Combined July 1, 1998 FIDE and WCC (PCA) World Chess Rating Lists

Combined July 1998 FIDE and WCC (PCA) World Chess Rating Lists

This table enables comparison between the official FIDE Rating list and the WCC list (formerly known as the PCA list) developed by Ken Thompson. For example, Anatoly Karpov is ranked number 5 and is rated 2725 on the FIDE list but is ranked only number 8 and rated only 2687 on the WCC list.

Rank	Name	Country	FIDE Rating	No. Games	Name	WCC Rating	WCC Change


1	Kasparov,Gary	RUS	2815	12	Kasparov,Garry	2808	0
2	Anand,Viswanathan	IND	2795	54	Anand,Viswanathan	2778	3
3	Kramnik,Vladimir	RUS	2780	28	Shirov,Alexei	2735	27
4	Ivanchuk,Vassily	UKR	2730	26	Kramnik,Vladimir	2731	-25
5	Karpov,Anatoly	RUS	2725	19	Kamsky,Gata	2701	0
6	Shirov,Alexei	ESP	2720	40	Ivanchuk,Vassily	2696	-9
7	Kamsky,Gata	USA	2720	0	Svidler,Peter	2688	-11
8	Adams,Michael	ENG	2715	55	Karpov,Anatoli	2687	0
9	Svidler,Peter	RUS	2710	30	Adams,Michael	2677	-4
10	Topalov,Veselin	BUL	2700	27	Bareev,Evgeny	2674	3
11	Bareev,Evgeny	RUS	2690	28	Topalov,Veselin	2673	0
12	Rublevsky,Sergei	RUS	2685	13	Gelfand,Boris	2670	9
13	Gelfand,Boris	BLR	2675	25	Leko,Peter	2662	4
14	Salov,Valery	RUS	2670	21	Morozevich,Alexander	2660	100
15	Short,NigelD.	ENG	2670	21	Salov,Valery	2656	11
16	Leko,Peter	HUN	2665	17	Sadler,Matthew	2652	7
17	Polgar,Judit	HUN	2665	15	Krasenkov,Mikhail	2649	-4
18	Georgiev,Kiril	BUL	2660	28	Rublevsky,Sergei	2649	12
19	Sadler,Matthew	ENG	2660	26	Short,Nigel D	2648	-11
20	Tiviakov,Sergei	RUS	2655	56	Georgiev,Kiril	2644	11
21	Krasenkow,Michal	POL	2655	42	Dreev,Alexey	2635	2
22	Timman,Jan	NED	2655	23	Polgar,Judit (GM)	2635	0
23	Akopian,Vladimir	ARM	2655	20	Azmaiparashvili,Zura	2634	0
24	Azmaiparashvili,Zurab	GEO	2655	12	Onischuk,Alexander	2632	5
25	Almasi,Zoltan	HUN	2650	33	Almasi,Zoltan	2631	-1
26	Zvjaginsev,Vadim	RUS	2650	15	Korchnoi,Viktor	2631	22
27	Oll,Lembit	EST	2650	12	Seirawan,Yasser	2629	0
28	Khalifman,Alexander	RUS	2645	52	Zvjaginsev,Vadim	2625	-1
29	Shabalov,Alexander	USA	2645	48	Lautier,Joel	2624	-15
30	Andersson,Ulf	SWE	2645	25	Beliavsky,Alexander	2622	-26
31	Beliavsky,Alexander	SLO	2645	25	Timman,Jan H	2618	1
32	Tkachiev,Vladislav	FRA	2645	24	Vaganian,Rafael A	2618	12
33	Dreev,Alexey	RUS	2645	23	Akopian,Vladimir	2615	-6
34	Movsesian,Sergei	CZE	2640	57	Oll,Lembit	2615	0
35	Milov,Vadim	SUI	2640	46	Vladimirov,Evgeny	2611	0
36	Jussupow,Artur	GER	2640	39	Andersson,Ulf	2611	-22
37	Nikolic,Predrag	BIH	2640	16	Baklan,Vladimir	2608	127
38	VanWely,Loek	NED	2635	42	Kosashvili,Yona	2607	1
39	Sakaev,Konstantin	RUS	2635	36	Tiviakov,Sergei	2606	-25
40	Shipov,Sergei	RUS	2635	20	Magerramov,Elmar	2604	0
41	Vaganian,Rafael	ARM	2630	38	Adianto,Utut	2604	-16
42	Onischuk,Alexander	UKR	2630	19	Yermolinsky,Alexey	2604	-15
43	Seirawan,Yasser	USA	2630	6	Sakaev,Konstantin	2603	-11
44	Hjartarson,Johann	ISL	2630	4	Granda Zuniga,Julio	2602	-13
45	Nenashev,Alexander	UZB	2625	49	Wolff,Patrick G	2602	0
46	Yermolinsky,Alex	USA	2625	46	Khalifman,Alexander	2599	-46
47	Dautov,Rustem	GER	2625	35	Yusupov,Artur	2599	-10
48	Korchnoi,Viktor	SUI	2625	34	Nikolic,Predrag	2599	-6
49	Morozevich,Alexander	RUS	2625	22	Fedorov,Alexey	2598	39
50	Lautier,Joel	FRA	2625	19	Hjartarson,Johann	2597	0
51	Kaidanov,Grigory	USA	2625	5	Van Wely,Loek	2597	24
52	Ehlvest,Jaan	EST	2620	56
53	Sokolov,Ivan	BIH	2620	41
54	Minasian,Artashes	ARM	2620	20
55	Smirin,Ilia	ISR	2615	40
56	Hracek,Zbynek	CZE	2615	35
57	Lputian,Smbat	ARM	2615	33
58	Gurevich,Mikhail	BEL	2610	71
59	Giorgadze,Giorgi	GEO	2610	56
60	Ibragimov,Ildar	RUS	2610	52
61	Chernin,Alexander	HUN	2610	39
62	Adianto,Utut	INA	2610	35
63	Hansen,Curt	DEN	2610	30
64	Eingorn,Vereslav	UKR	2610	29
65	Christiansen,Larry	USA	2610	23
66	Volkov,Sergey	RUS	2605	57
67	Rogers,Ian	AUS	2605	56
68	Piket,Jeroen	NED	2605	33
69	Granda Zuniga,Julio	PER	2605	31
70	Illescas Cordoba,Miguel	ESP	2605	30
71	Wahls,Matthias	GER	2605	26
72	Tukmakov,Vladimir	UKR	2605	25
73	Pigusov,Evgeny	RUS	2605	20
74	DeFirmian,Nick	USA	2605	18
75	Morovic Fernandez,Ivan	CHI	2605	13
76	Hellers,Ferdinand	SWE	2605	0
77	Korneev,Oleg	RUS	2600	92
78	Asrian,Karen	ARM	2600	46
79	Khenkin,Igor	RUS	2600	44
80	Romanishin,Oleg	UKR	2600	44
81	Alterman,Boris	ISR	2600	40
82	Lutz,Christopher	GER	2600	35
83	Speelman,Jonathan	ENG	2600	28
84	Fedorov,Alexei	BLR	2600	27
85	Annakov,Babakuli	TKM	2600	24
86	Nunn,John	ENG	2600	15
87	Sturua,Zurab	GEO	2600	4
88	Wojtkiewicz,Aleksander	POL	2595	71
89	Aleksandrov,Aleksej	BLR	2595	45
90	Filippov,Valerij	RUS	2595	43
91	Benjamin,Joel	USA	2595	38
92	Timoshenko,Georgy	UKR	2595	34
93	Pinter,Jozsef	HUN	2595	30
94	Spasov,Vasil	BUL	2595	25
95	Portisch,Lajos	HUN	2595	3
96	Miles,Anthony	ENG	2590	60
97	Malaniuk,Vladimir	UKR	2590	42
98	Hebden,Mark	ENG	2590	40
99	Ribli,Zoltan	HUN	2590	34
100	Baburin,Alexander	IRL	2590	16

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