31 December 2009

New Women’s FIDE Ratings for January 2010

The new FIDE ratings for Top Women as of January 1, 2010 have come out!

Some points to be noted are:

• There are now 17 women above the 2500 level (15 in November)
• Nana Dzagnidze lost most, -41 points since November (4th to 14th)
• There are now 3 Russians in the top 10 (the 2 Kosintsevas and me)
• I went up from 11th to 8th thanks to my good performance in Novi Sad
• Nice increases by Lahno +19 (now 9th) and N. Kosintseva +15 (now 5th)
• The top players from USA are #30 Anna Zatonskih and #37 Irina Krush

You can find the whole table below:

RankNameTitleCountryRatingGamesB-Year
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2682 4 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2614 8 1987
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2590 14 1994
4 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2545 7 1979
5 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2533 9 1985
6 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2528 4 1963
7 Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2523 25 1990
8 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2523 10 1984
9 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2518 16 1989
10 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2515 8 1986
11 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2514 0 1961
12 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2512 4 1991
13 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2510 8 1986
14 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2506 19 1987
15 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2504 4 1985
16 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2503 9 1982
17 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2501 0 1985
18 Danielian, Elina m ARM 2495 11 1978
19 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2493 7 1984
20 Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2489 9 1983
21 Hoang Thanh Trang g HUN 2487 0 1980
22 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2484 9 1985
23 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2479 2 1987
24 Xu, Yuhua g CHN 2478 3 1976
25 Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2471 11 1991
26 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2470 16 1976
27 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan g SCO 2470 9 1968
28 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2470 4 1976
29 Qin, Kanying wg CHN 2466 0 1974
30 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2466 0 1978
31 Tan, Zhongyi wg CHN 2464 3 1991
32 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2462 8 1979
33 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2461 8 1988
34 Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2457 8 1983
35 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2456 0 1976
36 Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2455 13 1981
37 Krush, Irina m USA 2455 5 1983
38 Tairova, Elena m RUS 2455 0 1991
39 Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2452 6 1985
40 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2452 0 1978
41 Socko, Monika g POL 2450 14 1978
42 Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2448 7 1989
43 Korbut, Ekaterina m RUS 2448 0 1985
44 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2447 0 1992
45 Atalik, Ekaterina m TUR 2445 0 1982
46 Shen, Yang wg CHN 2444 2 1989
47 Foisor, Cristina-Adela m ROU 2440 10 1967
48 Huang, Qian wg CHN 2439 3 1986
49 Khukhashvili, Sopiko m GEO 2438 7 1985
50 Zhang, Xiaowen wg CHN 2437 24 1989
51 Repkova, Eva m SVK 2434 0 1975
52 Romanko, Marina m RUS 2433 6 1986
53 Melia, Salome m GEO 2431 9 1987
54 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2428 4 1974
55 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag wg MGL 2427 15 1987
56 Moser, Eva m AUT 2424 8 1982
57 Li, Ruofan m SIN 2423 0 1978
58 Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2415 0 1982
59 Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2414 13 1975
60 Vasilevich, Tatjana m UKR 2414 0 1977
61 Cori T., Deysi wm PER 2412 33 1993
62 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROU 2411 7 1978
63 Savina, Anastasia RUS 2407 20 1992
64 Matnadze, Ana m GEO 2407 9 1983
65 Karavade, Eesha wg IND 2405 11 1987
66 Milliet, Sophie m FRA 2404 13 1983
67 Jackova, Jana m CZE 2403 16 1982
68 Tsereteli, Tamar wg GEO 2403 9 1985
69 Zdebskaja, Natalia wg UKR 2402 16 1986
70 Peng, Zhaoqin g NED 2402 9 1968
71 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2401 18 1980
72 Stockova, Zuzana m SVK 2401 0 1977
73 Tania, Sachdev m IND 2398 11 1986
74 Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2391 19 1987
75 Zaiatz, Elena m RUS 2391 4 1969
76 Alexandrova, Olga m ESP 2391 0 1978
77 Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2391 0 1969
78 Stepovaia, Tatiana wg RUS 2389 8 1965
79 Molchanova, Tatjana wm RUS 2388 8 1980
80 Maric, Alisa m SRB 2387 9 1970
81 Turova, Irina m RUS 2386 8 1979
82 Madl, Ildiko m HUN 2385 7 1969
83 Bojkovic, Natasa m SRB 2384 9 1971
84 Kovanova, Baira wg RUS 2384 2 1987
85 Shadrina, Tatiana wg RUS 2382 9 1974
86 Pokorna, Regina wg SVK 2382 0 1982
87 Galojan, Lilit wg ARM 2374 8 1983
88 Dworakowska, Joanna m POL 2374 7 1978
89 Majdan, Joanna wg POL 2374 7 1988
90 Bodnaruk, Anastasia wg RUS 2372 2 1992
91 Lomineishvili, Maia m GEO 2371 0 1977
92 Gara, Anita m HUN 2370 17 1983
93 Michna, Marta wg GER 2370 8 1978
94 Vajda, Szidonia m HUN 2369 17 1979
95 Iljushina, Olga wg RUS 2367 0 1981
96 Goletiani, Rusudan m USA 2366 0 1980
97 Girya, Olga wg RUS 2365 23 1991
98 Gaprindashvili, Nona g GEO 2360 9 1941
99 Calzetta Ruiz, Monica wg ESP 2359 8 1972
100 Djingarova, Emilia wg BUL 2359 0 1978


Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women’s World Chess Champion
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