Overall List – April 2008
1 Anand, Viswanathan 2803
2 Kramnik, Vladimir 2788
3 Morozevich, Alexander 2774
4 Topalov, Veselin 2767
5 Carlsen, Magnus 2765
6 Aronian, Levon 2763
7 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2752
8 Radjabov, Teimour 2751
9 Svidler, Peter 2746
10 Leko, Peter 2741
11 Ivanchuk, Vassily 2740
12 Shirov, Alexei 2740
13 Karjakin, Sergey 2732
14 Adams, Michael 2729
15 Kamsky, Gata 2726
16 Gelfand, Boris 2723
17 Ponomariov, Ruslan 2719
18 Grischuk, Alexander 2716
19 Jakovenko, Dmitry 2711
20 Alekseev, Evgeny 2711
I do not know why Judit’s name is not listed on this spot.
21 Bu, Xiangzhi 2708 (1st time over 2700)
22 Bacrot, Etienne 2705
23 Ni, Hua 2703 (1st time over 2700)
Women’s List
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2709
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2603
3 Hou, Yifan wg CHN 2549
4 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2539
5 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2538
6 Zhao, Xue wg CHN 2523
7 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2523
8 Sebag, Marie m FRA 2521
9 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2521
10 Socko, Monika m POL 2505 (1st time over 2500)
11 Xu, Yuhua g CHN 2500
Ah…another April Fools joke?!
At the time when I’m posting this, Judit Polgar is given as 2709 on the Women’s List, yet is not given on the Overall List, which otherwise includes all those over 2700…
(Judit, of course should be No. 21 on the Overall list, not Bu.)
I see the comment ‘I do not know why Judit’s name is not listed on this spot’ has been added.
So it’s FIDE’s screw-up.
No surprise there, then. They seem to screw something up on just about every rating list they issue.
FIDE are fools every day of the year, not just 1 April.
“FIDE are fools every day of the year, not just 1 April.”
I gather you are not fond of the Federation you are a member of? Oh, why?
Thought you were packing already? Updating while packing?
“Anonymous said…
Thought you were packing already? Updating while packing?”
Sorry to disappoint Anon, but you are the biggest fool today. 🙂
Best Wishes,
Another “Anon”
Leaving Judit out must be an April Fool’s joke.
“I do not know why Judit’s name is not listed on this spot.”
Maybe because men will be men and women will be women in chess from now on?
I hope it’s just an error. I can’t imagine them trying to keep her out of the list on purpose, but who knows, FIDE has some strange people.
“Maybe because men will be men and women will be women in chess from now on?”
Would be correct in the lists… that would be equal treatment.
Still better would be having just one list for both…. but this would look very poor for the women with only Judith in the Top100.
Hmmm….
By the way not only Judith’s name is missing but my one, too. 😉
Best regards
Jochen
Humpy needs only 200 more points to overtake her compatriot Vishy Anand!
Go Humpy!!
“FIDE has some strange people.”
Oh yeah? Mention three if you dare.
Judit will come back to the place where she belongs to after April Fool.
Morozevich is now No.3 on this FIDE recent rating list.
I believe if he is more organised, he will have the chance to become world champion likes Kramnik, Anand, Topalov and Kamsky as well as Aronian and Carlsen (Magnus the magnificent).
I think he should get married and has a wife/care giver just like Anand has Aruna to take care all his non-chess/non-tehniques matters.
FIDE new list on April 2:
1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803 27 1969
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 13 1975
3 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2774 11 1977
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2767 27 1975
5 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2765 27 1990
6 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2763 27 1982
7 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2752 13 1985
8 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2751 27 1987
9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2746 11 1976
10 Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 27 1979
11 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 35 1969
12 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2740 14 1972
13 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732 0 1990
14 Adams, Michael g ENG 2729 13 1971
15 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2726 0 1974
16 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 13 1968
17 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2719 0 1983
18 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2716 11 1983
19 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2711 11 1983
20 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2711 0 1985
21 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2709 13 1976
22 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2708 16 1985
23 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2705 13 1983
24 Ni, Hua g CHN 2703 28 1983
25 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2695 29 1978
utagidzbHopefully Judith will regain her top form soon ,and be back in top 10 ,on next rating list, where she belongs to.
I don’t see any explanation on the FIDE website explaining what caused the error. We are owed an explanation.
Pathetic.
What other errors, not so easily discernible, might there be lurking about that we don’t know about?
And don’t they have any proofreaders/checkers of the final results? Any discerning look by somebody competent should have picked this up. Really not good enough at all.