Ratings (with FIDE list)

Different countries have different rating systems. The most common system in use is called the Elo system, named after its inventor. An excellent book on the subject is _The Rating of Chess players, Past & Present_ by Arpad E. Elo (copyright 1978; ISBN 0-668-04721-6). FIDE and the USCF use the Elo system, although in the USCF there have been some adjustments and additions in the past which have distorted USCF ratings vis-a-vis systems which have been "pure Elo" forever.

FIDE Rating list for January 1995

Open. Top 101 players are listed. Ratings 2805 to 2575. Games = games played in 1994. R = rating. R NAME COUNTRY Rating Games Birthday

1 Kasparov, Gary - RUS - 2805 - 0 - 04/13/63
2 Karpov, Anatoly - RUS - 2765 - 37 - 05/23/51
3 Anand, Viswanathan - IND - 2715 - 11 - 12/11/69
4 Kramnik, Vladimir - RUS - 2715 - 8 - 06/25/75
5 Salov, Valery - RUS - 2715 - 20 - 05/26/64
6 Kamsky, Gata - USA - 2710 - 17 - 06/02/74
7 Shirov, Alexei - LAT - 2710 - 36 - 07/04/72
8 Gelfand, Boris - BLR - 2700 - 43 - 06/24/68
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily - UKR - 2700 - 21 - 03/18/69
10 Bareev, Evgeny - RUS - 2675 - 35 - 11/21/66
11 Piket, Jeroen - NED - 2670 - 31 - 01/27/69
12 Yusupov, Artur - GER - 2660 - 42 - 02/13/60
13 Adams, Michael - ENG - 2655 - 32 - 11/17/71
14 Akopian, Vladimir - ARM - 2655 - 27 - 12/07/71
15 Lautier, Joel - FRA - 2655 - 46 - 04/12/73
16 Short, Nigel D. - ENG - 2655 - 0 - 06/01/65
17 Beliavsky, Alexander G - UKR - 2650 - 31 - 12/17/53
18 Dreev, Alexey - RUS - 2650 - 31 - 01/30/69
19 Nikolic, Predrag - BIH - 2645 - 24 - 09/11/60
20 Sokolov, Ivan - BIH - 2645 - 51 - 06/13/68
21 Vaganian, Rafael A - ARM - 2640 - 31 - 10/15/51
22 Epishin, Vladimir - RUS - 2635 - 73 - 07/11/65
23 Korchnoi, Viktor - SUI - 2635 - 53 - 03/23/31
24 Khalifman, Alexander - RUS - 2635 - 35 - 01/18/66
25 Timman, Jan H - NED - 2635 - 28 - 12/14/51
26 Andersson, Ulf - SWE - 2630 - 50 - 06/27/51
27 Hansen, Curt - DEN - 2630 - 15 - 09/18/64
28 Lputian, Smbat G - ARM - 2630 - 34 - 02/14/58
29 Nunn, John D M - ENG - 2630 - 18 - 04/25/55
30 Polgar, Judit (GM) - HUN - 2630 - 30 - 07/23/76
31 Smirin, Ilia - ISR - 2630 - 39 01/21/68
32 Topalov, Veselin - BUL - 2630 - 45 - 03/15/75
33 Dautov, Rustem - GER - 2625 - 17 - 11/28/65
34 Georgiev, Kiril - BUL - 2625 - 48 - 11/28/65
35 Psakhis, Lev - ISR - 2625 - 68 - 11/29/58
36 Tiviakov, Sergei - RUS - 2625 - 37 - 02/14/73
37 Granda Zuniga, Julio E - PER - 2620 - 0 - 02/25/67
38 Huebner, Robert - GER - 2620 - 22 - 11/06/48
39 Ehlvest, Jaan - EST - 2615 - 29 - 10/14/62
40 Hodgson, Julian M. - ENG - 2615 - 43 - 07/25/63
41 Malaniuk, Vladimir P - UKR - 2615 - 45 - 07/21/57
42 Miles, Anthony J - ENG - 2615 - 90 - 04/23/55
43 Yudasin, Leonid - ISR - 2615 - 50 - 08/08/59
44 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab - GEO - 2610 - 47 - 03/16/60
45 Oll, Lembit - EST - 2610 - 29 - 04/23/66
46 Speelman, Jonathan S - ENG - 2610 - 34 - 10/02/56
47 Dolmatov, Sergey - RUS - 2605 - 6 - 02/20/59
48 Ftacnik, Lubomir - SVK - 2605 - 43 - 10/30/57
49 Gurevich, Mikhail - BEL - 2605 - 47 - 02/22/59
50 Kaidanov, Grigory S - USA - 2605 - 32 - 10/11/59
51 Morozevich, Alexander - RUS - 2605 - 19 - 07/18/77
52 Nenashev, Alexander - UZB - 2605 - 51- 08/25/62
53 Vyzmanavin, Alexey - RUS - 2605 - 22 - 01/01/60
54 Agdestein, Simen - NOR - 2600 - 9 - 05/15/67
55 Chernin, Alexander - HUN - 2600 - 47 - 03/06/60
56 Gavrikov, Viktor - SUI - 2600 - 30 - 07/29/57
57 Rozentalis, Eduardas - LTU - 2600 - 26 - 05/27/63
58 Ribli, Zoltan - HUN - 2600 - 18 - 09/06/51
59 Seirawan, Yasser - USA - 2600 - 22 - 03/24/60
60 Eingorn, Vereslav S - UKR - 2595 - 36 - 11/23/56
61 Hertneck, Gerald - GER - 2595 - 17 - 09/18/63
62 Gulko, Boris F - USA - 2595 - 30 - 02/09/47
63 Hracek, Zbynek - CZE - 2595 - 48 - 09/09/70
64 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel - ESP - 2595 - 45 - 12/03/65
65 Romanishin, Oleg M - UKR - 2595 - 13 - 01/10/52
66 Almasi, Zoltan - HUN - 2590 - 30 - 08/29/76
67 DeFirmian, Nick E - USA - 2590 - 99 - 07/26/57
68 Dorfman, Josif D - FRA - 2590 - 20 - 05/01/53
69 Glek, Igor V - RUS - 2590 - 21 - 11/07/61
70 Giorgadze, Giorgi - GEO - 2590 - 53 - 10/10/64
71 Hjartarson, Johann - ISL - 2590 - 24 - 02/08/63
72 Huzman, Alexander - UKR - 2590 - 49 - 04/10/62
73 Lalic, Bogdan - CRO - 2590 - 71 - 03/08/64
74 Onischuk, Alexander - UKR - 2590 - 50 - / /
75 Novikov, Igor A - UKR - 2590 - 50 - 05/23/62
76 Pigusov, Evgeny - RUS - 2590 - 41- 03/31/61
77 Adianto, Utut - INA - 2585 - 60 - 03/16/65
80 Kurajica, Bojan - BIH - 2585 - 49 - 11/15/47
81 Portisch, Lajos - HUN - 2585 - 18 - 04/04/37
82 Polugaevsky, Lev - RUS - 2585 - 0 - 11/20/34
83 Rublevsky, Sergei - RUS - 2585 - 22 - 10/15/74
84 Serper, Grigory - UZB - 2585 - 38 - 09/14/69
85 Savchenko, Stanislav - UKR - 2585 - 62 - 01/21/67
86 Svidler, Peter - RUS - 2585 - 24 - 06/17/76
87 Tukmakov, Vladimir B - UKR - 2585 - 34 - 03/15/46
88 Zvjaginsev, Vadim - RUS - 2585 - 22 - 08/18/76
89 Dokhoian, Yury - RUS - 2580 - 13 - 10/26/64
90 Goldin, Alexander - RUS - 2580 - 15 - 02/27/65
91 Greenfeld, Alon - ISR - 2580 - 40 - 04/17/64
92 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir - YUG - 2580 - 17 - 11/02/50
93 Milov, Vadim - ISR - 2580 - 51 - / /
94 Razuvaev, Yuri S - RUS - 2580 - 25 - 10/10/45
95 Vladimirov, Evgeny - KAZ - 2580 - 4 - 01/20/57
96 Yermolinsky, Alex - USA - 2580 - 68 - 04/11/58
97 Alterman, Boris - ISR - 2575 - 69 - 05/04/70
98 Damljanovic, Branko - YUG - 2575 - 50 - 06/17/61
99 Gurevich, Ilya - USA - 2575 - 22 - 02/08/72
100 Komarov, Dimitri - UKR - 2575 - 67 - 12/01/68
101 Kengis, Edvins - LAT - 2575 - 37 - 04/12/59