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These ratings are official FIDE ratings.

# Name Rating Date Age  
1 Carlsen, Magnus Norway 2837 2017 Dec 27
2 Aronian, Levon Armenia 2805 2017 Dec 35
3 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar Azerbaijan 2799 2017 Dec 32
4 Caruana, Fabiano United States of America 2799 2017 Dec 25
5 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime France 2789 2017 Dec 27
6 So, Wesley United States of America 2788 2017 Dec 24
7 Kramnik, Vladimir Russia 2787 2017 Dec 42
8 Anand, Viswanathan India 2782 2017 Dec 47
9 Nakamura, Hikaru United States of America 2781 2017 Dec 29
10 Ding, Liren China 2777 2017 Dec 25
11 Grischuk, Alexander Russia 2772 2017 Dec 34
12 Svidler, Peter Russia 2765 2017 Dec 41
13 Karjakin, Sergey Russia 2760 2017 Dec 27
14 Giri, Anish Netherlands 2752 2017 Dec 23
15 Yu, Yangyi China 2751 2017 Dec 23
16 Topalov, Veselin FIDE (Not a National Fed.) 2749 2017 Dec 42
17 Radjabov, Teimour Azerbaijan 2748 2017 Dec 30
18 Harikrishna, Pentala India 2744 2017 Dec 31
19 Wei, Yi China 2743 2017 Dec 18
20 Navara, David Czech Republic 2740 2017 Dec 32


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