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Official FIDE July 2001 Rating List
Kasparov's rating rises 3 points to 2838 and Kramnik is now
definitely the second man over 2800 at 2802. Anand at 2794 isn't
far behind. There are 14 players over 2700 including former 
FIDE Champion Alexander Khalifman. 

Out of the top 100 are Michal Krasenkow down from 2655 to a shocking 2573, Timman
down to 2597, Ftacnik down to 2580, Smagin, Bauer, Sasikiran, Khenkin, Macieja, Palac,
Marin, Stutua, Goldin, Rozentalis, Novikov, Kozul, Shabalov and Hodgson (although
2595 was enough to get you in the top 100 last time now its 2598 and this accounts
for a number of these players).

Winners include Emil Sutovsky up from 2604 to 2651, Aleksej Aleksandrov, up 36 points,
Vallejo Pons up 71 points, Delchev up 55, Pigusov, Chuchleov and Andrei Sokolov were
significant gainers also. Losers include Tkachiev down 30, Mikhail Gurevich down 55,
Korchnoi down 26, Alexander Graf (Nenashev) down 39 points after his move to Germany,
and Ulf Andersson down 39.

No. Name                              t  NAT  ja00 ju00 oc00 ja01 ap01 ju01   Gms DOB
  1 Kasparov, Gary..................  g  RUS  2851 2849 2849 2849 2835 2838   10 13.04.63
  2 Kramnik, Vladimir...............  g  RUS  2758 2770 2772 2772 2797 2802   10 25.06.75
  3 Anand, Viswanathan..............  g  IND  2769 2762 2774 2790 2794 2794    0 11.12.69
  4 Morozevich, Alexander...........  g  RUS  2748 2756 2734 2745 2749 2749   22 18.07.77
  5 Adams, Michael..................  g  ENG  2715 2755 2754 2746 2750 2744   19 17.11.71
  6 Ivanchuk, Vassily...............  g  UKR  2709 2719 2716 2717 2731 2731    0 18.03.69
  7 Leko, Peter.....................  g  HUN  2725 2743 2748 2745 2730 2730    0 08.09.79
  8 Bareev, Evgeny..................  g  RUS  2709 2702 2694 2709 2709 2719   29 21.11.66
  9 Topalov, Veselin................  g  BUL  2702 2707 2707 2718 2707 2711    9 15.03.75
 10 Shirov, Alexei..................  g  ESP  2751 2746 2746 2718 2722 2706   21 04.07.72
 11 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............  g  UZB  2614 2690 2690 2693 2693 2704   20 05.12.79
 12 Gelfand, Boris..................  g  ISR  2692 2681 2683 2712 2712 2704   13 24.06.68
 13 Smirin, Ilia....................  g  ISR  2666 2677 2674 2686 2691 2702   30 21.01.68
 14 Khalifman, Alexander............  g  RUS  2656 2667 2658 2690 2690 2700   10 18.01.66
 15 Georgiev, Kiril.................  g  BUL  2677 2661 2674 2676 2676 2695   32 28.11.65
 16 Van Wely, Loek..................  g  NED  2646 2643 2643 2700 2670 2695   44 07.10.72
 17 Svidler, Peter..................  g  RUS  2672 2689 2695 2695 2695 2695    9 17.06.76
 18 Karpov, Anatoly.................  g  RUS  2696 2699 2699 2679 2692 2692    0 23.05.51
 19 Dreev, Alexey...................  g  RUS  2680 2676 2681 2685 2685 2690   18 30.01.69
 20 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ...........  g  HUN  2658 2656 2656 2676 2678 2686   13 23.07.76
 21 Ponomariov, Ruslan..............  g  UKR  2627 2630 2624 2677 2673 2684   29 11.10.83
 22 Ye, Jiangchuan..................  g  CHN  2616 2670 2682 2671 2671 2677   20 20.11.60
 23 Lautier, Joel...................  g  FRA  2632 2648 2648 2658 2658 2675   40 12.04.73
 24 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab..........  g  GEO  2673 2673 2678 2670 2670 2674   22 16.03.60
 25 Grischuk, Alexander.............  m  RUS  2581 2606 2601 2663 2667 2669   20 31.10.83
 26 Zhang, Zhong....................  g  CHN  2611 2636 2607 2607 2632 2667   32 05.09.78
 27 Onischuk, Alexander.............  g  UKR  2637 2627 2647 2658 2658 2667   18 03.09.75
 28 Short, Nigel D..................  g  ENG  2683 2677 2687 2676 2676 2664   15 01.06.65
 29 Akopian, Vladimir...............  g  ARM  2660 2660 2671 2656 2654 2660   27 07.12.71
 30 Beliavsky, Alexander G..........  g  SLO  2640 2654 2629 2638 2638 2659   46 17.12.53
 31 Sokolov, Ivan...................  g  BIH  2637 2611 2611 2659 2659 2659   29 13.06.68
 32 Kharlov, Andrei.................  g  RUS  2616 2627 2627 2639 2639 2656   49 20.11.68
 33 Bologan, Viktor.................  g  MDA  2589 2641 2651 2684 2676 2655   36 14.12.71
 34 Bacrot, Etienne.................  g  FRA  2594 2613 2613 2618 2627 2653   31 22.01.83
 35 Nikolic, Predrag................  g  BIH  2659 2657 2657 2652 2652 2652   24 11.09.60
 36 Sutovsky, Emil..................  g  ISR  2597 2609 2609 2605 2604 2651   52 19.09.77
 37 Vaganian, Rafael A..............  g  ARM  2618 2623 2627 2641 2641 2650   35 15.10.51
 38 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............  g  BLR  2606 2591 2597 2610 2610 2646   46 11.05.73
 39 Xu, Jun.........................  g  CHN  2578 2668 2665 2655 2655 2646   17 17.09.62
 40 Seirawan, Yasser................  g  USA  2647 2647 2647 2640 2640 2644    7 24.03.60
 41 Lutz, Christopher...............  g  GER  2587 2595 2595 2609 2614 2643   24 24.02.71
 42 Tkachiev, Vladislav.............  g  FRA  2670 2657 2659 2672 2672 2642   35 09.11.73
 43 Rublevsky, Sergei...............  g  RUS  2662 2670 2653 2657 2657 2639   20 15.10.74
 44 Zvjaginsev, Vadim...............  g  RUS  2641 2634 2635 2631 2627 2638   27 18.08.76
 45 Malakhov, Vladimir..............  g  RUS  2593 2605 2605 2613 2623 2637   26 27.11.80
 46 Crisan, Alexandru...............  g  ROM  2537 2538 2538 2635 2635 2635    0 31.07.62
 47 Gurevich, Mikhail...............  g  BEL  2694 2667 2673 2694 2688 2633   60 22.02.59
 48 Jussupow, Artur.................  g  GER  2628 2610 2610 2645 2645 2633   39 13.02.60
 49 Sadler, Matthew.................  g  ENG  2630 2628 2628 2633 2633 2631   16 15.05.74
 50 Almasi, Zoltan..................  g  HUN  2676 2668 2668 2640 2640 2630   29 29.08.76
 51 Vallejo Pons, Francisco.........  g  ESP  2528 2554 ---- 2545 2559 2630   42 21.08.82
 52 Dautov, Rustem..................  g  GER  2602 2606 2603 2631 2631 2630   38 28.11.65
 53 Piket, Jeroen...................  g  NED  2633 2649 2640 2632 2628 2630   34 27.01.69
 54 Sakaev, Konstantin..............  g  RUS  2629 2627 2620 2639 2637 2630   21 13.04.74
 55 Delchev, Aleksander.............  g  BUL  2560 2557 ---- 2587 2584 2629   66 15.07.71
 56 Peng, Xiaomin...................  g  CHN  2624 2657 2655 2648 2648 2629   33 08.04.73
 57 Lastin, Alexander...............  g  RUS  2510 2560 2633 2631 2627 2628   37 30.10.76
 58 Motylev, Alexander..............  g  RUS  2552 2574 2583 2570 2601 2627   54 17.06.79
 59 Movsesian, Sergei...............  g  CZE  2668 2666 2666 2661 2661 2627   51 03.11.78
 60 Ehlvest, Jaan...................  g  EST  2622 2627 2628 2638 2630 2627   35 14.10.62
 61 Hansen, Curt....................  g  DEN  2618 2613 2620 2619 2619 2626   21 18.09.64
 62 Shipov, Sergei..................  g  RUS  2640 2640 2640 2640 2640 2625   17 17.04.66
 63 Landa, Konstantin...............  g  RUS  2598 2610 2610 2610 2610 2619   31 22.05.72
 64 Tiviakov, Sergei................  g  NED  2567 2608 2606 2597 2603 2618   16 14.02.73
 65 Tregubov, Pavel V...............  g  RUS  2615 2620 2610 2628 2628 2617   48 21.12.71
 66 Filippov, Valerij...............  g  RUS  2584 2593 2601 2619 2632 2617   43 28.11.75
 67 Korchnoi, Viktor................  g  SUI  2659 2620 2632 2639 2643 2617   22 23.03.31
 68 Milov, Vadim....................  g  SUI  2653 2626 2626 2604 2605 2614   32 01.08.72
 69 Milos, Gilberto.................  g  BRA  2620 2633 2644 2608 2608 2614   20 30.10.63
 70 Pigusov, Evgeny.................  g  RUS  2610 2578 ---- 2572 2584 2613   47 31.03.61
 71 Vladimirov, Evgeny..............  g  KAZ  2586 2598 2621 2612 2612 2612   37 20.01.57
 72 Huebner, Robert Dr..............  g  GER  2620 2615 2606 2616 2616 2612   15 06.11.48
 73 Graf, Alexander.................  g  GER  2600 2642 2645 2649 2649 2610   55 25.08.62
 74 Hracek, Zbynek..................  g  CZE  2620 2612 2604 2602 2603 2610   41 09.09.70
 75 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter.........  g  ROM  2611 2592 2592 2596 2596 2609   32 01.08.76
 76 Lputian, Smbat G................  g  ARM  2605 2598 2610 2607 2607 2608   22 14.02.58
 77 Magomedov, Magaram..............  g  RUS  2594 2608 2608 2608 2608 2608    0 20.05.66
 78 Chuchelov, Vladimir.............  g  BEL  2518 2535 ---- 2539 2550 2607   57 28.09.69
 79 Van Den Doel, Erik..............  g  NED  2552 2547 ---- 2564 2574 2607   41 15.05.79
 80 Rustemov, Alexander.............  g  RUS  2553 2534 2553 2620 2625 2607   30 06.07.73
 81 Fressinet, Laurent..............  g  FRA  2501 2536 ---- 2581 2575 2606   53 01.11.81
 82 Kaidanov, Gregory S.............  g  USA  2599 2624 2619 2607 2601 2605    8 11.10.59
 83 Sokolov, Andrei.................  g  FRA  2565 2564 ---- 2566 2568 2604   77 20.03.63
 84 Tukmakov, Vladimir B............  g  UKR  2574 2582 2582 2595 2604 2604   51 15.03.46
 85 Luther, Thomas..................  g  GER  2509 2547 ---- 2544 2568 2604   48 04.11.69
 86 Asrian, Karen...................  g  ARM  2572 2566 ---- 2582 2582 2604   22 24.04.80
 87 Speelman, Jonathan S............  g  ENG  2604 2623 2612 2604 2594 2603   13 02.10.56
 88 Gyimesi, Zoltan.................  g  HUN  2518 2539 ---- 2564 2571 2602   47 31.03.77
 89 Gulko, Boris F..................  g  USA  2644 2643 2642 2622 2606 2602    4 09.02.47
 90 Dorfman, Josif D................  g  FRA  2593 2600 2600 2602 2602 2602   17 01.05.53
 91 Degraeve, Jean-Marc.............  g  FRA  2498 2540 ---- 2589 2589 2602   54 26.01.71 
 92 Andersson, Ulf..................  g  SWE  2625 2641 2641 2640 2640 2601   41 27.06.51
 93 Chernin, Alexander..............  g  HUN  2583 2572 ---- 2583 2588 2601   25 06.03.60
 94 Hickl, Joerg....................  g  GER  2556 2573 ---- 2582 2582 2600   17 16.04.65
 95 Kotsur, Pavel...................  g  KAZ  2587 2589 ---- 2581 2576 2600   45 03.01.74
 96 Najdoski, Toni..................  g  MKD  2548 2492 2559 2601 2600 2600    0 04.05.70
 97 Baklan, Vladimir................  g  UKR  2571 2599 2611 2613 2613 2599   49 25.02.78
 98 Najer, Evgeniy..................  g  RUS  2572 2597 2590 2616 2600 2599   30 22.06.77
 99 Fedorov, Alexei.................  g  BLR  2684 2646 ---- 2575 2590 2599   22 27.09.72
100 Istratescu, Andrei..............  g  ROM  2556 2578 ---- 2582 2561 2598   51 03.12.75
101 Avrukh, Boris...................  g  ISR  2620 2625 2625 2630 2600 2598   48 08.01.78
102 Adianto, Utut...................  g  INA  2584 2583 ---- 2589 2589 2598   18 16.03.65
103 Eingorn, Vereslav S.............  g  UKR  2597 2586 ---- 2589 2589 2598   47 23.11.56