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Top 10 active players as of May 22, 2000

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Player Rating +/-
1 Kasparov, Garry K288048
2 Anand, Viswanathan279947
3 Kramnik, Vladimir279247
4 Shirov, Alexei277947
5 Leko, Peter276148
6 Topalov, Veselin274447
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily274047
8 Svidler, Peter272648
9 Adams, Michael272547
10 Gelfand, Boris272147

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Top 500 active players as of May 22, 2000

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Player Rating +/- Best? 75%? Age
1 Kasparov, Garry K28804876.0% #137.11
2 Anand, Viswanathan2799478.1% #630.45
3 Kramnik, Vladimir2792476.1% #724.91
4 Shirov, Alexei2779473.8% #927.88
5 Leko, Peter2761481.9% #1320.70
6 Topalov, Veselin2744470.8% #1725.19
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily2740470.7% #1831.18
8 Svidler, Peter2726480.3% #2323.93
9 Adams, Michael2725470.2% #2328.51
10 Gelfand, Boris2721470.3% #2531.91
11 Morozevich, Alexander2720490.3% #2622.84
12 Krasenkow, Michal2715480.2% #2836.52
13 Georgiev, Kiril2712500.2% #3034.48
14 Kamsky, Gata2711610.6% #3525.97
15 Karpov, Anatoly E2701470.1% #3548.99
16 Short, Nigel D2696480.1% #3834.97
17 Bareev, Evgeny2693500.1% #4133.50
18 Rublevsky, Sergei2691500.1% #4225.60
19 Akopian, Vladimir268649 #4528.46
20 Khalifman, Alexander268347 #4734.34
21 Polgar, Judit268248 #4723.83
22 Beliavsky, Alexander G268147 #4846.43
23 Gurevich, Mikhail N267948 #5141.25
24 Dreev, Alexey267548 #5431.34
25 Almasi, Zoltan267549 #5423.73
26 Aleksandrov, Aleksej266350 #6427.03
27 Korchnoi, Viktor L266047 #6669.16
28 Piket, Jeroen266046 #6631.32
29 Sakaev, Konstantin265749 #7026.11
30 Movsesian, Sergei265747 #6921.55
31 Smirin, Ilia265548 #7232.34
32 van Wely, Loek265146 #7327.62
33 Timman, Jan H264947 #7648.44
34 Gulko, Boris F264851 #8053.28
35 Tkachiev, Vladislav264349 #8526.53
36 Kharlov, Andrei264050 #8831.51
37 Khenkin, Igor263749 #9232.17
38 Zvjaginsev, Vadim263749 #9123.76
39 Seirawan, Yasser263651 #9440.16
40 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A263454 #9940.18
41 Sadler, Matthew263350 #9626.02
42 Dautov, Rustem263249 #9734.48
43 Jussupow, Artur M263149 #9840.27
44 Ehlvest, Jaan263048 #9937.60
45 Fedorov, Alexei263054 #10327.65
46 Hellers, Ferdinand262968 #11531.32
47 Nikolic, Predrag262648 #10239.70
48 Salov, Valery B262556 #11035.98
49 Onischuk, Alexander262449 #10624.72
50 Psakhis, Lev B262348 #10641.48
51 Lautier, Joel262347 #10527.11
52 Milos, Gilberto262352 #10936.56
53 Novikov, Igor A262349 #10837.99
54 Graf, Alexander262257 #11537.74
55 Hodgson, Julian M262150 #11036.83
56 Ye Jiangchuan262151 #11139.51
57 Vladimirov, Evgeny Y262157 #11643.34
58 Sokolov, Ivan262047 #10931.94
59 Vaganian, Rafael A262050 #11248.60
60 Lputian, Smbat G261949 #11142.27
61 Sturua, Zurab261952 #11440.95
62 Andersson, Ulf261950 #11548.90
63 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander261549 #11737.35
64 Hansen, Curt261350 #11935.68
65 Speelman, Jonathan S261248 #11943.64
66 Bacrot, Etienne261149 #12117.33
67 Bologan, Viktor260748 #12528.44
68 Kobalija, Mihail260750 #12722.05
69 Tiviakov, Sergei260647 #12727.27
70 Kaidanov, Gregory S260652 #13040.61
71 Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter260549 #12923.81
72 Shipov, Sergei260552 #13034.10
73 Peng Xiaomin260550 #13027.12
74 Dolmatov, Sergey V260552 #13141.26
75 Granda Zuńiga, Julio E260357 #13733.24
76 Milov, Vadim260249 #13227.81
77 Avrukh, Boris260248 #13122.37
78 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam260149 #13320.46
79 Hjartarson, Jóhann260154 #13737.29
80 Christiansen, Larry M260152 #13543.90
81 Fominyh, Alexander260051 #13640.94
82 Sutovsky, Emil260048 #13322.67
83 Volkov, Sergey259949 #13526.29
84 Gavrikov, Victor N259955 #14042.81
85 Ponomariov, Ruslan259950 #13616.61
86 Minasian, Artashes259750 #13933.34
87 Yudasin, Leonid G259651 #14140.79
88 Lutz, Christopher259548 #13829.24
89 Zhang Zhong259551 #14121.71
90 Hübner, Robert259349 #14251.54
91 Kuzmin, Alexey259362 #15137.20
92 Agdestein, Simen259152 #14733.02
93 Hracek, Zbynek259049 #14529.70
94 Dvoiris, Semen I258850 #14841.55
95 Malakhov, Vladimir258854 #15019.49
96 Anastasian, Ashot258650 #15135.85
97 Yermolinsky, Alex V258549 #15042.11
98 Romanishin, Oleg M258548 #15048.37
99 Stefansson, Hannes258549 #15127.84
100 Kožul, Zdenko258547 #14934.00
101 Shabalov, Alexander258350 32.69
102 Eingorn, Viacheslav S258251 43.49
103 Asrian, Karen258251 20.08
104 Miles, Anthony J258148 45.08
105 Pétursson, Margeir258156 40.27
106 Shariyazdanov, Andrey258151 23.86
107 Chernin, Alexander M258150 40.21
108 Nielsen, Peter Heine258149 26.99
109 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav258054 35.79
110 Sveshnikov, Evgeny E258049 50.28
111 Ftácnik, Lubomír257848 42.56
112 Wolff, Patrick G257868 32.27
113 Ibragimov, Ildar257748 32.77
114 Balashov, Yury S257750 51.19
115 Malaniuk, Vladimir P257748 42.84
116 Giorgadze, Giorgi257749 35.62
117 Kengis, Edvins257651 41.11
118 Lastin, Alexander257651 23.56
119 Dorfman, Iosif D257654 48.06
120 deFirmian, Nicholas E257548 42.82
121 Razuvaev, Yury S257553 54.62
122 Leitao, Rafael257452 20.40
123 Nunn, John D M257353 45.08
124 Gurevich, Dmitry257352 43.70
125 Rogers, Ian257248 39.91
126 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir257251 49.55
127 Golod, Vitali257150 28.91
128 Baklan, Vladimir257150 22.24
129 Adianto, Utut257051 35.18
130 Grischuk, Alexander257049 16.56
131 Filippov, Valerij257048 24.48
132 Tregubov, Pavel V257049 28.42
133 Tukmakov, Vladimir B256949 54.19
134 Greenfeld, Alon256950 36.10
135 Komarov, Dimitri256950 31.47
136 Ribli, Zoltán256851 48.71
137 Serper, Grigory256854 30.69
138 Hansen, Lars Bo256755 31.66
139 Yemelin, Vasily256750 24.31
140 Yakovich, Yuri256749 37.48
141 Aronian, Levon256751 17.63
142 Ivanov, Sergey256750 38.65
143 Goldin, Alexander256653 35.24
144 Morovic Fernández, Iván E256651 37.16
145 Huzman, Alexander256649 38.12
146 Alterman, Boris256651 30.05
147 Vaisser, Anatoli256552 51.21
148 Pigusov, Evgeny256550 39.14
149 Dao Thien Hai256452 22.03
150 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav256360 34.19
151 Kotronias, Vasilios256355 35.74
152 Epishin, Vladimir256248 34.86
153 Stohl, Igor256248 35.65
154 Gurevich, Ilya256274 28.29
155 Torre, Eugenio256257 48.55
156 Xu Jun256159 37.68
157 Savchenko, Stanislav256151 33.34
158 Sherbakov, Ruslan256149 30.69
159 Mikhalchishin, Adrian B256050 45.51
160 Hamdouchi, Hichem255950 27.62
161 Kruppa, Yuri255952 35.92
162 Ulibin, Mikhail255949 28.98
163 Hickl, Joerg255951 35.10
164 Damljanovic, Branko255949 38.93
165 Rozentalis, Eduardas255948 36.98
166 Shneider, Aleksandr255955 37.99
167 Shchekachev, Andrei255951 27.57
168 Landa, Konstantin255952 27.99
169 Benjamin, Joel L255850 36.20
170 Burmakin, Vladimir255849 32.96
171 Gabriel, Christian255749 25.22
172 Kotsur, Pavel255753 26.38
173 Baburin, Alexander255749 33.26
174 Galkin, Alexander255649 21.31
175 Fedorowicz, John P255653 41.65
176 Timoshenko, Georgy255551 33.97
177 Iordachescu, Viorel255449 23.09
178 Smagin, Sergey255461 41.70
179 Antonio, Rogelio Jr255356 38.26
180 Ivanov, Alexander V255253 44.06
181 Sax, Gyula255249 48.93
182 Kempinski, Robert255248 22.86
183 Portisch, Lajos255252 63.13
184 Atalik, Suat255247 35.62
185 Wahls, Matthias255152 32.32
186 Palac, Mladen255148 29.26
187 Golubev, Mihail255155 29.98
188 Beim, Valery255053 50.18
189 Sokolov, Andrey Y254956 37.17
190 Van der Sterren, Paul254949 44.18
191 Chiburdanidze, Maia G254853 39.35
192 Watson, William N254761 38.09
193 Chernyshov, Konstantin254752 32.95
194 Adorján, András254762 50.14
195 Agrest, Evgenij254749 33.77
196 Podzielny, Karl Heinz254759 45.70
197 Korneev, Oleg254649 30.83
198 Kharitonov, Andrey Y254652 41.13
199 Volzhin, Alexander254650 29.30
200 Lerner, Konstantin Z254652 50.23
201 Gleizerov, Evgeny254551 37.17
202 Spasov, Vasil254558 29.26
203 Kovalev, Andrei254452 38.54
204 Iuldachev, Saidali254454 32.31
205 Podgaets, Mikhail Y254360 52.83
206 Dzindzichashvili, Roman Y254258 56.05
207 Pintér, József254251 46.53
208 Kiriakov, Petr254253 25.36
209 Slobodjan, Roman254248 25.39
210 Magerramov, Elmar S254262 42.12
211 Tischbierek, Raj254252 37.66
212 Gruenfeld, Yehuda254058 44.23
213 Najer, Evgeniy253951 22.92
214 Popov, Valerij253950 25.70
215 Rustemov, Alexander253851 26.88
216 Spassky, Boris V253853 63.31
217 Zontakh, Andrey253750 29.55
218 Kantsler, Boris253754 38.10
219 Zakharevich, Igor253754 36.85
220 Lobron, Eric253753 40.04
221 Poluljahov, Aleksandr253750 34.96
222 Lalic, Bogdan253747 36.20
223 Sorokin, Maxim253750 32.33
224 Irzhanov, Ruslan253756 23.49
225 Shulman, Yuri253651 25.06
226 Ilincic, Zlatko253551 32.03
227 Ionov, Sergey253551 38.37
228 Guseinov, Aidyn253564 48.39
229 Kacheishvili, Giorgi253453 23.28
230 Delchev, Aleksander253350 28.85
231 Rytshagov, Mikhail253352 32.53
232 Schlosser, Philipp253352 31.76
233 Kosashvili, Yona253160 29.88
234 Luther, Thomas253150 30.55
235 Hernandez, Gilberto253154
236 Reinderman, Dimitri253149 27.78
237 Hort, Vlastimil253051 56.36
238 Arkhipov, Sergey253056 45.91
239 Babula, Vlastimil252949 26.64
240 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel252949 34.47
241 Vaulin, Alexander252948 43.18
242 Motylev, Alexander252850 20.93
243 Hertneck, Gerald252851 36.68
244 Zarubin, Pavel252873 32.27
245 Bönsch, Uwe252855 41.60
246 Hansen, Sune Berg252850 29.09
247 Moroz, Alexander252761 39.34
248 Temirbaev, Serik252762
249 Orlov, Georgi252767
250 Enders, Peter252754 37.30
251 Nikolenko, Oleg252759 40.92
252 Lugovoi, Aleksei252749 25.21
253 Nevednichy, Vladislav252750 30.72
254 Loginov, Valery A252651 44.44
255 Dizdarevic, Emir252650 42.14
256 Aseev, Konstantin N252651 39.59
257 Gdanski, Jacek252651 29.48
258 Fridman, Daniel252553 24.27
259 Brodsky, Michail252550 31.15
260 Kurajica, Bojan252449 52.52
261 Bezgodov, Alexei252453 30.90
262 Bruzon Bautista, Lazaro252455 18.05
263 Feygin, Michail252473 25.31
264 Ginsburg, Gennadij252369 28.78
265 Gofshtein, Leonid D252350 47.09
266 Bischoff, Klaus252348 38.95
267 Chekhov, Valery A252360 44.49
268 Wang Zili252358 31.94
269 Kolev, Atanas252360 32.85
270 Yandemirov, Valeri252251 37.28
271 Horvath, Jozsef252251 35.77
272 Schandorff, Lars252250 35.09
273 Markovic, Miroslav252255 27.04
274 Malisauskas, Vidmantas252260 36.80
275 Zubarev, Alexander252160 48.91
276 Papaioannou, Ioannis252056 24.09
277 Plaskett, Jim251952 40.18
278 Nijboer, Friso251948 34.98
279 Makarov, Marat251953 37.04
280 Ricardi, Pablo251851 38.24
281 Ruzele, Darius251858 32.07
282 Kishnev, Sergey251862 43.56
283 van der Wiel, John T H251849 40.78
284 Smikovski, Ivan251868 27.94
285 Gallagher, Joseph G251849 36.05
286 Sunye Neto, Jaime251857 43.05
287 Rechlis, Gad251758 33.30
288 Kumaran, Dharshan251668 24.96
289 Kuzmin, Gennady P251652 54.34
290 Emms, John M251649 33.19
291 Neverov, Valery251552 35.92
292 Bu Xiangzhi251550 14.45
293 Lesiege, Alexandre251552 24.76
294 Berelovich, Aleksandar251552 32.89
295 Bauer, Christian251549 23.36
296 Kudrin, Sergey251454 40.71
297 Danielian, Oganes251474
298 Yurtaev, Leonid251452 41.06
299 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly V251354 55.66
300 Rodriguez, Amador251357 43.70
301 Bezold, Michael251352 27.99
302 Glek, Igor V251349 38.54
303 Soffer, Ram251254 34.71
304 Mirumian, Vigen251252 22.65
305 Morrison, William251264 39.80
306 King, Daniel J251254 36.73
307 Spraggett, Kevin B251151 45.53
308 Kindermann, Stefan251150 40.40
309 Barsov, Alexei251150
310 Nogueiras, Jesus251151 40.85
311 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass251150 23.26
312 Sasikiran, Krishnan251050 19.37
313 Chandler, Murray G251051 40.13
314 Miladinovic, Igor251051 26.33
315 Xie Jun251049 29.56
316 Pavasovic, Dusko251048 23.60
317 Korotylev, Alexey250955 23.22
318 Sokolovs, Andrei250965 28.25
319 Comas Fabrego, Luis250950 28.92
320 Kogan, Artur250849 26.31
321 Conquest, Stuart250849 33.22
322 Iskusnyh, Sergei250853 25.71
323 Malakhatko, Vadim250854 23.17
324 Oral, Tomas250849 22.41
325 Banikas, Hristos250853 22.01
326 Arencibia, Walter250751 32.84
327 Zoler, Dan250753 26.34
328 Kiselev, Sergey250760 38.69
329 Magem Badals, Jordi250749 32.74
330 Didishko, Vereslav250752 51.12
331 Gyimesi, Zoltan250650 23.14
332 Knaak, Rainer F250656 47.18
333 Chuchelov, Vladimir250652 30.65
334 Barua, Dibyendu250652 33.57
335 Sulskis, Sarunas250650 27.49
336 Rogozenko, Dorian250649 26.76
337 Markowski, Tomasz250549 24.81
338 Krivonosov, Oleg250569 39.03
339 Spangenberg, Hugo250552 24.50
340 Maksimenko, Andrei250453 30.46
341 Smejkal, Jan250455 54.17
342 Cvitan, Ognjen250449 38.62
343 Sosonko, Gennadi250461 57.01
344 Levin, Felix250353 41.55
345 Timoshchenko, Gennady250350 51.07
346 Palatnik, Semen A250367 50.16
347 Sermek, Drazen250348 31.31
348 Wells, Peter K250349 35.10
349 Parker, Jonathan250254 24.01
350 Tyomkin, Dimitri250252 23.16
351 Belikov, Vladimir250260 28.80
352 Bagaturov, Giorgi250153 35.48
353 Strikovic, Aleksa250152 39.03
354 Dizdar, Goran250150 41.47
355 Kovacevic, Vladimir250154 58.16
356 Vera, Reynaldo250152 39.37
357 Zifroni, Dov250055 24.26
358 Shabanov, Yury F250058 62.53
359 Cebalo, Mišo249948 55.29
360 Manor, Ilan249957 30.57
361 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy249851 33.81
362 Ovetchkin, Roman249856 27.35
363 Har Zvi, Ronen249858 23.61
364 Liss, Eran249854 24.89
365 Popovic, Petar249855 41.27
366 Zaichik, Gennady L249774 43.28
367 Van den Doel, Erik249749 21.02
368 Istratescu, Andrei249751 24.47
369 Hall, Jesper249753 28.85
370 Polovodin, Igor A249661 45.16
371 Maiwald, Jens Uwe249652 26.04
372 Koniushkov, Igor249672 37.48
373 Cramling, Pia249650 37.08
374 Liiva, Riho249566 24.88
375 Khasin, Alexander249557 49.06
376 Mikhalevski, Victor249549 27.86
377 Finkel, Alexander249456 25.39
378 Lanka, Zigurds249451 40.00
379 Ye Rongguang249462 36.63
380 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas249457
381 Grivas, Efstratios249456 34.15
382 Wu Shaobin249460 31.30
383 Nadyrhanov, Sergey249360 36.65
384 Varga, Zoltan249348 29.86
385 Hulak, Krunoslav249351 48.99
386 Safin, Shukhrat249356 30.13
387 Yevseev, Denis249353 26.88
388 Horváth, Csaba249248 31.96
389 Gormally, Daniel249249 24.05
390 Egin, Vladimir249267
391 Arnason, Jon L249265 39.52
392 Suba, Mihai249258 52.97
393 Polgar, Sofia249261 25.55
394 Godena, Michele249248 32.90
395 Dragomarezkij, Evgeni249168 47.34
396 Tsesarsky, Ilya249157 40.62
397 Lazarev, Vladimir249152 35.96
398 Mestel, A Jonathan249161 43.19
399 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw249152 29.38
400 Rogic, Davor249152 28.82
401 Nikolaidis, Ioannis249153 29.38
402 Jakubiec, Artur249160 26.47
403 Bagirov, Vladimir K249153 63.77
404 Borovikov, Vladislav249069 26.78
405 Mitenkov, Alexey249073 39.20
406 Galliamova, Alisa249052 28.34
407 Totsky, Leonid248956 32.78
408 Notkin, Maksim248961 36.45
409 Zezulkin, Jurij248957 28.77
410 Kveinys, Aloyzas248951 37.87
411 Akesson, Ralf248949 39.29
412 Gausel, Einar248951 36.48
413 Miezis, Normunds248949 29.03
414 Turov, Maxim248953 20.46
415 Ubilava, Elizbar E248859 49.74
416 Mikhaletz, Lubomir248856 25.77
417 Smyslov, Vassily V248853 79.16
418 Marciano, David248850 30.88
419 Efimov, Igor248848 39.68
420 Goloshchapov, Alexander248853 22.33
421 Wedberg, Tom248853 46.49
422 Liang Jinrong248864 40.00
423 Milov, Leonid248867 34.29
424 Lukin, Andrei M248764 51.73
425 Sadvakasov, Darmen248753 21.07
426 Drasko, Milan248751 37.46
427 Zagrebelny, Sergey248752
428 Sharif, Mershad248764 47.86
429 Garcia Ilundain, David248653 29.14
430 Dgebuadze, Alexandre248655 29.00
431 Piskov, Yury248668 38.61
432 Vorotnikov, Vladislav V248660 52.76
433 Matros, Alexander248662 30.37
434 Murey, Yakov248653 58.80
435 Polak, Tomas248651 26.08
436 Bitoon, Richard248664 24.44
437 Becerra Rivero, Julio248651
438 Georgiev, Krum248658 41.99
439 Oratovsky, Michael248557 26.13
440 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny248553 18.97
441 Djurhuus, Rune248553 30.33
442 Rausis, Igors248549 39.12
443 Prokopchuk, Evgeny248455 21.86
444 Larsen, Bent248455 65.22
445 Blatny, Pavel248449 31.92
446 Sevillano, Enrico248467
447 Cámpora, Daniel H248452 42.90
448 Antunes, Antonio248365 38.29
449 Davies, Nigel R248353 39.81
450 Hebden, Mark248350 42.27
451 Campos Moreno, Javier B248357 41.21
452 Uhlmann, Wolfgang248352 65.15
453 Hillarp Persson, Tiger248249 29.57
454 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto248252 42.42
455 Ravia, Mosi248269 24.58
456 Dimitrov, Vladimir248254 32.11
457 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N248252 54.09
458 Kosten, Anthony C248252 41.83
459 Ionescu, Constantin248150 41.69
460 Zaja, Ivan248152 34.81
461 Olafsson, Helgi248053 43.77
462 Apicella, Manuel248052 30.09
463 Ward, Christopher248049 32.16
464 Kuporosov, Viktor248059 38.66
465 Zulfugaryi, Magomed248055 22.99
466 Winants, Luc247958 37.39
467 Haba, Petr247951 35.38
468 Perelshteyn, Eugene247966 20.30
469 Kalantarian, Norik247961 37.77
470 Krakops, Maris247854 22.13
471 Shtyrenkov, Veniamen247860 42.08
472 Shaked, Tal247752 22.30
473 Kochiev, Alexander247760 44.16
474 Sergeev, Vladimir247756 36.06
475 Dokutchaev, Aleksander247764 27.97
476 Komliakov, Viktor247756 40.08
477 Kosic, Dragan247752 30.27
478 Vescovi, Giovanni P247752 21.94
479 Moskalenko, Viktor247757 39.47
480 Vokác, Marek247752 41.46
481 Kalinin, Alexander247766 31.98
482 Macieja, Bartlomiej247750 22.63
483 Degraeve, Jean Marc247750 29.32
484 Gelashvili, Tamaz247653 22.12
485 Marin, Mihail247649 35.09
486 Georgiev, Vladimir247649 24.74
487 Danielsen, Henrik247552 34.34
488 Matamoros Franco, Carlos S247552 33.43
489 Sokolin, Leonid M247562
490 Sargissian, Gabriel247455 17.30
491 Rowson, Jonathan247449 23.09
492 Votava, Jan247451 25.48
493 Karlsson, Lars247459 44.86
494 Vallejo Pons, Francisco247350 17.75
495 Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes247366 56.88
496 Hector, Jonny247348 36.27
497 Guliev, Sarhan247356 32.14
498 Kovacevic, Aleksandar247352 26.28
499 Movsziszian, Karen247254 37.38
500 Maiorov, Oleg247257 28.84

These ratings, calculated as of May 22, 2000, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the time between May 18, 1999 and May 22, 2000, along with the ratings that were already calculated as of May 17, 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 22, 2000. This represents the player's estimated strength on May 23, 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 23, 2000. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on May 23, 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 23, 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 22, 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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