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Official FIDE October 2001 Rating List
Kasparov's lead at the top is cut to 29 points by Vladimir Kramnik. Anand's
disaster in Germany cost him 24 points but he is still in clear third place. 
Alexander Morozevich is in fourth just ahead of Peter Leko. Veselin Topalov
rises to sixth in the World with a gain of 22 points. Loek Van Wely is back
in the top 10 again after a rise of 19 points. Alexei Shirov drops out of the top 10 
for the first time in many years as a result of other players overtaking him.

New entries to the top 100 include Peter Heine Nielsen, Stuart
Conquest and Lenier Dominguez. Returns include Mihail Kobalija and John Nunn
amongst others. 


No. Name                              t  NAT  ja00 ju00 oc00 ja01 ap01 ju01 oc01 Gms DOB
  1 Kasparov, Gary..................  g  RUS  2851 2849 2849 2849 2835 2838 2838   0 13.04.63
  2 Kramnik, Vladimir...............  g  RUS  2758 2770 2772 2772 2797 2802 2809  10 25.06.75
  3 Anand, Viswanathan..............  g  IND  2769 2762 2774 2790 2794 2794 2770  10 11.12.69
  4 Morozevich, Alexander...........  g  RUS  2748 2756 2734 2745 2749 2749 2742  10 18.07.77
  5 Leko, Peter.....................  g  HUN  2725 2743 2748 2745 2730 2730 2739  10 08.09.79
  6 Topalov, Veselin................  g  BUL  2702 2707 2707 2718 2707 2711 2733  10 15.03.75
  7 Adams, Michael..................  g  ENG  2715 2755 2754 2746 2750 2744 2731  10 17.11.71
  8 Ivanchuk, Vassily...............  g  UKR  2709 2719 2716 2717 2731 2731 2731   0 18.03.69
  9 Bareev, Evgeny..................  g  RUS  2709 2702 2694 2709 2709 2719 2719   0 21.11.66
 10 Van Wely, Loek..................  g  NED  2646 2643 2643 2700 2670 2695 2714  26 07.10.72
 11 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............  g  UZB  2614 2690 2690 2693 2693 2704 2706   8 05.12.79
 12 Shirov, Alexei..................  g  ESP  2751 2746 2746 2718 2722 2706 2706   0 04.07.72
 13 Khalifman, Alexander............  g  RUS  2656 2667 2658 2690 2690 2700 2702   6 18.01.66
 14 Gelfand, Boris..................  g  ISR  2692 2681 2683 2712 2712 2704 2701  19 24.06.68
 15 Smirin, Ilia....................  g  ISR  2666 2677 2674 2686 2691 2702 2698   2 21.01.68
 16 Karpov, Anatoly.................  g  RUS  2696 2699 2699 2679 2692 2692 2692   0 23.05.51
 17 Svidler, Peter..................  g  RUS  2672 2689 2695 2695 2695 2695 2686  16 17.06.76
 18 Georgiev, Kiril.................  g  BUL  2677 2661 2674 2676 2676 2695 2686  13 28.11.65
 19 Polgar, Judit (GM) w ...........  g  HUN  2658 2656 2656 2676 2678 2686 2686   0 23.07.76
 20 Ponomariov, Ruslan..............  g  UKR  2627 2630 2624 2677 2673 2684 2684   0 11.10.83
 21 Ye, Jiangchuan..................  g  CHN  2616 2670 2682 2671 2671 2677 2681  15 20.11.60
 22 Dreev, Alexey...................  g  RUS  2680 2676 2681 2685 2685 2690 2676  17 30.01.69
 23 Short, Nigel D..................  g  ENG  2683 2677 2687 2676 2676 2664 2675   0 01.06.65
 24 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab..........  g  GEO  2673 2673 2678 2670 2670 2674 2674   0 16.03.60
 25 Bologan, Viktor.................  g  MDA  2589 2641 2651 2684 2676 2655 2668  18 14.12.71
 26 Beliavsky, Alexander G..........  g  SLO  2640 2654 2629 2638 2638 2659 2668  9  17.12.53
 27 Grischuk, Alexander.............  g  RUS  2581 2606 2601 2663 2667 2669 2666  16 31.10.83
 28 Sutovsky, Emil..................  g  ISR  2597 2609 2609 2605 2604 2651 2664  18 19.09.77
 29 Onischuk, Alexander.............  g  UKR  2637 2627 2647 2658 2658 2667 2660   9 03.09.75
 30 Akopian, Vladimir...............  g  ARM  2660 2660 2671 2656 2654 2660 2660   0 07.12.71
 31 Sokolov, Ivan...................  g  BIH  2637 2611 2611 2659 2659 2659 2658  35 13.06.68
 32 Zhang, Zhong....................  g  CHN  2611 2636 2607 2607 2632 2667 2657  17 05.09.78
 33 Kharlov, Andrei.................  g  RUS  2616 2627 2627 2639 2639 2656 2656   0 20.11.68
 34 Xu, Jun.........................  g  CHN  2578 2668 2665 2655 2655 2646 2654  26 17.09.62
 35 Lautier, Joel...................  g  FRA  2632 2648 2648 2658 2658 2675 2653  29 12.04.73
 36 Bacrot, Etienne.................  g  FRA  2594 2613 2613 2618 2627 2653 2653  11 22.01.83
 37 Nikolic, Predrag................  g  BIH  2659 2657 2657 2652 2652 2652 2652   0 11.09.60
 38 Vaganian, Rafael A..............  g  ARM  2618 2623 2627 2641 2641 2650 2650   0 15.10.51
 39 Piket, Jeroen...................  g  NED  2633 2649 2640 2632 2628 2630 2649  35 27.01.69
 40 Aleksandrov, Aleksej............  g  BLR  2606 2591 2597 2610 2610 2646 2645   9 11.05.73
 41 Seirawan, Yasser................  g  USA  2647 2647 2647 2640 2640 2644 2644   0 24.03.60
 42 Lutz, Christopher...............  g  GER  2587 2595 2595 2609 2614 2643 2643   0 24.02.71
 43 Motylev, Alexander..............  g  RUS  2552 2574 2583 2570 2601 2627 2641   6 17.06.79
 44 Zvjaginsev, Vadim...............  g  RUS  2641 2634 2635 2631 2627 2638 2640   9 18.08.76
 45 Korchnoi, Viktor................  g  SUI  2659 2620 2632 2639 2643 2617 2639  10 23.03.31
 46 Sakaev, Konstantin..............  g  RUS  2629 2627 2620 2639 2637 2630 2639   9 13.04.74
 47 Malakhov, Vladimir..............  g  RUS  2593 2605 2605 2613 2623 2637 2637   0 27.11.80
 48 Delchev, Aleksander.............  g  BUL  2560 2557 ---- 2587 2584 2629 2634  31 15.07.71
 49 Rublevsky, Sergei...............  g  RUS  2662 2670 2653 2657 2657 2639 2634  15 15.10.74
 50 Jussupow, Artur.................  g  GER  2628 2610 2610 2645 2645 2633 2633   0 13.02.60
 51 Tkachiev, Vladislav.............  g  FRA  2670 2657 2659 2672 2672 2642 2632   9 09.11.73
 52 Movsesian, Sergei...............  g  CZE  2668 2666 2666 2661 2661 2627 2631   2 03.11.78
 53 Sadler, Matthew.................  g  ENG  2630 2628 2628 2633 2633 2631 2631   0 15.05.74
 54 Almasi, Zoltan..................  g  HUN  2676 2668 2668 2640 2640 2630 2630   0 29.08.76
 55 Dautov, Rustem..................  g  GER  2602 2606 2603 2631 2631 2630 2630   0 28.11.65
 56 Vallejo Pons, Francisco.........  g  ESP  2528 2554 ---- 2545 2559 2630 2630   0 21.08.82
 57 Lastin, Alexander...............  g  RUS  2510 2560 2633 2631 2627 2628 2628   0 30.10.76
 58 Ehlvest, Jaan...................  g  EST  2622 2627 2628 2638 2630 2627 2626   6 14.10.62
 59 Shipov, Sergei..................  g  RUS  2640 2640 2640 2640 2640 2625 2625   0 17.04.66
 60 Nielsen, Peter Heine............  g  DEN  2564 2578 ---- 2585 2585 2593 2620  19 24.05.73
 61 Landa, Konstantin...............  g  RUS  2598 2610 2610 2610 2610 2619 2619   0 22.05.72
 62 Lputian, Smbat G................  g  ARM  2605 2598 2610 2607 2607 2608 2618   9 14.02.58
 63 Filippov, Valerij...............  g  RUS  2584 2593 2601 2619 2632 2617 2617   0 28.11.75
 64 Hansen, Curt....................  g  DEN  2618 2613 2620 2619 2619 2626 2613  18 18.09.64
 65 Pigusov, Evgeny.................  g  RUS  2610 2578 ---- 2572 2584 2613 2613   0 31.03.61
 66 Goldin, Alexander...............  g  USA  2566 2575 2588 2595 2599 2594 2612  22 27.02.65
 67 Huebner, Robert Dr..............  g  GER  2620 2615 2606 2616 2616 2612 2612   0 06.11.48
 68 Rustemov, Alexander.............  g  RUS  2553 2534 2553 2620 2625 2607 2611  28 06.07.73
 69 Tregubov, Pavel V...............  g  RUS  2615 2620 2610 2628 2628 2617 2611  18 21.12.71
 70 Milos, Gilberto.................  g  BRA  2620 2633 2644 2608 2608 2614 2610   7 30.10.63
 71 Graf, Alexander.................  g  GER  2600 2642 2645 2649 2649 2610 2610   0 25.08.62
 72 Hracek, Zbynek..................  g  CZE  2620 2612 2604 2602 2603 2610 2610   0 09.09.70
 73 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter.........  g  ROM  2611 2592 2592 2596 2596 2609 2609   0 01.08.76
 74 Gulko, Boris F..................  g  USA  2644 2643 2642 2622 2606 2602 2608  20 09.02.47
 75 Peng, Xiaomin...................  g  CHN  2624 2657 2655 2648 2648 2629 2607  26 08.04.73
 76 Chuchelov, Vladimir.............  g  BEL  2518 2535 ---- 2539 2550 2607 2607   0 28.09.69
 77 Avrukh, Boris...................  g  ISR  2620 2625 2625 2630 2600 2598 2606  28 08.01.78
 78 Gurevich, Mikhail...............  g  BEL  2694 2667 2673 2694 2688 2633 2605  18 22.02.59
 79 Gyimesi, Zoltan.................  g  HUN  2518 2539 ---- 2564 2571 2602 2605   8 31.03.77
 80 Kaidanov, Gregory S.............  g  USA  2599 2624 2619 2607 2601 2605 2605   0 11.10.59
 81 Asrian, Karen...................  g  ARM  2572 2566 ---- 2582 2582 2604 2604   0 24.04.80
 82 Luther, Thomas..................  g  GER  2509 2547 ---- 2544 2568 2604 2604   0 04.11.69
 83 Kobalija, Mihail................  g  RUS  2593 2594 ---- 2581 2590 2595 2603  11 03.05.78
 84 Istratescu, Andrei..............  g  ROM  2556 2578 ---- 2582 2561 2598 2603   8 03.12.75
 85 Milov, Vadim....................  g  SUI  2653 2626 2626 2604 2605 2614 2602  29 01.08.72
 86 Sokolov, Andrei.................  g  FRA  2565 2564 ---- 2566 2568 2604 2602  11 20.03.63
 87 Rozentalis, Eduardas............  g  LTU  2553 2570 2593 2630 2597 2588 2601  26 27.05.63
 88 Conquest, Stuart................  g  ENG  2563 2529 ---- 2546 2563 2565 2601  16 01.03.67
 89 Eingorn, Vereslav S.............  g  UKR  2597 2586 ---- 2589 2589 2598 2601   9 23.11.56
 90 Andersson, Ulf..................  g  SWE  2625 2641 2641 2640 2640 2601 2601   0 27.06.51
 91 Timman, Jan H...................  g  NED  2655 2639 2639 2629 2620 2597 2600  18 14.12.51
 92 Hickl, Joerg....................  g  GER  2556 2573 ---- 2582 2582 2600 2600   0 16.04.65
 93 Najdoski, Toni..................  g  MKD  2548 2492 2559 2601 2600 2600 2600   0 04.05.70
 94 Tiviakov, Sergei................  g  NED  2567 2608 2606 2597 2603 2618 2599  18 14.02.73
 95 Dorfman, Josif D................  g  FRA  2593 2600 2600 2602 2602 2602 2599  11 01.05.53
 96 Najer, Evgeniy..................  g  RUS  2572 2597 2590 2616 2600 2599 2599   9 22.06.77
 97 Fedorov, Alexei.................  g  BLR  2684 2646 ---- 2575 2590 2599 2599   0 27.09.72
 98 Speelman, Jonathan S............  g  ENG  2604 2623 2612 2604 2594 2603 2596  20 02.10.56
 99 Dominguez, Lenier...............  g  CUB  2508 2534 ---- 2565 2556 2585 2596  11 23.09.83
100 Nunn, John D.M..................  g  ENG  2601 2578 ---- 2578 2578 2584 2595   0 25.04.55