The Top Chess Players in the World - Page 6

GM Leon Luke Mendonca

GM Leon Luke Mendonca is an Indian chess grandmaster. He earned the title in 2021. In 2024, Leon won the Tata Steel Challengers Tournament. The name Mendonca is a patronymic, Luke is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Leon.

GM Jorge Cori

2613 | #100

Jorge Cori, a former chess prodigy, is a Peruvian grandmaster. He won the World Under-14 and Under-16 Chess Championships in 2009 and 2011, respectively, and took four gold medals at the Pan American Youth Chess Festival in the under-10, 12, 14, and 18 age categories. Later he won individual bronze...

GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan

2613 | #100

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan is an Armenian grandmaster and the 2020 national champion.  He won the Under-10 and the Under-18 European Youth Chess Championships in 2003 and 2009 respectively as well as the World U-18 Chess Championship in 2011. Ter-Sahakyan won the PRO Chess League with the Armenian Eagles...

GM Szymon Gumularz

Szymon Gumularz is a Polish Grandmaster.

GM Jules Moussard

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GM Anton Korobov

2612 | #102

Anton Korobov is a Ukrainian grandmaster and four-time national champion. He won individual gold at the 43rd Chess Olympiad as the best player on the reserve board, won the 2013 European Blitz Chess Championship, and is an exceptional rapid player—ranked fifth in the world (as of February 2021)....

GM Georg Meier

2612 | #102

Georg Meier is a German-born grandmaster who now represents Uruguay. He learned chess at the age of three. He won the German Under-16 Championship in 2003 and became a GM in 2007. In 2011, he won the European Team Championship with the German team, scoring 5.5/9 on board two. Meier reached his...

GM Xu Xiangyu

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GM Ma Qun

2611 | #105

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GM Ioannis Papaioannou

GM Anton Demchenko

2611 | #105

Anton Demchenko is a Slovenian grandmaster who was born in Russia. He completed his federation transfer in July 2023. He won the European Individual Chess Championship in 2021. 

GM Vasif Durarbayli

GM Vasif Durarbayli is a grandmaster from Azerbaijan who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup. He is a two-time Azerbaijani Chess Champion (2021, 2023).

GM Gabriel Sargissian

2610 | #107

Gabriel Sargissian is an Armenian grandmaster who won three Olympic gold medals with his national team.  As a young player, Sargissian won the Under-14 World Youth Chess Championship in 1996. He won bronze at the European Junior Chess Championship in 1998 and the individual European championship...

GM Laurent Fressinet

2610 | #107

GM Laurent Fressinet is a French grandmaster, two-time French champion, and longtime second to GM Magnus Carlsen.

GM Ivan Popov

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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 Ferenc Berkes

2608 | #109

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 Yuriy Kuzubov

Yuriy Kuzubov is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Abhimanyu Puranik

GM Abhimanyu Puranik is an Indian grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup. The player's full name is Abhimanyu Puranik and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Abhimanyu.

GM Christopher Yoo

2607 | #110

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 Julio E Granda Zuniga

Julio E Granda Zuniga is a Peruvian Grandmaster.

GM Zhou Jianchao 2605 | #111

GM Zhou Jianchao is a Chinese-American grandmaster. From 2025-26, he played 158 official games without losing a single one.

GM Miguel Santos Ruiz

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GM Oleksandr Bortnyk

2604 | #112

Oleksandr Bortnyk is a Ukrainian grandmaster who earned that title in 2015 at the age of 19. He was the 2014 World Youth Champion in the under-18 group. Bortnyk is an incredibly talented speed chess player and reached the 2019 Bullet Chess Championship finals against GM Hikaru Nakamura. His Chess.com...

GM Cristobal Henriquez Villagra

2603 | #113

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