THE PLAYERS
World ranking is based on FIDE statistics from March 2016
Magnus Carlsen
Country: Norway
Born: November 30, 1990
March 2016: 2844
World ranking: 1
Vladimir Kramnik
Country: Russia
Born: June 25, 1975
March 2016: 2801
World ranking: 2
Anish Giri
Country: The Netherlands
Born: April 28, 1994
March 2016: 2793
World ranking: 4
Levon Aronian
Country: Armenia
Born: October 6, 1982
March 2016: 2786
World ranking: 7
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Country: France
Born: October 21, 1990
March 2016: 2792
World ranking: 5
Veselin Topalov
Country: Bulgaria
Bornt: March 15, 1975
March 2016: 2780
World ranking: 8
Pavel Eljanov
Country: Ukraine
Born: May 10, 1983
March 2016: 2765
World ranking: 11
Sergey Karjakin
Country: Russia
Born: January 12, 1990
March 2016: 2760
World ranking: 13
Pentala Harikrishna
Country: India
Born: May 10, 1986
March 2016: 2758
World ranking: 14
Nils Grandelius
Country: Sweden
Born: 1993
March 2016: 2646
World ranking: 114