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      The top 5

      Chess Ratings, FIDE, National

      Russia
      1 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2790 0 1975
      2 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2760 18 1983
      3 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2739 7 1990
      4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 15 1976
      5 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2725 10 1983

      Ukraine
      1 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2751 20 1983
      2 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2741 10 1969
      3 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2733 7 1983
      4 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2684 4 1978
      5 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2677 29 1985

      China
      1 Wang, Yue g CHN 2752 7 1987
      2 Wang, Hao g CHN 2722 10 1989
      3 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2681 3 1985
      4 Ni, Hua g CHN 2667 7 1983
      5 Zhou, Jianchao g CHN 2652 4 1988

      India
      1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2789 2 1969
      2 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2690 6 1981
      3 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2672 0 1983
      4 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2660 0 1986
      5 Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2640 2 1983

      Israel
      1 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2741 16 1968
      2 Roiz, Michael g ISR 2664 27 1983
      3 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2661 11 1977
      4 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2656 0 1978
      5 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2634 11 1968

      France
      1 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2710 25 1983
      1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2710 15 1990
      3 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2689 28 1981
      4 Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2636 3 1973
      5 Gharamian, Tigran g FRA 2632 29 1984

      Azerbaijan
      1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2763 4 1985
      2 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2740 0 1987
      3 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2734 14 1986
      4 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2653 11 1988
      5 Mamedov, Nidjat g AZE 2614 11 1985

      Hungary
      1 Leko, Peter g HUN 2735 0 1979
      2 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2725 11 1976
      3 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2682 0 1976
      4 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2676 19 1985
      5 Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2621 31 1987

      USA
      1 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2733 4 1987
      2 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2702 9 1974
      3 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2699 9 1975
      4 Seirawan, Yasser g USA 2644 3 1960
      5 Shulman, Yuri g USA 2613 9 1975

      Armenia
      1 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2783 10 1982
      2 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2694 11 1971
      3 Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2677 11 1983
      4 Pashikian, Arman g ARM 2634 14 1987
      5 Petrosian, Tigran L. g ARM 2614 11 1984
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      2 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        May 2, 2010 at 3:45 am

        Wow! Chucky is no longer #1 in Ukraine.

      2. Anonymous Reply
        May 2, 2010 at 4:35 pm

        Norway:

        1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2813 0 1990
        2 Hammer, Jon Ludvig g NOR 2610 7 1990
        3 Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2570 0 1967
        4 Lie, Kjetil A. g NOR 2529 6 1980
        5 Johannessen, Leif Erlend g NOR 2522 12 1980

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