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GM Aleksandar Indjic 2602 | #112

Aleksandar Indjic is a Serbian grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Tomi Nyback 2601 | #114

Tomi Nyback is a Finnish Grandmaster.

GM Ferenc Berkes 2601 | #114

Ferenc Berkes is a Hungarian grandmaster and eight-time national champion. His impressive list of Hungarian Chess Championships took place in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018. Two years before winning his first national championship, he was the 2002 World Under 18 World Champion. He’s...

GM Velimir Ivic

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GM Bai Jinshi

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GM Semen Khanin

Semen Khanin is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Aditya Mittal 2599 | #116

The name Mittal is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Aditya.

GM Lorenzo Lodici

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GM Maxim Matlakov 2599 | #116

Maxim Matlakov is a Russian grandmaster and currently one of the top-15 players in his country (as of February 2021). He also acted as GM Peter Svidler's second during the Candidates Tournaments of 2013, 2014, and 2016. Matlakov won the U18 section of the World Youth Chess Championship in 2009. That...

GM Tamas Banusz 2598 | #118

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GM Alexander Areshchenko 2598 | #118

Alexander Areshchenko is a Ukrainian grandmaster and the 2005 Ukrainian Chess Champion. Prior to winning the national championship at just 19 years old, he won the U14 division of the World Youth Chess Championships in 2000, ahead of future GM Wang Yue. Areshchenko won individual silver at the 2007...

GM Sina Movahed

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GM Arseniy Nesterov

GM Arseniy Nesterov is a chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

GM Vladimir Malakhov 2597 | #120

Vladimir Malakhov is a Russian grandmaster. He won the 2009 European Rapid Chess Championship and won gold with Russia at the 2009 World Team Chess Championship. Also that year, he made it to the semifinals of the Chess World Cup. As a youth player, Malakhov won the Under-12 Russian Championship in...

GM Luke McShane 2597 | #120

Luke McShane is an English grandmaster and finance professional. He is often referred to as the "world's strongest amateur player" because he plays at elite chess tournaments although he has a full-time job. McShane has beaten some of the best players in the world, including GMs Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir...

GM Alexei Shirov 2597 | #120

Alexei Shirov is a Latvian grandmaster who plays for Spain. In 1994 he was the number-two player in the world. Shirov defeated GM Vladimir Kramnik in a match in 1998 to become the challenger to GM Garry Kasparov for the classical world championship, but this match never took place. Shirov has participated...

GM Bardiya Daneshvar

GM Bardiya Daneshvar is an Iranian chess grandmaster. He won the Iranian Chess Championship in 2022 and became a grandmaster in 2023.

GM Gata Kamsky 2596 | #123

Gata Kamsky is an American grandmaster. He is the former Soviet junior champion and a five-time U.S. champion. His peak world ranking was number-four, and he challenged GM Anatoly Karpov for the FIDE World Championship in 1996. Kamsky has won many international tournaments as well as the 2007 World...

GM Hou Yifan 2596 | #123

Despite being in only her mid-20s, Hou Yifan is widely considered to be the second-strongest female chess player in history (behind Judit Polgar). Among her top accomplishments are the four Women’s World Chess Championships Hou won before declining to participate in the event. She’s also...

GM Ivan Popov

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GM Maxim Rodshtein

Maxim Rodshtein is an Israeli Grandmaster.

GM Ihor Samunenkov

GM Ihor Samunenkov is a Ukrainian chess prodigy who became a grandmaster at 14 years old, the 41st player to earn the title before age 15. He was the world under-12 champion in 2021.

IM Vaclav Finek

GM Ivan Zemlyanskii 2594 | #125

GM Sergei Movsesian

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