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November Rating list – Top 100 Women November 2012

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1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2705 0 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2610 7 1987
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2606 6 1994
4 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2586 6 1990
5 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2565 4 1985
6 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2555 0 1987
7 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2553 15 1989
8 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2539 0 1985
9 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2524 6 1983
10 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2521 0 1986
11 Gunina, Valentina m RUS 2517 10 1989
12 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2516 6 1963
13 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2515 0 1986
14 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2512 7 1991
15 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2504 0 1988
16 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2501 6 1984
17 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2501 4 1991
18 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2501 0 1987
19 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2491 5 1979
20 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2491 0 1976
21 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2489 11 1978
22 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2482 0 1985
23 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2478 5 1985
24 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2476 15 1992
25 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2476 7 1978
26 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2470 9 1980
27 Krush, Irina m USA 2470 4 1983
28 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2468 0 1972
29 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2467 12 1991
30 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2465 4 1986
31 Xu, Yuhua g CHN 2465 0 1976
32 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2464 4 1991
33 Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2461 7 1982
34 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2457 7 1982
35 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2455 11 1984
36 Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2454 0 1983
37 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag m MGL 2453 4 1987
38 Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2452 9 1985
39 Zhukova, Natalia g UKR 2451 9 1979
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October Rating List

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Since today we have a new rating list for October’s Top 100 Women in the World! I am on 35th place!

1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2705 10 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2607 11 1987
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2605 9 1994
4 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2587 21 1990
5 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2565 21 1985
6 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2555 8 1987
7 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2551 10 1989
8 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2539 9 1985
9 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2528 21 1983
10 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2521 0 1986
11 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2515 20 1986
12 Gunina, Valentina m RUS 2514 13 1989
13 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2514 0 1963
14 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2512 10 1991
15 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2504 10 1988
16 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2501 11 1987
17 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2499 11 1978
18 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2498 21 1991
19 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2493 20 1979
20 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2491 0 1976
21 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2490 9 1984
22 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2482 11 1985
23 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2476 14 1978
24 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2476 8 1985
25 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2474 9 1992
26 Krush, Irina m USA 2470 14 1983
27 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2470 13 1980
28 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2468 0 1972
29 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2466 14 1986
30 Xu, Yuhua g CHN 2465 0 1976
31 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2464 4 1991
32 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag m MGL 2459 20 1987
33 Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2458 0 1982
34 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2456 15 1982
35 Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2454 11 1983
36 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2454 9 1991
37 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2450 0 1978
38 Zhukova, Natalia g UKR 2449 9 1979
39 Socko, Monika g POL 2445 22 1978
40 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2444 9 1984
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Student’s game

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Today I’d like to show you a very interesting game of a student of mine. His name is Ed Dodd and his USCF is 1140. Ed had started studying seriously (and correctly) on his own very recently but has already made a huge progress. Of course, there are some mistakes in this game, some are even very serious ones, but some moves played by Ed show his potential and clear knowledge of certain middlegame methods.

New ideas in chess :) – Rapid and Blitz ratings

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Recently FIDE has been discussing the addition of Rapid and Blitz ratings. So, here we are: we will have new ratings in the two new “disciplines” already next year. For some it will be easy and pleasant and for some it will be necessary to adapt themselves to a new rate of play.

Here is what FIDE has to say about the matter – http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html

What do you think about it?

FIDE published new ratings – July 2011

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Top 100 Players July 2011

1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2821 10 1990
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2817 0 1969
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2805 4 1982
4 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2788 10 1990
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2781 8 1975
6 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2770 16 1987
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2768 20 1969
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2768 4 1975
9 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2765 4 1985
10 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2764 17 1983
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