Carlsen moves 21 points clear of Aronian in July 2012 Rating List

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FIDE Rating List (July 2012)

Carlsen moves 21 points clear of Aronian in July 2012 Rating List

Mark Crowther - Saturday 30th June 2012

The rise of Magnus Carlsen continues. Photo ©

The rise of Magnus Carlsen continues. Photo © | http://www.russiachess.org

Magnus Carlsen has increased his lead over second placed Levon Aronian to 21 points in the July FIDE Rating list following their contrasting results in the Tal Memorial. Teimour Radjabov moves up to fourth in the world above World Champion Viswanathan Anand who lost 11 points in defending his title against Gelfand who is up to 16.This swap is the only change in the ranking of the top 14 players. Viktor Bologan rated 2687 in March gains 16 more points to reach 2732 and the top 20. England has three players in the top 40. Adams 26th, Luke McShane after the Tal Memorial 32nd and Nigel Short 40th. David Navara lost 27 points, many in team events. Sergei Tiviakov gained 18 points.

FIDE Rating List July 2012. Top 100
Rank	Name	Title	FED	Rtg	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2837	9	1990
2	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2816	15	1982
3	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2799	15	1975
4	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2788	9	1987
5	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2780	12	1969
6	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2779	0	1990
7	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2778	23	1987
8	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2775	22	1992
9	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2770	9	1977
10	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2769	15	1969
11	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2763	9	1983
12	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2752	0	1975
13	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2749	4	1976
14	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2744	11	1974
15	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2739	10	1989
16	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2738	12	1968
17	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2737	0	1986
18	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2736	0	1983
19	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2733	9	1987
20	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2732	9	1971
21	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2730	10	1983
22	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2730	7	1979
23	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2726	0	1985
24	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2726	0	1983
25	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2725	10	1983
26	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2723	14	1971
27	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2720	13	1985
28	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2718	10	1990
29	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2717	0	1987
30	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2714	9	1981
31	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2713	14	1983
32	McShane, Luke J	g	ENG	2713	10	1984
33	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2713	0	1976
34	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2712	0	1980
35	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	g	CUB	2711	0	1982
36	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2709	0	1976
37	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2707	8	1981
38	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2707	0	1985
39	Shirov, Alexei	g	LAT	2706	10	1972
40	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2706	5	1980
41	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2704	5	1965
42	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2704	0	1986
43	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2703	0	1987
44	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2700	15	1985
45	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2700	0	1990
46	Movsesian, Sergei	g	ARM	2698	0	1978
47	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2697	8	1987
48	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2697	0	1982
49	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2696	14	1994
50	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2694	15	1985
51	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2693	31	1991
52	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2693	0	1983
53	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2693	0	1974
54	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2691	12	1972
55	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2691	0	1986
56	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2690	0	1979
57	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2688	18	1971
58	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	2687	17	1989
59	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2687	4	1977
60	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2686	11	1990
61	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2685	20	1985
62	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2685	9	1983
63	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2684	8	1986
64	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2683	14	1985
65	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2683	10	1988
66	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2683	0	1976
67	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2681	29	1977
68	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2680	22	1992
69	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	2680	13	1965
70	Navara, David	g	CZE	2679	26	1985
71	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2677	29	1986
72	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2677	10	1969
73	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2677	0	1985
74	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	2677	0	1978
75	Sokolov, Ivan	g	NED	2676	7	1968
76	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2675	23	1973
77	Gyimesi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2674	14	1977
78	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2674	9	1986
79	Bartel, Mateusz	g	POL	2674	8	1985
80	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	g	UKR	2672	8	1986
81	Ragger, Markus	g	AUT	2671	8	1988
82	Khenkin, Igor	g	GER	2669	9	1968
83	Balogh, Csaba	g	HUN	2668	7	1987
84	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2668	0	1991
85	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2667	4	1979
86	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2666	11	1975
87	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2666	10	1989
88	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2665	0	1973
89	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	2664	0	1984
90	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2664	0	1977
91	Gharamian, Tigran	g	FRA	2663	10	1984
92	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	2663	0	1985
93	Petrosian, Tigran L.	g	ARM	2661	18	1984
94	Negi, Parimarjan	g	IND	2661	17	1993
95	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2660	13	1983
96	Gareev, Timur	g	UZB	2658	6	1988
97	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2658	4	1985
98	Azarov, Sergei	g	BLR	2658	0	1983
99	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	g	PER	2657	0	1967
100	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2656	18	1994
101	Mchedlishvili, Mikheil	g	GEO	2656	0	1979

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