GM Manuel Petrosyan
Manuel Petrosyan is an Armenian grandmaster and the 2022 national champion. Petrosyan won the Under-18 World Youth Chess Championship in 2016. He scored 8.5/11 at the World Junior Chess Championship in 2017, tieing for first with Aryan Tari and Aravindh Chitambaram, and finished second on...
GM Arkadij Naiditsch 2574 | #153
Arkadij Naiditsch is a German-Azerbaijani grandmaster and a former top-20 player in the world. He won the Dortmund Sparkassen 2005 tournament ahead of GMs like Veselin Topalov, Peter Svidler, and Vladimir Kramnik. In 2007, Naiditsch won the German Chess Championship while playing for the country. He...
GM Jon Ludvig Hammer 2574 | #153
Jon Ludvig Hammer is a Norwegian grandmaster, streamer, commentator, and content creator. He has won the Norwegian Championship multiple times and was GM Magnus Carlsen's second in the 2013 and 2014 World Championship matches. His peak rating of 2705 was achieved in 2016. Chess Career Twitch Channel Chess.com...
GM Iniyan P
P stands for Paneerselvam, which is his father's name. The player should be referred to by his given name, Iniyan.
GM Diptayan Ghosh
The name Ghosh is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Diptayan.
GM Baadur Jobava 2572 | #156
Baadur Jobava is a Georgian grandmaster. He has won many tournaments, including the Dubai Open, Aeroflot Open, Tbilisi Cup, Bronstein Memorial, and Abu Dhabi Masters. His peak rating was 2734 in September 2012 when he was the number-19 player in the world. Jobava has been the Georgian Champion three...
GM Pawel Teclaf 2571 | #157
Pawel Teclaf is a Polish international master who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Bobby Cheng
Bobby Cheng is an Australian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Vaibhav Suri 2569 | #160
The name Suri is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Vaibhav.
GM Alexander Moiseenko
Alexander Moiseenko is a Ukrainian Grandmaster and the 2013 European champion.
GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly 2568 | #161
The name Shekhar is his father's name, Ganguly is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Surya.GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly from India is a participant in the 2022 Tata Steel Challengers tournament.
GM Ivan Sokolov
Ivan Sokolov is a Bosnian-born Dutch grandmaster. He coached the 2022 Chess Olympiad gold-winning Uzbekistan team.
GM Karthik Venkataraman 2566 | #162
GM Karthik Venkataraman is an Indian grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.
GM Lei Tingjie 2566 | #162
Lei Tingjie is a Chinese grandmaster who won a national championship in 2017 ahead of the women’s world champion at the time, GM Tan Zhongyi. The same year, Lei scored 8/9 points on the fourth board for the Chinese women’s team in the World Team Chess Championship, where they earned silver....