Source: http://www.fide.com. The
full list is available for download there.
Viswanathan Anand heads the April FIDE list alone with a rating of 2803 15 points clear
of Vladimir Kramnik. Alexander Morozevich has moved into 3rd position after his win
in the Russian Championships. Veselin Topalov lies in 4th place after losing 13 rating points. In 5th
place is Magnus Carlsen who gains 32 points has arrived in the top 10 for the first
and more than likely a very long stay. Levon Aronian is just a couple of points behind
him up from 10th to 6th in the world. With Teimour Radjabov at 8 and Sergey Karjakin at 14 I think
we're pretty much seeing the face of chess for the next few years. The highest new entry to the rating
list is the winner of the Aeroflot Open is Ian Nepomniachtchi who although he is obviously behind
contemporaries
Carlsen and Karjakin I think has some chance to make it very high too.
April 2008 FIDE
Rating List. Top 100 |
No | Ja08 | Name | Ti | NAT | YroB | ju06 | oc06 | ja07 | ap07 | ju07 | oc07 | ja08 | ap08 | Gms |
1 | 2 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 1969 | 2779 | 2779 | 2779 | 2786 | 2792 | 2801 | 2799 | 2803 | 27 |
2 | 1 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 1975 | 2743 | 2750 | 2766 | 2772 | 2769 | 2785 | 2799 | 2788 | 13 |
3 | 4 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 1977 | 2731 | 2747 | 2741 | 2762 | 2758 | 2755 | 2765 | 2774 | 11 |
4 | 3 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 1975 | 2813 | 2813 | 2783 | 2772 | 2769 | 2769 | 2780 | 2767 | 27 |
5 | 13 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 1990 | 2673 | 2698 | 2690 | 2693 | 2710 | 2714 | 2733 | 2765 | 27 |
6 | 10 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 1982 | 2761 | 2741 | 2744 | 2759 | 2750 | 2741 | 2739 | 2763 | 27 |
7 | 6 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 1985 | 2722 | 2728 | 2754 | 2757 | 2757 | 2752 | 2760 | 2752 | 13 |
8 | 12 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 1987 | 2728 | 2729 | 2729 | 2747 | 2746 | 2742 | 2735 | 2751 | 27 |
9 | 5 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 1976 | 2742 | 2750 | 2728 | 2736 | 2735 | 2732 | 2763 | 2746 | 11 |
10 | 8 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 1979 | 2738 | 2741 | 2749 | 2738 | 2751 | 2755 | 2753 | 2741 | 27 |
11 | 9 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 1969 | 2734 | 2741 | 2750 | 2729 | 2762 | 2787 | 2751 | 2740 | 35 |
12 | 7 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 1972 | 2716 | 2720 | 2715 | 2699 | 2735 | 2739 | 2755 | 2740 | 14 |
13 | 14 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 1990 | 2679 | 2672 | 2678 | 2686 | 2678 | 2694 | 2732 | 2732 | 0 |
14 | 16 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 1971 | 2732 | 2735 | 2735 | 2734 | 2724 | 2729 | 2726 | 2729 | 13 |
15 | 15 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 1974 | 2697 | 2705 | 2705 | 2705 | 2718 | 2714 | 2726 | 2726 | 0 |
16 | 11 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 1968 | 2729 | 2733 | 2733 | 2733 | 2733 | 2736 | 2737 | 2723 | 13 |
17 | 18 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 1983 | 2721 | 2703 | 2723 | 2717 | 2706 | 2705 | 2719 | 2719 | 0 |
18 | 21 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 1983 | 2709 | 2710 | 2717 | 2717 | 2726 | 2715 | 2711 | 2716 | 11 |
19 | 17 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 1983 | 2667 | 2671 | 2691 | 2708 | 2735 | 2710 | 2720 | 2711 | 11 |
20 | 20 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 1985 | 2644 | 2639 | 2661 | 2679 | 2689 | 2716 | 2711 | 2711 | 0 |
21 | 22 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 1976 | 2710 | 2710 | 2727 | 2727 | 2707 | 2708 | 2707 | 2709 | 13 |
22 | 28 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 1985 | 2664 | 2671 | 2644 | 2656 | 2685 | 2692 | 2691 | 2708 | 16 |
23 | 24 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 1983 | 2707 | 2705 | 2705 | 2709 | 2695 | 2695 | 2700 | 2705 | 13 |
24 | 37 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 1983 | 2607 | 2621 | 2632 | 2654 | 2681 | 2641 | 2680 | 2703 | 28 |
25 | 42 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 1978 | 2637 | 2637 | 2637 | 2642 | 2667 | 2670 | 2677 | 2695 | 29 |
26 | 29 | Dominguez Perez, Lenier | g | CUB | 1983 | 2658 | 2655 | 2677 | 2678 | 2680 | 2683 | 2691 | 2695 | 15 |
27 | 19 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 1986 | 2632 | 2632 | 2640 | 2646 | 2657 | 2670 | 2713 | 2695 | 13 |
28 | 26 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 1974 | 2667 | 2688 | 2677 | 2680 | 2679 | 2676 | 2695 | 2695 | 0 |
29 | 32 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | NED | 1968 | 2652 | 2670 | 2652 | 2655 | 2666 | 2673 | 2686 | 2690 | 1 |
30 | 30 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 1972 | 2620 | 2657 | 2665 | 2676 | 2675 | 2676 | 2690 | 2690 | 0 |
31 | 25 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 1987 | 2626 | 2644 | 2644 | 2656 | 2696 | 2703 | 2698 | 2689 | 33 |
32 | 31 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 1980 | 2691 | 2682 | 2663 | 2679 | 2676 | 2690 | 2689 | 2689 | 5 |
33 | 27 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 1983 | 2651 | 2658 | 2675 | 2686 | 2701 | 2691 | 2692 | 2687 | 13 |
34 | 46 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 1987 | 2632 | 2640 | 2651 | 2658 | 2647 | 2648 | 2670 | 2686 | 17 |
35 | 48 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 1989 | 2610 | 2622 | 2619 | 2638 | 2624 | 2643 | 2665 | 2684 | 25 |
36 | 36 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 1985 | 2625 | 2628 | 2669 | 2669 | 2663 | 2674 | 2681 | 2684 | 20 |
37 | 45 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 1986 | 2662 | 2645 | 2645 | 2654 | 2681 | 2678 | 2674 | 2684 | 16 |
38 | 44 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 1982 | 2674 | 2674 | 2679 | 2676 | 2666 | 2660 | 2675 | 2684 | 7 |
39 | 33 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 1976 | 2693 | 2690 | 2689 | 2693 | 2683 | 2668 | 2684 | 2684 | 0 |
40 | 34 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 1979 | 2672 | 2672 | 2682 | 2677 | 2683 | 2690 | 2681 | 2681 | 0 |
41 | 53 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 1986 | 2682 | 2674 | 2673 | 2650 | 2664 | 2668 | 2664 | 2679 | 30 |
42 | 49 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 1986 | 2644 | 2643 | 2658 | 2644 | 2655 | 2663 | 2665 | 2679 | 18 |
43 | 39 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 1981 | 2681 | 2675 | 2700 | 2690 | 2676 | 2661 | 2677 | 2679 | 5 |
44 | 41 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 1966 | 2683 | 2683 | 2643 | 2643 | 2653 | 2653 | 2677 | 2677 | 0 |
45 | 35 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 1972 | 2675 | 2676 | 2683 | 2674 | 2679 | 2679 | 2681 | 2676 | 15 |
46 | 50 | Nikolic, Predrag | g | BIH | 1960 | 2626 | 2626 | 2626 | 2631 | 2646 | 2657 | 2665 | 2674 | 17 |
47 | 47 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 1976 | 2672 | 2664 | 2669 | 2675 | 2682 | 2691 | 2667 | 2674 | 9 |
48 | 40 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 1976 | 2675 | 2674 | 2658 | 2659 | 2658 | 2674 | 2677 | 2674 | 9 |
49 | 23 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 1971 | 2713 | 2713 | 2700 | 2698 | 2708 | 2713 | 2700 | 2673 | 17 |
50 | 38 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 1985 | 2719 | 2725 | 2719 | 2720 | 2656 | 2656 | 2680 | 2672 | 9 |
51 | 61 | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. | g | UKR | 1981 | 2592 | 2599 | 2601 | 2603 | 2618 | 2645 | 2652 | 2671 | 24 |
52 | 73 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 1979 | 2662 | 2662 | 2647 | 2642 | 2648 | 2645 | 2644 | 2666 | 18 |
53 | 54 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 1971 | 2645 | 2659 | 2658 | 2636 | 2650 | 2657 | 2663 | 2665 | 19 |
54 | 55 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 1965 | 2685 | 2680 | 2661 | 2660 | 2663 | 2649 | 2662 | 2665 | 10 |
55 | 51 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 1985 | 2657 | 2662 | 2663 | 2658 | 2650 | 2637 | 2664 | 2664 | 29 |
56 | 52 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 1975 | 2668 | 2668 | 2663 | 2663 | 2650 | 2674 | 2664 | 2664 | 0 |
57 | 82 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 1985 | 2632 | 2612 | 2616 | 2620 | 2624 | 2624 | 2638 | 2660 | 19 |
58 | 72 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 1965 | 2676 | 2677 | 2691 | 2691 | 2683 | 2649 | 2645 | 2660 | 13 |
59 | 56 | Roiz, Michael | g | ISR | 1983 | 2611 | 2611 | 2605 | 2605 | 2630 | 2644 | 2659 | 2659 | 9 |
60 | 74 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 1983 | 2651 | 2650 | 2650 | 2658 | 2644 | 2644 | 2643 | 2658 | 25 |
61 | 68 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 1987 | 2594 | 2595 | 2624 | 2641 | 2654 | 2646 | 2646 | 2658 | 11 |
62 | 91 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 1969 | 2666 | 2655 | 2658 | 2633 | 2606 | 2607 | 2633 | 2657 | 20 |
63 | 58 | Lautier, Joel | g | FRA | 1973 | 2675 | 2667 | 2656 | 2661 | 2654 | 2657 | 2657 | 2657 | 0 |
64 | 57 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 1973 | 2645 | 2645 | 2649 | 2652 | 2655 | 2661 | 2657 | 2657 | 0 |
65 | 59 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 1981 | 2626 | 2628 | 2646 | 2644 | 2646 | 2654 | 2656 | 2656 | 0 |
66 | 60 | Karpov, Anatoly | g | RUS | 1951 | 2668 | 2668 | 2668 | 2668 | 2668 | 2670 | 2655 | 2655 | 0 |
67 | 70 | Korneev, Oleg | g | RUS | 1969 | 2638 | 2657 | 2606 | 2565 | 2565 | 2587 | 2645 | 2651 | 44 |
68 | 77 | Predojevic, Borki | g | BIH | 1987 | 2568 | 2590 | 2587 | 2609 | 2628 | 2645 | 2641 | 2651 | 27 |
69 | 75 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 1980 | 2649 | 2632 | 2627 | 2630 | 2641 | 2646 | 2643 | 2650 | 27 |
70 | 71 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 1986 | 2641 | 2640 | 2644 | 2647 | 2645 | 2638 | 2645 | 2650 | 19 |
71 | 99 | Postny, Evgeny | g | ISR | 1981 | 2591 | 2609 | 2616 | 2622 | 2598 | 2599 | 2627 | 2649 | 16 |
72 | 67 | Sakaev, Konstantin | g | RUS | 1974 | 2642 | 2641 | 2641 | 2633 | 2634 | 2634 | 2646 | 2649 | 11 |
73 | 62 | Ivanisevic, Ivan | g | SRB | 1977 | 2598 | 2579 | 2602 | 2614 | 2595 | 2607 | 2649 | 2649 | 0 |
74 | 65 | Baklan, Vladimir | g | UKR | 1978 | 2621 | 2622 | 2618 | 2618 | 2648 | 2639 | 2647 | 2647 | 0 |
75 | 69 | Afromeev, Vladimir | f | RUS | 1954 | 2620 | 2635 | 2628 | 2628 | 2642 | 2646 | 2646 | 2646 | 0 |
76 | 88 | Socko, Bartosz | g | POL | 1978 | 2621 | 2630 | 2629 | 2641 | 2660 | 2646 | 2635 | 2644 | 26 |
77 | 43 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 1983 | 2667 | 2667 | 2658 | 2651 | 2667 | 2673 | 2676 | 2643 | 20 |
78 | 66 | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | g | UKR | 1978 | 2616 | 2626 | 2632 | 2646 | 2671 | 2651 | 2647 | 2642 | 18 |
79 | 81 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 1953 | 2625 | 2639 | 2639 | 2648 | 2653 | 2646 | 2638 | 2641 | 26 |
80 | 100 | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 1976 | 2569 | 2604 | 2626 | 2635 | 2628 | 2621 | 2627 | 2640 | 10 |
81 | 79 | Zhang, Pengxiang | g | CHN | 1980 | 2622 | 2636 | 2643 | 2657 | 2649 | 2644 | 2640 | 2640 | 0 |
82 | 93 | Delchev, Aleksander | g | BUL | 1971 | 2637 | 2628 | 2598 | 2600 | 2591 | 2613 | 2630 | 2639 | 9 |
83 | 97 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 1985 | 2622 | 2632 | 2629 | 2621 | 2615 | 2623 | 2628 | 2638 | 18 |
84 | 89 | Mchedlishvili, Mikheil | g | GEO | 1979 | 2561 | 2583 | 2583 | 2609 | 2624 | 2631 | 2635 | 2635 | 0 |
85 | 63 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 1973 | 2668 | 2680 | 2667 | 2663 | 2648 | 2643 | 2649 | 2634 | 26 |
86 | -- | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 1990 | 2525 | 2545 | 2587 | 2602 | 2613 | 2611 | 2600 | 2634 | 22 |
87 | -- | Shabalov, Alexander | g | USA | 1967 | 2604 | 2575 | 2602 | 2606 | 2637 | 2626 | 2622 | 2633 | 22 |
88 | 78 | Landa, Konstantin | g | RUS | 1972 | 2584 | 2570 | 2596 | 2608 | 2669 | 2678 | 2641 | 2633 | 19 |
89 | -- | Volkov, Sergey | g | RUS | 1974 | 2628 | 2628 | 2636 | 2640 | 2659 | 2648 | 2623 | 2633 | 18 |
90 | 96 | Avrukh, Boris | g | ISR | 1978 | 2641 | 2644 | 2644 | 2644 | 2645 | 2641 | 2628 | 2632 | 9 |
91 | 85 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 1990 | 2577 | 2575 | 2573 | 2593 | 2595 | 2634 | 2637 | 2632 | 9 |
92 | -- | Asrian, Karen | g | ARM | 1980 | 2635 | 2634 | 2634 | 2635 | 2608 | 2623 | 2621 | 2630 | 29 |
93 | 76 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 1977 | 2607 | 2607 | 2629 | 2637 | 2656 | 2655 | 2642 | 2630 | 16 |
94 | -- | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 1968 | 2659 | 2659 | 2654 | 2650 | 2649 | 2639 | 2616 | 2630 | 14 |
95 | -- | Solak, Dragan | g | SRB | 1980 | 2564 | 2567 | 2564 | 2575 | 2566 | 2568 | 2626 | 2630 | 9 |
96 | 98 | Seirawan, Yasser | g | USA | 1960 | 2638 | 2638 | 2638 | 2642 | 2634 | 2634 | 2628 | 2630 | 1 |
97 | 87 | Tregubov, Pavel V. | g | RUS | 1971 | 2594 | 2596 | 2613 | 2615 | 2599 | 2609 | 2636 | 2629 | 16 |
98 | -- | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 1973 | 2646 | 2640 | 2640 | 2651 | 2649 | 2638 | 2626 | 2629 | 5 |
99 | -- | Sadvakasov, Darmen | g | KAZ | 1979 | 2619 | 2613 | 2596 | 2615 | 2618 | 2635 | 2619 | 2629 | 3 |
100 | 83 | Khalifman, Alexander | g | RUS | 1966 | 2622 | 2622 | 2619 | 2624 | 2632 | 2643 | 2638 | 2628 | 9 |
101 | -- | Istratescu, Andrei | g | ROU | 1975 | 2612 | 2616 | 2619 | 2625 | 2629 | 2631 | 2617 | 2628 | 7 |
Dropping out of
the top 100 in April 2008 |
No | Ja08 | Name | Ti | NAT | YroB | ju06 | oc06 | ja07 | ap07 | ju07 | oc07 | ja08 | ap08 | Gms |
-- | 64 | Amonatov, Farrukh | g | TJK | 1978 | 2542 | 2567 | 2559 | 2574 | 2598 | 2637 | 2649 | ???? | ?? |
-- | 80 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 1985 | 2665 | 2676 | 2663 | 2654 | 2644 | 2639 | 2638 | 2623 | 18 |
-- | 84 | Izoria, Zviad | g | GEO | 1984 | 2660 | 2657 | 2644 | 2641 | 2645 | 2643 | 2637 | 2625 | 11 |
-- | 86 | Krasenkow, Michal | g | POL | 1963 | 2635 | 2647 | 2651 | 2661 | 2660 | 2668 | 2636 | 2624 | 15 |
-- | 90 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 1977 | 2677 | 2648 | 2605 | 2624 | 2623 | 2635 | 2634 | 2627 | 18 |
-- | 92 | Mikhalevski, Victor | g | ISR | 1972 | 2571 | 2580 | 2590 | 2590 | 2598 | 2584 | 2632 | 2597 | 20 |
-- | 94 | Pantsulaia, Levan | g | GEO | 1986 | 2584 | 2596 | 2612 | 2616 | 2611 | 2617 | 2629 | 2619 | 9 |
-- | 95 | Kotronias, Vasilios | g | GRE | 1964 | 2611 | 2587 | 2572 | 2570 | 2612 | 2614 | 2628 | 2611 | 32 |
-- | 101 | Vladimirov, Evgeny | g | KAZ | 1957 | 2616 | 2616 | 2616 | 2627 | 2627 | 2627 | 2627 | 2623 | 11 |
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