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Top 10 active players as of November 27, 2000

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Player Rating +/-
1 Kasparov, Garry K286748
2 Kramnik, Vladimir282747
3 Anand, Viswanathan281747
4 Shirov, Alexei278546
5 Leko, Peter275548
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily275047
7 Adams, Michael274447
8 Gelfand, Boris273247
9 Topalov, Veselin272947
10 Kamsky, Gata272965

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Top 500 active players as of November 27, 2000

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Player Rating +/- Best? 75%? Age
1 Kasparov, Garry K28674856.9% #237.62
2 Kramnik, Vladimir28274718.9% #425.42
3 Anand, Viswanathan28174713.6% #530.96
4 Shirov, Alexei2785464.3% #928.40
5 Leko, Peter2755481.4% #1421.22
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily2750470.8% #1531.69
7 Adams, Michael2744470.7% #1629.03
8 Gelfand, Boris2732470.3% #2032.43
9 Topalov, Veselin2729470.3% #2125.70
10 Kamsky, Gata2729651.7% #2626.48
11 Morozevich, Alexander2727480.4% #2223.36
12 Svidler, Peter2714470.1% #2724.44
13 Georgiev, Kiril2710490.1% #3034.99
14 Karpov, Anatoly E2705470.1% #3249.51
15 Bareev, Evgeny2702490.1% #3334.02
16 Rublevsky, Sergei2700490.1% #3526.12
17 Gurevich, Mikhail N268947 #4141.76
18 Polgar, Judit268948 #4124.34
19 Krasenkow, Michal268647 #4337.04
20 Akopian, Vladimir267850 #5028.97
21 Dreev, Alexey267647 #5031.85
22 Short, Nigel D267647 #5035.49
23 Khalifman, Alexander267348 #5334.86
24 Beliavsky, Alexander G267247 #5346.94
25 Sakaev, Konstantin266750 #5826.62
26 Smirin, Ilia266648 #5932.85
27 van Wely, Loek266346 #6028.14
28 Tkachiev, Vladislav265748 #6727.05
29 Piket, Jeroen265746 #6531.83
30 Ponomariov, Ruslan265449 #7017.13
31 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A265351 #7340.70
32 Korchnoi, Viktor L265247 #7269.68
33 Almasi, Zoltan264848 #7624.25
34 Jussupow, Artur M264449 #8040.79
35 Movsesian, Sergei264447 #8022.07
36 Aleksandrov, Aleksej264349 #8127.54
37 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam264249 #8320.98
38 Sokolov, Ivan263947 #8432.45
39 Timman, Jan H263847 #8548.95
40 Khenkin, Igor263849 #8732.68
41 Dautov, Rustem263548 #8934.99
42 Ye Jiangchuan263550 #9140.02
43 Lautier, Joel263347 #9127.62
44 Zvjaginsev, Vadim263249 #9424.27
45 Seirawan, Yasser263150 #9640.68
46 Kharlov, Andrei262950 #9832.02
47 Andersson, Ulf262750 #10049.42
48 Sadler, Matthew262551 #10326.53
49 Salov, Valery B262457 #10836.50
50 Graf, Alexander262459 #11038.26
51 Gulko, Boris F262449 #10353.80
52 Ehlvest, Jaan262248 #10438.12
53 Bacrot, Etienne262248 #10517.85
54 Hellers, Ferdinand262073 #12531.83
55 Psakhis, Lev B261848 #10841.99
56 Lputian, Smbat G261548 #11342.79
57 Hansen, Curt261549 #11436.19
58 Sturua, Zurab261452 #11641.47
59 Lutz, Christopher261348 #11429.76
60 Hodgson, Julian M261049 #11937.34
61 Nikolic, Predrag261047 #11740.21
62 Granda Zuńiga, Julio E260959 #12833.76
63 Grischuk, Alexander260948 #11917.07
64 Onischuk, Alexander260748 #12225.23
65 Kuzmin, Alexey260760 #13237.72
66 Avrukh, Boris260648 #12322.88
67 Ftácnik, Lubomír260648 #12443.08
68 Vaganian, Rafael A260349 #12749.12
69 Dolmatov, Sergey V260251 #12941.77
70 Golod, Vitali260150 #13229.42
71 Yudasin, Leonid G260052 #13341.30
72 Eingorn, Viacheslav S259951 #13344.01
73 Speelman, Jonathan S259847 #13144.15
74 Christiansen, Larry M259752 #13644.42
75 Milov, Vadim259747 #13228.32
76 Hjartarson, Jóhann259557 #14137.80
77 Zhang Zhong259550 #13722.23
78 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander259549 #13637.87
79 Milos, Gilberto259550 #13837.08
80 Shipov, Sergei259553 #13934.61
81 Peng Xiaomin259450 #13827.63
82 Hübner, Robert259349 #13952.06
83 Fominyh, Alexander259250 #14041.45
84 Sutovsky, Emil259148 #14023.19
85 Tiviakov, Sergei259047 #14027.79
86 Novikov, Igor A259050 #14238.51
87 Benjamin, Joel L258949 #14336.71
88 Goldin, Alexander258953 #14535.75
89 Kobalija, Mihail258949 #14422.57
90 Leitao, Rafael258850 #14420.91
91 Kaidanov, Gregory S258850 #14541.13
92 Bologan, Viktor258748 #14428.95
93 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir258651 #14650.07
94 Rozentalis, Eduardas258648 #14637.50
95 Chernin, Alexander M258649 #14640.72
96 Dorfman, Iosif D258551 #14848.57
97 Baklan, Vladimir258550 #14822.76
98 Dvoiris, Semen I258550 #14842.07
99 Nunn, John D M258452 #15045.59
100 Yermolinsky, Alex V258349 #15042.63
101 Shabalov, Alexander258349 33.21
102 Kožul, Zdenko258148 34.52
103 Anastasian, Ashot258149 36.36
104 Agdestein, Simen258152 33.53
105 Gurevich, Dmitry258053 44.21
106 Pétursson, Margeir258056 40.78
107 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav257953 34.70
108 Romanishin, Oleg M257947 48.88
109 Portisch, Lajos257853 63.65
110 Hansen, Lars Bo257851 32.18
111 Filippov, Valerij257848 24.99
112 Greenfeld, Alon257851 36.61
113 Nielsen, Peter Heine257848 27.51
114 Malakhov, Vladimir257750 19.99
115 Hracek, Zbynek257648 30.22
116 Vladimirov, Evgeny Y257552 43.85
117 Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter257549 24.32
118 Wolff, Patrick G257473 32.78
119 Asrian, Karen257450 20.59
120 Antonio, Rogelio Jr257354 38.77
121 Volkov, Sergey257348 26.80
122 Serper, Grigory257251 31.20
123 Rustemov, Alexander257251 27.39
124 Gleizerov, Evgeny257150 37.69
125 Galkin, Alexander257149 21.82
126 Ribli, Zoltán257152 49.22
127 Van der Sterren, Paul257149 44.69
128 Hickl, Joerg257052 35.61
129 Sveshnikov, Evgeny E256949 50.79
130 Tukmakov, Vladimir B256949 54.70
131 Bruzon Bautista, Lazaro256850 18.57
132 Watson, William N256862 38.61
133 Wahls, Matthias256854 32.84
134 Razuvaev, Yury S256852 55.13
135 Epishin, Vladimir256847 35.38
136 Balashov, Yury S256750 51.71
137 Shchekachev, Andrei256752 28.08
138 Giorgadze, Giorgi256749 36.13
139 Gurevich, Ilya256775 28.80
140 Kempinski, Robert256747 23.38
141 Atalik, Suat256648 36.13
142 Komarov, Dimitri256651 31.98
143 Landa, Konstantin256553 28.51
144 Malaniuk, Vladimir P256549 43.35
145 Kengis, Edvins256554 41.62
146 Xu Jun256552 38.19
147 Shariyazdanov, Andrey256450 24.37
148 Adianto, Utut256451 35.70
149 Smagin, Sergey256460 42.22
150 Tregubov, Pavel V256348 28.93
151 Ruzele, Darius256257 32.58
152 Gabriel, Christian256150 25.73
153 Ivanov, Alexander V256152 44.57
154 Miles, Anthony J256047 45.59
155 Gavrikov, Victor N255953 43.33
156 deFirmian, Nicholas E255848 43.34
157 Kruppa, Yuri255851 36.43
158 Baburin, Alexander255749 33.77
159 Glek, Igor V255749 39.05
160 Ibragimov, Ildar255748 33.28
161 Lastin, Alexander255751 24.08
162 Minasian, Artashes255549 33.85
163 Rogers, Ian255548 40.43
164 Vaisser, Anatoli255552 51.73
165 Palac, Mladen255348 29.77
166 Nijboer, Friso255348 35.50
167 Dao Thien Hai255351 22.55
168 Sokolov, Andrey Y255358 37.69
169 Huzman, Alexander255249 38.63
170 Savchenko, Stanislav255250 33.85
171 Volzhin, Alexander255148 29.82
172 Iordachescu, Viorel255149 23.60
173 Alterman, Boris255153 30.56
174 Vaulin, Alexander254949 43.69
175 Podzielny, Karl Heinz254957 46.21
176 Ivanov, Sergey254950 39.16
177 Hertneck, Gerald254951 37.19
178 Sasikiran, Krishnan254849 19.89
179 Hamdouchi, Hichem254849 28.13
180 Timoshenko, Georgy254850 34.49
181 Kotronias, Vasilios254852 36.26
182 Maljutin, Evgeni254762 29.07
183 Beim, Valery254754 50.69
184 Agrest, Evgenij254649 34.28
185 Dzindzichashvili, Roman Y254661 56.56
186 Irzhanov, Ruslan254660 23.99
187 Pigusov, Evgeny254552 39.66
188 Najer, Evgeniy254550 23.43
189 Tischbierek, Raj254354 38.18
190 Oral, Tomas254348 22.93
191 Yemelin, Vasily254350 24.82
192 Pintér, József254252 47.05
193 Damljanovic, Branko254248 39.44
194 Bauer, Christian254248 23.88
195 Mikhalchishin, Adrian B254249 46.02
196 Kharitonov, Andrey Y254253 41.65
197 Sax, Gyula254249 49.44
198 Markovic, Miroslav254153 27.55
199 Golubev, Mihail254158 30.49
200 Spassky, Boris V254056 63.83
201 Chernyshov, Konstantin254053 33.46
202 Luther, Thomas254049 31.06
203 Shulman, Yuri254052 25.58
204 Lesiege, Alexandre254049 25.27
205 Korneev, Oleg254049 31.34
206 Torre, Eugenio254054 49.06
207 Kantsler, Boris254055 38.61
208 Nevednichy, Vladislav254050 31.23
209 Fedorowicz, John P254053 42.17
210 Shneider, Aleksandr253955 38.51
211 Podgaets, Mikhail Y253967 53.34
212 Kiriakov, Petr253953 25.88
213 Lerner, Konstantin Z253852 50.75
214 Delchev, Aleksander253849 29.37
215 Guseinov, Aidyn253864 48.90
216 Sherbakov, Ruslan253749 31.20
217 Aseev, Konstantin N253751 40.10
218 Arencibia, Walter253750 33.35
219 Lalic, Bogdan253747 36.72
220 Stefansson, Hannes253748 28.36
221 Stohl, Igor253749 36.17
222 Spraggett, Kevin B253750 46.05
223 Schandorff, Lars253750 35.60
224 Markowski, Tomasz253648 25.33
225 Adorján, András253565 50.66
226 Slobodjan, Roman253548 25.90
227 Arkhipov, Sergey253555 46.43
228 Yakovich, Yuri253448 37.99
229 Fridman, Daniel253453 24.78
230 Sorokin, Maxim253349 32.85
231 Ulibin, Mikhail253149 29.49
232 Papaioannou, Ioannis253154 24.60
233 Zontakh, Andrey253151 30.06
234 Gdanski, Jacek253051 29.99
235 Morrison, William253064 40.32
236 Kurajica, Bojan252949 53.03
237 Wedberg, Tom252953 47.00
238 Zakharevich, Igor252953 37.37
239 Rytshagov, Mikhail252950 33.04
240 Bönsch, Uwe252956 42.12
241 Hebden, Mark252849 42.78
242 Lobron, Eric252852 40.55
243 Marin, Mihail252848 35.60
244 Bischoff, Klaus252748 39.47
245 Motylev, Alexander252750 21.44
246 Kovalev, Andrei252751 39.05
247 Aronian, Levon252750 18.14
248 Smikovski, Ivan252758 28.46
249 Kolev, Atanas252755 33.37
250 Enders, Peter252655 37.82
251 Poluljahov, Aleksandr252650 35.47
252 Hansen, Sune Berg252650 29.60
253 Ricardi, Pablo252550 38.76
254 Fedorov, Alexei252551 28.17
255 Horvath, Jozsef252551 36.29
256 Bu Xiangzhi252451 14.96
257 Galliamova, Alisa252451 28.86
258 Kotsur, Pavel252452 26.90
259 Ginsburg, Gennadij252475 29.29
260 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas252355
261 Kishnev, Sergey252364 44.07
262 Malisauskas, Vidmantas252363 37.31
263 Magerramov, Elmar S252361 42.63
264 Motwani, Paul252254 38.45
265 Gallagher, Joseph G252148 36.56
266 Kosashvili, Yona252160 30.40
267 Turov, Maxim252151 20.97
268 Spasov, Vasil252155 29.78
269 Hulak, Krunoslav252152 49.51
270 Chuchelov, Vladimir252152 31.16
271 Moroz, Alexander252158 39.86
272 Gyimesi, Zoltan252149 23.66
273 Chekhov, Valery A252163 44.99
274 Vallejo Pons, Francisco252049 18.27
275 Babula, Vlastimil252049 27.15
276 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly V252056 56.17
277 Nikolenko, Oleg251959 41.44
278 Reinderman, Dimitri251949 28.29
279 Miezis, Normunds251849 29.54
280 Barsov, Alexei251849
281 Chandler, Murray G251750 40.65
282 Korotylev, Alexey251755 23.74
283 Hernandez, Gilberto251753
284 Feygin, Michail251772 25.82
285 Schlosser, Philipp251652 32.27
286 Danielian, Oganes251673
287 Popov, Valerij251649 26.21
288 Neverov, Valery251651 36.43
289 Zifroni, Dov251654 24.78
290 Rechlis, Gad251557 33.81
291 Dizdarevic, Emir251550 42.65
292 King, Daniel J251555 37.25
293 Temirbaev, Serik251564
294 Bezold, Michael251454 28.51
295 Sosonko, Gennadi251466 57.52
296 Lugovoi, Aleksei251450 25.73
297 Pavasovic, Dusko251448 24.12
298 Kumaran, Dharshan251474 25.47
299 Nogueiras, Jesus251350 41.36
300 Cramling, Pia251350 37.59
301 Burmakin, Vladimir251350 33.47
302 Macieja, Bartlomiej251248 23.15
303 Parker, Jonathan251254 24.52
304 Knaak, Rainer F251258 47.70
305 Wang Zili251258 32.45
306 Sunye Neto, Jaime251255 43.57
307 Yurtaev, Leonid251152 41.57
308 Iskusnyh, Sergei251154 26.23
309 Rodriguez, Amador251157 44.22
310 Gruenfeld, Yehuda251061 44.75
311 Georgiev, Vladimir251049 25.25
312 Miladinovic, Igor251050 26.84
313 Timoshchenko, Gennady251049 51.58
314 Comas Fabrego, Luis250950 29.43
315 Banikas, Hristos250951 22.52
316 Loginov, Valery A250951 44.95
317 Sadvakasov, Darmen250952 21.58
318 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N250951 54.61
319 Kovacevic, Aleksandar250952 26.79
320 Bagaturov, Giorgi250952 35.99
321 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav250854 36.31
322 Villamayor, Bong250854
323 Sermek, Drazen250848 31.83
324 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel250849 34.98
325 Kogan, Artur250849 26.83
326 Chiburdanidze, Maia G250752 39.86
327 Makarov, Marat250752 37.55
328 Iuldachev, Saidali250753 32.82
329 Belikov, Vladimir250663 29.32
330 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto250652 42.93
331 Sokolovs, Andrei250670 28.76
332 Soffer, Ram250556 35.22
333 Kovacevic, Vladimir250556 58.67
334 Conquest, Stuart250548 33.74
335 Kiselev, Sergey250560 39.20
336 Van den Doel, Erik250549 21.53
337 Murey, Yakov250553 59.32
338 Suba, Mihai250556 53.49
339 Bezgodov, Alexei250553 31.41
340 Rogozenko, Dorian250549 27.27
341 Ionescu, Constantin250450 42.21
342 Emms, John M250448 33.70
343 Krivonosov, Oleg250471 39.54
344 Kveinys, Aloyzas250450 38.38
345 Kuzmin, Gennady P250352 54.86
346 Kunte, Abhijit250349 23.73
347 Morovic Fernández, Iván E250351 37.68
348 Nikolaidis, Ioannis250351 29.90
349 Danielsen, Henrik250354 34.85
350 Zoler, Dan250356 26.86
351 Mitkov, Nikola250350 28.94
352 Maksimenko, Andrei250353 30.97
353 Borovikov, Vladislav250259 27.30
354 Wu Shaobin250258 31.81
355 Cvitan, Ognjen250248 39.13
356 Yandemirov, Valeri250251 37.79
357 Sargissian, Gabriel250252 17.82
358 Ilincic, Zlatko250250 32.55
359 Degraeve, Jean Marc250249 29.84
360 Ionov, Sergey250251 38.89
361 Berelovich, Aleksandar250252 33.40
362 Ovsejevitsch, Sergei250154 26.56
363 Levin, Felix250155 42.06
364 Zezulkin, Jurij250155 29.28
365 Jakubiec, Artur250155 26.98
366 Brodsky, Michail250150 31.67
367 Vescovi, Giovanni P250050 22.45
368 Hall, Jesper250055 29.37
369 Johansen, Darryl K250053 41.81
370 Hort, Vlastimil249952 56.87
371 Istratescu, Andrei249950 24.98
372 Popovic, Petar249956 41.79
373 Xie Jun249849 30.08
374 Dizdar, Goran249852 41.98
375 Strikovic, Aleksa249854 39.54
376 Tsesarsky, Ilya249758 41.13
377 Magem Badals, Jordi249749 33.26
378 Wells, Peter K249749 35.61
379 Mirumian, Vigen249752 23.16
380 Kudrin, Sergey249757 41.22
381 Palatnik, Semen A249670 50.67
382 Goloshchapov, Alexander249652 22.84
383 Sevillano, Enrico249670
384 van der Wiel, John T H249649 41.30
385 Zaichik, Gennady L249674 43.79
386 Ubilava, Elizbar E249660 50.25
387 Mecking, Henrique249672 48.84
388 Annageldyev, Orazly249558 40.69
389 Dlugy, Maxim249574 34.83
390 Gausel, Einar249552 36.99
391 Horváth, Csaba249548 32.48
392 Stocek, Jiri249450 23.55
393 Notkin, Maksim249463 36.96
394 Georgiev, Krum249357 42.51
395 Kacheishvili, Giorgi249351 23.80
396 Lanka, Zigurds249351 40.52
397 Dragomarezkij, Evgeni249369 47.86
398 Khasin, Alexander249261 49.58
399 Manor, Ilan249258 31.09
400 Blatny, Pavel249248 32.43
401 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy249250 34.32
402 Bagirov, Vladimir K249255 64.28
403 Liss, Eran249156 25.40
404 Olafsson, Helgi249151 44.28
405 Liang Jinrong249171 40.52
406 Zagrebelny, Sergey249152
407 Malakhatko, Vadim249052 23.68
408 Eljanov, Pavel249057 17.55
409 Hauchard, Arnaud249049 29.03
410 Gofshtein, Leonid D249050 47.60
411 Ermenkov, Evgenij249064 51.16
412 Mueller, Karsten249051 30.01
413 Lazarev, Vladimir248951 36.48
414 Cebalo, Mišo248948 55.81
415 Kuporosov, Viktor248960 39.17
416 Dgebuadze, Alexandre248956 29.52
417 Grivas, Efstratios248856 34.66
418 Kindermann, Stefan248851 40.91
419 Didishko, Vereslav248851 51.63
420 Smyslov, Vassily V248855 79.68
421 Hector, Jonny248848 36.79
422 Godena, Michele248848 33.41
423 Ye Rongguang248766 37.15
424 Polak, Tomas248751 26.59
425 Barua, Dibyendu248750 34.08
426 Matros, Alexander248756 30.88
427 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw248651 29.90
428 Sulskis, Sarunas248651 28.00
429 Dominguez, Lenier248651 17.18
430 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny248652 19.49
431 Vera, Reynaldo248650 39.89
432 Orlov, Georgi248664
433 Piskov, Yury248674 39.12
434 Drasko, Milan248551 37.97
435 Smejkal, Jan248556 54.68
436 Kholmov, Ratmir D248554 75.54
437 Pelletier, Yannick248548 24.18
438 Zubarev, Alexander248555 49.43
439 Anapolsky, Sergey248467 25.60
440 Kosic, Dragan248453 30.78
441 Maiorov, Oleg248457 29.35
442 Milov, Leonid248468 34.81
443 Spangenberg, Hugo248452 25.01
444 Kosten, Anthony C248454 42.34
445 Kalinin, Alexander248368 32.50
446 Dokutchaev, Aleksander248367 28.49
447 Safin, Shukhrat248355 30.65
448 Arnason, Jon L248365 40.04
449 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass248250 23.77
450 Moskalenko, Viktor248257 39.98
451 Antunes, Antonio248268 38.81
452 Har Zvi, Ronen248260 24.12
453 Shabanov, Yury F248157 63.04
454 Ovetchkin, Roman248157 27.86
455 Mitenkov, Alexey248174 39.72
456 Tyomkin, Dimitri248151 23.67
457 Yuneev, Alexey248070
458 Dimitrov, Vladimir248054 32.63
459 Zaja, Ivan248052 35.33
460 Garcia Ilundain, David248053 29.65
461 Kalantarian, Norik248061 38.28
462 Cámpora, Daniel H248050 43.41
463 Campos Moreno, Javier B248053 41.72
464 Krakops, Maris247952 22.65
465 Socko, Bartosz247948 22.05
466 Labollita, Martin247959 20.17
467 Legky, Nikolay A247958 45.63
468 Maiwald, Jens Uwe247953 26.56
469 Dzhumaev, Marat247953
470 Tisdall, Jonathan D247964 42.25
471 Davies, Nigel R247953 40.32
472 Brenninkmeijer, Joris247965 31.20
473 Gelashvili, Tamaz247950 22.63
474 Egin, Vladimir247869
475 Oratovsky, Michael247854 26.65
476 Nadyrhanov, Sergey247858 37.16
477 Djuric, Stefan247851 45.34
478 Muse, Mladen247858 37.85
479 Zapata, Alonso247852 42.26
480 Shaked, Tal247855 22.81
481 Drazic, Sinisa247752 32.95
482 Vlassov, Nikolai247760 34.99
483 Kulaots, Kaido247750 24.75
484 Votava, Jan247751 25.99
485 Zulfugaryi, Magomed247756 23.51
486 Cabrilo, Goran247656 42.40
487 Guliev, Sarhan247659 32.65
488 Renet, Olivier247662 35.93
489 Magai, Vladimir247659
490 Djurhuus, Rune247653 30.84
491 Liiva, Riho247561 25.40
492 Arbakov, Valentin247560 48.83
493 Markovic, Ivan247564 28.86
494 Lukin, Andrei M247468 52.25
495 Vasquez, Rodrigo247455 30.97
496 Koniushkov, Igor247474 37.99
497 Summerscale, Aaron247450 31.25
498 Joachim, Sven247468 31.49
499 Gershon, Alik247350 20.48
500 Gormally, Daniel247349 24.56

These ratings, calculated as of November 27, 2000, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the time between November 23, 1999 and November 27, 2000, along with the ratings that were already calculated as of November 22, 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 November 27, 2000. This represents the player's estimated strength on November 28, 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 November 28, 2000. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on November 28, 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 November 28, 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 November 27, 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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