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Lists compared: Top 100 Players August 2016 - Top 100 Players July 2016
Rank	Old Rank	Name	Country	Title	Rating	Old Rating	Games
1	1	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	GM	2857 +2	2855	10
2	4	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	GM	2819 +21	2798	11
3	2	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	GM	2808 -4	2812	7
4	3	Caruana, Fabiano	USA	GM	2807 -3	2810	7
5	5	Aronian, Levon	ARM	GM	2792	2792	0
6	6	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	GM	2791 +4	2787	10
7	11	So, Wesley	USA	GM	2771 +1	2770	10
8	10	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	GM	2770	2770	0
9	7	Giri, Anish	NED	GM	2769 -16	2785	10
10	9	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	GM	2769 -4	2773	10
11	12	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	GM	2764	2764	0
12	13	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	GM	2761	2761	0
13	8	Ding, Liren	CHN	GM	2755 -23	2778	16
14	18	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	GM	2754 +7	2747	4
15	15	Li, Chao b	CHN	GM	2753 -5	2758	9
16	16	Harikrishna, P.	IND	GM	2752 -3	2755	13
17	17	Rapport, Richard	HUN	GM	2752	2752	0
18	14	Svidler, Peter	RUS	GM	2751 -8	2759	4
19	23	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	GM	2743 +9	2734	6
20	19	Navara, David	CZE	GM	2742 -3	2745	7
21	32	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	GM	2740 +15	2725	9
22	27	Wang, Yue	CHN	GM	2737 +7	2730	13
23	20	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	GM	2737	2737	0
24	24	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	GM	2733	2733	0
25	25	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	GM	2733	2733	0
26	26	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	GM	2731	2731	0
27	30	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	GM	2728	2728	0
28	31	Adams, Michael	ENG	GM	2727	2727	0
29	21	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	GM	2725 -9	2734	13
30	29	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	GM	2723 -5	2728	9
31	33	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	GM	2723	2723	0
32	35	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	GM	2722	2722	0
33	28	Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	GM	2721 -9	2730	6
34	36	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	GM	2720 +7	2713	7
35	34	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	GM	2715 -8	2723	13
36	37	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	GM	2713	2713	0
37	22	Wang, Hao	CHN	GM	2712 -22	2734	13
38	38	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	GM	2712	2712	0
39	44	Wei, Yi	CHN	GM	2709 +13	2696	10
40	39	Leko, Peter	HUN	GM	2709 -3	2712	9
41	40	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	GM	2709 +3	2706	7
42	42	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	GM	2698	2698	0
43	43	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	GM	2697	2697	0
44	74	Naiditsch, Arkadij	AZE	GM	2696 +29	2667	16
45	45	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	GM	2696	2696	0
46	47	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	GM	2692 +2	2690	9
47	46	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	UKR	GM	2691	2691	0
48	48	Rublevsky, Sergei	RUS	GM	2689	2689	0
49	49	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	GM	2688	2688	0
50	64	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	GER	GM	2687 +13	2674	16
51	61	Smirin, Ilia	ISR	GM	2687 +11	2676	9
52	54	Matlakov, Maxim	RUS	GM	2686 +2	2684	20
53	51	Ragger, Markus	AUT	GM	2686	2686	0
54	53	Almasi, Zoltan	HUN	GM	2684	2684	0
55	55	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	GM	2683	2683	0
56	52	Piorun, Kacper	POL	GM	2681 -4	2685	9
57	57	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	GM	2678	2678	0
58	50	Najer, Evgeniy	RUS	GM	2677 -10	2687	7
59	58	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	GM	2677	2677	0
60	60	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	IND	GM	2676	2676	0
61	67	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	POL	GM	2675 +4	2671	9
62	62	Akopian, Vladimir	ARM	GM	2675	2675	0
63	63	Bareev, Evgeny	CAN	GM	2675	2675	0
64	66	Robson, Ray	USA	GM	2674	2674	0
65	65	Shirov, Alexei	LAT	GM	2674	2674	0
66	59	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	RUS	GM	2673 -4	2677	13
67	41	Granda Zuniga, Julio E	PER	GM	2672 -27	2699	9
68	68	Adhiban, B.	IND	GM	2671	2671	0
69	69	McShane, Luke J	ENG	GM	2671	2671	0
70	56	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	GM	2670 -9	2679	10
71	77	Fedoseev, Vladimir	RUS	GM	2670 +5	2665	9
72	70	Sadler, Matthew D	ENG	GM	2670	2670	0
73	92	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	IND	GM	2669 +11	2658	9
74	71	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	GM	2669	2669	0
75	72	Onischuk, Alexander	USA	GM	2668	2668	0
76	91	Saric, Ivan	CRO	GM	2667 +7	2660	10
77		Short, Nigel D	ENG	GM	2666		10
78	75	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	GM	2666	2666	0
79	76	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	GM	2666	2666	0
80	101	Areshchenko, Alexander	UKR	GM	2665 +11	2654	18
81		Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	GM	2665		9
82	73	Kovalenko, Igor	LAT	GM	2664 -3	2667	9
83	80	Howell, David W L	ENG	GM	2663	2663	0
84	82	Markus, Robert	SRB	GM	2662	2662	0
85	99	Efimenko, Zahar	UKR	GM	2661 +6	2655	9
86	84	Shankland, Samuel L	USA	GM	2661	2661	0
87	79	Dreev, Aleksey	RUS	GM	2660 -4	2664	16
88	89	Motylev, Alexander	RUS	GM	2660	2660	0
89	90	Negi, Parimarjan	IND	GM	2660	2660	0
90	88	Tkachiev, Vladislav	FRA	GM	2660	2660	0
91	102	Bologan, Victor	MDA	GM	2659 +5	2654	9
92		Sasikiran, Krishnan	IND	GM	2658		10
93		Hou, Yifan	CHN	GM	2658		9
94	93	Bukavshin, Ivan	RUS	GM	2658	2658	0
95	83	Van Wely, Loek	NED	GM	2657 -5	2662	9
96	94	Ipatov, Alexander	TUR	GM	2657	2657	0
97	95	Meier, Georg	GER	GM	2657	2657	0
98		Bachmann, Axel	PAR	GM	2656		33
99		Zhigalko, Sergei	BLR	GM	2656		18
100	98	Korobov, Anton	UKR	GM	2656	2656	0