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January 2012

World tops 10 boys & girls
Under 10
 1. Esipenko, Andrey          RUS 2100
 2. Ribero, David Felipe      COL 2050
 3. Cotes Ontibon, Juan Seba  COL 2017
 4. Mohammad Fahad, Rahman    BAN 1973
 5. Kozak, Adam               HUN 1958
 6. Shevchenko, Kirill        UKR 1942
 7. Peng, David T             USA 1941
 8. Shemyjakin, Valerii       UKR 1929
 9. Karimi, Hossein           IRI 1925
10. Chukavin, Kirill          EST 1922
 Under 12
 1. Zhang, Hanyu              CHN 2231
 2. Sipetin, Vladislav        RUS 2198
 3. Sevian, Samuel            USA 2185
 4. Tran, Minh Thang          VIE 2163
 5. Pavliuk, Vladislav        UKR 2127
 6. Abdumalik, Zhansaya       KAZ 2119
 7. Smirnov, Anton            AUS 2117
 8. Ludwig, John G            USA 2114
 9. Aleksandrov, Zakhar       RUS 2102
10. Xiong, Jeffrey            USA 2097
 Under 14
 1. Artemiev, Vladislav       RUS 2439
 2. Duda, Jan-Krzysztof       POL 2380
 3. Ghosh, Diptayan           IND 2372
 4. Antal, Tibor Kende        HUN 2352
 5. Goryachkina, Aleksandra   RUS 2333
 6. Wei, Yi                   CHN 2331
 7. Bellahcene, Bilel         FRA 2328
 8. Narayanan.S.L             IND 2320
 9. Donchenko, Alexander      GER 2294
10. Ali Marandi, Cemil Can    TUR 2292
Under 16
 1. Nyzhnyk, Illya            UKR 2568
 2. Rapport, Richard          HUN 2543
 3. Dubov, Daniil             RUS 2498
 4. Oparin, Grigoriy          RUS 2466
 5. Berbatov, Kiprian         BUL 2456
 6. Yang, Darwin              USA 2448
 7. Vaibhav, Suri             IND 2448
 8. Antipov, Mikhail Al.      RUS 2436
 9. Eliseev, Urii             RUS 2435
10. Shumyatsky, Victor        BRA 2417
 Under 18
 1. Giri, Anish               NED 2714
 2. Yu, Yangyi                CHN 2631
 3. Hou, Yifan                CHN 2605
 4. Robson, Ray               USA 2596
 5. Swiercz, Dariusz          POL 2583
 6. Van Kampen, Robin         NED 2566
 7. Grover, Sahaj             IND 2532
 8. Fedoseev, Vladimir        RUS 2525
 9. Bukavshin, Ivan           RUS 2517
10. Lu, Shanglei              CHN 2516
 Under 20
 1. Caruana, Fabiano          ITA 2736
 2. Ding, Liren               CHN 2660
 3. Negi, Parimarjan          IND 2641
 4. Safarli, Eltaj            AZE 2638
 5. Sjugirov, Sanan           RUS 2622
 6. Zherebukh, Yaroslav       UKR 2594
 7. Ipatov, Alexander         ESP 2586
 8. Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel      ARM 2569
 9. Adhiban, B.               IND 2561
10. Shimanov, Aleksandr       RUS 2549
World tops 10 girls
Under 10 Girls
 1. Grigorieva, Yulia         RUS 1783
 2. Nabaa Sami, Abbas         IRQ 1760
 3. Tran, Vuong Mai Khanh     VIE 1758
 4. Pham, Tran Gia Thu        VIE 1757
 5. Li, Yunshan               CHN 1746
 6. Salimova, Nurgyul         BUL 1737
 7. Peycheva, Gergana         BUL 1734
 8. Serikbay, Assel           KAZ 1729
 9. Tereshechkina, Taisiya    RUS 1702
10. Kovacs, Judit             HUN 1668
 Under 12 Girls
 1. Abdumalik, Zhansaya       KAZ 2119
 2. Kochukova, Anna           RUS 2077
 3. Kolmychek, Evelina        RUS 2027
 4. Fraile Vela, Maria Isabe  COL 1996
 5. Cortes, Maria Angelica    COL 1988
 6. Kosheparova, Tatiana      RUS 1969
 7. Yuan, Ye                  CHN 1942
 8. Obolentseva, Alexandra    RUS 1897
 9. Vazquez Maccarini, Danit  PUR 1881
10. Cardona Martinez, Lina S  COL 1881
 Under 14 Girls
 1. Goryachkina, Aleksandra   RUS 2333
 2. Sidorova, Anna            RUS 2089
 3. Ivana Maria, Furtado      IND 2065
 4. Haussernot, Cecile        FRA 2063
 5. Dordzhieva, Dinara        RUS 2033
 6. Novikova, Ksenia          RUS 2033
 7. Vasenina, Anna            RUS 2030
 8. Osmak, Iulija             UKR 2029
 9. Zayas Gonzalez, Laura Am  CUB 2027
10. Schnegg, Anna-Lena        AUT 2017
Under 16 Girls
 1. Khademalsharieh, Sarasad  IRI 2230
 2. Rodriguez Rueda, Paula A  COL 2219
 3. Tantsiura, Marja          UKR 2209
 4. Zhai, Mo                  CHN 2191
 5. Saduakassova, Dinara      KAZ 2191
 6. Varga, Melinda            HUN 2172
 7. Lei, Tingjie              CHN 2154
 8. Bivol, Alina              RUS 2148
 9. Pratyusha, Bodda          IND 2142
10. Fataliyeva, Ulviyya       AZE 2141
 Under 18 Girls
 1. Hou, Yifan                CHN 2605
 2. Wang, Jue                 CHN 2388
 3. Padmini, Rout             IND 2383
 4. Arabidze, Meri            GEO 2358
 5. Guo, Qi                   CHN 2351
 6. Pustovoitova, Daria       RUS 2303
 7. Ziaziulkina, Nastassia    BLR 2290
 8. Schut, Lisa               NED 2290
 9. Salazar, Aura Cristina    COL 2284
10. Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung      VIE 2259
 Under 20 Girls
 1. Muzychuk, Mariya          UKR 2483
 2. Bodnaruk, Anastasia       RUS 2419
 3. Cori T., Deysi            PER 2415
 4. Paikidze, Nazi            GEO 2411
 5. Kashlinskaya, Alina       RUS 2389
 6. Bulmaga, Irina            ROU 2360
 7. Vojinovic, Jovana         MNE 2359
 8. Savina, Anastasia         RUS 2337
 9. Sukandar, Irine Kharisma  INA 2325
10. Soloviova, Liza           UKR 2294
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Pages are now updated with January 2012 ratings and categories.
FIDE has not included 14 countries : Albania, Argentina, Bosnia&Herzegovina, Botswana, Guatemala, Honduras, Jersey, Morocco, Nepal, Panama, Philippines, Syria, Uganda and Yemen.
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