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Source: http://www.chessdaily.com. The full list is available for download there. The FIDE October 2002 list is out. A quick look at the top 100 shows Peter Leko up from 2717 to 2743 and up to World number 6, Bareev gained 11 points but falls a place because of Leko's rise. Van Wely bounces back up the list from 2645 to 2681, Krishnan Sasikiran continues his rise now up to world number 26, Alexander Graf lost a lot of rating points last year around the time of his change of country he has most of these points back now, Viktor Korchnoi gains 14 point, Konstantin Landa, Alexander Goldin, Yasser Seirawan, Teimour Radjabov, Artur Jussupow, Vadim Milov and Bartlomiej Macieja are amongst the other risers on the list. Into the list comes Lazaro Bruzon, Evgenij Agrest and Valeriy Neverov. Back in is Igor Khenkin. Players who have lost rating points include Vladimir Epishin down from 2643 to 2628, Aleksej Aleksandrov 2646 to 2621, Zhang Zhong down from 2637 to 2621 and Curt Hansen from 2625 to 2610. Jan Timman falls out of the top 100 after his rating falls from 2623 to 2594, others out of the top 100 list include Eingorn, Sermek, Van den Doel, Novikov and Ehlvest. Ehlvest without actually losing any rating points. The bottom rated player in the top 100 is now 2601. Twenty years ago this was candidates class. No. Name t NAT ap01 ju01 oc01 ja02 ap02 ju02 oc02 Gms 1 Kasparov, Gary.................. g RUS 2835 2838 2838 2838 2838 2838 2838 0 2 Kramnik, Vladimir............... g RUS 2797 2802 2809 2809 2809 2807 2807 0 3 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2794 2794 2770 2757 2752 2755 2755 0 4 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2750 2744 2731 2742 2744 2752 2745 6 5 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2707 2711 2733 2739 2745 2745 2743 14 6 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2730 2730 2739 2713 2707 2717 2743 13 7 Ponomariov, Ruslan.............. g UKR 2673 2684 2684 2727 2743 2743 2743 0 8 Bareev, Evgeny.................. g RUS 2709 2719 2719 2707 2724 2726 2737 10 9 Ivanchuk, Vassily............... g UKR 2731 2731 2731 2717 2711 2711 2709 2 10 Morozevich, Alexander........... g RUS 2749 2749 2742 2742 2718 2716 2707 6 11 Gelfand, Boris.................. g ISR 2712 2704 2701 2703 2707 2710 2704 6 12 Grischuk, Alexander............. g RUS 2667 2669 2666 2671 2702 2702 2702 0 13 Shirov, Alexei.................. g ESP 2722 2706 2706 2715 2704 2697 2699 9 14 Khalifman, Alexander............ g RUS 2690 2700 2702 2688 2698 2690 2690 0 15 Svidler, Peter.................. g RUS 2695 2695 2686 2688 2688 2690 2690 0 16 Akopian, Vladimir............... g ARM 2654 2660 2660 2680 2678 2689 2689 0 17 Karpov, Anatoly................. g RUS 2692 2692 2692 2693 2690 2687 2688 1 18 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ........... g HUN 2678 2686 2686 2677 2677 2681 2685 2 19 Sokolov, Ivan................... g NED 2659 2659 2658 2659 2647 2677 2684 27 20 Short, Nigel D.................. g ENG 2676 2664 2675 2663 2673 2682 2684 9 21 Smirin, Ilia.................... g ISR 2691 2702 2698 2702 2685 2676 2683 14 22 Van Wely, Loek.................. g NED 2670 2695 2714 2697 2642 2645 2681 18 23 Zvjaginsev, Vadim............... g RUS 2627 2638 2640 2656 2645 2668 2680 9 24 Dreev, Alexey................... g RUS 2685 2690 2676 2683 2677 2676 2673 19 25 Almasi, Zoltan.................. g HUN 2640 2630 2630 2644 2650 2672 2672 0 26 Sasikiran, Krishnan............. g IND 2611 2589 2569 2569 2633 2650 2670 28 27 Malakhov, Vladimir.............. g RUS 2623 2637 2637 2647 2663 2668 2670 6 28 Vaganian, Rafael A.............. g ARM 2641 2650 2650 2662 2664 2667 2667 9 29 Ye, Jiangchuan.................. g CHN 2671 2677 2681 2676 2676 2676 2667 4 30 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab.......... g GEO 2670 2674 2674 2676 2676 2676 2666 15 31 Lautier, Joel................... g FRA 2658 2675 2653 2687 2675 2663 2665 0 32 Rublevsky, Sergei............... g RUS 2657 2639 2634 2655 2657 2658 2664 9 33 Nikolic, Predrag................ g BIH 2652 2652 2652 2653 2653 2661 2661 0 34 Georgiev, Kiril................. g MKD 2676 2695 2686 2655 2654 2658 2658 0 35 Sutovsky, Emil.................. g ISR 2604 2651 2664 2656 2660 2658 2657 20 36 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2693 2704 2706 2695 2674 2648 2653 0 37 Bacrot, Etienne................. g FRA 2627 2653 2653 2649 2653 2653 2653 0 38 Krasenkow, Michal............... g POL 2655 2573 2592 2632 2641 2657 2651 20 39 Movsesian, Sergei............... g SVK 2661 2627 2631 2624 2624 2654 2651 16 40 Beliavsky, Alexander G.......... g SLO 2638 2659 2668 2649 2661 2652 2650 27 41 Onischuk, Alexander............. g USA 2658 2667 2660 2655 2641 2644 2649 33 42 Sakaev, Konstantin.............. g RUS 2637 2630 2639 2649 2649 2647 2647 0 43 Kaidanov, Gregory S............. g USA 2601 2605 2605 2596 2616 2638 2646 25 44 Piket, Jeroen................... g NED 2628 2630 2649 2659 2659 2646 2646 0 45 Lutz, Christopher............... g GER 2614 2643 2643 2644 2644 2650 2645 12 46 Xu, Jun......................... g CHN 2655 2646 2654 2654 2654 2654 2643 13 47 Volkov, Sergey.................. g RUS 2558 2578 2578 2567 2609 2636 2642 13 48 Huebner, Robert Dr.............. g GER 2616 2612 2612 2628 2628 2634 2640 7 49 Graf, Alexander................. g GER 2649 2610 2610 2605 2623 2624 2635 29 50 Vallejo Pons, Francisco......... g ESP 2559 2630 2630 2629 2638 2648 2635 10 51 Gurevich, Mikhail............... g BEL 2688 2633 2605 2641 2641 2649 2634 42 52 Korchnoi, Viktor................ g SUI 2643 2617 2639 2633 2635 2620 2634 19 53 Hjartarson, Johann ............. g ISL 2633 2633 2633 2633 2634 2634 2634 0 54 Motylev, Alexander.............. g RUS 2601 2627 2641 2639 2622 2634 2634 0 55 Landa, Konstantin............... g RUS 2610 2619 2619 2619 2623 2621 2632 11 56 Tkachiev, Vladislav............. g FRA 2672 2642 2632 2634 2633 2625 2632 10 57 Tiviakov, Sergei................ g NED 2603 2618 2599 2614 2625 2628 2631 37 58 Goldin, Alexander............... g USA 2599 2594 2612 2630 2618 2609 2630 28 59 Seirawan, Yasser................ g USA 2640 2644 2644 2644 2631 2618 2629 11 60 Epishin, Vladimir............... g RUS 2579 2583 2583 2599 2606 2643 2628 38 61 Radjabov, Teimour............... g AZE 2533 2558 2567 2599 2610 2618 2628 8 62 Bologan, Viktor................. g MDA 2676 2655 2668 2651 2652 2631 2627 9 63 Lputian, Smbat G................ g ARM 2607 2608 2618 2634 2634 2627 2627 0 64 Lastin, Alexander............... g RUS 2627 2628 2628 2630 2619 2625 2625 0 65 Kobalia, Mikhail................ g RUS 2590 2595 2603 2620 2602 2625 2625 0 66 Sadler, Matthew................. g ENG 2633 2631 2631 2631 2631 2624 2624 0 67 Jussupow, Artur................. g GER 2645 2633 2633 2618 2618 2612 2622 9 68 Pigusov, Evgeny................. g RUS 2584 2613 2613 2623 2623 2622 2622 0 69 Shabalov, Alexander............. g USA 2595 2574 2585 2606 2622 2624 2621 29 70 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............ g BLR 2610 2646 2645 2645 2654 2646 2621 22 71 Milov, Vadim.................... g SUI 2605 2614 2602 2595 2606 2602 2620 34 72 Nielsen, Peter Heine............ g DEN 2585 2593 2620 2642 2636 2626 2620 29 73 Zhang, Zhong.................... g CHN 2632 2667 2657 2656 2639 2637 2620 13 74 Fressinet, Laurent.............. g FRA 2575 2606 2588 2591 2606 2619 2619 0 75 Dautov, Rustem.................. g GER 2631 2630 2630 2636 2636 2611 2617 0 76 Dorfman, Josif D................ g FRA 2602 2602 2599 2602 2613 2617 2617 0 77 Macieja, Bartlomiej............. g POL 2608 2588 2582 2612 2585 2607 2615 29 78 Istratescu, Andrei.............. g ROM 2561 2598 2603 2605 2606 2622 2615 23 79 Filippov, Valerij............... g RUS 2632 2617 2617 2625 2612 2615 2615 0 80 Vescovi, Giovanni............... g BRA 2572 2581 2585 2590 2611 2611 2614 9 81 Bruzon, Lazaro.................. g CUB 2589 2573 2564 2590 2569 2590 2613 16 82 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter......... g ROM 2596 2609 2609 2608 2610 2613 2613 0 83 Nunn, John D.M.................. g ENG 2578 2584 2595 2595 2595 2611 2611 0 84 Hansen, Curt.................... g DEN 2619 2626 2613 2613 2613 2625 2610 9 85 Benjamin, Joel.................. g USA 2581 2587 2587 2593 2598 2608 2609 13 86 Dominguez, Lenier............... g CUB 2556 2585 2596 2594 2601 2613 2608 20 87 Hodgson, Julian M............... g ENG 2595 2581 2589 2598 2598 2608 2608 0 88 Baklan, Vladimir................ g UKR 2613 2599 2590 2609 2618 2614 2607 14 89 Agrest, Evgenij................. g SWE 2532 2529 2563 2599 2584 2599 2607 13 90 Hracek, Zbynek.................. g CZE 2603 2610 2610 2586 2596 2600 2607 12 91 Kharlov, Andrei................. g RUS 2639 2656 2656 2638 2633 2609 2606 13 92 Hickl, Joerg.................... g GER 2582 2600 2600 2601 2602 2602 2605 7 93 Shipov, Sergei.................. g RUS 2640 2625 2625 2630 2613 2613 2604 2 94 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas............. g KAZ 2571 2585 2569 2561 2583 2604 2604 0 95 Ftacnik, Lubomir................ g SVK 2618 2580 2566 2574 2576 2602 2603 22 96 Khenkin, Igor................... g GER 2609 2579 2572 2598 2587 2598 2603 20 97 Peng, Xiaomin................... g CHN 2648 2629 2607 2611 2611 2602 2602 0 98 Neverov, Valeriy................ g UKR 2562 2562 2569 2587 2587 2587 2601 27 99 Giorgadze, Giorgi............... g GEO 2585 2585 2585 2591 2591 2591 2601 19 100 Bu, Xiangzhi.................... g CHN 2588 2553 2569 2593 2601 2602 2601 12 |