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GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2662 | #44

Uzbekistan

Uzbek GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov is perhaps best known as the 2004 FIDE world champion, earning the title in a knockout tournament. Despite being seeded 28th, Kasimdzhanov defeated number-five seed GM Vassily Ivanchuk in round three, number-four GM Alexander Grischuk in the quarterfinal, number-one GM Veselin...

GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2662 | #44

Poland

GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek is a super GM and six-time Polish chess champion (2005, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2024). He worked closely with GM Viswanathan Anand during Anand’s world championship matches. Wojtaszek is married to fellow chess player IM Alina Kashlinskaya. Early Career Polish Champion...

GM Nils Grandelius 2662 | #44

Sweden

Nils Grandelius is a Swedish grandmaster and the top-ranked player in that country (as of February 2021). He won the Swedish Chess Championship in 2015 and as a junior took the under-18 World Youth Chess Champions in 2010. In 2019, Grandelius spent several months ranked among the world’s top-50...

GM Alexey Sarana 2658 | #47

Serbia

Alexey Sarana is a Russian grandmaster who has represented Serbia since April 2023. In 2018, the 18-year-old won the Russian Championship Higher League after sharing first place with GM Grigoriy Oparin and beating him on tiebreaks. Sarana shared first place at the same tournament yet again in 2019,...

GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen

Norway

Bio coming soon.

GM Pranav Venkatesh

India

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 David Anton Guijarro 2656 | #48

Spain

David Anton Guijarro is a grandmaster and one of the best players in Spain. In March 2020 he crossed the 2700-rating mark, a feat that only a few players ever achieve. Anton Guijarro won the bronze medal at the 2012 U-16 European Championship and silver at the 2013 U-18 World Championship. He has won...

GM Jeffery Xiong 2656 | #48

United States

American GM Jeffery Xiong has completed an impressive career as an elite junior chess player. For starters, he’s the third-youngest U.S. player to qualify for the grandmaster title. His array of accomplishments spans winning the world under-10 championship in 2010, taking the world junior championship...

GM Kirill Alekseenko 2656 | #48

Russia

Kirill Alekseenko ist ein junger russischer Großmeister, der für seinen dritten Platz beim FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Turnier 2019 eine Wildcard für das FIDE Kandidatenturnier 2020 bekommen hat. Die Anfänge seiner Karriere Errungenschaften als Großmeister Der Weg zum Kandidatenturnier Gegenwart...

GM Volodar Murzin

FIDE

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 Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2655 | #51

Romania

Bogdan-Daniel Deac is a Romanian grandmaster. He earned the title at 14 years, seven months, and 27 days of age, placing him on the list of the youngest grandmasters in history. At the 2017 Tradewise Gibraltar Tournament, the 15-year-old prodigy finished in the top 25 of the elite, 250-player open event....

GM Ivan Saric 2654 | #52

Croatia

Ivan Saric was born on August 17, 1990, in Split, Croatia. He is currently the highest-rated Croatian grandmaster (as of February 2021) and has been on Croatia's Olympic team since 2010. He reached his peak FIDE rating of 2703 in 2019. Saric won the Under-18 European Championship in 2007, a year before...

GM Daniil Dubov 2654 | #52

Russia

Daniil Dubov ist ein russischer Großmeister und Weltklassespieler. Er belegte bei den Aeroflot Open 2015 den geteilten ersten Platz und eroberte die internationale Schachszene, als er bei der Blitzweltmeisterschaft 2016 den dritten Platz gewann. Dubov war bei den Weltmeisterschaften 2018 und 2021...

GM Alexander Morozevich 2653 | #54

Russia

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...

GM Ray Robson 2653 | #54

United States

Ray Robson is an American grandmaster from Guam who had one of the country’s most successful youth careers, achieving his GM norms and 2500 rating in 2009 when he was still just 14 years old. As an adult, Robson’s tournament highlights include the 2015 U.S. Championship, where he finished...

GM Ernesto Inarkiev

Russia

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....

GM Aydin Suleymanli

Azerbaijan

GM Aydin Suleymanli is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster who was the world under-14 champion in 2019.

GM Samuel Shankland 2651 | #56

United States

Samuel L. "Sam" Shankland wurde am 1. Oktober 1991 in Berkeley, Kalifornien, geboren und hat während seiner gesamten Schachkarriere für sein Geburtsland gespielt. Das ist für amerikanische Großmeister in den letzten 40 Jahren eine Seltenheit. IM und GM-Titel Schacholympiade 2016 U.S....

GM Karthikeyan Murali 2648 | #57

India

Bio coming soonThe name Murali is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Karthikeyan

GM Eltaj Safarli 2648 | #57

Azerbaijan

GM Eltaj Safarli is an Azerbaijani grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

GM Maksim Chigaev 2647 | #59

Spain

Full bio coming soon...

GM Shant Sargsyan 2647 | #59

Armenia

Shant Sargsyan is an Armenian grandmaster and the 2018 World U16 Champion. The following year, he won silver in both the World U18 Championship and the World Junior Championship. Sargsyan is ranked within the top-12 players in Armenia (12th) and juniors in the world (11th) (as of April 2021).

GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara

Mexico

GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara ist ein peruanischer Schachgroßmeister und Streamer. Im Jahr 2017 gewann er die Jugendweltmeisterschaft in der Kategorie der unter 18-Jährigen. Martinez nimmt regelmäßig am Chess.com Titled Tuesday teil und landet meist an der Spitze der Rangliste,...

GM Francisco Vallejo Pons 2644 | #61

Spain

Francisco Vallejo Pons (nickname “Paco”) is a five-time Spanish chess champion. He won in 2006, 2009, and the three consecutive years of 2014-16. He was also a regular at the Linares super-tournament as the host national favorite. Vallejo is a member of the 2700-rating club and remains...

GM David Navara 2643 | #62

Czech Republic

David Navara ist der vielleicht stärkste tschechische Spieler aller Zeiten. Er ist nicht nur der bestbewertete Spieler des Landes, sondern hat auch neun nationale Titel und somit mehr als jeder andere Spieler in der 114-jährigen Geschichte des Turniers gewonnen. Navara wurde mit 14 Jahren...