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FIDE Rating List January 2010 (Jan10)

Mark Crowther - Wednesday 30th December 2009

Magnus Carlsen. Photo © Ray Morris-Hill.

Magnus Carlsen. Photo © Ray Morris-Hill. | http://www.londonchessclassic.com

Magnus Carlsen tops the FIDE Rating list for the first time. He edges out Veselin Topalov who lost points in the European Team Championships whilst ill. However Carlsen was widely expected to become number one some day, is this the start of a very long tenure?

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

Magnus Carlsen duly became World Number 1 at the age of 19 after the release of the FIDE rating list for January 2010. Carlsen's result in the Pearl Spring tournament in China with 8/10 took him most of the way there in the last list. Solid if not spectacular gains in the Tal Memorial and London Chess Classic confirmed it whilst Topalov's performance in four games whilst sick at the European Team Championships cost him the 5 points that is the difference. The number one spot clearly isn't Topalov's priority at the moment as he prepares himself for the World Championship match against Viswanathan Anand in 2010 (Anand's mind also seems focused on this). Vladimir Kramnik moves back to four in the world with gains in the Tal Memorial and London tournaments. Most of the rest of the top 10 seems to be fairly insignificant shuffling about except for Morozevich's fall to 17 from 10 and Wang Yue's rise to 9.

Talented youngsters Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wesley So return to the top 100.

Sergey Karjakin's move from Ukraine to Russia has been reflected official in this list. Argentina and Ukraine are major nations whose players are missing from the general list (but not the top lists) because their Federations are behind in their payments to FIDE. Their players will be restore upon payment.

FIDE Rating List January 2010 Top 100
Rank	No09	Name	Title	NAT	B-Year	ju08	oc08	ja09	ap09	ju09	se09	no09	Rating	Gms
1	2	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2775	2786	2776	2770	2772	2772	2801	2810	16
2	1	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	1975	2777	2791	2796	2812	2813	2813	2810	2805	4
3	3	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	1969	2798	2783	2791	2783	2788	2788	2788	2790	9
4	5	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	1975	2788	2772	2759	2759	2759	2772	2772	2788	16
5	4	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2737	2757	2750	2754	2768	2773	2786	2781	17
6	7	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	1968	2720	2719	2733	2733	2755	2756	2758	2761	25
7	6	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	1986	2717	2703	2723	2730	2740	2740	2758	2759	21
8	12	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2781	2786	2779	2746	2703	2756	2739	2749	13
9	16	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	1987	2704	2736	2739	2738	2736	2736	2734	2749	8
10	8	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	1976	2738	2727	2723	2726	2739	2741	2754	2744	27
11	19	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	1985	2742	2731	2724	2725	2717	2721	2719	2741	19
12	9	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	1979	2741	2747	2751	2751	2756	2762	2752	2739	9
13	13	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	1983	2718	2719	2726	2726	2727	2741	2739	2737	25
14	17	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	1983	2716	2720	2693	2693	2716	2717	2729	2736	14
15	14	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	1983	2728	2719	2733	2748	2733	2733	2736	2736	8
16	11	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	1987	2744	2751	2761	2756	2756	2757	2748	2733	13
17	10	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	1977	2788	2787	2771	2751	2751	2750	2750	2732	19
18	23	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	1990	2681	2716	2696	2684	2703	2718	2718	2730	21
19	15	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	1983	2709	2737	2760	2753	2760	2742	2736	2730	17
20	20	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	1972	2741	2726	2745	2745	2732	2730	2719	2723	19
21	18	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	1990	2727	2730	2706	2721	2717	2722	2723	2720	12
22	31	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	1980	2689	2675	2692	2709	2707	2715	2706	2716	15
23	28	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	1989	2704	2736	2739	2696	2690	2690	2708	2715	10
24	34	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	1983	2691	2705	2722	2728	2721	2709	2700	2713	18
25	21	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	1983	2708	2719	2717	2721	2716	2719	2719	2712	4
26	33	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	1976	2668	2663	2680	2685	2684	2685	2704	2710	7
27	30	Navara, David	g	CZE	1985	2646	2633	2638	2654	2687	2692	2707	2708	15
28	24	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	1987	2697	2704	2699	2701	2710	2735	2715	2708	7
29	22	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	1978	2723	2732	2751	2747	2716	2711	2718	2708	2
30	27	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	1987	2646	2646	2664	2684	2689	2688	2708	2705	14
31	26	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	1982	2650	2664	2702	2688	2693	2696	2711	2705	10
32	39	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	1983	2665	2664	2669	2687	2684	2696	2696	2704	15
33	25	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1985	2708	2715	2718	2716	2714	2725	2715	2703	13
34	32	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	1979	2679	2672	2687	2695	2672	2702	2705	2702	2
35	40	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	1979	2674	2672	2676	2677	2710	2710	2695	2697	6
36	37	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	1974	2699	2702	2702	2702	2703	2703	2697	2697	4
37	38	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	1973	2652	2662	2660	2668	2680	2687	2697	2697	0
38	29	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	1965	2655	2642	2663	2674	2684	2706	2707	2696	7
39	36	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	1971	2735	2734	2712	2703	2699	2682	2698	2694	17
40	41	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	1974	2723	2729	2725	2720	2717	2692	2695	2693	6
41	42	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	1987	2616	2638	2687	2688	2681	2681	2694	2692	8
42	44	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	1986	2672	2659	2671	2671	2678	2681	2691	2692	8
43	43	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	1971	2686	2682	2687	2690	2689	2688	2692	2692	6
44	45	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	1985	2665	2678	2693	2700	2697	2685	2689	2687	13
45	46	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	1978	2593	2632	2667	2680	2696	2690	2686	2686	0
46	48	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	1976	2711	2711	2693	2693	2687	2687	2680	2682	4
47	50	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	1976	2692	2684	2675	2675	2675	2664	2677	2681	12
48	51	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	1983	2660	2642	2678	2660	2667	2678	2676	2680	12
49	35	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	1971	2673	2679	2700	2696	2712	2698	2700	2678	10
50	49	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1980	2632	2678	2676	2690	2682	2694	2677	2677	0
51	81	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	1992	2630	2640	2646	2649	2670	2662	2652	2675	18
52	47	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	1985	2710	2714	2702	2704	2702	2702	2682	2673	6
53	54	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	1965	2671	2645	2634	2637	2645	2663	2672	2672	0
54	53	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	1986	2668	2659	2673	2686	2679	2673	2672	2672	0
55	78	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	1981	2673	2676	2666	2664	2667	2658	2653	2670	12
56	62	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1986	2664	2664	2673	2657	2651	2667	2664	2670	6
57	52	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	1975	2670	2644	2659	2684	2699	2699	2672	2670	4
58	93	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	1989	2583	2592	2587	2622	2621	2646	2646	2668	13
59	65	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	1968	2637	2649	2647	2641	2650	2648	2662	2668	11
60	58	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	1985	2617	2606	2602	2658	2669	2669	2666	2668	10
61	59	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	1977	2670	2682	2669	2669	2663	2681	2666	2665	4
62	61	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	1973	2645	2686	2684	2697	2674	2670	2664	2662	2
63	67	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	1985	2617	2656	2634	2635	2647	2646	2661	2661	0
64	91	Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	1978	2631	2635	2635	2631	2631	2636	2648	2660	20
65	55	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	1986	2687	2696	2679	2678	2678	2667	2671	2660	15
66	66	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	1985	2645	2645	2651	2638	2647	2663	2661	2659	9
67	70	Lastin, Alexander	g	RUS	1976	2639	2651	2643	2650	2648	2648	2656	2659	4
68	79	Meier, Georg	g	GER	1987	2556	2558	2608	2641	2658	2664	2653	2658	12
69	--	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	1990	2602	2616	2628	2624	2632	2632	2626	2658	10
70	92	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	1953	2606	2619	2646	2640	2662	2656	2648	2657	18
71	56	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	1985	2670	2680	2688	2682	2654	2654	2668	2657	10
72	60	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	1983	2705	2710	2709	2724	2701	2692	2665	2657	10
73	88	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	1985	2593	2604	2601	2626	2632	2642	2650	2657	10
74	57	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	1977	2654	2651	2660	2660	2675	2676	2666	2657	9
75	68	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	1983	2680	2677	2647	2635	2658	2658	2659	2657	8
76	74	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	1978	2656	2657	2645	2647	2641	2668	2655	2656	8
77	--	So, Wesley	g	PHI	1993	2577	2610	2627	2641	2646	2640	2640	2656	8
78	69	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	1963	2639	2624	2620	2622	2631	2651	2656	2656	0
79	89	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	1976	2637	2630	2650	2646	2665	2661	2649	2654	8
80	75	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	1983	2631	2603	2614	2625	2637	2634	2654	2654	4
81	73	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	1978	2631	2625	2627	2618	2639	2646	2655	2654	2
82	80	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2640	2653	2655	2652	2669	2684	2652	2653	18
83	64	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	1981	2684	2694	2711	2682	2669	2661	2664	2653	4
84	--	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	1988	2601	2591	2598	2598	2617	2634	2637	2652	16
85	86	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	1985	2650	2670	2671	2677	2681	2668	2651	2652	4
86	96	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	1984	2613	2606	2601	2601	2604	2614	2643	2651	16
87	72	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	1969	2657	2670	2688	2668	2660	2662	2655	2650	9
88	84	Sokolov, Ivan	g	BIH	1968	2658	2650	2657	2669	2655	2657	2652	2649	12
89	94	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	1985	2675	2669	2656	2676	2675	2664	2645	2649	6
90	90	Seirawan, Yasser	g	USA	1960	2634	2634	2634	2634	2646	2646	2649	2649	2
91	99	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	1985	2590	2605	2613	2616	2623	2633	2642	2648	17
92	87	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	1981	2661	2674	2652	2648	2647	2651	2650	2648	7
93	--	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	1991	2577	2583	2591	2591	2602	2602	2624	2647	20
94	71	Pashikian, Arman	g	ARM	1987	2564	2611	2621	2655	2650	2663	2656	2647	6
95	63	Landa, Konstantin	g	RUS	1972	2615	2613	2626	2627	2655	2655	2664	2645	10
96	85	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	1972	2705	2681	2669	2659	2659	2659	2652	2644	6
97	--	Nyback, Tomi	g	FIN	1985	2639	2634	2644	2655	2627	2615	2628	2643	13
98	--	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1966	2655	2647	2645	2636	2634	2633	2634	2643	10
99	77	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	g	KAZ	1973	2641	2640	2630	2626	2639	2643	2653	2643	9
100	97	Socko, Bartosz	g	POL	1978	2627	2631	2631	2637	2656	2637	2643	2643	8

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