GM Alexandra Kosteniuk Back in Top Ten Women World Rankings

Hooray!  She's worked hard the past few years and this year, 2013, her hard work with her coach has paid off.  Congratulations to GM Alexandra Kosteniuk for a fine year.  Check it out, Alexandra posted about it recently at one of her blogs, Chess Queen (TM):


 

FIDE November 2013 Top 100 Women Ratings List has Alexandra at #13 (as of November 29, 2013) -- female players rated at 2500 and above:

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2689	0	1976
2	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2629	6	1994
3	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2618	22	1987
4	Muzychuk, Anna	g	SLO	2566	6	1990
5	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2565	15	1985
6	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2556	0	1987
7	Lagno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2542	18	1989
8	Khotenashvili, Bela	m	GEO	2524	11	1988
9	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	g	RUS	2523	0	1985
10	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2520	10	1963
11	Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	2518	36	1991
12	Hoang, Thanh Trang	g	HUN	2511	11	1980
13	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2510	25	1984
14	Tan, Zhongyi	wg	CHN	2510	15	1991
15	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2510	0	1986
16	Gunina, Valentina	g	RUS	2509	24	1989
17	Cmilyte, Viktorija	g	LTU	2506	7	1983
18	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2502	0	1983