Even after the break up of the former Soviet Union which produced a number of strong chess countries like Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, etc., Russia still dominates the rating chart.
There are currently 11 Russian players with rating over 2700 (3 in the top 10 in the world) with many more at one time broke the 2700 mark.
Is there a chance that another country can overtake Russia in the near future?
| # | Name | Title | Fed | Rating | G | B-Year |
| 1 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2790 | 13 | 1975 |
| 2 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2756 | 16 | 1983 |
| 3 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2750 | 9 | 1976 |
| 4 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2725 | 14 | 1983 |
| 4 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2725 | 13 | 1990 |
| 6 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2721 | 7 | 1980 |
| 7 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2715 | 6 | 1977 |
| 8 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2710 | 15 | 1987 |
| 9 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2705 | 18 | 1979 |
| 10 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2701 | 14 | 1987 |
| 11 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2700 | 9 | 1985 |
World top 10
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2813 | 13 | 1990 |
| 2 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2805 | 0 | 1975 |
| 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2790 | 13 | 1975 |
| 4 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2787 | 13 | 1969 |
| 5 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2782 | 9 | 1982 |
| 6 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2760 | 9 | 1985 |
| 7 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2756 | 16 | 1983 |
| 8 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2750 | 9 | 1976 |
| 9 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2750 | 7 | 1968 |
| 10 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2749 | 0 | 1987 |
