1 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2746 7 1987
2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2710 19 1990
3 Wang, Yue g CHN 2696 25 1987
4 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2678 19 1990
5 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2654 18 1987
Top Girls
1 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2572 11 1987
2 Hou, Yifan wg CHN 2523 25 1994
3 Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2478 12 1991
4 Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2456 22 1990
5 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2450 29 1989
Magnus finally broke the 2700 mark. Yue Wang of China is at 2696. 2 other Chinese (Xiangzhi Bu 2685 and Hua Ni 2681) are also near 2700!
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Way to go Magnus!
Impressive list.
Grandmasters below 2600 are getting snowed under these days.
5 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2450 29 1989
Note the “g”. It stands for Grandmaster 🙂
Where is the long list of young world class chess players that the USCF has developed in this country. I do not see anyone from USA.