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May 2012

World tops 10 boys & girls
Under 10
 1. Esipenko, Andrey          RUS 2139
 2. Balakrishnan, Praveen     USA 2063
 3. Ribero, David Felipe      COL 2050
 4. Cotes Ontibon, Juan Seba  COL 2017
 5. Kozak, Adam               HUN 2001
 6. Mohammad Fahad, Rahman    BAN 1994
 7. Mladenovich, Stefan       RUS 1970
 8. Peng, David T             USA 1965
 9. Chekletsov, Egor          RUS 1960
10. Bohorquez Pulgarin, Samu  COL 1949
 Under 12
 1. Sevian, Samuel            USA 2247
 2. Zhang, Hanyu              CHN 2239
 3. Sipetin, Vladislav        RUS 2198
 4. Puranik, Abhimanyu        IND 2191
 5. Xiong, Jeffrey            USA 2180
 6. Uelf, Maximiliano         ARG 2176
 7. Bykov, Egor               RUS 2175
 8. Tran, Minh Thang          VIE 2170
 9. Abdumalik, Zhansaya       KAZ 2141
10. Tabatabaei, M.amin        IRI 2134
 Under 14
 1. Artemiev, Vladislav       RUS 2459
 2. Duda, Jan-Krzysztof       POL 2421
 3. Ghosh, Diptayan           IND 2418
 4. Donchenko, Alexander      GER 2409
 5. Wei, Yi                   CHN 2376
 6. Narayanan.S.L             IND 2355
 7. Goryachkina, Aleksandra   RUS 2353
 8. Ali Marandi, Cemil Can    TUR 2351
 9. Bellahcene, Bilel         FRA 2347
10. Antal, Tibor Kende        HUN 2345
Under 16
 1. Nyzhnyk, Illya            UKR 2610
 2. Rapport, Richard          HUN 2577
 3. Dubov, Daniil             RUS 2569
 4. Oparin, Grigoriy          RUS 2494
 5. Vaibhav, Suri             IND 2485
 6. Eliseev, Urii             RUS 2485
 7. Yang, Darwin              USA 2476
 8. Berbatov, Kiprian         BUL 2456
 9. Alekseenko, Kirill        RUS 2445
10. Chigaev, Maksim           RUS 2438
 Under 18
 1. Giri, Anish               NED 2693
 2. Yu, Yangyi                CHN 2626
 3. Hou, Yifan                CHN 2623
 4. Robson, Ray               USA 2614
 5. Swiercz, Dariusz          POL 2585
 6. Van Kampen, Robin         NED 2563
 7. Fedoseev, Vladimir        RUS 2546
 8. Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi   IND 2528
 9. Lu, Shanglei              CHN 2522
10. Grigoryan, Karen H.       ARM 2517
 Under 20
 1. Caruana, Fabiano          ITA 2770
 2. Ding, Liren               CHN 2679
 3. So, Wesley                PHI 2653
 4. Negi, Parimarjan          IND 2640
 5. Zherebukh, Yaroslav       UKR 2632
 6. Sjugirov, Sanan           RUS 2625
 7. Safarli, Eltaj            AZE 2620
 8. Kovalyov, Anton           ARG 2619
 9. Shimanov, Aleksandr       RUS 2600
10. Durarbayli, Vasif         AZE 2579
World tops 10 girls
Under 10 Girls
 1. Tryapitsyna, Maria        RUS 1853
 2. Wang, Annie               USA 1809
 3. Grigorieva, Yulia         RUS 1796
 4. Tran, Vuong Mai Khanh     VIE 1758
 5. Pham, Tran Gia Thu        VIE 1757
 6. Li, Yunshan               CHN 1746
 7. Salimova, Nurgyul         BUL 1741
 8. Tryapitsyna, Ekaterina    RUS 1725
 9. Serikbay, Assel           KAZ 1718
10. Tereshechkina, Taisiya    RUS 1703
 Under 12 Girls
 1. Abdumalik, Zhansaya       KAZ 2141
 2. Kochukova, Anna           RUS 2077
 3. Garafutdinov, Ainur       RUS 2000
 4. Velasquez, Angie Gabriel  COL 1989
 5. Shalaeva, Darya           RUS 1981
 6. Perez Perez, Sheila       CUB 1975
 7. Kosheparova, Tatiana      RUS 1969
 8. Kolmychek, Evelina        RUS 1949
 9. Yuan, Ye                  CHN 1942
10. Obolentseva, Alexandra    RUS 1929
 Under 14 Girls
 1. Goryachkina, Aleksandra   RUS 2353
 2. Osmak, Iulija             UKR 2143
 3. Sidorova, Anna            RUS 2089
 4. Haussernot, Cecile        FRA 2088
 5. Dordzhieva, Dinara        RUS 2087
 6. Schnegg, Anna-Lena        AUT 2084
 7. Ivana Maria, Furtado      IND 2065
 8. Mahalakshmi, M            IND 2049
 9. Zayas Gonzalez, Laura Am  CUB 2033
10. Novikova, Ksenia          RUS 2032
Under 16 Girls
 1. Khademalsharieh, Sarasad  IRI 2284
 2. Zhai, Mo                  CHN 2248
 3. Nicolas Zapata, Irene     ESP 2244
 4. Saduakassova, Dinara      KAZ 2219
 5. Tantsiura, Marja          UKR 2212
 6. Rodriguez Rueda, Paula A  COL 2208
 7. Varga, Melinda            HUN 2180
 8. Nandhidhaa, PV            IND 2176
 9. Medina, Warda Aulia       INA 2172
10. Bivol, Alina              RUS 2166
 Under 18 Girls
 1. Hou, Yifan                CHN 2623
 2. Wang, Jue                 CHN 2364
 3. Guo, Qi                   CHN 2360
 4. Ziaziulkina, Nastassia    BLR 2354
 5. Arabidze, Meri            GEO 2351
 6. Padmini, Rout             IND 2345
 7. Pustovoitova, Daria       RUS 2307
 8. Schut, Lisa               NED 2299
 9. Brunello, Marina          ITA 2267
10. Salazar, Aura Cristina    COL 2262
 Under 20 Girls
 1. Muzychuk, Mariya          UKR 2456
 2. Bodnaruk, Anastasia       RUS 2394
 3. Cori T., Deysi            PER 2386
 4. Paikidze, Nazi            GEO 2384
 5. Vojinovic, Jovana         MNE 2375
 6. Kashlinskaya, Alina       RUS 2372
 7. Bulmaga, Irina            ROU 2370
 8. Savina, Anastasia         RUS 2301
 9. Havlikova, Kristyna       CZE 2299
10. Soloviova, Liza           UKR 2294
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