Cuban chess grandmasters Lazaro Bruzon and Leinier Dominguez are among the world's top 100 chess players, the International Chess Federation said in a statement on Wednesday.

Bruzon, at 55, is Latin America's best placed player with 2,650 points, but he has fallen 27 places since October, when he was 27th in the world.

Dominguez won three points and with 2,638 points and has moved up to 71st place from 76th. Both players have had more than 2,600 points since 2002.

Russia's Garry Kasparov remains world number one, with 2,812 points, even though he announced his official retirement several months ago.

Reigning champion Bulgaria's Vesselin Topalov, with 2,801 is in second place, making more than 2,800 points for the first time.

India's Viswanathan Anand is in third place with 2,792.

Source: Xinhua