September FIDE Ratings: The New Power Generation

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The September FIDE rating list, published today on the website of the International Chess Federation, shows the rise of the new generation of chess. Especially India is doing well, with big jumps for GMs Gukesh D, Arjun Erigaisi, as well as GM Nihal Sarin, while GMs Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran), GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan), and Vincent Keymer (Germany) also climbed on the list.

The new FIDE ratings are dominated by the results of the Chennai Olympiad participants. If we start at the top, we see how hard it actually is for GM Magnus Carlsen to gain Elo points. The world champion played nine rounds (he only skipped the first and the last round) for Norway and faced an average opposition of 2537. He scored 7.5/9 or plus six, but still lost three Elo points.

The biggest losers at the top tell the story about the disappointing result for the U.S. in Chennai. GM Levon Aronian dropped 16 points, GM Fabiano Caruana 18 points, GM Leinier Dominguez nine points, and GM Sam Shankland eight points. Only GM Wesley So played fairly close to his rating, but still lost two points.

If we look at the biggest winners among the top 100 players, we see young players exclusively. We might as well start with Erigaisi, currently in 24th position (just below Gukesh) after gaining a whopping 36 points. However, in the live ratings, the 18-year-old Indian grandmaster is already the world’s number 18(!) as he added another 10 points to his collection at the Dubai Open that’s currently underway.

Arjun Erigaisi is quickly joining elite chess. Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.

The biggest revelation at the Olympiad was 16-year-old Gukesh, who gained 26 points (26.2 to be exact) on home soil and half a point in the Turkish league to make it 27, rounded up. 18-year-old Nihal, who we find somewhat lower on the list (in 63rd place), gained 26 points.

Three more names were mentioned in the intro paragraph. Maghsoodloo gained 20 points and entered the world’s top 30, alongside Abdusattorov, who won 36 points. Keymer entered the top 50 with a 21-point gain.

Worth mentioning are two small exceptions to the general story of young players on the rise: 38-year-old GM Gabriel Sargissian, who played board one for Armenia and scored 6.5/10, good for a 2795 performance rating and 13 Elo points, and 31-year-old GM David Howell, who won gold on board three for England with 7.5/8 and a performance rating of 2898. He gained 17 points.

FIDE Standard Ratings | Sept. 1, 2022

+/-	#	Fed	Title	Name	Rating	Born
–	1 / 1		GM	Carlsen, Magnus	2861 (-3)	1990
–	2 / 2		GM	Ding, Liren	2808	1992
–	3 / 3		GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2792	1990
–	4 / 4		GM	Firouzja, Alireza	2778	2003
↑	5 / 7		GM	So, Wesley	2771 (-2)	1993
↑	6 / 8		GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	2768	1987
↑	7 / 9		GM	Giri, Anish	2764 (+4)	1994
↓	8 / 6		GM	Aronian, Levon	2759 (-16)	1982
↓	9 / 5		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2758 (-18)	1992
–	10 / 10		GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2757 (-1)	1985
–	11 / 11		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2757	1990
–	12 / 12		GM	Anand, Viswanathan	2756	1969
–	13 / 13		GM	Rapport, Richard	2754	1996
↑	14 / 16		GM	Karjakin, Sergey	2747	1990
–	15 / 15		GM	Radjabov, Teimour	2747	1987
↓	16 / 14		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2745 (-9)	1983
–	17 / 17		GM	Grischuk, Alexander	2745	1983
–	18 / 18		GM	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	2731 (-9)	1998
↑	19 / 20		GM	Andreikin, Dmitry	2729	1990
↑	20 / 21		GM	Le, Quang Liem	2728	1991
↑	21 / 22		GM	Topalov, Veselin	2728	1975
↑	22 / 23		GM	Wei, Yi	2727	1999
↑	23 / 38		GM	Gukesh D	2726 (+27)	2006
↑	24 / 48		GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2725 (+36)	2003
↓	25 / 19		GM	Wang, Hao	2722 (-13)	1989
↓	26 / 24		GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	2722	1987
↑	27 / 37		GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2721 (+20)	2000
↑	28 / 31		GM	Yu, Yangyi	2718 (+10)	1994
↓	29 / 25		GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	2716 (-4)	1986
↑	30 / 64		GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2713 (+36)	2004
↓	31 / 26		GM	Shankland, Sam	2712 (-8)	1991
↑	32 / 40		GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	2711 (+13)	1983
↓	33 / 29		GM	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	2711 (+1)	1982
↑	34 / 39		GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2710 (+11)	2001
↓	35 / 27		GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2710 (-4)	1994
↓	36 / 30		GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	2709	1985
↓	37 / 32		GM	Alekseenko, Kirill	2707	1997
↓	38 / 33		GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2706	1998
↓	39 / 34		GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	2703	1993
↓	40 / 35		GM	Dubov, Daniil	2702	1996
↓	41 / 36		GM	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	2700 (-2)	1987
↓	42 / 28		GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	2696 (-15)	1987
–	43 / 43		GM	Eljanov, Pavel	2695	1983
↑	44 / 68		GM	Keymer, Vincent	2693 (+21)	2004
↑	45 / 61		GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	2691 (+11)	1999
↑	46 / 59		GM	Robson, Ray	2690 (+8)	1994
–	47 / 47		GM	Xiong, Jeffery	2690	2000
↓	48 / 41		GM	Adams, Michael	2689 (-8)	1971
↑	49 / 51		GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2688 (+1)	2003
↓	50 / 49		GM	Nyzhnyk, Illya	2687	1996
↑	51 / 73		GM	Moussard, Jules	2686 (+16)	1995
↑	52 / 53		GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	2686 (+1)	1986
↓	53 / 52		GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2685	1995
–	54 / 54		GM	Sevian, Samuel	2684	2000
–	55 / 55		GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2683	1997
–	56 / 56		GM	Svidler, Peter	2683	1976
↑	57 / 58		GM	Jakovenko, Dmitry	2682	1983
↑	58 / 60		GM	Navara, David	2681	1985
↑	59 / 69		GM	Santos Latasa, Jaime	2680 (+8)	1996
↓	60 / 44		GM	Predke, Alexandr	2680 (-12)	1994
↑	61 / 63		GM	Li, Chao b	2679	1989
↓	62 / 45		GM	Esipenko, Andrey	2678 (-14)	2002
↑	63 / 98		GM	Nihal Sarin	2677 (+26)	2004
↓	64 / 62		GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2677 (-2)	1993
–	65 / 65		GM	Almasi, Zoltan	2677	1976
↑	66 / 89		GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2676 (+15)	2005
↓	67 / 66		GM	Najer, Evgeniy	2676	1977
↓	68 / 67		GM	Kovalenko, Igor	2674	1988
↓	69 / 42		GM	Shirov, Alexei	2673 (-24)	1972
↓	70 / 46		GM	Korobov, Anton	2671 (-20)	1985
↑	71 / 72		GM	Matlakov, Maxim	2671	1991
↑	72 / 74		GM	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	2670	1979
↑	73 / 75		GM	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	2669	1986
↓	74 / 57		GM	Saric, Ivan	2668 (-14)	1990
↑	75 / 77		GM	Gelfand, Boris	2668	1968
↑	76 / 79		GM	Ni, Hua	2668	1983
↑	77 / 100		GM	Howell, David W L	2667 (+17)	1990
↑	78 / 80		GM	Kamsky, Gata	2666	1974
↑	79 / 83		GM	Ma, Qun	2666	1991
↑	80 / 82		GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	2666	2000
–	81 / 81		GM	Naiditsch, Arkadij	2666	1985
↓	82 / 50		GM	Amin, Bassem	2663 (-24)	1988
↓	83 / 76		GM	Anton Guijarro, David	2662 (-6)	1995
↑	84 / 87		GM	Sarana, Alexey	2662	2000
↓	85 / 78		GM	Guseinov, Gadir	2661 (-7)	1986
↑	86 / 91		GM	Inarkiev, Ernesto	2661	1985
↑	87 / 90		GM	Sargsyan, Shant	2661	2002
↑	88 / 95		GM	Narayanan.S.L	2657 (+3)	1998
↑	89 /		GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2656	2002
↓	90 / 70		GM	Tari, Aryan	2656 (-16)	1999
↑	91 / 96		GM	Swiercz, Dariusz	2652	1994
↑	92 /		GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2651	2005
↓	93 / 86		GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2651 (-13)	2001
↑	94 /		GM	Berkes, Ferenc	2651	1985
↓	95 / 94		GM	Grandelius, Nils	2651 (-4)	1993
↑	96 / 97		GM	Malakhov, Vladimir	2651	1980
↓	97 / 88		GM	McShane, Luke J	2650 (-11)	1984
↑	98 / 99		GM	Hou, Yifan	2650	1994
↓	99 / 71		GM	Areshchenko, Alexander	2649 (-22)	1986
↓	100 / 92		GM	Mareco, Sandro	2649 (-8)	1987

Data courtesy FIDE.

We see fewer changes in the women’s list, especially at the top. Only three players from the women’s top 10 were active in Chennai, who all dropped only a few points.

The rise of young Indian players can also be seen among the girls. 19-year-old Vantika Agrawal won 25 points and is closing in on the 2400 threshold, but the biggest jump was made by WIM Savitha Shri B., who is now 32nd in the world after gaining 61 points! She is actually from Chennai but won her points by scoring 5/9 in the Czech Open.

A K-factor of 40 helped in her case, which led to a 96-point gain in the August list, and a 48-point gain in July. It will be harder to win (or lose!) rating for Savitha because now that she has crossed 2400, her K-factor dropped to 10.

Other big gainers this month are IM Sabrina Vega of Spain (29 points), IM Irine Sukandar (28 points and her second GM norm in Abu Dhabi!), WIM Oliwia Kiolbasa (27 points), and, last but not least, GM Pia Cramling (14 points but more importantly, Olympic gold on board one in Chennai aged 59).

FIDE Standard Ratings (Women) | Sept. 1, 2022

+/- # Title Fed Name Rating Born

– 1 / 1 GM Hou, Yifan 2650 1994

– 2 / 2 GM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2579 1998

↑ 3 / GM Koneru, Humpy 2574 1987

↓ 4 / 3 GM Ju, Wenjun 2560 1991

↓ 5 / 4 GM
Lagno, Kateryna 2547 1989

↓ 6 / 5 GM Lei, Tingjie 2535 1997

– 7 / 7 GM Muzychuk, Mariya 2527 (-3) 1992

↓ 8 / 6 GM Dzagnidze, Nana 2526 (-5) 1987

↓ 9 / 8 GM Muzychuk, Anna 2526 (-3) 1990

↓ 10 / 9 GM Tan, Zhongyi 2525 1991

↓ 11 / 10 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2521 1984

– 12 / 12 IM
Shuvalova, Polina 2510 2001

↓ 13 / 11 GM Harika, Dronavalli 2507 (-10) 1991

– 14 / 14 GM Abdumalik, Zhansaya 2503 (+8) 2000

↓ 15 / 13 IM Kashlinskaya, Alina 2491 (-13) 1993

↓ 16 / 15 IM Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 2490 1997

↓ 17 / 16 GM Khotenashvili, Bela 2485 1988

↑ 18 / 22 GM Batsiashvili, Nino 2477 (+11) 1987

↓ 19 / 17 IM Paehtz, Elisabeth 2477 (-7) 1985

↓ 20 / 18 IM Javakhishvili, Lela 2475 (-1) 1984

– 21 / 21 IM Mammadzada, Gunay 2473 (+7) 2000

↓ 22 / 19 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta 2472 1979

↓ 23 / 20 GM
Gunina, Valentina 2469 1989

↑ 24 / 27 GM Cramling, Pia 2468 (+14) 1963

↓ 25 / 23 WGM Zhu, Jiner 2464 2002

↓ 26 / 25 IM Efroimski, Marsel 2462 (+1) 1995

↓ 27 / 24 IM Ioseliani, Nana 2462 1962

↓ 28 / 26 WGM
Pogonina, Natalija 2453 (-4) 1985

– 29 / 29 IM Vaishali R 2449 (+6) 2001

↑ 30 / 31 IM Assaubayeva, Bibisara 2443 (+4) 2004

↑ 31 / 38 GM Ushenina, Anna 2439 (+16) 1985

↑ 32 / 77 WIM Savitha Shri B 2435 (+61) 2007

– 33 / 33 IM Saduakassova, Dinara 2434 1996

– 34 / 34 GM Krush, Irina 2432 (+2) 1983

↓ 35 / 32 IM
Badelka, Olga 2431 (-6) 2002

↓ 36 / 28 GM Sebag, Marie 2430 (-17) 1986

↓ 37 / 30 GM Danielian, Elina 2426 (-15) 1978

↓ 38 / 36 IM Arabidze, Meri 2422 (-4) 1994

↑ 39 / 40 IM
Galliamova, Alisa 2421 1972

↓ 40 / 37 GM Socko, Monika 2420 (-3) 1978

↓ 41 / 35 IM Osmak, Yuliia 2418 (-11) 1998

↑ 42 / 49 IM Bulmaga, Irina 2417 (+14) 1993

↑ 43 / 47 IM Salimova, Nurgyul 2414 (+10) 2003

↑ 44 / 66 WIM Kiolbasa, Oliwia 2410 (+27) 2000

↓ 45 / 41 WGM Fataliyeva, Ulviyya 2408 (-5) 1996

↓ 46 / 43 IM Munguntuul, Batkhuyag 2408 1987

↑ 47 / 50 IM Buksa, Nataliya 2407 (+6) 1996

↓ 48 / 39 IM Atalik, Ekaterina 2406 (-16) 1982

↑ 49 / 53 IM Tania, Sachdev 2406 (+12) 1986

↓ 50 / 44 IM Guo, Qi 2406 1995

↓ 51 / 48 IM Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel 2404 2000

↑ 52 / 82 IM Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 2401 (+28) 1992

↓ 53 / 42 WGM Zawadzka, Jolanta 2401 (-11) 1987

↓ 54 / 51 IM Shen, Yang 2401 1989

↑ 55 / 59 IM Tsolakidou, Stavroula 2400 (+12) 2000

↑ 56 / 85 WGM Vantika Agrawal 2396 (+25) 2002

↑ 57 / 91 IM Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2395 (+29) 1987

↑ 58 / 61 GM
Girya, Olga 2395 (+9) 1991

↓ 59 / 45 IM Matnadze, Ana 2391 (-15) 1983

↓ 60 / 56 WGM Melamed, Tatjana 2391 1974

↓ 61 / 55 IM Padmini, Rout 2390 (-1) 1994

↓ 62 / 57 IM Skripchenko, Almira 2390 (-1) 1976

↓ 63 / 58 WGM Injac, Teodora 2387 (-2) 2000

↑ 64 / 72 WGM Antolak, Julia 2387 (+9) 2000

↓ 65 / 46 WGM Narva, Mai 2386 (-19) 1999

↓ 66 / 62 IM
Ambartsumova, Karina 2386 1989

↓ 67 / 52 IM Yip, Carissa 2385 (-10) 2003

↑ 68 / 76 GM Hoang, Thanh Trang 2384 (+8) 1980

↓ 69 / 63 WIM Kamalidenova, Meruert 2384 2005

↑ 70 / 78 IM Aulia, Medina Warda 2383 (+9) 1997

↓ 71 / 65 IM Melia, Salome 2383 (-1) 1987

↓ 72 / 54 IM Milliet, Sophie 2382 (-9) 1983

↓ 73 / 68 IM Mammadova, Gulnar 2382 (+2) 1991

↓ 74 / 69 IM Guichard, Pauline 2381 (+2) 1988

↑ 75 / WGM Balajayeva, Khanim 2379 2001

↓ 76 / 70 IM Rajlich, Iweta 2379 1981

↓ 77 / 74 IM Sargsyan, Anna M. 2378 2001

↓ 78 / 73 IM
Bodnaruk, Anastasia 2378 1992

↓ 79 / 64 IM Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante 2376 (-8) 1989

↑ 80 / 81 IM Kulkarni Bhakti 2376 (+3) 1992

↑ 81 /
Roebers, Eline 2375 2006

↓ 82 / 71 IM
Garifullina, Leya 2375 (-3) 2004

↓ 83 / 79 WIM Ning, Kaiyu 2374 2004

↓ 84 / 80 WGM Zhai, Mo 2374 1996

↓ 85 / 83 IM Wang, Annie 2372 2002

↓ 86 / 67 IM Zatonskih, Anna 2371 (-12) 1978

↓ 87 / 84 WGM Ni, Shiqun 2371 1997

↓ 88 / 86 IM Pham, Le Thao Nguyen 2369 1987

↑ 89 / 87 WGM Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre 2368 1989

↓ 90 / 89 IM
Bivol, Alina 2366 1996

↓ 91 / 90 IM Peptan, Corina-Isabela 2366 1978

↓ 92 / 60 FM Eswaran, Ashritha 2365 (-22) 2000

↑ 93 / 95 IM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2363 (+1) 1982

– 94 / 94 IM
Guseva, Marina 2363 1986

↑ 95 / 97 IM Gara, Anita 2360 1983

↑ 96 / 99 IM Hunt, Harriet V 2359 1978

↑ 97 / WGM Wagner, Dinara 2358 1999

↓ 98 / 96 IM Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra 2356 (-4) 2002

↑ 99 / IM Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs 2355 1986

↓ 100 / 98 IM Houska, Jovanka 2354 (-6) 1980

Data courtesy FIDE.