| No. |
Surname |
Name |
Federation |
April 2008
Rating |
| 01 |
Carlsen |
Magnus |
NOR |
2765 |
| 02 |
Aronian |
Levon |
ARM |
2763 |
| 03 |
Mamedyarov |
Shakhriyar |
AZE |
2752 |
| 04 |
Radjabov |
Teimour |
AZE |
2751 |
| 05 |
Svidler |
Peter |
RUS |
2746 |
| 06 |
Leko |
Peter |
HUN |
2741 |
| 07 |
Ivanchuk |
Vassily |
UKR |
2740 |
| 08 |
Karjakin |
Sergey |
UKR |
2732 |
| 09 |
Adams |
Michael |
ENG |
2729 |
| 10 |
Kamsky |
Gata |
USA |
2726 |
| 11 |
Gelfand |
Boris |
ISR |
2723 |
| 12 |
Grischuk |
Alexander |
RUS |
2716 |
| 13 |
Jakovenko |
Dmitry |
RUS |
2711 |
| 14 |
Bacrot |
Etienne |
FRA |
2705 |
| 15 |
Cheparinov |
Ivan |
BUL |
2695 |
| 16 |
Wang |
Yue |
CHN |
2689 |
| 17 |
Inarkiev |
Ernesto |
RUS |
2684 |
| 18 |
Gashimov |
Vugar |
AZE |
2679 |
| 19 |
Navara |
David |
CZE |
2672 |
| 20 |
Pelletier |
Yannick |
SWZ |
2607 |
| 21 |
Al Modiahki |
Mohamad |
QTR |
2554 |
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