28 February 2011

Fide Rating March 2011 list: Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk most-active top woman chess player
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Hi everyone,

This is cool news. Not only has Chess Queen Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk got back into the 2500-plus club but she remains the most-active woman chess player in the top-60 bracket. The only woman to have played 22 tournament games in the quarter – requiring courage and commitment.

She has begun a turbo-charged 2011 by notching up the best performance in the World Blitz Chess Qualifier held in Moscow and of course, before that, winning the Moscow Open Women’s Closed Event this year.



RankNameTitleCountryRatingGamesB.Yr
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2686 0 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2607 0 1987
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2602 0 1994
4 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2567 10 1987
5 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2567 10 1985
6 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2559 10 1986
7 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2531 18 1989
8 Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2528 4 1990
9 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2526 10 1983
10 Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2524 10 1991
11 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2523 10 1979
12 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2519 9 1991
13 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2506 10 1976
14 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2503 22 1984
15 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2502 0 1961
16 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2499 10 1978
17 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2497 0 1972
18 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2495 18 1985
19 Socko, Monika g POL 2495 15 1978
20 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2489 0 1986
21 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2484 21 1963
22 Xu, Yuhua g CHN 2484 0 1976
23 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2480 0 1987
24 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2476 0 1992
25 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2475 9 1978

Meanwhile, in the men’s Fide rating list, nothing much happening except World Champion Viswanathan Anand back to the No. 1 slot with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave being the most active among the top players. Here is the list.


RankNameTitleCountryRatingGamesB.Yr
1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2817 13 1969
2 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2815 13 1990
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2808 13 1982
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2785 13 1975
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2779 19 1969
6 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2776 0 1990
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2775 0 1975
8 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2774 13 1987
9 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2772 0 1985
10 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2747 13 1983
11 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2746 9 1986
12 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 0 1987
13 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2743 13 1983
14 Wang, Yue g CHN 2734 0 1987
15 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2733 9 1974
16 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 0 1968
17 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2730 0 1976
18 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2729 13 1990
19 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2728 22 1990
20 Wang, Hao g CHN 2728 13 1989
21 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2724 0 1983
22 Navara, David g CZE 2722 22 1985
23 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2720 9 1987
24 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2719 0 1976
25 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2718 14 1983

For the complete lists you can go to the official Fide website.

From Alexandra Kosteniuk’s
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com