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Top 10 active players as of November 29, 1999

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Player Rating +/-
1 Kasparov, Garry K288448
2 Anand, Viswanathan280847
3 Kramnik, Vladimir280246
4 Shirov, Alexei279447
5 Leko, Peter273649
6 Adams, Michael273147
7 Kamsky, Gata272859
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily272847
9 Bareev, Evgeny272550
10 Gelfand, Boris272248

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Top 500 active players as of November 29, 1999

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Player Rating +/- Best? 75%? Age
1 Kasparov, Garry K28844874.8% #236.63
2 Anand, Viswanathan2808479.2% #529.97
3 Kramnik, Vladimir2802467.3% #624.43
4 Shirov, Alexei2794475.4% #727.40
5 Leko, Peter2736490.4% #1920.22
6 Adams, Michael2731470.3% #2128.03
7 Kamsky, Gata2728590.9% #2525.49
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily2728470.3% #2230.70
9 Bareev, Evgeny2725500.3% #2433.02
10 Gelfand, Boris2722480.2% #2431.43
11 Topalov, Veselin2719470.2% #2524.70
12 Karpov, Anatoly E2715470.1% #2748.52
13 Morozevich, Alexander2713490.2% #2922.36
14 Short, Nigel D2701490.1% #3634.49
15 Svidler, Peter2697470.1% #3723.45
16 Khalifman, Alexander269147 #4133.86
17 Akopian, Vladimir268449 #4727.98
18 Rublevsky, Sergei268350 #4825.12
19 Gurevich, Mikhail N268248 #4840.77
20 Almasi, Zoltan268149 #4923.25
21 Dreev, Alexey267748 #5230.86
22 Krasenkow, Michal267648 #5336.04
23 Georgiev, Kiril267451 #5634.00
24 Korchnoi, Viktor L266748 #6068.68
25 Sokolov, Ivan266447 #6331.46
26 Polgar, Judit265949 #6823.35
27 Timman, Jan H265847 #6847.96
28 Seirawan, Yasser265551 #7439.68
29 Movsesian, Sergei265548 #7221.07
30 Beliavsky, Alexander G265547 #7245.95
31 Nikolic, Predrag265349 #7539.22
32 Lautier, Joel264947 #7826.63
33 Gulko, Boris F264951 #8152.80
34 Zvjaginsev, Vadim264849 #8123.28
35 van Wely, Loek264546 #8227.14
36 Onischuk, Alexander264350 #8624.24
37 Smirin, Ilia264049 #8931.86
38 Vladimirov, Evgeny Y264066 #10342.86
39 Milov, Vadim263749 #9327.33
40 Tkachiev, Vladislav263749 #9326.05
41 Piket, Jeroen263346 #9530.84
42 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A263253 #10039.70
43 Sakaev, Konstantin263249 #9925.63
44 Kharlov, Andrei263149 #9931.02
45 Jussupow, Artur M262950 #10239.79
46 Chernin, Alexander M262950 #10339.73
47 Aleksandrov, Aleksej262951 #10426.55
48 Milos, Gilberto262752 #10736.08
49 Fedorov, Alexei262652 #10827.17
50 Salov, Valery B262453 #11135.51
51 Graf, Alexander262354 #11337.26
52 Ehlvest, Jaan262148 #11137.12
53 Hansen, Curt262051 #11435.20
54 Khenkin, Igor262048 #11231.69
55 Hellers, Ferdinand262064 #12530.84
56 Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter261849 #11523.33
57 Vaganian, Rafael A261851 #11748.12
58 Christiansen, Larry M261752 #11943.42
59 Avrukh, Boris261749 #11621.89
60 Dautov, Rustem261650 #11834.00
61 Sadler, Matthew261649 #11725.54
62 Sturua, Zurab261551 #12140.47
63 Hodgson, Julian M261450 #12136.34
64 Tiviakov, Sergei261348 #12126.79
65 Dolmatov, Sergey V261352 #12340.77
66 Speelman, Jonathan S261248 #12143.16
67 Epishin, Vladimir261148 #12334.38
68 Hracek, Zbynek261050 #12429.22
69 Gavrikov, Victor N261053 #12842.33
70 Ibragimov, Ildar261048 #12432.29
71 Bologan, Viktor261048 #12427.96
72 Hjartarson, Jóhann260954 #12936.81
73 Granda Zuńiga, Julio E260854 #13132.76
74 Novikov, Igor A260649 #12837.52
75 Giorgadze, Giorgi260649 #12935.13
76 Andersson, Ulf260650 #13048.42
77 Agdestein, Simen260653 #13232.54
78 Beim, Valery260553 #13349.70
79 Fominyh, Alexander260252 #13640.45
80 Nunn, John D M260254 #13844.59
81 Hübner, Robert259950 #13751.06
82 Lputian, Smbat G259950 #13841.79
83 Malaniuk, Vladimir P259948 #13642.36
84 Kuzmin, Alexey259861 #14636.72
85 Sutovsky, Emil259848 #13822.19
86 Minasian, Artashes259851 #13932.86
87 Lutz, Christopher259848 #13828.76
88 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir259751 #14049.07
89 Eingorn, Viacheslav S259751 #14143.01
90 Bacrot, Etienne259748 #13916.85
91 Shipov, Sergei259651 #14233.62
92 Hansen, Lars Bo259655 #14531.18
93 Kožul, Zdenko259648 #13933.52
94 Volkov, Sergey259549 #14225.81
95 Kavalek, Lubomir259474 #16156.30
96 Morovic Fernández, Iván E259152 #14736.68
97 Yakovich, Yuri258948 #14736.99
98 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel258849 #14833.98
99 Ye Jiangchuan258853 #15239.02
100 Goldin, Alexander258753 #15234.76
101 Asrian, Karen258650 19.60
102 Dvoiris, Semen I258550 41.07
103 Kobalija, Mihail258450 21.57
104 Miles, Anthony J258448 44.60
105 Ulibin, Mikhail258349 28.49
106 Wahls, Matthias258352 31.84
107 Benjamin, Joel L258250 35.72
108 Razuvaev, Yury S258252 54.13
109 Korneev, Oleg258249 30.34
110 Yudasin, Leonid G258251 40.31
111 Sveshnikov, Evgeny E258150 49.80
112 Huzman, Alexander258151 37.63
113 Gabriel, Christian257950 24.74
114 Bochkarev, Alexander257974 24.57
115 Psakhis, Lev B257949 40.99
116 Romanishin, Oleg M257948 47.88
117 Malakhov, Vladimir257953 19.01
118 Rozentalis, Eduardas257849 36.51
119 Sorokin, Maxim257750 31.85
120 Sax, Gyula257748 48.45
121 Zhang Zhong257652 21.23
122 Damljanovic, Branko257650 38.45
123 Shabalov, Alexander257650 32.21
124 Fedorowicz, John P257553 41.17
125 Hertneck, Gerald257552 36.20
126 Timoshenko, Georgy257451 33.49
127 Stefansson, Hannes257450 27.36
128 Torre, Eugenio257457 48.07
129 Ponomariov, Ruslan257450 16.13
130 Pétursson, Margeir257457 39.79
131 Wolff, Patrick G257364 31.79
132 Peng Xiaomin257253 26.64
133 Ftácnik, Lubomír257248 42.08
134 deFirmian, Nicholas E257249 42.34
135 Tregubov, Pavel V257250 27.94
136 Alterman, Boris257250 29.57
137 Agrest, Evgenij257249 33.29
138 Burmakin, Vladimir257248 32.48
139 Nielsen, Peter Heine257149 26.51
140 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander257049 36.87
141 Lalic, Bogdan257047 35.72
142 Ribli, Zoltán256951 48.23
143 Atalik, Suat256948 35.13
144 Pigusov, Evgeny256952 38.66
145 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam256950 19.98
146 Baburin, Alexander256949 32.78
147 Adianto, Utut256951 34.70
148 Dorfman, Iosif D256853 47.58
149 Komarov, Dimitri256849 30.99
150 Kaidanov, Gregory S256754 40.13
151 Yermolinsky, Alex V256649 41.63
152 Shneider, Aleksandr256654 37.52
153 Gurevich, Dmitry256651 43.22
154 Ionov, Sergey256652 37.89
155 Gurevich, Ilya256666 27.81
156 Yemelin, Vasily256350 23.83
157 Kotronias, Vasilios256253 35.26
158 Lastin, Alexander256252 23.08
159 Filippov, Valerij256249 24.00
160 Balashov, Yury S256250 50.71
161 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav256156 33.70
162 Vaisser, Anatoli256151 50.73
163 Lerner, Konstantin Z256151 49.75
164 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav256152 35.31
165 Pintér, József256150 46.05
166 Varga, Z.256069 29.38
167 Lobron, Eric256052 39.56
168 Rogers, Ian255948 39.43
169 Savchenko, Stanislav255750 32.86
170 Landa, Konstantin255751 27.52
171 Antonio, Rogelio Jr255754 37.78
172 Tukmakov, Vladimir B255749 53.70
173 Serper, Grigory255755 30.21
174 Emms, John M255650 32.71
175 Stohl, Igor255549 35.17
176 Leitao, Rafael255551 19.92
177 Hickl, Joerg255551 34.62
178 Baklan, Vladimir255551 21.76
179 Xu Jun255459 37.20
180 Morrison, William255466 39.32
181 Magerramov, Elmar S255462 41.63
182 Shulman, Yuri255450 24.58
183 Rustemov, Alexander255351 26.40
184 Golod, Vitali255250 28.42
185 Sokolov, Andrey Y255253 36.69
186 Portisch, Lajos255152 62.65
187 Ivanov, Sergey255150 38.17
188 Spraggett, Kevin B254851 45.05
189 Zelcic, Robert254848 34.19
190 Hansen, Sune Berg254849 28.61
191 Shariyazdanov, Andrey254851 23.38
192 Arkhipov, Sergey254758 45.43
193 Kotsur, Pavel254753 25.90
194 Palac, Mladen254748 28.78
195 Greenfeld, Alon254650 35.62
196 Dzindzichashvili, Roman Y254555 55.56
197 Slobodjan, Roman254549 24.91
198 Kengis, Edvins254552 40.63
199 Barua, Dibyendu254553 33.09
200 Dao Thien Hai254552 21.55
201 Spasov, Vasil254456 28.78
202 Guseinov, Aidyn254462 47.91
203 Kurajica, Bojan254350 52.04
204 Kantsler, Boris254353 37.62
205 Spassky, Boris V254352 62.83
206 Tischbierek, Raj254253 37.18
207 Anastasian, Ashot254153 35.37
208 Mikhalchishin, Adrian B254151 45.03
209 Smagin, Sergey254160 41.22
210 Chiburdanidze, Maia G254152 38.87
211 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly V254054 55.18
212 Aronian, Levon254052 17.15
213 Golubev, Mihail254053 29.50
214 Makarov, Marat254054 36.56
215 Kruppa, Yuri253952 35.44
216 Kharitonov, Andrey Y253950 40.65
217 Ilincic, Zlatko253952 31.55
218 Podgaets, Mikhail Y253960 52.35
219 Chernyshov, Konstantin253853 32.47
220 Popov, Valerij253851 25.22
221 van der Wiel, John T H253749 40.30
222 Poluljahov, Aleksandr253749 34.48
223 Volzhin, Alexander253751 28.82
224 Hort, Vlastimil253652 55.88
225 Sherbakov, Ruslan253650 30.21
226 Watson, William N253566 37.61
227 Adorján, András253559 49.66
228 Rytshagov, Mikhail253452 32.05
229 Bönsch, Uwe253455 41.12
230 Magem Badals, Jordi253349 32.26
231 Hamdouchi, Hichem253351 27.14
232 Podzielny, Karl Heinz253360 45.22
233 Kiriakov, Petr253251 24.88
234 Ivanov, Alexander V253054 43.58
235 Glek, Igor V252949 38.06
236 Moroz, Alexander252859 38.86
237 Iuldachev, Saidali252853 31.83
238 Soffer, Ram252854 34.23
239 Luther, Thomas252849 30.07
240 Najer, Evgeniy252752 22.44
241 Irzhanov, Ruslan252756 23.01
242 Hernandez, Gilberto252752
243 Miladinovic, Igor252752 25.84
244 Darga, Klaus V252671 65.76
245 Sermek, Drazen252648 30.83
246 Frias, Victor J252570 43.80
247 Schandorff, Lars252450 34.61
248 Malisauskas, Vidmantas252458 36.32
249 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy252450 33.33
250 Zontakh, Andrey252449 29.07
251 Bruzon Bautista, Lazaro252455 17.57
252 Bischoff, Klaus252448 38.47
253 Orlov, Georgi252465
254 Bezgodov, Alexei252356 30.41
255 Nikolenko, Oleg252360 40.44
256 Ginsburg, Gennadij252366 28.30
257 Kishnev, Sergey252362 43.08
258 Temirbaev, Serik252259
259 Smikovski, Ivan252265 27.46
260 Suba, Mihai252258 52.49
261 Markovic, Miroslav252154 26.56
262 Arnason, Jon L252166 39.04
263 Bu Xiangzhi252150 13.97
264 Brodsky, Michail252150 30.67
265 Kosic, Dragan252155 29.79
266 Rodriguez, Amador252055 43.22
267 Chekhov, Valery A252057 44.01
268 Cvitan, Ognjen252048 38.13
269 Wang Zili251958 31.46
270 Zakharevich, Igor251953 36.37
271 Enders, Peter251854 36.82
272 Zarubin, Pavel251871 31.79
273 Gallagher, Joseph G251849 35.57
274 Neverov, Valery251751 35.44
275 Sunye Neto, Jaime251755 42.57
276 Galkin, Alexander251750 20.83
277 Comas Fabrego, Luis251750 28.44
278 Vera, Reynaldo251651 38.89
279 Kosashvili, Yona251660 29.40
280 Gleizerov, Evgeny251651 36.69
281 Krakops, Maris251660 21.65
282 Gofshtein, Leonid D251650 46.61
283 Danielian, Oganes251665
284 Marciano, David251551 30.40
285 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass251549 22.78
286 Gruenfeld, Yehuda251557 43.75
287 Timoshchenko, Gennady251551 50.59
288 Zifroni, Dov251554 23.78
289 Shchekachev, Andrei251551 27.09
290 Kempinski, Robert251549 22.38
291 Istratescu, Andrei251450 23.98
292 Spangenberg, Hugo251451 24.02
293 Sagalchik, Gennadij251471 30.60
294 Xie Jun251449 29.08
295 Markowski, Tomasz251449 24.33
296 Feygin, Michail251468 24.83
297 Sosonko, Gennadi251359 56.53
298 Kumaran, Dharshan251366 24.48
299 Mirumian, Vigen251351 22.17
300 Kindermann, Stefan251250 39.92
301 Babula, Vlastimil251250 26.16
302 Nogueiras, Jesus251250 40.37
303 Ruzele, Darius251257 31.59
304 Reinderman, Dimitri251249 27.30
305 Dizdarevic, Emir251152 41.66
306 Vaulin, Alexander251148 42.70
307 Grischuk, Alexander251052 16.08
308 Yurtaev, Leonid251054 40.58
309 Didishko, Vereslav250954 50.63
310 Zubarev, Alexander250958 48.43
311 Chuchelov, Vladimir250951 30.17
312 Zoler, Dan250954 25.86
313 Wedberg, Tom250853 46.01
314 Zagrebelny, Sergey250851
315 Lesiege, Alexandre250851 24.28
316 Berelovich, Aleksandar250851 32.41
317 Parker, Jonathan250754 23.53
318 Cramling, Pia250750 36.60
319 Dizdar, Goran250749 40.98
320 Fridman, Daniel250652 23.79
321 Strikovic, Aleksa250652 38.55
322 Popovic, Petar250653 40.79
323 King, Daniel J250657 36.25
324 Belikov, Vladimir250657 28.32
325 Van der Sterren, Paul250650 43.70
326 Sokolovs, Andrei250562 27.77
327 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas250555
328 Barsov, Alexei250550
329 Loginov, Valery A250551 43.96
330 Kiselev, Sergey250455 38.21
331 Cámpora, Daniel H250452 42.41
332 Delchev, Aleksander250450 28.37
333 Papaioannou, Ioannis250355 23.61
334 Kholmov, Ratmir D250353 74.54
335 Horvath, Jozsef250351 35.29
336 Krivonosov, Oleg250363 38.55
337 Kolev, Atanas250360 32.37
338 Levin, Felix250253 41.06
339 Rechlis, Gad250258 32.81
340 Zaichik, Gennady L250271 42.80
341 Lanka, Zigurds250252 39.52
342 Plaskett, Jim250251 39.70
343 Krogius, Nikolay V250174 69.35
344 Motylev, Alexander250151 20.45
345 Bezold, Michael250152 27.52
346 Arencibia, Walter250150 32.36
347 Nijboer, Friso250049 34.51
348 Zezulkin, Jurij250054 28.29
349 Mueller, Karsten250051 29.02
350 Drasko, Milan250051 36.98
351 Shabanov, Yury F250063 62.05
352 Iordachescu, Viorel250050 22.61
353 Pavasovic, Dusko250048 23.12
354 Kudrin, Sergey250053 40.23
355 Yandemirov, Valeri250050 36.80
356 Iskusnyh, Sergei249952 25.23
357 Kovalev, Andrei249955 38.06
358 Schlosser, Philipp249952 31.28
359 Lugovoi, Aleksei249849 24.73
360 Hector, Jonny249848 35.79
361 Mikhalevski, Victor249849 27.38
362 Khasin, Alexander249857 48.58
363 Danielsen, Henrik249852 33.86
364 Conquest, Stuart249750 32.74
365 Mikhaletz, Lubomir249755 25.29
366 Maksimenko, Andrei249752 29.98
367 Dervishi, Erald249756 20.05
368 Degraeve, Jean Marc249649 28.84
369 Vakhidov, Tahir249658
370 Horváth, Csaba249648 31.48
371 Kacheishvili, Giorgi249653 22.80
372 Nevednichy, Vladislav249651 30.24
373 Stanec, Nikolaus249651 31.58
374 Malakhatko, Vadim249654 22.69
375 Apicella, Manuel249652 29.61
376 Bagaturov, Giorgi249654 35.00
377 Polovodin, Igor A249661 44.68
378 Gdanski, Jacek249651 28.99
379 Velimirovic, Dragoljub249553 57.55
380 Nikolaidis, Ioannis249552 28.90
381 Tsesarsky, Ilya249556 40.14
382 Palatnik, Semen A249568 49.67
383 Rogozenko, Dorian249450 26.28
384 Zarnicki, Pablo249453 27.05
385 Liss, Eran249353 24.41
386 Notkin, Maksim249357 35.97
387 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N249352 53.61
388 Davies, Nigel R249353 39.33
389 Vorotnikov, Vladislav V249357 52.28
390 Totsky, Leonid249253 32.30
391 Ubilava, Elizbar E249257 49.26
392 Socko, Bartosz249250 21.05
393 Dragomarezkij, Evgeni249261 46.86
394 Gausel, Einar249250 35.99
395 Garcia Ilundain, David249253 28.66
396 Kochiev, Alexander249156 43.68
397 Nadyrhanov, Sergey249161 36.17
398 Pavlovic, Milos249152 35.90
399 Wu Shaobin249159 30.82
400 Finkel, Alexander249153 24.91
401 Lazarev, Vladimir249151 35.48
402 Liang Jinrong249063 39.52
403 Galliamova, Alisa249051 27.86
404 Varga, Zoltan249048 29.38
405 Vokác, Marek249051 40.98
406 Smyslov, Vassily V248953 78.68
407 Liiva, Riho248963 24.40
408 Haba, Petr248950 34.90
409 Hulak, Krunoslav248952 48.51
410 Gyimesi, Zoltan248950 22.66
411 Manor, Ilan248957 30.09
412 Vescovi, Giovanni P248852 21.46
413 Kuzmin, Gennady P248851 53.86
414 Bagirov, Vladimir K248852 63.29
415 Larsen, Bent248853 64.73
416 Ivanisevic, Ivan248852 22.02
417 Joachim, Sven248870 30.49
418 Jakubiec, Artur248856 25.98
419 Aseev, Konstantin N248751 39.11
420 Lau, Ralf248755 40.11
421 Marin, Mihail248750 34.61
422 Bauer, Christian248749 22.88
423 Polak, Tomas248750 25.60
424 Oral, Tomas248749 21.93
425 Movsziszian, Karen248754 36.90
426 Ye Rongguang248759 36.15
427 Sevillano, Enrico248767
428 Sulskis, Sarunas248750 27.01
429 Knaak, Rainer F248658 46.70
430 Uhlmann, Wolfgang248652 64.67
431 Piskov, Yury248565 38.13
432 Votava, Jan248550 24.99
433 Turov, Maxim248457 19.98
434 Van den Doel, Erik248448 20.54
435 Safin, Shukhrat248357 29.65
436 Sharif, Mershad248363 47.38
437 Olafsson, Helgi248353 43.29
438 Hall, Jesper248353 28.37
439 Macieja, Bartlomiej248350 22.15
440 Goloshchapov, Alexander248354 21.84
441 Kogan, Artur248349 25.83
442 Kovacevic, Vladimir248354 57.67
443 Dokutchaev, Aleksander248360 27.49
444 Georgiev, Vladimir248251 24.26
445 Dgebuadze, Alexandre248254 28.52
446 Bikhovsky, Avigdor I248155 44.73
447 Antunes, Antonio248161 37.81
448 Grivas, Efstratios248154 33.66
449 Dimitrov, Vladimir248152 31.63
450 Arbakov, Valentin248158 47.84
451 Ioseliani, Nana248153 37.80
452 Mitenkov, Alexey248165 38.72
453 Har Zvi, Ronen247958 23.13
454 Ricardi, Pablo247951 37.76
455 Acs, Peter247949 18.55
456 Tseitlin, Mikhail S247971 52.45
457 Godena, Michele247848 32.41
458 Smejkal, Jan247855 53.69
459 Kalinin, Alexander247875 31.51
460 Tisdall, Jonathan D247857 41.26
461 Hillarp Persson, Tiger247850 29.09
462 Egin, Vladimir247861
463 Zakharstov, Viacheslav V247868 31.66
464 Gritsak, Orest247854 26.76
465 Legky, Nikolay A247754 44.63
466 Simonovic, Aleksandar247773 31.07
467 Rowson, Jonathan247750 22.61
468 Brenninkmeijer, Joris247769 30.21
469 Shaked, Tal247751 21.81
470 Faragó, Iván247748 53.66
471 Rausis, Igors247649 38.64
472 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw247651 28.90
473 Schmittdiel, Eckhard247651 39.54
474 Rodriguez, Andres247653 25.94
475 Blatny, Pavel247650 31.44
476 Djurhuus, Rune247652 29.84
477 Polgar, Sofia247657 25.07
478 Guliev, Sarhan247654 31.66
479 Renet, Olivier247556 34.94
480 Rogic, Davor247552 28.34
481 Ionescu, Constantin247551 41.21
482 Vogt, Lothar H247554 47.87
483 Campos Moreno, Javier B247559 40.73
484 Prusikhin, Mihailo247557 21.86
485 Georgiev, Krum247556 41.51
486 Saltaev, Mihail247551 37.03
487 Browne, Walter S247456 50.88
488 Maiorov, Oleg247456 28.36
489 Groszpeter, Attila247451 39.47
490 Lukin, Andrei M247461 51.25
491 Jirovsky, Milos247452 25.70
492 Kupreichik, Viktor D247351 50.40
493 Koniushkov, Igor247365 36.99
494 Karlsson, Lars247357 44.38
495 Fercec, Nenad247350 38.63
496 Becerra Rivero, Julio247350
497 Schmaltz, Roland247355 25.04
498 Stevic, Hrvoje247253 19.89
499 Oratovsky, Michael247256 25.65
500 Wells, Peter K247249 34.62

These ratings, calculated as of November 29, 1999, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the time between November 1, 1998 and November 29, 1999, along with the ratings that were already calculated as of October 31, 1998. 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 November 29, 1999. This represents the player's estimated strength on November 30, 1999.

+/- 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 November 30, 1999. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on November 30, 1999 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 November 30, 1999. 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 November 29, 1999. 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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