Top US Player October 2012 USCF and FIDE Ratings

Reigning US Champion Hikaru Nakamura is the #1 American in both the USCF and FIDE rating lists

Name	Title	October USCF	October FIDE	Last US Championship
Hikaru Nakamura	GM	2878	2786	2012
Fabiano Caruana* (Italy)	GM	2856	2772	NA
Gata Kamsky	GM	2824	2755	2012
Timur Gareev	GM	2756	2663	NA
Alexander Onischuk	GM	2741	2677	2012
Varuzhan Akobian	GM	2707	2622	2012
Giorgi Kacheishvili* (Georgia)	GM	2703	2607	NA
Alexander Stripunsky	GM	2701	2578	2012
Aleksandr Lenderman	GM	2701	2614	2012
Sam Shankland	GM	2686	2605	2011
Jaan Ehlvest	GM	2684	2607	2011
Yasser Seirawan	GM	2677	2620	2012
Ray Robson	GM	2671	2602	2012
Yury Shulman	GM	2670	2595	2012
Alexander Shabalov	GM	2665	2570	2011
Robert Hess	GM	2661	2595	2012
Gregory Kaidanov	GM	2656	2587	2012
Larry Christiansen	GM	2652	2577	2011
Lars Bo Hansen* (Denmark)	GM	2640	2574	NA
Valentin Yotov* (Bulgaria)	GM	2638	2576	NA
Tamaz Gelashvili* (Georgia)	GM	2635	2564	NA
J. Maharramzade* (Azerbaijan)	IM	2628	2494	NA
Alexander Ivanov	GM	2627	2529	2011
Marc Arnold	GM	2626	2538	NA
Julio Becerra	GM	2624	2555	2009
Julio Sadorra* (Phillipines)	GM	2623	2546	NA
Axel Bachmann* (Paraguay)	GM	2620	2536	NA
Lev Alburt	GM	2617	2539	1996
Jorge Sammour-Hasbun		2615	2463	NA
Sergey Kudrin	GM	2613	2538	2010
Alejandro Ramirez	GM	2611	2551	2012
Joel Benjamin	GM	2610	2530	2010
Enrico Sevillano	GM	2603	2529	NA

 * means that the player's FIDE federation is not the USA, making them ineligible for the US Championship