Humpy No 2 in Women

By Arvind Aaron

Koneru Humpy of ONGC, Vijayawada, lost nine Elo in the first quarter of 2008 but retains the No.2 place in the World of Women's Chess. Judit Polgar of Budapest, Hungary keeps her No.1 place with a wide margin.
 

Like Magnus Carlsen in men, 13-year old Hou Yifan of China has increased her rating by 22 Elo in 22 games to highjump to third place in the world.

The top ten:
1    Judit Polgar (Hun) 2709
2    Koneru Humpy (Ind) 2603
3    Hou Yifan (Chn) 2549
4    Pia Cramling (Swe) 2539
5    Antoaneta Stefanova (Bul) 2538
6    Zhao Xue (Chn) 2523
7    Alexandra Kosteniuk (Rus) 2523
8    Sebag Marie (Fra) 2521
9    Zhu Chen (Qat) 2521
10  Monika Socko (Pol) 2505
26  S. Vijayalakshmi (Ind) 2464
27  Dronavalli Harika (Ind) 2461
43  Tania Sachdev (Ind) 2423

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