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FIDE Rating List January 2009 ()

Mark Crowther - Wednesday 31st December 2008

Veselin Topalov topped the 2009 FIDE rating list for the 2nd time in a row increasing his rating to 2796. He actually has more rating points to come as the Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing missed the FIDE Deadline. Although it doesn't matter so much for the ranking at the very top it is, in my view, still time to change the regulations to have leading events rated almost right up until the release date. World Champion Viswanathan Anand also increased his rating in beating Vladimir Kramnik to retain his title. Vassily Ivanchuk holds on to his 3rd place in the world in spite of having a slightly rocky end to the year after some tremendous chess the rest of the time. Magnus Carlsen missed out on the top spot last time but is back down to 4th as his form has been patchy in this quarter. Alexander Morozevich drops to 5th from 2nd place dropping a lot of points this time. The top 5 has become the top 2, in the last rating list there was only 5 points between the top 5 but this has now become 25 points. Teimour Radjabov and Dmitry Jakovenko gained points and both moved above Vladimir Kramnik who lost points against Anand and in the Olympiad. Peter Leko holds on to 9th and Sergei Movsesian is the only new entry in the top 10 edging out Levon Aronian who drops from 7th to 11th. The rating required to be tied for the 100th player moves up from 2633 to 2634.

FIDE Rating List January 2009 Top 100
Rk	oc08	Name	Title	NAT	YroB	ap07	ju07	oc07	ja08	ap08	ju08	oc08	ja09	Games
1	1	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	1975	2772	2769	2769	2780	2767	2777	2791	2796	8
2	5	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	1969	2786	2792	2801	2799	2803	2798	2783	2791	11
3	3	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2729	2762	2787	2751	2740	2781	2786	2779	19
4	4	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2693	2710	2714	2733	2765	2775	2786	2776	17
5	2	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	1977	2762	2758	2755	2765	2774	2788	2787	2771	20
6	8	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	1987	2747	2746	2742	2735	2751	2744	2751	2761	27
7	10	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	1983	2708	2735	2710	2720	2711	2709	2737	2760	40
8	6	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	1975	2772	2769	2785	2799	2788	2788	2772	2759	20
9	9	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	1979	2738	2751	2755	2753	2741	2741	2747	2751	23
10	13	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	1978	2642	2667	2670	2677	2695	2723	2732	2751	16
11	7	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2759	2750	2741	2739	2763	2737	2757	2750	16
12	18	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	1972	2699	2735	2739	2755	2740	2741	2726	2745	19
13	11	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	1987	2656	2696	2703	2698	2689	2704	2736	2739	28
14	23	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	1983	2717	2726	2715	2711	2716	2728	2719	2733	28
15	20	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	1968	2733	2733	2736	2737	2723	2720	2719	2733	17
16	22	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	1983	2717	2706	2705	2719	2719	2718	2719	2726	9
17	16	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	1974	2705	2718	2714	2726	2726	2723	2729	2725	16
18	14	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	1985	2757	2757	2752	2760	2752	2742	2731	2724	29
19	31	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	1986	2644	2655	2663	2665	2679	2717	2703	2723	28
20	17	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	1976	2736	2735	2732	2763	2746	2738	2727	2723	27
21	29	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	1983	2709	2695	2695	2700	2705	2691	2705	2722	40
22	25	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1985	2679	2689	2716	2711	2711	2708	2715	2718	33
23	21	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	1983	2678	2680	2683	2691	2695	2708	2719	2717	10
24	12	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	1971	2734	2724	2729	2726	2729	2735	2734	2712	29
25	35	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	1981	2690	2676	2661	2677	2679	2684	2694	2711	24
26	28	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	1983	2654	2681	2641	2680	2703	2705	2710	2709	15
27	15	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	1990	2686	2678	2694	2732	2732	2727	2730	2706	17
28	55	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	1982	2676	2666	2660	2675	2684	2650	2664	2702	34
29	26	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	1985	2656	2685	2692	2691	2708	2710	2714	2702	9
30	32	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	1974	2680	2679	2676	2695	2695	2699	2702	2702	0
31	42	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	1971	2698	2708	2713	2700	2673	2673	2679	2700	33
32	30	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	1987	2658	2647	2648	2670	2686	2697	2704	2699	19
33	24	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	1990	2593	2595	2634	2637	2632	2681	2716	2696	28
34	19	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	1983	2686	2701	2691	2692	2687	2716	2720	2693	29
35	44	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	1985	2654	2644	2639	2638	2623	2665	2678	2693	17
36	27	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	1976	2727	2707	2708	2707	2709	2711	2711	2693	8
37	47	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	1980	2679	2676	2690	2689	2689	2689	2675	2692	18
38	34	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	1989	2638	2624	2643	2665	2684	2691	2696	2691	7
39	52	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	1969	2633	2606	2607	2633	2657	2657	2670	2688	24
40	41	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	1985	2620	2624	2624	2638	2660	2670	2680	2688	15
41	89	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	1987	2592	2608	2594	2609	2617	2616	2638	2687	28
42	50	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	1979	2677	2683	2690	2681	2681	2679	2672	2687	22
43	39	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	1971	2636	2650	2657	2663	2665	2686	2682	2687	15
44	36	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	1973	2663	2648	2643	2649	2634	2645	2686	2684	10
45	59	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	1976	2675	2682	2691	2667	2674	2668	2663	2680	27
46	33	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	1986	2646	2657	2670	2713	2695	2687	2696	2679	31
47	84	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	1983	2651	2667	2673	2676	2643	2660	2642	2678	20
48	43	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1980	2630	2641	2646	2643	2650	2632	2678	2676	9
49	49	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	1979	2642	2648	2645	2644	2666	2674	2672	2676	6
50	37	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	1976	2693	2683	2668	2684	2684	2692	2684	2675	25
51	62	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	1986	2650	2664	2668	2664	2679	2668	2659	2673	26
52	57	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1986	2647	2645	2638	2645	2650	2664	2664	2673	5
53	51	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	1985	2658	2650	2637	2664	2664	2650	2670	2671	26
54	61	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	1986	2654	2681	2678	2674	2684	2672	2659	2671	21
55	56	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	1983	2658	2644	2644	2643	2658	2665	2664	2669	24
56	38	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	1977	2624	2623	2635	2634	2627	2670	2682	2669	18
57	40	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	1972	2676	2675	2676	2690	2690	2705	2681	2669	10
58	--	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	1978	2646	2671	2651	2647	2642	2593	2632	2667	23
59	46	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	1981	2644	2646	2654	2656	2656	2673	2676	2666	8
60	79	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	1987	2641	2654	2646	2646	2658	2646	2646	2664	19
61	85	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	1965	2691	2683	2649	2645	2660	2655	2642	2663	31
62	70	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	1986	2586	2612	2614	2617	2625	2643	2650	2661	17
63	60	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	1973	2651	2649	2638	2626	2629	2652	2662	2660	10
64	68	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	1977	2637	2656	2655	2642	2630	2654	2651	2660	7
65	82	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	1975	2663	2650	2674	2664	2664	2670	2644	2659	25
66	71	Sokolov, Ivan	g	NED	1968	2655	2666	2673	2686	2690	2658	2650	2657	17
67	58	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	1973	2652	2655	2661	2657	2657	2664	2664	2657	8
68	53	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	1985	2669	2663	2674	2681	2684	2675	2669	2656	30
69	73	Zhang, Zhong	g	SIN	1978	2621	2634	2634	2617	2613	2632	2649	2656	9
70	66	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2578	2601	2602	2601	2610	2640	2653	2655	14
71	74	Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2583	2577	2583	2589	2569	2578	2648	2654	19
72	48	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	1981	2622	2598	2599	2627	2649	2661	2674	2652	28
73	80	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	1985	2600	2597	2606	2618	2618	2645	2645	2651	9
74	--	Predojevic, Borki	g	BIH	1987	2609	2628	2645	2641	2651	2634	2615	2650	36
75	--	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	1976	2635	2628	2621	2627	2640	2637	2630	2650	30
76	--	Rodshtein, Maxim	g	ISR	1989	2530	2586	2615	2614	2626	2605	2609	2650	25
77	--	Bocharov, Dmitry	g	RUS	1982	2614	2605	2603	2600	2569	2582	2597	2647	36
78	93	Amonatov, Farrukh	g	TJK	1978	2574	2598	2637	2649	????	2650	2634	2647	26
79	45	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	1983	2605	2630	2644	2659	2659	2680	2677	2647	24
80	72	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	1968	2650	2649	2639	2616	2630	2637	2649	2647	14
81	--	Delchev, Aleksander	g	BUL	1971	2600	2591	2613	2630	2639	2618	2632	2647	9
82	77	Tregubov, Pavel V.	g	RUS	1971	2615	2599	2609	2636	2629	2658	2646	2647	9
83	--	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	1953	2648	2653	2646	2638	2641	2606	2619	2646	35
84	87	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	1992	2513	2549	2594	2598	2620	2630	2640	2646	22
85	64	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	1978	2644	2645	2641	2628	2632	2656	2657	2645	23
86	76	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1966	2643	2653	2653	2677	2677	2655	2647	2645	4
87	95	Nyback, Tomi	g	FIN	1985	2585	2567	2565	2579	2587	2639	2634	2644	15
88	75	Khenkin, Igor	g	GER	1968	2629	2602	2600	2602	2609	2655	2647	2644	10
89	69	Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	1951	2668	2668	2670	2655	2655	2651	2651	2644	8
90	91	Zhang, Pengxiang	g	CHN	1980	2657	2649	2644	2640	2640	2643	2636	2644	7
91	67	Lastin, Alexander	g	RUS	1976	2590	2583	2597	2604	2622	2639	2651	2643	13
92	90	Graf, Alexander	g	GER	1962	2620	2595	2576	2586	2611	2621	2636	2643	9
93	--	Shulman, Yuri	g	USA	1975	2600	2610	2616	2614	2606	2623	2616	2639	20
94	--	Mamedov, Rauf	g	AZE	1988	2584	2591	2582	2583	2617	2627	2631	2638	16
95	99	Navara, David	g	CZE	1985	2720	2656	2656	2680	2672	2646	2633	2638	10
96	--	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	g	BLR	1973	2609	2605	2614	2618	2583	2574	2617	2636	29
97	78	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	1976	2659	2658	2674	2677	2674	2663	2646	2636	11
98	92	Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	1978	2609	2609	2617	2617	2617	2631	2635	2635	0
99	81	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	1965	2660	2663	2649	2662	2665	2671	2645	2634	28
100	65	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	1985	2621	2615	2623	2628	2638	2617	2656	2634	19
101	96	Gustafsson, Jan	g	GER	1979	2588	2606	2606	2607	2603	2620	2634	2634	8
102	--	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	1978	2639	2634	2631	2623	2627	2618	2630	2634	7
Dropping Out of the list in January 2009
--	54	Nikolic, Predrag	g	BIH	1960	2631	2646	2657	2665	2674	2669	2669	2623	21
--	63	Ivanisevic, Ivan	g	SRB	1977	2614	2595	2607	2649	2649	2664	2658	2628	34
--	83	Sadvakasov, Darmen	g	KAZ	1979	2615	2618	2635	2619	2629	2632	2643	2616	12
--	86	Sakaev, Konstantin	g	RUS	1974	2633	2634	2634	2646	2649	2634	2640	2619	28
--	88	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	g	KAZ	1973	2603	2599	2588	2594	2617	2641	2640	2630	26
--	94	Gurevich, Mikhail	g	TUR	1959	2639	2633	2627	2607	2611	2631	2634	2624	8
--	97	Seirawan, Yasser	g	USA	1960	2642	2634	2634	2628	2630	2634	2634	2634	0
--	98	Malakhatko, Vadim	g	BEL	1977	2598	2596	2596	2600	2621	2612	2633	2610	18
--	100	Istratescu, Andrei	g	ROU	1975	2625	2629	2631	2617	2628	2636	2633	2624	15

Source: http://www.fide.com. The full list is available for download there.

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