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Top 10 active players as of March 20, 2000

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Player Rating +/-
1 Kasparov, Garry K287948
2 Kramnik, Vladimir280147
3 Anand, Viswanathan279847
4 Shirov, Alexei278147
5 Leko, Peter276748
6 Topalov, Veselin274647
7 Adams, Michael273847
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily272547
9 Gelfand, Boris272447
10 Kamsky, Gata272160

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Top 500 active players as of March 20, 2000

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Player Rating +/- Best? 75%? Age
1 Kasparov, Garry K28794874.0% #236.94
2 Kramnik, Vladimir2801478.1% #624.74
3 Anand, Viswanathan2798477.6% #730.27
4 Shirov, Alexei2781473.8% #927.71
5 Leko, Peter2767482.4% #1220.53
6 Topalov, Veselin2746470.8% #1725.01
7 Adams, Michael2738470.5% #2028.34
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily2725470.3% #2531.01
9 Gelfand, Boris2724470.3% #2631.74
10 Kamsky, Gata2721600.8% #3125.80
11 Georgiev, Kiril2719500.3% #2934.31
12 Svidler, Peter2715480.2% #3023.76
13 Morozevich, Alexander2711490.2% #3322.67
14 Karpov, Anatoly E2711480.1% #3248.83
15 Krasenkow, Michal2705480.1% #3636.35
16 Bareev, Evgeny2704490.1% #3733.33
17 Short, Nigel D2703480.1% #3734.80
18 Akopian, Vladimir268849 #4728.29
19 Rublevsky, Sergei2687510.1% #4825.43
20 Beliavsky, Alexander G268647 #4846.26
21 Polgar, Judit268548 #4823.66
22 Korchnoi, Viktor L268447 #4968.99
23 Almasi, Zoltan268348 #5123.56
24 Khalifman, Alexander268247 #5134.17
25 Dreev, Alexey267748 #5631.17
26 Gurevich, Mikhail N267749 #5641.08
27 Aleksandrov, Aleksej266850 #6526.86
28 Movsesian, Sergei265847 #7321.38
29 Nikolic, Predrag265448 #7739.52
30 Tkachiev, Vladislav265449 #7826.36
31 Smirin, Ilia265449 #7832.16
32 Gulko, Boris F265351 #8053.11
33 Timman, Jan H265347 #7848.27
34 Sakaev, Konstantin265349 #7925.94
35 Piket, Jeroen265046 #8031.15
36 Jussupow, Artur M264849 #8540.10
37 Lautier, Joel264847 #8326.94
38 Dautov, Rustem264649 #8634.31
39 van Wely, Loek264346 #8927.45
40 Zvjaginsev, Vadim264049 #9323.59
41 Seirawan, Yasser263851 #9739.98
42 Kharlov, Andrei263750 #9731.33
43 Hansen, Curt263751 #9835.51
44 Ehlvest, Jaan263749 #9737.43
45 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A263654 #10240.01
46 Vladimirov, Evgeny Y263457 #10743.17
47 Fedorov, Alexei263454 #10427.48
48 Salov, Valery B263354 #10535.82
49 Onischuk, Alexander263349 #10124.55
50 Hellers, Ferdinand263168 #11731.15
51 Novikov, Igor A262949 #10637.83
52 Lputian, Smbat G262849 #10742.10
53 Khenkin, Igor262749 #10831.99
54 Sokolov, Ivan262747 #10731.77
55 Christiansen, Larry M262553 #11443.73
56 Sadler, Matthew262449 #11225.85
57 Graf, Alexander262357 #11837.57
58 Hodgson, Julian M262350 #11336.65
59 Psakhis, Lev B262148 #11441.31
60 Vaganian, Rafael A262150 #11548.43
61 Hjartarson, Jóhann262055 #12137.12
62 Sturua, Zurab262052 #11940.78
63 Kobalija, Mihail262050 #11821.88
64 Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter261849 #11823.63
65 Milos, Gilberto261652 #12336.39
66 Gavrikov, Victor N261656 #12742.64
67 Bologan, Viktor261548 #12128.27
68 Ye Jiangchuan261551 #12439.33
69 Speelman, Jonathan S261548 #12143.47
70 Granda Zuńiga, Julio E261456 #12933.07
71 Shipov, Sergei261453 #12733.92
72 Bacrot, Etienne261349 #12417.16
73 Dolmatov, Sergey V261251 #12841.08
74 Andersson, Ulf261150 #12748.73
75 Minasian, Artashes261150 #12833.16
76 Milov, Vadim260849 #13027.63
77 Fominyh, Alexander260752 #13440.76
78 Volkov, Sergey260649 #13326.12
79 Tiviakov, Sergei260348 #13427.10
80 Zhang Zhong260352 #13821.54
81 Sveshnikov, Evgeny E260249 #13850.11
82 Kaidanov, Gregory S260252 #14040.44
83 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir260251 #14049.38
84 Sutovsky, Emil260148 #13722.50
85 Avrukh, Boris260148 #13722.20
86 Eingorn, Viacheslav S260151 #14143.32
87 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam260050 #14020.29
88 Ponomariov, Ruslan259850 #14316.44
89 Peng Xiaomin259750 #14426.95
90 Hracek, Zbynek259749 #14429.53
91 Kuzmin, Alexey259662 #15337.03
92 Hübner, Robert259649 #14351.37
93 Hansen, Lars Bo259655 #14831.49
94 Agdestein, Simen259553 #14632.85
95 Lutz, Christopher259448 #14529.07
96 Malakhov, Vladimir259353 #15019.31
97 Anastasian, Ashot259350 #14835.68
98 Asrian, Karen259351 #14819.91
99 Malaniuk, Vladimir P259248 #14742.66
100 Wolff, Patrick G259166 #15932.10
101 Goldin, Alexander258954 35.06
102 Miles, Anthony J258648 44.91
103 Yudasin, Leonid G258652 40.62
104 Kožul, Zdenko258647 33.83
105 Chernin, Alexander M258550 40.04
106 Giorgadze, Giorgi258549 35.44
107 Razuvaev, Yury S258553 54.44
108 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander258450 37.18
109 Ivanov, Sergey258350 38.48
110 Ftácnik, Lubomír258348 42.39
111 Romanishin, Oleg M258248 48.19
112 Nunn, John D M258253 44.90
113 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav258153 35.62
114 Lastin, Alexander258151 23.39
115 Ibragimov, Ildar258148 32.59
116 Adianto, Utut258152 35.01
117 Shabalov, Alexander258050 32.52
118 Torre, Eugenio258058 48.38
119 deFirmian, Nicholas E257949 42.65
120 Gurevich, Dmitry257952 43.52
121 Tregubov, Pavel V257949 28.25
122 Pétursson, Margeir257958 40.10
123 Dorfman, Iosif D257954 47.88
124 Yermolinsky, Alex V257950 41.94
125 Balashov, Yury S257851 51.02
126 Alterman, Boris257851 29.88
127 Dvoiris, Semen I257750 41.38
128 Yemelin, Vasily257650 24.13
129 Benjamin, Joel L257450 36.02
130 Wahls, Matthias257452 32.15
131 Atalik, Suat257347 35.44
132 Gurevich, Ilya257367 28.12
133 Epishin, Vladimir257248 34.69
134 Rogers, Ian257248 39.74
135 Huzman, Alexander257250 37.94
136 Aronian, Levon257151 17.45
137 Kotsur, Pavel257153 26.21
138 Pigusov, Evgeny257152 38.97
139 Morovic Fernández, Iván E257151 36.98
140 Komarov, Dimitri257150 31.30
141 Fedorowicz, John P257053 41.48
142 Nielsen, Peter Heine257049 26.82
143 Kengis, Edvins256952 40.94
144 Savchenko, Stanislav256950 33.16
145 Burmakin, Vladimir256949 32.79
146 Lerner, Konstantin Z256951 50.06
147 Shchekachev, Andrei256852 27.40
148 Yakovich, Yuri256848 37.31
149 Tukmakov, Vladimir B256849 54.01
150 Vaisser, Anatoli256852 51.04
151 Sax, Gyula256748 48.76
152 Baburin, Alexander256749 33.09
153 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav256760 34.01
154 Gabriel, Christian256650 25.05
155 Ribli, Zoltán256651 48.54
156 Ionov, Sergey256651 38.20
157 Filippov, Valerij256548 24.31
158 Kotronias, Vasilios256554 35.57
159 Stohl, Igor256548 35.48
160 Golod, Vitali256551 28.73
161 Landa, Konstantin256552 27.83
162 Shariyazdanov, Andrey256551 23.69
163 Mikhalchishin, Adrian B256549 45.34
164 Agrest, Evgenij256549 33.60
165 Hickl, Joerg256452 34.93
166 Dao Thien Hai256452 21.86
167 Shneider, Aleksandr256455 37.83
168 Xu Jun256459 37.51
169 Stefansson, Hannes256450 27.67
170 Rozentalis, Eduardas256348 36.81
171 Serper, Grigory256255 30.52
172 Timoshenko, Georgy256251 33.80
173 Ulibin, Mikhail256249 28.80
174 Greenfeld, Alon256150 35.92
175 Hamdouchi, Hichem256051 27.45
176 Korneev, Oleg256049 30.65
177 Palac, Mladen256048 29.09
178 Antonio, Rogelio Jr255956 38.09
179 Damljanovic, Branko255950 38.76
180 Leitao, Rafael255952 20.23
181 Beim, Valery255853 50.01
182 Chernyshov, Konstantin255853 32.77
183 Watson, William N255763 37.92
184 Rustemov, Alexander255751 26.70
185 Golubev, Mihail255655 29.81
186 Grischuk, Alexander255650 16.39
187 Portisch, Lajos255652 62.96
188 Hertneck, Gerald255553 36.51
189 Magerramov, Elmar S255562 41.94
190 Baklan, Vladimir255552 22.07
191 Sokolov, Andrey Y255456 36.99
192 Smagin, Sergey255461 41.53
193 Kempinski, Robert255448 22.69
194 Spasov, Vasil255258 29.09
195 Van der Sterren, Paul255150 44.01
196 Kruppa, Yuri255153 35.75
197 Lobron, Eric255052 39.87
198 Sherbakov, Ruslan255049 30.52
199 Adorján, András255062 49.97
200 Galkin, Alexander254949 21.13
201 Chiburdanidze, Maia G254953 39.17
202 Kharitonov, Andrey Y254951 40.96
203 Dzindzichashvili, Roman Y254956 55.87
204 Gruenfeld, Yehuda254858 44.06
205 Kiriakov, Petr254753 25.19
206 Arkhipov, Sergey254759 45.74
207 Podgaets, Mikhail Y254660 52.66
208 Spassky, Boris V254653 63.14
209 Najer, Evgeniy254551 22.74
210 Reinderman, Dimitri254549 27.60
211 Slobodjan, Roman254449 25.22
212 Pintér, József254451 46.36
213 Zakharevich, Igor254454 36.68
214 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel254449 34.30
215 Popov, Valerij254451 25.53
216 Lalic, Bogdan254347 36.03
217 Tischbierek, Raj254352 37.49
218 Gleizerov, Evgeny254351 36.99
219 Enders, Peter254354 37.13
220 Schlosser, Philipp254252 31.59
221 Volzhin, Alexander254250 29.13
222 Iordachescu, Viorel254250 22.92
223 Hansen, Sune Berg254249 28.91
224 Shulman, Yuri254151 24.89
225 Gofshtein, Leonid D254051 46.91
226 Feygin, Michail254072 25.13
227 Guseinov, Aidyn253964 48.22
228 Poluljahov, Aleksandr253950 34.79
229 Hort, Vlastimil253851 56.19
230 van der Wiel, John T H253849 40.61
231 Ivanov, Alexander V253855 43.88
232 Makarov, Marat253755 36.87
233 Sorokin, Maxim253749 32.16
234 Podzielny, Karl Heinz253661 45.53
235 Delchev, Aleksander253550 28.68
236 Zontakh, Andrey253549 29.38
237 Iuldachev, Saidali253555 32.14
238 Suba, Mihai253461 52.80
239 Luther, Thomas253450 30.38
240 Moroz, Alexander253462 39.17
241 Nikolenko, Oleg253465 40.75
242 Kantsler, Boris253354 37.93
243 Zarubin, Pavel253373 32.10
244 Temirbaev, Serik253262
245 Emms, John M253249 33.02
246 Hernandez, Gilberto253253
247 Gallagher, Joseph G253149 35.88
248 Irzhanov, Ruslan253157 23.31
249 Nevednichy, Vladislav253150 30.55
250 Kacheishvili, Giorgi253052 23.11
251 Vaulin, Alexander253049 43.01
252 Fridman, Daniel253054 24.10
253 Malisauskas, Vidmantas253061 36.63
254 Zifroni, Dov252955 24.09
255 Horvath, Jozsef252951 35.60
256 Kovalev, Andrei252953 38.37
257 Glek, Igor V252949 38.37
258 Spraggett, Kevin B252951 45.36
259 Orlov, Georgi252967
260 Kurajica, Bojan252950 52.35
261 Bischoff, Klaus252948 38.78
262 Mirumian, Vigen252852 22.48
263 Schandorff, Lars252850 34.92
264 Chekhov, Valery A252860 44.31
265 Motylev, Alexander252751 20.76
266 Chandler, Murray G252751 39.96
267 Bezgodov, Alexei252653 30.72
268 Wang Zili252658 31.77
269 Sunye Neto, Jaime252656 42.88
270 Papaioannou, Ioannis252556 23.92
271 Brodsky, Michail252551 30.98
272 Kolev, Atanas252559 32.68
273 Dizdarevic, Emir252550 41.97
274 Kishnev, Sergey252563 43.38
275 Rytshagov, Mikhail252553 32.35
276 Yandemirov, Valeri252451 37.11
277 Kumaran, Dharshan252467 24.79
278 Soffer, Ram252455 34.54
279 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy252451 33.64
280 Loginov, Valery A252350 44.27
281 Smikovski, Ivan252368 27.77
282 Danielian, Oganes252374
283 Arnason, Jon L252269 39.35
284 Gdanski, Jacek252251 29.31
285 Neverov, Valery252151 35.75
286 Ginsburg, Gennadij252168 28.61
287 Berelovich, Aleksandar252152 32.72
288 Oral, Tomas252149 22.24
289 Plaskett, Jim252152 40.01
290 Babula, Vlastimil252149 26.47
291 Van den Doel, Erik252149 20.85
292 Zubarev, Alexander252060 48.74
293 Shabanov, Yury F252063 62.36
294 Rodriguez, Amador252057 43.53
295 Sulskis, Sarunas252051 27.32
296 Markovic, Miroslav252055 26.87
297 Rechlis, Gad251961 33.12
298 Miladinovic, Igor251952 26.15
299 Bezold, Michael251952 27.83
300 Ricardi, Pablo251951 38.07
301 Liss, Eran251855 24.72
302 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly V251854 55.49
303 Lesiege, Alexandre251752 24.59
304 Ilincic, Zlatko251751 31.86
305 Ruzele, Darius251760 31.90
306 Kindermann, Stefan251650 40.23
307 Kudrin, Sergey251554 40.54
308 Didishko, Vereslav251552 50.94
309 Levin, Felix251552 41.37
310 Kuzmin, Gennady P251552 54.17
311 Kosashvili, Yona251562 29.71
312 Chuchelov, Vladimir251552 30.48
313 Khasin, Alexander251458 48.89
314 Barua, Dibyendu251454 33.40
315 Nogueiras, Jesus251451 40.67
316 Pavasovic, Dusko251448 23.43
317 Nijboer, Friso251449 34.82
318 Aseev, Konstantin N251451 39.42
319 Xie Jun251450 29.39
320 Barsov, Alexei251450
321 Kogan, Artur251349 26.14
322 Istratescu, Andrei251350 24.30
323 Kiselev, Sergey251359 38.52
324 Lugovoi, Aleksei251349 25.04
325 Dizdar, Goran251350 41.29
326 Magem Badals, Jordi251349 32.57
327 Zoler, Dan251354 26.17
328 Comas Fabrego, Luis251350 28.74
329 Krivonosov, Oleg251269 38.86
330 Bönsch, Uwe251155 41.43
331 Cvitan, Ognjen251148 38.44
332 Sagalchik, Gennadij251172 30.91
333 Markowski, Tomasz251149 24.64
334 Malakhatko, Vadim251055 22.99
335 Conquest, Stuart251050 33.05
336 Hall, Jesper250953 28.68
337 Belikov, Vladimir250960 28.63
338 Maksimenko, Andrei250854 30.29
339 Sermek, Drazen250848 31.14
340 Rogozenko, Dorian250850 26.59
341 Timoshchenko, Gennady250751 50.90
342 Horváth, Csaba250748 31.79
343 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass250750 23.09
344 Strikovic, Aleksa250752 38.85
345 Sokolovs, Andrei250763 28.08
346 Bauer, Christian250749 23.19
347 Korotylev, Alexey250756 23.05
348 Mikhalevski, Victor250750 27.69
349 Vera, Reynaldo250651 39.20
350 Cebalo, Mišo250648 55.12
351 Morrison, William250665 39.63
352 Davies, Nigel R250553 39.64
353 Yurtaev, Leonid250553 40.88
354 Sosonko, Gennadi250560 56.84
355 Arencibia, Walter250551 32.66
356 Kovacevic, Vladimir250554 57.98
357 Pavlovic, Milos250553 36.21
358 Polak, Tomas250450 25.91
359 Iskusnyh, Sergei250454 25.54
360 Bruzon Bautista, Lazaro250455 17.88
361 Sasikiran, Krishnan250451 19.20
362 Polgar, Sofia250359 25.38
363 Bagaturov, Giorgi250353 35.31
364 Smejkal, Jan250355 53.99
365 Bu Xiangzhi250250 14.28
366 Cramling, Pia250250 36.91
367 King, Daniel J250155 36.56
368 Sevillano, Enrico250166
369 Parker, Jonathan250154 23.84
370 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw250151 29.21
371 Notkin, Maksim250159 36.27
372 Wu Shaobin250160 31.13
373 Ye Rongguang250062 36.46
374 Zaichik, Gennady L250074 43.11
375 Spangenberg, Hugo250051 24.33
376 Zezulkin, Jurij250056 28.59
377 Macieja, Bartlomiej249949 22.46
378 Har Zvi, Ronen249960 23.44
379 Kveinys, Aloyzas249952 37.70
380 Wedberg, Tom249953 46.32
381 Gyimesi, Zoltan249850 22.97
382 Palatnik, Semen A249867 49.98
383 Manor, Ilan249858 30.40
384 Rausis, Igors249849 38.95
385 Drasko, Milan249852 37.29
386 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas249857
387 Zulfugaryi, Magomed249755 22.82
388 Jakubiec, Artur249756 26.30
389 Galliamova, Alisa249751 28.17
390 Grivas, Efstratios249755 33.97
391 Nadyrhanov, Sergey249760 36.48
392 Vorotnikov, Vladislav V249760 52.59
393 Maiwald, Jens Uwe249752 25.87
394 Lazarev, Vladimir249752 35.79
395 Totsky, Leonid249756 32.61
396 Mikhaletz, Lubomir249757 25.60
397 Finkel, Alexander249756 25.22
398 Marin, Mihail249750 34.91
399 Miezis, Normunds249649 28.86
400 Hillarp Persson, Tiger249649 29.40
401 Varga, Zoltan249649 29.69
402 Zarnicki, Pablo249652 27.35
403 Polovodin, Igor A249660 44.99
404 Smyslov, Vassily V249553 78.98
405 Koniushkov, Igor249571 37.31
406 Popovic, Petar249554 41.10
407 Knaak, Rainer F249557 47.01
408 Mestel, A Jonathan249561 43.02
409 Mitenkov, Alexey249573 39.03
410 Tsesarsky, Ilya249459 40.45
411 Georgiev, Krum249456 41.82
412 Cámpora, Daniel H249452 42.72
413 Godena, Michele249448 32.72
414 Ubilava, Elizbar E249359 49.56
415 Piskov, Yury249367 38.44
416 Degraeve, Jean Marc249350 29.15
417 Nikolaidis, Ioannis249353 29.21
418 Kosic, Dragan249353 30.10
419 Safin, Shukhrat249358 29.96
420 Wells, Peter K249349 34.92
421 Turov, Maxim249253 20.29
422 Larsen, Bent249254 65.04
423 Lanka, Zigurds249251 39.83
424 Marciano, David249250 30.71
425 Liang Jinrong249264 39.83
426 Dragomarezkij, Evgeni249267 47.17
427 Garcia Ilundain, David249153 28.97
428 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N249151 53.92
429 Sharif, Mershad249165 47.69
430 Apicella, Manuel249053 29.92
431 Bagirov, Vladimir K249053 63.59
432 Moskalenko, Viktor249057 39.29
433 Campos Moreno, Javier B249057 41.04
434 Saltaev, Mihail249054 37.34
435 Goloshchapov, Alexander249053 22.15
436 Egin, Vladimir249067
437 Gausel, Einar249051 36.31
438 Maiorov, Oleg249058 28.66
439 Dgebuadze, Alexandre249055 28.83
440 Bitoon, Richard248964 24.27
441 Akesson, Ralf248948 39.12
442 Yevseev, Denis248953 26.71
443 Shtyrenkov, Veniamen248960 41.91
444 Ravia, Mosi248971 24.41
445 Matros, Alexander248862 30.19
446 Zagrebelny, Sergey248852
447 Gritsak, Orest248855 27.07
448 Krakops, Maris248854 21.96
449 Uhlmann, Wolfgang248853 64.98
450 Ionescu, Constantin248650 41.52
451 Rogic, Davor248652 28.65
452 Antunes, Antonio248665 38.12
453 Efimov, Igor248548 39.51
454 Becerra Rivero, Julio248452
455 Liiva, Riho248468 24.71
456 Kuporosov, Viktor248459 38.48
457 Ward, Christopher248449 31.98
458 Murey, Yakov248353 58.63
459 Vokác, Marek248352 41.29
460 Banikas, Hristos248354 21.83
461 Kalantarian, Norik248361 37.60
462 Dimitrov, Vladimir248353 31.94
463 Oratovsky, Michael248359 25.96
464 Kosten, Anthony C248353 41.66
465 Haba, Petr248251 35.20
466 Dokutchaev, Aleksander248262 27.80
467 Kochiev, Alexander248257 43.98
468 Votava, Jan248251 25.31
469 Drozdov, Igor248267 31.95
470 Ovetchkin, Roman248260 27.18
471 Legky, Nikolay A248257 44.94
472 Djurhuus, Rune248253 30.15
473 Komliakov, Viktor248256 39.90
474 Gormally, Daniel248249 23.88
475 Prokopchuk, Evgeny248255 21.69
476 Lukin, Andrei M248162 51.56
477 Tisdall, Jonathan D248160 41.57
478 Nikolac, Juraj248157 67.91
479 Olafsson, Helgi248153 43.60
480 Acs, Peter248050 18.86
481 Milov, Leonid248066 34.12
482 Shaked, Tal248052 22.12
483 Sergeev, Vladimir248055 35.88
484 Hulak, Krunoslav248052 48.82
485 Hector, Jonny247948 36.10
486 Guliev, Sarhan247956 31.97
487 Vescovi, Giovanni P247952 21.77
488 Schmaltz, Roland247857 25.35
489 Movsziszian, Karen247854 37.20
490 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny247853 18.80
491 Sargissian, Gabriel247854 17.13
492 Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes247866 56.71
493 Ivanovic, Božidar247858 53.57
494 Winants, Luc247859 37.22
495 Yuneev, Alexey247769
496 Vukic, Milan247760 56.59
497 Browne, Walter S247758 51.19
498 Klovans, Janis247753 64.95
499 Karlsson, Lars247758 44.69
500 Vallejo Pons, Francisco247750 17.58

These ratings, calculated as of March 20, 2000, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the time between March 16, 1999 and March 20, 2000, along with the ratings that were already calculated as of March 15, 1999. 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 March 20, 2000. This represents the player's estimated strength on March 21, 2000.

+/- 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 March 21, 2000. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on March 21, 2000 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 March 21, 2000. 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 March 20, 2000. 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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