Top Chess Players in Russia

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 2729 | #19

Ian Nepomniachtchi, dit "Nepo", est un super grand maître russe, présent au tournoi des Candidats de mars 2020. En février de cette même année, il se classe dans le top 5 mondial. Sa réussite lors de ses affrontements avec les champions du monde est impressionnante....

GM Andrey Esipenko 2684 | #38

Andrey Esipenko est un grand-maître russe. Champion d'Europe poussins (moins de 10 ans) en 2012, il remporte en 2017 les championnats d'Europe et du Monde minimes (moins de 16 ans). En 2021, au prestigieux tournoi de Wijk aan Zee, il n'est âgé que de 18 ans quand il bat...

GM Daniil Dubov 2654 | #53

Daniil Dubov est un grand-maître russe. Joueur de classe mondiale, il a notamment remporté l'Open Aeroflot en 2015 et la médaille de bronze aux championnats du monde de blitz 2016. Vainqueur du Masters d'Abou Dabi en 2018, il devient également la même année champion...

GM 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....

GM 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...

GM 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...

GM Alexander Grischuk 2641 | #67

Alexander Grischuk est un super grand maître russe installé parmi les meilleurs joueurs du monde depuis de nombreuses années. Joueur hors paire en classique, Grischuk jouit d'une réputation de brillant blitzeur capable de dominer n'importe qui en cadence éclair. Il...

GM Ivan Popov

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GM 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...

GM Ivan Zemlyanskii 2595 | #125

GM Boris Grachev

Boris Grachev is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM 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...

GM Aleksandr Shimanov

Aleksandr Shimanov is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Vladimir Potkin

Vladimir Potkin is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Dmitry Bocharov 2551 | #190

GM Nikita Afanasiev 2549 | #198

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GM 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...

GM Andrey Rychagov

GM Aleksandra Goryachkina 2536 | #225

La GMI russe Aleksandra Goryachkina est une joueuse d'élite ayant failli accéder au titre suprême chez les femmes. En 2020, elle ne s'incline en effet au Championnat du monde féminin qu'en départage. Pour se qualifier, elle avait atomisé la concurrence lors du Tournoi...

GM Valery Popov

GM Artyom Timofeev

Artyom Timofeev is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Sergey Drygalov 2530 | #236

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MI Dmitry Obolenskikh 2528 | #243

GM Mikhail Mozharov

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GM Dmitry Kokarev 2523 | #255