GM Niclas Huschenbeth
Niclas Huschenbeth is a German grandmaster and chess content creator. His most significant early achievement came in 2005 when he won the German U-14 championship. He later won the German Chess Championship in 2010 and 2019. Huschenbeth has also worked as a second to GM Hikaru Nakamura since 2019. Huschenbeth...
GM Constantin Lupulescu 2585 | #142
Constantin Lupulescu is a Romanian grandmaster and five-time national champion. He has played in multiple FIDE World Cup events and tied for first (fifth on tiebreak) at the 2013 European Individual Championship. His best open tournament performance likely came at the 2019 Reykjavik Open, where he led...
GM Daniel Fridman 2585 | #142
GM Daniel Fridman is a German grandmaster from Latvia who has won four national championships (one in Latvia, three in Germany).
GM Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera
Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera is a Cuban grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Aleksey Dreev 2584 | #145
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 Jingyao Tin
Jingyao Tin is a chess international master from Singapore who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
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 Ahmed Adly 2583 | #146
Ahmed Adly is an Egyptian grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Bobby Cheng
Bobby Cheng is an Australian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Ante Brkic
Ante Brkic is a Croatian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Arturs Neiksans
GM Arturs Neiksans is a Latvian grandmaster, chess coach, and streamer. He is a four-time national chess champion of Latvia, most recently in 2019, and the number-two player in Latvia by rating (as of July 2021). He has taught at the Riga Chess School since 2010 and has been a FIDE-licensed trainer...
GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2582 | #147
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu is a Romanian grandmaster who played for Germany from 2014 until 2023 when he returned to Romania. He won the Romanian Chess Championship in 1996, won the European Individual Chess Championship in 2005, and beat FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov the following year in a four-game...
GM Axel Bachmann 2582 | #147
GM Axel Bachmann is a Paraguayan grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM David Paravyan 2582 | #147
David Paravyan is a Russian grandmaster and national U-14 champion (2012). His greatest success came in 2020 at the Gibraltar Chess Festival, where he shared first place in the Swiss part of the tournament and defeated GM Andrey Esipenko and GM Wang Hao in the playoff. In 2021, he qualified for the...
GM Dariusz Swiercz 2579 | #151
GM Dariusz Swiercz is a Polish-born American chess player who began playing for the United States in 2018. He learned chess at age three and became a grandmaster in 2009 at the age of just 14, making him one of the 30 youngest in history to attain the title and the youngest ever from Poland. His excellent...
GM Zhu Jiner 2579 | #151
Zhu Jiner is a Chinese grandmaster and former girls under-14 world champion. She qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship in 2018, making it to the second round, and the same year won bronze at the Women's China Rapid Chess Championship. From June 2019 to time of publication in February 2021,...