Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year | 1 | Kasparov, Garry | g | RUS | 2830 | 0 | 1963 | 2 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2777 | 11 | 1975 | 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2766 | 10 | 1969 | 4 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2739 | 11 | 1966 | 5 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2737 | 2 | 1972 | 6 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2735 | 0 | 1975 | 7 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2732 | 0 | 1983 | 8 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2725 | 10 | 1971 | 9 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2723 | 0 | 1976 | 10 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2722 | 10 | 1979 | 11 | Polgar, Judit (GM) | wg | HUN | 2722 | 9 | 1976 | 12 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2718 | 0 | 1983 | 13 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2710 | 0 | 1969 | 14 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2705 | 9 | 1969 | 15 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2703 | 11 | 1968 | 16 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2702 | 10 | 1977 | 17 | Short, Nigel D. | g | ENG | 2701 | 0 | 1965 | 18 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2696 | 0 | 1980 | 19 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | NED | 2695 | 4 | 1968 | 20 | Azmaiparashvili, Zurab | g | GEO | 2693 | 7 | 1960 | 21 | Karpov, Anatoly | g | RUS | 2693 | 0 | 1951 | 22 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | GER | 2684 | 9 | 1971 | 23 | Ye, Jiangchuan | g | CHN | 2681 | 11 | 1960 | 24 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2679 | 25 | 1981 | 25 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROM | 2678 | 26 | 1976 | 26 | Khalifman, Alexander | g | RUS | 2678 | 0 | 1966 | 27 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2673 | 10 | 1971 | 28 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2672 | 0 | 1974 | 29 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2670 | 14 | 1968 | 30 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2669 | 13 | 1979 | 31 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 2667 | 20 | 1953 | 32 | Lautier, Joel | g | FRA | 2666 | 21 | 1973 | 33 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2664 | 21 | 1983 | 34 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | g | BLR | 2664 | 8 | 1973 | 35 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2662 | 0 | 1982 | 36 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2661 | 26 | 1975 | 37 | Epishin, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2658 | 37 | 1965 | 38 | Sakaev, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2657 | 11 | 1974 | 39 | Gurevich, Mikhail | g | BEL | 2656 | 22 | 1959 | 40 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2656 | 0 | 1978 | 41 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2654 | 13 | 1972 | 42 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2654 | 10 | 1981 | 43 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2653 | 0 | 1976 | 44 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | MKD | 2651 | 6 | 1965 | 45 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2650 | 19 | 1987 | 46 | McShane, Luke J. | g | ENG | 2649 | 29 | 1984 | 47 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2649 | 0 | 1982 | 48 | Nikolic, Predrag | g | BIH | 2647 | 4 | 1960 | 49 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2646 | 9 | 1977 | 50 | Graf, Alexander | g | GER | 2646 | 8 | 1962 | 51 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2645 | 11 | 1973 | 52 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2645 | 3 | 1978 | 53 | Hjartarson, Johann | g | ISL | 2640 | 0 | 1963 | 54 | Zhang, Zhong | g | CHN | 2639 | 11 | 1978 | 55 | Macieja, Bartlomiej | g | POL | 2635 | 20 | 1977 | 56 | Tregubov, Pavel V. | g | RUS | 2635 | 0 | 1971 | 57 | Lastin, Alexander | g | RUS | 2634 | 0 | 1976 | 58 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2634 | 0 | 1979 | 59 | Rozentalis, Eduardas | g | LTU | 2633 | 20 | 1963 | 60 | Vescovi, Giovanni | g | BRA | 2633 | 11 | 1978 | 61 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2631 | 9 | 1976 | 62 | Lputian, Smbat G | g | ARM | 2630 | 9 | 1958 | 63 | Filippov, Valerij | g | RUS | 2630 | 0 | 1975 | 64 | Goldin, Alexander | g | USA | 2629 | 21 | 1964 | 65 | Smirnov, Pavel | m | RUS | 2629 | 0 | 1982 | 66 | Khenkin, Igor | g | GER | 2627 | 18 | 1968 | 67 | Kotronias, Vasilios | g | CYP | 2626 | 37 | 1964 | 68 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2626 | 20 | 1973 | 69 | Sadler, Matthew | g | ENG | 2626 | 0 | 1974 | 70 | Kaidanov, Gregory S | g | USA | 2624 | 18 | 1959 | 71 | Piket, Jeroen | g | NED | 2624 | 6 | 1969 | 72 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | g | PER | 2623 | 10 | 1967 | 73 | Vaganian, Rafael A | g | ARM | 2623 | 0 | 1951 | 74 | Seirawan, Yasser | g | USA | 2621 | 4 | 1960 | 75 | Volkov, Sergey | g | RUS | 2620 | 0 | 1974 | 76 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2618 | 28 | 1980 | 77 | Nunn, John D.M. | g | ENG | 2617 | 0 | 1955 | 78 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2616 | 25 | 1985 | 79 | Hansen, Curt | g | DEN | 2616 | 9 | 1964 | 80 | Vladimirov, Evgeny | g | KAZ | 2614 | 9 | 1957 | 81 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2614 | 8 | 1983 | 82 | Lutz, Christopher | g | GER | 2613 | 10 | 1971 | 83 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2613 | 0 | 1985 | 84 | Giorgadze, Giorgi | g | GEO | 2612 | 0 | 1964 | 85 | Iordachescu, Viorel | g | MDA | 2611 | 17 | 1977 | 86 | Dautov, Rustem | g | GER | 2610 | 0 | 1965 | 87 | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | g | KAZ | 2610 | 0 | 1973 | 88 | Markowski, Tomasz | g | POL | 2610 | 0 | 1975 | 89 | Avrukh, Boris | g | ISR | 2609 | 45 | 1978 | 90 | Van Den Doel, Erik | g | NED | 2609 | 17 | 1979 | 91 | Hodgson, Julian M. | g | ENG | 2609 | 0 | 1963 | 92 | Dorfman, Josif D | g | FRA | 2608 | 11 | 1952 | 93 | Xu, Jun | g | CHN | 2608 | 11 | 1962 | 94 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2608 | 0 | 1977 | 95 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2607 | 26 | 1985 | 96 | Dominguez, Lenier | g | CUB | 2607 | 20 | 1983 | 97 | Eingorn, Vereslav S | g | UKR | 2607 | 9 | 1956 | 98 | Galkin, Alexander | g | RUS | 2607 | 0 | 1979 | 99 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2606 | 11 | 1985 | 100 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2605 | 17 | 1983 |
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