Top Junior U20 Chess Players in the World

GM Wei Yi 2754 | #7

Le GMI chinois Wei Yi est l'un des plus grands prodiges de l'histoire des échecs. En 2014, à 15 ans seulement, il bat le record de Magnus Carlsen en devenant le plus jeune joueur à franchir la barrière des 2700 Elo, un record qui tient encore à ce jour. Deux ans auparavant,...

GM Javokhir Sindarov

Javokhir Sindarov est un grand maître et candidat au titre mondial ouzbek. Il est devenu en 2018 l'un des plus jeunes GMI de l'histoire (il obtient alors le titre de GMI à seulement 12 ans, 10 mois et 5 jours). Ils ne sont que six (au 1er janvier 2026) dans toute l'histoire des...

GM Gukesh Dommaraju 2732 | #14

Dommaraju est son nom patronymique, et le prénom usuel du joueur est Gukesh. Le GM indien Gukesh Dommaraju est le plus jeune vainqueur de l'histoire du tournoi des Candidats (17 ans) et le plus jeune champion du monde à seulement 18 ans. Avant ces 2 accomplissements exceptionnels,...

GM Andrey Esipenko 2698 | #30

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 Matthias Bluebaum 2695 | #32

Matthias Bluebaum est un grand-maître allemand. Double champion d'Europe (2022 et 2025), il est également champion d'Allemagne 2020. Au début de sa carrière, il a terminé dans le top 10 de nombreuses compétitions prestigieuses, telles que le championnat d'Allemagne...

GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 2687 | #35

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 Andy Woodward 2635 | #76

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 Ediz Gurel

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GM Pranesh M

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

GM Aleksey Grebnev

MI Abhimanyu Mishra

Abhimanyu "Abhi" Mishra est un prodige américain. En juillet 2021, Mishra a réalisé sa troisième norme pour devenir Grand Maître. Fort de son Elo FIDE déjà supérieur à 2500, il est devenu le plus jeune GM de l'histoire à 12 ans, 4...

GM Aditya Mittal 2617 | #96

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

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 2607 | #108

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 Denis Lazavik

Denis Lazavik is a grandmaster from Belarus and a participant in the 2021 Junior Speed Chess Championship. Born in 2006, he earned his IM title in 2021 and his GM title in 2022. He is rated 2560 FIDE at standard time controls as of November 2023, while his peak Chess.com blitz rating as of the same...

GM Miguel Illescas Cordoba

Miguel Illescas Cordoba is a Spanish Grandmaster.

GM Ihor Samunenkov

GM Ihor Samunenkov is a Ukrainian chess prodigy who became a grandmaster at 14 years old, the 41st player to earn the title before age 15. He was the world under-12 champion in 2021.

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 Pranav Anand

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

GM Ivan Zemlyanskii 2592 | #129

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 Mukhiddin Madaminov 2586 | #136

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GM Sina Movahed

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