The FIDE rating list has been released today (5th July 2000).
The following players are theoretically the strongest 10 players in the world!
| Rank | Player | Country | FIDE rating | Games Download |
| 1 | Kasparov, Gary | RUS | 2849 | Kasparov |
| 2 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2770 | Kramnik |
| 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2762 | Anand |
| 4 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2756 | Morozevich |
| 5 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2755 | Adams |
| 6 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2746 | Shirov |
| 7 | Leko, Peter | HUN | 2743 | Leko |
| 8 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2719 | Ivanchuk |
| 9 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2707 | Topalov |
| 10 | Krasenkow, Michal | POL | 2702 | Krasenkow |