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England (Active players)

# Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year
1 Adams, Michael g ENG 2704 10 1971
2 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2686 13 1965
3 McShane, Luke J g ENG 2628 18 1984
4 Howell, David W L g ENG 2612 22 1990
5 Haslinger, Stewart G g ENG 2559 0 1981
6 Jones, Gawain C B g ENG 2556 11 1987
7 Conquest, Stuart C g ENG 2551 0 1967
8 Hebden, Mark L g ENG 2548 18 1958
9 Pert, Nicholas g ENG 2541 0 1981
10 Speelman, Jon S g ENG 2530 10 1956
11 Gordon, Stephen J g ENG 2527 0 1986
12 Parker, Jonathan F g ENG 2523 0 1976
13 Williams, Simon K g ENG 2519 9 1979
14 Flear, Glenn C g ENG 2517 1 1959
15 Turner, Matthew J g ENG 2515 7 1975

England (Active players) Only Women

# Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year
1 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2452 0 1978
2 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2392 19 1980
3 Ciuksyte, Dagne m ENG 2344 0 1977
4 Lalic, Susan K m ENG 2298 0 1965
5 Corke, Anya wg ENG 2257 18 1990
6 Lauterbach, Ingrid wm ENG 2158 0 1960
7 Regan, Natasha K wm ENG 2152 0 1971
8 Bellin, Jana wg ENG 2151 0 1947
9 Grigoryan, Meri wf ENG 2125 0 1977
10 Tidman, Sophie E wf ENG 2110 0 1984
11 Forbes, Cathy wm ENG 2106 0 1968
12 Bhatia, Kanwal K ENG 2076 6 1981
13 Hegarty, Sarah N ENG 2067 0 1988
14 Chevannes, Sabrina L wf ENG 2022 0 1986

World (Active players)

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2813 13 1990
2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2805 0 1975
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 13 1975
4 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2787 13 1969
5 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2782 9 1982
6 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2760 9 1985
7 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2756 16 1983
8 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2750 9 1976
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2750 7 1968
10 Wang, Yue g CHN 2749 0 1987
11 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2748 13 1969
12 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2740 7 1986
13 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2740 7 1987
14 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2737 13 1972
15 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2737 0 1983
16 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2736 0 1983
17 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2735 21 1987
18 Leko, Peter g HUN 2735 13 1979
19 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2727 9 1990
20 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2725 14 1983
21 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2725 13 1990
22 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2721 7 1980
23 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2720 9 1976
24 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2715 6 1977
25 Wang, Hao g CHN 2715 0 1989
26 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2714 19 1983
27 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2713 13 1983
28 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2710 15 1987
29 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2709 10 1978
30 Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2708 10 1982
31 Navara, David g CZE 2708 0 1985
32 Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2705 18 1979
33 Adams, Michael g ENG 2704 10 1971
34 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2702 28 1974
35 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2702 0 1979
36 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2701 14 1987
37 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2700 9 1985

World (Active players) Only Women

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2682 0 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2622 10 1987
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2570 18 1994
4 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2555 10 1979
5 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2554 18 1985
6 Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2533 13 1990
7 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2524 18 1986
8 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2524 10 1984
9 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2523 21 1963
10 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2518 0 1989
11 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2514 0 1961
12 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2506 9 1986
13 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2503 0 1982
14 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2500 19 1984
15 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2500 9 1991

So does that make Haslinger Board 5 for the Olympiad team?

Leonard Barden wrote:So does that make Haslinger Board 5 for the Olympiad team?

The selections will be made in May but bear in mind there are games from the 4NCL and Bundesliga (that have yet to be rated) to consider as well. This will affect the majority of players on the list.

LozCooper wrote:

Leonard Barden wrote:So does that make Haslinger Board 5 for the Olympiad team?

The selections will be made in May but bear in mind there are games from the 4NCL and Bundesliga (that have yet to be rated) to consider as well. This will affect the majority of players on the list.

Is it also safe to assume that ratings alone will not be the only determining factor?

Sean Hewitt wrote:

LozCooper wrote:

Leonard Barden wrote:So does that make Haslinger Board 5 for the Olympiad team?

The selections will be made in May but bear in mind there are games from the 4NCL and Bundesliga (that have yet to be rated) to consider as well. This will affect the majority of players on the list.

Is it also safe to assume that ratings alone will not be the only determining factor?

That's correct. Activity, form, past results etc will also be looked at.

Is there another rating list out before the selection?

Is the squad 5 or 6 players?

Mick Norris wrote:Is there another rating list out before the selection?

Is the squad 5 or 6 players?

Hi Mick,

Yes the next list is in May and the selections will be made in time for the May 20th deadline for registration of teams. Leagues such as the 4NCL & Bundesliga won't be rated until July but the results will be considered by the selectors.

It's a squad of five players, four of which will play each match.

cheers - do we know if all the top 4 are available?

Mick Norris wrote:cheers - do we know if all the top 4 are available?

I'm in the process of contacting all the players to establish who is available and by then I'll hopefully know what funding is available and if it's possible to send the strongest team.

Gawain Jones has just finished second in the Sydney Open with an unbeaten 7/9 and a 2668 performance, apparently gaining 15 rating points which seems to put him ahead of Stewart Haslinger.

Haslinger currently has 3/8 for Trier in the Bundesliga (see Loz's comment above), with his final round game (viewable live, go to TWIC, click Bundesliga live then click Eppingen) about to start.

Sadly the Eppingen link doesn't seem to be working although the other three are. Michael Adams and Luke McShane are also playing for Baden-Baden and Bremen respectively. My hope is that the Bundesliga may be rated in the May list as today is the last round. That would just leave the 4NCL that won't be rated until July. Needless to say I'm keeping a close on eye on the Easter events to check they are rated in time.

LozCooper wrote:

Mick Norris wrote:cheers - do we know if all the top 4 are available?

I'm in the process of contacting all the players to establish who is available and by then I'll hopefully know what funding is available and if it's possible to send the strongest team.

Any update on this?

Hi Mick,

It's ongoing at the moment. The ECF finance meeting is next week and after that I'll know if I require additional funding to invite and hopefully field the strongest team.

In the fight for board five, as it will be if we have enough money to send our clear top four, the yet-to-be-included 4NCL results do not make much difference. They slightly (but only slightly) help, or at least are not harmful to Hebden and Williams, and are somewhat unfavourable to Haslinger (0/1) and Conquest (2/4 but including the unforgiving pairing of Black v Adams) - but even here, nothing that a good final weekend would not fix ...