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Top 10 active players as of August 21, 2000

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Player Rating +/-
1 Kasparov, Garry K287448
2 Anand, Viswanathan281447
3 Kramnik, Vladimir279347
4 Shirov, Alexei277047
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily275247
6 Leko, Peter275148
7 Adams, Michael275047
8 Topalov, Veselin273647
9 Svidler, Peter273048
10 Morozevich, Alexander272749

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Top 500 active players as of August 21, 2000

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Player Rating +/- Best? 75%? Age
1 Kasparov, Garry K28744870.2% #237.36
2 Anand, Viswanathan28144713.5% #530.69
3 Kramnik, Vladimir2793476.6% #725.16
4 Shirov, Alexei2770472.6% #1128.13
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily2752471.2% #1431.43
6 Leko, Peter2751481.2% #1520.95
7 Adams, Michael2750471.1% #1528.76
8 Topalov, Veselin2736470.5% #1925.43
9 Svidler, Peter2730480.4% #2124.18
10 Morozevich, Alexander2727490.4% #2223.09
11 Kamsky, Gata2717641.1% #3126.22
12 Krasenkow, Michal2711480.1% #2936.77
13 Rublevsky, Sergei2706490.1% #3225.85
14 Gelfand, Boris2705470.1% #3232.16
15 Bareev, Evgeny2699490.1% #3533.75
16 Karpov, Anatoly E2698480.1% #3549.25
17 Georgiev, Kiril2697500.1% #3734.73
18 Gurevich, Mikhail N268748 #4241.50
19 Short, Nigel D268748 #4235.22
20 Khalifman, Alexander268748 #4334.59
21 Polgar, Judit268548 #4424.08
22 Akopian, Vladimir268549 #4528.71
23 Beliavsky, Alexander G268247 #4646.68
24 Almasi, Zoltan266849 #5723.98
25 Smirin, Ilia266448 #6132.58
26 Piket, Jeroen266046 #6331.57
27 Dreev, Alexey265948 #6531.59
28 Korchnoi, Viktor L265847 #6669.41
29 Aleksandrov, Aleksej265849 #6727.28
30 Timman, Jan H265747 #6748.69
31 Sakaev, Konstantin265449 #7026.36
32 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A264753 #8140.43
33 Tkachiev, Vladislav264349 #8226.78
34 van Wely, Loek264146 #8127.87
35 Movsesian, Sergei263947 #8521.80
36 Onischuk, Alexander263748 #8824.97
37 Gulko, Boris F263750 #9053.53
38 Sadler, Matthew263550 #9126.27
39 Seirawan, Yasser263551 #9240.41
40 Kharlov, Andrei263449 #9231.75
41 Khenkin, Igor263148 #9632.42
42 Zvjaginsev, Vadim262749 #10024.01
43 Sokolov, Ivan262747 #9932.19
44 Vaganian, Rafael A262650 #10248.85
45 Salov, Valery B262457 #11036.24
46 Jussupow, Artur M262449 #10540.52
47 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam262150 #10820.71
48 Ehlvest, Jaan262148 #10737.85
49 Hodgson, Julian M262150 #10837.07
50 Dautov, Rustem262049 #10934.73
51 Psakhis, Lev B261848 #11041.73
52 Lautier, Joel261847 #10927.36
53 Ye Jiangchuan261751 #11339.75
54 Lputian, Smbat G261748 #11142.52
55 Hellers, Ferdinand2617730.1% #13131.57
56 Fedorov, Alexei261754 #11727.90
57 Vladimirov, Evgeny Y261654 #11843.59
58 Hansen, Curt261650 #11435.93
59 Nikolic, Predrag261448 #11439.94
60 Bologan, Viktor261348 #11528.69
61 Graf, Alexander261259 #12637.98
62 Andersson, Ulf261151 #12049.15
63 Milov, Vadim261148 #11828.05
64 Granda Zuńiga, Julio E260958 #12833.49
65 Agdestein, Simen260852 #12433.27
66 Dolmatov, Sergey V260751 #12541.50
67 Hjartarson, Jóhann260755 #12837.54
68 Fominyh, Alexander260551 #12741.18
69 Ponomariov, Ruslan260350 #12816.86
70 Kaidanov, Gregory S260351 #13140.86
71 Bacrot, Etienne260249 #12817.58
72 Sturua, Zurab260252 #13241.20
73 Lutz, Christopher260248 #12929.49
74 Hracek, Zbynek260048 #13129.95
75 Kuzmin, Alexey260060 #14037.45
76 Novikov, Igor A260049 #13338.25
77 Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter259949 #13324.05
78 Yudasin, Leonid G259952 #13541.04
79 Avrukh, Boris259848 #13422.62
80 Shipov, Sergei259852 #13734.34
81 Speelman, Jonathan S259748 #13343.89
82 Sutovsky, Emil259748 #13422.92
83 Ftácnik, Lubomír259648 #13542.81
84 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander259649 #13637.60
85 Shabalov, Alexander259650 #13732.94
86 Tiviakov, Sergei259547 #13627.52
87 Golod, Vitali259550 #13829.15
88 Peng Xiaomin259450 #14027.37
89 Milos, Gilberto259351 #14136.81
90 Volkov, Sergey259349 #13926.54
91 Chernin, Alexander M259349 #14040.46
92 Christiansen, Larry M259252 #14344.15
93 Goldin, Alexander259253 #14435.48
94 Baklan, Vladimir259250 #14222.49
95 Zhang Zhong259251 #14221.96
96 Dvoiris, Semen I259150 #14341.80
97 Minasian, Artashes258849 #14633.58
98 Hübner, Robert258849 #14651.79
99 Dao Thien Hai258751 #14722.28
100 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir258651 #14949.80
101 Leitao, Rafael258651 20.65
102 Yermolinsky, Alex V258649 42.36
103 Kobalija, Mihail258549 22.30
104 Pétursson, Margeir258357 40.52
105 Romanishin, Oleg M258247 48.61
106 Balashov, Yury S258250 51.44
107 Kožul, Zdenko258248 34.25
108 Sveshnikov, Evgeny E258249 50.53
109 Eingorn, Viacheslav S258151 43.74
110 Van der Sterren, Paul258050 44.43
111 Tregubov, Pavel V257949 28.67
112 deFirmian, Nicholas E257948 43.07
113 Dorfman, Iosif D257854 48.30
114 Shariyazdanov, Andrey257750 24.11
115 Rozentalis, Eduardas257748 37.23
116 Nunn, John D M257753 45.32
117 Grischuk, Alexander257649 16.81
118 Greenfeld, Alon257651 36.34
119 Wolff, Patrick G257572 32.52
120 Nielsen, Peter Heine257449 27.24
121 Malakhov, Vladimir257451 19.73
122 Giorgadze, Giorgi257349 35.86
123 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav257255 34.43
124 Gleizerov, Evgeny257250 37.42
125 Malaniuk, Vladimir P257148 43.08
126 Ibragimov, Ildar257148 33.01
127 Asrian, Karen257151 20.33
128 Kengis, Edvins257052 41.36
129 Gurevich, Dmitry257053 43.94
130 Anastasian, Ashot257050 36.10
131 Filippov, Valerij256848 24.73
132 Hansen, Lars Bo256853 31.91
133 Ribli, Zoltán256851 48.96
134 Smagin, Sergey256759 41.95
135 Miles, Anthony J256748 45.33
136 Gavrikov, Victor N256753 43.06
137 Gurevich, Ilya256674 28.54
138 Vaisser, Anatoli256652 51.46
139 Kruppa, Yuri256651 36.17
140 Galkin, Alexander256648 21.55
141 Hickl, Joerg256551 35.35
142 Benjamin, Joel L256350 36.44
143 Rustemov, Alexander256350 27.12
144 Hamdouchi, Hichem256250 27.87
145 Huzman, Alexander256250 38.36
146 Bruzon Bautista, Lazaro256152 18.30
147 Iordachescu, Viorel256149 23.34
148 Gabriel, Christian256150 25.47
149 Komarov, Dimitri256150 31.72
150 Landa, Konstantin256153 28.25
151 Pigusov, Evgeny256051 39.39
152 Lastin, Alexander255951 23.81
153 Epishin, Vladimir255947 35.11
154 Antonio, Rogelio Jr255854 38.51
155 Atalik, Suat255847 35.86
156 Volzhin, Alexander255848 29.55
157 Razuvaev, Yury S255852 54.86
158 Serper, Grigory255853 30.94
159 Yemelin, Vasily255750 24.55
160 Mikhalchishin, Adrian B255650 45.76
161 Ivanov, Alexander V255653 44.30
162 Rohde, Michael A255674 40.98
163 Portisch, Lajos255553 63.38
164 Timoshenko, Georgy255550 34.22
165 Sokolov, Andrey Y255457 37.42
166 Shchekachev, Andrei255451 27.82
167 Tukmakov, Vladimir B255449 54.43
168 Rogers, Ian255348 40.16
169 Kotronias, Vasilios255353 35.98
170 Aronian, Levon255251 17.87
171 Ivanov, Sergey255149 38.90
172 Maljutin, Evgeni255162 28.81
173 Chiburdanidze, Maia G255152 39.59
174 Stohl, Igor255148 35.90
175 Alterman, Boris255052 30.30
176 Xu Jun255057 37.93
177 Iuldachev, Saidali255055 32.56
178 Rytshagov, Mikhail255051 32.77
179 Kempinski, Robert255047 23.11
180 Wahls, Matthias255053 32.57
181 Damljanovic, Branko255049 39.18
182 Palac, Mladen255048 29.51
183 Baburin, Alexander254949 33.51
184 Watson, William N254861 38.34
185 Kotsur, Pavel254854 26.63
186 Podzielny, Karl Heinz254857 45.95
187 Shneider, Aleksandr254754 38.25
188 Najer, Evgeniy254751 23.16
189 Savchenko, Stanislav254650 33.58
190 Nijboer, Friso254648 35.24
191 Fedorowicz, John P254654 41.90
192 Dzindzichashvili, Roman Y254658 56.29
193 Stefansson, Hannes254548 28.09
194 Sax, Gyula254548 49.18
195 Spassky, Boris V254554 63.56
196 Chernyshov, Konstantin254552 33.19
197 Lesiege, Alexandre254450 25.01
198 Arkhipov, Sergey254457 46.16
199 Aseev, Konstantin N254451 39.84
200 Hernandez, Gilberto254352
201 Guseinov, Aidyn254362 48.64
202 Yakovich, Yuri254348 37.73
203 Podgaets, Mikhail Y254363 53.08
204 Zakharevich, Igor254253 37.10
205 Pintér, József254251 46.78
206 Tischbierek, Raj254152 37.91
207 Korneev, Oleg254149 31.07
208 Kharitonov, Andrey Y254052 41.38
209 Adianto, Utut253951 35.43
210 Sherbakov, Ruslan253949 30.94
211 Glek, Igor V253949 38.79
212 Kiriakov, Petr253854 25.61
213 Markovic, Miroslav253853 27.29
214 Torre, Eugenio253856 48.80
215 Ulibin, Mikhail253849 29.22
216 Kovalev, Andrei253852 38.79
217 Golubev, Mihail253756 30.23
218 Bönsch, Uwe253755 41.85
219 Oral, Tomas253748 22.66
220 Adorján, András253765 50.39
221 Nevednichy, Vladislav253650 30.97
222 Agrest, Evgenij253649 34.02
223 Lobron, Eric253652 40.29
224 Popov, Valerij253550 25.95
225 Schlosser, Philipp253551 32.01
226 Beim, Valery253453 50.43
227 Motylev, Alexander253350 21.18
228 Delchev, Aleksander253250 29.10
229 Wedberg, Tom253152 46.74
230 Shulman, Yuri253152 25.31
231 Kantsler, Boris253154 38.35
232 Markowski, Tomasz253148 25.06
233 Irzhanov, Ruslan253057 23.73
234 Magerramov, Elmar S253060 42.36
235 Hort, Vlastimil253051 56.61
236 Fridman, Daniel253053 24.52
237 Zontakh, Andrey253050 29.80
238 Slobodjan, Roman252948 25.64
239 Babula, Vlastimil252949 26.89
240 Ilincic, Zlatko252950 32.28
241 Feygin, Michail252876 25.55
242 Kurajica, Bojan252750 52.77
243 Poluljahov, Aleksandr252749 35.21
244 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav252754 36.04
245 Berelovich, Aleksandar252751 33.14
246 Kosashvili, Yona252660 30.13
247 Dizdarevic, Emir252650 42.39
248 Temirbaev, Serik252662
249 Lerner, Konstantin Z252651 50.48
250 Lalic, Bogdan252647 36.45
251 Hertneck, Gerald252551 36.93
252 Arencibia, Walter252550 33.08
253 Spasov, Vasil252556 29.51
254 Burmakin, Vladimir252449 33.21
255 Smikovski, Ivan252459 28.19
256 Ginsburg, Gennadij252469 29.03
257 Kacheishvili, Giorgi252453 23.53
258 Bischoff, Klaus252349 39.20
259 Chekhov, Valery A252360 44.73
260 Nikolenko, Oleg252259 41.17
261 Ricardi, Pablo252250 38.49
262 Reinderman, Dimitri252249 28.02
263 Lugovoi, Aleksei252149 25.46
264 Kishnev, Sergey252163 43.80
265 Morovic Fernández, Iván E252051 37.41
266 Kumaran, Dharshan252070 25.21
267 Mecking, Henrique252074 48.58
268 Bauer, Christian252049 23.61
269 Sunye Neto, Jaime251955 43.30
270 Schandorff, Lars251950 35.34
271 Sorokin, Maxim251950 32.58
272 Malisauskas, Vidmantas251961 37.05
273 Gdanski, Jacek251950 29.73
274 Van den Doel, Erik251949 21.27
275 Villamayor, Bong251956
276 Hansen, Sune Berg251851 29.33
277 Nogueiras, Jesus251851 41.09
278 Loginov, Valery A251850 44.69
279 Kolev, Atanas251860 33.10
280 Plaskett, Jim251752 40.43
281 Zubarev, Alexander251758 49.16
282 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel251749 34.72
283 Banikas, Hristos251751 22.25
284 Frias, Victor J251775 44.53
285 Rechlis, Gad251657 33.54
286 Luther, Thomas251649 30.80
287 Moroz, Alexander251557 39.59
288 Chandler, Murray G251550 40.38
289 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass251550 23.51
290 Zifroni, Dov251555 24.51
291 Sulskis, Sarunas251551 27.74
292 Sosonko, Gennadi251565 57.26
293 Xie Jun251549 29.81
294 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly V251555 55.91
295 Ruzele, Darius251558 32.32
296 Vaulin, Alexander251448 43.43
297 Parker, Jonathan251454 24.26
298 Enders, Peter251454 37.55
299 Gallagher, Joseph G251448 36.30
300 Didishko, Vereslav251453 51.36
301 Sasikiran, Krishnan251449 19.62
302 Bezold, Michael251353 28.25
303 Yandemirov, Valeri251351 37.53
304 Cramling, Pia251350 37.33
305 Kudrin, Sergey251255 40.96
306 Wang Zili251257 32.19
307 Gofshtein, Leonid D251250 47.33
308 Yurtaev, Leonid251253 41.30
309 Sokolovs, Andrei251265 28.50
310 Oratovsky, Michael251157 26.38
311 Pavasovic, Dusko251148 23.85
312 Kogan, Artur251149 26.56
313 Rogozenko, Dorian251149 27.01
314 King, Daniel J251154 36.98
315 Rodriguez, Amador251056 43.95
316 Vera, Reynaldo251050 39.62
317 Turov, Maxim251052 20.71
318 Danielian, Oganes251074
319 Sermek, Drazen251048 31.56
320 Horvath, Jozsef250951 36.02
321 Papaioannou, Ioannis250957 24.34
322 Chuchelov, Vladimir250852 30.90
323 Spraggett, Kevin B250850 45.78
324 Kiselev, Sergey250860 38.94
325 Gyimesi, Zoltan250849 23.39
326 Gruenfeld, Yehuda250861 44.48
327 Comas Fabrego, Luis250851 29.16
328 Neverov, Valery250851 36.17
329 Jakubiec, Artur250756 26.72
330 Soffer, Ram250754 34.96
331 Grivas, Efstratios250654 34.39
332 Ionov, Sergey250650 38.62
333 Maksimenko, Andrei250652 30.71
334 Bu Xiangzhi250650 14.70
335 Iskusnyh, Sergei250654 25.96
336 Conquest, Stuart250648 33.47
337 Bagaturov, Giorgi250552 35.73
338 Korotylev, Alexey250555 23.47
339 Zoler, Dan250454 26.59
340 Bezgodov, Alexei250452 31.14
341 Vallejo Pons, Francisco250350 17.99
342 Kveinys, Aloyzas250351 38.12
343 Barsov, Alexei250249
344 Brodsky, Michail250249 31.40
345 Belikov, Vladimir250261 29.05
346 Knaak, Rainer F250256 47.43
347 Krivonosov, Oleg250269 39.28
348 Kovacevic, Vladimir250254 58.40
349 Palatnik, Semen A250267 50.40
350 Macieja, Bartlomiej250149 22.88
351 Tsesarsky, Ilya250157 40.87
352 Djurhuus, Rune250152 30.57
353 Murey, Yakov250052 59.05
354 Dizdar, Goran250051 41.71
355 Cebalo, Mišo250048 55.54
356 Ubilava, Elizbar E249959 49.98
357 Galliamova, Alisa249951 28.59
358 Makarov, Marat249952 37.29
359 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto249952 42.67
360 Kuzmin, Gennady P249951 54.59
361 Gausel, Einar249851 36.73
362 Zagrebelny, Sergey249853
363 Hall, Jesper249854 29.10
364 Mirumian, Vigen249851 22.90
365 Levin, Felix249753 41.79
366 Emms, John M249748 33.44
367 Sadvakasov, Darmen249753 21.32
368 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy249750 34.06
369 Istratescu, Andrei249650 24.72
370 Popovic, Petar249655 41.52
371 Kindermann, Stefan249651 40.65
372 Magem Badals, Jordi249649 32.99
373 Orlov, Georgi249663
374 Blatny, Pavel249648 32.16
375 Miladinovic, Igor249651 26.57
376 Dlugy, Maxim249674 34.56
377 Ovsejevitsch, Sergei249553 26.30
378 Danielsen, Henrik249554 34.58
379 Har Zvi, Ronen249559 23.86
380 Hulak, Krunoslav249552 49.24
381 Notkin, Maksim249562 36.69
382 Malakhatko, Vadim249553 23.41
383 Bitoon, Richard249559 24.69
384 Ovetchkin, Roman249556 27.60
385 Borovikov, Vladislav249460 27.03
386 Spangenberg, Hugo249452 24.75
387 Timoshchenko, Gennady249449 51.32
388 Bagirov, Vladimir K249454 64.01
389 Milov, Leonid249468 34.54
390 Wells, Peter K249349 35.34
391 Strikovic, Aleksa249353 39.27
392 Cvitan, Ognjen249349 38.86
393 Manor, Ilan249358 30.82
394 Georgiev, Vladimir249349 24.98
395 Lanka, Zigurds249350 40.25
396 Suba, Mihai249357 53.22
397 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N249251 54.34
398 Hebden, Mark249249 42.52
399 Sevillano, Enrico249270
400 Safin, Shukhrat249257 30.38
401 Liss, Eran249155 25.14
402 Olafsson, Helgi249152 44.02
403 Lazarev, Vladimir249151 36.21
404 Smejkal, Jan249154 54.41
405 Vescovi, Giovanni P249051 22.19
406 Marciano, David249051 31.13
407 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas249057
408 Arnason, Jon L249065 39.77
409 Nadyrhanov, Sergey248960 36.90
410 van der Wiel, John T H248949 41.03
411 Liang Jinrong248965 40.25
412 Ward, Christopher248949 32.40
413 Georgiev, Krum248957 42.24
414 Ye Rongguang248963 36.88
415 Nikolaidis, Ioannis248952 29.63
416 Wu Shaobin248963 31.55
417 Rogic, Davor248852 29.07
418 Drasko, Milan248851 37.71
419 Miezis, Normunds248849 29.28
420 Egin, Vladimir248867
421 Maiwald, Jens Uwe248852 26.29
422 Polak, Tomas248750 26.33
423 Anapolsky, Sergey248767 25.33
424 Zaichik, Gennady L248770 43.53
425 Dragomarezkij, Evgeni248768 47.59
426 Mitenkov, Alexey248773 39.45
427 Kosten, Anthony C248753 42.08
428 Ermenkov, Evgenij248661 50.90
429 Hector, Jonny248548 36.52
430 Marin, Mihail248549 35.33
431 Mueller, Karsten248551 29.75
432 Zaja, Ivan248553 35.06
433 Goloshchapov, Alexander248451 22.57
434 Barua, Dibyendu248451 33.82
435 Rowson, Jonathan248449 23.34
436 Dgebuadze, Alexandre248456 29.25
437 Dokutchaev, Aleksander248467 28.22
438 Winants, Luc248360 37.64
439 Dobrov, Vladimir248362 16.36
440 Piskov, Yury248369 38.86
441 Arbakov, Valentin248360 48.57
442 Garcia Ilundain, David248253 29.39
443 Hillarp Persson, Tiger248248 29.82
444 Groszpeter, Attila248251 40.20
445 Lukin, Andrei M248264 51.98
446 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny248252 19.22
447 Horváth, Csaba248248 32.21
448 Khasin, Alexander248257 49.31
449 Motwani, Paul248258 38.19
450 Matros, Alexander248256 30.61
451 Zezulkin, Jurij248256 29.01
452 Varga, Zoltan248148 30.11
453 Stocek, Jiri248150 23.28
454 Prokopchuk, Evgeny248156 22.11
455 Shabanov, Yury F248159 62.78
456 Krakops, Maris248153 22.38
457 Dominguez, Lenier248152 16.91
458 Kalinin, Alexander248066 32.24
459 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw248050 29.63
460 Maiorov, Oleg248057 29.08
461 Larsen, Bent247956 65.46
462 Uhlmann, Wolfgang247952 65.40
463 Degraeve, Jean Marc247950 29.57
464 Cámpora, Daniel H247951 43.14
465 Kalinitschew, Sergey247955 44.55
466 Kosic, Dragan247852 30.52
467 Smyslov, Vassily V247853 79.41
468 Eljanov, Pavel247858 17.28
469 Antunes, Antonio247867 38.54
470 Yevseev, Denis247753 27.13
471 Apicella, Manuel247752 30.34
472 Moskalenko, Viktor247757 39.71
473 Kovacevic, Aleksandar247752 26.53
474 Godena, Michele247748 33.14
475 Zulfugaryi, Magomed247756 23.24
476 Mitkov, Nikola247751 28.68
477 Gelashvili, Tamaz247651 22.37
478 Shaked, Tal247654 22.54
479 Legky, Nikolay A247657 45.36
480 Mikhalevski, Victor247549 28.11
481 Mikhaletz, Lubomir247555 26.02
482 Iljushin, Alexei247551 20.06
483 Davies, Nigel R247452 40.06
484 Johansen, Darryl K247454 41.55
485 Tyomkin, Dimitri247451 23.41
486 Ionescu, Constantin247450 41.94
487 Kholmov, Ratmir D247455 75.27
488 Guliev, Sarhan247457 32.39
489 Ravia, Mosi247473 24.83
490 Yuneev, Alexey247369
491 Markovic, Ivan247361 28.59
492 Blehm, Pawel247351 20.34
493 Velimirovic, Dragoljub247351 58.27
494 Zhang Pengxiang247353
495 Akesson, Ralf247249 39.54
496 Zapata, Alonso247252 41.99
497 Brenninkmeijer, Joris247264 30.94
498 Dimitrov, Vladimir247253 32.36
499 Panzalovic, Srdjan247170 30.33
500 Kopjonkin, Gennady247165 35.17

These ratings, calculated as of August 21, 2000, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the time between August 17, 1999 and August 21, 2000, along with the ratings that were already calculated as of August 16, 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 August 21, 2000. This represents the player's estimated strength on August 22, 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 August 22, 2000. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on August 22, 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 August 22, 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 August 21, 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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