May 2010 FIDE Chess Women's Rating List

Hello everybody!

FIDE published the new rating list for top chess players.

Below you can find the top ladies. Again Judit leads the list, with Humpy second, although they did not play any games in the period in question, that will gladly change in next period, as both have been playing in competitions.

There are now 15 women with ratings above 2500, which are formidable competition for all men Grandmasters out there.

Congrats to the two Kosintseva sisters, who are both in the top 10. Together with me and Natalia Pogonina, that's 4 Russian players in the top 15, all 4 above 2500, that should be one of the strongest teams in the upcoming Chess Olympiads in Khanty Mansiysk!

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2682	0	1976
2	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2622	0	1987
3	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2589	12	1994
4	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2560	16	1979
5	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2553	11	1985
6	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2536	21	1963
7	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2534	11	1986
8	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2529	22	1990
9	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2527	3	1989
10	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2524	14	1986
11	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2519	6	1984
12	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2514	24	1983
13	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2514	0	1961
14	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2501	6	1985
15	Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	2500	0	1991
16	Zhukova, Natalia	wg	UKR	2499	17	1979
17	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2493	8	1985
18	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2491	9	1991
19	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2487	0	1972
20	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2485	30	1985
21	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2485	21	1978
22	Xu, Yuhua	g	CHN	2484	2	1976
23	Hoang Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2482	11	1980
24	Javakhishvili, Lela	m	GEO	2482	11	1984
25	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2478	11	1987
26	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2477	11	1982
27	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2476	0	1976
28	Ruan, Lufei	wg	CHN	2474	1	1987
29	Danielian, Elina	m	ARM	2473	12	1978
30	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2470	27	1978
31	Dembo, Yelena	m	GRE	2470	11	1983
32	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2468	15	1985
33	Melia, Salome	m	GEO	2466	20	1987
34	Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman	m	IND	2466	0	1979
35	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2465	20	1976
36	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2464	17	1976
37	Tan, Zhongyi	wg	CHN	2464	2	1991
38	Rajlich, Iweta	m	POL	2460	22	1981
39	Gunina, Valentina	wf	RUS	2457	15	1989
40	Polgar, Sofia	m	HUN	2457	0	1974
41	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2455	23	1983
42	Tairova, Elena	m	RUS	2455	0	1991
43	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2452	32	1992
44	Shen, Yang	wg	CHN	2452	3	1989
45	Hunt, Harriet V	m	ENG	2452	0	1978
46	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	g	SCO	2449	16	1968
47	Khurtsidze, Nino	m	GEO	2448	11	1975
48	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2447	16	1974
49	Atalik, Ekaterina	m	TUR	2444	5	1982
50	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2440	32	1982
51	Huang, Qian	wg	CHN	2437	3	1986
52	Repkova, Eva	m	SVK	2434	29	1975
53	Zhang, Xiaowen	wg	CHN	2426	4	1989
54	Khukhashvili, Sopiko	m	GEO	2421	0	1985
55	Ovod, Evgenija	m	RUS	2418	20	1982
56	Houska, Jovanka	m	ENG	2417	17	1980
57	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROU	2416	9	1978
58	Zawadzka, Jolanta	wg	POL	2415	11	1987
59	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	m	MGL	2413	13	1987
60	Savina, Anastasia	wg	RUS	2412	15	1992
61	Romanko, Marina	m	RUS	2411	17	1986
62	Khotenashvili, Bela	m	GEO	2410	20	1988
63	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	wg	RUS	2410	15	1992
64	Cori T., Deysi	wm	PER	2409	27	1993
65	Matnadze, Ana	m	GEO	2409	10	1983
66	Galojan, Lilit	wg	ARM	2402	11	1983
67	Jackova, Jana	m	CZE	2402	2	1982
68	Tsereteli, Tamar	wg	GEO	2402	0	1985
69	Foisor, Cristina-Adela	m	ROU	2401	21	1967
70	Stockova, Zuzana	m	SVK	2400	18	1977
71	Vasilevich, Tatjana	m	UKR	2399	23	1977
72	Tania, Sachdev	m	IND	2398	9	1986
73	Peng, Zhaoqin	g	NED	2397	13	1968
74	Turova, Irina	m	RUS	2394	9	1979
75	Michna, Marta	wg	GER	2393	18	1978
76	Madl, Ildiko	m	HUN	2393	17	1969
77	Zaiatz, Elena	m	RUS	2392	11	1969
78	Pokorna, Regina	wg	SVK	2388	8	1982
79	Maric, Alisa	m	SRB	2387	0	1970
80	Gara, Anita	m	HUN	2385	11	1983
81	Zdebskaja, Natalia	wg	UKR	2383	11	1986
82	Molchanova, Tatjana	wm	RUS	2381	16	1980
83	Alexandrova, Olga	m	ESP	2381	11	1978
84	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2379	16	1969
85	Milliet, Sophie	m	FRA	2378	23	1983
86	Karavade, Eesha	wg	IND	2377	9	1987
87	Stepovaia, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2375	0	1965
88	Kononenko, Tatiana	m	UKR	2374	11	1978
89	Shadrina, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2374	2	1974
90	Cosma, Elena-Luminita	wg	ROU	2370	20	1972
91	Lomineishvili, Maia	m	GEO	2370	11	1977
92	Bojkovic, Natasa	m	SRB	2368	11	1971
93	Kovanova, Baira	wg	RUS	2366	15	1987
94	Goletiani, Rusudan	m	USA	2366	0	1980
95	Lanchava, Tea	m	NED	2364	1	1974
96	Vajda, Szidonia	m	HUN	2363	17	1979
97	Gvetadze, Sopio	m	GEO	2363	11	1983
98	Fierro Baquero, Martha L.	m	ECU	2363	9	1977
99	Kulovana, Eva	wg	CZE	2362	22	1987
100	Gu, Xiaobing	wg	CHN	2361	2	1985

Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk

Women's World Chess Champion

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