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Top 10 active players as of April 9, 2001

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Player Rating +/-
1 Kasparov, Garry K287248
2 Anand, Viswanathan283547
3 Kramnik, Vladimir283347
4 Shirov, Alexei276746
5 Adams, Michael275547
6 Gelfand, Boris274447
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily274447
8 Topalov, Veselin274247
9 Leko, Peter273447
10 Bareev, Evgeny273048

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Top 500 active players as of April 9, 2001

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Player Rating +/- Best? 75%? Age
1 Kasparov, Garry K28724854.9% #237.98
2 Anand, Viswanathan28354720.1% #431.33
3 Kramnik, Vladimir28334718.9% #425.79
4 Shirov, Alexei2767461.5% #1228.76
5 Adams, Michael2755470.8% #1429.40
6 Gelfand, Boris2744470.5% #1732.79
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily2744470.5% #1732.06
8 Topalov, Veselin2742470.5% #1826.07
9 Leko, Peter2734470.3% #2121.59
10 Bareev, Evgeny2730480.3% #2234.38
11 Kamsky, Gata2721671.2% #3226.85
12 Svidler, Peter2720470.1% #2624.81
13 Morozevich, Alexander2717480.1% #2723.73
14 Karpov, Anatoly E2707470.1% #3249.88
15 Georgiev, Kiril269549 #4035.37
16 Khalifman, Alexander269447 #4035.23
17 Rublevsky, Sergei2692490.1% #4226.48
18 Polgar, Judit268948 #4324.71
19 Gurevich, Mikhail N268847 #4442.13
20 Dreev, Alexey267947 #5032.22
21 Tkachiev, Vladislav267548 #5527.42
22 Akopian, Vladimir267549 #5529.34
23 van Wely, Loek267146 #5728.51
24 Beliavsky, Alexander G267048 #5747.31
25 Short, Nigel D266948 #6035.86
26 Lautier, Joel266747 #6027.99
27 Sakaev, Konstantin266349 #6526.98
28 Smirin, Ilia266249 #6633.22
29 Piket, Jeroen265946 #6832.20
30 Ponomariov, Ruslan265749 #7117.49
31 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam265350 #7521.34
32 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A265351 #7541.06
33 Grischuk, Alexander265148 #7617.44
34 Krasenkow, Michal264948 #7937.40
35 Korchnoi, Viktor L264847 #7970.05
36 Jussupow, Artur M264849 #8141.16
37 Sokolov, Ivan264447 #8332.82
38 Kharlov, Andrei264350 #8732.39
39 Almasi, Zoltan264248 #8624.61
40 Movsesian, Sergei264147 #8722.43
41 Dautov, Rustem264149 #8835.37
42 Aleksandrov, Aleksej263849 #9127.91
43 Sadler, Matthew263752 #9426.90
44 Salov, Valery B263560 #10436.87
45 Zhang Zhong263449 #9722.59
46 Bacrot, Etienne263248 #9818.22
47 Seirawan, Yasser263051 #10141.04
48 Sturua, Zurab262950 #10341.84
49 Zvjaginsev, Vadim262849 #10324.64
50 Timman, Jan H262847 #10249.32
51 Hellers, Ferdinand2627740.1% #12332.20
52 Ehlvest, Jaan262747 #10338.49
53 Onischuk, Alexander262649 #10625.60
54 Lutz, Christopher262548 #10530.13
55 Andersson, Ulf262450 #10849.79
56 Graf, Alexander262463 #11838.62
57 Vaganian, Rafael A262349 #10949.48
58 Ye Jiangchuan261950 #11540.39
59 Hansen, Curt261749 #11536.56
60 Khenkin, Igor261749 #11533.05
61 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir261751 #11750.44
62 Lputian, Smbat G261549 #11843.15
63 Nikolic, Predrag261548 #11640.58
64 Granda Zuńiga, Julio E261462 #12834.12
65 Dolmatov, Sergey V261452 #12142.14
66 Gulko, Boris F261348 #12054.17
67 Shipov, Sergei261154 #12734.98
68 Malakhov, Vladimir260850 #12620.37
69 Benjamin, Joel L260749 #12737.08
70 Vladimirov, Evgeny Y260751 #12944.22
71 Hodgson, Julian M260749 #12737.71
72 Eingorn, Viacheslav S260651 #12944.37
73 Christiansen, Larry M260452 #13344.79
74 Filippov, Valerij260348 #13125.37
75 Leitao, Rafael260350 #13221.28
76 Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter260249 #13324.69
77 Hübner, Robert260249 #13252.43
78 Avrukh, Boris260248 #13223.25
79 Dvoiris, Semen I260050 #13542.44
80 Milov, Vadim259947 #13428.69
81 Yudasin, Leonid G259954 #14041.67
82 Ftácnik, Lubomír259848 #13743.44
83 Dorfman, Iosif D259750 #13948.94
84 Kobalija, Mihail259649 #14022.93
85 Yermolinsky, Alex V259649 #14042.99
86 Kuzmin, Alexey259558 #14738.09
87 Nunn, John D M259553 #14345.96
88 Kaidanov, Gregory S259451 #14341.49
89 Tukmakov, Vladimir B259449 #14255.07
90 Novikov, Igor A259451 #14338.88
91 Hjartarson, Jóhann259158 #15138.17
92 Wolff, Patrick G259175 #16133.15
93 Nielsen, Peter Heine259148 #14427.88
94 Speelman, Jonathan S259148 #14444.52
95 Tiviakov, Sergei259047 #14528.15
96 Anastasian, Ashot258949 #14636.73
97 Chernin, Alexander M258949 #14741.09
98 Hracek, Zbynek258749 #14930.58
99 Peng Xiaomin258750 #15028.00
100 Rozentalis, Eduardas258749 #14937.87
101 Psakhis, Lev B258647 42.36
102 Agdestein, Simen258551 33.90
103 Milos, Gilberto258549 37.44
104 Goldin, Alexander258553 36.12
105 Pétursson, Margeir258357 41.15
106 Volkov, Sergey258348 27.17
107 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander258248 38.23
108 Asrian, Karen258250 20.96
109 Serper, Grigory258251 31.57
110 Gurevich, Dmitry258253 44.58
111 Kempinski, Robert258147 23.74
112 Galkin, Alexander258049 22.19
113 Rustemov, Alexander258051 27.76
114 Antonio, Rogelio Jr257954 39.14
115 Giorgadze, Giorgi257950 36.50
116 Baklan, Vladimir257949 23.12
117 Golod, Vitali257949 29.79
118 Sutovsky, Emil257848 23.56
119 Smagin, Sergey257860 42.59
120 Ibragimov, Ildar257848 33.65
121 Hansen, Lars Bo257851 32.54
122 Shariyazdanov, Andrey257751 24.74
123 Lastin, Alexander257752 24.44
124 Bologan, Viktor257648 29.32
125 Van der Sterren, Paul257649 45.06
126 Greenfeld, Alon257651 36.98
127 Hickl, Joerg257553 35.98
128 Shabalov, Alexander257549 33.58
129 Portisch, Lajos257454 64.01
130 Ivanov, Alexander V257452 44.94
131 Balashov, Yury S257351 52.08
132 Ribli, Zoltán257353 49.59
133 Epishin, Vladimir257347 35.74
134 Landa, Konstantin257353 28.88
135 Wahls, Matthias257355 33.20
136 Bruzon Bautista, Lazaro257349 18.94
137 Adianto, Utut257151 36.06
138 Romanishin, Oleg M257148 49.25
139 Macieja, Bartlomiej257048 23.51
140 Najer, Evgeniy257050 23.80
141 Kengis, Edvins256953 41.99
142 Maljutin, Evgeni256963 29.44
143 Sveshnikov, Evgeny E256750 51.16
144 Ruzele, Darius256757 32.95
145 Gavrikov, Victor N256452 43.70
146 Pigusov, Evgeny256453 40.02
147 Razuvaev, Yury S256354 55.50
148 Gleizerov, Evgeny256350 38.05
149 Georgiev, Vladimir256349 25.62
150 Minasian, Artashes256349 34.22
151 Sax, Gyula256249 49.81
152 Tregubov, Pavel V256248 29.30
153 Aseev, Konstantin N256251 40.47
154 Fominyh, Alexander256150 41.82
155 Rohde, Michael A256171 41.62
156 Nijboer, Friso256148 35.87
157 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav256052 35.07
158 Vaulin, Alexander256050 44.06
159 Shchekachev, Andrei256052 28.45
160 Miles, Anthony J255948 45.96
161 Dao Thien Hai255952 22.91
162 Glek, Igor V255949 39.42
163 Chernyshov, Konstantin255952 33.83
164 Alterman, Boris255754 30.93
165 Korotylev, Alexey255755 24.11
166 Gabriel, Christian255652 26.10
167 Sasikiran, Krishnan255648 20.26
168 Malaniuk, Vladimir P255650 43.72
169 Palac, Mladen255548 30.14
170 Sokolov, Andrey Y255556 38.05
171 Fridman, Daniel255453 25.15
172 Volzhin, Alexander255348 30.19
173 Sorokin, Maxim255350 33.22
174 Watson, William N255364 38.98
175 Vaisser, Anatoli255354 52.09
176 Kožul, Zdenko255348 34.88
177 Podzielny, Karl Heinz255358 46.58
178 Lerner, Konstantin Z255252 51.12
179 Kruppa, Yuri255251 36.80
180 Huzman, Alexander255150 38.99
181 Yemelin, Vasily255151 25.19
182 Xu Jun255152 38.56
183 Atalik, Suat255048 36.50
184 Kotronias, Vasilios255052 36.62
185 Adorján, András255070 51.02
186 Pintér, József255053 47.42
187 Kharitonov, Andrey Y255054 42.01
188 Dzindzichashvili, Roman Y254962 56.93
189 Papaioannou, Ioannis254955 24.97
190 deFirmian, Nicholas E254948 43.70
191 Kiriakov, Petr254854 26.24
192 Irzhanov, Ruslan254762 24.37
193 Yakovich, Yuri254749 38.36
194 Hamdouchi, Hichem254749 28.50
195 Luther, Thomas254649 31.43
196 Podgaets, Mikhail Y254667 53.71
197 Sherbakov, Ruslan254649 31.57
198 Kotsur, Pavel254652 27.27
199 Motylev, Alexander254649 21.81
200 Timoshenko, Georgy254552 34.86
201 Agrest, Evgenij254449 34.65
202 Torre, Eugenio254454 49.43
203 Poluljahov, Aleksandr254451 35.84
204 Spassky, Boris V254456 64.19
205 Rogers, Ian254349 40.79
206 Hertneck, Gerald254351 37.56
207 Villamayor, Bong254352
208 Delchev, Aleksander254350 29.73
209 Arkhipov, Sergey254256 46.80
210 Damljanovic, Branko254249 39.81
211 Ivanov, Sergey254250 39.53
212 Spraggett, Kevin B254250 46.41
213 Schandorff, Lars254250 35.97
214 Tischbierek, Raj254255 38.54
215 Markowski, Tomasz254148 25.69
216 Popov, Valerij254149 26.58
217 Ulibin, Mikhail254149 29.86
218 Markovic, Miroslav254054 27.92
219 Stefansson, Hannes254048 28.73
220 Zakharevich, Igor253954 37.74
221 Hulak, Krunoslav253952 49.87
222 Kishnev, Sergey253959 44.44
223 Bauer, Christian253948 24.24
224 Wedberg, Tom253952 47.37
225 Aronian, Levon253950 18.51
226 Lesiege, Alexandre253949 25.64
227 Kacheishvili, Giorgi253850 24.16
228 Savchenko, Stanislav253850 34.22
229 Nevednichy, Vladislav253850 31.60
230 Shneider, Aleksandr253755 38.88
231 Beim, Valery253754 51.06
232 Mikhalchishin, Adrian B253650 46.39
233 Baburin, Alexander253649 34.14
234 Andrianov, Nikolai253675 39.30
235 Zontakh, Andrey253651 30.43
236 Arencibia, Walter253649 33.72
237 Sulskis, Sarunas253650 28.37
238 Golubev, Mihail253559 30.86
239 Loginov, Valery A253552 45.32
240 Marin, Mihail253449 35.97
241 Guseinov, Aidyn253465 49.27
242 Kurajica, Bojan253450 53.40
243 Burmakin, Vladimir253449 33.84
244 Iordachescu, Viorel253449 23.97
245 Hansen, Sune Berg253450 29.97
246 Enders, Peter253356 38.19
247 Kantsler, Boris253356 38.98
248 Oral, Tomas253248 23.29
249 Nikolenko, Oleg253261 41.81
250 Bischoff, Klaus253249 39.83
251 Ovsejevitsch, Sergei253153 26.93
252 Lalic, Bogdan253147 37.09
253 Kovalev, Andrei253151 39.42
254 Slobodjan, Roman253148 26.27
255 Fedorov, Alexei253151 28.54
256 Borovikov, Vladislav253158 27.66
257 Shulman, Yuri253052 25.95
258 Rechlis, Gad253059 34.18
259 Zifroni, Dov252955 25.15
260 Dizdarevic, Emir252950 43.02
261 Kolev, Atanas252955 33.73
262 Smikovski, Ivan252959 28.83
263 Fedorowicz, John P252953 42.54
264 Hernandez, Gilberto252952
265 Van den Doel, Erik252849 21.90
266 Chekhov, Valery A252867 45.37
267 Lobron, Eric252753 40.92
268 Vallejo Pons, Francisco252749 18.63
269 Babula, Vlastimil252749 27.52
270 Hebden, Mark252649 43.15
271 Komarov, Dimitri252651 32.36
272 Gyimesi, Zoltan252649 24.02
273 Magerramov, Elmar S252660 42.99
274 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav252554 36.68
275 Sermek, Drazen252548 32.19
276 Moroz, Alexander252559 40.23
277 Comas Fabrego, Luis252550 29.80
278 Berelovich, Aleksandar252452 33.77
279 Motwani, Paul252453 38.82
280 Turov, Maxim252451 21.34
281 Spasov, Vasil252455 30.15
282 Korneev, Oleg252449 31.71
283 Ricardi, Pablo252350 39.12
284 Bönsch, Uwe252356 42.48
285 Chuchelov, Vladimir252352 31.53
286 Eljanov, Pavel252355 17.91
287 Sargissian, Gabriel252252 18.18
288 Hall, Jesper252256 29.73
289 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel252251 35.35
290 Kosashvili, Yona252162 30.77
291 Levin, Felix252156 42.43
292 Temirbaev, Serik252165
293 Lugovoi, Aleksei252150 26.09
294 Conquest, Stuart252148 34.11
295 Sadvakasov, Darmen252052 21.95
296 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto252052 43.30
297 Schlosser, Philipp251953 32.64
298 Maksimenko, Andrei251953 31.34
299 Pavasovic, Dusko251849 24.48
300 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly V251859 56.54
301 Parker, Jonathan251853 24.89
302 Stohl, Igor251849 36.54
303 Morovic Fernández, Iván E251851 38.04
304 Vescovi, Giovanni P251750 22.82
305 Liss, Eran251758 25.77
306 Sunye Neto, Jaime251756 43.94
307 Dgebuadze, Alexandre251754 29.88
308 Rogozenko, Dorian251750 27.64
309 Suba, Mihai251755 53.86
310 Malisauskas, Vidmantas251565 37.68
311 Wang Zili251559 32.82
312 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas251556
313 Iskusnyh, Sergei251556 26.59
314 Nogueiras, Jesus251550 41.73
315 Wells, Peter K251450 35.98
316 Galliamova, Alisa251450 29.23
317 Degraeve, Jean Marc251449 30.20
318 Wu Shaobin251458 32.18
319 Feygin, Michail251463 26.19
320 Xie Jun251449 30.44
321 Kiselev, Sergey251366 39.57
322 Horvath, Jozsef251352 36.66
323 Rytshagov, Mikhail251350 33.41
324 Dizdar, Goran251353 42.35
325 Neverov, Valery251352 36.80
326 Rodriguez, Amador251359 44.59
327 Gausel, Einar251351 37.36
328 Gruenfeld, Yehuda251359 45.12
329 Kuporosov, Viktor251361 39.54
330 Timoshchenko, Gennady251249 51.95
331 Kindermann, Stefan251251 41.28
332 Banikas, Hristos251251 22.89
333 Makarov, Marat251152 37.92
334 Istratescu, Andrei251151 25.35
335 Yurtaev, Leonid251153 41.94
336 Bagaturov, Giorgi251153 36.37
337 Soffer, Ram251158 35.59
338 Murey, Yakov251153 59.69
339 Iuldachev, Saidali251054 33.19
340 Ubilava, Elizbar E251062 50.62
341 Chandler, Murray G251051 41.01
342 Zezulkin, Jurij251056 29.65
343 Bezgodov, Alexei250954 31.78
344 Khasin, Alexander250862 49.95
345 Nataf, Igor Alexandre250850 22.94
346 Bu Xiangzhi250851 15.33
347 Bezold, Michael250856 28.88
348 Chiburdanidze, Maia G250752 40.23
349 Reinderman, Dimitri250749 28.66
350 Sokolovs, Andrei250771 29.13
351 Gallagher, Joseph G250748 36.93
352 Dominguez, Lenier250750 17.55
353 Cramling, Pia250750 37.96
354 Kunte, Abhijit250648 24.10
355 Goloshchapov, Alexander250652 23.21
356 Ovetchkin, Roman250659 28.23
357 Mestel, A Jonathan250663 44.07
358 Emms, John M250649 34.07
359 Kveinys, Aloyzas250550 38.75
360 Zoler, Dan250556 27.22
361 Blatny, Pavel250549 32.80
362 Sosonko, Gennadi250567 57.89
363 Johansen, Darryl K250553 42.18
364 Ionov, Sergey250451 39.26
365 Kogan, Artur250349 27.20
366 Kovacevic, Aleksandar250354 27.16
367 Gdanski, Jacek250250 30.36
368 Grivas, Efstratios250257 35.03
369 Ilincic, Zlatko250251 32.91
370 Jakubiec, Artur250253 27.35
371 Zelcic, Robert250249 35.55
372 Yandemirov, Valeri250253 38.16
373 Mikhalevski, Victor250249 28.74
374 Sevillano, Enrico250274
375 Djuric, Stefan250151 45.70
376 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw250150 30.27
377 Notkin, Maksim250166 37.33
378 Kudrin, Sergey250156 41.59
379 Ye Rongguang250170 37.52
380 Vera, Reynaldo250049 40.26
381 Manor, Ilan250060 31.45
382 Lazarev, Vladimir250051 36.84
383 Zapata, Alonso250052 42.63
384 Belikov, Vladimir250065 29.69
385 Didishko, Vereslav250052 51.99
386 Tsesarsky, Ilya249959 41.50
387 Strikovic, Aleksa249953 39.91
388 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N249952 54.98
389 Har Zvi, Ronen249962 24.49
390 Gofshtein, Leonid D249950 47.97
391 Radjabov, Teimour249951 14.08
392 Cvitan, Ognjen249948 39.50
393 Pelletier, Yannick249948 24.55
394 Bagirov, Vladimir K249857 64.65
395 Finkel, Alexander249858 26.27
396 Ermenkov, Evgenij249864 51.53
397 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny249853 19.86
398 Barua, Dibyendu249850 34.45
399 Brodsky, Michail249750 32.04
400 Hector, Jonny249748 37.16
401 Vorotnikov, Vladislav V249767 53.65
402 Stocek, Jiri249751 23.91
403 Dlugy, Maxim249675 35.20
404 Malakhatko, Vadim249652 24.05
405 Socko, Bartosz249648 22.41
406 Barsov, Alexei249649
407 Kalantarian, Norik249667 38.65
408 Milov, Leonid249673 35.18
409 Nikolaidis, Ioannis249551 30.26
410 Popovic, Petar249559 42.15
411 Morrison, William249565 40.69
412 Zubarev, Alexander249556 49.79
413 Vlassov, Nikolai249562 35.36
414 Ionescu, Constantin249449 42.58
415 Shabanov, Yury F249458 63.41
416 Knaak, Rainer F249458 48.06
417 Kuzmin, Gennady P249453 55.22
418 Olafsson, Helgi249452 44.65
419 Magem Badals, Jordi249349 33.63
420 Orlov, Georgi249364
421 Mitkov, Nikola249351 29.31
422 Smejkal, Jan249358 55.05
423 Annageldyev, Orazly249359 41.05
424 Campos Moreno, Javier B249254 42.09
425 Smyslov, Vassily V249256 80.04
426 Liang Jinrong249273 40.88
427 Fressinet, Laurent249248 19.44
428 Zaja, Ivan249151 35.70
429 Potkin, Vladimir249153 18.78
430 Georgiev, Krum249159 42.88
431 Mecking, Henrique249172 49.21
432 Ginsburg, Gennadij249063 29.66
433 Hort, Vlastimil249052 57.24
434 Drazic, Sinisa248954 33.31
435 Hauchard, Arnaud248949 29.40
436 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy248951 34.69
437 Nadyrhanov, Sergey248962 37.53
438 Mirumian, Vigen248952 23.53
439 Spangenberg, Hugo248953 25.38
440 Summerscale, Aaron248950 31.62
441 Rowson, Jonathan248949 23.98
442 King, Daniel J248955 37.62
443 Danielsen, Henrik248854 35.22
444 Cebalo, Mišo248849 56.18
445 Drasko, Milan248852 38.34
446 Kulaots, Kaido248750 25.12
447 Krakops, Maris248753 23.02
448 McShane, Luke J248748 17.26
449 Matros, Alexander248658 31.25
450 Zagrebelny, Sergey248653
451 Dobrov, Vladimir248660 16.98
452 Garcia Ilundain, David248655 30.02
453 Gershon, Alik248649 20.85
454 Vakhidov, Tahir248654
455 Lanka, Zigurds248651 40.88
456 Sapunov, Evgeny248662 26.86
457 Arnason, Jon L248566 40.41
458 Yegiazarian, Arsen248557 30.81
459 Magai, Vladimir248559
460 Polak, Tomas248450 26.96
461 Gelashvili, Tamaz248351 23.00
462 Oratovsky, Michael248354 27.02
463 Godena, Michele248349 33.78
464 Dokutchaev, Aleksander248370 28.86
465 Votava, Jan248352 26.36
466 Mueller, Karsten248251 30.38
467 van der Wiel, John T H248250 41.67
468 Kosic, Dragan248255 31.15
469 Prokopchuk, Evgeny248260 22.74
470 Lukin, Andrei M248270 52.62
471 Legky, Nikolay A248160 45.99
472 Staniszewski, Piotr248159 34.60
473 Anapolsky, Sergey248168 25.97
474 Tisdall, Jonathan D248167 42.62
475 Zulfugaryi, Magomed248155 23.88
476 Rabiega, Robert248152 30.19
477 Maiwald, Jens Uwe248155 26.93
478 Barcenilla, Rogelio248162
479 Miladinovic, Igor248049 27.21
480 Ni Hua248056 17.86
481 Shaked, Tal248057 23.18
482 Guliev, Sarhan248062 33.02
483 Uhlmann, Wolfgang247955 66.03
484 Sharif, Mershad247861 48.74
485 Ioseliani, Nana247853 39.16
486 Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes247875 57.76
487 Kosten, Anthony C247854 42.71
488 Markovic, Ivan247864 29.23
489 Vukic, Milan247867 57.64
490 Yevseev, Denis247754 27.77
491 Kovacevic, Vladimir247756 59.04
492 Ivanovic, Božidar247759 54.63
493 Safin, Shukhrat247755 31.02
494 Rychagov, Andrey247760 21.68
495 Ward, Christopher247750 33.04
496 Labollita, Martin247659 20.54
497 Inarkiev, Ernesto247661 15.33
498 Kuczynski, Robert247651 34.98
499 Sergeev, Vladimir247656 36.94
500 Chatalbashev, Boris247651 27.19

These ratings, calculated as of April 9, 2001, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the time between April 4, 2000 and April 9, 2001, along with the ratings that were already calculated as of April 3, 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 April 9, 2001. This represents the player's estimated strength on April 10, 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 April 10, 2001. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on April 10, 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 April 10, 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 April 9, 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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