Which one of these young up and coming stars has the best chance to dethrone Carlsen? Or will it be one of his current peers? Who will it be?
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Wei, Yi | g | CHN | 2748 | 4 | 1999 |
| 2 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2698 | 7 | 1998 |
| 3 | Artemiev, Vladislav | g | RUS | 2692 | 0 | 1998 |
| 4 | Bluebaum, Matthias | g | GER | 2633 | 7 | 1997 |
| 5 | Xiong, Jeffery | g | USA | 2633 | 0 | 2000 |
| 6 | Oparin, Grigoriy | g | RUS | 2616 | 4 | 1997 |
| 7 | Sevian, Samuel | g | USA | 2610 | 9 | 2000 |
| 8 | Van Foreest, Jorden | g | NED | 2607 | 9 | 1999 |
| 9 | Gledura, Benjamin | g | HUN | 2600 | 9 | 1999 |
| 10 | Svane, Rasmus | g | GER | 2595 | 7 | 1997 |
Next big think from Russia is Fedossev Vladimir, who most probably will play final in world cup 2017
MVL or Aronian
Wei, Yi
Dubov for sure