RIF rating list

RIF rating list is an official ranking system maintained by the Renju International Federation (RIF), to indicate the rankings of Renju players all over the world.[1] The rating system was established in General Assembly 1995 of RIF. Games between Renju players in formal tournaments are counted in the calculation of the ranking list, including World Championships, European Championships, National Championships and some other important tournaments. The RIF rating list is usually updated monthly. [2] The ratings are maintained by the Qualification Commission of RIF.[3] According to the qualification system of the World Renju Championship, all the players with at least 10 games with established players, and within the top-20 of the RIF rating list, have the tickets to take part in the qualification tournament of the World Renju Championship.[4] The RIF rating list is based on the Elo rating system.[2]

Top players

The top 20 players of the RIF rating list (updated on February 23, 2020) are listed as follows:[1]

Rank Player Rating
1 Shigeru Nakamura 2730
2 Yang Yanxi 2654
3 Tomoharu Nakayama 2604
4 Li Yi 2580
5 Shunsuke Kamiya 2574
6 Yuuki Oosumi 2558
7 Cao Dong 2532
8 Vladimir Sushkov 2515
9 Hiroshi Okabe 2514
10 Qi Guan 2509
11 Jiang Qiwen 2506
12 Lin Shu-Hsuan 2489
13 Ai Xianping 2481
14 Lin Shih-Pin 2477
15 Norihiko Kawamura 2468
16 Tang Kai Lam 2465
17 Kazuto Hasegawa 2465
18 Xi Zhenyang 2464
19 He Qifa 2462
20 Lu Hai 2460

Historical top players by year

The list of historical top 5 players by year (retrieved on December 31 every year) is listed as follows:[1]

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1998 Shigeru Nakamura Kazuto Hasegawa Norihiko Kawamura Ando Meritee Takashi Sagara
1999 Shigeru Nakamura Ando Meritee Norihiko Kawamura Kazuto Hasegawa Dmitry Ilyin
2000 Shigeru Nakamura Ando Meritee Norihiko Kawamura Hideki Nara Igor Sinyov
2001 Ando Meritee Shigeru Nakamura Norihiko Kawamura Vladimir Sushkov Igor Sinyov
2002 Ando Meritee Shigeru Nakamura Norihiko Kawamura Vladimir Sushkov Makoto Yamaguchi
2003 Shigeru Nakamura Ando Meritee Norihiko Kawamura Vladimir Sushkov Konstantin Chingin
2004 Shigeru Nakamura Norihiko Kawamura Ando Meritee Alexandr Klimashin Konstantin Chingin
2005 Shigeru Nakamura Norihiko Kawamura Ando Meritee Kazuto Hasegawa Konstantin Chingin
2006 Shigeru Nakamura Kazuto Hasegawa Norihiko Kawamura Ando Meritee Yusui Yamaguchi
2007 Shigeru Nakamura Kazuto Hasegawa Ando Meritee Norihiko Kawamura Yusui Yamaguchi
2008 Shigeru Nakamura Kazuto Hasegawa Ando Meritee Norihiko Kawamura Hiroshi Okabe
2009 Shigeru Nakamura Kazuto Hasegawa Ando Meritee Norihiko Kawamura Tunnet Taimla
2010 Shigeru Nakamura Ando Meritee Tunnet Taimla Yuuki Oosumi Kazuto Hasegawa
2011 Shigeru Nakamura Ando Meritee Cao Dong Yang Yanxi Yuuki Oosumi
2012 Shigeru Nakamura Ando Meritee Yang Yanxi Yuuki Oosumi Li Yi
2013 Shigeru Nakamura Yuuki Oosumi Yang Yanxi Tunnet Taimla Li Yi
2014 Shigeru Nakamura Ando Meritee Yang Yanxi Yuuki Oosumi Tunnet Taimla
2015 Ando Meritee Yang Yanxi Shigeru Nakamura Yuuki Oosumi Konstantin Chingin
2016 Shigeru Nakamura Ando Meritee Yang Yanxi Konstantin Chingin Yuuki Oosumi
2017 Ando Meritee Shigeru Nakamura Tomoharu Nakayama Zhu Jianfeng Vladimir Sushkov
2018 Shigeru Nakamura Ando Meritee Yang Yanxi Konstantin Chingin Tomoharu Nakayama
2019 Shigeru Nakamura Yang Yanxi Shunsuke Kamiya Li Yi Yuuki Oosumi

See also

References
  1. "Renju Rating List". Renju Offline. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  2. "International Qualification System of RIF". Renju International Federation. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  3. "Qualification Commission". Renju International Federation. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  4. "Qualification System of The World Championship". Renju International Federation. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
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