Top Junior U20 Chess Players in the World

GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 2713 | #27

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus is a Turkish chess grandmaster, one of the youngest grandmasters ever, and the youngest player ever to reach a 2600 FIDE rating. Erdogmus won the U-8 European Chess Championship in 2019, a year before he had to stop playing over-the-board chess due to the COVID-19 pandemic....

GM Pranav Venkatesh

The name Venkatesh is his father's name and the player should be referred to by his name, Pranav. GM Pranav Venkatesh, also known as Buddy Pranav, is an Indian chess grandmaster and one of the youngest grandmasters in the world. Pranav earned the title in 2022 after securing his third norm at the 2022...

GM Volodar Murzin

Volodar Murzin is a Russian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup. He is from Nizhny Tagil, a town 125 km north of Yekaterinburg, Russia but now lives in Khimki, in the Moscow region. He is the 2018 European U12 champion. In December 2024, Murzin won the World Rapid Championship...

GM Pranesh M

The player should be referred to by the given name, Pranesh.

GM Ediz Gurel

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GM Andy Woodward 2638 | #71

IM Andy Woodward is a chess grandmaster from the United States. He earned his IM title in 2022 at the age of 12. On January 30, 2024, he earned his third and final grandmaster norm later becoming one of the youngest GMs in history after FIDE granted him the title at the end of July, 2024. Woodward...

GM Abhimanyu Mishra

Abhimanyu "Abhi" Mishra ist ein amerikanisches Schachwunderkind. Im Juni 2021 erhielt Mishra seine dritte Norm, die erforderlich ist, um Großmeister zu werden. Da er die erforderliche Elo von 2500 bereits vorher erreicht hatte, wurde Mishra damit im Alter von 12 Jahren, vier Monaten und 25 Tagen...

GM Aleksey Grebnev

GM Denis Lazavik

Denis Lazavik ist ein Großmeister aus Weißrussland und Teilnehmer an der Jugend-Schnellschachmeisterschaft 2021. Er wurde 2006 geboren und erwarb seinen IM-Titel im Jahr 2021 und seinen GM-Titel im Jahr 2022. Im November 2023 hat er ein FIDE-Rating von 2560 bei Standard-Zeitkontrollen, während...

GM Marc'Andria Maurizzi

Marc'Andria Maurizzi was born on May 16, 2007, in Bastia, France. In 2019, he won the French junior championship for players under 12 years old. In July of that year, he secured the IM title at age 12 years and two months. He scored his first two GM norms in Catalonia. In December 2020, Maurizzi placed...

GM Christopher Yoo 2605 | #109

Christopher Yoo is an American grandmaster and the 2020 U.S. Cadet (U16) Champion. He won that title with an undefeated performance, eclipsing the field by two and a half points. The same year, the 13-year-old finished in fifth place (out of 10) at the U.S. Junior (U21) Championship. Yoo became the...

GM Aditya Mittal 2599 | #116

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

GM Sina Movahed

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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 Ihor Samunenkov

GM Ihor Samunenkov ist ein ukrainisches Schachwunderkind, das bereits mit 14 Jahren Großmeister wurde und damit der 41ste Spieler ist, der diesen Titel vor seinem 15. Lebensjahr erreichte. Er war 2021 Weltmeister der unter 12-Jährigen.

IM Vaclav Finek

GM Ivan Zemlyanskii 2594 | #125

GM Pranav Anand

The name Anand is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Pranav.

GM Bharath Subramaniyam

GM Bharath Subramaniyam is an Indian chess grandmaster. He earned the title in 2022 at the age of 14. The player should be referred to by his given name, Bharath.

GM Miguel Illescas Cordoba

Miguel Illescas Cordoba is a Spanish Grandmaster.

GM Tong Xiao

GM Mukhiddin Madaminov 2586 | #137

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GM Yahli Sokolovsky

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GM Jan Malek

GM Xue Haowen 2553 | #186