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These ratings are official FIDE ratings.

# Name Rating Date Age  
1 Carlsen, Magnus Norway 2834 2015 Dec 25
2 Topalov, Veselin Bulgaria 2803 2015 Dec 40
3 Anand, Viswanathan India 2796 2015 Dec 45
4 Kramnik, Vladimir Russia 2796 2015 Dec 40
5 Nakamura, Hikaru United States of America 2793 2015 Dec 27
6 Aronian, Levon Armenia 2788 2015 Dec 33
7 Caruana, Fabiano United States of America 2787 2015 Dec 23
8 Giri, Anish Netherlands 2784 2015 Dec 21
9 Ding, Liren China 2776 2015 Dec 23
10 So, Wesley United States of America 2775 2015 Dec 22
11 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime France 2773 2015 Dec 25
12 Karjakin, Sergey Russia 2766 2015 Dec 25
13 Eljanov, Pavel Ukraine 2763 2015 Dec 32
14 Svidler, Peter Russia 2751 2015 Dec 39
15 Li, Chao b China 2750 2015 Dec 26
16 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar Azerbaijan 2748 2015 Dec 30
17 Grischuk, Alexander Russia 2747 2015 Dec 32
18 Tomashevsky, Evgeny Russia 2744 2015 Dec 28
19 Harikrishna, Pentala India 2743 2015 Dec 29
20 Adams, Michael England 2737 2015 Dec 44


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