World Chess Federation (FIDE) published the July 2010 Rating list of top players. Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian ranks fifth (2783 points).

The list is as follows:

1.Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)-2826

2.Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)-2803

3.Viswanathan Anand  (India)-2800

4.Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)-2790

5.Levon Aronian (Armenia)-2783

Armenian GMs Vladimir Hakobyan and Gabriel Sargsyan rank 44th and 61st in the list respectively.