| SNo. | | Title | Name | | Fed. | FIDE | Birthday |
| 1 |  | GM | Aronian, Levon |  | ARM | 2786 | 1982- - |
| 2 |  | GM | Jakovenko, Dmitry |  | RUS | 2736 | 1983- - |
| 3 |  | GM | Leko, Peter |  | HUN | 2752 | 1979- - |
| 4 |  | GM | Ivanchuk, Vassily |  | UKR | 2739 | 1969- - |
| 5 |  | GM | Kramnik, Vladimir |  | RUS | 2772 | 1975- - |
| 6 |  | GM | Gashimov, Vugar |  | AZE | 2758 | 1986- - |
| 7 |  | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra |  | RUS | 2517 | 1984- - |
| 8 |  | GM | Bareev, Evgeny |  | RUS | 2634 | 1966- - |
| 9 |  | GM | Morozevich, Alexander |  | RUS | 2750 | 1977- - |
| 10 |  | GM | Svidler, Peter |  | RUS | 2754 | 1976- - |
| 11 |  | GM | Ponomariov, Ruslan |  | UKR | 2739 | 1983- - |
| 12 |  | GM | Grischuk, Alexander |  | RUS | 2736 | 1983- - |
| 13 |  | GM | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |  | AZE | 2719 | 1985- - |
| 14 |  | GM | Tkachiev, Vladislav |  | FRA | 2642 | 1973- - |
| 15 |  | GM | Dominguez Perez, Leinier |  | CUB | 2719 | 1983- - |
| 16 |  | GM | Karjakin, Sergey |  | UKR | 2723 | 1990- - |
| 17 |  | GM | Karpov, Anatoly |  | RUS | 2619 | 1951- - |
| 18 |  | GM | Naiditsch, Arkadij |  | GER | 2689 | 1985- - |
| 19 |  | GM | Carlsen, Magnus |  | NOR | 2801 | 1990- - |
| 20 |  | GM | Anand, Viswanathan |  | IND | 2788 | 1969- - |
| 21 |  | GM | Polgar, Judit |  | HUN | 2680 | 1976- - |
| 22 |  | GM | Gelfand, Boris |  | ISR | 2758 | 1968- - |
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