Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2826 | 0 | 1990 |
2 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2803 | 0 | 1975 |
3 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2800 | 0 | 1969 |
4 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2783 | 0 | 1982 |
5 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2780 | 10 | 1975 |
6 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2761 | 10 | 1983 |
7 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2760 | 0 | 1983 |
8 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2756 | 10 | 1985 |
9 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2754 | 9 | 1969 |
10 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2751 | 10 | 1968 |
11 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2749 | 10 | 1983 |
12 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2749 | 0 | 1972 |
13 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2748 | 0 | 1987 |
14 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2747 | 0 | 1990 |
15 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2733 | 10 | 1987 |
16 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2732 | 8 | 1987 |
17 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2731 | 10 | 1976 |
18 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2728 | 21 | 1971 |
19 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2726 | 0 | 1983 |
20 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2725 | 8 | 1980 |
21 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2724 | 10 | 1979 |
22 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2724 | 8 | 1989 |
23 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2723 | 0 | 1978 |
24 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2722 | 7 | 1985 |
25 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2721 | 10 | 1990 |
26 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2719 | 0 | 1986 |
27 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2718 | 20 | 1981 |
28 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2716 | 11 | 1983 |
29 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2716 | 0 | 1983 |
30 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2710 | 0 | 1983 |
31 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2709 | 5 | 1987 |
32 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2707 | 10 | 1976 |
33 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2706 | 0 | 1990 |
34 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2705 | 9 | 1974 |
35 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2701 | 9 | 1987 |
36 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2700 | 19 | 1992 |
37 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2700 | 9 | 1977 |
38 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2697 | 9 | 1982 |
39 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2695 | 8 | 1985 |
40 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2694 | 10 | 1991 |
41 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2694 | 3 | 1979 |
42 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2692 | 18 | 1987 |
43 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2691 | 0 | 1971 |
44 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2691 | 0 | 1985 |
45 | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2690 | 19 | 1988 |
46 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2690 | 13 | 1971 |
47 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2690 | 5 | 1985 |
48 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2690 | 0 | 1965 |
49 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2688 | 7 | 1975 |
50 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2686 | 11 | 1985 |
51 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2685 | 22 | 1965 |
52 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2685 | 13 | 1979 |
53 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2683 | 6 | 1985 |
54 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2683 | 5 | 1974 |
55 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2683 | 0 | 1976 |
56 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2682 | 0 | 1976 |
57 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2681 | 9 | 1981 |
58 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2679 | 44 | 1982 |
59 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2679 | 28 | 1972 |
60 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2678 | 19 | 1985 |
61 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2677 | 19 | 1994 |
62 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2677 | 18 | 1983 |
63 | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | g | UKR | 2677 | 13 | 1978 |
64 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2674 | 23 | 1985 |
65 | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. | g | UKR | 2671 | 27 | 1981 |
66 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2671 | 0 | 1985 |
67 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2670 | 17 | 1973 |
68 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2670 | 9 | 1985 |
69 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2669 | 22 | 1990 |
70 | Smeets, Jan | g | NED | 2669 | 0 | 1985 |
71 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2668 | 19 | 1993 |
72 | Grachev, Boris | g | RUS | 2668 | 0 | 1986 |
73 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2665 | 0 | 1977 |
74 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2664 | 9 | 1976 |
75 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2664 | 0 | 1986 |
76 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2663 | 0 | 1966 |
77 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2661 | 0 | 1986 |
78 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2661 | 0 | 1986 |
79 | Zhou, Jianchao | g | CHN | 2660 | 8 | 1988 |
80 | Mamedov, Rauf | g | AZE | 2660 | 0 | 1988 |
81 | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2659 | 19 | 1987 |
82 | Kurnosov, Igor | g | RUS | 2659 | 9 | 1985 |
83 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2658 | 18 | 1980 |
84 | Gharamian, Tigran | g | FRA | 2658 | 9 | 1984 |
85 | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2657 | 17 | 1984 |
86 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2657 | 9 | 1977 |
87 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2657 | 9 | 1968 |
88 | Socko, Bartosz | g | POL | 2657 | 9 | 1978 |
89 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2656 | 9 | 1978 |
90 | Khismatullin, Denis | g | RUS | 2654 | 27 | 1984 |
91 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2650 | 28 | 1983 |
92 | Macieja, Bartlomiej | g | POL | 2649 | 34 | 1977 |
93 | Feller, Sebastien | g | FRA | 2649 | 21 | 1991 |
94 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2649 | 5 | 1969 |
95 | Gustafsson, Jan | g | GER | 2646 | 9 | 1979 |
96 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2645 | 18 | 1986 |
97 | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2645 | 9 | 1976 |
98 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 2644 | 0 | 1972 |
99 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2643 | 8 | 1983 |
100 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | g | BLR | 2642 | 0 | 1973 |
Top women over 2550
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2682 | 0 | 1976 |
2 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2593 | 11 | 1987 |
3 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2578 | 25 | 1994 |
4 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2573 | 22 | 1986 |
5 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | m | RUS | 2565 | 16 | 1985 |
6 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2551 | 28 | 1979 |
Top Junior
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2826 | 0 | 1990 |
2 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2747 | 0 | 1990 |
3 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2721 | 10 | 1990 |
4 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2706 | 0 | 1990 |
5 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2700 | 19 | 1992 |
6 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2694 | 10 | 1991 |
7 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2677 | 19 | 1994 |
8 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2669 | 22 | 1990 |
9 | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2668 | 19 | 1993 |
10 | Feller, Sebastien | g | FRA | 2649 | 21 | 1991 |
11 | Edouard, Romain | g | FRA | 2636 | 20 | 1990 |
12 | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | g | NOR | 2633 | 29 | 1990 |
13 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | g | VIE | 2633 | 9 | 1990 |
14 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2628 | 0 | 1990 |
15 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2627 | 19 | 1993 |
16 | Khairullin, Ildar | g | RUS | 2620 | 0 | 1990 |
17 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2616 | 19 | 1990 |
18 | Matlakov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2613 | 22 | 1991 |
19 | Safarli, Eltaj | g | AZE | 2607 | 32 | 1992 |
20 | Popov, Ivan | g | RUS | 2606 | 0 | 1990 |
Top girls over 2500
Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
1 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2578 | 25 | 1994 |
2 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2535 | 15 | 1990 |
3 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2516 | 8 | 1991 |
4 | Harika, Dronavalli | m | IND | 2515 | 18 | 1991 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I was just wondering if Susan feels the urge to start playing again against the top women, now that there are so many 2500+ players in the womens game.
Why should she? No one on this list without the name Polgar even comes close to what she has accomplished. These are just inflated ratings.