Top 20 girls
| Rk | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2639 | 10 | 1994 |
| 2 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2490 | 10 | 1992 |
| 3 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2412 | 9 | 1992 |
| 4 | Paikidze, Nazi | wg | GEO | 2406 | 18 | 1993 |
| 5 | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2386 | 18 | 1993 |
| 6 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | wg | RUS | 2377 | 9 | 1993 |
| 7 | Wang, Jue | CHN | 2366 | 18 | 1995 | |
| 8 | Vojinovic, Jovana | wg | MNE | 2356 | 10 | 1992 |
| 9 | Guo, Qi | wg | CHN | 2351 | 0 | 1995 |
| 10 | Sukandar, Irine Kharisma | wg | INA | 2349 | 9 | 1992 |
| 11 | Padmini, Rout | wg | IND | 2345 | 37 | 1994 |
| 12 | Ziaziulkina, Nastassia | wm | BLR | 2343 | 18 | 1995 |
| 13 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | wm | RUS | 2341 | 18 | 1998 |
| 14 | Arabidze, Meri | wm | GEO | 2337 | 9 | 1994 |
| 15 | Savina, Anastasia | m | RUS | 2325 | 9 | 1992 |
| 16 | Havlikova, Kristyna | wm | CZE | 2312 | 7 | 1992 |
| 17 | Pustovoitova, Daria | f | RUS | 2308 | 9 | 1994 |
| 18 | Bulmaga, Irina | wm | ROU | 2307 | 18 | 1993 |
| 19 | Papp, Petra | wm | HUN | 2296 | 9 | 1993 |
| 20 | Schut, Lisa | wm | NED | 2294 | 13 | 1994 |
| 21 | Soloviova, Liza | wg | UKR | 2294 | 0 | 1993 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kosteniuk is clearly more talented than Hou Yifan. She beats Hou Yifan easy.
<> What a huge jump!