>> TOP 100 cờ Vua thế giới tháng 12/2015 <<
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| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2844 | 18 | 1990 |
| 2 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2801 | 9 | 1975 |
| 3 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2798 | 18 | 1994 |
| 4 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2792 | 9 | 1982 |
| 5 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2787 | 9 | 1992 |
| 6 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2787 | 9 | 1987 |
| 7 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2785 | 9 | 1990 |
| 8 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2784 | 9 | 1969 |
| 9 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2780 | 9 | 1975 |
| 10 | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2773 | 9 | 1993 |
| 11 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2769 | 10 | 1990 |
| 12 | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2766 | 6 | 1992 |
| 13 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2760 | 2 | 1983 |
| 14 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2755 | 15 | 1986 |
| 15 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2752 | 9 | 1983 |
| 16 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2751 | 9 | 1989 |
| 17 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2751 | 2 | 1976 |
| 18 | Yu, Yangyi | g | CHN | 2747 | 17 | 1994 |
| 19 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2747 | 13 | 1985 |
| 20 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2744 | 9 | 1971 |
| 21 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2735 | 4 | 1968 |
| 22 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2732 | 11 | 1983 |
| 23 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2732 | 0 | 1990 |
| 24 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2732 | 0 | 1983 |
| 25 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2730 | 4 | 1985 |
| 26 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2728 | 11 | 1987 |
| 27 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2727 | 11 | 1987 |
| 28 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2726 | 0 | 1987 |
| 29 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2724 | 10 | 1985 |
| 30 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2721 | 9 | 1987 |
| 31 | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2721 | 3 | 1996 |
| 32 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2718 | 7 | 1987 |
| 33 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2718 | 0 | 1991 |
| 34 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2712 | 9 | 1983 |
| 35 | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2710 | 11 | 1985 |
| 36 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2710 | 9 | 1969 |
| 37 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2706 | 19 | 1999 |
| 38 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2705 | 4 | 1979 |
| 39 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2704 | 1 | 1990 |
| 40 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2702 | 0 | 1979 |
| 41 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2702 | 0 | 1983 |
| 42 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2700 | 3 | 1981 |
| 43 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2697 | 14 | 1983 |
| 44 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2697 | 2 | 1983 |
| 45 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | AZE | 2696 | 2 | 1985 |
| 46 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | g | UKR | 2695 | 11 | 1986 |
| 47 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2695 | 4 | 1989 |
| 48 | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | g | NOR | 2695 | 0 | 1990 |
| 49 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2692 | 0 | 1974 |
| 50 | Ragger, Markus | g | AUT | 2689 | 3 | 1988 |
| 51 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2687 | 4 | 1980 |
| 52 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2685 | 19 | 1990 |
| 53 | Rodshtein, Maxim | g | ISR | 2685 | 4 | 1989 |
| 54 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2684 | 2 | 1976 |
| 55 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2684 | 0 | 1965 |
| 56 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | g | PER | 2683 | 9 | 1967 |
| 57 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2683 | 4 | 1977 |
| 58 | Matlakov, Maxim | g | RUS | 2682 | 9 | 1991 |
| 59 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2682 | 0 | 1986 |
| 60 | Kovalenko, Igor | g | LAT | 2680 | 0 | 1988 |
| 61 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | GER | 2679 | 2 | 1976 |
| 62 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2676 | 4 | 1985 |
| 63 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2675 | 2 | 1982 |
| 64 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | CAN | 2675 | 0 | 1966 |
| 65 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2674 | 6 | 1977 |
| 66 | Artemiev, Vladislav | g | RUS | 2673 | 15 | 1998 |
| 67 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2673 | 12 | 1980 |
| 68 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2673 | 9 | 1994 |
| 69 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2673 | 0 | 1983 |
| 70 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2671 | 11 | 1986 |
| 71 | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2671 | 4 | 1984 |
| 72 | Shirov, Alexei | g | LAT | 2671 | 2 | 1972 |
| 73 | Postny, Evgeny | g | ISR | 2670 | 18 | 1981 |
| 74 | Lysyj, Igor | g | RUS | 2668 | 4 | 1987 |
| 75 | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2667 | 18 | 1993 |
| 76 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2666 | 0 | 1982 |
| 77 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2665 | 12 | 1974 |
| 78 | Ivanisevic, Ivan | g | SRB | 2665 | 2 | 1977 |
| 79 | Amin, Bassem | g | EGY | 2665 | 0 | 1988 |
| 80 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2664 | 15 | 1995 |
| 81 | Swiercz, Dariusz | g | POL | 2664 | 11 | 1994 |
| 82 | Laznicka, Viktor | g | CZE | 2664 | 4 | 1988 |
| 83 | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2664 | 0 | 1993 |
| 84 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2664 | 0 | 1975 |
| 85 | Sadler, Matthew D | g | ENG | 2662 | 0 | 1974 |
| 86 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2662 | 0 | 1976 |
| 87 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2660 | 12 | 1998 |
| 88 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | g | IND | 2660 | 9 | 1983 |
| 89 | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2660 | 0 | 1987 |
| 90 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2660 | 0 | 1973 |
| 91 | Robson, Ray | g | USA | 2659 | 0 | 1994 |
| 92 | Bukavshin, Ivan | g | RUS | 2658 | 21 | 1995 |
| 93 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2658 | 0 | 1968 |
| 94 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2656 | 11 | 1985 |
| 95 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2656 | 9 | 1971 |
| 96 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2656 | 4 | 1979 |
| 97 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | ARM | 2655 | 2 | 1978 |
| 98 | Zhigalko, Sergei | g | BLR | 2655 | 0 | 1989 |
| 99 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2654 | 9 | 1971 |
| 100 | Adhiban, B. | g | IND | 2653 | 9 | 1992 |
[Nguồn: FIDE]