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Rating Analytics: Seniors case study
December 9, 2019
From the official FIDE site:
https://www.fide.com/news/245
An extract:
Kaspars Migla is the creator and founder of chessratings.top. In his column, he analyzes monthly FIDE standard rating changes, career-high ratings, rating distribution by country, continent, region, and other rating-related statistics. This time he looks at the latest developments in seniors’ rating lists.
Extra €30,000 added by FIDE to the prize fund (which totaled to €46,000) helped to organize the biggest World Senior Championship with 366 players from 58 countries competing in four categories. Maybe this financial boost will make this championship stronger because looking from the rating standpoint only women's events can boast of the TOP players participating in it. Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgia, 2270) who tops the rating list in the W65+ category took the title. Despite winning the competition, the first woman-GM in history of chess lost five rating points. The list of entrants to the W65+ included three more players from the top 10, namely WGM Elena Fatalibekova (Russia, 2158), WIM Natalia Titorenko (Russia, 2113) un WGM Valentina Kozlovskaya (Russia, 2140).
Ironically, the champion in the W50+ category WGM Elvira Berend (Luxembourg) also dropped a few rating points. Currently, she holds the fourth position (2348) among the women aged 50 years or older. The top 3 in this age category – Pia Cramling (Sweden, 2461), GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (Scotland, 2376) and GM Zhaoqin Peng (Netherlands, 2358) – opted not to play in the World Senior Championship.
On the men’s side, there was only one participant in both categories from the top 10 active players. I am referring to GM Rafael Vaganian (Armenia, 2516) who occupies the 9th position in the M65+ category. The rating favorite lived up to his status and won gold at the recent World Senior Championship. The leader in this age group is Anatoly Karpov (Russia, 2617) who would be very welcome at the World Senior Championship. The 12th World Champion has been playing rarely lately, just in matches in various leagues here and there. The last time Karpov participated in a round-robin or Swiss tournament was ten years ago in Spain. Robert Huebner (Germany, 2576) and Henrique Mecking (BRA, 2553) holding second and third positions in the M65+ rating list also skipped the last World Senior Championship.
There are nine players rated 2600+ in the M50+ rating list. Usually, having such a rating one feels comfortable and much-wanted in most of the tournaments. Most likely, that is the reason why high-rated GMs shy away from the World Senior Championship. On the top of the rating, we see infamous Igors Rausis (Czech Republic, 2685), but it is on paper only because he confessed to cheating, was imposed a 6-year ban by FIDE Ethics Commission and retired from chess. The real leader in the age group is none other than Boris Gelfand (ISR, 2684), followed by Julio Granda Zuniga (PER, 2644), Evgeny Bareev (CAN, 2638) and FIDE Vice President Nigel Short (England, 2626).
It is no secret that senior age gives many players an opportunity to spend more time on chess. With 34 games in classical chess under his belt, Aleksandar Arandjelovic (SRB, 1933) became the most active player in December.
Kaspars Migla, chessratings.top
Category W65+, active players
1. GM Gaprindashvili, Nona (GEO, 2270)
2. WGM Veroci, Zsuzsa (HUN, 2246)
3. WGM Fatalibekova, Elena (RUS, 2158)
4. WGM Kozlovskaya, Valentina (RUS, 2140)
5. WGM Saunina, Ludmila (RUS, 2130)
6. WIM Titorenko, Natalia (RUS, 2113)
7. WIM Sorokina, Tamara (RUS, 2062)
8. WFM Malachowski, Margrit (GER, 2061)
9. WIM Khurshudova, Lyudmila (RUS, 2046)
10. Dwars, Conchita (NED, 2032)
Category W50+, active players
1. GM Cramling, Pia (SWE, 2461)
2. GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (SCO, 2376)
3. GM Peng, Zhaoqin (NED, 2358)
4. WGM Berend, Elvira (LUX, 2348)
5. FM Schuurman, Petra (NED, 2346)
6. IM Schleining, Zoya (GER, 2316)
7. IM Sedina, Elena (ITA, 2299)
8. WGM Grabuzova, Tatiana (RUS, 2284)
9. IM Klinova, Masha (ISR, 2275)
10. WGM Ning, Chunhong (CHN, 2270)
Category M65+, active players
1. GM Karpov, Anatoly (RUS, 2617)
2. GM Huebner, Robert (GER, 2576)
3. GM Mecking, Henrique (BRA, 2553)
4. GM Dorfman, Iossif (FRA, 2540)
5. GM Timman, Jan (NED, 2533)
6. GM Ribli, Zoltan (HUN, 2529)
7. GM Pinter, Jozsef (HUN, 2528)
8. GM Beliavsky, Alexander (SLO, 2519)
9. GM Vaganian, Rafael A (ARM, 2516)
10. GM Andersson, Ulf (SWE, 2516)
Category M50+, active players
1. GM Gelfand, Boris (ISR, 2684)
2. GM Granda Zuniga, Julio (PER, 2644)
3. GM Bareev, Evgeny (CAN, 2638)
4. GM Short, Nigel (ENG, 2626)
5. GM Illescas Cordoba, Miguel (ESP, 2612)
6. GM Krasenkow, Michal (POL, 2611)
7. GM Khalifman, Alexander (RUS, 2608)
8. GM Smirin, Ilia (ISR, 2607)
9. GM Dautov, Rustem (GER, 2595)
10. GM Sokolov, Ivan (NED, 2595)
December 9, 2019
From the official FIDE site:
https://www.fide.com/news/245
An extract:
Kaspars Migla is the creator and founder of chessratings.top. In his column, he analyzes monthly FIDE standard rating changes, career-high ratings, rating distribution by country, continent, region, and other rating-related statistics. This time he looks at the latest developments in seniors’ rating lists.
Extra €30,000 added by FIDE to the prize fund (which totaled to €46,000) helped to organize the biggest World Senior Championship with 366 players from 58 countries competing in four categories. Maybe this financial boost will make this championship stronger because looking from the rating standpoint only women's events can boast of the TOP players participating in it. Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgia, 2270) who tops the rating list in the W65+ category took the title. Despite winning the competition, the first woman-GM in history of chess lost five rating points. The list of entrants to the W65+ included three more players from the top 10, namely WGM Elena Fatalibekova (Russia, 2158), WIM Natalia Titorenko (Russia, 2113) un WGM Valentina Kozlovskaya (Russia, 2140).
Ironically, the champion in the W50+ category WGM Elvira Berend (Luxembourg) also dropped a few rating points. Currently, she holds the fourth position (2348) among the women aged 50 years or older. The top 3 in this age category – Pia Cramling (Sweden, 2461), GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (Scotland, 2376) and GM Zhaoqin Peng (Netherlands, 2358) – opted not to play in the World Senior Championship.
On the men’s side, there was only one participant in both categories from the top 10 active players. I am referring to GM Rafael Vaganian (Armenia, 2516) who occupies the 9th position in the M65+ category. The rating favorite lived up to his status and won gold at the recent World Senior Championship. The leader in this age group is Anatoly Karpov (Russia, 2617) who would be very welcome at the World Senior Championship. The 12th World Champion has been playing rarely lately, just in matches in various leagues here and there. The last time Karpov participated in a round-robin or Swiss tournament was ten years ago in Spain. Robert Huebner (Germany, 2576) and Henrique Mecking (BRA, 2553) holding second and third positions in the M65+ rating list also skipped the last World Senior Championship.
There are nine players rated 2600+ in the M50+ rating list. Usually, having such a rating one feels comfortable and much-wanted in most of the tournaments. Most likely, that is the reason why high-rated GMs shy away from the World Senior Championship. On the top of the rating, we see infamous Igors Rausis (Czech Republic, 2685), but it is on paper only because he confessed to cheating, was imposed a 6-year ban by FIDE Ethics Commission and retired from chess. The real leader in the age group is none other than Boris Gelfand (ISR, 2684), followed by Julio Granda Zuniga (PER, 2644), Evgeny Bareev (CAN, 2638) and FIDE Vice President Nigel Short (England, 2626).
It is no secret that senior age gives many players an opportunity to spend more time on chess. With 34 games in classical chess under his belt, Aleksandar Arandjelovic (SRB, 1933) became the most active player in December.
Kaspars Migla, chessratings.top
Category W65+, active players
1. GM Gaprindashvili, Nona (GEO, 2270)
2. WGM Veroci, Zsuzsa (HUN, 2246)
3. WGM Fatalibekova, Elena (RUS, 2158)
4. WGM Kozlovskaya, Valentina (RUS, 2140)
5. WGM Saunina, Ludmila (RUS, 2130)
6. WIM Titorenko, Natalia (RUS, 2113)
7. WIM Sorokina, Tamara (RUS, 2062)
8. WFM Malachowski, Margrit (GER, 2061)
9. WIM Khurshudova, Lyudmila (RUS, 2046)
10. Dwars, Conchita (NED, 2032)
Category W50+, active players
1. GM Cramling, Pia (SWE, 2461)
2. GM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (SCO, 2376)
3. GM Peng, Zhaoqin (NED, 2358)
4. WGM Berend, Elvira (LUX, 2348)
5. FM Schuurman, Petra (NED, 2346)
6. IM Schleining, Zoya (GER, 2316)
7. IM Sedina, Elena (ITA, 2299)
8. WGM Grabuzova, Tatiana (RUS, 2284)
9. IM Klinova, Masha (ISR, 2275)
10. WGM Ning, Chunhong (CHN, 2270)
Category M65+, active players
1. GM Karpov, Anatoly (RUS, 2617)
2. GM Huebner, Robert (GER, 2576)
3. GM Mecking, Henrique (BRA, 2553)
4. GM Dorfman, Iossif (FRA, 2540)
5. GM Timman, Jan (NED, 2533)
6. GM Ribli, Zoltan (HUN, 2529)
7. GM Pinter, Jozsef (HUN, 2528)
8. GM Beliavsky, Alexander (SLO, 2519)
9. GM Vaganian, Rafael A (ARM, 2516)
10. GM Andersson, Ulf (SWE, 2516)
Category M50+, active players
1. GM Gelfand, Boris (ISR, 2684)
2. GM Granda Zuniga, Julio (PER, 2644)
3. GM Bareev, Evgeny (CAN, 2638)
4. GM Short, Nigel (ENG, 2626)
5. GM Illescas Cordoba, Miguel (ESP, 2612)
6. GM Krasenkow, Michal (POL, 2611)
7. GM Khalifman, Alexander (RUS, 2608)
8. GM Smirin, Ilia (ISR, 2607)
9. GM Dautov, Rustem (GER, 2595)
10. GM Sokolov, Ivan (NED, 2595)