The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has published the monthly list of chess players.
The 16th world champion Magnus Carlsen continues to lead the men's classification table (Norway, 2839 rating).
Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2816), Fabiano Karuani (India, 2773) and Rameshbabu Proverb (India, 2771) are in the top five.
The world's current champion Domoraju Gocesh is out of the top ten. The Indian chess player is the 11th of 2752 rating.
The former leader of the Armenian national team, now the United States, who represents the United States, has dropped 7 places. He is in the 23rd place and has 2722 rating.
Armenia has two representatives among the 100 strongest chess players. Shant Sargsyan (2667) has improved the position in 18 places and has risen in 50th place in his career. Robert Hovhannisyan (2633) is the 94th.
Elina Danielyan (2410) is 34th in the Women's Classification Table (2410), Lilit Mkrtchyan (2377) - 64th.
