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Top 10 active players as of May 7, 2001

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Player Rating +/-
1 Kasparov, Garry K286648
2 Anand, Viswanathan284247
3 Kramnik, Vladimir283347
4 Adams, Michael276347
5 Shirov, Alexei276246
6 Gelfand, Boris274247
7 Topalov, Veselin274247
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily274047
9 Leko, Peter273247
10 Bareev, Evgeny272548

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Top 500 active players as of May 7, 2001

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Player Rating +/- Best? 75%? Age
1 Kasparov, Garry K28664848.8% #338.07
2 Anand, Viswanathan28424725.7% #331.41
3 Kramnik, Vladimir28334719.6% #425.87
4 Adams, Michael2763471.3% #1229.47
5 Shirov, Alexei2762461.2% #1228.84
6 Gelfand, Boris2742470.5% #1732.87
7 Topalov, Veselin2742470.5% #1726.15
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily2740470.4% #1832.14
9 Leko, Peter2732470.3% #2021.66
10 Bareev, Evgeny2725480.2% #2334.46
11 Kamsky, Gata2717671.1% #3226.93
12 Morozevich, Alexander2716480.1% #2623.80
13 Svidler, Peter2708470.1% #3024.89
14 Karpov, Anatoly E2701480.1% #3449.96
15 Khalifman, Alexander269248 #4035.30
16 Georgiev, Kiril269049 #4235.44
17 Rublevsky, Sergei268949 #4226.56
18 Polgar, Judit268548 #4424.79
19 Akopian, Vladimir268049 #4929.42
20 Dreev, Alexey267847 #4932.30
21 Gurevich, Mikhail N267247 #5542.21
22 Lautier, Joel267147 #5528.07
23 van Wely, Loek266846 #5728.58
24 Beliavsky, Alexander G266648 #6047.39
25 Smirin, Ilia266549 #6133.30
26 Tkachiev, Vladislav266548 #6027.49
27 Piket, Jeroen266246 #6232.28
28 Sakaev, Konstantin266149 #6527.07
29 Short, Nigel D265947 #6635.93
30 Ponomariov, Ruslan265649 #6917.57
31 Grischuk, Alexander265447 #7017.52
32 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam265150 #7521.42
33 Korchnoi, Viktor L265047 #7570.12
34 Jussupow, Artur M264649 #8041.23
35 Almasi, Zoltan264248 #8324.69
36 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab A264150 #8741.14
37 Sokolov, Ivan264047 #8532.90
38 Dautov, Rustem263649 #9035.44
39 Salov, Valery B263560 #10036.95
40 Bacrot, Etienne263448 #9218.29
41 Movsesian, Sergei263247 #9422.51
42 Aleksandrov, Aleksej263248 #9527.98
43 Krasenkow, Michal263147 #9537.48
44 Zhang Zhong263149 #9622.67
45 Seirawan, Yasser263051 #9941.12
46 Ehlvest, Jaan262947 #9838.56
47 Timman, Jan H262847 #9849.40
48 Lutz, Christopher262749 #10030.20
49 Hellers, Ferdinand262574 #12232.28
50 Zvjaginsev, Vadim262450 #10424.72
51 Onischuk, Alexander262349 #10525.68
52 Kharlov, Andrei262349 #10632.47
53 Nikolic, Predrag262248 #10640.66
54 Ye Jiangchuan262250 #10840.47
55 Vaganian, Rafael A262249 #10849.56
56 Shipov, Sergei262153 #11035.06
57 Sadler, Matthew262152 #11126.98
58 Hansen, Curt262049 #11036.64
59 Sturua, Zurab261749 #11341.91
60 Andersson, Ulf261650 #11549.86
61 Vladimirov, Evgeny Y261450 #11744.30
62 Lputian, Smbat G261249 #11943.23
63 Dolmatov, Sergey V261253 #12242.22
64 Gulko, Boris F261148 #11954.24
65 Eingorn, Viacheslav S261050 #12244.45
66 Graf, Alexander261061 #13138.70
67 Granda Zuńiga, Julio E260863 #13334.20
68 Malakhov, Vladimir260750 #12520.45
69 Benjamin, Joel L260749 #12337.16
70 Khenkin, Igor260648 #12533.13
71 Avrukh, Boris260648 #12523.33
72 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir260451 #12950.51
73 Leitao, Rafael260450 #12821.36
74 Dvoiris, Semen I260150 #13242.51
75 Christiansen, Larry M260053 #13644.86
76 Hübner, Robert259949 #13552.50
77 Yudasin, Leonid G259854 #13841.75
78 Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter259849 #13624.77
79 Nunn, John D M259753 #13846.04
80 Ftácnik, Lubomír259748 #13543.52
81 Milov, Vadim259747 #13528.77
82 Novikov, Igor A259651 #13838.96
83 Hjartarson, Jóhann259659 #14438.25
84 Asrian, Karen259350 #14221.04
85 Peng Xiaomin259350 #14228.08
86 Hodgson, Julian M259349 #14137.79
87 Kaidanov, Gregory S259251 #14341.57
88 Kobalija, Mihail259249 #14223.01
89 Tukmakov, Vladimir B259249 #14155.15
90 Filippov, Valerij259148 #14225.44
91 Chernin, Alexander M259049 #14341.17
92 Dorfman, Iosif D259050 #14449.02
93 Speelman, Jonathan S259048 #14344.60
94 Hickl, Joerg258953 #14836.06
95 Rozentalis, Eduardas258948 #14437.95
96 Nielsen, Peter Heine258848 #14527.95
97 Wolff, Patrick G258876 #16233.23
98 Tiviakov, Sergei258748 #14528.23
99 Milos, Gilberto258649 #14837.52
100 Landa, Konstantin258553 #15028.96
101 Hracek, Zbynek258449 30.66
102 Pétursson, Margeir258458 41.23
103 Yermolinsky, Alex V258449 43.07
104 Goldin, Alexander258353 36.20
105 Rustemov, Alexander258250 27.84
106 Kempinski, Robert258247 23.82
107 Wahls, Matthias258054 33.28
108 Serper, Grigory257951 31.65
109 Agdestein, Simen257951 33.98
110 Bologan, Viktor257948 29.40
111 Galkin, Alexander257949 22.27
112 Anastasian, Ashot257849 36.81
113 Gurevich, Dmitry257752 44.66
114 Baklan, Vladimir257749 23.20
115 Smagin, Sergey257760 42.66
116 Greenfeld, Alon257651 37.06
117 Bruzon Bautista, Lazaro257649 19.01
118 Lastin, Alexander257652 24.52
119 Van der Sterren, Paul257549 45.14
120 Giorgadze, Giorgi257550 36.58
121 Shabalov, Alexander257549 33.65
122 Minasian, Artashes257448 34.30
123 Volkov, Sergey257448 27.25
124 Golod, Vitali257349 29.87
125 Portisch, Lajos257254 64.09
126 Ruzele, Darius257258 33.03
127 Ribli, Zoltán257253 49.67
128 Ibragimov, Ildar257248 33.73
129 Hansen, Lars Bo257251 32.62
130 Balashov, Yury S257151 52.15
131 Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander257149 38.31
132 Shariyazdanov, Andrey257150 24.82
133 Psakhis, Lev B257047 42.44
134 Rohde, Michael A256970 41.70
135 Kuzmin, Alexey256955 38.16
136 Macieja, Bartlomiej256948 23.59
137 Adianto, Utut256950 36.14
138 Epishin, Vladimir256847 35.82
139 Tregubov, Pavel V256848 29.38
140 Kengis, Edvins256753 42.07
141 Dao Thien Hai256751 22.99
142 Najer, Evgeniy256650 23.88
143 Sutovsky, Emil256648 23.63
144 Sokolov, Andrey Y256554 38.13
145 Ivanov, Alexander V256452 45.02
146 Gavrikov, Victor N256452 43.77
147 Antonio, Rogelio Jr256453 39.22
148 Miles, Anthony J256348 46.04
149 Razuvaev, Yury S256354 55.58
150 Romanishin, Oleg M256348 49.33
151 Gleizerov, Evgeny256350 38.13
152 Georgiev, Vladimir256349 25.70
153 Sveshnikov, Evgeny E256249 51.24
154 Maljutin, Evgeni256163 29.52
155 Nijboer, Friso256048 35.95
156 Gabriel, Christian256053 26.18
157 Motylev, Alexander255949 21.89
158 Alterman, Boris255854 31.01
159 Sasikiran, Krishnan255749 20.33
160 Palac, Mladen255648 30.22
161 Villamayor, Bong255651
162 Spassky, Boris V255655 64.27
163 Delchev, Aleksander255550 29.81
164 Aseev, Konstantin N255452 40.55
165 Chernyshov, Konstantin255452 33.91
166 Atalik, Suat255448 36.58
167 Malaniuk, Vladimir P255450 43.80
168 Vaulin, Alexander255450 44.14
169 Fominyh, Alexander255350 41.90
170 Pigusov, Evgeny255352 40.10
171 Vaisser, Anatoli255253 52.17
172 Volzhin, Alexander255248 30.26
173 Pintér, József255252 47.49
174 Glek, Igor V255248 39.50
175 Ivanov, Sergey255150 39.61
176 Sorokin, Maxim255150 33.29
177 Xu Jun255152 38.64
178 Damljanovic, Branko255049 39.89
179 Sax, Gyula255049 49.89
180 Adorján, András254970 51.10
181 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav254951 35.15
182 Huzman, Alexander254850 39.08
183 Poluljahov, Aleksandr254851 35.92
184 Kotronias, Vasilios254752 36.70
185 Kharitonov, Andrey Y254754 42.09
186 Dzindzichashvili, Roman Y254761 57.01
187 Kiriakov, Petr254753 26.32
188 Podzielny, Karl Heinz254758 46.66
189 Lerner, Konstantin Z254652 51.19
190 Rogers, Ian254649 40.87
191 Timoshenko, Georgy254652 34.93
192 Papaioannou, Ioannis254655 25.05
193 Kožul, Zdenko254548 34.96
194 Korotylev, Alexey254556 24.18
195 Sherbakov, Ruslan254549 31.65
196 Agrest, Evgenij254449 34.73
197 Podgaets, Mikhail Y254467 53.79
198 Kruppa, Yuri254452 36.88
199 deFirmian, Nicholas E254349 43.78
200 Chuchelov, Vladimir254352 31.61
201 Schandorff, Lars254349 36.05
202 Aronian, Levon254350 18.59
203 Luther, Thomas254249 31.51
204 Spraggett, Kevin B254250 46.49
205 Irzhanov, Ruslan254162 24.45
206 Marin, Mihail254149 36.05
207 Yemelin, Vasily254151 25.27
208 Watson, William N254163 39.05
209 Pavasovic, Dusko254149 24.56
210 Popov, Valerij254049 26.66
211 Hulak, Krunoslav254052 49.95
212 Vallejo Pons, Francisco253949 18.71
213 Ulibin, Mikhail253949 29.94
214 Sermek, Drazen253949 32.27
215 Hamdouchi, Hichem253949 28.58
216 Lesiege, Alexandre253949 25.72
217 Fridman, Daniel253853 25.23
218 Hertneck, Gerald253851 37.64
219 Shchekachev, Andrei253851 28.53
220 Tischbierek, Raj253855 38.62
221 Markowski, Tomasz253848 25.77
222 Yakovich, Yuri253848 38.44
223 Zakharevich, Igor253755 37.81
224 Kacheishvili, Giorgi253750 24.24
225 Kurajica, Bojan253650 53.48
226 Shneider, Aleksandr253655 38.96
227 Korneev, Oleg253649 31.79
228 Savchenko, Stanislav253650 34.30
229 Torre, Eugenio253653 49.51
230 Gyimesi, Zoltan253649 24.10
231 Fedorov, Alexei253550 28.61
232 Slobodjan, Roman253548 26.35
233 Wedberg, Tom253552 47.45
234 Markovic, Miroslav253554 27.99
235 Nevednichy, Vladislav253550 31.68
236 Sulskis, Sarunas253551 28.45
237 Oral, Tomas253548 23.37
238 Van den Doel, Erik253548 21.98
239 Beim, Valery253554 51.14
240 Baburin, Alexander253449 34.22
241 Arencibia, Walter253449 33.80
242 Enders, Peter253456 38.26
243 Kantsler, Boris253456 39.06
244 Zontakh, Andrey253351 30.51
245 Ovsejevitsch, Sergei253353 27.01
246 Mikhalchishin, Adrian B253350 46.47
247 Guseinov, Aidyn253265 49.35
248 Kotsur, Pavel253252 27.34
249 Hansen, Sune Berg253250 30.05
250 Zifroni, Dov253254 25.22
251 Spasov, Vasil253254 30.22
252 Burmakin, Vladimir253150 33.92
253 Kovalev, Andrei253051 39.50
254 Malisauskas, Vidmantas253067 37.76
255 Lalic, Bogdan253047 37.16
256 Illescas Cordoba, Miguel253051 35.43
257 Stefansson, Hannes253048 28.80
258 Shulman, Yuri253052 26.02
259 Kishnev, Sergey252959 44.52
260 Rechlis, Gad252959 34.26
261 Kolev, Atanas252855 33.81
262 Hernandez, Gilberto252852
263 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas252855
264 Bauer, Christian252748 24.32
265 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav252755 36.75
266 Bischoff, Klaus252749 39.91
267 Iordachescu, Viorel252650 24.05
268 Smikovski, Ivan252659 28.90
269 Horvath, Jozsef252651 36.73
270 Nikolenko, Oleg252561 41.88
271 Chekhov, Valery A252567 45.45
272 Lobron, Eric252553 40.99
273 Kosashvili, Yona252460 30.84
274 Motwani, Paul252454 38.90
275 Komarov, Dimitri252451 32.43
276 Rogozenko, Dorian252350 27.72
277 Degraeve, Jean Marc252349 30.28
278 Sadvakasov, Darmen252351 22.03
279 Dizdarevic, Emir252350 43.10
280 Ricardi, Pablo252350 39.20
281 Golubev, Mihail252259 30.94
282 Fedorowicz, John P252253 42.61
283 Comas Fabrego, Luis252250 29.88
284 Ermenkov, Evgenij252163 51.61
285 Stohl, Igor252149 36.61
286 Sargissian, Gabriel252152 18.26
287 Babula, Vlastimil252149 27.60
288 Sunye Neto, Jaime252056 44.01
289 Berelovich, Aleksandar252052 33.85
290 Temirbaev, Serik251965
291 Vescovi, Giovanni P251850 22.90
292 Kunte, Abhijit251848 24.18
293 Dgebuadze, Alexandre251853 29.96
294 Parker, Jonathan251853 24.97
295 Timoshchenko, Gennady251849 52.03
296 Vlassov, Nikolai251759 35.44
297 Morovic Fernández, Iván E251751 38.12
298 Dominguez, Lenier251749 17.62
299 Conquest, Stuart251748 34.18
300 Turov, Maxim251650 21.42
301 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly V251660 56.62
302 Liss, Eran251658 25.85
303 Bönsch, Uwe251657 42.56
304 Gausel, Einar251451 37.44
305 Soffer, Ram251458 35.67
306 Maksimenko, Andrei251453 31.42
307 Suba, Mihai251355 53.93
308 Wang Zili251359 32.90
309 Istratescu, Andrei251350 25.43
310 Dizdar, Goran251352 42.43
311 Nataf, Igor Alexandre251349 23.01
312 Murey, Yakov251253 59.76
313 Cifuentes Parada, Roberto251252 43.38
314 Gruenfeld, Yehuda251258 45.19
315 Neverov, Valery251251 36.88
316 Zoler, Dan251255 27.30
317 Levin, Felix251256 42.51
318 Iskusnyh, Sergei251156 26.67
319 Bagaturov, Giorgi251053 36.44
320 Xie Jun251049 30.52
321 Makarov, Marat251052 37.99
322 Sokolovs, Andrei251072 29.21
323 Radjabov, Teimour251050 14.15
324 Kuporosov, Viktor251061 39.62
325 Galliamova, Alisa251051 29.30
326 Ubilava, Elizbar E250962 50.70
327 Wu Shaobin250958 32.26
328 Kiselev, Sergey250967 39.65
329 Moroz, Alexander250956 40.30
330 Vera, Reynaldo250949 40.33
331 Hebden, Mark250849 43.23
332 Rodriguez, Amador250859 44.66
333 Lugovoi, Aleksei250850 26.17
334 Kovacevic, Aleksandar250852 27.24
335 Chiburdanidze, Maia G250852 40.31
336 Pelletier, Yannick250847 24.63
337 Arkhipov, Sergey250854 46.87
338 Chandler, Murray G250751 41.09
339 Schlosser, Philipp250752 32.72
340 Bezgodov, Alexei250754 31.86
341 Eljanov, Pavel250753 17.99
342 Iuldachev, Saidali250654 33.27
343 Wells, Peter K250649 36.06
344 Cvitan, Ognjen250648 39.58
345 Reinderman, Dimitri250549 28.74
346 Milov, Leonid250573 35.25
347 Mestel, A Jonathan250463 44.15
348 Loginov, Valery A250452 45.40
349 Rytshagov, Mikhail250450 33.49
350 Kveinys, Aloyzas250450 38.83
351 Goloshchapov, Alexander250352 23.29
352 Emms, John M250349 34.15
353 Bezold, Michael250254 28.96
354 Zezulkin, Jurij250256 29.73
355 Johansen, Darryl K250253 42.26
356 Borovikov, Vladislav250259 27.74
357 Yandemirov, Valeri250253 38.24
358 Kudrin, Sergey250255 41.67
359 Magem Badals, Jordi250249 33.70
360 Grivas, Efstratios250258 35.11
361 Morrison, William250164 40.76
362 Kogan, Artur250149 27.27
363 Sosonko, Gennadi250167 57.97
364 Gdanski, Jacek250151 30.44
365 Hall, Jesper250156 29.81
366 Cramling, Pia250050 38.04
367 Cebalo, Mišo250049 56.25
368 Har Zvi, Ronen249962 24.57
369 Jakubiec, Artur249953 27.43
370 Ovetchkin, Roman249959 28.31
371 Kindermann, Stefan249951 41.36
372 Barua, Dibyendu249950 34.53
373 Manor, Ilan249960 31.53
374 Gofshtein, Leonid D249950 48.05
375 Magerramov, Elmar S249957 43.08
376 Strikovic, Aleksa249953 39.98
377 Gallagher, Joseph G249948 37.01
378 Fressinet, Laurent249848 19.52
379 Banikas, Hristos249851 22.97
380 Stocek, Jiri249851 23.99
381 Bu Xiangzhi249852 15.41
382 Bagirov, Vladimir K249757 64.73
383 Didishko, Vereslav249752 52.08
384 Socko, Bartosz249748 22.49
385 Hector, Jonny249748 37.23
386 Zapata, Alonso249752 42.71
387 Ye Rongguang249770 37.59
388 Lazarev, Vladimir249651 36.92
389 Yurtaev, Leonid249654 42.02
390 Khasin, Alexander249662 50.02
391 Grabarczyk, Miroslaw249650 30.34
392 Nikolaidis, Ioannis249651 30.34
393 Rashkovsky, Nukhim N249652 55.05
394 Nogueiras, Jesus249550 41.81
395 Tsesarsky, Ilya249560 41.58
396 Kulaots, Kaido249550 25.19
397 McShane, Luke J249548 17.33
398 Ionov, Sergey249451 39.33
399 Kalantarian, Norik249467 38.73
400 Malakhatko, Vadim249453 24.13
401 Orlov, Georgi249464
402 van der Wiel, John T H249449 41.74
403 Brodsky, Michail249350 32.11
404 Kuzmin, Gennady P249354 55.30
405 Belikov, Vladimir249365 29.76
406 Juswanto, Denny249354 42.30
407 Andrianov, Nikolai249370 39.38
408 Notkin, Maksim249267 37.41
409 Sevillano, Enrico249274
410 Ginsburg, Gennadij249263 29.74
411 Mecking, Henrique249172 49.29
412 Mikhalevski, Victor249148 28.82
413 Olafsson, Helgi249152 44.73
414 Smejkal, Jan249058 55.13
415 Lanka, Zigurds249051 40.96
416 Liang Jinrong249073 40.96
417 Drazic, Sinisa249054 33.39
418 Shabanov, Yury F249058 63.49
419 Campos Moreno, Javier B248954 42.17
420 Djuric, Stefan248951 45.78
421 Rychagov, Andrey248958 21.76
422 Mueller, Karsten248851 30.46
423 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny248854 19.93
424 Hort, Vlastimil248852 57.32
425 Popovic, Petar248856 42.23
426 Smyslov, Vassily V248856 80.12
427 Vorotnikov, Vladislav V248868 53.72
428 Arnason, Jon L248868 40.48
429 Potkin, Vladimir248753 18.86
430 Mitkov, Nikola248751 29.39
431 Mirumian, Vigen248752 23.61
432 Stanec, Nikolaus248753 33.02
433 Barsov, Alexei248649
434 Nadyrhanov, Sergey248662 37.61
435 Krakops, Maris248653 23.09
436 Prokopchuk, Evgeny248661 22.82
437 Knaak, Rainer F248557 48.14
438 Appel, Ralf248558 29.80
439 Mikhaletz, Lubomir248556 26.73
440 Danielsen, Henrik248555 35.30
441 Hauchard, Arnaud248549 29.48
442 Blatny, Pavel248449 32.88
443 Lukin, Andrei M248473 52.69
444 Summerscale, Aaron248450 31.70
445 Spangenberg, Hugo248453 25.46
446 Matros, Alexander248458 31.33
447 Feygin, Michail248461 26.27
448 Uhlmann, Wolfgang248454 66.11
449 Zagrebelny, Sergey248453
450 Garcia Ilundain, David248355 30.10
451 Finkel, Alexander248357 26.35
452 Gershon, Alik248349 20.93
453 Magai, Vladimir248359
454 Godena, Michele248349 33.86
455 Rowson, Jonathan248349 24.05
456 Gelashvili, Tamaz248351 23.08
457 Sapunov, Evgeny248362 26.93
458 Polak, Tomas248250 27.04
459 Miralles, Gilles248262 35.25
460 Drasko, Milan248251 38.42
461 Yevseev, Denis248254 27.84
462 Dobrov, Vladimir248260 17.07
463 Rabiega, Robert248152 30.27
464 Dokutchaev, Aleksander248172 28.93
465 King, Daniel J248155 37.69
466 Zelcic, Robert248149 35.63
467 Chatalbashev, Boris248150 27.27
468 Maiwald, Jens Uwe248156 27.00
469 Yegiazarian, Arsen248057 30.89
470 Safin, Shukhrat248054 31.09
471 Alekseev, Evgeny248055 15.44
472 Zaja, Ivan248051 35.77
473 Kalinin, Alexander247975 32.95
474 Nguyen Anh Dung247950 25.14
475 Votava, Jan247952 26.44
476 Shaked, Tal247957 23.26
477 Zulfugaryi, Magomed247855 23.95
478 Pavlovic, Milos247851 37.34
479 Horváth, Csaba247850 32.92
480 Davies, Nigel R247852 40.77
481 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass247851 24.22
482 Ionescu, Constantin247849 42.65
483 Guliev, Sarhan247862 33.10
484 Ward, Christopher247750 33.12
485 Kovacevic, Vladimir247756 59.12
486 Georgiev, Krum247756 42.95
487 Sharif, Mershad247660 48.82
488 Blagojevic, Dragisa247658 35.35
489 Miladinovic, Igor247649 27.29
490 Kosten, Anthony C247654 42.79
491 Sakalauskas, Vaidas247655
492 Sokolin, Leonid M247669
493 Sorin, Ariel247653 34.03
494 Ekstroem, Roland247654 44.96
495 Vogt, Lothar H247657 49.31
496 Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes247575 57.84
497 Kuczynski, Robert247551 35.06
498 Ioseliani, Nana247553 39.24
499 Zubarev, Alexander247554 49.87
500 Solozhenkin, Evgeniy247550 34.77

These ratings, calculated as of May 7, 2001, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the time between May 2, 2000 and May 7, 2001, along with the ratings that were already calculated as of May 1, 2000. 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 May 7, 2001. This represents the player's estimated strength on May 8, 2001.

+/- 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 May 8, 2001. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on May 8, 2001 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 May 8, 2001. 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 May 7, 2001. 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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