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RAITINGS 2008 APRIL - JUNE


Elo chess ratings of chess grandmasters and countries

CHESS PLAYERS MEN TOP TEN
chess grandmasters
  NAME COUNTRY RATING
1 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2803
2 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2788
3 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2774
4 Topalov, Veselin BUL 2767
5 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2765
6 Aronian, Levon ARM 2763
7 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2752
8 Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2751
9 Svidler, Peter RUS 2746
10 Leko, Peter HUN 2741

CHESS PLAYERS WOMEN TOP TEN
chess grandmasters & masters
  NAME COUNTRY  RATING
1 Polgar, Judit HUN 2709
2 Koneru, Humpy IND 2603
3 Hou, Yifan CHN 2549
4 Cramling, Pia SWE 2539
5 Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL 2538
6 Zhao, Xue CHN 2523
7 Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS 2523
8 Sebag, Marie FRA 2521
9 Zhu, Chen QAT 2521
10 Socko, Monika POL 2505

WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS MEN


Chess grand masters
NAME YEAR COUNTRY
Wilhelm Steinitz 1886–1894   Austria/USA
Emanuel Lasker 1894–1921 Germany
José Raúl Capablanca 1921–1927 Cuba
Alexander Alekhine 1927–1935 Russia/France
Max Euwe 1935-1937 Netherlands
Alexander Alekhine 1937–1946 France
Mikhail Botvinnik 1948–1957 Soviet Union (Russia)
Vasily Smyslov 1957–1958 Soviet Union (Russia)
Mikhail Botvinnik 1958–1960 Soviet Union (Russia)
Mikhail Tal 1960–1961 Soviet Union (Latvia)
Mikhail Botvinnik 1961–1963 Soviet Union (Russia)
Tigran Petrosian 1963–1969 Soviet Union (Armenia)
Boris Spassky 1969–1972 Soviet Union (Russia)
Robert J Fischer 1972–1975 United States
Anatoly Karpov 1975–1985 Soviet Union (Russia)
Garry Kasparov 1985–1993 Soviet Union (Russia)
FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONS MEN AFTER 1993
Anatoly Karpov 1993–1999 Russia
Alexander Khalifman 1999–2000 Russia
Viswanathan Anand 2000–2002 India
Ruslan Ponomariov 2002–2004 Ukraine
Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2004–2005 Uzbekistan
Veselin Topalov 2005–2006 Bulgaria
UNIFIED CHESS CHAMPIONS MEN (FIDE & PCA)
Vladimir Kramnik 2006–2007 Russia
Viswanathan Anand 2007–present India


PROFESSIONAL CHESS ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONS 1993
Garry Kasparov 1993–2000 Russia
Vladimir Kramnik 2000–2006 Russia








WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS WOMEN
NAME YEAR COUNTRY
Vera Menchik 1927–1944 United Kingdom
Ludmilla Rudenko 1950–1953 Soviet Union
Elisabeth Bikova 1953–1956 Soviet Union
Olga Rubzowa 1956–1958 Soviet Union
Elisabeth Bikova 1958–1962 Soviet Union
Nona Gaprindashvili 1962–1978 Georgia
Maya Chiburdanidze 1978–1991 Georgia
Xie Jun 1991–1996 China
Susan Polgar 1996–1999 Hungary
Xie Jun 1999–2001 China
Zhu Chen 2001–2004 China
Antoaneta Stefanova 2004–2006 Bulgaria
Xu Yuhua 2006–present China
COUNTRIES TOP TEN
  COUNTRYAVERAGE GMs IMs TOTAL TITLED
1 Russia 2719 178 447 1795
2 Ukraine 2684 66 173 367
3 Israel 2635 34 39 132
4 China 2635 21 13 85
5 USA 2634 61 110 483
6 Armenia 2625 20 25 64
7 France 2624 32 79 277
8 Hungary 2619 40 102 362
9 Azerbaijan 2615 16 13 54
10 India 2611 16 57 143
GM : Grand Master ; IM : International Master





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