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May FIDE rating list, 45 players over 2700 ELO

FIDE logoThe May FIDE rating list has been published, with Magnus Carlsen and Judit Polgar heading the standing as expected. Carlsen is first in the FIDE Top 100 list with 2835 ELO, no change and no games since the January rating list. He is closely followed by Levon Aronian with 2825 ELO, who raises 5 ELO from 3 games in the Bundesliga.

Third position is for Vladimir Kramnik, the last player over 2800 ELO in the list. Top 10 is completed by Anand (2791), Radjabov (2784), Karjakin (2779), Nakamura (2775), Caruana (2770), Morozevich (2769), and Ivanchuk (2764).

A total of 45 players are above 2700 ELO, with the average of the list being 2704 ELO, or 4 points inflation over the previous list.

Top 100 FIDE, May

Rank Name Country Rating
1  Carlsen, Magnus  NOR 2835
2  Aronian, Levon  ARM 2825
3  Kramnik, Vladimir  RUS 2801
4  Anand, Viswanathan  IND 2791
5  Radjabov, Teimour  AZE 2784
6  Karjakin, Sergey  RUS 2779
7  Nakamura, Hikaru  USA 2775
8  Caruana, Fabiano  ITA 2770
9  Morozevich, Alexander  RUS 2769
10  Ivanchuk, Vassily  UKR 2764
11  Grischuk, Alexander  RUS 2761
12  Topalov, Veselin  BUL 2752
13  Svidler, Peter  RUS 2741
14  Kamsky, Gata  USA 2741
15  Tomashevsky, Evgeny  RUS 2738
16  Wang, Hao  CHN 2738
17  Gashimov, Vugar  AZE 2737
18  Jakovenko, Dmitry  RUS 2736
19  Adams, Michael  ENG 2728
20  Gelfand, Boris  ISR 2727
21  Ponomariov, Ruslan  UKR 2726
22  Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  AZE 2726
23  Dominguez Perez, Leinier  CUB 2725
24  Leko, Peter  HUN 2723
25  Jobava, Baadur  GEO 2721
26  Sasikiran, Krishnan  IND 2720
27  Wojtaszek, Radoslaw  POL 2717
28  Bologan, Viktor  MDA 2716
29  Nepomniachtchi, Ian  RUS 2716
30  Fressinet, Laurent  FRA 2715
31  Riazantsev, Alexander  RUS 2714
32  Almasi, Zoltan  HUN 2713
33  Malakhov, Vladimir  RUS 2712
34  Bruzon Batista, Lazaro  CUB 2711
35  Moiseenko, Alexander  UKR 2711
36  Polgar, Judit  HUN 2709
37  Inarkiev, Ernesto  RUS 2707
38  Navara, David  CZE 2706
39  McShane, Luke J  ENG 2706
40  Short, Nigel D  ENG 2705
41  Volokitin, Andrei  UKR 2704
42  Vitiugov, Nikita  RUS 2703
43  Le, Quang Liem  VIE 2703
44  Li, Chao b  CHN 2703
45  Andreikin, Dmitry  RUS 2700
46  Naiditsch, Arkadij  GER 2698
47  Movsesian, Sergei  ARM 2698
48  Shirov, Alexei  LAT 2698
49  Akopian, Vladimir  ARM 2697
50  Vallejo Pons, Francisco  ESP 2697
51  Berkes, Ferenc  HUN 2696
52  Bacrot, Etienne  FRA 2695
53  Dreev, Aleksey  RUS 2694
54  Giri, Anish  NED 2693
55  Laznicka, Viktor  CZE 2693
56  Harikrishna, P.  IND 2693
57  Eljanov, Pavel  UKR 2693
58  Rublevsky, Sergei  RUS 2693
59  Areshchenko, Alexander  UKR 2691
60  Wang, Yue  CHN 2690
61  Kasimdzhanov, Rustam  UZB 2690
62  Efimenko, Zahar  UKR 2689
63  Georgiev, Kiril  BUL 2689
64  Sutovsky, Emil  ISR 2687
65  Zvjaginsev, Vadim  RUS 2683
66  Van Wely, Loek  NED 2682
67  Sokolov, Ivan  NED 2680
68  Grachev, Boris  RUS 2680
69  Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime  FRA 2680
70  Ding, Liren  CHN 2679
71  Sargissian, Gabriel  ARM 2679
72  Korobov, Anton  UKR 2678
73  Bartel, Mateusz  POL 2677
74  Kobalia, Mikhail  RUS 2677
75  Alekseev, Evgeny  RUS 2677
76  Kryvoruchko, Yuriy  UKR 2676
77  Ni, Hua  CHN 2673
78  Cheparinov, Ivan  BUL 2673
79  Motylev, Alexander  RUS 2673
80  Balogh, Csaba  HUN 2672
81  Gharamian, Tigran  FRA 2672
82  Bauer, Christian  FRA 2672
83  Ragger, Markus  AUT 2670
84  Khenkin, Igor  GER 2670
85  Matlakov, Maxim  RUS 2668
86  Turov, Maxim  RUS 2667
87  Nielsen, Peter Heine  DEN 2665
88  Najer, Evgeniy  RUS 2664
89  Khismatullin, Denis  RUS 2664
90  Kurnosov, Igor  RUS 2663
91  Onischuk, Alexander  USA 2660
92  Azarov, Sergei  BLR 2658
93  Jones, Gawain C B  ENG 2657
94  Petrosian, Tigran L.  ARM 2657
95  Granda Zuniga, Julio E  PER 2657
96  Mchedlishvili, Mikheil  GEO 2656
97  Tiviakov, Sergei  NED 2656
98  Bu, Xiangzhi  CHN 2656
99  Zhigalko, Sergei  BLR 2656
100  Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son  VIE 2656

 

In the women section Judit Polgar is leading with 2709 ELO, no change and no games since the last period. She is followed by World Champion Yifan Hou with 2623. The Chinese prodigy was very active with 29 games, but lost 16 ELO points mainly due to the Chinese League and the Bangkok Open.
Third place is for the European Champion Anna Muzychuk, who overtakes Humpy Koneru in the standings and inches to the 2600 mark for the first time in her career.
A total of 17 players are above 2500 ELO in the women rating list with the ELO average suffering a 1 point deflation.

Top 100 FIDE women, May

Rank Name Country Rating
1  Polgar, Judit  HUN 2709
2  Hou, Yifan  CHN 2623
3  Muzychuk, Anna  SLO 2598
4  Koneru, Humpy  IND 2589
5  Zhao, Xue  CHN 2549
6  Dzagnidze, Nana  GEO 2547
7  Lahno, Kateryna  UKR 2546
8  Kosintseva, Tatiana  RUS 2532
9  Gunina, Valentina  RUS 2530
10  Ju, Wenjun  CHN 2529
11  Kosintseva, Nadezhda  RUS 2528
12  Sebag, Marie  FRA 2521
13  Stefanova, Antoaneta  BUL 2518
14  Zatonskih, Anna  USA 2510
15  Cmilyte, Viktorija  LTU 2508
16  Harika, Dronavalli  IND 2508
17  Khotenashvili, Bela  GEO 2500
18  Paehtz, Elisabeth  GER 2491
19  Zhu, Chen  QAT 2491
20  Danielian, Elina  ARM 2484
21  Socko, Monika  POL 2484
22  Galliamova, Alisa  RUS 2484
23  Ruan, Lufei  CHN 2483
24  Cramling, Pia  SWE 2478
25  Atalik, Ekaterina  TUR 2474
26  Moser, Eva  AUT 2469
27  Xu, Yuhua  CHN 2465
28  Krush, Irina  USA 2457
29  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  RUS 2457
30  Dembo, Yelena  GRE 2457
31  Muzychuk, Mariya  UKR 2456
32  Khurtsidze, Nino  GEO 2456
33  Ushenina, Anna  UKR 2454
34  Munguntuul, Batkhuyag  MGL 2451
35  Hoang, Thanh Trang  HUN 2449
36  Javakhishvili, Lela  GEO 2449
37  Mkrtchian, Lilit  ARM 2449
38  Pogonina, Natalija  RUS 2447
39  Matnadze, Ana  ESP 2446
40  Zaiatz, Elena  RUS 2446
41  Zhukova, Natalia  UKR 2442
42  Rajlich, Iweta  POL 2441
43  Skripchenko, Almira  FRA 2440
44  Batsiashvili, Nino  GEO 2436
45  Tan, Zhongyi  CHN 2430
46  Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan  SCO 2426
47  Romanko, Marina  RUS 2420
48  Peptan, Corina-Isabela  ROU 2420
49  Shen, Yang  CHN 2419
50  Li, Ruofan  SIN 2419
51  Huang, Qian  CHN 2417
52  Tania, Sachdev  IND 2417
53  Foisor, Cristina-Adela  ROU 2417
54  Alexandrova, Olga  ESP 2417
55  Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina  RUS 2417
56  Girya, Olga  RUS 2414
57  Khukhashvili, Sopiko  GEO 2414
58  Peng, Zhaoqin  NED 2414
59  Houska, Jovanka  ENG 2411
60  Ovod, Evgenija  RUS 2410
61  Melia, Salome  GEO 2410
62  Turova, Irina  RUS 2410
63  Guramishvili, Sopiko  GEO 2408
64  Gaponenko, Inna  UKR 2404
65  Vasilevich, Tatjana  UKR 2404
66  Wang, Pin  CHN 2397
67  Bodnaruk, Anastasia  RUS 2394
68  Kovanova, Baira  RUS 2391
69  Pham, Le Thao Nguyen  VIE 2390
70  Zdebskaja, Natalia  UKR 2389
71  Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina  POL 2387
72  Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman  IND 2387
73  Milliet, Sophie  FRA 2387
74  Cori T., Deysi  PER 2386
75  Michna, Marta  GER 2385
76  Zhang, Xiaowen  CHN 2385
77  Bojkovic, Natasa  SRB 2385
78  Repkova, Eva  SVK 2384
79  Paikidze, Nazi  GEO 2384
80  Majdan-Gajewska, Joanna  POL 2383
81  L’Ami, Alina  ROU 2383
82  Tsereteli, Tamar  GEO 2383
83  Gomes, Mary Ann  IND 2378
84  Fierro Baquero, Martha L.  ECU 2377
85  Matveeva, Svetlana  RUS 2377
86  Madl, Ildiko  HUN 2376
87  Vojinovic, Jovana  MNE 2375
88  Wang, Yu A.  CHN 2375
89  Vasilevich, Irina  RUS 2375
90  Kononenko, Tatiana  UKR 2374
91  Kashlinskaya, Alina  RUS 2372
92  Charochkina, Daria  RUS 2371
93  Bulmaga, Irina  ROU 2370
94  Stockova, Zuzana  SVK 2368
95  Lujan, Carolina  ARG 2367
96  Vajda, Szidonia  HUN 2367
97  Linares Napoles, Oleiny  CUB 2366
98  Lomineishvili, Maia  GEO 2366
99  Gara, Ticia  HUN 2365
100  Wang, Jue  CHN 2364
101  Foisor, Sabina-Francesca  USA 2364

 

Top 20 FIDE juniors

1  Caruana, Fabiano  ITA 2770
2  Giri, Anish  NED 2693
3  Ding, Liren  CHN 2679
4  So, Wesley  PHI 2653
5  Negi, Parimarjan  IND 2640
6  Zherebukh, Yaroslav  UKR 2632
7  Yu, Yangyi  CHN 2626
8  Sjugirov, Sanan  RUS 2625
9  Hou, Yifan  CHN 2623
10  Safarli, Eltaj  AZE 2620
11  Kovalyov, Anton  ARG 2619
12  Robson, Ray  USA 2614
13  Nyzhnyk, Illya  UKR 2610
14  Shimanov, Aleksandr  RUS 2600
15  Swiercz, Dariusz  POL 2585
16  Durarbayli, Vasif  AZE 2579
17  Rapport, Richard  HUN 2577
18  Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel  ARM 2577
19  Dubov, Daniil  RUS 2569
20  Van Kampen, Robin  NED 2563

 

Top 20 FIDE girls

1  Hou, Yifan  CHN 2623
2  Muzychuk, Mariya  UKR 2456
3  Bodnaruk, Anastasia  RUS 2394
4  Cori T., Deysi  PER 2386
5  Paikidze, Nazi  GEO 2384
6  Vojinovic, Jovana  MNE 2375
7  Kashlinskaya, Alina  RUS 2372
8  Bulmaga, Irina  ROU 2370
9  Wang, Jue  CHN 2364
10  Guo, Qi  CHN 2360
11  Ziaziulkina, Nastassia  BLR 2354
12  Goryachkina, Aleksandra  RUS 2353
13  Arabidze, Meri  GEO 2351
14  Padmini, Rout  IND 2345
15  Pustovoitova, Daria  RUS 2307
16  Savina, Anastasia  RUS 2301
17  Havlikova, Kristyna  CZE 2299
18  Schut, Lisa  NED 2299
19  Soloviova, Liza  UKR 2294
20  Papp, Petra  HUN 2292

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