After his recent transition to the United States Chess Federation, Wesley So claimed the $100,000 prize victory at the Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas. Now he has added another notch to his belt of achievements by entering into the FIDE Top 10 players for the first time! Congratulations to GM So and best wishes as he continues up the ladder of chess excellence!
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2863 | 0 | 1990 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2839 | 11 | 1992 |
| 3 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2800 | 0 | 1975 |
| 4 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2797 | 6 | 1982 |
| 5 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2795 | 11 | 1983 |
| 6 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2792 | 6 | 1969 |
| 7 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2776 | 6 | 1994 |
| 8 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2770 | 11 | 1990 |
| 9 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2767 | 11 | 1987 |
| 10 | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2762 | 7 | 1993 |