Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year | 1 | Kasparov, Garry | g | RUS | 2847 | 9 | 1963 | 2 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2809 | 0 | 1975 | 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2753 | 11 | 1969 | 4 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2743 | 0 | 1975 | 5 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2736 | 11 | 1979 | 6 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2734 | 20 | 1971 | 7 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2734 | 11 | 1983 | 8 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2729 | 7 | 1966 | 9 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2723 | 16 | 1972 | 10 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2712 | 18 | 1983 | 11 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2703 | 18 | 1971 | 12 | Khalifman, Alexander | g | RUS | 2702 | 22 | 1966 | 13 | Polgar, Judit (GM) | wg | HUN | 2700 | 25 | 1976 | 14 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2700 | 14 | 1968 | 15 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2699 | 25 | 1969 | 16 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2693 | 16 | 1976 | 17 | Short, Nigel D. | g | ENG | 2690 | 20 | 1965 | 18 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2690 | 16 | 1969 | 19 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | NED | 2688 | 27 | 1968 | 20 | Karpov, Anatoly | g | RUS | 2688 | 0 | 1951 | 21 | Ye, Jiangchuan | g | CHN | 2682 | 19 | 1960 | 22 | Azmaiparashvili, Zurab | g | GEO | 2678 | 28 | 1960 | 23 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2678 | 16 | 1977 | 24 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2677 | 22 | 1980 | 25 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2676 | 22 | 1979 | 26 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2676 | 13 | 1976 | 27 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2671 | 35 | 1983 | 28 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2671 | 6 | 1976 | 29 | Lautier, Joel | g | FRA | 2670 | 18 | 1973 | 30 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2668 | 24 | 1972 | 31 | Vaganian, Rafael A | g | ARM | 2667 | 0 | 1951 | 32 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2664 | 16 | 1981 | 33 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2664 | 11 | 1968 | 34 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2663 | 21 | 1978 | 35 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2658 | 9 | 1975 | 36 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | MKD | 2654 | 24 | 1965 | 37 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2651 | 20 | 1977 | 38 | Landa, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2649 | 34 | 1972 | 39 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 2649 | 30 | 1953 | 40 | Piket, Jeroen | g | NED | 2646 | 0 | 1969 | 41 | Sakaev, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2645 | 10 | 1974 | 42 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2644 | 20 | 1974 | 43 | Korchnoi, Viktor | g | SUI | 2642 | 25 | 1931 | 44 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2642 | 8 | 1973 | 45 | Lutz, Christopher | g | GER | 2640 | 14 | 1971 | 46 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2640 | 7 | 1979 | 47 | Nikolic, Predrag | g | BIH | 2638 | 27 | 1960 | 48 | Lputian, Smbat G | g | ARM | 2638 | 18 | 1958 | 49 | Lastin, Alexander | g | RUS | 2636 | 18 | 1976 | 50 | Seirawan, Yasser | g | USA | 2636 | 9 | 1960 | 51 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2635 | 24 | 1973 | 52 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2635 | 17 | 1978 | 53 | Gurevich, Mikhail | g | BEL | 2634 | 0 | 1959 | 54 | Hjartarson, Johann | g | ISL | 2634 | 0 | 1963 | 55 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | g | BLR | 2633 | 23 | 1973 | 56 | Krasenkow, Michal | g | POL | 2633 | 16 | 1963 | 57 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2630 | 26 | 1971 | 58 | Graf, Alexander | g | GER | 2630 | 24 | 1962 | 59 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2629 | 29 | 1982 | 60 | Macieja, Bartlomiej | g | POL | 2629 | 22 | 1977 | 61 | Kaidanov, Gregory S | g | USA | 2629 | 10 | 1959 | 62 | Xu, Jun | g | CHN | 2626 | 18 | 1962 | 63 | Epishin, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2626 | 16 | 1965 | 64 | Huebner, Robert Dr. | g | GER | 2625 | 18 | 1948 | 65 | Khenkin, Igor | g | GER | 2624 | 26 | 1968 | 66 | Zhang, Zhong | g | CHN | 2624 | 26 | 1978 | 67 | Volkov, Sergey | g | RUS | 2624 | 24 | 1974 | 68 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2624 | 23 | 1987 | 69 | Pelletier, Yannick | g | SUI | 2624 | 21 | 1976 | 70 | Sadler, Matthew | g | ENG | 2624 | 0 | 1974 | 71 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | g | PER | 2623 | 25 | 1967 | 72 | Acs, Peter | g | HUN | 2623 | 15 | 1981 | 73 | Goldin, Alexander | g | USA | 2621 | 9 | 1964 | 74 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2620 | 13 | 1973 | 75 | Ftacnik, Lubomir | g | SVK | 2616 | 13 | 1957 | 76 | Filippov, Valerij | g | RUS | 2616 | 7 | 1975 | 77 | Hamdouchi, Hichem | g | MAR | 2615 | 15 | 1972 | 78 | Pigusov, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2615 | 7 | 1961 | 79 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2614 | 14 | 1985 | 80 | Korneev, Oleg | g | RUS | 2613 | 63 | 1969 | 81 | Bruzon, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2613 | 18 | 1982 | 82 | Shabalov, Alexander | g | USA | 2613 | 14 | 1967 | 83 | Tregubov, Pavel V. | g | RUS | 2612 | 24 | 1971 | 84 | Nunn, John D.M. | g | ENG | 2611 | 0 | 1955 | 85 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2610 | 31 | 1982 | 86 | Dorfman, Josif D | g | FRA | 2610 | 21 | 1952 | 87 | Hansen, Curt | g | DEN | 2610 | 0 | 1964 | 88 | Hodgson, Julian M. | g | ENG | 2608 | 0 | 1963 | 89 | Baklan, Vladimir | g | UKR | 2605 | 16 | 1978 | 90 | Dautov, Rustem | g | GER | 2604 | 21 | 1965 | 91 | Eingorn, Vereslav S | g | UKR | 2604 | 16 | 1956 | 92 | Rustemov, Alexander | g | RUS | 2604 | 12 | 1973 | 93 | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | g | KAZ | 2604 | 0 | 1973 | 94 | Shipov, Sergei | g | RUS | 2604 | 0 | 1966 | 95 | Dominguez, Lenier | g | CUB | 2602 | 13 | 1983 | 96 | Hracek, Zbynek | g | CZE | 2601 | 20 | 1970 | 97 | Giorgadze, Giorgi | g | GEO | 2601 | 0 | 1964 | 98 | Ehlvest, Jaan | g | EST | 2600 | 17 | 1962 | 99 | Novikov, Igor A | g | USA | 2598 | 15 | 1962 | 100 | Najdoski, Toni | g | MKD | 2598 | 0 | 1970 |
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