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Top 10 active players as of January 22, 2001

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Player Rating +/-
1 Kasparov, Garry K288048
2 Kramnik, Vladimir283447
3 Anand, Viswanathan282746
4 Shirov, Alexei278346
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily275847
6 Adams, Michael275647
7 Gelfand, Boris274947
8 Leko, Peter274848
9 Morozevich, Alexander273748
10 Topalov, Veselin273547

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Top 500 active players as of January 22, 2001

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Player Rating +/- Best? 75%? Age
1 Kasparov, Garry K28804860.6% #237.77
2 Kramnik, Vladimir28344717.2% #425.58
3 Anand, Viswanathan28274614.3% #531.11
4 Shirov, Alexei2783462.4% #1028.55
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily2758470.8% #1431.84
6 Adams, Michael2756470.8% #1529.18
7 Gelfand, Boris2749470.5% #1732.58
8 Leko, Peter2748480.6% #1721.37
9 Morozevich, Alexander2737480.3% #2023.51
10 Topalov, Veselin2735470.3% #2125.85
11 Kamsky, Gata2732661.4% #2726.64
12 Svidler, Peter2722470.2% #2624.60
13 Bareev, Evgeny2717480.1% #2834.17
14 Karpov, Anatoly E2714480.1% #3049.66
15 Georgiev, Kiril2710490.1% #3235.15
16 Gurevich, Mikhail N2702470.1% #3641.92
17 Rublevsky, Sergei270149 #3726.27
18 Khalifman, Alexander269347 #4135.01
19 Polgar, Judit268648 #4724.50
20 Dreev, Alexey268447 #4832.01
21 van Wely, Loek267746 #5228.29
22 Piket, Jeroen267646 #5431.98
23 Akopian, Vladimir267049 #6029.12
24 Tkachiev, Vladislav266548 #6527.20
25 Krasenkow, Michal266448 #6537.19
26 Smirin, Ilia266349 #6733.00
27 Short, Nigel D266247 #6735.64
28 Sakaev, Konstantin265949 #7126.77
29 Timman, Jan H265847 #7049.11
30 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A265751 #7440.85
31 Beliavsky, Alexander G265447 #7547.10
32 Ponomariov, Ruslan265149 #7917.28
33 Jussupow, Artur M265049 #8040.94
34 Korchnoi, Viktor L264847 #8069.83
35 Sokolov, Ivan264547 #8332.61
36 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam264450 #8621.13
37 Dautov, Rustem264349 #8835.15
38 Zvjaginsev, Vadim264149 #9024.43
39 Almasi, Zoltan264149 #9024.40
40 Ye Jiangchuan263950 #9440.17
41 Kharlov, Andrei263750 #9532.17
42 Movsesian, Sergei263747 #9322.22
43 Lautier, Joel263747 #9427.78
44 Salov, Valery B263657 #10336.66
45 Seirawan, Yasser263550 #9840.83
46 Gulko, Boris F263549 #9753.95
47 Aleksandrov, Aleksej263449 #9727.70
48 Sadler, Matthew263251 #10326.69
49 Grischuk, Alexander263148 #10117.23
50 Onischuk, Alexander262948 #10325.38
51 Graf, Alexander262961 #11438.41
52 Ehlvest, Jaan262847 #10338.27
53 Andersson, Ulf262750 #10849.57
54 Khenkin, Igor262649 #10732.84
55 Hellers, Ferdinand262574 #12831.98
56 Avrukh, Boris262348 #10923.04
57 Bacrot, Etienne262248 #11117.99
58 Vaganian, Rafael A262249 #11349.27
59 Hansen, Curt261949 #11636.34
60 Sturua, Zurab261852 #11941.62
61 Lputian, Smbat G261749 #11742.94
62 Lutz, Christopher261749 #11729.91
63 Granda Zuńiga, Julio E261660 #12833.91
64 Nikolic, Predrag261247 #12340.36
65 Milov, Vadim261148 #12328.47
66 Shipov, Sergei261153 #12834.76
67 Dolmatov, Sergey V261151 #12741.92
68 Kuzmin, Alexey261060 #13437.87
69 Ftácnik, Lubomír260948 #12643.23
70 Vladimirov, Evgeny Y260851 #13044.01
71 Rozentalis, Eduardas260849 #12837.65
72 Hodgson, Julian M260849 #12937.49
73 Yudasin, Leonid G260753 #13341.45
74 Peng Xiaomin260650 #13127.79
75 Christiansen, Larry M260653 #13344.57
76 Zhang Zhong260650 #13222.38
77 Leitao, Rafael260649 #13221.07
78 Benjamin, Joel L260549 #13236.86
79 Eingorn, Viacheslav S260451 #13544.16
80 Hübner, Robert260349 #13552.21
81 Psakhis, Lev B260148 #13542.15
82 Tiviakov, Sergei260147 #13527.94
83 Novikov, Igor A260050 #13938.66
84 Malakhov, Vladimir259850 #14120.15
85 Speelman, Jonathan S259748 #13944.30
86 Agdestein, Simen259752 #14333.69
87 Goldin, Alexander259653 #14535.90
88 Filippov, Valerij259548 #14225.15
89 Dvoiris, Semen I259550 #14442.22
90 Kobalija, Mihail259550 #14422.72
91 Kaidanov, Gregory S259351 #14641.28
92 Hjartarson, Jóhann259356 #15037.95
93 Nunn, John D M259352 #14745.74
94 Yermolinsky, Alex V259349 #14542.78
95 Hansen, Lars Bo259251 #14832.33
96 Shabalov, Alexander259249 #14633.36
97 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir259151 #14850.22
98 Chernin, Alexander M259149 #14740.88
99 Golod, Vitali259049 #14829.57
100 Milos, Gilberto259049 #14837.23
101 Epishin, Vladimir259047 35.53
102 Dorfman, Iosif D258951 48.72
103 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander258748 38.02
104 Tukmakov, Vladimir B258749 54.85
105 Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter258749 24.47
106 Pétursson, Margeir258756 40.94
107 Portisch, Lajos258753 63.80
108 Sutovsky, Emil258548 23.34
109 Giorgadze, Giorgi258450 36.28
110 Nielsen, Peter Heine258448 27.66
111 Greenfeld, Alon258451 36.76
112 Gleizerov, Evgeny258350 37.84
113 Gurevich, Dmitry258353 44.36
114 Bruzon Bautista, Lazaro258250 18.72
115 Romanishin, Oleg M258247 49.03
116 Bologan, Viktor258248 29.11
117 Fominyh, Alexander258150 41.60
118 Serper, Grigory258151 31.36
119 Antonio, Rogelio Jr258054 38.93
120 Asrian, Karen257950 20.74
121 Wolff, Patrick G257974 32.94
122 Volkov, Sergey257848 26.96
123 Ribli, Zoltán257852 49.38
124 Hracek, Zbynek257849 30.37
125 Galkin, Alexander257749 21.97
126 Anastasian, Ashot257750 36.52
127 Gurevich, Ilya257676 28.95
128 Baklan, Vladimir257649 22.91
129 Shchekachev, Andrei257552 28.24
130 Van der Sterren, Paul257549 44.85
131 Watson, William N257563 38.76
132 Balashov, Yury S257550 51.86
133 Atalik, Suat257248 36.28
134 Ivanov, Alexander V257252 44.72
135 Smagin, Sergey257160 42.37
136 Rustemov, Alexander257150 27.54
137 Hickl, Joerg257153 35.77
138 Landa, Konstantin257153 28.67
139 Ruzele, Darius257157 32.74
140 Gavrikov, Victor N257052 43.48
141 Shariyazdanov, Andrey257050 24.53
142 Sveshnikov, Evgeny E257049 50.95
143 Razuvaev, Yury S256953 55.28
144 Kruppa, Yuri256951 36.59
145 Adianto, Utut256851 35.85
146 Miles, Anthony J256847 45.75
147 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav256852 34.85
148 Kengis, Edvins256854 41.78
149 Lastin, Alexander256751 24.23
150 Rohde, Michael A256673 41.41
151 Xu Jun256652 38.35
152 Kožul, Zdenko256648 34.67
153 Najer, Evgeniy256550 23.58
154 Kempinski, Robert256548 23.53
155 Sax, Gyula256549 49.59
156 Tregubov, Pavel V256548 29.09
157 Dao Thien Hai256451 22.70
158 Wahls, Matthias256455 32.98
159 Baburin, Alexander256449 33.93
160 Huzman, Alexander256349 38.78
161 Vaulin, Alexander256249 43.84
162 Ibragimov, Ildar256148 33.43
163 Nijboer, Friso256048 35.66
164 Komarov, Dimitri255952 32.14
165 Kotronias, Vasilios255952 36.41
166 Pigusov, Evgeny255852 39.81
167 Sasikiran, Krishnan255848 20.04
168 Macieja, Bartlomiej255748 23.30
169 Vaisser, Anatoli255753 51.88
170 Hamdouchi, Hichem255748 28.29
171 Malaniuk, Vladimir P255749 43.50
172 Chernyshov, Konstantin255751 33.61
173 Glek, Igor V255649 39.21
174 Timoshenko, Georgy255651 34.64
175 Podzielny, Karl Heinz255657 46.37
176 Lesiege, Alexandre255649 25.43
177 Minasian, Artashes255649 34.00
178 Iordachescu, Viorel255549 23.76
179 Sokolov, Andrey Y255559 37.84
180 Alterman, Boris255553 30.72
181 Beim, Valery255454 50.85
182 Stefansson, Hannes255448 28.51
183 deFirmian, Nicholas E255448 43.49
184 Maljutin, Evgeni255462 29.23
185 Delchev, Aleksander255449 29.52
186 Markowski, Tomasz255348 25.48
187 Palac, Mladen255248 29.93
188 Yakovich, Yuri255248 38.15
189 Irzhanov, Ruslan255261 24.15
190 Yemelin, Vasily255150 24.97
191 Dzindzichashvili, Roman Y255161 56.71
192 Kiriakov, Petr255153 26.03
193 Spraggett, Kevin B255050 46.20
194 Damljanovic, Branko255049 39.60
195 Aseev, Konstantin N254951 40.26
196 Podgaets, Mikhail Y254967 53.50
197 Lerner, Konstantin Z254952 50.90
198 Savchenko, Stanislav254849 34.00
199 Rogers, Ian254849 40.58
200 Tischbierek, Raj254755 38.33
201 Pintér, József254752 47.20
202 Spassky, Boris V254756 63.98
203 Gabriel, Christian254751 25.88
204 Golubev, Mihail254659 30.65
205 Hertneck, Gerald254652 37.34
206 Volzhin, Alexander254648 29.97
207 Torre, Eugenio254554 49.22
208 Schandorff, Lars254550 35.76
209 Shulman, Yuri254452 25.73
210 Luther, Thomas254349 31.22
211 Markovic, Miroslav254353 27.70
212 Georgiev, Vladimir254249 25.40
213 Agrest, Evgenij254249 34.44
214 Wedberg, Tom254252 47.16
215 Arencibia, Walter254249 33.50
216 Hulak, Krunoslav254151 49.66
217 Ulibin, Mikhail254149 29.64
218 Guseinov, Aidyn254164 49.06
219 Bauer, Christian254148 24.03
220 Poluljahov, Aleksandr254150 35.63
221 Kharitonov, Andrey Y254153 41.80
222 Kurajica, Bojan254150 53.19
223 Sherbakov, Ruslan254049 31.36
224 Kotsur, Pavel254052 27.05
225 Kantsler, Boris254055 38.77
226 Shneider, Aleksandr254055 38.67
227 Adorján, András253967 50.81
228 Korneev, Oleg253849 31.49
229 Oral, Tomas253848 23.08
230 Zakharevich, Igor253853 37.52
231 Ivanov, Sergey253750 39.31
232 Marin, Mihail253749 35.75
233 Motylev, Alexander253750 21.60
234 Papaioannou, Ioannis253654 24.76
235 Fridman, Daniel253653 24.94
236 Arkhipov, Sergey253655 46.58
237 Malisauskas, Vidmantas253463 37.47
238 Ricardi, Pablo253450 38.91
239 Stohl, Igor253449 36.32
240 Bu Xiangzhi253451 15.12
241 Kishnev, Sergey253463 44.22
242 Zontakh, Andrey253351 30.22
243 Nevednichy, Vladislav253352 31.38
244 Slobodjan, Roman253248 26.06
245 Sorokin, Maxim253250 32.99
246 Lobron, Eric253253 40.71
247 Kolev, Atanas253254 33.52
248 Horvath, Jozsef253250 36.44
249 Ovsejevitsch, Sergei253253 26.72
250 Rytshagov, Mikhail253150 33.19
251 Hansen, Sune Berg253050 29.75
252 Smikovski, Ivan253058 28.61
253 Parker, Jonathan253054 24.68
254 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas252955
255 Lalic, Bogdan252947 36.87
256 Vallejo Pons, Francisco252949 18.42
257 Enders, Peter252855 37.97
258 Aronian, Levon252850 18.29
259 Mikhalchishin, Adrian B252850 46.18
260 Moroz, Alexander252859 40.01
261 Kosashvili, Yona252861 30.55
262 Schlosser, Philipp252853 32.43
263 Motwani, Paul252854 38.61
264 Chuchelov, Vladimir252753 31.32
265 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly V252757 56.33
266 Gruenfeld, Yehuda252662 44.90
267 Dizdarevic, Emir252650 42.80
268 Fedorowicz, John P252653 42.32
269 Babula, Vlastimil252649 27.30
270 Zifroni, Dov252554 24.93
271 Nikolenko, Oleg252559 41.59
272 Turov, Maxim252551 21.12
273 Burmakin, Vladimir252550 33.63
274 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel252451 35.13
275 Hebden, Mark252449 42.94
276 Kovalev, Andrei252451 39.21
277 Gyimesi, Zoltan252449 23.81
278 Bönsch, Uwe252357 42.27
279 Korotylev, Alexey252355 23.89
280 Hernandez, Gilberto252352
281 Loginov, Valery A252251 45.11
282 Spasov, Vasil252255 29.93
283 Magerramov, Elmar S252261 42.78
284 Bischoff, Klaus252248 39.62
285 Bezold, Michael252255 28.66
286 Danielian, Oganes252274
287 Chekhov, Valery A252264 45.15
288 Rechlis, Gad252258 33.96
289 Kumaran, Dharshan252175 25.62
290 Popov, Valerij252150 26.37
291 Nogueiras, Jesus252150 41.51
292 Sunye Neto, Jaime252055 43.72
293 Wang Zili252058 32.61
294 King, Daniel J252055 37.40
295 Iskusnyh, Sergei252054 26.38
296 Wu Shaobin251958 31.97
297 Conquest, Stuart251948 33.89
298 Berelovich, Aleksandar251952 33.55
299 Comas Fabrego, Luis251950 29.58
300 Degraeve, Jean Marc251949 29.98
301 Rogozenko, Dorian251849 27.43
302 Rodriguez, Amador251858 44.37
303 Sosonko, Gennadi251866 57.68
304 Timoshchenko, Gennady251849 51.74
305 Fedorov, Alexei251651 28.32
306 Neverov, Valery251651 36.59
307 Lugovoi, Aleksei251650 25.88
308 Morovic Fernández, Iván E251651 37.83
309 Galliamova, Alisa251550 29.01
310 Pavasovic, Dusko251548 24.27
311 Makarov, Marat251552 37.71
312 Bagaturov, Giorgi251552 36.15
313 Sermek, Drazen251549 31.98
314 Gdanski, Jacek251551 30.15
315 Zezulkin, Jurij251555 29.43
316 Kogan, Artur251548 26.98
317 Banikas, Hristos251450 22.67
318 Villamayor, Bong251353
319 Miezis, Normunds251349 29.70
320 Sadvakasov, Darmen251352 21.73
321 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav251354 36.46
322 Temirbaev, Serik251363
323 Iuldachev, Saidali251354 32.98
324 Bezgodov, Alexei251253 31.56
325 Murey, Yakov251253 59.47
326 Hall, Jesper251256 29.52
327 Kacheishvili, Giorgi251252 23.95
328 Wells, Peter K251249 35.76
329 Sokolovs, Andrei251271 28.91
330 Soffer, Ram251157 35.38
331 Mitenkov, Alexey251175 39.87
332 Dizdar, Goran251152 42.13
333 Ionescu, Constantin251050 42.36
334 Ionov, Sergey251051 39.04
335 Kuzmin, Gennady P251052 55.01
336 Van den Doel, Erik251049 21.69
337 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto251052 43.09
338 Barsov, Alexei251049
339 Miladinovic, Igor251049 26.99
340 Emms, John M250949 33.86
341 Levin, Felix250956 42.21
342 Xie Jun250949 30.23
343 Tsesarsky, Ilya250958 41.29
344 Palatnik, Semen A250971 50.82
345 Ilincic, Zlatko250851 32.70
346 Kindermann, Stefan250851 41.07
347 Ubilava, Elizbar E250862 50.40
348 Chandler, Murray G250851 40.80
349 Cvitan, Ognjen250848 39.28
350 Belikov, Vladimir250763 29.47
351 Chiburdanidze, Maia G250752 40.01
352 Strikovic, Aleksa250753 39.69
353 Kiselev, Sergey250661 39.36
354 Zoler, Dan250656 27.01
355 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N250651 54.76
356 Kovacevic, Aleksandar250653 26.95
357 Krivonosov, Oleg250671 39.70
358 Maksimenko, Andrei250554 31.12
359 Dgebuadze, Alexandre250554 29.67
360 Brodsky, Michail250550 31.82
361 Popovic, Petar250557 41.94
362 Nataf, Igor Alexandre250550 22.72
363 Dominguez, Lenier250551 17.33
364 Morrison, William250565 40.47
365 Sargissian, Gabriel250552 17.97
366 Johansen, Darryl K250453 41.97
367 Cramling, Pia250450 37.75
368 Knaak, Rainer F250458 47.85
369 Khasin, Alexander250461 49.73
370 Manor, Ilan250458 31.24
371 Lazarev, Vladimir250451 36.63
372 Yurtaev, Leonid250452 41.72
373 Borovikov, Vladislav250359 27.45
374 Djuric, Stefan250351 45.49
375 Goloshchapov, Alexander250351 22.99
376 Mecking, Henrique250272 48.99
377 Ginsburg, Gennadij250263 29.45
378 Liss, Eran250257 25.55
379 Blatny, Pavel250249 32.58
380 Sulskis, Sarunas250251 28.16
381 Zubarev, Alexander250156 49.58
382 Vescovi, Giovanni P250150 22.61
383 Stocek, Jiri250150 23.70
384 Olafsson, Helgi250151 44.44
385 Ermenkov, Evgenij250164 51.31
386 Sevillano, Enrico250071
387 Annageldyev, Orazly250058 40.84
388 Liang Jinrong250070 40.67
389 Yandemirov, Valeri250052 37.95
390 Reinderman, Dimitri250049 28.44
391 Suba, Mihai250055 53.64
392 Gallagher, Joseph G249948 36.72
393 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw249950 30.05
394 Nikolaidis, Ioannis249951 30.05
395 Kveinys, Aloyzas249950 38.54
396 Istratescu, Andrei249951 25.13
397 Notkin, Maksim249964 37.11
398 Dlugy, Maxim249874 34.98
399 Grivas, Efstratios249756 34.81
400 Gausel, Einar249752 37.15
401 Bagirov, Vladimir K249756 64.43
402 Feygin, Michail249767 25.97
403 Kudrin, Sergey249756 41.37
404 Pelletier, Yannick249648 24.33
405 Socko, Bartosz249649 22.20
406 Danielsen, Henrik249654 35.00
407 Dragomarezkij, Evgeni249670 48.01
408 Orlov, Georgi249664
409 Vera, Reynaldo249649 40.04
410 Magem Badals, Jordi249649 33.41
411 Kunte, Abhijit249648 23.88
412 Malakhatko, Vadim249653 23.83
413 Zagrebelny, Sergey249652
414 Rabiega, Robert249653 29.97
415 Spangenberg, Hugo249652 25.17
416 Mitkov, Nikola249550 29.09
417 Hauchard, Arnaud249549 29.19
418 Kuporosov, Viktor249560 39.32
419 Hort, Vlastimil249552 57.03
420 Gofshtein, Leonid D249550 47.75
421 Smyslov, Vassily V249555 79.83
422 Georgiev, Krum249557 42.66
423 Hector, Jonny249548 36.94
424 Jakubiec, Artur249453 27.13
425 Eljanov, Pavel249456 17.70
426 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass249350 23.93
427 Milov, Leonid249372 34.96
428 Mueller, Karsten249351 30.16
429 Dzhumaev, Marat249354
430 Garcia Ilundain, David249355 29.80
431 Rowson, Jonathan249349 23.76
432 Mirumian, Vigen249352 23.31
433 Horváth, Csaba249248 32.63
434 Mikhalevski, Victor249249 28.53
435 Kholmov, Ratmir D249254 75.69
436 Kalinin, Alexander249268 32.66
437 Krakops, Maris249254 22.80
438 Shabanov, Yury F249157 63.20
439 Moskalenko, Viktor249158 40.13
440 Gershon, Alik249150 20.63
441 Dokutchaev, Aleksander249167 28.64
442 Zapata, Alonso249152 42.42
443 Ovetchkin, Roman249057 28.02
444 Anapolsky, Sergey249067 25.75
445 Drasko, Milan249052 38.13
446 Lanka, Zigurds249051 40.67
447 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny249052 19.64
448 Polak, Tomas249050 26.74
449 Didishko, Vereslav249052 51.78
450 Zaja, Ivan249050 35.48
451 Ni Hua249053 17.64
452 Finkel, Alexander249056 26.06
453 Tyomkin, Dimitri248951 23.83
454 Ye Rongguang248969 37.30
455 Kalantarian, Norik248961 38.44
456 Har Zvi, Ronen248960 24.27
457 Arnason, Jon L248864 40.19
458 Votava, Jan248852 26.15
459 Zulfugaryi, Magomed248858 23.66
460 van der Wiel, John T H248749 41.45
461 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy248750 34.48
462 Egin, Vladimir248671
463 Piskov, Yury248673 39.28
464 Maiorov, Oleg248658 29.50
465 Legky, Nikolay A248558 45.78
466 Appel, Ralf248559 29.51
467 Mikhaletz, Lubomir248555 26.44
468 Vlassov, Nikolai248560 35.15
469 Zelcic, Robert248548 35.34
470 Guliev, Sarhan248559 32.81
471 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina248449 26.76
472 Magai, Vladimir248459
473 Vorotnikov, Vladislav V248463 53.43
474 Kosten, Anthony C248354 42.49
475 Kosic, Dragan248354 30.94
476 Yuneev, Alexey248370
477 Kulaots, Kaido248350 24.90
478 Davies, Nigel R248353 40.48
479 Djurhuus, Rune248353 30.99
480 Sapunov, Evgeny248361 26.64
481 Liang Chong248362
482 Godena, Michele248348 33.56
483 Oratovsky, Michael248353 26.80
484 Gelashvili, Tamaz248351 22.79
485 Dobrov, Vladimir248360 16.77
486 Smejkal, Jan248256 54.83
487 Tisdall, Jonathan D248265 42.41
488 Maiwald, Jens Uwe248254 26.71
489 Shaked, Tal248256 22.96
490 Nadyrhanov, Sergey248260 37.32
491 Summerscale, Aaron248250 31.41
492 Kovacevic, Vladimir248255 58.82
493 Velimirovic, Dragoljub248252 58.69
494 Drazic, Sinisa248152 33.10
495 Renet, Olivier248163 36.09
496 Cabrilo, Goran248056 42.56
497 Arbakov, Valentin248061 48.98
498 Koniushkov, Igor248075 38.15
499 Rausis, Igors247949 39.79
500 Cebalo, Mišo247948 55.96

These ratings, calculated as of January 22, 2001, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the time between January 18, 2000 and January 22, 2001, along with the ratings that were already calculated as of January 17, 2000. 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 22, 2001. This represents the player's estimated strength on January 23, 2001.

+/- 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 23, 2001. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on January 23, 2001 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 23, 2001. 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 22, 2001. 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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