The FIDE Grand Swiss and the European Team Championship were two major events impacting the December 2023 FIDE rating list. The top 10 saw a couple of changes this past month. After gaining another 10 points, Hikaru Nakamura climbed to #3 with 2788, while Anna Muzychuk earned 14 points and moved up to #7.
Photo: Maria Emelianova, chess.com
Biggest gains in top 100 Open and Women
|
Guichard, Pauline |
IM |
FRA |
2386 (+39) |
|
Tsolakidou, Stavroula |
IM |
GRE |
2427 (+38) |
|
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag |
IM |
MON |
2381 (+31) |
|
Vaishali, Rameshbabu |
IM |
IND |
2497 (+30) |
|
Predke, Alexandr |
GM |
SRB |
2689 (+28) |
|
Saric, Ivan |
GM |
SRB |
2685 (+26) |
|
Esipenko, Andrey |
GM |
FID |
2702 (+25) |
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
GM |
BUL |
2442 (+25) |
|
Kamalidenova, Meruert |
WGM |
KAZ |
2383 (+24) |
|
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi |
GM |
IND |
2737 (+22) |
|
Cori T., Deysi |
IM |
PER |
2389 (+22) |
|
Sindarov, Javokhir |
GM |
UZB |
2701 (+20) |
|
Garifullina, Leya |
IM |
FID |
2423 (+20) |
|
Yakubboev, Nodirbek |
GM |
UZB |
2661 (+18) |
|
Socko, Monika |
GM |
POL |
2396 (+18) |
Unlike any other month this year, an unusually high number of players inside the top 100 Open and Women earned 20 rating points or more.
Pauline Guichard nudged slightly ahead of Stavroula Tsolakidou to narrowly win this nomination. Both ladies did a great job in two most important competitions of November, picking up impressive 39 and 38 points respectively. The same applies to virtually all European players on this list while others greatly improved their rating thanks to excellent performance in the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023.
Photo: Anna Shtourman
Several players reached their highest position in the top 100 Open and Women: Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (15th), Javokhir Sindarov (35th), Alexandr Predke (43th), Nodirbek Yakubboev (77th), Vaishali Rameshbabu (13th, breaking in the top 20 women) and Stavroula Tsolakidou (39th).
Javokhir Sindarov cleared the 2700 bar for the first time in his career, while Andrey Esipenko returned the 2700+ elite group.
