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.

Source: FIDE