New Women's FIDE Ratings for January 2010

The new FIDE ratings for Top Women as of January 1, 2010 have come out!

Some points to be noted are:

• There are now 17 women above the 2500 level (15 in November)

• Nana Dzagnidze lost most, -41 points since November (4th to 14th)

• There are now 3 Russians in the top 10 (the 2 Kosintsevas and me)

• I went up from 11th to 8th thanks to my good performance in Novi Sad

• Nice increases by Lahno +19 (now 9th) and N. Kosintseva +15 (now 5th)

• The top players from USA are #30 Anna Zatonskih and #37 Irina Krush

You can find the whole table below:

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2682	4	1976
2	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2614	8	1987
3	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2590	14	1994
4	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2545	7	1979
5	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2533	9	1985
6	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2528	4	1963
7	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2523	25	1990
8	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2523	10	1984
9	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2518	16	1989
10	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2515	8	1986
11	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2514	0	1961
12	Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	2512	4	1991
13	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2510	8	1986
14	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2506	19	1987
15	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2504	4	1985
16	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2503	9	1982
17	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2501	0	1985
18	Danielian, Elina	m	ARM	2495	11	1978
19	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2493	7	1984
20	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2489	9	1983
21	Hoang Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2487	0	1980
22	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2484	9	1985
23	Ruan, Lufei	wg	CHN	2479	2	1987
24	Xu, Yuhua	g	CHN	2478	3	1976
25	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2471	11	1991
26	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2470	16	1976
27	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	g	SCO	2470	9	1968
28	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2470	4	1976
29	Qin, Kanying	wg	CHN	2466	0	1974
30	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2466	0	1978
31	Tan, Zhongyi	wg	CHN	2464	3	1991
32	Zhukova, Natalia	wg	UKR	2462	8	1979
33	Khotenashvili, Bela	m	GEO	2461	8	1988
34	Dembo, Yelena	m	GRE	2457	8	1983
35	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2456	0	1976
36	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2455	13	1981
37	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2455	5	1983
38	Tairova, Elena	m	RUS	2455	0	1991
39	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2452	6	1985
40	Hunt, Harriet V	m	ENG	2452	0	1978
41	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2450	14	1978
42	Gunina, Valentina	wf	RUS	2448	7	1989
43	Korbut, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2448	0	1985
44	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2447	0	1992
45	Atalik, Ekaterina	m	TUR	2445	0	1982
46	Shen, Yang	wg	CHN	2444	2	1989
47	Foisor, Cristina-Adela	m	ROU	2440	10	1967
48	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2439	3	1986
49	Khukhashvili, Sopiko	m	GEO	2438	7	1985
50	Zhang, Xiaowen	wg	CHN	2437	24	1989
51	Repkova, Eva	m	SVK	2434	0	1975
52	Romanko, Marina	m	RUS	2433	6	1986
53	Melia, Salome	m	GEO	2431	9	1987
54	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2428	4	1974
55	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	wg	MGL	2427	15	1987
56	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2424	8	1982
57	Li, Ruofan	m	SIN	2423	0	1978
58	Ovod, Evgenija	m	RUS	2415	0	1982
59	Khurtsidze, Nino	m	GEO	2414	13	1975
60	Vasilevich, Tatjana	m	UKR	2414	0	1977
61	Cori T., Deysi	wm	PER	2412	33	1993
62	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROU	2411	7	1978
63	Savina, Anastasia		RUS	2407	20	1992
64	Matnadze, Ana	m	GEO	2407	9	1983
65	Karavade, Eesha	wg	IND	2405	11	1987
66	Milliet, Sophie	m	FRA	2404	13	1983
67	Jackova, Jana	m	CZE	2403	16	1982
68	Tsereteli, Tamar	wg	GEO	2403	9	1985
69	Zdebskaja, Natalia	wg	UKR	2402	16	1986
70	Peng, Zhaoqin	g	NED	2402	9	1968
71	Houska, Jovanka	m	ENG	2401	18	1980
72	Stockova, Zuzana	m	SVK	2401	0	1977
73	Tania, Sachdev	m	IND	2398	11	1986
74	Zawadzka, Jolanta	wg	POL	2391	19	1987
75	Zaiatz, Elena	m	RUS	2391	4	1969
76	Alexandrova, Olga	m	ESP	2391	0	1978
77	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2391	0	1969
78	Stepovaia, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2389	8	1965
79	Molchanova, Tatjana	wm	RUS	2388	8	1980
80	Maric, Alisa	m	SRB	2387	9	1970
81	Turova, Irina	m	RUS	2386	8	1979
82	Madl, Ildiko	m	HUN	2385	7	1969
83	Bojkovic, Natasa	m	SRB	2384	9	1971
84	Kovanova, Baira	wg	RUS	2384	2	1987
85	Shadrina, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2382	9	1974
86	Pokorna, Regina	wg	SVK	2382	0	1982
87	Galojan, Lilit	wg	ARM	2374	8	1983
88	Dworakowska, Joanna	m	POL	2374	7	1978
89	Majdan, Joanna	wg	POL	2374	7	1988
90	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	wg	RUS	2372	2	1992
91	Lomineishvili, Maia	m	GEO	2371	0	1977
92	Gara, Anita	m	HUN	2370	17	1983
93	Michna, Marta	wg	GER	2370	8	1978
94	Vajda, Szidonia	m	HUN	2369	17	1979
95	Iljushina, Olga	wg	RUS	2367	0	1981
96	Goletiani, Rusudan	m	USA	2366	0	1980
97	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2365	23	1991
98	Gaprindashvili, Nona	g	GEO	2360	9	1941
99	Calzetta Ruiz, Monica	wg	ESP	2359	8	1972
100	Djingarova, Emilia	wg	BUL	2359	0	1978

Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
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