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March 2011

World tops 10 boys & girls
Under 10
 1. Acosta Cubides, Jorian J  COL 2020
 2. Konaplev, Anton           RUS 2012
 3. Fakhrutdinov, Timur       RUS 2012
 4. Lobanov, Sergei           RUS 2010
 5. Smirnov, Anton            AUS 2008
 6. Mohammad Fahad, Rahman    BAN 1973
 7. Nguyen, Anh Khoi          VIE 1956
 8. Chukavin, Kirill          EST 1935
 9. Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan     KAZ 1934
10. Li, Ruifeng               USA 1930
 Under 12
 1. Wei, Yi                   CHN 2270
 2. Delgadillo, Adonay        BOL 2211
 3. Rambaldi, Francesco       ITA 2172
 4. Aravindh,Chithambaram VR  IND 2170
 5. Bai, Jinshi               CHN 2157
 6. Gledura, Benjamin         HUN 2155
 7. Tari, Aryan               NOR 2155
 8. Kantor, Gergely           HUN 2147
 9. Sevian, Samuel            USA 2142
10. Karthikeyan, Murali       IND 2132
 Under 14
 1. Vaibhav, Suri             IND 2430
 2. Antipov, Mikhail Al.      RUS 2379
 3. Artemiev, Vladislav       RUS 2378
 4. Cheng, Bobby              AUS 2345
 5. Oparin, Grigoriy          RUS 2345
 6. Yuffa, Daniil             RUS 2320
 7. Alekseenko, Kirill        RUS 2317
 8. Duda, Jan-Krzysztof       POL 2300
 9. Tran, Tuan Minh           VIE 2295
10. Girish, A. Koushik        IND 2293
Under 16
 1. Nyzhnyk, Illya            UKR 2563
 2. Rapport, Richard          HUN 2540
 3. Fedoseev, Vladimir        RUS 2519
 4. Abasov, Nijat Azad Oglu   AZE 2504
 5. Bukavshin, Ivan           RUS 2501
 6. Grover, Sahaj             IND 2495
 7. Dubov, Daniil             RUS 2489
 8. Cori, Jorge               PER 2485
 9. Grigoryan, Karen H.       ARM 2463
10. Bok, Benjamin             NED 2463
 Under 18
 1. Giri, Anish               NED 2690
 2. So, Wesley                PHI 2667
 3. Yu, Yangyi                CHN 2652
 4. Sjugirov, Sanan           RUS 2643
 5. Negi, Parimarjan          IND 2618
 6. Hou, Yifan                CHN 2602
 7. Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel      ARM 2575
 8. Zherebukh, Yaroslav       UKR 2560
 9. Swiercz, Dariusz          POL 2557
10. Grandelius, Nils          SWE 2547
 Under 20
 1. Caruana, Fabiano          ITA 2716
 2. Le, Quang Liem            VIE 2689
 3. Feller, Sebastien         FRA 2657
 4. Ding, Liren               CHN 2637
 5. Salgado Lopez, Ivan       ESP 2630
 6. Kovalyov, Anton           ARG 2629
 7. Safarli, Eltaj            AZE 2628
 8. Matlakov, Maxim           RUS 2625
 9. Nabaty, Tamir             ISR 2581
10. Hess, Robert L            USA 2565
World tops 10 girls
Under 10 Girls
 1. Tran, Vuong Mai Khanh     VIE 1802
 2. Pham, Tran Gia Thu        VIE 1795
 3. Obolentseva, Alexandra    RUS 1786
 4. Azhar, Puteri Munajjah A  MAS 1732
 5. Marjanovics, Annamaria    HUN 1728
 6. Lengyel, Andrea           HUN 1721
 7. Glebova, Anastasia        RUS 1697
 8. Krapivina, Galina         RUS 1695
 9. Palao, Adriana            PER 1681
10. Caballero Quijano, Mitzy  PER 1671
 Under 12 Girls
 1. Rumiantseva, Ksenia       RUS 2073
 2. Mejia Garcia, Michelle    COL 2033
 3. Elwazzan, Heba            EGY 2027
 4. Fiesco, Valentina         COL 2007
 5. Khokhlova, Daria          RUS 2007
 6. Ivana Maria, Furtado      IND 1999
 7. Rosado Perez, Maria Jose  COL 1965
 8. Dominguez, Laura Lucia    COL 1965
 9. Gomez Guardo, Laura Meli  COL 1951
10. Abdumalik, Zhansaya       KAZ 1941
 Under 14 Girls
 1. Khademalsharieh, Sarasad  IRI 2137
 2. Pratyusha, Bodda          IND 2117
 3. Nicolas Zapata, Irene     ESP 2100
 4. Sidorova, Anna            RUS 2078
 5. Novikova, Ksenia          RUS 2075
 6. Goryachkina, Aleksandra   RUS 2055
 7. Medina, Warda Aulia       INA 2035
 8. Varga, Melinda            HUN 2031
 9. Osmak, Iulija             UKR 2030
10. Lei, Tingjie              CHN 2025
Under 16 Girls
 1. Guo, Qi                   CHN 2331
 2. Ziaziulkina, Nastassia    BLR 2289
 3. Wang, Jue                 CHN 2275
 4. Efroimski, Marsel         ISR 2222
 5. Saduakassova, Dinara      KAZ 2208
 6. Salazar, Aura Cristina    COL 2195
 7. Baraeva, Irina            RUS 2176
 8. Lach, Aleksandra          POL 2170
 9. Baraeva, Marina           RUS 2168
10. Aranaz Murillo, Amalia    ESP 2164
 Under 18 Girls
 1. Hou, Yifan                CHN 2602
 2. Paikidze, Nazi            GEO 2425
 3. Cori T., Deysi            PER 2386
 4. Padmini, Rout             IND 2342
 5. Pustovoitova, Daria       RUS 2333
 6. Kashlinskaya, Alina       RUS 2320
 7. Nguyen, Thi Mai Hung      VIE 2320
 8. Soloviova, Liza           UKR 2318
 9. Arabidze, Meri            GEO 2277
10. Kazimova, Narmin Nizami   AZE 2277
 Under 20 Girls
 1. Harika, Dronavalli        IND 2524
 2. Ju, Wenjun                CHN 2519
 3. Muzychuk, Mariya          UKR 2476
 4. Tan, Zhongyi              CHN 2428
 5. Girya, Olga               RUS 2425
 6. Bodnaruk, Anastasia       RUS 2423
 7. Savina, Anastasia         RUS 2383
 8. Ding, Yixin               CHN 2376
 9. Sukandar, Irine Kharisma  INA 2354
10. Bhakti, Kulkarni          IND 2339
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