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November 2016 Rating List: Hari enters Top-10; Vidit is World No. 53

by Priyadarshan Banjan - 02/11/2016

It was a busy month for Indians as Anand competed in the Tal Memorial, while Harikrishna played leagues around Europe. Hari has officially entered the World Top-10 with 2768, trailing Anand by ten points. Harika jumped four places to World No. 6 and Akanksha Hagawane clinched her WIM title and crossed the 2300-mark. We have pictures and stats.

November 2016 Rating List: Hari enters Top-10; Vidit is World No. 53

 

Though this is not a new news, Hari officially entered the World Top-10 in the FIDE rating list for the first time in his career.

It is rare to see a grandmaster debut in the top-ten rankings of the world after their age crosses the 30-year-old mark.

Rk
Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2853 0 1990
2 Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2823 9 1992
3 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2811 0 1990
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2810 9 1975
5 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2795 9 1982
6 So, Wesley g USA 2794 9 1993
7 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 9 1969
8 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2779 9 1987
9 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2772 0 1990
10 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2768 10 1986

In other news, Maharashtra's Vidit Gujrathi is now officially India No. 3, and World No. 53!

A memorable performance at the Isle of Man Tournament has taken his rating to 2689. Vidit recently visited the ChessBase HQ at Hamburg.

 

He recorded two new DVDs on the Caro-Kann Defence. If you are a premium member, you can watch the Endgame Magic show with Vidit and Karsten Mueller at videos.chessbase.com.

Tamil Nadu's Adhiban had a bad outing at the Millionaires Open 2016, losing 23 points to slip to 2666.
# Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year
 1  Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND  2779  9  1969
 2  Harikrishna, P.  g  IND  2768  10  1986
 3  Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi  g  IND  2689  9  1994
 4  Negi, Parimarjan  g  IND  2670  0  1993
 5  Adhiban, B.  g  IND  2666  16  1992
 6  Ganguly, Surya Shekhar  g  IND  2664  7  1983
 7  Sasikiran, Krishnan  g  IND  2654  0  1981
 8  Sethuraman, S.P.  g  IND  2649  13  1993
 9  Gupta, Abhijeet  g  IND  2630  18  1989
 10  Sandipan, Chanda  g  IND  2593  18  1983

Women's List:

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Harika was the best woman at the Isle of Man last month and gained four places to become the Women's World No. 6 with 2543.
Rk
Name
Ti.
Fed
Rtg
Gms
B-Year
1 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2635 14 1994
2 Ju, Wenjun g CHN 2580 0 1991
3 Muzychuk, Anna g UKR 2561 0 1990
4 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2557 0 1987
5 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2555 13 1984
6 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2543 9 1991
7 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2538 0 1983
8 Muzychuk, Mariya g UKR 2532 0 1992
9 Lagno, Kateryna g RUS 2530 0 1989
10 Gunina, Valentina g RUS 2525 11 1989

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GM S.L. Narayanan had a notable showing at the Isle of Man, although he lost his steam at the Chigorin Memorial later. He is 2541 and ranked third in India among the Juniors.

Among the Junior Girls, Akanksha Hagawane's Gold at the World U-16 Girls Championship took her rating across the 2300-mark and also earned her the WIM title. A near 100-point leap.

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Source: FIDE


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