TOP TEN CURRENT CHESS PLAYERS!

Magnus Carlsen is the current World Chess Champion. To many people, he’s the best  ever in the game, although Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer are major debates. The remarkable point is that before turning 30 years old, Carlsen is already at the top.

The player who broke the record for Hikaru Nakamura of America's youngest chess grandmaster, Fabiano Caruana deserves this place.  

Ding Liren is a Chinese super grandmaster who many people consider to be a  contender for Magnus Carlsen’s world title. Ding won his first Chinese Chess Championship at the age of 16, making him the youngest to ever do that.

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (“Nepo” for short) is a Russian super grandmaster . He is a top-five player in the world by rating. Nepomniachtchi has a brilliant record against the best . 

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is a French super grandmaster who, since 2016, has spent plenty of time among the top five chess players in the world. His rating was best at 2819 in August 2016, making him the seventh-highest rated player ever.

Alexander Grischuk is a Russian super grandmaster who is nearly always among the world’s best players. While he’s an elite professional chess player, Grischuk is well-known for being one of the top blitz players. He’s a three-time World Blitz Champion.

Levon Aronian is an Armenian super grandmaster who has long been among the world’s best players. He first entered the top 20 in 2005 and still hasn’t lost the position . Most of those 15 have been spent in the top 10.

Wesley So is a Filipino-American super grandmaster who is again among the world’s best chess players. He began as a chess prodigy who entered tournaments at nine years old. At 14, he became the ninth youngest GM in history. 

Teimur Radjabov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan—the same city as former world champion Garry Kasparov—on March 12, 1987. Radjabov’s surprising  youth career translated into times at the FIDE world championship in his teens.

GM Anish Giri is a four-time Dutch champion and a brilliant player. He has been ranked as high as number three in the world and reached his peak rating of 2802 on February 15, 2015. 

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is a super-grandmaster from Azerbaijan. He was the number-two ranked player in the world in the FIDE ratings list of February 2018.