Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year | 1 | Kasparov, Garry | g | RUS | 2836 | 0 | 1963 | 2 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2809 | 0 | 1975 | 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2755 | 0 | 1969 | 4 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2745 | 6 | 1971 | 5 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2743 | 14 | 1975 | 6 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2743 | 13 | 1979 | 7 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2743 | 0 | 1983 | 8 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2737 | 10 | 1966 | 9 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2709 | 2 | 1969 | 10 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2707 | 6 | 1977 | 11 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2704 | 6 | 1968 | 12 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2702 | 0 | 1983 | 13 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2699 | 9 | 1972 | 14 | Khalifman, Alexander | g | RUS | 2690 | 0 | 1966 | 15 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2690 | 0 | 1976 | 16 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2689 | 0 | 1971 | 17 | Karpov, Anatoly | g | RUS | 2688 | 1 | 1951 | 18 | Polgar, Judit (GM) | wg | HUN | 2685 | 2 | 1976 | 19 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | NED | 2684 | 27 | 1968 | 20 | Short, Nigel D. | g | ENG | 2684 | 9 | 1965 | 21 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2683 | 14 | 1968 | 22 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2681 | 18 | 1972 | 23 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2680 | 9 | 1976 | 24 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2673 | 19 | 1969 | 25 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2672 | 0 | 1976 | 26 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2670 | 28 | 1981 | 27 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2670 | 6 | 1980 | 28 | Vaganian, Rafael A | g | ARM | 2667 | 9 | 1951 | 29 | Ye, Jiangchuan | g | CHN | 2667 | 4 | 1960 | 30 | Azmaiparashvili, Zurab | g | GEO | 2666 | 15 | 1960 | 31 | Lautier, Joel | g | FRA | 2665 | 0 | 1973 | 32 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2664 | 9 | 1974 | 33 | Nikolic, Predrag | g | BIH | 2661 | 0 | 1960 | 34 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | MKD | 2658 | 0 | 1965 | 35 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2657 | 20 | 1977 | 36 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2653 | 0 | 1983 | 37 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2653 | 0 | 1979 | 38 | Krasenkow, Michal | g | POL | 2651 | 20 | 1963 | 39 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2651 | 16 | 1978 | 40 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 2650 | 27 | 1953 | 41 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2649 | 33 | 1975 | 42 | Sakaev, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2647 | 0 | 1974 | 43 | Kaidanov, Gregory S | g | USA | 2646 | 25 | 1959 | 44 | Piket, Jeroen | g | NED | 2646 | 0 | 1969 | 45 | Lutz, Christopher | g | GER | 2645 | 12 | 1971 | 46 | Xu, Jun | g | CHN | 2643 | 13 | 1962 | 47 | Volkov, Sergey | g | RUS | 2642 | 13 | 1974 | 48 | Huebner, Robert Dr. | g | GER | 2640 | 7 | 1948 | 49 | Graf, Alexander | g | GER | 2635 | 29 | 1962 | 50 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2635 | 10 | 1982 | 51 | Gurevich, Mikhail | g | BEL | 2634 | 42 | 1959 | 52 | Korchnoi, Viktor | g | SUI | 2634 | 19 | 1931 | 53 | Hjartarson, Johann | g | ISL | 2634 | 0 | 1963 | 54 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2634 | 0 | 1979 | 55 | Landa, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2632 | 11 | 1972 | 56 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2632 | 10 | 1973 | 57 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2631 | 37 | 1973 | 58 | Goldin, Alexander | g | USA | 2630 | 28 | 1964 | 59 | Seirawan, Yasser | g | USA | 2629 | 11 | 1960 | 60 | Epishin, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2628 | 38 | 1965 | 61 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2628 | 8 | 1987 | 62 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2627 | 9 | 1971 | 63 | Lputian, Smbat G | g | ARM | 2627 | 0 | 1958 | 64 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2625 | 0 | 1978 | 65 | Lastin, Alexander | g | RUS | 2625 | 0 | 1976 | 66 | Sadler, Matthew | g | ENG | 2624 | 0 | 1974 | 67 | Jussupow, Artur | g | GER | 2622 | 9 | 1960 | 68 | Pigusov, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2622 | 0 | 1961 | 69 | Shabalov, Alexander | g | USA | 2621 | 29 | 1967 | 70 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | g | BLR | 2621 | 22 | 1973 | 71 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 2620 | 34 | 1972 | 72 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2620 | 29 | 1973 | 73 | Zhang, Zhong | g | CHN | 2620 | 13 | 1978 | 74 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2619 | 0 | 1981 | 75 | Dautov, Rustem | g | GER | 2617 | 0 | 1965 | 76 | Dorfman, Josif D | g | FRA | 2617 | 0 | 1952 | 77 | Macieja, Bartlomiej | g | POL | 2615 | 29 | 1977 | 78 | Istratescu, Andrei | g | ROM | 2615 | 23 | 1975 | 79 | Filippov, Valerij | g | RUS | 2615 | 0 | 1975 | 80 | Vescovi, Giovanni | g | BRA | 2614 | 9 | 1978 | 81 | Bruzon, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2613 | 16 | 1982 | 82 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROM | 2613 | 0 | 1976 | 83 | Nunn, John D.M. | g | ENG | 2611 | 0 | 1955 | 84 | Hansen, Curt | g | DEN | 2610 | 9 | 1964 | 85 | Benjamin, Joel | g | USA | 2609 | 13 | 1964 | 86 | Dominguez, Lenier | g | CUB | 2608 | 20 | 1983 | 87 | Hodgson, Julian M. | g | ENG | 2608 | 0 | 1963 | 88 | Baklan, Vladimir | g | UKR | 2607 | 14 | 1978 | 89 | Agrest, Evgenij | g | SWE | 2607 | 13 | 1966 | 90 | Hracek, Zbynek | g | CZE | 2607 | 12 | 1970 | 91 | Kharlov, Andrei | g | RUS | 2606 | 13 | 1968 | 92 | Hickl, Joerg | g | GER | 2605 | 7 | 1965 | 93 | Shipov, Sergei | g | RUS | 2604 | 2 | 1966 | 94 | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | g | KAZ | 2604 | 0 | 1973 | 95 | Ftacnik, Lubomir | g | SVK | 2603 | 22 | 1957 | 96 | Khenkin, Igor | g | GER | 2603 | 20 | 1968 | 97 | Peng, Xiaomin | g | CHN | 2602 | 0 | 1973 | 98 | Neverov, Valeriy | g | UKR | 2601 | 27 | 1964 | 99 | Giorgadze, Giorgi | g | GEO | 2601 | 19 | 1964 | 100 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2601 | 12 | 1985 | 101 | Ehlvest, Jaan | g | EST | 2600 | 37 | 1962 | 102 | Eingorn, Vereslav S | g | UKR | 2600 | 18 | 1956 |
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