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National
Code:
Players T FIDE CFC Avrg G Eli Pl Why Not Eligible
Kovalyov Anton GM 2606 2638 2622 0 No 1 Argentina
Bluvshtein Mark GM 2590 2632 2611 0 No 2 Not enough games
Sambuev Bator GM 2513 2685 2599 15 Yes 3
Spraggett Kevin GM 2577 2571 2574 0 No 4 Not enough games
Hansen Eric GM 2557 2588 2573 0 No 5 Not enough games
Gerzhoy Leonid IM 2469 2647 2558 0 No 6 Not enough games
Lesiege Alexandre GM 2528 2577 2553 0 No 7 Not enough games
Charbonneau Pascal GM 2505 2585 2545 0 No 8 Not enough games
Hambleton Aman IM 2472 2584 2528 22 Yes 9
Tyomkin Dimitri GM 2486 2570 2528 0 No 10 Not enough games
Noritsyn Nikolay IM 2457 2586 2522 10 Yes 11
Castellanos Renier IM 2529 2501 2515 0 No 12 Spain
Krnan Tomas IM 2416 2568 2492 5 No 13 Not enough games
Zugic Igor IM 2462 2516 2489 0 No 14 Not enough games
Samsonkin Artem IM 2410 2564 2487 0 No 15 Not enough games
Roussel-Roozmon Thomas GM 2476 2478 2477 0 No 16 Not enough games
Panjwani Raja IM 2407 2517 2462 0 No 17 Not enough games
Teplitsky Yan IM 2448 2473 2461 0 No 18 Not enough games
Cheng Bindi IM 2409 2511 2460 10 Yes 19
Porper Edward IM 2418 2492 2455 5 No 20 Not enough games
Quan Zhe IM 2431 2462 2447 0 No 21 Not enough games
Hergott Deen IM 2385 2474 2430 0 No 22 Not enough games
Wang Richard IM 2382 2476 2429 5 No 23 Not enough games
Thavandiran Shiyam FM 2338 2514 2426 0 No 24 Not enough games
Hebert Jean IM 2387 2451 2419 0 No 25 Not enough games
Doroshenko Maxim FM 2336 2482 2409 0 No 26 Not enough games
Tayar Jonathan IM 2344 2462 2403 0 No 27 Not enough games
Qin Joey 2284 2466 2375 5 No 28 Not enough games
Sapozhnikov Roman FM 2292 2409 2351 0 No 29 Not enough games
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