FIDE ratings – Anand in place two

Rating development of the top ten

Looking at the top of the rating list we are immediately struck by the switch on place two: Indian star Vishy Anand gained eight points to replace Russian Vladimir Kramnik, who lost 13. The perennial Garry Kasparov lost 14 points (mainly in Linares) to hit a new low, but in spite of this he is still 43 points ahead of his nearest rival.

Kramnik's challenger Peter Leko of Hungary is number four, up from tenth in the last list. Bulgarian Veselin Topalov has remained fairly stable, overtaking St. Petersburg GM Peter Svidler, who lost 14 points (mainly in Wijk). The other big loser is Alexei Shirov, who lost 23 point to drop from 5th to 14th.

April 2004 Top 100 Rating List

No. Name                         NAT ap04 Gms
  1 Kasparov, Garry............. RUS 2817  12
  2 Anand, Viswanathan.......... IND 2774  13
  3 Kramnik, Vladimir........... RUS 2764  25
  4 Leko, Peter................. HUN 2741  25
  5 Topalov, Veselin............ BUL 2737  25
  6 Svidler, Peter.............. RUS 2733  13
  7 Morozevich, Alexander....... RUS 2732   0 
  8 Adams, Michael.............. ENG 2731  13
  9 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ....... HUN 2728   0 
 10 Ponomariov, Ruslan.......... UKR 2722   0 
 11 Grischuk, Alexander......... RUS 2719   0 
 12 Ivanchuk, Vassily........... UKR 2716   0 
 13 Gelfand, Boris.............. ISR 2714  10
 14 Shirov, Alexei.............. ESP 2713  25
 15 Short, Nigel D.............. ENG 2712  19
 16 Bareev, Evgeny.............. RUS 2711  13
 17 Malakhov, Vladimir.......... RUS 2695   9 
 18 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter..... ROM 2692  28
 19 Sokolov, Ivan............... NED 2690  13
 20 Dreev, Alexey............... RUS 2689  19
 21 Akopian, Vladimir........... ARM 2689  13
 22 Karpov, Anatoly............. RUS 2682   0 
 23 Ye, Jiangchuan.............. CHN 2681   0 
 24 Milov, Vadim................ SUI 2680  34
 25 Lautier, Joel............... FRA 2680   9 
 26 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab...... GEO 2679   0 
 27 Bacrot, Etienne............. FRA 2675  16
 28 Smirin, Ilia................ ISR 2675  11
 29 Gurevich, Mikhail........... BEL 2672  19
 30 Rublevsky, Sergei........... RUS 2671   9 
 31 Radjabov, Teimour........... AZE 2670  12
 32 Khalifman, Alexander........ RUS 2668   9 
 33 Aleksandrov, Aleksej........ BLR 2668   7 
 34 Beliavsky, Alexander G...... SLO 2667   0 
 35 Vallejo Pons, Francisco..... ESP 2666  12
 36 Bologan, Viktor............. MDA 2665  28
 37 Sakaev, Konstantin.......... RUS 2665   9 
 38 Sutovsky, Emil.............. ISR 2661  16
 39 Sasikiran, Krishnan......... IND 2659  18
 40 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz...... AZE 2657   9 
 41 Graf, Alexander............. GER 2656  18
 42 McShane, Luke J............. ENG 2656   7 
 43 Zvjaginsev, Vadim........... RUS 2654   0 
 44 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam........ UZB 2652   0 
 45 Onischuk, Alexander......... USA 2652   0 
 46 Van Wely, Loek.............. NED 2651  22
 47 Motylev, Alexander.......... RUS 2649   9 
 48 Vescovi, Giovanni........... BRA 2648  19
 49 Nikolic, Predrag............ BIH 2648   0 
 50 Movsesian, Sergei........... SVK 2647  23
 51 Aronian, Levon.............. GER 2645   9 
 52 Hjartarson, Johann ......... ISL 2640   0 
 53 Filippov, Valerij........... RUS 2639  15
 54 Vaganian, Rafael A.......... ARM 2639   9 
 55 Fressinet, Laurent.......... FRA 2638  23
 56 Georgiev, Kiril............. MKD 2637   0 
 57 Tregubov, Pavel V........... RUS 2636  19
 58 Tkachiev, Vladislav......... FRA 2635   9 
 59 Hansen, Curt................ DEN 2635   0 
 60 Lputian, Smbat G............ ARM 2634   0 
 61 Zhang, Zhong................ CHN 2633  22
 62 Macieja, Bartlomiej......... POL 2633  12
 63 Moiseenko, Alexander........ UKR 2631  28
 64 Almasi, Zoltan.............. HUN 2631   9 
 65 Kobalia, Mikhail............ RUS 2630   7 
 66 Volkov, Sergey.............. RUS 2629   9 
 67 Nielsen, Peter Heine........ DEN 2628   9 
 68 Iordachescu, Viorel......... MDA 2627  28
 69 Kozul, Zdenko............... CRO 2627  18
 70 Sadvakasov, Darmen.......... KAZ 2626   9 
 71 Sadler, Matthew............. ENG 2626   0 
 72 Shabalov, Alexander......... USA 2624  33
 73 Piket, Jeroen............... NED 2624   0 
 74 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel.... ESP 2623  10
 75 Lastin, Alexander........... RUS 2622   8 
 76 Bu, Xiangzhi................ CHN 2621  33
 77 Kaidanov, Gregory S......... USA 2621  15
 78 Seirawan, Yasser............ USA 2621   0 
 79 Vladimirov, Evgeny.......... KAZ 2621   0 
 80 Avrukh, Boris............... ISR 2620   0 
 81 Rozentalis, Eduardas........ LTU 2619   9 
 82 Nunn, John D.M.............. ENG 2617   0 
 83 Alekseev, Evgeny............ RUS 2616  27
 84 Fedorov, Alexei............. BLR 2616   9 
 85 Dautov, Rustem.............. GER 2616   0 
 86 Jobava, Baadur.............. GEO 2616   0 
 87 Baklan, Vladimir............ UKR 2615  36
 88 Miladinovic, Igor........... GRE 2614  20
 89 Sargissian, Gabriel......... ARM 2614   9 
 90 Berkes, Ferenc.............. HUN 2613  18
 91 Dvoirys, Semen I............ RUS 2612  18
 92 Dominguez, Lenier........... CUB 2612  16
 93 Giorgadze, Giorgi........... GEO 2612   0 
 94 Goldin, Alexander........... USA 2611   6 
 95 Epishin, Vladimir........... RUS 2610  47
 96 Hodgson, Julian M........... ENG 2609   0 
 97 Krasenkow, Michal........... POL 2609   0 
 98 Xu, Jun..................... CHN 2608   0 
 99 Kotronias, Vasilios......... CYP 2607  18
100 Najer, Evgeniy.............. RUS 2606  15

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