Top Ranked Asians in June 2018

The FIDE  Chess Rating for June 2018 has been published and China’s Ding Liren is the top Asian after reaching the No. 4 spot in the world rankings.

His countryman Yu Yangyi joins India’s former World Champion Viswanathan Anand in second spot.

The Asia top ten player list continues to be dominated by players from China, with Wei Yi in fourth place, Li Chao in seventh, Bu Xiangyi in eight and Wang Hao sharing ninth to tenth with India’s Santosh Gujrathi Vidit who is one of three Indians on the list.

India’s Pentala Harikrishan is in fifth place while in sixth is the only non China or Indian player in Vietnam’s Le Quang Liem,

The Asian Top 10 ranking for women sees an even bigger domination by China with seven places taken up by their players beginning with Hou Yifan and new World Champion Ju Wenjun who are also respectively ranked one and two in the world.

China’s Li Tingjie and Tan Zhongyi take the next two places with the fifth spot going to India’s Harika Dronavalli.

In sixth and seventh places are the outstanding young Kazakhstan talents Dinara Saduakassova and Zhansaya Abdumalik, both former World Junior Champions.

Then it is back to business for China with Zhou Yue, Shen Yang and Huang Qian taking the eighth, ninth and tenth spots.