1 May 2017

Vladimir Kramnik Is Third In The New Rating List

Carlsen and So are the only players above him.

FIDE published the May ratings. Two Russian players, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, and Vice-World Champion Sergey Karjakin, are among the ten highest rated players in the world. 

The men's top ten:

Carlsen (Norway) 2832
So (USA) 2815
Kramnik (Russia) 2811
Caruana (USA) 2802
Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2795
Aronian (Armenia) 2789
Nakamura (USA), Anand (India) 2786
Giri (Netherlands) 2785
Karjakin (Russia) 2783

In the women's rating there are two Russians as well.

Hou Yifam (China) 2652
Ju Wenjun (China) 2594
A. Muzychuk (Ukraine) 2570
Koneru (India) 2557
M. Muzychuk (Ukraine) 2546
Dzagnidze (Georgia) 2545
Kosteniuk (Russia) 2540
Lagno (Russia) 2539
Cmilyte (Lithuania) 2538
Dronavalli (India) 2531

The Russian top ten lists look as follows:

Kramnik 2811
Karjakin 2783
Svidler 2755
Nepomniachtchi 2751
Girichuk 2750
Vitiugov 2731
Inarkiev 2727
Andreikin 2723
Jakovenko 2718
Matlakov 2714

Kosteniuk 2540
Lagno 2539
Gunina 2507
Pogonina 2479
Girya 2476
Goryachkina 2470
Galliamova 2456
Bodnaruk 2438
Kashlinskaya 2427
Pustovoitova 2420

FIDE website