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| NUMBER | PLAYERS | FIRST NAME | FED | RATING 1-1-99 | RATING 1-7-98 |
| 1 | Kramnik | Vladimir | RUS | 2751 | 2780 |
| 2 | Shirov | Alexei | ESP | 2726 | 2720 |
| 3 | Morozevich | Alexander | RUS | 2723 | 2625 |
| 4 | Kamsky | Gata | USA | 2720 | 2720 |
| 5 | Adams | Michael | ENG | 2716 | 2715 |
| 6 | Ivanchuk | Vassily | UKR | 2714 | 2730 |
| 7 | Svidler | Peter | RUS | 2713 | 2710 |
| 8 | Karpov | Anatoly | RUS | 2710 | 2725 |
| 9 | Topalov | Veselin | BUL | 2700 | 2700 |
| 10 | Short | Nigel | ENG | 2697 | 2670 |
| 11 | Leko | Peter | HUN | 2694 | 2665 |
| 12 | Gelfand | Boris | ISR | 2691 | 2675 |
| 13 | Rublevsky | Sergei | RUS | 2684 | 2685 |
| 14 | Azmaiparashvili | Zurab | GEO | 2681 | 2655 |
| 15 | Bareev | Evgeny | RUS | 2679 | 2690 |
| 16 | Polgar | Judit | HUN | 2677 | 2665 |
| 17 | Korchnoi | Viktor | SUI | 2673 | 2625 |
| 18 | Salov | Valery | RUS | 2670 | 2670 |
| 19 | Timman | Jan | NED | 2670 | 2655 |
| 20 | Sadler | Matthew | ENG | 2667 | 2660 |
| 21 | Almasi | Zoltan | HUN | 2665 | 2650 |
| 22 | Shipov | Sergei | RUS | 2662 | 2635 |
| 23 | Georgiev | Kiril | BUL | 2659 | 2670 |
| 24 | Zvjaginsev | Vadim | RUS | 2658 | 2650 |
| 25 | Smirin | Ilia | ISR | 2652 | 2615 |
| 26 | Beliavsky | Alexander G. | SLO | 2650 | 2645 |
| 27 | Movsesian | Sergei | CZE | 2650 | 2640 |
| 28 | Sakaev | Konstantin | RUS | 2649 | 2635 |
| 29 | Fedorov | Alexei | BLR | 2648 | 2600 |
| 30 | Krasenkow | Michael | POL | 2643 | 2655 |
| 31 | Akopian | Vladimir | ARM | 2640 | 2655 |
| 32 | Tkachiev | Vladislav | FRA | 2634 | 2645 |
| 33 | Tiviakov | Sergei | RUS | 2627 | 2655 |
| 34 | Sokolov | Ivan | BIH | 2624 | 2620 |
| 35 | Gulko | Boris | USA | 2620 | 2585 |
| 36 | Khalifman | Alexander | RUS | 2616 | 2645 |
| 37 | DeFirmian | Nick | USA | 2610 | 2605 |
| 38 | Wahls | Matthias | GER | 2609 | 2605 |
| 39 | Aleksandrov | Aleksej | BLR | 2609 | 2595 |
| 40 | Miles | Anthony J. | ENG | 2609 | 2590 |
| 41 | Ponomariov | Ruslan | UKR | 2609 | 2585 |
| 42 | Adianto | Utut | INA | 2607 | 2610 |
| 43 | Kasimdzhanov | Rustam | UZB | 2606 | 2570 |
| 44 | Speelman | Jonathan | ENG | 2601 | 2600 |
| 45 | Yermolinsky | Alex | USA | 2597 | 2625 |
| 46 | Nisipeanu | Liviu-Dieter | ROM | 2594 | 2575 |
| 47 | Ehlvest | Jaan | EST | 2593 | 2620 |
| 48 | Benjamin | Joel | USA | 2593 | 2595 |
| 49 | Dolmatov | Sergey | RUS | 2589 | 2575 |
| 50 | Milos | Gilberto | BRA | 2586 | 2575 |
| 51 | Rozentalis | Eduardas | LTU | 2577 | 2580 |
| 52 | Asrian | Karen | ARM | 2576 | 2600 |
| 53 | Peng | Xiaomin | CHN | 2574 | 2550 |
| 54 | Stefansson | Hannes H. | ISL | 2569 | 2535 |
| 55 | Babula | Vlastimil | CZE | 2565 | 2575 |
| 56 | Polgar | Zsuzsa | HUN | 2565 | 2565 |
| 57 | Psakhis | Lev | ISR | 2564 | 2560 |
| 58 | Hamdouchi | Hichem | MAR | 2564 | 2555 |
| 59 | Dizdar | Goran | CRO | 2563 | 2570 |
| 60 | Velimirovic | Dragoljub | YUG | 2563 | 2535 |
| 61 | Kotronias | Vasilios | CYP | 2561 | 2555 |
| 62 | Leitao | Rafael | BRA | 2559 | 2550 |
| 63 | Antonio | Rogelio Jr. | PHI | 2558 | 2540 |
| 64 | Magem Badals | Jordi | ESP | 2557 | 2540 |
| 65 | Zelcic | Robert | CRO | 2554 | 2585 |
| 66 | Macieja | Bartlomiej | POL | 2553 | 2490 |
| 67 | Chiburdanidze | Maia | GEO | 2551 | 2525 |
| 68 | Hoffman | Alejandro Sergio | ARG | 2547 | 2525 |
| 69 | Gurevich | Dmitry | USA | 2545 | 2505 |
| 70 | Kudrin | Sergey | USA | 2543 | 2540 |
| 71 | Reinderman | Dimitri | NED | 2541 | 2540 |
| 72 | Barua | Dibyendu | IND | 2538 | 2540 |
| 73 | Kobalija | Mihail | RUS | 2537 | 2505 |
| 74 | Cela | Altin | ALB | 2536 | 2450 |
| 75 | Becerra Rivero | Julio | CUB | 2535 | 2495 |
| 76 | Akesson | Ralf | SWE | 2530 | 2510 |
| 77 | Al-Modiahki | Mohamad | QAT | 2530 | 2505 |
| 78 | Fridman | Daniel | LAT | 2529 | 2515 |
| 79 | Bauer | Christian | FRA | 2528 | 2490 |
| 80 | Ricardi | Pablo | ARG | 2527 | 2545 |
| 81 | Spraggett | Kevin | CAN | 2523 | 2560 |
| 82 | Djuric | Stefan | YUG | 2517 | 2500 |
| 83 | Nijboer | Friso | NED | 2515 | 2525 |
| 84 | Nielsen | Peter Heine | DEN | 2515 | 2515 |
| 85 | Kotsur | Pavel | KAZ | 2511 | 2515 |
| 86 | Ivanov | Alexander | USA | 2505 | 2510 |
| 87 | Aronian | Levon | ARM | 2502 | 2485 |
| 88 | Rodriguez | Andres | URU | 2500 | 2490 |
| 89 | Sadvakasov | Darmen | KAZ | 2487 | 2440 |
| 90 | Zubarev | Alexander | UKR | 2478 | 2440 |
| 91 | Shaked | Tal | USA | 2477 | 2490 |
| 92 | Mohamed | Esam Ahmed Nagib | EGY | 2458 | 2455 |
| 93 | Zapata | Alonso | COL | 2454 | 2470 |
| 94 | Hakki | Imad | SYR | 2423 | 2365 |
| 95 | Liang | Chong | CHN | 2400 | 2410 |
| 96 | Kobese | Watu | RSA | 2389 | 2415 |
| 97 | Bouaziz | Slim | TUN | 2387 | 2390 |
| 98 | Bagheri | Amir | IRI | 2368 | 2405 |
| 99 | Kozak | Alexander | RUS | 2330 | 2335 |
| 100 | Feldman | Vladimir | AUS | 2330 | 2330 |