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These ratings are official FIDE ratings.

# Name Rating Date Age  
1 Carlsen, Magnus Norway 2853 2015 Jul 24
2 Anand, Viswanathan India 2816 2015 Jul 45
3 Topalov, Veselin Bulgaria 2816 2015 Jul 40
4 Nakamura, Hikaru United States of America 2814 2015 Jul 27
5 Caruana, Fabiano United States of America 2797 2015 Jul 22
6 Giri, Anish Netherlands 2791 2015 Jul 21
7 Kramnik, Vladimir Russia 2783 2015 Jul 40
8 So, Wesley United States of America 2780 2015 Jul 21
9 Grischuk, Alexander Russia 2771 2015 Jul 31
10 Aronian, Levon Armenia 2765 2015 Jul 32
11 Jakovenko, Dmitry Russia 2757 2015 Jul 32
12 Karjakin, Sergey Russia 2753 2015 Jul 25
13 Gelfand, Boris Israel 2751 2015 Jul 47
14 Ding, Liren China 2749 2015 Jul 22
15 Li, Chao b China 2748 2015 Jul 26
16 Tomashevsky, Evgeny Russia 2745 2015 Jul 28
17 Adams, Michael England 2740 2015 Jul 43
18 Svidler, Peter Russia 2740 2015 Jul 39
19 Radjabov, Teimour Azerbaijan 2738 2015 Jul 28
20 Yu, Yangyi China 2736 2015 Jul 21


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