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Top 10 active players as of January 11, 1999


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Player Rating +/- Best? 75%? Age
1 Kasparov, Garry K28494852.3% #335.75
2 Kramnik, Vladimir28124719.3% #523.55
3 Anand, Viswanathan28114718.5% #529.08
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily2760472.9% #1129.82
5 Shirov, Alexei2754472.0% #1226.52
6 Gelfand, Boris2743481.4% #1530.55
7 Karpov, Anatoly E2739471.0% #1647.64
8 Adams, Michael2724470.5% #2027.15
9 Svidler, Peter2714480.3% #2422.57
10 Morozevich, Alexander2711480.3% #2621.48
11 Short, Nigel D2709480.3% #2633.61
12 Topalov, Veselin2705470.2% #2823.82
13 Bareev, Evgeny2702490.2% #3032.14
14 Polgar, Judit2696480.1% #3322.47
15 Rublevsky, Sergei2691500.1% #3624.24
16 Leko, Peter2687490.1% #3819.34
17 Georgiev, Kiril2678490.1% #4533.12
18 Zvjaginsev, Vadim267149 #5122.40
19 Beliavsky, Alexander G266647 #5445.07
20 Gurevich, Mikhail N266448 #5539.89
21 Dreev, Alexey266348 #5729.98
22 Timman, Jan H266347 #5747.08
23 Almasi, Zoltan266248 #5822.37
24 Salov, Valery B266050 #6034.63
25 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A265951 #6238.82
26 Sokolov, Ivan265947 #6030.58
27 Onischuk, Alexander265849 #6223.36
28 Khalifman, Alexander265647 #6232.98
29 Krasenkow, Michal265648 #6435.16
30 Akopian, Vladimir265150 #7027.10
31 Seirawan, Yasser265053 #7338.80
32 Sakaev, Konstantin264949 #7024.75
33 Sadler, Matthew264448 #7524.66
34 Tiviakov, Sergei263847 #8125.91
35 Korchnoi, Viktor L263547 #8467.80
36 Chernin, Alexander M263248 #8838.85
37 Nikolic, Predrag263248 #8938.33
38 Movsesian, Sergei263147 #8820.19
39 Jussupow, Artur M263048 #9038.91
40 van Wely, Loek262846 #9126.26
41 Milov, Vadim262850 #9526.44
42 Smirin, Ilia262749 #9530.97
43 Oll, Lembit262749 #9632.72
44 Piket, Jeroen262646 #9529.96
45 Lautier, Joel262547 #9725.75
46 Khenkin, Igor262148 #10130.81
47 Christiansen, Larry M262050 #10542.54
48 Vaganian, Rafael A261849 #10647.24
49 Shipov, Sergei261750 #10832.73
50 Graf, Alexander261751 #10936.38
51 Dautov, Rustem261749 #10733.12
52 Gulko, Boris F261550 #11151.92
53 Hellers, Ferdinand261458 #11829.96
54 Fedorov, Alexei261349 #11226.29
55 Lputian, Smbat G261250 #11540.91
56 Dolmatov, Sergey V261152 #11739.89
57 Epishin, Vladimir260847 #11633.50
58 Tkachiev, Vladislav260850 #11925.17
59 Hansen, Curt260849 #11834.32
60 Hracek, Zbynek260748 #12028.34
61 Sturua, Zurab260651 #12239.59
62 Yermolinsky, Alex V260649 #12040.75
63 Granda Zuńiga, Julio E260551 #12331.88
64 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir260550 #12348.19
65 Lutz, Christopher260549 #12127.88
66 deFirmian, Nicholas E260249 #12541.46
67 Giorgadze, Giorgi260148 #12534.25
68 Kharlov, Andrei259849 #13030.14
69 Hjartarson, Jóhann259751 #13335.93
70 Minasian, Artashes259652 #13431.97
71 Beim, Valery259650 #13448.82
72 Miles, Anthony J259647 #13243.72
73 Aleksandrov, Aleksej259549 #13325.67
74 Speelman, Jonathan S259548 #13242.28
75 Atalik, Suat259448 #13334.25
76 Ehlvest, Jaan259447 #13336.24
77 Alterman, Boris259349 #13628.69
78 Ibragimov, Ildar259248 #13631.40
79 Sutovsky, Emil259249 #13721.31
80 Hansen, Lars Bo259253 #14130.30
81 Eingorn, Viacheslav S259150 #13942.13
82 Nunn, John D M259052 #14243.71
83 Korneev, Oleg258947 #13929.46
84 Hübner, Robert258949 #14150.18
85 Rozentalis, Eduardas258848 #14135.62
86 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav258851 #14334.43
87 Rogers, Ian258748 #14138.55
88 Fominyh, Alexander258650 #14539.57
89 Kavalek, Lubomir258567 #15855.42
90 Morovic Fernández, Iván E258450 #14735.80
91 Magerramov, Elmar S258366 #15740.75
92 Bologan, Viktor258348 #14627.08
93 Hodgson, Julian M258248 #14835.46
94 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam258251 #14919.10
95 Kožul, Zdenko258248 #14732.64
96 Andersson, Ulf258149 #14847.54
97 Baburin, Alexander258151 #15031.90
98 Timoshenko, Georgy258150 #14932.61
99 Volkov, Sergey258149 #14924.93
100 Yakovich, Yuri258048 #14936.12
101 Adianto, Utut257950 33.82
102 Bochkarev, Alexander257966 23.69
103 Benjamin, Joel L257950 34.83
104 Novikov, Igor A257949 36.64
105 Razuvaev, Yury S257851 53.25
106 Avrukh, Boris257850 21.01
107 Ribli, Zoltán257850 47.35
108 Sveshnikov, Evgeny E257849 48.92
109 Kaidanov, Gregory S257853 39.25
110 Psakhis, Lev B257649 40.12
111 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel257548 33.11
112 Shabalov, Alexander257550 31.33
113 Balashov, Yury S257548 49.83
114 Wahls, Matthias257550 30.96
115 Filippov, Valerij257448 23.12
116 Stefansson, Hannes257448 26.48
117 Gabriel, Christian257349 23.86
118 Kotronias, Vasilios257350 34.38
119 Huzman, Alexander257352 36.75
120 Guseinov, Aidyn257158 47.03
121 Peng Xiaomin257153 25.76
122 Milos, Gilberto257152 35.20
123 Komarov, Dimitri257149 30.11
124 Romanishin, Oleg M257148 47.00
125 Ftácnik, Lubomír257148 41.20
126 Tukmakov, Vladimir B257049 52.82
127 Goldin, Alexander257052 33.87
128 Torre, Eugenio257054 47.19
129 Hickl, Joerg256950 33.74
130 Vaisser, Anatoli256850 49.85
131 Lalic, Bogdan256847 34.84
132 Wolff, Patrick G256759 30.91
133 Tregubov, Pavel V256649 27.06
134 Dvoiris, Semen I256649 40.19
135 Malaniuk, Vladimir P256647 41.47
136 Stohl, Igor256548 34.29
137 Dorfman, Iosif D256550 46.69
138 Gurevich, Dmitry256549 42.33
139 Palac, Mladen256447 27.90
140 Ye Jiangchuan256453 38.14
141 Pigusov, Evgeny256451 37.78
142 Lastin, Alexander256452 22.20
143 Gavrikov, Victor N256452 41.45
144 Pintér, József256349 45.17
145 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander256348 35.98
146 Xu Jun256355 36.32
147 Savchenko, Stanislav256350 31.97
148 Ionov, Sergey256352 37.01
149 Asrian, Karen256251 18.72
150 Mikhalchishin, Adrian B256053 44.15
151 Ponomariov, Ruslan255952 15.25
152 Shneider, Aleksandr255755 36.64
153 Kruppa, Yuri255752 34.56
154 Pétursson, Margeir255754 38.91
155 Antonio, Rogelio Jr255753 36.90
156 Damljanovic, Branko255749 37.57
157 Shariyazdanov, Andrey255649 22.50
158 Emms, John M255550 31.83
159 Lerner, Konstantin Z255550 48.87
160 Chiburdanidze, Maia G255450 37.98
161 Fedorowicz, John P255454 40.29
162 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav255452 32.82
163 Lobron, Eric255450 38.68
164 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy255450 32.45
165 Varga, Z.255361 28.50
166 Ulibin, Mikhail255348 27.61
167 Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter255349 22.44
168 Podgaets, Mikhail Y255263 51.47
169 Yudasin, Leonid G255150 39.43
170 Kharitonov, Andrey Y255150 39.77
171 Dzindzichashvili, Roman Y255158 54.68
172 Malakhov, Vladimir255053 18.12
173 Nielsen, Peter Heine254848 25.63
174 Hertneck, Gerald254850 35.32
175 Smagin, Sergey254755 40.34
176 Anastasian, Ashot254753 34.49
177 Sulskis, Sarunas254751 26.13
178 Glek, Igor V254648 37.18
179 Agdestein, Simen254552 31.66
180 Shchekachev, Andrei254450 26.21
181 Sokolov, Andrey Y254450 35.81
182 Spraggett, Kevin B254450 44.17
183 Burmakin, Vladimir254348 31.60
184 Sorokin, Maxim254350 30.97
185 Spasov, Vasil254354 27.90
186 Rechlis, Gad254357 31.93
187 Wu Shaobin254365 29.94
188 Sherbakov, Ruslan254249 29.33
189 Zhang Zhong254252 20.35
190 Bacrot, Etienne254249 15.97
191 Spassky, Boris V254252 61.95
192 Makarov, Marat254152 35.68
193 Kosashvili, Yona254060 28.52
194 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly V254051 54.30
195 Leitao, Rafael254051 19.04
196 Delchev, Aleksander254049 27.49
197 Yemelin, Vasily253950 22.94
198 Cvitan, Ognjen253947 37.25
199 Kengis, Edvins253950 39.75
200 Kiriakov, Petr253751 23.99
201 Sax, Gyula253749 47.57
202 Kacheishvili, Giorgi253753 21.92
203 Dizdar, Goran253749 40.10
204 Ilincic, Zlatko253751 30.67
205 Baklan, Vladimir253651 20.88
206 Zelcic, Robert253548 33.31
207 Golubev, Mihail253553 28.62
208 Poluljahov, Aleksandr253349 33.60
209 Brodsky, Michail253350 29.79
210 Kindermann, Stefan253349 39.04
211 Orlov, Georgi253372
212 Schandorff, Lars253349 33.73
213 Iuldachev, Saidali253254 30.95
214 Kobalija, Mihail253250 20.69
215 Velimirovic, Dragoljub253251 56.66
216 Aseev, Konstantin N253150 38.23
217 Kuzmin, Gennady P253151 52.98
218 Markovic, Miroslav253152 25.68
219 Watson, William N253061 36.73
220 Bezgodov, Alexei253053 29.53
221 Hort, Vlastimil253052 54.99
222 Wang Zili252957 30.58
223 Sermek, Drazen252948 29.95
224 Hamdouchi, Hichem252950 26.26
225 Kishnev, Sergey252957 42.19
226 Vera, Reynaldo252950 38.01
227 Cámpora, Daniel H252852 41.53
228 Tischbierek, Raj252851 36.30
229 Adorján, András252854 48.78
230 Soffer, Ram252854 33.35
231 Dao Thien Hai252750 20.67
232 Shabanov, Yury F252759 61.17
233 Kurajica, Bojan252649 51.16
234 Ivanov, Alexander V252655 42.69
235 Miladinovic, Igor252650 24.96
236 Portisch, Lajos252650 61.77
237 Nogueiras, Jesus252650 39.48
238 Ivanov, Sergey252550 37.29
239 Serper, Grigory252554 29.33
240 Moroz, Alexander252555 37.98
241 Babula, Vlastimil252548 25.28
242 Dlugy, Maxim252574 32.95
243 Landa, Konstantin252550 26.64
244 Ginsburg, Gennadij252459 27.42
245 Agrest, Evgenij252449 32.41
246 Galliamova, Alisa252452 26.98
247 Zakharevich, Igor252351 35.49
248 Golod, Vitali252351 27.54
249 Rustemov, Alexander252250 25.51
250 Bönsch, Uwe252252 40.24
251 Arkhangelsky, Boris252168 67.97
252 Irzhanov, Ruslan252154 22.12
253 van der Wiel, John T H252149 39.42
254 Malisauskas, Vidmantas252154 35.44
255 Shulman, Yuri252149 23.70
256 Cramling, Pia252149 35.72
257 Greenfeld, Alon252051 34.73
258 Bischoff, Klaus251948 37.59
259 Horváth, Csaba251948 30.60
260 Van der Sterren, Paul251949 42.82
261 Barua, Dibyendu251951 32.21
262 Podzielny, Karl Heinz251962 44.34
263 Smikovski, Ivan251866 26.58
264 Browne, Walter S251859 50.00
265 Loginov, Valery A251849 43.08
266 Mikhalevski, Victor251849 26.50
267 Chuchelov, Vladimir251751 29.29
268 Hector, Jonny251748 34.91
269 Neverov, Valery251751 34.56
270 Luther, Thomas251648 29.19
271 Dervishi, Erald251654 19.17
272 Gleizerov, Evgeny251651 35.81
273 Rytshagov, Mikhail251649 31.16
274 Feygin, Michail251660 23.94
275 Zezulkin, Jurij251555 27.40
276 Kotsur, Pavel251554 25.02
277 Zaichik, Gennady L251567 41.92
278 Comas Fabrego, Luis251451 27.55
279 Temirbaev, Serik251454
280 Zarubin, Pavel251463 30.91
281 Istratescu, Andrei251449 23.11
282 Fishbein, Alexander251468 30.68
283 Haba, Petr251449 34.01
284 Kiselev, Sergey251452 37.33
285 Kumaran, Dharshan251360 23.60
286 Rodriguez, Amador251352 42.34
287 Nikolenko, Oleg251257 39.56
288 Enders, Peter251251 35.94
289 King, Daniel J251254 35.37
290 Ubilava, Elizbar E251254 48.37
291 Krivonosov, Oleg251259 37.67
292 Sagalchik, Gennadij251263 29.72
293 Vorotnikov, Vladislav V251155 51.40
294 Galkin, Alexander251150 19.94
295 Dizdarevic, Emir251150 40.78
296 Spangenberg, Hugo251149 23.14
297 Danielian, Oganes251058
298 Mueller, Karsten251052 28.14
299 Slobodjan, Roman251049 24.03
300 Krakops, Maris250955 20.77
301 Lugovoi, Aleksei250949 23.85
302 Ruzele, Darius250853 30.71
303 Sunye Neto, Jaime250853 41.69
304 Nijboer, Friso250848 33.63
305 Hebden, Mark250750 40.91
306 Zagrebelny, Sergey250751
307 Bezold, Michael250749 26.64
308 Reinderman, Dimitri250750 26.41
309 Sosonko, Gennadi250754 55.65
310 Kveinys, Aloyzas250651 36.51
311 Magem Badals, Jordi250648 31.38
312 Marin, Mihail250649 33.72
313 Polovodin, Igor A250667 43.80
314 Finkel, Alexander250552 24.03
315 Markowski, Tomasz250548 23.45
316 Xie Jun250449 28.20
317 Darga, Klaus V250466 64.88
318 Kudrin, Sergey250452 39.35
319 Shmuter, Leonid250462 29.69
320 Horvath, Jozsef250449 34.41
321 Hernandez, Gilberto250451
322 Levin, Felix250453 40.18
323 Timoshchenko, Gennady250350 49.71
324 Zubarev, Alexander250360 47.55
325 Chernyshov, Konstantin250355 31.58
326 Faragó, Iván250348 52.78
327 Popov, Valerij250251 24.34
328 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N250251 52.73
329 Turov, Maxim250253 19.10
330 Schlosser, Philipp250250 30.40
331 Krogius, Nikolay V250265 68.47
332 Kantsler, Boris250153 36.74
333 Yurtaev, Leonid250153 39.69
334 Lesiege, Alexandre250052 23.40
335 Sokolovs, Andrei250057 26.89
336 Drasko, Milan250051 36.10
337 Kolev, Atanas250055 31.49
338 Jakubiec, Artur250058 25.11
339 Wedberg, Tom250053 45.13
340 Zontakh, Andrey250052 28.19
341 Zilberman, Yaacov249953 44.63
342 Khasin, Alexander249956 47.70
343 Larsen, Bent249953 63.85
344 Pavlovic, Milos249852 35.02
345 Djuric, Stefan249851 43.46
346 Ricardi, Pablo249850 36.88
347 Vaulin, Alexander249848 41.82
348 Strikovic, Aleksa249751 37.66
349 Godena, Michele249748 31.53
350 Lanka, Zigurds249750 38.64
351 Didishko, Vereslav249752 49.75
352 Mitenkov, Alexey249761 37.84
353 Gausel, Einar249649 35.12
354 Palatnik, Semen A249662 48.79
355 Apicella, Manuel249652 28.73
356 Maiorov, Oleg249652 27.47
357 Akesson, Ralf249648 37.93
358 Suba, Mihai249554 51.61
359 Tsesarsky, Ilya249556 39.26
360 Ivanovic, Božidar249556 52.38
361 Plaskett, Jim249551 38.82
362 Teske, Henrik249549 30.87
363 Gallagher, Joseph G249548 34.69
364 Kalinitschew, Sergey249453 42.94
365 Manor, Ilan249455 29.21
366 Volzhin, Alexander249451 27.94
367 Hansen, Sune Berg249351 27.72
368 Garcia Ilundain, David249350 27.78
369 Degraeve, Jean Marc249349 27.96
370 Davies, Nigel R249352 38.45
371 Mikhaletz, Lubomir249353 24.41
372 Totsky, Leonid249352 31.42
373 Olafsson, Helgi249252 42.41
374 Vogt, Lothar H249252 46.98
375 Gyimesi, Zoltan249249 21.78
376 Georgiev, Vladimir249251 23.37
377 Kempinski, Robert249149 21.50
378 Cebalo, Mišo249148 53.93
379 Conquest, Stuart249149 31.86
380 Nevednichy, Vladislav249149 29.36
381 Polgar, Sofia249053 24.19
382 Smejkal, Jan249052 52.80
383 Sokolin, Leonid M249062
384 Dragomarezkij, Evgeni249057 45.98
385 Smyslov, Vassily V249052 77.80
386 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas249060
387 Gofshtein, Leonid D248949 45.72
388 Chandler, Murray G248956 38.77
389 Bagirov, Vladimir K248951 62.40
390 Rausis, Igors248848 37.76
391 Hulak, Krunoslav248852 47.63
392 Arencibia, Walter248849 31.47
393 Zifroni, Dov248853 22.90
394 Notkin, Maksim248753 35.08
395 Arkhipov, Sergey248758 44.55
396 Nadyrhanov, Sergey248755 35.29
397 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto248650 41.06
398 Kosic, Dragan248654 28.91
399 Stanec, Nikolaus248648 30.70
400 Najer, Evgeniy248653 21.55
401 Vakhidov, Tahir248656
402 Lau, Ralf248651 39.23
403 Johansen, Darryl K248659 39.94
404 Yandemirov, Valeri248550 35.92
405 Frias, Victor J248565 42.92
406 Chekhov, Valery A248557 43.12
407 Akhmadeev, Vadim248561 42.50
408 Joachim, Sven248562 29.61
409 Zakharstov, Viacheslav V248562 30.78
410 Barsov, Alexei248552
411 Dokutchaev, Aleksander248558 26.61
412 Maksimenko, Andrei248451 29.10
413 Shtyrenkov, Veniamen248454 40.72
414 Veingold, Aleksander248449 45.25
415 Belikov, Vladimir248454 27.44
416 Kogan, Artur248448 24.95
417 Zoler, Dan248453 24.98
418 Tseitlin, Mark D248452 55.30
419 Danielsen, Henrik248352 32.97
420 Berelovich, Aleksandar248351 31.53
421 Vescovi, Giovanni P248350 20.58
422 Liss, Eran248353 23.53
423 Grivas, Efstratios248151 32.78
424 Knaak, Rainer F248155 45.82
425 Van den Doel, Erik248148 19.66
426 Bagaturov, Giorgi248153 34.12
427 Liiva, Riho248158 23.52
428 Saltaev, Mihail248151 36.15
429 Macieja, Bartlomiej248150 21.27
430 Movsziszian, Karen248051 36.01
431 Moskalenko, Viktor248056 38.10
432 Petrosian, Arshak B248057 45.07
433 Iskusnyh, Sergei248050 24.35
434 Marciano, David247949 29.52
435 Kaminski, Marcin247950 21.84
436 Gdanski, Jacek247950 28.12
437 Rogozenko, Dorian247849 25.40
438 Annageldyev, Orazly247869 38.81
439 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw247851 28.02
440 Kovacevic, Vladimir247851 56.79
441 Bauer, Christian247849 21.99
442 Ye Rongguang247856 35.27
443 Zarnicki, Pablo247750 26.16
444 Parker, Jonathan247754 22.65
445 Reprintsev, Alexander247759 40.09
446 Brenninkmeijer, Joris247767 29.33
447 Miralles, Gilles247653 32.93
448 Blatny, Pavel247648 30.55
449 Kovalev, Andrei247556 37.18
450 Nikolaidis, Ioannis247551 28.02
451 Popchev, Milko247553 34.17
452 Egin, Vladimir247557
453 Hug, Werner247555 46.34
454 Hall, Jesper247551 27.49
455 Piskov, Yury247458 37.25
456 Ionescu, Constantin247450 40.33
457 Simonovic, Aleksandar247464 30.19
458 Goloshchapov, Alexander247456 20.96
459 Hasangatin, Ramil247454 26.53
460 Efimov, Igor247448 38.32
461 Kholmov, Ratmir D247451 73.66
462 Arbakov, Valentin247355 46.96
463 Ovetchkin, Roman247355 25.98
464 Rodriguez, Andres247350 25.06
465 Kallai, Gabor247352 39.89
466 Popovic, Petar247251 39.91
467 Fercec, Nenad247251 37.75
468 Mikhalevski, Alexander247254 40.83
469 Hauchard, Arnaud247249 27.16
470 Legky, Nikolay A247252 43.75
471 Gavrilakis, Nikolaos247165 43.80
472 Ioseliani, Nana247150 36.91
473 Prusikhin, Mihailo247154 20.98
474 Dimitrov, Vladimir247152 30.75
475 Stangl, Markus247153 29.70
476 Tisdall, Jonathan D247153 40.38
477 Ward, Christopher247149 30.79
478 Gruenfeld, Yehuda247161 42.87
479 Uhlmann, Wolfgang247051 63.79
480 Kosten, Anthony C247051 40.47
481 Heinemann, Thies246953 27.85
482 Lazarev, Vladimir246950 34.60
483 Kupreichik, Viktor D246949 49.52
484 Kochiev, Alexander246953 42.80
485 Hoffman, Alejandro246949 32.21
486 Har Zvi, Ronen246956 22.25
487 Papaioannou, Ioannis246853 22.73
488 Khachian, Melikset246859 28.51
489 Koniushkov, Igor246859 36.12
490 Becerra Rivero, Julio246850
491 Solomon, Stephen J246855 35.47
492 Vukic, Milan246859 55.40
493 Wells, Peter K246848 33.73
494 Abramovic, Boško246858 47.91
495 Votava, Jan246750 24.12
496 Tseitlin, Mikhail S246764 51.57
497 Fridman, Daniel246751 22.91
498 Glyanets, Alexander R246769 49.70
499 Varga, Zoltan246748 28.50
500 Milov, Leonid246758 32.93

These ratings, calculated as of January 11, 1999, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the time between January 1, 1998 and January 11, 1999, along with the ratings that were already calculated as of December 31, 1997. Players who have played an insufficient number of games in recent years will not appear on the list, even though you may see them on previous and/or subsequent lists. Any players who have been completely inactive for three years are removed from the list.

Definition of columns in the above list:

# refers to the player's world rank on this list.

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

Rating is the calculated rating for the player, as of January 11, 1999. This represents the player's estimated strength on January 12, 1999.

+/- 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 January 12, 1999. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on January 12, 1999 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 actually the strongest player in the world on January 12, 1999. Since ratings are known to be inaccurate, it is possible that a lower-rated player is actually much stronger than their rating would indicate, and it is also possible that other players are weaker than their ratings would indicate. This number indicates the likelihood that the player is indeed the strongest player in the world. 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 is rated third in the world, we cannot say with 100% certainty that they are truly one of the three strongest players in the world. This number indicates the world 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 in the world. This value is only calculated for the top 100 players on any rating list.

Age is the player's exact age in years, on January 11, 1999. If a player's age is displayed as a link, that means that this rating was active at the time of their next birthday. Click on the link to see the sorted list of all players' ratings on their birthdays when turning that same age.

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