Ranking inicial
| Ran. | Tít. | Nombre | Fed. | FIDE | Nac. | FIDE ID | ID Nac. | Origen/Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2801 | 0 | 13300474 | 0 | |
| 2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2796 | 0 | 623539 | 0 | |
| 3 | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2780 | 0 | 2016192 | 0 | |
| 4 | GM | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2774 | 0 | 8603677 | 0 | |
| 5 | GM | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2763 | 0 | 4102142 | 0 | |
| 6 | GM | Giri, Anish | NED | 2762 | 0 | 24116068 | 0 | |
| 7 | GM | Li, Chao b | CHN | 2741 | 0 | 8604436 | 0 | |
| 8 | GM | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2741 | 0 | 13400924 | 0 | |
| 9 | GM | Harikrishna, P. | IND | 2738 | 0 | 5007003 | 0 | |
| 10 | GM | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2721 | 0 | 4122356 | 0 | |
| 11 | GM | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2719 | 0 | 2805677 | 0 | |
| 12 | GM | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2707 | 0 | 14102951 | 0 | |
| 13 | GM | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2705 | 0 | 2205530 | 0 | |
| 14 | GM | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2702 | 0 | 4147235 | 0 | |
| 15 | GM | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2692 | 0 | 738590 | 0 | |
| 16 | GM | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2683 | 0 | 4162722 | 0 | |
| 17 | GM | Riazantsev, Alexander | RUS | 2651 | 0 | 4125029 | 0 | |
| 18 | GM | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2629 | 0 | 1503707 | 0 |