Breaking News - 29.04.2024Finely the current championship is over..congrats and many thanks to all GMs..And and and Karjakin wins... very impressive!! A real genius talent...note also He became as youngest Grandmaster in history (while he was at age 12, in 2002)!Once more, mostly of Top ranked GM books are managed to be Champions inPrevious organized book tours... and all these great records show/prove again;Success is not an accident, plus it's result of playing consistent strong openings.. Anyhow, as other not so bad record is that, at least in my eyes; I managed to create and in same time to test 143 (one hundred forty-three) books! And to produce over than 134.000+ games...ok my chess friends see you later )Meanwhile, for my previous postings regarding current book competition: News
Grandmaster Book's Champion: Karjakin - Congratulations to Sergey Karjakin!
Rank Name Elo + - games score oppo. draws 1 Karjakin 3786 4 4 3920 52% 3774 88% 2 So 3785 4 4 3920 52% 3774 88% 3 Lazavik 3785 4 4 3920 51% 3778 90% 4 Dominguez 3785 4 4 3920 52% 3774 88% 5 Ding 3785 4 4 3920 52% 3774 88% 6 Giri 3784 4 4 2920 52% 3770 88% 7 Shankland 3784 4 4 2920 51% 3776 88% 8 Volokitin 3784 4 4 2920 52% 3770 85% 9 Gelfand 3783 4 4 3920 51% 3774 89% 10 Jakovenko 3783 4 4 2920 52% 3770 89% 11 Kasimdzhanov 3782 4 4 2920 52% 3770 87% 12 Yu Yangyi 3781 4 4 2840 52% 3770 89% 13 Leko 3781 4 4 2920 52% 3770 88% 14 Matlakov 3781 4 4 2880 51% 3776 89% 15 Navara 3781 5 5 2420 51% 3772 87% 16 Kramnik 3780 4 4 2840 51% 3770 88% 17 Anand 3780 4 4 2920 52% 3770 88% 18 Goryachkina 3780 5 5 2380 51% 3772 89% 19 Almasi 3780 4 4 2920 51% 3770 87% 20 Eljanov 3780 4 4 2920 51% 3770 89% 21 Wei Yi 3779 4 4 2840 51% 3770 88% 22 Vidit 3779 4 4 2820 51% 3771 90% 23 Gukesh 3779 4 4 2920 51% 3770 87% 24 Wang Hao 3779 4 4 2840 51% 3770 87% 25 Esipenko 3779 4 4 2880 51% 3770 88% 26 Alekseev 3779 5 5 2520 51% 3770 88% 27 Paravyan 3778 5 5 2380 51% 3771 89% 28 Inarkiev 3778 5 5 2200 51% 3772 86% 29 Beliavsky 3777 5 5 2360 51% 3771 87% 30 Adams 3777 5 5 2620 51% 3771 88% 31 Keymer 3777 5 5 2620 51% 3771 89% 32 Sasikiran 3777 5 5 2200 51% 3772 85% 33 Tabatabaei 3777 4 4 2880 50% 3776 89% 34 Motylev 3777 5 5 2040 51% 3772 87% 35 Topalov 3776 5 5 1900 51% 3773 85% 36 Harikrishna 3776 5 5 2040 51% 3772 89% 37 Kasparov 3776 5 5 2620 51% 3771 86% 38 Sarana 3775 5 5 2620 51% 3771 86% 39 Sethuraman 3775 5 5 2620 51% 3771 86% 40 Wojtaszek 3775 5 5 2260 51% 3771 87% 41 Aronian 3775 5 5 2620 51% 3771 87% 42 Yilmaz 3775 5 5 2040 50% 3772 88% 43 Vitiugov 3775 5 5 2040 50% 3772 88% 44 Abdusattorov 3775 5 5 2620 51% 3771 89% 45 Van Foreest 3774 5 5 2320 50% 3772 87% 46 Ponomariov 3774 5 5 1900 50% 3772 84% 47 Oparin 3774 6 6 1420 50% 3775 90% 48 Gligoric 3774 5 5 2040 50% 3772 86% 49 Robson 3774 5 5 2200 50% 3771 86% 50 Naiditsch 3774 5 5 1940 50% 3773 88% 51 Kotronias 3774 6 6 1680 50% 3777 84% 52 Vallejo Pons 3774 5 5 2180 50% 3772 86% 53 Bareev 3774 5 5 2620 50% 3771 86% 54 Krush 3774 5 5 2160 50% 3772 85% 55 Sjugirov 3774 5 5 1940 50% 3773 88% 56 Sutovsky 3774 5 5 2040 50% 3772 87% 57 Bluebaum 3773 6 6 1400 50% 3776 86% 58 Niemann 3773 5 5 2620 50% 3771 85% 59 Tomashevsky 3772 6 6 1740 50% 3773 89% 60 Caruana 3772 5 5 2140 50% 3772 87% 61 Riazantsev 3772 5 5 2060 50% 3773 87% 62 Sokolov 3772 6 6 1580 50% 3774 86% 63 Georgiev 3772 6 6 1560 50% 3774 88% 64 Ushenina 3772 6 6 1780 50% 3773 89% 65 Postny 3772 6 6 1400 49% 3776 86% 66 Nisipeanu 3772 5 5 1900 50% 3772 85% 67 Bologan 3772 6 6 1660 50% 3773 85% 68 Deac 3772 5 5 1920 50% 3773 89% 69 Chigaev 3771 6 6 1580 50% 3773 87% 70 Narayanan 3771 7 7 1240 49% 3775 86% 71 Ivanchuk 3771 6 6 1420 50% 3774 86% 72 Svane 3771 7 6 1300 49% 3776 90% 73 Shirov 3771 6 6 1700 50% 3771 85% 74 Geller 3771 6 6 1420 49% 3774 86% 75 Nunn 3771 6 6 1620 50% 3771 83% 76 Le Quang Liem 3770 6 6 1560 50% 3771 88% 77 Artemiev 3770 6 6 1560 50% 3771 88% 78 Vachier-Lagrave 3770 6 6 1580 50% 3771 88% 79 Svidler 3770 7 7 1260 49% 3774 87% 80 Martirosyan 3770 6 6 1380 49% 3775 89% 81 Karpov 3770 6 6 1560 50% 3771 89% 82 Grischuk 3770 6 6 1420 50% 3771 87% 83 Koneru 3769 6 6 1460 49% 3773 89% 84 Morozevich 3769 6 6 1400 49% 3776 85% 85 Atalik 3769 6 6 1420 50% 3771 87% 86 Sadhwani 3769 6 6 1520 49% 3775 87% 87 Fedoseev 3769 6 6 1420 50% 3771 85% 88 Van Wely 3768 7 7 1280 49% 3775 85% 89 Sevian 3768 6 6 1520 49% 3775 85% 90 Dreev 3768 7 7 1220 49% 3775 87% 91 Praggnanandhaa 3768 6 6 1420 50% 3771 88% 92 Korobov 3768 6 6 1460 49% 3773 83% 93 Sindarov 3767 6 6 1420 49% 3771 85% 94 Amin 3767 6 6 1320 49% 3777 89% 95 Tal 3767 6 6 1560 49% 3771 85% 96 Zhigalko 3767 7 7 1260 49% 3773 87% 97 Timman 3766 7 7 1260 49% 3773 88% 98 Bu Xiangzhi 3766 6 6 1760 49% 3772 88% 99 Paehtz 3766 7 7 1280 49% 3774 86% 100 Maghsoodloo 3766 7 7 1240 49% 3776 88% 101 Short 3766 6 6 1480 49% 3771 87% 102 Moiseenko 3765 6 6 1400 48% 3776 89% 103 Dubov 3765 6 6 1420 49% 3771 86% 104 Nepomniachtchi 3765 7 6 1300 49% 3771 84% 105 Xiong 3765 7 7 1240 48% 3776 86% 106 Kovalenko 3765 7 6 1300 49% 3771 86% 107 Bronstein 3765 6 6 1360 48% 3775 86% 108 Stefanova 3764 7 7 1260 49% 3773 88% 109 Radjabov 3764 7 6 1300 49% 3771 87% 110 Ivkov 3764 7 7 1220 49% 3772 86% 111 Petrosian 3763 6 6 1380 48% 3774 85% 112 Nihal 3763 6 6 1320 48% 3777 86% 113 Duda 3762 7 7 1220 49% 3772 86% 114 Vahap Sanal 3762 7 7 1220 49% 3772 88% 115 Malakhov 3762 7 6 1260 48% 3773 87% 116 Polgar 3762 6 6 1460 48% 3774 82% 117 Spassky 3762 6 6 1400 48% 3773 85% 118 Rapport 3761 7 7 1220 48% 3772 86% 119 Hort 3761 7 7 1220 48% 3772 86% 120 Korchnoi 3761 7 7 1200 48% 3774 87% 121 Tiviakov 3760 7 6 1260 48% 3774 84% 122 Durarbayli 3760 6 6 1340 48% 3775 84% 123 Kosteniuk 3760 7 7 1140 48% 3775 85% 124 Naroditsky 3760 6 6 1340 48% 3775 84% 125 Mamedyarov 3759 7 7 1220 48% 3772 85% 126 Ehlvest 3759 7 6 1280 48% 3774 84% 127 Movsesian 3759 7 7 1080 48% 3772 84% 128 Zvjaginsev 3758 7 7 1180 48% 3772 86% 129 Andreikin 3758 7 7 1220 48% 3772 87% 130 Kamsky 3757 6 6 1360 47% 3774 86% 131 Erigaisi 3757 7 7 1220 48% 3772 81% 132 Le Tuan Minh 3757 7 6 1240 47% 3776 86% 133 Firouzja 3756 7 6 1220 48% 3772 86% 134 Mamedov 3755 6 6 1240 47% 3776 85% 135 Akobian 3754 7 7 1120 47% 3772 80% 136 Krasenkow 3753 7 7 1140 47% 3772 82% 137 Kozul 3752 7 6 1220 46% 3777 84% 138 Carlsen 3752 7 6 1220 47% 3772 84% 139 Jobava 3745 7 7 1100 46% 3773 82% 140 Martinez 3743 6 6 1240 45% 3776 82% 141 Gurevich 3740 6 6 1280 45% 3775 79% 142 Nakamura 3737 6 6 1220 45% 3772 81% 143 Bortnyk 3734 6 6 1220 44% 3772 79%
• Calculated by Bayeselo / Anand is fixed to 3780 Elo / Blue Name = Last Update
More Details (29.04.2026):• All the opening books are played by same engine: Zeus 26.5 avx2 • As players; mainly with min. 2000+ games are created and played..• Polyglot (BIN) main settings: Book Depth 40 / Best Move Disabled• The overall draw perc. (based on 134480 games) not so high; 87%• Any Book Leader (after 1000+ games...) will be titled as Champion • All the played tournament games are available (in PGN): B/N LVIII57 56 55 54 53 52 LXXII LXXI 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 LXX 41 LXIX