Formaty:
- Standard - gracze posiadają określony czas na określoną liczbę ruchów (np. 2 godziny na pierwsze 40 ruchów itp.)
- Rapid - czasu do namysłu każdego gracza oraz sześćdziesięciokrotności ewentualnego czasu doliczanego za każde posunięcie wynosi minimum 10 minut, ale jest mniejsza niż godzina>
- Blitz - gracze posiadają 10 minut na grę.
Najlepsi gracze na świecie w marcu 2019:
Standard:
| Rank | Gracz | Narodowość | Rating |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2845 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2828 |
| 3 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2812 |
| 4 | Giri, Anish | NED | 2797 |
| 5 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2790 |
| 6 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2779 |
| 7 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2775 |
| 8 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2771 |
| 9 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2771 |
| 10 | So, Wesley | USA | 2762 |
| 11 | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2761 |
| 12 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2761 |
| 13 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2756 |
| 14 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2753 |
| 15 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2753 |
| 16 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2746 |
| 17 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2740 |
| 18 | Navara, David | CZE | 2739 |
| 19 | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2738 |
| 20 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2737 |
| 21 | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | 2736 |
| 22 | Wei, Yi | CHN | 2733 |
| 23 | Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2731 |
| 24 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2731 |
| 25 | Shankland, Samuel | USA | 2731 |
| 26 | Harikrishna, Pentala | IND | 2730 |
| 27 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2726 |
| 28 | Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | 2725 |
| 29 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2722 |
| 30 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2719 |
| 31 | Wang, Hao | CHN | 2718 |
| 32 | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2715 |
| 33 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | RUS | 2715 |
| 34 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2711 |
| 35 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | AZE | 2710 |
| 36 | Amin, Bassem | EGY | 2709 |
| 37 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2708 |
| 38 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2705 |
| 39 | Saric, Ivan | CRO | 2703 |
| 40 | Dubov, Daniil | RUS | 2703 |
| 41 | Kovalev, Vladislav | BLR | 2703 |
| 42 | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2701 |
| 43 | Li, Chao b | CHN | 2699 |
| 44 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2698 |
| 45 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2698 |
| 46 | Nabaty, Tamir | ISR | 2697 |
| 47 | Ragger, Markus | AUT | 2696 |
| 48 | Grandelius, Nils | SWE | 2694 |
| 49 | Howell, David W L | ENG | 2693 |
| 50 | Matlakov, Maxim | RUS | 2692 |
| 51 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2692 |
| 52 | Sargissian, Gabriel | ARM | 2689 |
| 53 | Sadler, Matthew D | ENG | 2688 |
| 54 | Korobov, Anton | UKR | 2686 |
| 55 | Cori, Jorge | PER | 2686 |
| 56 | Wang, Yue | CHN | 2684 |
| 57 | Cheparinov, Ivan | GEO | 2683 |
| 58 | Adhiban, B. | IND | 2683 |
| 59 | Ni, Hua | CHN | 2683 |
| 60 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2682 |
| 61 | Jones, Gawain C B | ENG | 2681 |
| 62 | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2681 |
| 63 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | UKR | 2680 |
| 64 | Almasi, Zoltan | HUN | 2680 |
| 65 | Demchenko, Anton | RUS | 2678 |
| 66 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND | 2678 |
| 67 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | IRI | 2673 |
| 68 | Rodshtein, Maxim | ISR | 2673 |
| 69 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2672 |
| 70 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | GER | 2670 |
| 71 | Laznicka, Viktor | CZE | 2670 |
| 72 | Sjugirov, Sanan | RUS | 2667 |
| 73 | Malakhov, Vladimir | RUS | 2667 |
| 74 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2667 |
| 75 | Najer, Evgeniy | RUS | 2667 |
| 76 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2667 |
| 77 | Robson, Ray | USA | 2667 |
| 78 | Mareco, Sandro | ARG | 2666 |
| 79 | Berkes, Ferenc | HUN | 2666 |
| 80 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | CUB | 2666 |
| 81 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2666 |
| 82 | Guseinov, Gadir | AZE | 2664 |
| 83 | Xiong, Jeffery | USA | 2663 |
| 84 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB | 2663 |
| 85 | Safarli, Eltaj | AZE | 2662 |
| 86 | Dreev, Aleksey | RUS | 2662 |
| 87 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2662 |
| 88 | Melkumyan, Hrant | ARM | 2661 |
| 89 | McShane, Luke J | ENG | 2661 |
| 90 | Areshchenko, Alexander | UKR | 2661 |
| 91 | Leko, Peter | HUN | 2660 |
| 92 | Edouard, Romain | FRA | 2658 |
| 93 | Kovalenko, Igor | LAT | 2658 |
| 94 | Van Kampen, Robin | NED | 2658 |
| 95 | Firouzja, Alireza | IRI | 2657 |
| 96 | Rausis, Igors | CZE | 2657 |
| 97 | Parligras, Mircea-Emilian | ROU | 2657 |
| 98 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2656 |
| 99 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2655 |
| 100 | Swiercz, Dariusz | USA | 2655 |
Rapid:
| Rank | Gracz | Narodowość | Rating |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2869 |
| 2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2824 |
| 3 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2813 |
| 4 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2810 |
| 5 | So, Wesley | USA | 2801 |
| 6 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2800 |
| 7 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2785 |
| 8 | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | 2784 |
| 9 | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2784 |
| 10 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2781 |
| 11 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2781 |
| 12 | Wang, Hao | CHN | 2781 |
| 13 | Dubov, Daniil | RUS | 2779 |
| 14 | Onischuk, Vladimir | UKR | 2775 |
| 15 | Giri, Anish | NED | 2769 |
| 16 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2760 |
| 17 | Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | 2759 |
| 18 | Korobov, Anton | UKR | 2756 |
| 19 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2756 |
| 20 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2755 |
| 21 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | USA | 2752 |
| 22 | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2739 |
| 23 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2738 |
| 24 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2737 |
| 25 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2737 |
| 26 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2733 |
| 27 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2731 |
| 28 | Oparin, Grigoriy | RUS | 2728 |
| 29 | Anton Guijarro, David | ESP | 2724 |
| 30 | Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2722 |
| 31 | Matlakov, Maxim | RUS | 2722 |
| 32 | Petrosian, Tigran L. | ARM | 2721 |
| 33 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2720 |
| 34 | Zubov, Alexander | UKR | 2720 |
| 35 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2719 |
| 36 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | RUS | 2718 |
| 37 | Alekseenko, Kirill | RUS | 2714 |
| 38 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2708 |
| 39 | Safarli, Eltaj | AZE | 2708 |
| 40 | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2706 |
| 41 | Jobava, Baadur | GEO | 2704 |
| 42 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2704 |
| 43 | Brunello, Sabino | ITA | 2703 |
| 44 | Ponkratov, Pavel | RUS | 2702 |
| 45 | Meier, Georg | GER | 2702 |
| 46 | Leko, Peter | HUN | 2702 |
| 47 | Zhigalko, Sergei | BLR | 2702 |
| 48 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2701 |
| 49 | Moiseenko, Alexander | UKR | 2700 |
| 50 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2699 |
| 51 | Wei, Yi | CHN | 2698 |
| 52 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | UKR | 2697 |
| 53 | Sargissian, Gabriel | ARM | 2696 |
| 54 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2695 |
| 55 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2694 |
| 56 | McShane, Luke J | ENG | 2691 |
| 57 | Kokarev, Dmitry | RUS | 2689 |
| 58 | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2688 |
| 59 | Berkes, Ferenc | HUN | 2688 |
| 60 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2686 |
| 61 | Kravtsiv, Martyn | UKR | 2685 |
| 62 | Navara, David | CZE | 2684 |
| 63 | Lenic, Luka | SLO | 2683 |
| 64 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2682 |
| 65 | Fedorchuk, Sergey A. | UKR | 2679 |
| 66 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2679 |
| 67 | Delgado Ramirez, Neuris | PAR | 2679 |
| 68 | Laznicka, Viktor | CZE | 2678 |
| 69 | Rakhmanov, Aleksandr | RUS | 2678 |
| 70 | Ziska, Helgi Dam | FAI | 2676 |
| 71 | Sadler, Matthew D | ENG | 2673 |
| 72 | Fressinet, Laurent | FRA | 2671 |
| 73 | Amonatov, Farrukh | TJK | 2671 |
| 74 | Harikrishna, Pentala | IND | 2670 |
| 75 | Motylev, Alexander | RUS | 2670 |
| 76 | Iordachescu, Viorel | MDA | 2670 |
| 77 | Malakhov, Vladimir | RUS | 2670 |
| 78 | Akopian, Vladimir | ARM | 2668 |
| 79 | Almasi, Zoltan | HUN | 2668 |
| 80 | Sjugirov, Sanan | RUS | 2668 |
| 81 | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2667 |
| 82 | Chigaev, Maksim | RUS | 2666 |
| 83 | Tiviakov, Sergei | NED | 2666 |
| 84 | Bauer, Christian | FRA | 2665 |
| 85 | Timofeev, Artyom | RUS | 2664 |
| 86 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2664 |
| 87 | Guseinov, Gadir | AZE | 2663 |
| 88 | Saric, Ivan | CRO | 2663 |
| 89 | Movsesian, Sergei | ARM | 2659 |
| 90 | Postny, Evgeny | ISR | 2658 |
| 91 | Edouard, Romain | FRA | 2655 |
| 92 | Perez Ponsa, Federico | ARG | 2655 |
| 93 | Howell, David W L | ENG | 2653 |
| 94 | Lu, Shanglei | CHN | 2653 |
| 95 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | GER | 2652 |
| 96 | Nyzhnyk, Illya | UKR | 2652 |
| 97 | Moussard, Jules | FRA | 2651 |
| 98 | Grandelius, Nils | SWE | 2647 |
| 99 | Li, Chao b | CHN | 2645 |
| 100 | Rublevsky, Sergei | RUS | 2645 |
Blitz:
| Rank | Gracz | Narodowość | Rating |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2954 |
| 2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2934 |
| 3 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2933 |
| 4 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2834 |
| 5 | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | 2828 |
| 6 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2827 |
| 7 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2806 |
| 8 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2805 |
| 9 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2796 |
| 10 | Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | 2793 |
| 11 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2782 |
| 12 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2778 |
| 13 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2773 |
| 14 | Giri, Anish | NED | 2770 |
| 15 | Andriasian, Zaven | ARM | 2766 |
| 16 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2765 |
| 17 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2763 |
| 18 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2757 |
| 19 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2748 |
| 20 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2747 |
| 21 | So, Wesley | USA | 2744 |
| 22 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | USA | 2743 |
| 23 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2728 |
| 24 | Dubov, Daniil | RUS | 2726 |
| 25 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2725 |
| 26 | Firouzja, Alireza | IRI | 2724 |
| 27 | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2724 |
| 28 | Wang, Hao | CHN | 2722 |
| 29 | Leko, Peter | HUN | 2721 |
| 30 | Matlakov, Maxim | RUS | 2717 |
| 31 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | RUS | 2715 |
| 32 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2715 |
| 33 | Korobov, Anton | UKR | 2714 |
| 34 | Sjugirov, Sanan | RUS | 2714 |
| 35 | Zubov, Alexander | UKR | 2714 |
| 36 | Tsydypov, Zhamsaran | RUS | 2708 |
| 37 | Guseinov, Gadir | AZE | 2707 |
| 38 | Bogdanovich, Stanislav | UKR | 2703 |
| 39 | Meier, Georg | GER | 2701 |
| 40 | Zhigalko, Sergei | BLR | 2700 |
| 41 | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2699 |
| 42 | Jobava, Baadur | GEO | 2698 |
| 43 | Nyzhnyk, Illya | UKR | 2698 |
| 44 | Cheparinov, Ivan | GEO | 2695 |
| 45 | Dreev, Aleksey | RUS | 2694 |
| 46 | Adly, Ahmed | EGY | 2693 |
| 47 | Li, Chao b | CHN | 2693 |
| 48 | Navara, David | CZE | 2692 |
| 49 | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2692 |
| 50 | Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn | ISL | 2691 |
| 51 | Bauer, Christian | FRA | 2688 |
| 52 | Jones, Gawain C B | ENG | 2687 |
| 53 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2682 |
| 54 | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2682 |
| 55 | Golubov, Saveliy | RUS | 2681 |
| 56 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2681 |
| 57 | Grigoryan, Karen H. | ARM | 2678 |
| 58 | Kravtsiv, Martyn | UKR | 2677 |
| 59 | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2674 |
| 60 | Heimann, Andreas | GER | 2673 |
| 61 | Wei, Yi | CHN | 2672 |
| 62 | Fressinet, Laurent | FRA | 2671 |
| 63 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2670 |
| 64 | Tiviakov, Sergei | NED | 2670 |
| 65 | Indjic, Aleksandar | SRB | 2669 |
| 66 | L'Ami, Erwin | NED | 2669 |
| 67 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2667 |
| 68 | Melkumyan, Hrant | ARM | 2667 |
| 69 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2665 |
| 70 | Lenic, Luka | SLO | 2665 |
| 71 | Balog, Imre | HUN | 2663 |
| 72 | Kovalenko, Igor | LAT | 2663 |
| 73 | Amin, Bassem | EGY | 2662 |
| 74 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2662 |
| 75 | Michalik, Peter | CZE | 2661 |
| 76 | Shankland, Samuel | USA | 2660 |
| 77 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2660 |
| 78 | Drozdovskij, Yuri | UKR | 2660 |
| 79 | Miladinovic, Igor | SRB | 2659 |
| 80 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2658 |
| 81 | Efimenko, Zahar | UKR | 2657 |
| 82 | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2657 |
| 83 | Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan | IRI | 2656 |
| 84 | Safarli, Eltaj | AZE | 2655 |
| 85 | Van Foreest, Jorden | NED | 2655 |
| 86 | Hovhannisyan, Robert | ARM | 2654 |
| 87 | Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo | VEN | 2654 |
| 88 | Malakhov, Vladimir | RUS | 2654 |
| 89 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | IRI | 2651 |
| 90 | Howell, David W L | ENG | 2650 |
| 91 | McShane, Luke J | ENG | 2648 |
| 92 | Bok, Benjamin | NED | 2647 |
| 93 | Megaranto, Susanto | INA | 2647 |
| 94 | Sutovsky, Emil | ISR | 2647 |
| 95 | Gharamian, Tigran | FRA | 2646 |
| 96 | Perez Ponsa, Federico | ARG | 2646 |
| 97 | Sadler, Matthew D | ENG | 2646 |
| 98 | Oparin, Grigoriy | RUS | 2644 |
| 99 | Petrosian, Tigran L. | ARM | 2643 |
| 100 | Yudin, Sergei | RUS | 2643 |
