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Top 10 active players as of May 15, 2000

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Player Rating +/-
1 Kasparov, Garry K288248
2 Anand, Viswanathan280047
3 Kramnik, Vladimir279347
4 Shirov, Alexei278147
5 Leko, Peter276248
6 Topalov, Veselin274547
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily273648
8 Svidler, Peter272748
9 Gelfand, Boris272747
10 Adams, Michael272647

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Top 500 active players as of May 15, 2000

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Player Rating +/- Best? 75%? Age
1 Kasparov, Garry K28824876.5% #137.09
2 Anand, Viswanathan2800478.0% #630.43
3 Kramnik, Vladimir2793475.8% #724.89
4 Shirov, Alexei2781473.8% #927.86
5 Leko, Peter2762482.0% #1320.69
6 Topalov, Veselin2745470.8% #1725.17
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily2736480.5% #2031.16
8 Svidler, Peter2727480.3% #2323.91
9 Gelfand, Boris2727470.3% #2331.89
10 Adams, Michael2726470.2% #2428.50
11 Morozevich, Alexander2721490.3% #2622.83
12 Georgiev, Kiril2713500.2% #3034.47
13 Kamsky, Gata2712610.7% #3525.95
14 Krasenkow, Michal2706480.1% #3336.50
15 Karpov, Anatoly E2702470.1% #3548.98
16 Short, Nigel D2697480.1% #3834.96
17 Bareev, Evgeny269450 #4133.48
18 Rublevsky, Sergei2692500.1% #4225.58
19 Beliavsky, Alexander G268847 #4446.41
20 Akopian, Vladimir268749 #4528.44
21 Polgar, Judit268548 #4623.81
22 Khalifman, Alexander268447 #4734.33
23 Gurevich, Mikhail N267948 #5141.23
24 Dreev, Alexey267648 #5331.32
25 Almasi, Zoltan267649 #5423.71
26 Korchnoi, Viktor L266747 #6069.15
27 Aleksandrov, Aleksej266450 #6427.01
28 Piket, Jeroen266146 #6531.30
29 Sakaev, Konstantin265849 #7026.09
30 Movsesian, Sergei265847 #6921.53
31 Smirin, Ilia265249 #7632.32
32 van Wely, Loek265246 #7327.61
33 Timman, Jan H265047 #7648.42
34 Gulko, Boris F265051 #8153.27
35 Tkachiev, Vladislav264449 #8426.52
36 Kharlov, Andrei263850 #9131.49
37 Zvjaginsev, Vadim263849 #9123.74
38 Seirawan, Yasser263751 #9440.14
39 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A263554 #9840.16
40 Dautov, Rustem263349 #9734.47
41 Sadler, Matthew263250 #9825.99
42 Jussupow, Artur M263149 #9840.26
43 Fedorov, Alexei263154 #10327.64
44 Hellers, Ferdinand2630680.1% #11431.30
45 Ehlvest, Jaan262948 #10137.59
46 Khenkin, Igor262849 #10232.15
47 Nikolic, Predrag262748 #10339.68
48 Salov, Valery B262656 #10935.97
49 Novikov, Igor A262549 #10537.98
50 Onischuk, Alexander262549 #10624.70
51 Milos, Gilberto262452 #10936.54
52 Lautier, Joel262447 #10627.09
53 Graf, Alexander262357 #11537.72
54 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander262349 #10837.33
55 Ye Jiangchuan262251 #11039.49
56 Hodgson, Julian M262250 #11036.81
57 Vladimirov, Evgeny Y262257 #11543.32
58 Psakhis, Lev B262248 #10941.46
59 Sokolov, Ivan262147 #10931.92
60 Lputian, Smbat G262149 #11242.25
61 Sturua, Zurab262152 #11440.94
62 Vaganian, Rafael A262050 #11348.58
63 Andersson, Ulf262050 #11348.89
64 Hansen, Curt261550 #11935.66
65 Bacrot, Etienne261249 #12117.32
66 Speelman, Jonathan S261248 #12043.62
67 Kobalija, Mihail261150 #12422.03
68 Bologan, Viktor260848 #12628.42
69 Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter260749 #12723.79
70 Shipov, Sergei260652 #13034.08
71 Peng Xiaomin260650 #12927.10
72 Kaidanov, Gregory S260652 #13140.59
73 Dolmatov, Sergey V260652 #13141.24
74 Minasian, Artashes260450 #13133.32
75 Granda Zuńiga, Julio E260457 #13733.22
76 Milov, Vadim260349 #13227.79
77 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam260249 #13320.44
78 Hjartarson, Jóhann260254 #13637.27
79 Fominyh, Alexander260151 #13540.92
80 Avrukh, Boris260148 #13222.35
81 Sutovsky, Emil260148 #13422.66
82 Tiviakov, Sergei260048 #13427.25
83 Gavrikov, Victor N260055 #13942.80
84 Volkov, Sergey260049 #13526.27
85 Ponomariov, Ruslan260050 #13616.59
86 Christiansen, Larry M260052 #13843.89
87 Yudasin, Leonid G259651 #14140.77
88 Zhang Zhong259651 #14121.69
89 Lutz, Christopher259648 #13929.23
90 Kuzmin, Alexey259462 #15037.19
91 Hübner, Robert259449 #14151.53
92 Stefansson, Hannes259349 #14327.83
93 Agdestein, Simen259252 #14732.99
94 Hracek, Zbynek259149 #14529.68
95 Shabalov, Alexander258950 #14732.68
96 Malakhov, Vladimir258954 #15019.47
97 Romanishin, Oleg M258748 #14948.35
98 Anastasian, Ashot258650 #15135.83
99 Kožul, Zdenko258647 #15033.98
100 Asrian, Karen258351 #15620.06
101 Pétursson, Margeir258256 40.25
102 Eingorn, Viacheslav S258251 43.47
103 Shariyazdanov, Andrey258251 23.84
104 Dvoiris, Semen I258251 41.54
105 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav258154 35.78
106 Chernin, Alexander M258150 40.19
107 Miles, Anthony J258148 45.06
108 Sveshnikov, Evgeny E258149 50.26
109 Ftácnik, Lubomír258048 42.54
110 Yermolinsky, Alex V257949 42.09
111 Wolff, Patrick G257968 32.25
112 Ibragimov, Ildar257948 32.75
113 Balashov, Yury S257850 51.18
114 Giorgadze, Giorgi257849 35.60
115 Malaniuk, Vladimir P257848 42.82
116 Kengis, Edvins257751 41.09
117 Lastin, Alexander257751 23.54
118 Dorfman, Iosif D257754 48.04
119 Razuvaev, Yury S257653 54.60
120 deFirmian, Nicholas E257649 42.80
121 Nunn, John D M257553 45.06
122 Gurevich, Dmitry257452 43.68
123 Nielsen, Peter Heine257349 26.98
124 Serper, Grigory257355 30.67
125 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir257351 49.54
126 Torre, Eugenio257358 48.53
127 Baklan, Vladimir257250 22.22
128 Rogers, Ian257148 39.89
129 Adianto, Utut257151 35.16
130 Filippov, Valerij257148 24.47
131 Golod, Vitali257150 28.89
132 Ribli, Zoltán256951 48.69
133 Komarov, Dimitri256950 31.46
134 Huzman, Alexander256949 38.10
135 Grischuk, Alexander256850 16.54
136 Yemelin, Vasily256850 24.29
137 Hansen, Lars Bo256855 31.64
138 Ivanov, Sergey256850 38.63
139 Yakovich, Yuri256849 37.46
140 Aronian, Levon256851 17.61
141 Epishin, Vladimir256748 34.84
142 Tukmakov, Vladimir B256749 54.17
143 Alterman, Boris256751 30.03
144 Pigusov, Evgeny256650 39.12
145 Vaisser, Anatoli256652 51.19
146 Fedorowicz, John P256653 41.64
147 Morovic Fernández, Iván E256651 37.14
148 Dao Thien Hai256552 22.01
149 Greenfeld, Alon256550 36.08
150 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav256460 34.17
151 Kotronias, Vasilios256455 35.72
152 Tregubov, Pavel V256449 28.40
153 Savchenko, Stanislav256450 33.32
154 Stohl, Igor256348 35.64
155 Gurevich, Ilya256374 28.27
156 Benjamin, Joel L256350 36.18
157 Xu Jun256259 37.66
158 Sherbakov, Ruslan256249 30.67
159 Mikhalchishin, Adrian B256250 45.49
160 Leitao, Rafael256152 20.38
161 Hamdouchi, Hichem256050 27.60
162 Kruppa, Yuri256052 35.90
163 Ulibin, Mikhail256049 28.96
164 Hickl, Joerg256051 35.08
165 Shneider, Aleksandr256055 37.98
166 Rozentalis, Eduardas256048 36.97
167 Landa, Konstantin256052 27.98
168 Damljanovic, Branko256049 38.91
169 Shchekachev, Andrei256051 27.55
170 Burmakin, Vladimir255949 32.94
171 Baburin, Alexander255949 33.24
172 Kotsur, Pavel255853 26.37
173 Gabriel, Christian255849 25.20
174 Galkin, Alexander255849 21.29
175 Goldin, Alexander255853 35.22
176 Timoshenko, Georgy255551 33.96
177 Iordachescu, Viorel255549 23.07
178 Smagin, Sergey255561 41.69
179 Kempinski, Robert255548 22.84
180 Antonio, Rogelio Jr255556 38.24
181 Van der Sterren, Paul255450 44.16
182 Atalik, Suat255448 35.60
183 Agrest, Evgenij255449 33.75
184 Sax, Gyula255349 48.91
185 Portisch, Lajos255352 63.11
186 Wahls, Matthias255252 32.30
187 Palac, Mladen255248 29.24
188 Golubev, Mihail255255 29.96
189 Lerner, Konstantin Z255151 50.22
190 Beim, Valery255153 50.16
191 Sokolov, Andrey Y255056 37.15
192 Chiburdanidze, Maia G254953 39.33
193 Watson, William N254961 38.08
194 Chernyshov, Konstantin254952 32.93
195 Adorján, András254862 50.12
196 Podzielny, Karl Heinz254859 45.68
197 Korneev, Oleg254749 30.81
198 Kharitonov, Andrey Y254752 41.11
199 Lalic, Bogdan254647 36.19
200 Gleizerov, Evgeny254651 37.15
201 Spasov, Vasil254658 29.25
202 Kovalev, Andrei254652 38.52
203 Podgaets, Mikhail Y254560 52.81
204 Iuldachev, Saidali254554 32.29
205 Ivanov, Alexander V254454 44.04
206 Dzindzichashvili, Roman Y254458 56.03
207 Kiriakov, Petr254353 25.34
208 Pintér, József254351 46.52
209 Magerramov, Elmar S254362 42.10
210 Tischbierek, Raj254352 37.64
211 Gruenfeld, Yehuda254158 44.22
212 Popov, Valerij254050 25.68
213 Najer, Evgeniy254051 22.90
214 Volzhin, Alexander254050 29.29
215 Reinderman, Dimitri254049 27.76
216 Rustemov, Alexander254051 26.86
217 Zontakh, Andrey253950 29.53
218 Spassky, Boris V253953 63.29
219 Poluljahov, Aleksandr253950 34.94
220 Zakharevich, Igor253954 36.84
221 Lobron, Eric253853 40.02
222 Sorokin, Maxim253850 32.32
223 Irzhanov, Ruslan253856 23.47
224 Shulman, Yuri253851 25.05
225 Slobodjan, Roman253749 25.37
226 Ilincic, Zlatko253751 32.01
227 Ionov, Sergey253651 38.36
228 Guseinov, Aidyn253664 48.37
229 Kacheishvili, Giorgi253553 23.26
230 Delchev, Aleksander253550 28.83
231 Rytshagov, Mikhail253552 32.51
232 Schlosser, Philipp253452 31.74
233 Kantsler, Boris253354 38.08
234 Kosashvili, Yona253360 29.87
235 Hernandez, Gilberto253254
236 Luther, Thomas253250 30.53
237 Hort, Vlastimil253151 56.34
238 Arkhipov, Sergey253156 45.90
239 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel253149 34.45
240 Babula, Vlastimil253049 26.62
241 van der Wiel, John T H253049 40.77
242 Vaulin, Alexander253048 43.16
243 Motylev, Alexander253050 20.91
244 Zarubin, Pavel252973 32.25
245 Hertneck, Gerald252951 36.66
246 Bönsch, Uwe252955 41.58
247 Hansen, Sune Berg252950 29.07
248 Moroz, Alexander252861 39.33
249 Temirbaev, Serik252862
250 Orlov, Georgi252867
251 Enders, Peter252854 37.29
252 Lugovoi, Aleksei252849 25.19
253 Nikolenko, Oleg252859 40.91
254 Nevednichy, Vladislav252850 30.70
255 Loginov, Valery A252851 44.42
256 Dizdarevic, Emir252750 42.12
257 Aseev, Konstantin N252751 39.57
258 Fridman, Daniel252653 24.25
259 Kurajica, Bojan252649 52.50
260 Brodsky, Michail252650 31.14
261 Bezgodov, Alexei252653 30.88
262 Bischoff, Klaus252648 38.93
263 Feygin, Michail252573 25.29
264 Gofshtein, Leonid D252550 47.07
265 Ginsburg, Gennadij252569 28.76
266 Chekhov, Valery A252460 44.47
267 Wang Zili252458 31.92
268 Yandemirov, Valeri252351 37.26
269 Horvath, Jozsef252351 35.76
270 Kolev, Atanas252360 32.83
271 Schandorff, Lars252350 35.07
272 Markovic, Miroslav252355 27.02
273 Malisauskas, Vidmantas252360 36.78
274 Zubarev, Alexander252260 48.89
275 Papaioannou, Ioannis252156 24.07
276 Conquest, Stuart252149 33.21
277 Plaskett, Jim252152 40.16
278 Gdanski, Jacek252051 29.46
279 Ricardi, Pablo252051 38.22
280 Makarov, Marat252053 37.02
281 Ruzele, Darius251958 32.05
282 Kishnev, Sergey251962 43.54
283 Emms, John M251949 33.17
284 Smikovski, Ivan251968 27.93
285 Sunye Neto, Jaime251957 43.04
286 Bu Xiangzhi251950 14.43
287 Gallagher, Joseph G251949 36.03
288 Rechlis, Gad251858 33.28
289 Bruzon Bautista, Lazaro251855 18.04
290 Kumaran, Dharshan251868 24.94
291 Nijboer, Friso251748 34.97
292 Kuzmin, Gennady P251752 54.32
293 Neverov, Valery251652 35.90
294 Danielian, Oganes251574
295 Kudrin, Sergey251554 40.69
296 Yurtaev, Leonid251552 41.04
297 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly V251554 55.64
298 Lesiege, Alexandre251452 24.74
299 Rodriguez, Amador251457 43.69
300 Soffer, Ram251454 34.69
301 Sasikiran, Krishnan251450 19.36
302 Bezold, Michael251452 27.98
303 Glek, Igor V251449 38.52
304 Bauer, Christian251349 23.34
305 Berelovich, Aleksandar251353 32.87
306 Mirumian, Vigen251352 22.63
307 King, Daniel J251354 36.72
308 Spraggett, Kevin B251351 45.51
309 Morrison, William251264 39.79
310 Barsov, Alexei251250
311 Kindermann, Stefan251250 40.38
312 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass251250 23.24
313 Nogueiras, Jesus251151 40.83
314 Miladinovic, Igor251151 26.31
315 Pavasovic, Dusko251148 23.58
316 Chandler, Murray G251051 40.11
317 Korotylev, Alexey251055 23.21
318 Sokolovs, Andrei251065 28.23
319 Barua, Dibyendu250952 33.55
320 Iskusnyh, Sergei250953 25.69
321 Vera, Reynaldo250952 39.36
322 Xie Jun250949 29.54
323 Gyimesi, Zoltan250950 23.12
324 Malakhatko, Vadim250954 23.15
325 Kogan, Artur250949 26.30
326 Banikas, Hristos250953 21.98
327 Zoler, Dan250853 26.32
328 Kiselev, Sergey250860 38.67
329 Markowski, Tomasz250849 24.79
330 Didishko, Vereslav250852 51.10
331 Knaak, Rainer F250756 47.16
332 Chuchelov, Vladimir250752 30.63
333 Magem Badals, Jordi250749 32.73
334 Comas Fabrego, Luis250750 28.90
335 Rogozenko, Dorian250749 26.74
336 Krivonosov, Oleg250769 39.01
337 Parker, Jonathan250754 23.98
338 Van den Doel, Erik250649 20.99
339 Wells, Peter K250649 35.08
340 Spangenberg, Hugo250652 24.48
341 Smejkal, Jan250555 54.15
342 Timoshchenko, Gennady250550 51.05
343 Cvitan, Ognjen250549 38.60
344 Sosonko, Gennadi250561 56.99
345 Palatnik, Semen A250467 50.14
346 Levin, Felix250453 41.53
347 Sulskis, Sarunas250450 27.47
348 Sermek, Drazen250448 31.29
349 Oral, Tomas250349 22.39
350 Tyomkin, Dimitri250352 23.14
351 Belikov, Vladimir250360 28.79
352 Strikovic, Aleksa250352 39.01
353 Bagaturov, Giorgi250353 35.47
354 Kovacevic, Vladimir250254 58.14
355 Dizdar, Goran250250 41.45
356 Zifroni, Dov250255 24.25
357 Shabanov, Yury F250158 62.51
358 Maksimenko, Andrei250054 30.44
359 Cebalo, Mišo250048 55.28
360 Har Zvi, Ronen250059 23.59
361 Mikhalevski, Victor249950 27.84
362 Manor, Ilan249957 30.55
363 Arencibia, Walter249951 32.82
364 Ovetchkin, Roman249956 27.33
365 Popovic, Petar249955 41.25
366 Liss, Eran249954 24.87
367 Zaichik, Gennady L249974 43.26
368 Istratescu, Andrei249851 24.45
369 Polovodin, Igor A249861 45.15
370 Hall, Jesper249753 28.83
371 Maiwald, Jens Uwe249752 26.03
372 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy249751 33.79
373 Koniushkov, Igor249772 37.46
374 Cramling, Pia249750 37.06
375 Liiva, Riho249666 24.86
376 Khasin, Alexander249657 49.05
377 Wedberg, Tom249653 46.47
378 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas249557
379 Finkel, Alexander249556 25.37
380 Lanka, Zigurds249551 39.98
381 Ye Rongguang249562 36.62
382 Wu Shaobin249560 31.28
383 Grivas, Efstratios249556 34.13
384 Nadyrhanov, Sergey249460 36.63
385 Gormally, Daniel249449 24.03
386 Hulak, Krunoslav249451 48.97
387 Safin, Shukhrat249456 30.12
388 Yevseev, Denis249453 26.87
389 Horváth, Csaba249348 31.94
390 Egin, Vladimir249367
391 Arnason, Jon L249365 39.51
392 Suba, Mihai249358 52.96
393 Polgar, Sofia249361 25.54
394 Lazarev, Vladimir249352 35.94
395 Dragomarezkij, Evgeni249368 47.32
396 Tsesarsky, Ilya249357 40.60
397 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw249252 29.37
398 Rogic, Davor249252 28.80
399 Nikolaidis, Ioannis249253 29.36
400 Mestel, A Jonathan249261 43.17
401 Galliamova, Alisa249252 28.33
402 Borovikov, Vladislav249169 26.76
403 Godena, Michele249148 32.88
404 Mitenkov, Alexey249173 39.19
405 Varga, Zoltan249049 29.84
406 Totsky, Leonid249056 32.76
407 Notkin, Maksim249061 36.43
408 Kveinys, Aloyzas249051 37.85
409 Akesson, Ralf249049 39.27
410 Zezulkin, Jurij249057 28.75
411 Gausel, Einar249051 36.46
412 Bagirov, Vladimir K249053 63.75
413 Turov, Maxim249053 20.44
414 Smyslov, Vassily V248953 79.14
415 Ubilava, Elizbar E248959 49.72
416 Mikhaletz, Lubomir248956 25.75
417 Jakubiec, Artur248959 26.45
418 Goloshchapov, Alexander248953 22.31
419 Marciano, David248950 30.86
420 Liang Jinrong248964 39.98
421 Milov, Leonid248967 34.28
422 Drasko, Milan248951 37.44
423 Lukin, Andrei M248864 51.72
424 Zagrebelny, Sergey248852
425 Rausis, Igors248849 39.11
426 Sharif, Mershad248864 47.84
427 Garcia Ilundain, David248853 29.12
428 Dgebuadze, Alexandre248755 28.98
429 Piskov, Yury248768 38.59
430 Vorotnikov, Vladislav V248760 52.75
431 Matros, Alexander248762 30.35
432 Polak, Tomas248751 26.06
433 Bitoon, Richard248764 24.42
434 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny248753 18.96
435 Oratovsky, Michael248657 26.12
436 Djurhuus, Rune248653 30.31
437 Georgiev, Krum248657 41.98
438 Murey, Yakov248652 58.79
439 Prokopchuk, Evgeny248555 21.84
440 Cámpora, Daniel H248552 42.88
441 Larsen, Bent248555 65.20
442 Sevillano, Enrico248567
443 Efimov, Igor248448 39.66
444 Antunes, Antonio248465 38.28
445 Hebden, Mark248450 42.25
446 Davies, Nigel R248453 39.79
447 Uhlmann, Wolfgang248452 65.13
448 Campos Moreno, Javier B248457 41.19
449 Miezis, Normunds248449 29.01
450 Hillarp Persson, Tiger248449 29.55
451 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto248352 42.40
452 Ravia, Mosi248369 24.56
453 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N248352 54.08
454 Dimitrov, Vladimir248354 32.09
455 Kosten, Anthony C248352 41.81
456 Macieja, Bartlomiej248350 22.61
457 Blatny, Pavel248349 31.90
458 Ionescu, Constantin248250 41.68
459 Zaja, Ivan248252 34.80
460 Degraeve, Jean Marc248250 29.30
461 Olafsson, Helgi248253 43.75
462 Becerra Rivero, Julio248152
463 Apicella, Manuel248152 30.07
464 Kuporosov, Viktor248159 38.64
465 Ward, Christopher248149 32.14
466 Zulfugaryi, Magomed248155 22.98
467 Winants, Luc248058 37.37
468 Haba, Petr248051 35.36
469 Kalantarian, Norik248061 37.75
470 Krakops, Maris248054 22.12
471 Perelshteyn, Eugene247966 20.29
472 Shtyrenkov, Veniamen247960 42.06
473 Matamoros Franco, Carlos S247953 33.41
474 Shaked, Tal247852 22.28
475 Kochiev, Alexander247860 44.14
476 Sergeev, Vladimir247856 36.04
477 Dokutchaev, Aleksander247864 27.96
478 Moskalenko, Viktor247857 39.45
479 Komliakov, Viktor247856 40.06
480 Kosic, Dragan247852 30.25
481 Vescovi, Giovanni P247852 21.92
482 Legky, Nikolay A247857 45.09
483 Vokác, Marek247852 41.44
484 Kalinin, Alexander247866 31.97
485 Gelashvili, Tamaz247753 22.10
486 Marin, Mihail247749 35.07
487 Georgiev, Vladimir247749 24.72
488 Danielsen, Henrik247652 34.32
489 Vallejo Pons, Francisco247650 17.73
490 Sokolin, Leonid M247662
491 Sargissian, Gabriel247655 17.28
492 Rowson, Jonathan247649 23.08
493 Votava, Jan247551 25.46
494 Saltaev, Mihail247553 37.49
495 Karlsson, Lars247559 44.84
496 Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes247566 56.86
497 Guliev, Sarhan247456 32.12
498 Hector, Jonny247448 36.26
499 Kovacevic, Aleksandar247452 26.26
500 Movsziszian, Karen247454 37.36

These ratings, calculated as of May 15, 2000, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the time between May 11, 1999 and May 15, 2000, along with the ratings that were already calculated as of May 10, 1999. 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 May 15, 2000. This represents the player's estimated strength on May 16, 2000.

+/- 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 May 16, 2000. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on May 16, 2000 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 May 16, 2000. 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 May 15, 2000. 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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