Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year | 1 | Kasparov, Garry | g | RUS | 2838 | 0 | 1963 | 2 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2809 | 0 | 1975 | 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2757 | 14 | 1969 | 4 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2742 | 25 | 1971 | 5 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2742 | 6 | 1977 | 6 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2739 | 8 | 1975 | 7 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2727 | 38 | 1983 | 8 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2717 | 39 | 1969 | 9 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2715 | 26 | 1972 | 10 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2713 | 11 | 1979 | 11 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2708 | 18 | 1968 | 12 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2707 | 19 | 1966 | 13 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2702 | 33 | 1968 | 14 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2697 | 20 | 1972 | 15 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2695 | 13 | 1979 | 16 | Karpov, Anatoly | g | RUS | 2693 | 14 | 1951 | 17 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2688 | 29 | 1976 | 18 | Khalifman, Alexander | g | RUS | 2688 | 10 | 1966 | 19 | Lautier, Joel | g | FRA | 2687 | 21 | 1973 | 20 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2683 | 21 | 1969 | 21 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2680 | 16 | 1971 | 22 | Polgar, Judit (GM) | wg | HUN | 2677 | 19 | 1976 | 23 | Azmaiparashvili, Zurab | g | GEO | 2676 | 15 | 1960 | 24 | Ye, Jiangchuan | g | CHN | 2676 | 8 | 1960 | 25 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2671 | 16 | 1983 | 26 | Short, Nigel D. | g | ENG | 2663 | 20 | 1965 | 27 | Vaganian, Rafael A | g | ARM | 2662 | 10 | 1951 | 28 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | BIH | 2659 | 17 | 1968 | 29 | Piket, Jeroen | g | NED | 2659 | 9 | 1969 | 30 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2656 | 20 | 1977 | 31 | Zhang, Zhong | g | CHN | 2656 | 18 | 1978 | 32 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2656 | 13 | 1976 | 33 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2655 | 25 | 1965 | 34 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | UKR | 2655 | 20 | 1975 | 35 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2655 | 14 | 1974 | 36 | Xu, Jun | g | CHN | 2654 | 16 | 1962 | 37 | Nikolic, Predrag | g | BIH | 2653 | 15 | 1960 | 38 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2651 | 9 | 1971 | 39 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 2649 | 29 | 1953 | 40 | Sakaev, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2649 | 25 | 1974 | 41 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2649 | 13 | 1983 | 42 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2647 | 6 | 1980 | 43 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | g | BLR | 2645 | 10 | 1973 | 44 | Lutz, Christopher | g | GER | 2644 | 25 | 1971 | 45 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2644 | 9 | 1976 | 46 | Seirawan, Yasser | g | USA | 2644 | 0 | 1960 | 47 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2642 | 20 | 1973 | 48 | Gurevich, Mikhail | g | BEL | 2641 | 24 | 1959 | 49 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2639 | 18 | 1979 | 50 | Kharlov, Andrei | g | RUS | 2638 | 11 | 1968 | 51 | Dautov, Rustem | g | GER | 2636 | 10 | 1965 | 52 | Lputian, Smbat G | g | ARM | 2634 | 27 | 1958 | 53 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2634 | 6 | 1973 | 54 | Korchnoi, Viktor | g | SUI | 2633 | 33 | 1931 | 55 | Krasenkow, Michal | g | POL | 2632 | 48 | 1963 | 56 | Sadler, Matthew | g | ENG | 2631 | 0 | 1974 | 57 | Goldin, Alexander | g | USA | 2630 | 24 | 1964 | 58 | Lastin, Alexander | g | RUS | 2630 | 11 | 1976 | 59 | Shipov, Sergei | g | RUS | 2630 | 4 | 1966 | 60 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2629 | 13 | 1982 | 61 | Huebner, Robert Dr. | g | GER | 2628 | 24 | 1948 | 62 | Tregubov, Pavel V. | g | RUS | 2626 | 12 | 1971 | 63 | Filippov, Valerij | g | RUS | 2625 | 18 | 1975 | 64 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | CZE | 2624 | 16 | 1978 | 65 | Pigusov, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2623 | 13 | 1961 | 66 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2620 | 13 | 1978 | 67 | Landa, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2619 | 0 | 1972 | 68 | Jussupow, Artur | g | GER | 2618 | 23 | 1960 | 69 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2614 | 22 | 1973 | 70 | Sokolov, Andrei | g | FRA | 2614 | 9 | 1963 | 71 | Hansen, Curt | g | DEN | 2613 | 0 | 1964 | 72 | Macieja, Bartlomiej | g | POL | 2612 | 16 | 1977 | 73 | Peng, Xiaomin | g | CHN | 2611 | 8 | 1973 | 74 | Baklan, Vladimir | g | UKR | 2609 | 53 | 1978 | 75 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROM | 2608 | 4 | 1976 | 76 | Rustemov, Alexander | g | RUS | 2607 | 6 | 1973 | 77 | Kozul, Zdenko | g | CRO | 2606 | 34 | 1966 | 78 | Gyimesi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2606 | 20 | 1977 | 79 | Shabalov, Alexander | g | USA | 2606 | 20 | 1967 | 80 | Istratescu, Andrei | g | ROM | 2605 | 45 | 1975 | 81 | Graf, Alexander | g | GER | 2605 | 27 | 1962 | 82 | Timman, Jan H | g | NED | 2605 | 10 | 1951 | 83 | Stefansson, Hannes | g | ISL | 2604 | 26 | 1972 | 84 | Dorfman, Josif D | g | FRA | 2602 | 9 | 1952 | 85 | Papaioannou, Ioannis | g | GRE | 2601 | 17 | 1976 | 86 | Glek, Igor V. | g | GER | 2601 | 14 | 1961 | 87 | Gulko, Boris F | g | USA | 2601 | 8 | 1947 | 88 | Hickl, Joerg | g | GER | 2601 | 6 | 1965 | 89 | Chuchelov, Vladimir | g | BEL | 2600 | 9 | 1969 | 90 | Najdoski, Toni | g | MKD | 2600 | 0 | 1970 | 91 | Epishin, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2599 | 40 | 1965 | 92 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2599 | 24 | 1977 | 93 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2599 | 20 | 1987 | 94 | Asrian, Karen | g | ARM | 2599 | 15 | 1980 | 95 | Eingorn, Vereslav S | g | UKR | 2598 | 25 | 1956 | 96 | Rozentalis, Eduardas | g | LTU | 2598 | 24 | 1963 | 97 | Andersson, Ulf | g | SWE | 2598 | 12 | 1951 | 98 | Hodgson, Julian M. | g | ENG | 2598 | 6 | 1963 | 99 | Portisch, Lajos | g | HUN | 2596 | 16 | 1937 | 100 | Shulman, Yuri | g | BLR | 2596 | 15 | 1975 | 101 | Magomedov, Magaram | g | RUS | 2596 | 9 | 1966 | 102 | Kaidanov, Gregory S | g | USA | 2596 | 8 | 1959 | 103 | Speelman, Jonathan S. | g | ENG | 2596 | 8 | 1956 | 104 | Conquest, Stuart | g | ENG | 2596 | 7 | 1967 |
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