| Magnus Carlsen | |
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| Country | Norway |
| Born |
November 30, 1990 Norway |
| Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
| World Champion | 2013, 2014 |
| FIDE rating | 2863 (April 2015) |
| Peak rating | 2882 (May 2014) |
| Ranking | No. 1 (Feb 2015) |
| Peak ranking | No. 1 (Jan 2010) |
| Fabiano Caruana | |
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| Country | USA |
| Born |
July 30, 1992 USA |
| Title | Grandmaster (2007) |
| Peak Performance | 2014 Sinquefield Cup |
| FIDE rating | 2802 (April 2015) |
| Peak rating | 2844 (Oct 2014) |
| Ranking | No. 2 (Feb 2015) |
| Peak ranking | No. 2 (Oct 2014) |
| Hikaru Nakamura | |
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| Country | USA |
| Born |
Dec 9, 1987 Japan |
| Title | Grandmaster (2003) |
| Peak Performance | 2011 Tata Steel |
| FIDE rating | 2798 (April 2015) |
| Peak rating | 2798 (May 2014) |
| Ranking | No. 3 (Feb 2015) |
| Peak ranking | No. 3 (March 2015) |
| Veselin Topalov | |
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| Country | Bulgaria |
| Born |
March 15, 1975 Bulgaria |
| Title | Grandmaster (1992) |
| World Champion | FIDE (2005) |
| FIDE rating | 2798 (April 2015) |
| Peak rating | 2813 (July 2009) |
| Ranking | No. 4 (Feb 2015) |
| Peak ranking | No. 1 (Oct 2008) |
| Alexander Grischuk | |
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| Country | Russia |
| Born |
Oct 31, 1983 Russia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2000) |
| World Champion |
Blitz (2006, 2012) World Team (2013) |
| FIDE rating | 2794 (April 2015) |
| Peak rating | 2810 (Dec 2014) |
| Ranking | No. 5 (Feb 2015) |
| Peak ranking | No. 3 (May 2014) |
| Viswanathan Anand | |
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| Country | India |
| Born |
Dec 11, 1969 India |
| Title | Grandmaster (1988) |
| World Champion |
Classical (2007) FIDE (2000) Rapid (2003) |
| FIDE rating | 2791 (April 2015) |
| Peak rating | 2817 (March 2011) |
| Ranking | No. 6 (Feb 2015) |
| Peak ranking | No. 1 (April 2007) |
| Anish Giri | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Born |
June 28, 1994 Russia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2009) |
| Peak Performance | 2012 Reggio Emilia |
| FIDE rating | 2790 (April 2015) |
| Peak rating | 2797 (Feb 2015) |
| Ranking | No. 7 (Feb 2015) |
| Peak ranking | No. 7 (Feb 2015) |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | |
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| Country | France |
| Born |
Oct 21, 1990 France |
| Title | Grandmaster (2005) |
| World Champion | Junior (2009) |
| FIDE rating | 2762 (April 2015) |
| Peak rating | 2775 (Feb 2015) |
| Ranking | No. 11 (Feb 2015) |
| Peak ranking | No. 5 (April 2015) |
| Levon Aronian | |
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| Country | Armenia |
| Born |
Oct 6, 1982 Armenia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2000) |
| World Champion |
Chess960 (2003, 2006) Rapid (2009) Blitz (2010) |
| FIDE rating | 2770 (April 2015) |
| Peak rating | 2830 (March 2014) |
| Ranking | No. 9 (Feb 2015) |
| Peak ranking | No. 2 (January 2012) |
| Wesley So | |
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| Country | USA |
| Born |
October 9, 1993 Philippines |
| Title | Grandmaster (2008) |
| Peak Performance |
2014 Millionaire Chess |
| FIDE rating | 2778 (July 2015) |
| Peak rating | 2794 (April 2015) |
| Ranking | No. 7 (April 2015) |
| Peak ranking | No. 5 (April 2015) |