Fide Rating March 2011 list: Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk most-active top woman chess player

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Hi everyone,

This is cool news. Not only has Chess Queen Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk got back into the 2500-plus club but she remains the most-active woman chess player in the top-60 bracket. The only woman to have played 22 tournament games in the quarter - requiring courage and commitment.

She has begun a turbo-charged 2011 by notching up the best performance in the World Blitz Chess Qualifier held in Moscow and of course, before that, winning the Moscow Open Women's Closed Event this year.

Hope you didn't miss these www.chessblog.com posts:

• Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk scores best among women in World Blitz Qualifier 2011

• Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk wins Moscow Open 2011

  
  
  
  
  
  Here is the list of top women in the latest Fide ratings.

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B.Yr
1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2686	0	1976
2	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2607	0	1987
3	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2602	0	1994
4	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2567	10	1987
5	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2567	10	1985
6	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2559	10	1986
7	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2531	18	1989
8	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2528	4	1990
9	Cmilyte, Viktorija	g	LTU	2526	10	1983
10	Harika, Dronavalli	m	IND	2524	10	1991
11	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2523	10	1979
12	Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	2519	9	1991
13	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2506	10	1976
14	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2503	22	1984
15	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2502	0	1961
16	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2499	10	1978
17	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2497	0	1972
18	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2495	18	1985
19	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2495	15	1978
20	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2489	0	1986
21	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2484	21	1963
22	Xu, Yuhua	g	CHN	2484	0	1976
23	Ruan, Lufei	wg	CHN	2480	0	1987
24	Muzychuk, Mariya	m	UKR	2476	0	1992
25	Danielian, Elina	g	ARM	2475	9	1978

Meanwhile, in the men's Fide rating list, nothing much happening except World Champion Viswanathan Anand back to the No. 1 slot with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave being the most active among the top players. Here is the list.

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B.Yr
1	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2817	13	1969
2	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2815	13	1990
3	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2808	13	1982
4	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2785	13	1975
5	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2779	19	1969
6	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2776	0	1990
7	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2775	0	1975
8	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2774	13	1987
9	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2772	0	1985
10	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2747	13	1983
11	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2746	9	1986
12	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2744	0	1987
13	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2743	13	1983
14	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2734	0	1987
15	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2733	9	1974
16	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2733	0	1968
17	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2730	0	1976
18	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2729	13	1990
19	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2728	22	1990
20	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2728	13	1989
21	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2724	0	1983
22	Navara, David	g	CZE	2722	22	1985
23	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2720	9	1987
24	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2719	0	1976
25	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2718	14	1983

For the complete lists you can go to the official Fide website.

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