Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year | 1 | Kasparov, Garry | g | RUS | 2838 | 12 | 1963 | 2 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2809 | 0 | 1975 | 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2752 | 12 | 1969 | 4 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2745 | 9 | 1975 | 5 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2744 | 25 | 1971 | 6 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2743 | 19 | 1983 | 7 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2724 | 22 | 1966 | 8 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2718 | 22 | 1977 | 9 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2711 | 19 | 1969 | 10 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2710 | 22 | 1968 | 11 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2707 | 22 | 1979 | 12 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2704 | 12 | 1972 | 13 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2702 | 22 | 1983 | 14 | Khalifman, Alexander | g | RUS | 2698 | 13 | 1966 | 15 | Karpov, Anatoly | g | RUS | 2690 | 9 | 1951 | 16 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2688 | 0 | 1976 | 17 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2685 | 9 | 1968 | 18 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2678 | 9 | 1971 | 19 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2677 | 22 | 1969 | 20 | Polgar, Judit (GM) | wg | HUN | 2677 | 0 | 1976 | 21 | Azmaiparashvili, Zurab | g | GEO | 2676 | 0 | 1960 | 22 | Ye, Jiangchuan | g | CHN | 2676 | 0 | 1960 | 23 | Lautier, Joel | g | FRA | 2675 | 22 | 1973 | 24 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2674 | 13 | 1979 | 25 | Short, Nigel D. | g | ENG | 2673 | 6 | 1965 | 26 | Vaganian, Rafael A | g | ARM | 2664 | 9 | 1951 | 27 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2663 | 12 | 1980 | 28 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 2661 | 13 | 1953 | 29 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2660 | 9 | 1977 | 30 | Piket, Jeroen | g | NED | 2659 | 13 | 1969 | 31 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2657 | 9 | 1974 | 32 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | g | BLR | 2654 | 9 | 1973 | 33 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2654 | 9 | 1965 | 34 | Xu, Jun | g | CHN | 2654 | 0 | 1962 | 35 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2653 | 9 | 1983 | 36 | Nikolic, Predrag | g | BIH | 2653 | 0 | 1960 | 37 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2652 | 17 | 1971 | 38 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2650 | 16 | 1976 | 39 | Sakaev, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2649 | 0 | 1974 | 40 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | BIH | 2647 | 17 | 1968 | 41 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2645 | 9 | 1976 | 42 | Lutz, Christopher | g | GER | 2644 | 2 | 1971 | 43 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2642 | 24 | 1972 | 44 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2641 | 30 | 1975 | 45 | Gurevich, Mikhail | g | BEL | 2641 | 22 | 1959 | 46 | Krasenkow, Michal | g | POL | 2641 | 11 | 1963 | 47 | Zhang, Zhong | g | CHN | 2639 | 9 | 1978 | 48 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2638 | 12 | 1982 | 49 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2636 | 8 | 1973 | 50 | Dautov, Rustem | g | GER | 2636 | 0 | 1965 | 51 | Korchnoi, Viktor | g | SUI | 2635 | 2 | 1931 | 52 | Hjartarson, Johann | g | ISL | 2634 | 6 | 1963 | 53 | Lputian, Smbat G | g | ARM | 2634 | 0 | 1958 | 54 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2633 | 61 | 1981 | 55 | Kharlov, Andrei | g | RUS | 2633 | 18 | 1968 | 56 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2633 | 9 | 1973 | 57 | Seirawan, Yasser | g | USA | 2631 | 9 | 1960 | 58 | Sadler, Matthew | g | ENG | 2631 | 0 | 1974 | 59 | Huebner, Robert Dr. | g | GER | 2628 | 0 | 1948 | 60 | Tregubov, Pavel V. | g | RUS | 2627 | 20 | 1971 | 61 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2625 | 9 | 1973 | 62 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | CZE | 2624 | 16 | 1978 | 63 | Graf, Alexander | g | GER | 2623 | 9 | 1962 | 64 | Landa, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2623 | 2 | 1972 | 65 | Pigusov, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2623 | 0 | 1961 | 66 | Shabalov, Alexander | g | USA | 2622 | 18 | 1967 | 67 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2622 | 9 | 1979 | 68 | Lastin, Alexander | g | RUS | 2619 | 9 | 1976 | 69 | Goldin, Alexander | g | USA | 2618 | 14 | 1964 | 70 | Baklan, Vladimir | g | UKR | 2618 | 9 | 1978 | 71 | Jussupow, Artur | g | GER | 2618 | 0 | 1960 | 72 | Kaidanov, Gregory S | g | USA | 2616 | 24 | 1959 | 73 | Timman, Jan H | g | NED | 2616 | 13 | 1951 | 74 | Shipov, Sergei | g | RUS | 2613 | 9 | 1966 | 75 | Dorfman, Josif D | g | FRA | 2613 | 4 | 1952 | 76 | Hansen, Curt | g | DEN | 2613 | 0 | 1964 | 77 | Filippov, Valerij | g | RUS | 2612 | 9 | 1975 | 78 | Vescovi, Giovanni | g | BRA | 2611 | 26 | 1978 | 79 | Peng, Xiaomin | g | CHN | 2611 | 0 | 1973 | 80 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2610 | 37 | 1976 | 81 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2610 | 9 | 1987 | 82 | Volkov, Sergey | g | RUS | 2609 | 22 | 1974 | 83 | Epishin, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2606 | 25 | 1965 | 84 | Istratescu, Andrei | g | ROU | 2606 | 24 | 1975 | 85 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2606 | 18 | 1981 | 86 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 2606 | 9 | 1972 | 87 | Glek, Igor V. | g | GER | 2605 | 25 | 1961 | 88 | Vladimirov, Evgeny | g | KAZ | 2605 | 17 | 1957 | 89 | Gyimesi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2605 | 9 | 1977 | 90 | Sokolov, Andrei | g | FRA | 2604 | 15 | 1963 | 91 | Andersson, Ulf | g | SWE | 2604 | 9 | 1951 | 92 | Novikov, Igor A | g | USA | 2603 | 52 | 1962 | 93 | Hickl, Joerg | g | GER | 2602 | 9 | 1965 | 94 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2602 | 9 | 1978 | 95 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2601 | 9 | 1985 | 96 | Dominguez, Lenier | g | CUB | 2601 | 9 | 1983 | 97 | Sermek, Drazen | g | SLO | 2601 | 9 | 1969 | 98 | Korneev, Oleg | g | RUS | 2599 | 35 | 1969 | 99 | Stefansson, Hannes | g | ISL | 2598 | 22 | 1972 | 100 | Rustemov, Alexander | g | RUS | 2598 | 18 | 1973 | 101 | Benjamin, Joel | g | USA | 2598 | 9 | 1964 | 102 | Fedorov, Alexei | g | BLR | 2598 | 9 | 1972 | 103 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2598 | 9 | 1977 | 104 | Eingorn, Vereslav S | g | UKR | 2598 | 0 | 1956 | 105 | Hodgson, Julian M. | g | ENG | 2598 | 0 | 1963 |
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