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TOP CHESS PLAYERS MAY 2013


List of the chess grandmasters and countries which have the highest chess ratings (Elo)

CHESS PLAYERS MEN TOP TEN
chess grandmasters
  NAME COUNTRY RATING
1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2868
2 Aronian, Levon ARM 2813
3 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2811
4 Topalov, Veselin BUL 2793
5Anand, Viswanathan IND 2783
6 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2779
7Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2775
8 Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2774
9 Svidler, Peter RUS 2769
10 Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2767
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CHESS PLAYERS WOMEN TOP TEN
chess grandmasters & masters
  NAME COUNTRY  RATING
1 Polgar, Judit HUN 2696
2 Hou, Yifan CHN 2617
3 Koneru, Humpy IND 2597
4Muzychuk, Anna SLO 2585
5 Zhao, Xue CHN 2565
6 Lagno, Kateryna UKR 2548
7 Dzagnidze, Nana GEO 2545
8Ju, WenjunCHN 2544
9Kosintseva, Nadezhda RUS 2531
10Sebag, Marie FRA 2527

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











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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 2006-2008 China
Alexandra Kosteniuk 2008-2010 Russia
Yifan Hou 2010-2012 China
Anna Ushenina 2012- Ukraine
COUNTRIES TOP TEN
  COUNTRYAVERAGE GMs IMs TOTAL TITLED
1 Russia 2749 216 502 2189
2 Ukraine 2699 79 197 494
3 China 2667 32 25 125
4 Hungary 2662 52 108 421
5 France 2660 47 95 358
6 Armenia 2658 34 25 97
7 USA 2656 78 121 585
8 India 2639 31 77 222
9 Netherlands 2636 30 78 293
10 Poland 2631 35 101 332
GM : Grand Master ; IM : International Master