33 players over 2700 ELO
FIDE has oficially announced the July rating list. Leader one more time is Veselin Topalov, who gained 1 point from the Mtel Masters tournament to equalize his all time best rating of 2813. The next event for Topalov is the Zurich Chess 200th anniversary, after which he has consecutive participations in Bilbao Final Masters 2009 and Nanjing 2009.
Second position is for the World Champion and opponent of Topalov for the WCC 2010, GM Viswanathan Anand, with 2788. Anand gained 5 points from the two games he played in the Bundesliga.
The third position is for Magnus Carlsen, who continues to be the top junior as well. Carlsen has 2772 and is closely followed by Aronian with 2768.
The race for the 5th position was quite intense, as we find five players into a ten point margin. GM Dmitry Jakovenko is the highest rated of them. With his good performance he also became the highest rated Russian player, with 3 points more than Vladimir Kramnik. Both Kramnik and Jakovenko will soon meet on the board during the Dortmund tournament to discuss that in direct matches.
After being inactive for Q1 of 2009, Leko played 13 games to gain 5 points and stay in the top 10. Radjabov is 8th and Morozevich 10th, both without activity on this list, while Gelfand’s rating skyrocketed and is 2755 (position 9), after 27 games with 22 points gain.
The rest of the list is quite clear, having in mind Hans Arild Runde keeps good track of the players above 2700, which are 31 people on the current list (scroll down for full list).
It becomes interesting after position 33. GM Onischuk is just a point from entering the 2700 club. He has 2699 and for a 4th consecutive list gains rating. For the last 12 months his increase is over 55 points.
Sergei Tiviakov crashed to 57th position, while Igor Kurnosov gained 10 points more to get a step closer to the top 50. Finally there is light in the tunel for GM David Navara, who gained 33 points from 19 games to climb to 42nd position.
Among the juniors in the top 100 leader is Carlsen, followed by Karjakin (position 20), Vachier-Lagrave (position 29), Wang Hao (position 39), Fabiano Caruana (position 59), Dmitry Andreikin (position 86), and Wesley So (position 92).
Judith Polgar is king of the women ratings with 50+ point advantage ahead of Humpy Koneru. Yifan Hou is on clear 3rd position, while the battle for the 4th place heats up as there are 7 players in 20 points margin.
FIDE Top 100 July rating list
1 Topalov, Veselin BUL 2813
2 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2788
3 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2772
4 Aronian, Levon ARM 2768
5 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2760
6 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2759
7 Leko, Peter HUN 2756
8 Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2756
9 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2755
10 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2751
11 Gashimov, Vugar AZE 2740
12 Svidler, Peter RUS 2739
13 Wang, Yue CHN 2736
14 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2733
15 Shirov, Alexei ESP 2732
16 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2727
17 Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2721
18 Kamsky, Gata USA 2717
19 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2717
20 Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2717
21 Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2716
22 Movsesian, Sergei SVK 2716
23 Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB 2716
24 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2714
25 Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2712
26 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2710
27 Motylev, Alexander RUS 2710
28 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS 2707
29 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2703
30 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2703
31 Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2703
32 Bu, Xiangzhi CHN 2702
33 Ni, Hua CHN 2701
34 Onischuk, Alexander USA 2699
35 Adams, Michael ENG 2699
36 Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 2697
37 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij UKR 2696
38 Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2693
39 Wang, Hao CHN 2690
40 Bologan, Viktor MDA 2689
41 Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS 2689
42 Navara, David CZE 2687
43 Polgar, Judit HUN 2687
44 Short, Nigel D ENG 2684
45 Jobava, Baadur GEO 2684
46 Almasi, Zoltan HUN 2684
47 Moiseenko, Alexander UKR 2682
48 Timofeev, Artyom RUS 2681
49 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2681
50 Nielsen, Peter Heine DEN 2680
51 Harikrishna, P. IND 2679
52 Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2678
53 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2678
54 Sutovsky, Emil ISR 2675
55 Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS 2675
56 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2675
57 Tiviakov, Sergei NED 2674
58 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2672
59 Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2670
60 Grachev, Boris RUS 2669
61 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2669
62 Kurnosov, Igor RUS 2669
63 Fressinet, Laurent FRA 2667
64 Sargissian, Gabriel ARM 2667
65 Fridman, Daniel GER 2665
66 Guseinov, Gadir AZE 2664
67 Najer, Evgeniy RUS 2663
68 Beliavsky, Alexander G SLO 2662
69 Dreev, Alexey RUS 2660
70 Milov, Vadim SUI 2659
71 Roiz, Michael ISR 2658
72 Meier, Georg GER 2658
73 Socko, Bartosz POL 2656
74 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. UKR 2655
75 Landa, Konstantin RUS 2655
76 Van Wely, Loek NED 2655
77 Sokolov, Ivan BIH 2655
78 Efimenko, Zahar UKR 2654
79 Tregubov, Pavel V. RUS 2652
80 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR 2651
81 Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA 2650
82 Smirin, Ilia ISR 2650
83 Savchenko, Boris RUS 2650
84 Pashikian, Arman ARM 2650
85 Shulman, Yuri USA 2648
86 Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2648
87 Lastin, Alexander RUS 2648
88 Postny, Evgeny ISR 2647
89 Granda Zuniga, Julio E PER 2647
90 Berkes, Ferenc HUN 2647
91 Riazantsev, Alexander RUS 2647
92 So, Wesley PHI 2646
93 Seirawan, Yasser USA 2646
94 Georgiev, Kiril BUL 2645
95 Kobalia, Mikhail RUS 2645
96 Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2645
97 Predojevic, Borki BIH 2644
98 Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2644
99 Amonatov, Farrukh TJK 2641
100 Avrukh, Boris ISR 2641
FIDE Top 100 July rating list, women
1 Polgar, Judit HUN 2687
2 Koneru, Humpy IND 2623
3 Hou, Yifan CHN 2584
4 Zhao, Xue CHN 2544
5 Muzychuk, Anna SLO 2542
6 Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS 2539
7 Dzagnidze, Nana GEO 2536
8 Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL 2535
9 Sebag, Marie FRA 2531
10 Cramling, Pia SWE 2525
11 Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS 2516
12 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan SCO 2506
13 Chiburdanidze, Maia GEO 2506
14 Danielian, Elina ARM 2502
15 Pogonina, Natalija RUS 2501
16 Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2501
17 Ruan, Lufei CHN 2486
18 Xu, Yuhua CHN 2485
19 Kosintseva, Nadezhda RUS 2482
20 Lahno, Kateryna UKR 2481
21 Ushenina, Anna UKR 2477
22 Paehtz, Elisabeth GER 2474
23 Zhu, Chen QAT 2473
24 Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU 2470
25 Javakhishvili, Lela GEO 2470
26 Mkrtchian, Lilit ARM 2467
27 Zatonskih, Anna USA 2466
28 Dembo, Yelena GRE 2466
29 Qin, Kanying CHN 2466
30 Zhukova, Natalia UKR 2465
31 Krush, Irina USA 2458
32 Shen, Yang CHN 2453
33 Hunt, Harriet V ENG 2452
34 Tairova, Elena RUS 2450
35 Skripchenko, Almira FRA 2450
36 Socko, Monika POL 2449
37 Rajlich, Iweta POL 2448
38 Korbut, Ekaterina RUS 2448
39 Romanko, Marina RUS 2447
40 Ovod, Evgenija RUS 2447
41 Harika, Dronavalli IND 2445
42 Ju, Wenjun CHN 2443
43 Muzychuk, Mariya UKR 2441
44 Melia, Salome GEO 2441
45 Gunina, Valentina RUS 2437
46 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS 2437
47 Tan, Zhongyi CHN 2435
48 Atalik, Ekaterina TUR 2434
49 Moser, Eva AUT 2431
50 Khukhashvili, Sopiko GEO 2430
51 Bojkovic, Natasa SRB 2429
52 Gaponenko, Inna UKR 2428
53 Repkova, Eva SVK 2428
54 Lomineishvili, Maia GEO 2427
55 Huang, Qian CHN 2424
56 Foisor, Cristina-Adela ROU 2424
57 Li, Ruofan SIN 2423
58 Vasilevich, Tatjana UKR 2420
59 Khurtsidze, Nino GEO 2418
60 Peng, Zhaoqin NED 2418
61 Matnadze, Ana GEO 2413
62 Stockova, Zuzana SVK 2413
63 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag MGL 2412
64 Zdebskaja, Natalia UKR 2412
65 Tania, Sachdev IND 2410
66 Maric, Alisa SRB 2407
67 Kovanova, Baira RUS 2406
68 Khotenashvili, Bela GEO 2402
69 Jackova, Jana CZE 2396
70 Fierro Baquero, Martha L. ECU 2394
71 Houska, Jovanka ENG 2392
72 Peptan, Corina-Isabela ROU 2392
73 Zhang, Xiaowen CHN 2391
74 Matveeva, Svetlana RUS 2391
75 Goletiani, Rusudan USA 2391
76 Cori T., Deysi PER 2390
77 Zaiatz, Elena RUS 2390
78 Milliet, Sophie FRA 2388
79 Alexandrova, Olga ESP 2388
80 Bodnaruk, Anastasia RUS 2388
81 Turova, Irina RUS 2387
82 Zawadzka, Jolanta POL 2387
83 Karavade, Eesha IND 2386
84 Madl, Ildiko HUN 2386
85 Borsuk, Angela ISR 2385
86 Shadrina, Tatiana RUS 2384
87 Savina, Anastasia RUS 2382
88 Majdan, Joanna POL 2382
89 Pokorna, Regina SVK 2381
90 Wang, Yu A. CHN 2380
91 Michna, Marta GER 2379
92 Demina, Julia RUS 2378
93 Sergeyeva, Mariya KAZ 2377
94 Vajda, Szidonia HUN 2375
95 Stepovaia, Tatiana RUS 2370
96 Iljushina, Olga RUS 2366
97 Tsereteli, Tamar GEO 2365
98 Purtseladze, Maka GEO 2362
99 Lanchava, Tea NED 2360
100 Djingarova, Emilia BUL 2359
FIDE Top 20 July rating list, juniors
1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2772
2 Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2717
3 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2703
4 Wang, Hao CHN 2690
5 Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2670
6 Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2648
7 So, Wesley PHI 2646
8 Kuzubov, Yuriy UKR 2635
9 Li, Chao b CHN 2634
10 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2632
11 Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2623
12 Zhigalko, Sergei BLR 2621
13 Howell, David W L ENG 2614
14 Khairullin, Ildar RUS 2602
15 Le, Quang Liem VIE 2602
16 Edouard, Romain FRA 2597
17 Safarli, Eltaj AZE 2597
18 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2592
19 Negi, Parimarjan IND 2590
20 Sjugirov, Sanan RUS 2590
FIDE Top 20 July rating list, girls
1 Hou, Yifan CHN 2584
2 Muzychuk, Anna SLO 2542
3 Lahno, Kateryna UKR 2481
4 Shen, Yang CHN 2453
5 Tairova, Elena RUS 2450
6 Harika, Dronavalli IND 2445
7 Ju, Wenjun CHN 2443
8 Muzychuk, Mariya UKR 2441
9 Gunina, Valentina RUS 2437
10 Tan, Zhongyi CHN 2435
11 Zhang, Xiaowen CHN 2391
12 Cori T., Deysi PER 2390
13 Bodnaruk, Anastasia RUS 2388
14 Savina, Anastasia RUS 2382
15 Kashlinskaya, Alina RUS 2346
16 Ding, Yixin CHN 2343
17 Vojinovic, Jovana MNE 2341
18 Severiukhina, Zoja RUS 2340
19 Guramishvili, Sopiko GEO 2339
20 Gomes, Mary Ann IND 2332
