Top 100 Women May 2013

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Very little changed here as there were few events female players took part in last month. I am on the 41st place in the world by rating! 🙂

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2696 0 1976
2 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2617 0 1994
3 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2597 9 1987
4 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2585 0 1990
5 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2565 0 1985
6 Lagno, Kateryna g UKR 2548 5 1989
7 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2545 0 1987
8 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2544 9 1991
9 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2531 0 1985
10 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2527 0 1986
11 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2526 9 1979
12 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2525 0 1963
13 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2522 0 1983
14 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2517 0 1986
15 Gunina, Valentina m RUS 2514 5 1989
16 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2505 9 1988
17 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2501 0 1987
18 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2492 9 1991
19 Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2491 5 1985
20 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2491 3 1984
21 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2491 0 1976
22 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2488 5 1985
23 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2483 0 1992
24 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2483 0 1991
25 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2478 0 1978
26 Hoang, Thanh Trang g HUN 2476 0 1980
27 Zhukova, Natalia g UKR 2476 0 1979
28 Krush, Irina m USA 2470 0 1983
29 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2469 0 1986
30 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2466 15 1985
31 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2466 8 1978
32 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2466 0 1982
33 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2464 0 1984
34 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2463 5 1991
35 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2458 0 1972
36 Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2455 5 1982
37 Moser, Eva m AUT 2453 20 1982
38 Socko, Monika g POL 2450 9 1978
39 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2450 0 1978
40 Alexandrova, Olga m ESP 2449 8 1978
41 Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2448 0 1983
42 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag m MGL 2442 13 1987
43 Bodnaruk, Anastasia m RUS 2440 5 1992
44 Guo, Qi wg CHN 2439 0 1995
45 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2439 0 1978
46 Cori T., Deysi wg PER 2430 0 1993
47 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2430 0 1976
48 Zaiatz, Elena m RUS 2428 5 1969
49 Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2428 0 1975
50 Ding, Yixin wg CHN 2427 0 1991
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Top 100 Players May 2013

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A lot changed in the men’s rating list, see for yourself!

1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2868 14 1990
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2813 16 1982
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2811 14 1975
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2793 11 1975
5 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2783 0 1969
6 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2779 20 1983
7 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2775 11 1987
8 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2774 18 1992
9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2769 24 1976
10 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2767 17 1990
11 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2760 17 1977
12 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2755 19 1969
13 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2753 17 1985
14 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2745 25 1987
15 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2744 14 1968
16 Wang, Hao g CHN 2743 0 1989
17 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2742 11 1983
18 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2741 18 1974
19 Leko, Peter g HUN 2737 17 1979
20 Giri, Anish g NED 2734 20 1994
21 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2731 7 1983
22 Adams, Michael g ENG 2729 9 1971
23 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2725 33 1983
24 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2724 6 1990
25 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2723 7 1983
26 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2719 5 1987
27 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2718 11 1990
28 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2718 7 1987
29 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2714 7 1991
30 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2710 24 1985
31 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2710 8 1980
32 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2710 5 1990
33 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2709 8 1986
34 Shirov, Alexei g LAT 2708 12 1972
35 Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2708 5 1985
36 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2707 0 1982
37 Ding, Liren g CHN 2707 0 1992
38 Wang, Yue g CHN 2706 0 1987
39 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2705 9 1971
40 So, Wesley g PHI 2705 8 1993
41 Korobov, Anton g UKR 2705 7 1985
42 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2702 9 1986
43 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2702 5 1983
44 Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2702 5 1983
45 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw g POL 2701 9 1987
46 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2700 10 1985
47 Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2700 5 1986
48 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2699 22 1979
49 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2698 5 1980
50 Navara, David g CZE 2697 13 1985
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Grand Prix – Zug 2013 last round

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Topalov - winner of the event
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The only decisive game was the one of Topalov against Karjakin, which the leader of the tournament won. This victory allowed him to win the tournament with 8 points. Nakamura was 2nd with 6.5 points, Ponomariov & Caruana shared 3rd-4th with 6 points.

Results of the last round

GM Leko Peter 2744 ½ – ½ GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709
GM Kamsky Gata 2741 ½ – ½ GM Giri Anish 2727
GM Topalov Veselin 2771 1 – 0 GM Karjakin Sergey 2786
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767 ½ – ½ GM Caruana Fabiano 2772
GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 ½ – ½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733 ½ – ½ GM Morozevich Alexander 2758

Final standings

1 GM Topalov Veselin 2771 BUL 8 43,00
2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767 USA 6½ 33,00
3 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733 UKR 6 33,50
4 GM Caruana Fabiano 2772 ITA 6 30,25
5 GM Kamsky Gata 2741 USA 5½ 29,50
6 GM Morozevich Alexander 2758 RUS 5½ 27,25
7 GM Karjakin Sergey 2786 RUS 5 26,00
8 GM Giri Anish 2727 NED 5 27,75
9 GM Leko Peter 2744 HUN 5 26,50
10 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 AZE 4½ 25,25
11 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709 UZB 4½ 24,50
12 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 AZE 4½ 25,00

The Topalov-Karjakin game started as the Catalan but quickly transposed into the Benoni :). White made a novelty on move 16 instead 16.Ra3 which was played only once. Black got a good position in the middlegame and could repeat the position which though was in favor of Topalov as it would have put him on the 1st place instantly. Instead of the dubious pawn sac – 25…f4, Black should have played 25…Bb5 to try to put the N on c4.

Congratulations to the winners!

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Grand Prix – Zug 2013 10th round

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Caruana, Topalov
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Topalov increased his position by beating Caruana, who was only half a point behind before the round. After 10 rounds Topalov has 7 points, Nakamura 6, Ponomariov & Caruana are on 5.5.

Results of the 10th round

Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709 ½ – ½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733
GM Morozevich Alexander 2758 1 – 0 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 0 – 1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767
GM Caruana Fabiano 2772 0 – 1 GM Topalov Veselin 2771
GM Karjakin Sergey 2786 0 – 1 GM Kamsky Gata 2741
GM Giri Anish 2727 ½ – ½ GM Leko Peter 2744

Standings after 10 rounds

1 GM Topalov Veselin 2771 BUL 7 34,50
2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767 USA 6 27,25
3 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733 UKR 5½ 28,00
4 GM Caruana Fabiano 2772 ITA 5½ 24,50
5 GM Kamsky Gata 2741 USA 5 24,75
6 GM Morozevich Alexander 2758 RUS 5 22,00
7 GM Karjakin Sergey 2786 RUS 5 23,50
8 GM Giri Anish 2727 NED 4½ 22,75
9 GM Leko Peter 2744 HUN 4½ 22,25
10 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 AZE 4 21,00
11 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709 UZB 4 20,00
12 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 AZE 4 20,50

Mamedyarov played a very rare system which he already used in a game against GM Brunello in Porto Carras, 2011. Black made a novelty on move 6 and got a very active position. Had white castled on move 16, his problems would have been less visible. Instead of 19.e4 which was a mistake, he should have just taken the pawn on b4, after which even if Black is a little better, white has a good play.

Today’s pairings (last round!)

Leko Peter 2744 – GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709
GM Kamsky Gata 2741 – GM Giri Anish 2727
GM Topalov Veselin 2771 – GM Karjakin Sergey 2786
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767 – GM Caruana Fabiano 2772
GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 – GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733 – GM Morozevich Alexander 2758

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