Top Chess Players in Russia

জিএম Ian Nepomniachtchi 2729 | #19

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (“Nepo” for short) is a Russian super grandmaster who has twice won the Candidates Tournament to play for the world championship. After winning the 2020-21 Candidates Tournament, he challenged GM Magnus Carlsen for the 2021 World Championship and lost in 11 games. Nepomniachtchi...

জিএম Andrey Esipenko 2684 | #38

Andrey Esipenko is a Russian grandmaster. He won the European U10 Chess Championship in 2012. In 2017, he won the European U16 Chess Championship and the World U16 Chess Championship. At the 2021 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, the 18-year-old beat World Champion Magnus Carlsen in their first encounter,...

জিএম Daniil Dubov 2654 | #53

Daniil Dubov is a Russian grandmaster and world-class player. He finished tied for first place in the 2015 Aeroflot Open and broke onto the international chess scene when he won third place at the 2016 World Blitz Championship. Dubov was one of World Champion Magnus Carlsen's seconds for the 2018 World...

জিএম Ernesto Inarkiev

Ernesto Inarkiev is a Russian grandmaster who won the 2016 European Individual Chess Championship. Earlier in his career, he was European U16 Champion (2001) and Russian Junior (under-20) Champion (2002). Inarkiev earned his GM title in 2002, becoming the first-ever from Kalmykia, a republic of Russia....

জিএম Alexander Morozevich 2653 | #54

GM Alexander Morozevich is one of only a few chess players who can claim to have been the world’s number-two player. In July 2008, his rating of 2788 put him second behind only GM Viswanathan Anand and also made Morozevich Russia’s number-one player. Twice, in 1998 and 2007, he won...

জিএম Vladislav Artemiev 2641 | #67

Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev is undoubtedly one of the best young chess players. Ranked fourth in the world for all players age 25 and younger at the time of publishing, the 22-year-old and former prodigy broke into the upper echelon of elite chess in 2019 when in June he became one of the top-10 ranked...

জিএম Alexander Grischuk 2641 | #67

Alexander Grischuk is a Russian super grandmaster who is consistently 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, making him only one of two players...

জিএম Ivan Popov

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জিএম Maxim Matlakov 2598 | #119

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...

জিএম Ivan Zemlyanskii 2595 | #125

জিএম Boris Grachev

Boris Grachev is a Russian Grandmaster.

জিএম Aleksey Dreev 2584 | #141

Aleksey Dreev is a Russian grandmaster and is currently among the top-50 players in his country (as of February 2021). Dreev was a successful young player, winning the U16 World Youth Chess Championship both in 1983 and 1984. He was also the European junior champion in 1988, a year before he became...

জিএম Aleksandr Shimanov

Aleksandr Shimanov is a Russian Grandmaster.

জিএম Vladimir Potkin

Vladimir Potkin is a Russian Grandmaster.

জিএম Dmitry Bocharov 2551 | #190

জিএম Nikita Afanasiev 2549 | #198

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জিএম Pavel Ponkratov

Pavel Ponkratov is a Russian grandmaster. He was the Russian Rapid Cup winner in 2017 and 2018. In 2020 he won the International Chess Open "Ciudad de Leon." In 2021 he won the Russian Championship Higher League and qualified for the Russian Championship Superfinal for the first time in his career.  He...

জিএম Andrey Rychagov

জিএম Aleksandra Goryachkina 2536 | #225

Russian GM Aleksandra Goryachkina is an elite chess player who narrowly lost the 2020 Women’s World Chess Championship in tiebreaks. She nearly captured the most prestigious crown in women’s chess after decimating her competition (which included three former women’s world champions)...

জিএম Valery Popov

জিএম Artyom Timofeev

Artyom Timofeev is a Russian Grandmaster.

জিএম Sergey Drygalov 2530 | #236

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আইএম Dmitry Obolenskikh 2528 | #243

জিএম Mikhail Mozharov

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জিএম Dmitry Kokarev 2523 | #255