The French Defence - Best Players
January 1st-December 31st, 2018
Best Players
| # | Player | Rating | Games | Points | % | Perf |
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| 1 | Caruana | 2822 | 5 | 1.5 | 30 | 2621 |
| 2 | Mamedyarov | 2809 | 6 | 3.5 | 57 | 2799 |
| 3 | So | 2786 | 8 | 4.0 | 50 | 2694 |
| 4 | YuYangyi | 2760 | 6 | 5.0 | 83 | 2890 |
| 5 | Duda | 2737 | 7 | 4.0 | 56 | 2791 |
| 6 | Vitiugov | 2730 | 7 | 4.5 | 64 | 2783 |
| 7 | Short | 2681 | 5 | 2.0 | 40 | 2458 |
| 8 | Morozevich | 2665 | 6 | 3.5 | 57 | 2613 |
| 9 | Ganguly | 2657 | 6 | 3.5 | 57 | 2441 |
| 10 | Meier | 2655 | 43 | 18.0 | 42 | 2528 |
| 11 | Piorun | 2653 | 5 | 2.5 | 50 | 2495 |
| 12 | Riazantsev | 2649 | 6 | 2.0 | 33 | 2503 |
| 13 | Akobian | 2647 | 15 | 7.5 | 50 | 2560 |
| 14 | Bauer | 2646 | 7 | 4.0 | 56 | 2572 |
| 15 | Volkov | 2645 | 32 | 22.5 | 70 | 2534 |
| 16 | Zvjaginsev | 2644 | 5 | 3.5 | 70 | 2699 |
| 17 | Bluebaum | 2643 | 12 | 8.0 | 67 | 2663 |
| 18 | LuShanglei | 2636 | 5 | 2.5 | 50 | 2606 |
| 19 | Predojevic | 2630 | 5 | 3.5 | 70 | 2784 |
| 20 | Lenderman | 2630 | 15 | 8.5 | 56 | 2659 |
| 21 | Ponkratov | 2630 | 16 | 10.0 | 63 | 2573 |
| 22 | Nyzhnyk | 2626 | 7 | 4.0 | 56 | 2596 |
| 23 | Antipov | 2626 | 23 | 10.5 | 46 | 2502 |
| 24 | Jumabayev | 2621 | 7 | 3.0 | 43 | 2546 |
| 25 | Lagarde | 2616 | 8 | 4.5 | 56 | 2522 |
| 26 | Gupta | 2614 | 8 | 4.5 | 56 | 2568 |
| 27 | Tiviakov | 2613 | 7 | 3.5 | 50 | 2532 |
| 28 | Goganov | 2612 | 5 | 2.0 | 40 | 2544 |
| 29 | Baryshpolets | 2609 | 8 | 6.0 | 75 | 2670 |
| 30 | Bartel | 2609 | 6 | 2.5 | 42 | 2385 |
| 31 | Sedlak | 2608 | 7 | 4.0 | 56 | 2456 |
| 32 | Baklan | 2605 | 11 | 7.0 | 64 | 2589 |
| 33 | Martinovic | 2604 | 7 | 2.0 | 28 | 2343 |
| 34 | Svane | 2600 | 7 | 3.5 | 50 | 2513 |
| 35 | Vaibhav | 2597 | 9 | 6.5 | 72 | 2617 |
| 36 | Holt | 2592 | 10 | 3.5 | 35 | 2350 |
| 37 | Timofeev | 2590 | 9 | 5.0 | 56 | 2569 |
| 38 | Shaposhnikov | 2588 | 8 | 4.5 | 56 | 2591 |
| 39 | Nikolic | 2586 | 6 | 4.5 | 75 | 2616 |
| 40 | Sengupta | 2586 | 7 | 5.5 | 79 | 2597 |
| 41 | Stocek | 2586 | 12 | 5.0 | 42 | 2428 |
| 42 | SantosLatasa | 2584 | 5 | 4.5 | 90 | 2709 |
| 43 | Peralta | 2584 | 9 | 6.0 | 67 | 2569 |
| 44 | Stupak | 2583 | 21 | 10.0 | 48 | 2487 |
| 45 | Huzman | 2580 | 5 | 2.0 | 40 | 2515 |
| 46 | Jussupow | 2580 | 5 | 2.5 | 50 | 2389 |
| 47 | Sumets | 2577 | 8 | 4.0 | 50 | 2453 |
| 48 | Skoberne | 2575 | 14 | 7.0 | 50 | 2541 |
| 49 | Sebenik | 2570 | 6 | 3.0 | 50 | 2333 |
| 50 | ForcenEsteban | 2569 | 6 | 3.0 | 50 | 2461 |