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Hello Everyone,
The November Fide rating list is out. Viswanathan Anand and Judith Polgar are the No. 1 in the Men and Women's sections. But here's a little more about all those statistics that chess players love.
Magnus Carlsen was No. 1 since January 2010. However, he had a bad World Chess Olympiad at Khanty Mansisyk and lost 24 points in the last two months. Right now, he is No. 2 but only by two points! Levon Aronian has climbed to No. 3 with a 2800+ rating.
FIDE November 1st 2010 – Top 20 Players
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Rank Name Title Nation Rating Gms Born
1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2804 6 1969
2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2802 14 1990
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2801 22 1982
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2791 21 1975
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2786 9 1975
6 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2771 15 1983
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2764 16 1969
8 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2763 16 1985
9 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2760 16 1990
10 Wang, Yue g CHN 2756 21 1987
11 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2744 20 1983
12 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 14 1987
13 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2742 25 1983
14 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2741 16 1968
15 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2741 15 1987
16 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2735 32 1972
17 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2733 10 1986
18 Wang, Hao g CHN 2727 22 1989
19 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2726 26 1974
20 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2726 18 1987
In the Women's section, nothing has changed much. Judith Polgar remains on top of the list. India's Humpy Koneru is back to 2600 slot. Don't forget the Women's World Championship is in Turkey next month.
FIDE Top 100 Women November 2010
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Rank Name Title Nation Rating Gms Born
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2686 10 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2600 7 1987
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2591 23 1994
4 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2581 10 1986
5 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2576 10 1985
6 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2551 20 1987
7 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2548 15 1979
8 Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2530 15 1990
9 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2526 15 1963
10 Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2525 17 1991
11 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2524 17 1991
12 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2522 14 1989
13 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2514 15 1983
14 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2507 14 1984
15 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2502 5 1961
16 Socko, Monika g POL 2495 27 1978
17 Krush, Irina m USA 2495 11 1983
18 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2494 9 1986
19 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2487 7 1972
20 Xu, Yuhua g CHN 2483 14 1976
You can check more details and ratings at the Fide website here.
However, in the live ratings list, Carlsen remains No. 1. 'Live ratings' are calculated for all player above 2700 on a daily basis by Hans Arild Runde. The live top rating list is unofficial and is not used in tournament play. You can check live ratings here.
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Hey Chess Queen what a fantastic nice photo of my hero. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed,
ReplyDelete1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2686 10 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2600 7 1987
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2591 23 1994
Seems we finally have some women getting close to Judith, somehow I missed that development till now; see I learn something everytime I log onto your site.
Hiye I love that photo of Anand. In fact, I love all that chesspics.com portfolios of fantastic photos.
ReplyDeleteLately i have started believing more in the live ratings. more appropriate. but any way two points is not much of a difference. it just goes to show how close chess fights are at the top.
ReplyDeletei think if more women played among men they would go right up there with judith because you beat more strong players. say for example if all top 20 women decided to play in the open section they would all go up to judith's ranking or maybe more. That is because the average win rate of these women would remain the same whether they play in the mens section or womens so i think judiths rating is more to do with her facing tougher competition
ReplyDeleteHiya. This is specifically for saira. I don't get the logic. Well most women wouldn't be able to survive the tougher male competition and might even lose rating points.
ReplyDeleteNo it's like a casino. the law of averages. You see over a period of time a gambler's winnings and losses even out. So in fact if more women played among men there averages would go up like they are doing now - see for example so many open tournaments where these ladies are playing men so their average has gone up and that is why they are catching up with judith.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, may i jump into this discussion? This is chess baby not roulette!
ReplyDeleteAre you trying to suggest that women play as strong chess as men?
ReplyDeleteYeah look at chess queen - she beat all - anand carlsen judith... so fide rating points depend only upon the competition you face your playing strength evens out according to your law of averages. :)
ReplyDeleteYou mean if women had played nanjing along with carlsen anand topalov they wouldn't have finished last?
ReplyDeleteTry to understand - what is fide rating a reflection of> It is a reflection of the opponents you have faced. It mirrors your opponents collective average. Now if you have two teams of five people each of equal playing strength and the two teams play against each other in a several round tournament. obviously some will win and lose. So ratings will change. Now team a and b go and meet team d and c and again their ratings change. in the end team a and b though of same player strength will have different ratings... why? because of the strength of their opponents unless every single game turned out to be a draw. see.
ReplyDeleteThis is more complicated than chess. are you a woman? guess saira is a woman's name. (wink).
ReplyDeleteThis is the nuttiest discussion I have ever read on any chess site.
ReplyDeleteOk I think women are good at chess maybe they don't have that much opportunity to practice and train with men.
ReplyDeleteI think fide rating is no reflection of anyone's strength if they are separated by at least a 100 points. only if there is a difference of over 150 points or so between two players then there can be a strength issue otherwise its all one crowd in that band like 2800s 2700s 2600s
ReplyDeleteOk this last anonymous comment i think you are right - who's no. 1 anand or carlsen - definitely carlsen - those two points don't matter.
ReplyDeleteBut my fide rating is only 2200 damn.
ReplyDeleteHi.
ReplyDeleteOnly time will tell..
Is there going to be no discussion on men's ratings?
ReplyDeleteTwenty!
ReplyDelete:)
oh chessqueen
you're a wonderful woman
J.
:)