Chessmetrics Ratings: 14th Birthday

#	Player	Rating	+/-
1	Kramnik, Vladimir	2541	62
2	Bu Xiangzhi	2520	50
3	Kundin, Alexander	2494	66
4	Radjabov, Teimour	2474	50
5	Leko, Peter	2466	48
6	Kamsky, Gata	2462	66
7	Polgar, Judit	2458	51
8	Ponomariov, Ruslan	2452	54
9	Bacrot, Etienne	2432	51
10	Harikrishna, Penteala	2381	59

About these ratings

All players on their 14th birthday

#
Player Rating +/- Best? 75%? Rating Date

1 Kramnik, Vladimir 2541 62 40.1% #4 05/31/1989: #159

2 Bu Xiangzhi 2520 50 21.1% #5 12/06/1999: #256

3 Kundin, Alexander 2494 66 14.7% #8 05/31/1995: #389

4 Radjabov, Teimour 2474 50 4.8% #9 03/12/2001: #526

5 Leko, Peter 2466 48 3.4% #10 08/31/1993: #480

6 Kamsky, Gata 2462 66 6.8% #12 05/31/1988: #360

7 Polgar, Judit 2458 51 2.9% #11 06/30/1990: #454

8 Ponomariov, Ruslan 2452 54 2.8% #12 09/30/1997: #635

9 Bacrot, Etienne 2432 51 1.0% #15 12/31/1996: #815

10 Harikrishna, Penteala 2381 59 0.2% #28 05/08/2000: #1136

11 Turov, Maxim 2380 71 0.6% #31 11/30/1993: #1094

12 Jakovenko, Dmitrij 2373 66 0.4% #32 05/31/1997: #1320

13 Aronian, Levon 2371 55 0.1% #30 09/30/1996: #1348

14 McShane, Luke J 2371 49 #29 12/31/1997: #1310

15 Malakhov, Vladimir 2369 66 0.3% #33 10/31/1994: #1234

16 Miton, Kamil 2367 59 0.1% #32 03/31/1998: #1375

17 Naiditsch, Arkadij 2360 51 #33 10/25/1999: #1376

18 Schwartzman, Gabriel 2346 59 #39 09/30/1990: #1134

19 Shinkevich, Vitaly 2345 60 0.1% #40 05/31/1996: #1670

20 Leitao, Rafael 2344 60 #40 11/30/1993: #1448

21 Alekseev, Evgeny 2330 63 #46 11/22/1999: #1707

22 Cheparinov, Ivan 2329 59 #46 11/20/2000: #1678

23 Lesiege, Alexandre 2327 67 0.1% #48 07/31/1989: #1101

24 Gross, David 2326 75 0.1% #51 06/30/1992: #1469

25 Grigoriants, Sergey 2325 66 #49 10/31/1997: #1927

26 Jakab, Arpád 2321 75 0.1% #53 12/31/1909: #46

27 Vajda, Levente 2318 63 #51 01/31/1995: #1862

28 Batsanin, Dmitry 2317 63 #51 03/31/1997: #2053

29 Riazantsev, Alexander 2316 54 #50 09/06/1999: #1889

30 Short, Nigel D 2315 67 #53 04/30/1979: #551

31 Kobylkin, Evgeni 2311 74 0.1% #56 01/31/1996: #2133

32 Vila Dupla, Aurelio 2310 69 #55 02/28/1973: #473

33 Vovsha, Eli 2310 60 #53 02/01/1999: #1852

34 Krits, Leonid 2309 75 0.1% #58 01/31/1998: #2087

35 Vallejo Pons, Francisco 2308 53 #52 07/31/1996: #2123

36 Kaminski, Marcin 2304 65 #57 02/28/1991: #1440

37 Gashimov, Vugar 2302 59 #56 07/24/2000: #2039

38 Gazarian, Aram 2301 73 #61 03/31/1997: #2292

39 Sokolov, Alexander 2300 71 #60 10/31/1990: #1425

40 Stefansson, Hannes 2299 71 #61 06/30/1986: #817

41 Volokitin, Andrei 2298 60 #58 06/05/2000: #2055

42 Stellwagen, Daniel 2298 57 #57 02/26/2001: #2061

43 Bryzgalin, Kirill 2295 73 #63 11/30/1996: #2362

44 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2295 71 #62 11/30/1993: #1963

45 Bromberger, Stefan 2294 74 #63 02/29/1996: #2377

46 Sorin, Maxime 2293 69 #63 03/31/1997: #2422

47 Anisimov, Pavel 2291 65 #62 04/17/2000: #2156

48 Navara, David 2289 56 #61 03/22/1999: #2162

49 Leroy, Adrien 2281 59 #64 12/31/1994: #2308

50 Topalov, Veselin 2276 66 #69 02/28/1989: #1299

51 Rendle, Thomas 2274 72 #71 09/25/2000: #2410

52 Belov, Vladimir 2274 58 #68 07/31/1998: #2695

53 Markovic, Miroslav 2274 73 #72 04/30/1987: #951

54 Hunt, Adam 2269 69 #73 09/30/1994: #2402

55 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2269 65 #71 03/31/1998: #2766

56 Grischuk, Alexander 2267 67 #73 10/31/1997: #2840

57 Hoang Thanh Trang 2258 60 #74 03/31/1994: #2465

58 Sheldon, Ruth 2252 75 #81 04/30/1994: #2503

59 Buckley, Simon T 2249 63 #79 03/29/1999: #2697

60 Acs, Peter 2248 54 #77 04/30/1995: #2752

61 Gladischev, Oleg 2246 75 #83 08/31/1994: #2647

62 Svidler, Peter 2245 72 #83 05/31/1990: #1646

63 Dolinskij, Boris 2242 75 #85 05/31/1996: #3118

64 Socko, Monika 2235 75 #88 02/29/1992: #2128

65 Koneru, Humpy 2235 53 #82 03/26/2001: #2753

66 Barbitskij, Aleksey 2233 71 #88 03/06/2000: #2837

67 Sebenik, Matej 2229 73 #90 07/31/1997: #3388

68 Balogh, Csaba 2228 49 #84 03/19/2001: #2807

69 Vavrak, Peter 2226 62 #88 04/30/1996: #3320

70 Fedorchuk, Sergey A 2221 71 #92 02/28/1995: #3009

71 De Vreugt, Dennis 2219 69 #93 10/31/1994: #2900

72 Paehtz, Elisabeth 2218 61 #91 12/31/1998: #3615

73 Flumbort, Andras 2216 70 #94 07/31/1998: #3608

74 Berg, Emanuel 2214 71 #95 11/30/1995: #3277

75 Jakab, Attila 2214 57 #92 11/30/1998: #3677

76 Srebrnic, Marko 2212 61 #93 06/11/2001: #3015

77 Hera, Imre Jr 2212 62 #93 08/28/2000: #3137

78 Fraas, Martin 2210 75 #97 07/31/1996: #3495

79 Polgar, Sofia 2210 62 #94 10/31/1988: #1311

80 Zumtobel, Thomas 2209 70 #96 08/31/1995: #3274

81 Gara, Anita 2205 63 #96 02/28/1997: #3660

82 Szeberenyi, Adam 2203 58 #96 08/31/1997: #3763

83 Macieja, Bartlomiej 2201 75 #101 09/30/1991: #2112

84 Bartel, Mateusz 2195 64 #100 12/31/1998: #4034

85 Vavra, Pavel 2190 75 #104 02/28/1990: #1799

86 Mah, Karl 2190 74 #104 11/30/1994: #3260

87 Helin, Tapio 2188 59 #102 10/31/1997: #4027

88 Molnar, Laszlo 2185 65 #104 02/28/1998: #3960

89 Wapner, Jonathan 2184 69 #105 09/30/1995: #3604

90 Papp, Gabor 2181 63 #105 04/30/2001: #3356

91 Borisek, Jure 2179 65 #106 07/24/2000: #3481

92 Gara, Ticia 2179 63 #106 09/30/1998: #4222

93 De Bortoli, Peter 2174 74 #109 04/30/1997: #4120

94 Caoili, Arianne 2171 60 #107 12/18/2000: #3585

95 Hassabis, Demis 2166 72 #111 06/30/1990: #1860

96 Thorfinnsson, Bragi 2160 65 #111 03/31/1995: #3679

97 Charbonneau, Pascal 2160 69 #112 04/30/1997: #4263

98 Osadchenko, Andrei 2157 75 #114 12/31/1996: #4243

99 Bunzmann, Dimitrij 2157 66 #112 01/31/1996: #4049

100 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor 2156 65 #113 06/30/1994: #3317

101 Kharitonov, Sergei 2155 71 02/28/1998: #4325

102 Erwich, Marc JL 2155 69 08/14/2000: #3715

103 Markos, Jan 2154 74 06/28/1999: #3946

104 Cmilyte, Viktorija 2152 72 07/31/1997: #4383

105 Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina 2150 70 02/26/2001: #3597

106 Evelev, Vladimir M 2148 70 06/30/1997: #4400

107 Gvein, Kenneth 2146 75 08/31/1993: #3006

108 Meszaros, Robert 2139 72 02/29/1996: #4217

109 Ishbulatov, Sagit 2131 70 10/31/1998: #4891

110 Palo, Davor 2129 69 11/01/1999: #4028

111 Lautier, Joel 2124 72 03/31/1987: #1080

112 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass 2120 66 01/31/1991: #2155

113 Arnason, Throstur 2119 66 07/31/1986: #1048

114 Mkrtchian, Lilit 2119 71 07/31/1996: #4365

115 Antal, Gergely 2118 57 03/22/1999: #4087

116 Werle, Jan 2118 67 12/31/1997: #4822

117 Costa, Joao Guerra 2118 75 01/22/2001: #3993

118 Barglowski, Filip 2117 72 02/08/1999: #4034

119 Stojanovic, Nadezda 2117 75 01/03/2000: #4144

120 Berczes, Csaba 2116 71 08/07/2000: #3951

121 Fontaine, Robert 2115 72 10/31/1994: #3588

122 Lakos, Nikoletta 2112 75 11/30/1992: #2761

123 Toth, Andras 2110 72 11/30/1995: #4092

124 Hu Yi 2109 67 08/13/2001: #4011

125 Medvegy, Zoltan 2108 75 02/28/1993: #2938

126 Michiels, Bart 2107 69 10/30/2000: #4012

127 Mar, Karmen 2104 71 07/09/2001: #3953

128 Kiss, Gedeon 2078 75 12/31/1995: #4148

129 Pinter, Gabor 2075 69 12/31/1997: #4975

130 Berkes, Ferenc 2068 61 08/02/1999: #4308

For each player on this list, the rating they possessed on their 14th birthday is listed. That rating was the last one calculated while they were 13 years of age, so it was their "current" rating on the day they turned 14. Players who played an insufficient number of games in recent years will not appear on the list, even though you may see them on lists for younger and/or older birthdays. Any players who had been completely inactive for three years are removed from the list.

Definition of columns in the above list:

# refers to the player's all-time rank on this list, compared to all other players when they turned 14.

Player is the full name of the player. Click on the player's name to see a career progression of their ratings.

Rating is the calculated rating for each player on their 14th birthday.

+/- is the standard deviation of the player's rating estimate. It is based on a geometric average of the number of rated games played in past years. Players who play very frequently will have a smaller +/- value, indicating a greater confidence in the accuracy of their rating. Players whose +/- value exceeds 76 are classified as "inactive" and removed from the ranking list due to their infrequent play against rated opponents. Mathematically, a player's rating is an estimate of their exact strength on their 14th birthday. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on their 14th birthday should be within one standard deviation of their calculated rating approximately 68% of the time, and within two standard deviations of their calculated rating approximately 95% of the time.

Best? is the estimated likelihood that the player was stronger on their 14th birthday than anyone else turning 14. Since ratings are known to be inaccurate, it is possible that a lower-rated player was actually much stronger than their rating would indicate, and it is also possible that other players were weaker than their ratings would indicate. This number indicates the likelihood that the player was indeed the strongest player ever among players turning 14. On a particular list, it will add up to 100% across the complete list of all players. This value is only calculated for the top 100 players on any rating list.

75%? gives a 75%-confidence world ranking for the player. Because ratings are known to be inaccurate, even if a particular player had the third-highest rating ever, among players turning 14, we cannot say with 100% certainty that they were truly one of the three strongest 14-year-old players. This number indicates the all-time rank that we are 75% sure the player is "no worse than". Thus if a player has a value of #12 in this column, we are 75% sure that the player is one of the twelve strongest players ever to turn 14. This value is only calculated for the top 100 players on any rating list.

Date is the exact date that the rating applied to. Click on that date to see the sorted list of all players' ratings on that date.