FIDE October 2008 Rating List: Top 100

Source: http://www.fide.com. The full list is available for download there.

There were huge changes in the order of the players at the top of the list which was not a big surprise because of the closeness in ratings. Veselin Topalov moved from 5th to 1st and World Champion Viswanathan Anand made the reverse journey. Alexander Morozevich held on to 2nd place, Vassily Ivanchuk and Magnus Carlsen are at 3rd and 4th, Vladimir Kramnik drops to 6th. These top 6 clearly stand out from the rest and the recent drops of Anand and Kramnik probably reflect the nature of the build up to their world title match, they needed some practice but couldn't play their best opening ideas, rather than any objective fall in strength. We will of course see later in the month. Just outside the top 6 are Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov and Peter Leko who are just behind the top 6 and capable of getting back in there, these 9 clearly form the current elite. Then there are a huge group of players around the same strength. The fall of Peter Svidler and Alexei Shirov from 11th and 9th to 17th and 18th reflects the size of this pack which also includes such players as Adams, Kamsky, Gelfand and Grischuk. The rating of the 100th player has risen yet again, from 2631 to 2633.

October 2008 FIDE Rating List. Top 100
Rank	Ju08	Name	Ti	NAT	YroB	ja07	ap07	ju07	oc07	ja08	ap08	ju08	Oc08	Gms
1	5	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	1975	2783	2772	2769	2769	2780	2767	2777	2791	10
2	2	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	1977	2741	2762	2758	2755	2765	2774	2788	2787	9
3	4	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	1969	2750	2729	2762	2787	2751	2740	2781	2786	50
4	6	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	1990	2690	2693	2710	2714	2733	2765	2775	2786	31
5	1	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	1969	2779	2786	2792	2801	2799	2803	2798	2783	10
6	3	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	1975	2766	2772	2769	2785	2799	2788	2788	2772	16
7	12	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	1982	2744	2759	2750	2741	2739	2763	2737	2757	23
8	7	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	1987	2729	2747	2746	2742	2735	2751	2744	2751	23
9	10	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	1979	2749	2738	2751	2755	2753	2741	2741	2747	16
10	24	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	1983	2691	2708	2735	2710	2720	2711	2709	2737	39
11	29	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	1987	2644	2656	2696	2703	2698	2689	2704	2736	23
12	13	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	1971	2735	2734	2724	2729	2726	2729	2735	2734	16
13	16	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	1978	2637	2642	2667	2670	2677	2695	2723	2732	12
14	8	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	1985	2754	2757	2757	2752	2760	2752	2742	2731	16
15	15	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	1990	2678	2686	2678	2694	2732	2732	2727	2730	24
16	17	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	1974	2705	2705	2718	2714	2726	2726	2723	2729	22
17	11	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	1976	2728	2736	2735	2732	2763	2746	2738	2727	24
18	9	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	1972	2715	2699	2735	2739	2755	2740	2741	2726	34
19	21	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	1983	2675	2686	2701	2691	2692	2687	2716	2720	26
20	18	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	1968	2733	2733	2733	2736	2737	2723	2720	2719	27
21	25	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	1983	2677	2678	2680	2683	2691	2695	2708	2719	15
22	19	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	1983	2723	2717	2706	2705	2719	2719	2718	2719	14
23	14	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	1983	2717	2717	2726	2715	2711	2716	2728	2719	13
24	39	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	1990	2573	2593	2595	2634	2637	2632	2681	2716	30
25	26	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1985	2661	2679	2689	2716	2711	2711	2708	2715	30
26	23	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	1985	2644	2656	2685	2692	2691	2708	2710	2714	9
27	22	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	1976	2727	2727	2707	2708	2707	2709	2711	2711	0
28	27	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	1983	2632	2654	2681	2641	2680	2703	2705	2710	5
29	33	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	1983	2705	2709	2695	2695	2700	2705	2691	2705	23
30	31	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	1987	2651	2658	2647	2648	2670	2686	2697	2704	6
31	20	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	1986	2658	2644	2655	2663	2665	2679	2717	2703	27
32	30	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	1974	2677	2680	2679	2676	2695	2695	2699	2702	14
33	36	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	1986	2640	2646	2657	2670	2713	2695	2687	2696	28
34	34	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	1989	2619	2638	2624	2643	2665	2684	2691	2696	9
35	38	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	1981	2700	2690	2676	2661	2677	2679	2684	2694	9
36	79	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	1973	2667	2663	2648	2643	2649	2634	2645	2686	56
37	32	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROU	1976	2689	2693	2683	2668	2684	2684	2692	2684	19
38	49	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	1977	2605	2624	2623	2635	2634	2627	2670	2682	20
39	37	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	1971	2658	2636	2650	2657	2663	2665	2686	2682	9
40	28	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	1972	2665	2676	2675	2676	2690	2690	2705	2681	9
41	48	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	1985	2616	2620	2624	2624	2638	2660	2670	2680	10
42	45	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	1971	2700	2698	2708	2713	2700	2673	2673	2679	5
43	97	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1980	2627	2630	2641	2646	2643	2650	2632	2678	40
44	54	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	1985	2663	2654	2644	2639	2638	2623	2665	2678	17
45	40	Roiz, Michael	g	ISR	1983	2605	2605	2630	2644	2659	2659	2680	2677	32
46	44	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	1981	2646	2644	2646	2654	2656	2656	2673	2676	12
47	35	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	1980	2663	2679	2676	2690	2689	2689	2689	2675	21
48	60	Postny, Evgeny	g	ISR	1981	2616	2622	2598	2599	2627	2649	2661	2674	40
49	43	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	1979	2647	2642	2648	2645	2644	2666	2674	2672	11
50	41	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	1979	2682	2677	2683	2690	2681	2681	2679	2672	5
51	73	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	1985	2663	2658	2650	2637	2664	2664	2650	2670	20
52	64	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	1969	2658	2633	2606	2607	2633	2657	2657	2670	5
53	42	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	1985	2669	2669	2663	2674	2681	2684	2675	2669	22
54	51	Nikolic, Predrag	g	BIH	1960	2626	2631	2646	2657	2665	2674	2669	2669	0
55	75	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	1982	2679	2676	2666	2660	2675	2684	2650	2664	22
56	55	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	1983	2650	2658	2644	2644	2643	2658	2665	2664	12
57	56	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	1986	2644	2647	2645	2638	2645	2650	2664	2664	0
58	58	Tkachiev, Vladislav	g	FRA	1973	2649	2652	2655	2661	2657	2657	2664	2664	0
59	52	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	1976	2669	2675	2682	2691	2667	2674	2668	2663	5
60	71	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	1973	2640	2651	2649	2638	2626	2629	2652	2662	10
61	46	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	1986	2645	2654	2681	2678	2674	2684	2672	2659	29
62	53	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	1986	2673	2650	2664	2668	2664	2679	2668	2659	12
63	57	Ivanisevic, Ivan	g	SRB	1977	2602	2614	2595	2607	2649	2649	2664	2658	42
64	66	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	1978	2644	2644	2645	2641	2628	2632	2656	2657	16
65	--	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	1985	2629	2621	2615	2623	2628	2638	2617	2656	32
66	85	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2563	2578	2601	2602	2601	2610	2640	2653	22
67	87	Lastin, Alexander	g	RUS	1976	2583	2590	2583	2597	2604	2622	2639	2651	20
68	70	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	1977	2629	2637	2656	2655	2642	2630	2654	2651	19
69	72	Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	1951	2668	2668	2668	2670	2655	2655	2651	2651	0
70	82	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	1986	2585	2586	2612	2614	2617	2625	2643	2650	20
71	63	Sokolov, Ivan	g	NED	1968	2652	2655	2666	2673	2686	2690	2658	2650	11
72	90	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	1968	2654	2650	2649	2639	2616	2630	2637	2649	27
73	98	Zhang, Zhong	g	SIN	1978	2618	2621	2634	2634	2617	2613	2632	2649	20
74	--	Savchenko, Boris	g	RUS	1986	2562	2583	2577	2583	2589	2569	2578	2648	43
75	67	Khenkin, Igor	g	GER	1968	2611	2629	2602	2600	2602	2609	2655	2647	20
76	69	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	1966	2643	2643	2653	2653	2677	2677	2655	2647	15
77	62	Tregubov, Pavel V.	g	RUS	1971	2613	2615	2599	2609	2636	2629	2658	2646	12
78	59	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	1976	2658	2659	2658	2674	2677	2674	2663	2646	11
79	77	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	1987	2624	2641	2654	2646	2646	2658	2646	2646	0
80	80	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	1985	2591	2600	2597	2606	2618	2618	2645	2645	27
81	47	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	1965	2661	2660	2663	2649	2662	2665	2671	2645	23
82	50	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	1975	2663	2663	2650	2674	2664	2664	2670	2644	30
83	99	Sadvakasov, Darmen	g	KAZ	1979	2596	2615	2618	2635	2619	2629	2632	2643	16
84	61	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	1983	2658	2651	2667	2673	2676	2643	2660	2642	12
85	68	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	1965	2691	2691	2683	2649	2645	2660	2655	2642	11
86	95	Sakaev, Konstantin	g	RUS	1974	2641	2633	2634	2634	2646	2649	2634	2640	11
87	--	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	1992	2492	2513	2549	2594	2598	2620	2630	2640	10
88	84	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	g	KAZ	1973	2579	2603	2599	2588	2594	2617	2641	2640	9
89	--	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	1987	2604	2592	2608	2594	2609	2617	2616	2638	21
90	--	Graf, Alexander	g	GER	1962	2610	2620	2595	2576	2586	2611	2621	2636	32
91	83	Zhang, Pengxiang	g	CHN	1980	2643	2657	2649	2644	2640	2640	2643	2636	4
92	103	Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	1978	2604	2609	2609	2617	2617	2617	2631	2635	9
93	74	Amonatov, Farrukh	g	TJK	1978	2559	2574	2598	2637	2649	????	2650	2634	29
94	102	Gurevich, Mikhail	g	TUR	1959	2635	2639	2633	2627	2607	2611	2631	2634	19
95	86	Nyback, Tomi	g	FIN	1985	2604	2585	2567	2565	2579	2587	2639	2634	18
96	--	Gustafsson, Jan	g	GER	1979	2584	2588	2606	2606	2607	2603	2620	2634	12
97	96	Seirawan, Yasser	g	USA	1960	2638	2642	2634	2634	2628	2630	2634	2634	0
98	--	Malakhatko, Vadim	g	BEL	1977	2604	2598	2596	2596	2600	2621	2612	2633	69
99	76	Navara, David	g	CZE	1985	2719	2720	2656	2656	2680	2672	2646	2633	22
100	91	Istratescu, Andrei	g	ROU	1975	2619	2625	2629	2631	2617	2628	2636	2633	9
Dropping out of the top 100 in October 2008
No	Ju08	Name	Ti	NAT	YroB	ja07	ap07	ju07	oc07	ja08	ap08	ju08	Oc08	Gms
--	78	Afromeev, Vladimir	f	RUS	1954	2628	2628	2642	2646	2646	2646	2646	2646	0
--	101	Baklan, Vladimir	g	UKR	1978	2618	2618	2648	2639	2647	2647	2631	2625	44
--	89	Fridman, Daniel	g	GER	1976	2626	2635	2628	2621	2627	2640	2637	2630	9
--	104	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	g	IND	1983	2571	2578	2586	2585	2579	2614	2631	2603	40
--	94	Khalifman, Alexander	g	RUS	1966	2619	2624	2632	2643	2638	2628	2634	2622	11
--	100	Korneev, Oleg	g	RUS	1969	2606	2565	2565	2587	2645	2651	2631	2623	39
--	88	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	1963	2651	2661	2660	2668	2636	2624	2639	2624	30
--	65	Lautier, Joel	g	FRA	1973	2656	2661	2654	2657	2657	2657	2657	2657	0
--	93	Predojevic, Borki	g	BIH	1987	2587	2609	2628	2645	2641	2651	2634	2615	19
--	81	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	1972	2683	2674	2679	2679	2681	2676	2644	2618	34
--	92	Volkov, Sergey	g	RUS	1974	2636	2640	2659	2648	2623	2633	2636	2632	11