We study the chemisorption of CO molecule into sites of different coordination on (111) surfaces of late 4d and 5d transition metals. In an attempt to solve the well-known CO adsorption puzzle we have applied the relatively new vdW-DF theory of nonlocal correlation. The application of the vdW-DF functional in all considered cases improves or completely solves the discrepancies of the adsorption site preference and improves the value of the adsorption energy. By introducing a cutoff distance for nonlocal interaction we pinpoint the length scale at which the correlation plays a major role in the systems considered.
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