivan  RUS 2661
80  Areshchenko, Alexander  UKR 2661
81  Gharamian, Tigran  FRA 2660
82  Zvjaginsev, Vadim  RUS 2660
83  Inarkiev, Ernesto  RUS 2660
84  Balogh, Csaba  HUN 2659
85  Bruzon Batista, Lazaro  CUB 2659
86  Fedoseev, Vladimir  RUS 2659
87  Sadler, Matthew D  ENG 2659
88  Ivanisevic, Ivan  SRB 2658
89  Movsesian, Sergei  ARM 2658
90  Tkachiev, Vladislav  FRA 2658
91  Najer, Evgeniy  RUS 2658
92  Safarli, Eltaj  AZE 2657
93  Bukavshin, Ivan  RUS 2657
94  Mamedov, Rauf  AZE 2657
95  Zhigalko, Sergei  BLR 2656
96  Meier, Georg  GER 2656
97  Shankland, Samuel L  USA 2656
98  Smirin, Ilia  ISR 2655
99  Nielsen, Peter Heine  DEN 2655
100  Postny, Evgeny  ISR 2653

 

In the women section, Hou Yifan continues her undisputed lead with 2671 ELO, close to a hundred points ahead of opposition. No one else on the list is above 2600 ELO, and only 15 other players are above 2500 ELO.

That trend brings a logical result and we see a deflation in women ratings. While the average ELO of top 100 women was 2442 in August, this September it drops full 5 ELO points to 2437.

 

Rank Name Country Rating
1  Hou, Yifan  CHN 2671
2  Koneru, Humpy  IND 2578
3  Dzagnidze, Nana  GEO 2573
4  Muzychuk, Anna  UKR 2549
5  Ju, Wenjun  CHN 2542
6  Cmilyte, Viktorija  LTU 2534
7  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  RUS 2530
8  Gunina, Valentina  RUS 2529
9  Muzychuk, Mariya  UKR 2528
10  Zhao, Xue  CHN 2524
11  Lagno, Kateryna  RUS 2523
12  Cramling, Pia  SWE 2513
13  Harika, Dronavalli  IND 2508
14  Khotenashvili, Bela  GEO 2502
15  Batsiashvili, Nino  GEO 2500
16  Stefanova, Antoaneta  BUL 2500
17  Goryachkina, Aleksandra  RUS 2497
18  Sebag, Marie  FRA 2496
19  Tan, Zhongyi  CHN 2492
20  Kosintseva, Nadezhda  RUS 2489
21  Girya, Olga  RUS 2483
22  Zhukova, Natalia  UKR 2482
23  Zatonskih, Anna  USA 2476
24  Galliamova, Alisa  RUS 2475
25  Kosintseva, Tatiana  RUS 2475
26  Krush, Irina  USA 2475
27  Danielian, Elina  ARM 2474
28  Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  RUS 2464
29  Hoang, Thanh Trang  HUN 2464
30  Javakhishvili, Lela  GEO 2463
31  Shen, Yang  CHN 2460
32  Socko, Monika  POL 2456
33  Paehtz, Elisabeth  GER 2452
34  Melia, Salome  GEO 2452
35  Bodnaruk, Anastasia  RUS 2451
36  Munguntuul, Batkhuyag  MGL 2448
37  Pogonina, Natalija  RUS 2445
38  Moser, Eva  AUT 2442
39  Skripchenko, Almira  FRA 2441
40  Mkrtchian, Lilit  ARM 2440
41  Hunt, Harriet V  ENG 2439
42  Huang, Qian  CHN 2438
43  Padmini, Rout  IND 2437
44  Ding, Yixin  CHN 2435
45  Savina, Anastasia  RUS 2434
46  Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel  MGL 2434
47  Lei, Tingjie  CHN 2431
48  Zawadzka, Jolanta  POL 2430
49  Guo, Qi  CHN 2427
50  Ushenina, Anna  UKR 2426
51  Khurtsidze, Nino  GEO 2425
52  Kashlinskaya, Alina  RUS 2424
53  Peptan, Corina-Isabela  ROU 2423
54  Cori T., Deysi  PER 2419
55  Turova, Irina  RUS 2419
56  Alexandrova, Olga  ESP 2418
57  Zhu, Chen  QAT 2418
58  Aulia, Medina Warda  INA 2417
59  Guseva, Marina  RUS 2411
60  Sukandar, Irine Kharisma  INA 2411
61  Saduakassova, Dinara  KAZ 2409
62  Bojkovic, Natasa  SRB 2404
63  Arabidze, Meri  GEO 2403
64  Gaponenko, Inna  UKR 2402
65  Karavade, Eesha  IND 2401
66  Ziaziulkina, Nastassia  BLR 2401
67  Ni, Shiqun  CHN 2399
68  Michna, Marta  GER 2398
69  Zhai, Mo  CHN 2397
70  Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat  IRI 2397
71  Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs  MGL 2395
72  Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina  POL 2395
73  Daulyte, Deimante  LTU 2392
74  Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna  POL 2391
75  Rajlich, Iweta  POL 2389
76  Ryjanova, Julia  RUS 2387
77  Tania, Sachdev  IND 2385
78  Zaiatz, Elena  RUS 2385
79  Atalik, Ekaterina  TUR 2384
80  Haast, Anne  NED 2384
81  Videnova, Iva  BUL 2384
82  Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina  ESP 2383
83  Stockova, Zuzana  SVK 2382
84  Velikic, Adela  SRB 2381
85  Abdumalik, Zhansaya  KAZ 2380
86  Vasilevich, Tatjana  UKR 2380
87  L’Ami, Alina  ROU 2379
88  Zhang, Xiaowen  CHN 2377
89  Charochkina, Daria  RUS 2376
90  Kovanova, Baira  RUS 2376
91  Peng, Zhaoqin  NED 2376
92  Matveeva, Svetlana  RUS 2375
93  Houska, Jovanka  ENG 2374
94  Bulmaga, Irina  ROU 2372
95  Lujan, Carolina  ARG 2372
96  Li, Ruofan  SIN 2370
97  Berend, Elvira  LUX 2370
98  Guramishvili, Sopiko  GEO 2370
99  Lomineishvili, Maia  GEO 2369
100  Milliet, Sophie  FRA 2368
101  Zimina, Olga  ITA 2368

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