Oficjalna lista rankingowa FIDE na 1 stycznia 2005 roku obejmuje około 60,000 nazwisk, gdyż w obliczeniach uwzględniono
zawodników z rankingiem od 1601.

Oceniono ponad 800 turniejów.
Lista czołowych zawodników, zawodniczek i graczy do 20 lat obejmuje jedynie zawodników aktywnych.

	Lista FIDE, 1 I 2005
	Tylko zawodnicy aktywni
Rank	Top Players January 2005	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Day
1	Kasparov, Garry	g	RUS	2804	16	1963-04-13
2	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2786	11	1969-12-11
3	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2757	0	1975-03-15
4	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2754	14	1975-06-25
5	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2749	14	1979-09-08
6	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2741	21	1977-07-18
7	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2741	20	1971-11-17
8	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2735	19	1976-06-17
9	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2715	5	1983-01-22
10	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2713	19	1972-07-04
11	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2711	29	1969-03-18
12	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2710	26	1983-10-31
13	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2709	10	1966-11-21
14	Dreev, Alexey	g	RUS	2704	19	1969-01-30
15	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2700	8	1983-10-11
16	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2696	17	1968-06-24
17	Akopian, Vladimir	g	ARM	2693	13	1971-12-07
18	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2686	26	1982-08-21
19	Sokolov, Ivan	g	NED	2685	24	1968-06-13
20	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2685	20	1986-06-11
21	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2684	12	1982-10-06
22	Bologan, Viktor	g	MDA	2683	26	1971-12-14
23	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2679	13	1972-10-07
24	Lautier, Joel	g	FRA	2678	21	1973-04-12
25	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	g	UZB	2678	17	1979-12-05
26	Sakaev, Konstantin	g	RUS	2677	6	1974-04-13
27	Nikolic, Predrag	g	BIH	2676	0	1960-09-11
28	Short, Nigel D.	g	ENG	2674	17	1965-06-01
29	Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2674	4	1951-05-23
30	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	ROM	2673	22	1976-08-01
31	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2672	34	1963-11-14
32	Vaganian, Rafael A	g	ARM	2670	16	1951-10-15
33	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2669	25	1980-05-17
34	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2669	21	1977-09-19
35	Milov, Vadim	g	SUI	2668	18	1972-08-01
36	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2667	18	1987-03-12
37	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2665	17	1979-06-17
38	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2664	8	1980-11-27
39	Azmaiparashvili, Zurab	g	GEO	2662	19	1960-03-16
40	Khalifman, Alexander	g	RUS	2662	13	1966-01-18
41	Dominguez, Lenier	g	CUB	2661	11	1983-09-23
42	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2657	25	1985-04-12
43	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2657	22	1981-01-07
44	Georgiev, Kiril	g	BUL	2654	33	1965-11-28
45	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2653	10	1976-08-18
46	Bruzon, Lazaro	g	CUB	2652	28	1982-05-02
47	Onischuk, Alexander	g	USA	2652	24	1975-09-03
48	Rublevsky, Sergei	g	RUS	2650	17	1974-10-15
49	Nielsen, Peter Heine	g	DEN	2648	15	1973-05-24
50	Ye, Jiangchuan	g	CHN	2648	3	1960-11-20
51	Smirnov, Pavel	g	RUS	2645	25	1982-04-27
52	Vescovi, Giovanni	g	BRA	2645	0	1978-06-14
53	Smirin, Ilia	g	ISR	2644	27	1968-01-21
54	Navara, David	g	CZE	2644	26	1985-03-27
55	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2643	8	1983-05-10
56	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2640	17	1983-11-26
57	Lputian, Smbat G	g	ARM	2640	12	1958-02-14
58	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2638	21	1981-11-30
59	Graf, Alexander	g	GER	2637	25	1962-08-25
60	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2636	6	1977-01-11
61	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	g	BLR	2635	35	1973-05-11
62	Beliavsky, Alexander G	g	SLO	2635	27	1953-12-17
63	Sadvakasov, Darmen	g	KAZ	2635	26	1979-04-28
64	Gurevich, Mikhail	g	BEL	2634	26	1959-02-22
65	Kobalia, Mikhail	g	RUS	2634	16	1978-05-03
66	Illescas Cordoba, Miguel	g	ESP	2633	18	1965-12-03
67	Hansen, Curt	g	DEN	2633	0	1964-09-18
68	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2632	42	1986-05-10
69	Seirawan, Yasser	g	USA	2631	0	1960-03-24
70	Avrukh, Boris	g	ISR	2629	26	1978-01-08
71	Kaidanov, Gregory S	g	USA	2629	10	1959-10-11
72	Tregubov, Pavel V.	g	RUS	2629	0	1971-12-21
73	Goldin, Alexander	g	USA	2628	10	1965-02-27
74	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2628	9	1976-08-29
75	Hjartarson, Johann	g	ISL	2628	0	1963-02-08
76	Tiviakov, Sergei	g	NED	2627	43	1973-02-14
77	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2625	22	1983-05-31
78	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2624	28	1978-11-03
79	Kempinski, Robert	g	POL	2624	24	1977-07-11
80	Huebner, Robert Dr.	g	GER	2624	0	1948-11-06
81	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2624	0	1977-06-22
82	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	g	IRI	2623	66	1982-08-11
83	Vladimirov, Evgeny	g	KAZ	2623	19	1957-01-20
84	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2623	7	1985-10-25
85	Ehlvest, Jaan	g	EST	2622	19	1962-10-14
86	Filippov, Valerij	g	RUS	2621	7	1975-11-28
87	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	g	UKR	2620	17	1978-12-28
88	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	2619	26	1985-01-06
89	Macieja, Bartlomiej	g	POL	2618	26	1977-10-04
90	Korchnoi, Viktor	g	SUI	2617	29	1931-03-23
91	Istratescu, Andrei	g	ROM	2617	5	1975-12-03
92	Sadler, Matthew	g	ENG	2617	0	1974-05-15
93	Gustafsson, Jan	g	GER	2616	20	1979-06-25
94	Iordachescu, Viorel	g	MDA	2615	23	1977-04-20
95	Epishin, Vladimir	g	RUS	2614	42	1965-07-11
96	Lutz, Christopher	g	GER	2614	18	1971-02-24
97	McShane, Luke J.	g	ENG	2614	17	1984-01-07
98	Kharlov, Andrei	g	RUS	2614	6	1968-11-20
99	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2613	25	1987-12-09
100	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	g	KAZ	2613	2
Rank	Top - Women January 2005	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Day
1	Polgar, Zsuzsa	g	USA	2577	14	1969-04-19
2	Xie, Jun	g	CHN	2573	10	1970-10-30
3	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2512	27	1987-03-31
4	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2509	13	1961-01-17
5	Zhao, Xue	wg	CHN	2502	12	1985-04-06
6	Zhu, Chen	g	CHN	2494	0	1976-03-16
7	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2491	26	1979-04-19
8	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2490	19	1984-04-23
9	Xu, Yuhua	wg	CHN	2487	20	1976-10-29
10	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2481	13	1963-04-23
11	Dzagnidze, Nana	m	GEO	2477	30	1987-01-01
12	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2477	0	1972-01-18
13	Kosintseva, Tatiana	m	RUS	2475	9	1986-04-11
14	Hoang Thanh Trang	m	VIE	2470	10	1980-04-25
15	Cmilyte, Viktorija	m	LTU	2468	15	1983-08-06
16	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	m	RUS	2466	19	1974-04-17
17	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2466	12	1983-12-24
18	Qin, Kanying	wg	CHN	2466	0	1974-02-02
19	Zhukova, Natalia	wg	UKR	2465	12	1979-06-05
20	Gaponenko, Inna	m	UKR	2464	27	1976-06-22
21	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2460	12	1985-01-14
22	Radziewicz, Iweta	m	POL	2459	22	1981-03-16
23	Skripchenko, Almira	m	FRA	2459	21	1976-02-17
24	Javakhishvili, Lela	wg	GEO	2456	35	1984-04-23
25	Lahno, Kateryna	m	UKR	2454	18	1989-12-27
26	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	m	GEO	2454	9	1968-07-19
27	Socko, Monika	m	POL	2441	28	1978-03-24
28	Moser, Eva	m	AUT	2438	19	1982-07-26
29	Zatonskih, Anna	wg	USA	2435	28	1978-07-17
30	Peptan, Corina-Isabela	m	ROM	2434	28	1978-03-17
31	Matveeva, Svetlana	wg	RUS	2427	6	1969-07-04
32	Kachiani-G., Ketino	m	GER	2423	12	1971-09-11
33	Sebag, Marie	m	FRA	2421	22	1986-10-15
34	Mashinskaya, Iulia	wg	RUS	2420	47	1977-02-18
35	Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman	m	IND	2418	34	1979-03-25
36	Korbut, Ekaterina	wg	RUS	2417	28	1985-02-09
37	Maric, Alisa	m	SCG	2416	28	1970-01-10
38	Sedina, Elena	m	ITA	2416	16	1968-06-01
39	Danielian, Elina	m	ARM	2415	36	1978-08-16
40	Hunt, Harriet	m	ENG	2415	24	1978-02-04
41	Slavina, Irina	m	RUS	2415	15	1979-08-10
42	Polovnikova, Ekaterina	wg	RUS	2414	6	1982-11-14
43	Foisor, Cristina Adela	m	ROM	2411	38	1967-06-07
44	Zozulia, Anna	m	UKR	2411	9	1980-03-10
45	Lomineishvili, Maia	m	GEO	2410	19	1977-11-11
46	Xu, Yuanyuan	wg	CHN	2409	10	1981-03-08
47	Li, Ruofan	wg	CHN	2409	9	1978-04-30
48	Zielinska, Marta	wg	POL	2408	19	1978-01-30
49	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2407	23	1985-01-08
50	Jackova, Jana	m	CZE	2405	19	1982-08-06
51	Gara, Anita	wg	HUN	2405	11	1983-03-04
52	Peng, Zhaoqin	g	NED	2405	10	1968-05-08
Rank	Top - Juniors January 2005	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Day
1	Volokitin, Andrei	g	UKR	2685	20	1986-06-11
2	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2667	18	1987-03-12
3	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2657	25	1985-04-12
4	Navara, David	g	CZE	2644	26	1985-03-27
5	Harikrishna, P.	g	IND	2632	42	1986-05-10
6	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2623	7	1985-10-25
7	Timofeev, Artyom	g	RUS	2619	26	1985-01-06
8	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2613	25	1987-12-09
9	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2610	31	1985-08-08
10	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2607	13	1985-12-10
11	Alekseev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2605	36	1985-11-28
12	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2602	16	1985-12-09
13	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2601	9	1985-07-03
14	Karjakin, Sergey	g	UKR	2599	7	1990-01-12
15	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2596	0	1985-09-12
16	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2585	12	1986-07-24
17	Guseinov, Gadir	g	AZE	2574	10	1986-05-21
18	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2572	37	1986-11-26
19	Korobov, Anton	g	UKR	2572	0	1985-06-25
20	Areshchenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2570	18	1986-06-15
Rank	Top - Girls January 2005	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Day
1	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2512	27	1987-03-31
2	Zhao, Xue	wg	CHN	2502	12	1985-04-06
3	Dzagnidze, Nana	m	GEO	2477	30	1987-01-01
4	Kosintseva, Tatiana	m	RUS	2475	9	1986-04-11
5	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2460	12	1985-01-14
6	Lahno, Kateryna	m	UKR	2454	18	1989-12-27
7	Sebag, Marie	m	FRA	2421	22	1986-10-15
8	Korbut, Ekaterina	wg	RUS	2417	28	1985-02-09
9	Paehtz, Elisabeth	m	GER	2407	23	1985-01-08
10	Harika, Dronavalli	wg	IND	2396	29	1991-01-12
11	Muzychuk, Anna	wg	SLO	2387	23	1990-02-28
12	Ruan, Lufei		CHN	2387	0	1987-10-02
13	Huang, Qian	wm	CHN	2381	9	1986-07-18
14	Zawadzka, Jolanta	wm	POL	2363	20	1987-02-08
15	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2362	27	1985-03-09
16	Karavade, Eesha	wm	IND	2360	32	1987-11-21
17	Ushenina, Anna	wg	UKR	2357	15	1985-08-30
18	Mongontuul, Bathuyag	wg	MGL	2357	10	1987-10-08
19	Gunina, Valentina	wf	RUS	2342	18	1989-02-04
20	Melia, Salome	wm	GEO	2340	11	1987-04-14