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I have a collection of over 40 thousand examples. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan.
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Top 100 Women July 2013
Here is the rating list of July:
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2696 0 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2607 11 1987
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2600 15 1994
4 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2594 11 1990
5 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2558 11 1987
6 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2553 4 1985
7 Lagno, Kateryna g UKR 2542 0 1989
8 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2531 2 1991
9 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2531 0 1985
10 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2528 11 1986
11 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2528 11 1986
12 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2524 0 1963
13 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2512 11 1988
14 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2507 4 1989
15 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2501 0 1987
16 Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2500 11 1985
17 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2497 19 1979
18 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2497 12 1983
19 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2494 0 1976
20 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2489 11 1991
21 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2489 0 1984
22 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2487 4 1986
23 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2484 4 1992
24 Krush, Irina m USA 2480 9 1983
25 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2478 15 1991
26 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2478 9 1985
27 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2473 0 1978
28 Zhukova, Natalia g UKR 2471 0 1979
29 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2470 11 1978
30 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2467 21 1980
31 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2465 4 1984
32 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2458 0 1972
33 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2454 9 1982
34 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2454 2 1985
35 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag m MGL 2452 4 1987
36 Alexandrova, Olga m ESP 2449 0 1978
37 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2449 0 1978
38 Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2448 0 1983
39 Guo, Qi wg CHN 2446 15 1995
40 Moser, Eva m AUT 2446 0 1982
41 Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2443 11 1975
42 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2441 11 1976
43 Bodnaruk, Anastasia m RUS 2440 0 1992
44 Cori T., Deysi wg PER 2439 7 1993
45 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2439 0 1978
46 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2437 11 1991
47 Socko, Monika g POL 2436 9 1978
48 Ding, Yixin wg CHN 2432 15 1991
49 Tania, Sachdev m IND 2430 18 1986
50 Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2430 8 1982
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Top 100 Players July 2013
As usual, the 1st of every month a new rating list is being published by FIDE. Here is the one of July:
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2862 9 1990
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2813 0 1982
3 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2796 20 1992
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2784 9 1975
5 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2780 11 1983
6 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2776 9 1990
7 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2775 20 1987
8 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2775 9 1969
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2773 9 1968
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2767 11 1975
11 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2763 11 1974
12 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2761 9 1985
13 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2757 11 1983
14 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2756 22 1983
15 Wang, Hao g CHN 2752 4 1989
16 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2746 11 1976
17 Adams, Michael g ENG 2740 0 1971
18 Leko, Peter g HUN 2737 0 1979
19 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2736 20 1977
20 Giri, Anish g NED 2734 0 1994
21 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2734 0 1987
22 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2733 11 1969
23 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2733 0 1987
24 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2727 9 1990
25 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2720 11 1985
26 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2719 12 1990
27 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2717 0 1990
28 Navara, David g CZE 2715 19 1985
29 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2714 17 1983
30 Ding, Liren g CHN 2714 9 1992
31 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2714 0 1985
32 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2713 3 1983
33 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2712 0 1991
34 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2710 5 1985
35 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2709 11 1986
36 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2709 4 1980
37 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2709 0 1987
38 So, Wesley g PHI 2708 18 1993
39 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2708 11 1981
40 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2708 0 1985
41 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2707 0 1976
42 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2706 0 1982
43 Wang, Yue g CHN 2705 15 1987
44 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2702 14 1983
45 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2701 18 1972
46 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2701 11 1987
47 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2699 14 1980
48 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2699 13 1979
49 Movsesian, Sergei g ARM 2699 0 1978
50 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2697 0 1984 Continue reading


