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Top 10 active players as of August 27, 2001

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Player Rating +/-
1 Kasparov, Garry K285048
2 Kramnik, Vladimir283847
3 Anand, Viswanathan282347
4 Topalov, Veselin276647
5 Shirov, Alexei274746
6 Adams, Michael274747
7 Leko, Peter274547
8 Gelfand, Boris274247
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily272647
10 Bareev, Evgeny272148

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Top 500 active players as of August 27, 2001

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Player Rating +/- Best? 75%? Age
1 Kasparov, Garry K28504841.3% #338.37
2 Kramnik, Vladimir28384729.9% #326.17
3 Anand, Viswanathan28234719.5% #431.71
4 Topalov, Veselin2766472.3% #1126.45
5 Shirov, Alexei2747460.9% #1529.15
6 Adams, Michael2747470.9% #1529.78
7 Leko, Peter2745470.9% #1521.97
8 Gelfand, Boris2742470.8% #1633.18
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily2726470.4% #2232.44
10 Bareev, Evgeny2721480.3% #2434.77
11 Kamsky, Gata2721732.3% #3227.23
12 Morozevich, Alexander2714480.2% #2724.11
13 Georgiev, Kiril2699480.1% #3535.75
14 Khalifman, Alexander2697480.1% #3635.61
15 Svidler, Peter2694470.1% #3725.19
16 Polgar, Judit268948 #4125.09
17 Karpov, Anatoly E268848 #4150.26
18 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam268449 #4521.73
19 van Wely, Loek268446 #4328.89
20 Dreev, Alexey267247 #5432.60
21 Smirin, Ilia267049 #5633.60
22 Rublevsky, Sergei266949 #5726.87
23 Ponomariov, Ruslan266649 #5917.88
24 Beliavsky, Alexander G266248 #6247.69
25 Short, Nigel D266147 #6336.24
26 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A265950 #6741.45
27 Piket, Jeroen265846 #6532.58
28 Lautier, Joel265747 #6628.37
29 Grischuk, Alexander265647 #6817.82
30 Akopian, Vladimir265649 #6929.72
31 Tkachiev, Vladislav265647 #6827.80
32 Sakaev, Konstantin265548 #6927.37
33 Gurevich, Mikhail N264746 #7642.51
34 Jussupow, Artur M264649 #7941.54
35 Korchnoi, Viktor L264547 #7970.43
36 Bacrot, Etienne264447 #8018.60
37 Dautov, Rustem264349 #8335.75
38 Lutz, Christopher264149 #8430.51
39 Lputian, Smbat G263649 #9043.54
40 Almasi, Zoltan263248 #9424.99
41 Onischuk, Alexander263148 #9625.98
42 Ye Jiangchuan263049 #9840.77
43 Sadler, Matthew262952 #10027.28
44 Seirawan, Yasser262951 #9941.43
45 Movsesian, Sergei262947 #9722.82
46 Sokolov, Ivan262847 #9833.20
47 Salov, Valery B262863 #11237.25
48 Benjamin, Joel L262750 #10137.46
49 Ehlvest, Jaan262648 #10138.87
50 Aleksandrov, Aleksej262548 #10228.29
51 Zhang Zhong262449 #10522.98
52 Timman, Jan H262448 #10449.70
53 Vaganian, Rafael A262349 #10549.87
54 Zvjaginsev, Vadim262249 #10725.02
55 Nikolic, Predrag262248 #10640.96
56 Malakhov, Vladimir261950 #11220.75
57 Kharlov, Andrei261850 #11232.77
58 Goldin, Alexander261752 #11536.50
59 Hansen, Curt261649 #11336.94
60 Novikov, Igor A261551 #11739.26
61 Sutovsky, Emil261548 #11523.94
62 Eingorn, Viacheslav S261451 #11844.76
63 Sturua, Zurab261249 #11842.22
64 Gulko, Boris F261048 #12154.55
65 Krasenkow, Michal260947 #12037.79
66 Shipov, Sergei260953 #12535.36
67 Lastin, Alexander260950 #12424.83
68 Andersson, Ulf260850 #12450.17
69 Hübner, Robert260750 #12452.81
70 Graf, Alexander260755 #12939.01
71 Khenkin, Igor260648 #12533.43
72 Kobalija, Mihail260349 #12923.32
73 Asrian, Karen260350 #13021.34
74 Nielsen, Peter Heine260148 #13028.26
75 Anastasian, Ashot260149 #13137.11
76 Leitao, Rafael260149 #13121.66
77 Avrukh, Boris259947 #13223.63
78 Hjartarson, Jóhann259959 #14138.55
79 Bologan, Viktor259747 #13529.70
80 Nunn, John D M259753 #13846.34
81 Milos, Gilberto259749 #13637.83
82 Hickl, Joerg259653 #14036.36
83 Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter259549 #13825.07
84 Dvoiris, Semen I259450 #13942.82
85 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir259452 #14150.82
86 Christiansen, Larry M259453 #14245.17
87 Kaidanov, Gregory S259452 #14141.88
88 Najer, Evgeniy259349 #14024.18
89 Hodgson, Julian M259349 #14038.09
90 Delchev, Aleksander259148 #14330.12
91 Tukmakov, Vladimir B259049 #14455.45
92 Milov, Vadim258947 #14429.07
93 Chernin, Alexander M258850 #14741.47
94 Hracek, Zbynek258849 #14530.97
95 Xu Jun258850 #14638.94
96 Pétursson, Margeir258759 #15341.53
97 Yermolinsky, Alex V258750 #14843.38
98 Malaniuk, Vladimir P258550 #15044.10
99 Dorfman, Iosif D258450 #15049.32
100 Dolmatov, Sergey V258453 #15242.52
101 Ftácnik, Lubomír258348 43.83
102 Baklan, Vladimir258349 23.51
103 Vladimirov, Evgeny Y258349 44.60
104 Gavrikov, Victor N258352 44.08
105 Tiviakov, Sergei258247 28.54
106 Tregubov, Pavel V258147 29.68
107 Ribli, Zoltán258153 49.97
108 Filippov, Valerij258148 25.75
109 Kempinski, Robert258148 24.13
110 Yudasin, Leonid G258153 42.05
111 Macieja, Bartlomiej258148 23.90
112 Wahls, Matthias258055 33.59
113 Landa, Konstantin258053 29.26
114 Rustemov, Alexander257949 28.14
115 Shabalov, Alexander257849 33.96
116 Sokolov, Andrey Y257851 38.44
117 Agdestein, Simen257852 34.28
118 Serper, Grigory257851 31.95
119 Giorgadze, Giorgi257751 36.88
120 Rozentalis, Eduardas257748 38.25
121 Minasian, Artashes257748 34.60
122 Vallejo Pons, Francisco257748 19.02
123 Portisch, Lajos257655 64.40
124 Speelman, Jonathan S257548 44.90
125 Kuzmin, Alexey257558 38.47
126 Rogers, Ian257449 41.18
127 Motylev, Alexander257348 22.19
128 Volkov, Sergey257348 27.55
129 Ibragimov, Ildar257248 34.03
130 Greenfeld, Alon257251 37.36
131 Peng Xiaomin257249 28.38
132 Yakovich, Yuri257149 38.74
133 Psakhis, Lev B257047 42.75
134 Razuvaev, Yury S256955 55.88
135 Hansen, Lars Bo256852 32.93
136 Epishin, Vladimir256647 36.13
137 Timoshenko, Georgy256651 35.24
138 Gabriel, Christian256553 26.48
139 Luther, Thomas256549 31.81
140 Ivanov, Alexander V256452 45.32
141 Balashov, Yury S256451 52.46
142 Bruzon Bautista, Lazaro256448 19.32
143 Ruzele, Darius256456 33.33
144 Shariyazdanov, Andrey256450 25.12
145 Gurevich, Dmitry256352 44.96
146 Sorokin, Maxim256250 33.60
147 Romanishin, Oleg M256248 49.63
148 Pigusov, Evgeny256251 40.41
149 Gleizerov, Evgeny256150 38.44
150 Galkin, Alexander256148 22.57
151 Agrest, Evgenij256148 35.03
152 Gyimesi, Zoltan256049 24.41
153 Conquest, Stuart256048 34.49
154 Glek, Igor V256049 39.80
155 Nijboer, Friso255847 36.25
156 Spassky, Boris V255855 64.58
157 Aronian, Levon255749 18.89
158 Ulibin, Mikhail255649 30.24
159 Vaisser, Anatoli255551 52.48
160 Fridman, Daniel255553 25.53
161 Podzielny, Karl Heinz255560 46.96
162 Burmakin, Vladimir255549 34.22
163 Kengis, Edvins255552 42.37
164 Fominyh, Alexander255549 42.20
165 Maljutin, Evgeni255569 29.82
166 Shulman, Yuri255451 26.33
167 Adianto, Utut255450 36.45
168 Alterman, Boris255457 31.31
169 Chuchelov, Vladimir255350 31.91
170 Kotronias, Vasilios255353 37.01
171 Georgiev, Vladimir255349 25.99
172 Sax, Gyula255249 50.19
173 Palac, Mladen255149 30.52
174 Miles, Anthony J255148 46.34
175 Aseev, Konstantin N255151 40.85
176 Dzindzichashvili, Roman Y255161 57.31
177 Sulskis, Sarunas255150 28.75
178 Sveshnikov, Evgeny E255050 51.54
179 Hulak, Krunoslav255051 50.26
180 Antonio, Rogelio Jr255052 39.52
181 Korotylev, Alexey255054 24.49
182 Savchenko, Stanislav254949 34.60
183 Baburin, Alexander254949 34.52
184 Ivanov, Sergey254750 39.91
185 Guseinov, Aidyn254770 49.65
186 Van der Sterren, Paul254650 45.44
187 Kiriakov, Petr254554 26.63
188 Villamayor, Bong254551
189 Kharitonov, Andrey Y254555 42.40
190 Lerner, Konstantin Z254553 51.50
191 Spasov, Vasil254454 30.53
192 Golod, Vitali254449 30.17
193 Sermek, Drazen254448 32.58
194 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander254449 38.62
195 Lesiege, Alexandre254350 26.02
196 Vaulin, Alexander254350 44.44
197 Huzman, Alexander254350 39.38
198 Chernyshov, Konstantin254351 34.21
199 Bönsch, Uwe254356 42.87
200 Dao Thien Hai254351 23.30
201 Kacheishvili, Giorgi254250 24.55
202 Hamdouchi, Hichem254249 28.88
203 Lalic, Bogdan254247 37.47
204 Kožul, Zdenko254248 35.27
205 Pintér, József254253 47.80
206 Pavasovic, Dusko254149 24.87
207 Borovikov, Vladislav254159 28.05
208 Schandorff, Lars254149 36.35
209 Poluljahov, Aleksandr254151 36.22
210 Popov, Valerij254049 26.96
211 Shneider, Aleksandr254054 39.26
212 Stefansson, Hannes253847 29.11
213 Kurajica, Bojan253850 53.78
214 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel253751 35.73
215 Papaioannou, Ioannis253755 25.35
216 Zifroni, Dov253755 25.53
217 Nevednichy, Vladislav253749 31.98
218 Van den Doel, Erik253648 22.28
219 Atalik, Suat253648 36.88
220 Damljanovic, Branko253649 40.19
221 Istratescu, Andrei253649 25.73
222 Beim, Valery253655 51.44
223 Bauer, Christian253547 24.63
224 Wedberg, Tom253551 47.75
225 Shchekachev, Andrei253551 28.83
226 Dominguez, Lenier253449 17.93
227 Irzhanov, Ruslan253463 24.75
228 Korneev, Oleg253449 32.09
229 Oral, Tomas253449 23.68
230 Sherbakov, Ruslan253450 31.95
231 Marin, Mihail253349 36.35
232 Cvitan, Ognjen253348 39.88
233 Hertneck, Gerald253251 37.94
234 Fedorov, Alexei253250 28.92
235 Vescovi, Giovanni P253250 23.20
236 Kishnev, Sergey253258 44.82
237 Ovsejevitsch, Sergei253253 27.31
238 Hansen, Sune Berg253151 30.35
239 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav253155 37.06
240 Watson, William N253061 39.36
241 Kovalev, Andrei253052 39.80
242 Stohl, Igor253049 36.92
243 Lobron, Eric253054 41.30
244 Spraggett, Kevin B253049 46.80
245 Sasikiran, Krishnan253048 20.64
246 Mikhalchishin, Adrian B252950 46.77
247 Kolev, Atanas252855 34.12
248 Kruppa, Yuri252851 37.18
249 Babula, Vlastimil252849 27.90
250 deFirmian, Nicholas E252749 44.09
251 Torre, Eugenio252753 49.81
252 Dizdarevic, Emir252750 43.40
253 Chekhov, Valery A252767 45.75
254 Volzhin, Alexander252748 30.57
255 Nikolenko, Oleg252666 42.19
256 Fedorowicz, John P252654 42.92
257 Komarov, Dimitri252650 32.74
258 Kantsler, Boris252555 39.36
259 Kosashvili, Yona252562 31.15
260 Parker, Jonathan252553 25.27
261 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav252551 35.45
262 Malakhatko, Vadim252451 24.43
263 Markovic, Miroslav252454 28.30
264 Smagin, Sergey252459 42.97
265 Kogan, Artur252449 27.58
266 Podgaets, Mikhail Y252359 54.09
267 Ermenkov, Evgenij252358 51.91
268 Enders, Peter252357 38.57
269 Wu Shaobin252357 32.56
270 Kovacevic, Aleksandar252351 27.54
271 Ricardi, Pablo252250 39.51
272 Comas Fabrego, Luis252250 30.18
273 Emms, John M252249 34.45
274 Johansen, Darryl K252253 42.56
275 Zapata, Alonso252151 43.01
276 Markowski, Tomasz252148 26.08
277 Sadvakasov, Darmen252151 22.33
278 Kotsur, Pavel252151 27.65
279 Neverov, Valery252051 37.18
280 Goloshchapov, Alexander252052 23.59
281 Gdanski, Jacek252051 30.74
282 Chandler, Murray G251950 41.40
283 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto251952 43.68
284 Gausel, Einar251950 37.74
285 Kumaran, Dharshan251874 26.22
286 Motwani, Paul251854 39.20
287 Arencibia, Walter251749 34.10
288 Smikovski, Ivan251757 29.21
289 Ionov, Sergey251751 39.64
290 Horvath, Jozsef251650 37.04
291 McShane, Luke J251649 17.64
292 Hebden, Mark251649 43.53
293 Iordachescu, Viorel251649 24.35
294 Radjabov, Teimour251549 14.46
295 Slobodjan, Roman251549 26.65
296 Sokolovs, Andrei251573 29.51
297 Turov, Maxim251549 21.72
298 Iuldachev, Saidali251553 33.57
299 Reinderman, Dimitri251549 29.04
300 Zoler, Dan251557 27.61
301 Barua, Dibyendu251449 34.83
302 Fishbein, Alexander251474 33.30
303 Gruenfeld, Yehuda251356 45.50
304 Degraeve, Jean Marc251348 30.59
305 Nataf, Igor Alexandre251348 23.32
306 Golubev, Mihail251357 31.24
307 Yegiazarian, Arsen251254 31.19
308 Iskusnyh, Sergei251256 26.98
309 Eljanov, Pavel251252 18.30
310 Kiselev, Sergey251167 39.95
311 Socko, Bartosz251148 22.80
312 Ovetchkin, Roman251157 28.61
313 Zontakh, Andrey251151 30.81
314 Yevseev, Denis251153 28.15
315 Bischoff, Klaus251048 40.22
316 Temirbaev, Serik251063
317 Soffer, Ram251059 35.97
318 Alekseev, Evgeny251054 15.75
319 Grivas, Efstratios251059 35.41
320 Rodriguez, Amador250962 44.97
321 Vlassov, Nikolai250960 35.75
322 Kuporosov, Viktor250962 39.92
323 Rogozenko, Dorian250949 28.02
324 Lugovoi, Aleksei250951 26.48
325 Fressinet, Laurent250947 19.82
326 Vera, Reynaldo250949 40.64
327 Moroz, Alexander250956 40.61
328 Dgebuadze, Alexandre250952 30.27
329 Gofshtein, Leonid D250851 48.35
330 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas250853
331 Rytshagov, Mikhail250850 33.79
332 Pelletier, Yannick250748 24.93
333 Dobrov, Vladimir250760 17.37
334 Yemelin, Vasily250751 25.57
335 Malisauskas, Vidmantas250761 38.06
336 Bezold, Michael250654 29.26
337 Dizdar, Goran250653 42.73
338 Orlov, Georgi250670
339 Appel, Ralf250655 30.11
340 Strikovic, Aleksa250652 40.29
341 Morovic Fernández, Iván E250651 38.43
342 Markovic, Ivan250561 29.61
343 Berelovich, Aleksandar250552 34.15
344 Bezgodov, Alexei250553 32.16
345 Gallagher, Joseph G250448 37.31
346 Tsesarsky, Ilya250464 41.88
347 Makarov, Marat250453 38.30
348 Timoshchenko, Gennady250449 52.33
349 Palatnik, Semen A250373 51.42
350 Feygin, Michail250358 26.57
351 Bagaturov, Giorgi250253 36.75
352 Velimirovic, Dragoljub250252 59.29
353 Kveinys, Aloyzas250249 39.13
354 Zakharevich, Igor250254 38.12
355 Xie Jun250249 30.83
356 Bitoon, Richard250163 25.70
357 Novik, Maxim250171 37.71
358 Liang Jinrong250154 41.27
359 Inarkiev, Ernesto250156 15.72
360 Schlosser, Philipp250152 33.02
361 Chiburdanidze, Maia G250152 40.61
362 Brodsky, Michail250149 32.42
363 Kudrin, Sergey250056 41.97
364 Danielsen, Henrik250056 35.60
365 Zhang Pengxiang250051
366 Kunte, Abhijit250048 24.48
367 Maksimenko, Andrei250054 31.72
368 Rechlis, Gad250057 34.56
369 Suba, Mihai250055 54.24
370 Supatashvili, Khvicha249968 32.41
371 Kosten, Anthony C249954 43.09
372 Har Zvi, Ronen249966 24.87
373 Wang Zili249853 33.20
374 Zezulkin, Jurij249857 30.03
375 Cebalo, Mišo249849 56.56
376 Hernandez, Gilberto249852
377 Ekstroem, Roland249852 45.26
378 Krakops, Maris249854 23.40
379 Cramling, Pia249849 38.34
380 Rychagov, Andrey249855 22.07
381 Hector, Jonny249748 37.54
382 Bagirov, Vladimir K249759 65.03
383 Yandemirov, Valeri249752 38.54
384 Wells, Peter K249749 36.36
385 Magerramov, Elmar S249658 43.38
386 Barsov, Alexei249648
387 Gershon, Alik249549 21.23
388 Spangenberg, Hugo249555 25.76
389 Belikov, Vladimir249566 30.07
390 van der Wiel, John T H249549 42.05
391 Popovic, Petar249554 42.54
392 Ginsburg, Gennadij249564 30.04
393 Liss, Eran249561 26.15
394 Hall, Jesper249556 30.12
395 Hort, Vlastimil249554 57.62
396 Smejkal, Jan249460 55.43
397 Bu Xiangzhi249450 15.71
398 Hauchard, Arnaud249448 29.78
399 Yurtaev, Leonid249352 42.32
400 Kalinitschew, Sergey249356 45.57
401 Nogueiras, Jesus249350 42.11
402 Ubilava, Elizbar E249360 50.99
403 Prokopchuk, Evgeny249359 23.12
404 Kulaots, Kaido249350 25.50
405 Olafsson, Helgi249352 45.03
406 Ye Rongguang249272 37.90
407 Davies, Nigel R249253 41.07
408 Zakharstov, Viacheslav V249263 33.41
409 Levin, Felix249255 42.81
410 Magem Badals, Jordi249250 34.01
411 Chatalbashev, Boris249250 27.58
412 Jakubiec, Artur249254 27.73
413 Kallai, Gabor249155 42.52
414 Lanka, Zigurds249151 41.27
415 Loginov, Valery A249151 45.70
416 Nikolaidis, Ioannis249151 30.65
417 Blagojevic, Dragisa249155 35.65
418 Godena, Michele249048 34.16
419 Stocek, Jiri249052 24.30
420 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly V249057 56.92
421 Khasin, Alexander249059 50.33
422 Zaichik, Gennady L249074 44.54
423 Kindermann, Stefan248951 41.66
424 Arkhipov, Sergey248955 47.18
425 Banikas, Hristos248951 23.27
426 Ruck, Robert248951 23.71
427 Mueller, Karsten248951 30.76
428 Sargissian, Gabriel248851 18.57
429 Mikhalevski, Victor248849 29.12
430 Matros, Alexander248860 31.63
431 Abramovic, Boško248858 50.54
432 Tischbierek, Raj248753 38.93
433 Doettling, Fabian248749 21.06
434 Zhu Chen248651 25.45
435 Stanec, Nikolaus248653 33.33
436 Marciano, David248552 32.15
437 Djuric, Stefan248550 46.09
438 Galliamova, Alisa248551 29.61
439 Knaak, Rainer F248457 48.45
440 Ionescu, Constantin248450 42.96
441 Horváth, Csaba248449 33.23
442 Arnason, Jon L248468 40.79
443 Magai, Vladimir248356
444 Murey, Yakov248355 60.07
445 Nadyrhanov, Sergey248362 37.91
446 Haba, Petr248352 36.64
447 Zaja, Ivan248350 36.08
448 Didishko, Vereslav248253 52.38
449 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N248252 55.36
450 Apicella, Manuel248251 31.36
451 Uhlmann, Wolfgang248254 66.41
452 Eliseev, Alexey248256 21.39
453 Smyslov, Vassily V248258 80.43
454 Mitkov, Nikola248150 29.69
455 Zelcic, Robert248149 35.93
456 Muse, Mladen248156 38.60
457 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw248150 30.65
458 Ilincic, Zlatko248150 33.30
459 Garcia Ilundain, David248157 30.40
460 Manor, Ilan248162 31.84
461 Rowson, Jonathan248149 24.36
462 Lazarev, Vladimir248051 37.23
463 Maiorov, Oleg248061 30.10
464 Juswanto, Denny248054 42.60
465 Shaked, Tal248059 23.56
466 Mestel, A Jonathan248062 44.45
467 Gelashvili, Tamaz248051 23.38
468 Votava, Jan248053 26.75
469 Hoffman, Alejandro247949 34.84
470 Li Shilong247858
471 Miralles, Gilles247861 35.55
472 Georgiev, Krum247857 43.26
473 Womacka, Mathias247863 35.17
474 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny247853 20.24
475 King, Daniel J247855 37.99
476 Vakhidov, Tahir247752
477 Turner, Matthew247750 25.71
478 Zagrebelny, Sergey247752
479 Drasko, Milan247751 38.72
480 Safin, Shukhrat247752 31.40
481 Sunye Neto, Jaime247755 44.32
482 Sagalchik, Gennadij247672 32.35
483 Groszpeter, Attila247552 41.22
484 Brenninkmeijer, Joris247573 31.95
485 Polak, Tomas247551 27.34
486 Shabanov, Yury F247560 63.79
487 Miladinovic, Igor247549 27.59
488 Abreu, Aryam247552
489 Mirumian, Vigen247554 23.91
490 Tisdall, Jonathan D247469 43.00
491 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina247450 27.36
492 Vorotnikov, Vladislav V247470 54.03
493 Senador, Emmanuel247459
494 Egin, Vladimir247462
495 Stripunsky, Alexander247454 31.02
496 Ni Hua247451 18.24
497 Summerscale, Aaron247450 32.00
498 Maiwald, Jens Uwe247456 27.31
499 Sharif, Mershad247363 49.13
500 Kalinin, Alexander247369 33.25

These ratings, calculated as of August 27, 2001, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the time between August 22, 2000 and August 27, 2001, along with the ratings that were already calculated as of August 21, 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 August 27, 2001. This represents the player's estimated strength on August 28, 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 August 28, 2001. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on August 28, 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 August 28, 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 August 27, 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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