March 1996 FIDE World Ranking Top 100 Players Rank/Name/Fed/Jan 1996 Rating/Games/Change/Continuous Rating 1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2775 0 0.00 2775.00 2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2775 0 0.00 2775.00 3 Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2770 11 0.20 2770.20 4 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2735 13 9.40 2744.40 5 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2735 11 1.80 2736.80 6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2725 13 2.00 2727.00 7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2700 13 0.90 2700.90 8 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2690 13 -6.50 2683.50 9 Gelfand, Boris g BLR 2700 13 -19.10 2680.90 10 Short, Nigel D. g ENG 2665 10 13.00 2678.00 11 Sokolov, Ivan g BIH 2665 34 10.00 2675.00 12 Polgar, Judit (GM) g HUN 2675 0 0.00 2675.00 13 Salov, Valery g RUS 2670 0 0.00 2670.00 14 Adams, Michael g ENG 2660 24 7.60 2667.60 15 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2650 37 13.40 2663.40 16 Azmaiparshvili,Zurab g BIH 2660 0 0.00 2660.00 17 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2660 10 -1.00 2659.00 18 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2655 0 0.00 2655.00 19 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2645 18 7.70 2652.70 20 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2630 28 21.50 2651.50 21 Hracek, Zbynek g CZE 2650 10 1.00 2651.00 22 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2670 32 -20.00 2650.00 23 Glek, Igor V. g RUS 2635 11 14.50 2649.50 24 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2645 0 0.00 2645.00 25 Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2645 0 0.00 2645.00 26 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2650 20 -5.10 2644.90 27 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2645 20 -5.00 2640.00 28 Illescas C.,Miguel g ESP 2635 20 3.40 2638.40 29 Leko, Peter g HUN 2625 24 9.20 2634.20 30 Yudasin, Leonid g ISR 2635 9 -0.80 2634.20 31 Oll, Lembit g EST 2640 10 -7.00 2633.00 32 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2630 0 0.00 2630.00 33 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2630 0 0.00 2630.00 34 Morozevich, Alex. g RUS 2625 11 -1.00 2624.00 35 Huebner, Robert g GER 2635 13 -11.10 2623.90 36 Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2615 11 6.30 2621.30 37 Kotronias,Vasilios g GRE 2610 26 11.10 2621.10 38 Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2610 11 10.60 2620.60 39 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2620 0 0.00 2620.00 40 Speelman, Jonathan g ENG 2625 9 -6.30 2618.70 41 Beliavsky,Alexander g SLO 2615 0 0.00 2615.00 42 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2615 0 0.00 2615.00 43 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2615 0 0.00 2615.00 44 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2615 0 0.00 2615.00 45 Vaganian, Rafael g ARM 2615 0 0.00 2615.00 46 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2610 18 4.10 2614.10 47 Tiviakov, Sergei g RUS 2625 34 -14.50 2610.50 48 Rozentalis,Eduardas g LTU 2605 11 5.20 2610.20 49 Adianto, Utut g INA 2610 0 0.00 2610.00 50 Onischuk,Alexander g UKR 2580 22 27.00 2607.00 51 Gavrikov, Viktor g SUI 2605 0 0.00 2605.00 52 Nunn, John D.M. g ENG 2605 0 0.00 2605.00 53 Miles, Anthony J g ENG 2635 31 -30.50 2604.50 54 Kaidanov, Grigory g USA 2605 9 -1.10 2603.90 55 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2615 11 -11.70 2603.30 56 Granda Zuniga,Julio g PER 2600 9 2.80 2602.80 57 Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2575 19 27.60 2602.60 58 Timman, Jan H g NED 2620 13 -18.50 2601.50 59 Vyzmanavin, Alexey g RUS 2610 19 -9.20 2600.80 60 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2630 13 -29.50 2600.50 61 Tkachiev,Vladislav g KAZ 2600 4 -0.60 2599.40 62 Sadler, Matthew g ENG 2600 20 -3.80 2596.20 63 Alterman, Boris g ISR 2585 9 10.50 2595.50 64 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2595 0 0.00 2595.00 65 DeFirmian, Nick E g USA 2595 0 0.00 2595.00 66 Lerner, Konstantin g UKR 2595 0 0.00 2595.00 67 Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2595 0 0.00 2595.00 68 Tukmakov, Vladimir g UKR 2595 0 0.00 2595.00 69 Ljubojevic,Ljubomir g YUG 2600 9 -6.30 2593.70 70 Hodgson, Julian M. g ENG 2615 20 -22.00 2593.00 71 Nenashev, Alexander g UZB 2595 9 -2.10 2592.90 72 Psakhis, Lev g ISR 2610 10 -18.00 2592.00 73 Malaniuk, Vladimir g UKR 2585 19 6.40 2591.40 74 Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2590 27 1.20 2591.20 75 Savchenko, Stanislav g UKR 2585 8 6.00 2591.00 76 Giorgadze, Giorgi g GEO 2590 0 0.00 2590.00 77 Lobron, Eric g GER 2590 0 0.00 2590.00 78 Novikov, Igor A g UKR 2590 0 0.00 2590.00 79 Ribli, Zoltan g HUN 2590 0 0.00 2590.00 80 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2570 35 16.90 2586.90 81 Sokolov, Andrei g RUS 2580 11 6.80 2586.80 82 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2585 28 1.60 2586.60 83 Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2580 8 5.80 2585.80 84 Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2585 0 0.00 2585.00 85 Ftacnik, Lubomir g SVK 2585 0 0.00 2585.00 86 Hellers, Ferdinand g SWE 2585 0 0.00 2585.00 87 Milov, Vadim g ISR 2585 0 0.00 2585.00 88 Petursson, Margeir g ISL 2585 0 0.00 2585.00 89 Vladimirov, Evgeny g KAZ 2585 0 0.00 2585.00 90 Zontakh, Andrey m UKR 2580 11 4.50 2584.50 91 Gurevich, Mikhail g BEL 2590 11 -6.00 2584.00 92 Morovic F., Ivan g CHI 2575 9 8.80 2583.80 93 Lalic, Bogdan g CRO 2575 9 7.30 2582.30 94 Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2560 19 21.10 2581.10 95 Christiansen, Larry g USA 2580 0 0.00 2580.00 96 Dokhoian, Yury g RUS 2580 0 0.00 2580.00 97 Dorfman, Josif D g FRA 2580 0 0.00 2580.00 98 Eingorn, Vereslav g UKR 2580 0 0.00 2580.00 99 Hickl, Joerg g GER 2580 0 0.00 2580.00 100 Kruppa, Yuri g UKR 2580 0 0.00 2580.00 101 Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2580 0 0.00 2580.00 102 Movsesian, Sergei m ARM 2580 0 0.00 2580.00 103 Pigusov, Evgeny g RUS 2580 0 0.00 2580.00 Top 50 Women - March 1996 Rank/Name/Fed/Jan 1996 Rating/Games/Change/Continuous Rating 1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2675 0 0.00 2675.00 2 Polgar, Zsuzsa g HUN 2550 13 16.10 2566.10 3 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2525 8 11.20 2536.20 4 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2515 0 0.00 2515.00 5 Xie, Jun g CHN 2530 17 -19.70 2510.30 6 Ioseliani, Nana g GEO 2485 0 0.00 2485.00 7 Galliamova, Alisa g UKR 2480 11 0.60 2480.60 8 Arakhamia, Ketevan g GEO 2480 0 0.00 2480.00 9 Polgar, Sofia g HUN 2495 9 -26.90 2468.10 10 Maric, Alisa g YUG 2445 0 0.00 2445.00 11 Matveeva, Svetlana g RUS 2445 0 0.00 2445.00 12 Peptan, Corina g ROM 2400 19 20.50 2420.50 13 Levitina, Irina S g USA 2420 0 0.00 2420.00 14 Donaldson, Elena g USA 2410 0 0.00 2410.00 15 Gaponenko, Inna g UKR 2390 17 18.45 2408.45 16 Peng, Zhaoqin (IM) g NED 2410 27 -6.80 2403.20 17 Skripchenko,Almira g MDA 2400 19 -9.70 2390.30 18 Kachiani, Ketevan g GER 2390 0 0.00 2390.00 19 Gaprindashvili,Nona g GEO 2380 7 9.00 2389.00 20 Bojkovic, Natasa g YUG 2400 10 -12.00 2388.00 21 Prudnikova, Svetlana g RUS 2385 0 0.00 2385.00 22 Stepovaia D., T g RUS 2385 0 0.00 2385.00 23 Zhu, Chen g CHN 2380 6 3.00 2383.00 24 Qin, Kanying g CHN 2380 2 3.00 2383.00 25 Borulia, Ekaterina g GER 2360 9 21.15 2381.15 26 Khurtsidze, Nino g GEO 2365 9 10.80 2375.80 27 Repkova, Eva g SVK 2375 0 0.00 2375.00 28 Madl, Ildiko (IM) g HUN 2375 6 -1.80 2373.20 29 Misanovic, Vesna g BIH 2375 18 -3.90 2371.10 30 Foisor, Cristina g ROM 2370 0 0.00 2370.00 31 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2370 0 0.00 2370.00 32 Hoang Th., Trang g VIE 2360 19 0.70 2360.70 33 Demina, Julia g RUS 2355 1 5.60 2360.60 34 Gurieli, Nino g GEO 2360 0 0.00 2360.00 35 Kadimova, Ilaha g AZE 2325 10 30.00 2355.00 36 Botsari M., Anna M. g GRE 2355 0 0.00 2355.00 37 Wang, Pin g CHN 2355 0 0.00 2355.00 38 Amura, Claudia N. m ARG 2360 10 -7.00 2353.00 39 Lelchuk, Zoja g UKR 2360 8 -9.00 2351.00 40 Shumiakina,Tatiana g RUS 2350 0 0.00 2350.00 41 Velikhanli, Firuza g AZE 2350 0 0.00 2350.00 42 Litinskaya, Marta g UKR 2355 9 -5.80 2349.20 43 Zaitseva, Ludmila g RUS 2325 19 22.50 2347.50 44 Aleksieva, Silvia m BUL 2345 0 0.00 2345.00 45 Sofieva, Ainur g AZE 2340 0 0.00 2340.00 46 Voiska, Margarita g BUL 2340 0 0.00 2340.00 47 Holoubkova,Martina m CZE 2335 0 0.00 2335.00 48 Strutinskaya, Galina m RUS 2335 0 0.00 2335.00 49 Kovalevskaya,Ekaterina m RUS 2335 9 -4.65 2330.35 50 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2330 0 0.00 2330.00 Top 20 Juniors - March 1996 Rank/Name/Fed/Jan 1996 Rating/Games/Change/Continuous Rating 1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2675 0 0.00 2675.00 2 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2630 28 21.50 2651.50 3 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2650 20 -5.10 2644.90 4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2625 24 9.20 2634.20 5 Morozevich, Alex. g RUS 2625 11 -1.00 2624.00 6 Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2585 28 1.60 2586.60 7 Movsesian, Sergei m ARM 2580 0 0.00 2580.00 8 Sutovskij, Emil m ISR 2545 18 1.70 2546.70 9 Dao, Thien Hai g VIE 2560 22 -15.20 2544.80 10 Kempinski, Robert m POL 2475 22 42.30 2517.30 11 Irzhanov, Ruslan m KAZ 2500 8 16.00 2516.00 12 Kaminski, Marcin m POL 2525 11 -10.90 2514.10 13 Nisipeanu, Liviu D.m ROM 2515 18 -2.40 2512.60 14 Har-Zvi, Ronen g ISR 2510 0 0.00 2510.00 15 Schwartzman,Gabriel g USA 2510 3 -1.60 2508.40 16 Gyimesi, Zoltan m HUN 2545 33 -40.60 2504.40 17 Dyachkov, Sergej RUS 2505 11 -0.60 2504.40 18 Fridman, Daniel m LAT 2500 17 -5.70 2494.30 19 Parker, Jonathan m ENG 2480 11 9.60 2489.60 20 Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2495 12 -7.50 2487.50 Top 20 Girls Rank/Name/Fed/Jan 1996 Rating/Games/Change/Continuous Rating 1 Polgar, Judit (GM) g HUN 2675 0 0.00 2675.00 2 Peptan, Corina g ROM 2400 19 20.50 2420.50 3 Gaponenko, Inna g UKR 2390 17 18.45 2408.45 4 Skripchenko,Almira g MDA 2400 19 -9.70 2390.30 5 Zhu, Chen g CHN 2380 6 3.00 2383.00 6 Stefanova,Antoaneta g BUL 2370 0 0.00 2370.00 7 Hoang Th., Trang g VIE 2360 19 0.70 2360.70 8 Danielian, Elina g ARM 2330 0 0.00 2330.00 9 Medvegy, Nora HUN 2300 6 17.40 2317.40 10 Hunt, Harriet m ENG 2335 8 -21.30 2313.70 11 Lomineishvili,Maia m GEO 2305 7 0.30 2305.30 12 Bobrowska, Monika g POL 2305 0 0.00 2305.00 13 Krupkova, Petra m CZE 2300 0 0.00 2300.00 14 Roschina, Tatiana m RUS 2315 9 -26.40 2288.60 15 Hagarova, Zuzana m SVK 2260 7 21.45 2281.45 16 Velcheva, Maria m BUL 2270 0 0.00 2270.00 17 Dworakowska,Joanna m POL 2265 0 0.00 2265.00 18 Khorava, Miranda m GEO 2295 6 -34.20 2260.80 19 Vajda, Szidonia m ROM 2265 22 -12.00 2253.00 20 Zozulia, Anna UKR 2245 0 0.00 2245.00 Events Rated for March 1996 FIDE World Ranking Zone 1.1a ENG Hastings 28.12.95 Hastings Challengers ENG Hastings 28.12.95 Hastings Premier ENG Hastings 08.01.96 Hastings Experts ENG London 15.01.96 2nd London Chess Centre Zone 1.1b NED Wijk aan Zee 12.01.96 58th Hoogovens Group A NED Wijk aan Zee 12.01.96 Hoogovens Mastergroup NED Wijk aan Zee 16.01.96 58th Hoogovens Group B NED Wijk aan Zee 19.01.96 Hoogovens 1e Klasse NED Wijk aan Zee 19.01.96 Hoogovens Reservegroup Zone 1.1c ESP Jaen 29.01.96 Women's World Championship Zone 1.2b CRO Opatija 15.01.96 Kastav 96 Intl Tmnt CRO Zagreb 05.01.96 Zagreb Open 1996 ISR Holon 06.11.95 European Juniors-20 Ch ISR Israel 20.09.95 Israel Team Ch U-20 ISR Petach-Tikva 22.10.95 Liberman Memorial ISR Rishon-le-Zion 18.12.95 Rishon-le-Zion Intl Tmnt ISR Rishon-le-Zion 28.01.96 Inter Chess 6 Zone 1.3 ISL Hafnarfjordur 14.12.95 Gudmundur Arason Tmnt ISL Hafnarfjorour 14.12.95 Iceland Chess Ch Playoff Zone 1.4 HUN Budapest 05.01.96 Evadnyito Nyilt Nemzetk HUN Budapest 03.02.96 1st Saturday Scheveningen HUN Budapest 03.02.96 First Saturday GM Tmnt HUN Budapest 03.02.96 First Saturday IM Tmnt HUN Kecskemet 01.12.95 Caissa Kft International HUN Kecskemet 27.12.95 Caissa Kft International HUN Veszprem 13.10.95 Veszpremi Oktober "2" ROM Calimanesti 27.12.95 Turneul Tinerelor Maest ROM Calimanesti 27.01.96 C. Radulescu Memorial ROM Calimanesti 27.01.96 National Boys-16 Final ROM Calimanesti 27.01.96 National Boys-18 Final ROM Calimanesti 27.01.96 National Girls-16 Final ROM Calimanesti 27.01.96 National Girls-18 Final Zone 1.5a GRE Athens 20.11.95 Ambelokipi Rating Tmnt GRE Egaleo/Athens 27.12.95 1st Egaleo Tournament GRE Piraeus 27.12.95 13th Greek Boys-16 Ch GRE Piraeus 27.12.95 27th Greek Juniors Ch YUG Cacak 07.12.95 3rd Stocar Banka Intl YUG Ugljevik 09.12.95 1st Ugljevik Rating Tmnt Zone 1.6 RUS Ekaterinburg 11.09.95 G.V. Bastrikov Memorial RUS Irkutsk 29.09.95 Shuvalov's Memorial RUS Kazan 05.12.95 3rd Russian Clubs Team Ch RUS Moscow 01.11.95 SC Olimp. Rating Tmnt RUS Moscow 09.11.95 Moscow-95 Scheveningen 1 RUS Moscow 12.11.95 Semifinal of CCC Moscow RUS Moscow 17.11.95 SC Olimp. Rating Tmnt RUS Moscow 20.11.95 Moscovskaja Osen-95 RUS Moscow 29.11.95 Moscow Chess Festival "C" RUS Moscow 29.11.95 Moscow-95 Scheveningen 2 RUS Moscow 30.11.95 Moscow Chess Festival "A" RUS Moscow 30.11.95 Moscow Chess Festival "B" RUS Moscow 01.12.95 SC Olimp. Rating Tmnt RUS Moscow 13.12.95 59th Moscow Ch-Top Liga RUS Novosibirsk 24.09.95 Novosibirsk Qualification RUS Ryazan 08.07.95 Ryazan Intl Chess Tmnt RUS St. Petersburg 20.11.95 Women's Intl Tournament Zone 1.7 EST Parnu 02.02.96 Paul Keres Memorial "A" EST Parnu 02.02.96 Paul Keres Memorial "B" EST Parnu 02.02.96 Paul Keres Memorial W LTU Vilnius 03.02.96 Vilnius Cup - 96 Zone 1.8 MDA Kishinev 20.01.96 Kishinev Open MDA Kishinev 08.02.96 Kishinev International Zone 1.9 UKR Kharkov 22.01.96 Friendship-96 Zone 2.1 USA Boston 06.09.95 Boylston Chess Club Ch USA Charlotte 15.12.95 North Carolina Invtl USA San Francisco 08.11.95 San Francisco Intl USA San Francisco 13.01.96 Northern California State Zone 2.3b ECU Salinas 25.01.96 Final Grand Prix Zone 2.4 BRA Rio de Janeiro 13.01.96 Rio de Janeiro State Ch Zone 3.1 UAE Abu Dhabi 03.11.95 Arab Juniors-20 Ch Zone 3.2 AUS Sydney 28.12.95 Australian Ch NZL Wellington 28.12.95 New Zealand Ch NZL Wellington 28.12.95 New Zealand Reserve Ch Zone 4.1 MAR Agadir 11.01.96 Agadir Invitational Tmnt Zone 4.2 EGY Cairo 24.12.95 Eastern Company Open