GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Magnus Carlsen 2840 | #1
To many, GM Magnus Carlsen is the best to ever play the game, although GMs Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer remain in the conversation. At any rate, the clear and remarkable point is that before turning 30 years old, Carlsen had already earned a spot at the top, and he has continued to dominate into...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Hikaru Nakamura 2810 | #2
Hikaru Nakamura was born December 9, 1987 in Hirakata, Japan. His family moved to the United States when he was just two years old, and the Stars and Stripes are the only national banner he has known as a chess player. Nakamura has been one of the world’s top players for well over a decade....
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Fabiano Caruana 2795 | #3
फैबियानो कारूआना जिन्होंने जीएम हिकारू नाकामुरा के अमेरिका के सबसे कम उम्र के चेस ग्रैंडमास्टर के रिकॉर्ड को तोड़ा, आज चेस की दुनिया में शिखर पर पहुंच गए हैं। फैबियानो विश्व चेस रैंकिंग में दूसरे पायदान पर भी रहे है और उन्होंने अपने करियर में कई टूर्नामेंट अपने नाम किये है। 2018 में लंदन में खेले गए विश्व चेस चैंपियनशिप मैच में उन्होंने जीएम मैग्नस कार्लसन का सामना किया, हालांकि टाईब्रेक प्लेऑफ़ में उन्हें हार का सामना करना पड़ा। वह तीन बार के यू.एस. चेस चैंपियन (2016,...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Vincent Keymer 2776 | #4
Vincent Keymer is a German grandmaster, the youngest player from Germany to earn the title, and one of the best players in the world. By 2015, when not yet even a teenager, he was already being hailed as Germany's greatest chess talent since Emanuel Lasker. At the 2018 Grenke Open, the 13-year-old...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Arjun Erigaisi 2775 | #5
अर्जुन एरीगैसी एक भारतीय ग्रैंडमास्टर हैं, जो 2003 और 2006 के बीच पैदा हुए स्टार भारतीय खिलाड़ियों की चौकड़ी में से एक हैं - अन्य तीन खिलाड़ी जीएम गुकेश डी, प्रज्ञाननंद आर और निहाल सरीन हैं - जिन्होंने 2022-23 की अवधि में विश्व के बेहतरीन खिलाड़ियों की सूचि में शामिल होने के लिए एक बड़ी छलांग लगाई। एरीगैसी उनके पिता के नाम से लिया गया है, और उन्हें उनके नाम अर्जुन से संदर्भित किया जाना चाहिए। कैरियर का आरंभ ब्रेकआउट वर्ष 2023 और उससे आगे कैरियर...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Alireza Firouzja 2762 | #6
Alireza Firouzja is an Iranian-born grandmaster who now plays for France. He is a two-time world championship candidate and two-time Iranian champion. In late 2019 and early 2020, Firouzja electrified the chess world with his second place finish in the World Rapid Championship (one point behind World...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 2761 | #7
जीएम रमेशबाबू प्रज्ञाननंद एक भारतीय ग्रैंडमास्टर हैं जिनका अब तक का करियर बहुत ही बेहतरीन रहा है। प्रज्ञाननंद, जो 2023 में केवल 18 वर्ष के हुए है, अब तक के सबसे कम उम्र के ग्रैंडमास्टर्स में से एक और विश्व चैंपियनशिप के उम्मीदवारों की सूचि में शामिल हैं। वह कैंडिडेट्स टूर्नामेंट में जगह बनाने वाले समकालीन युवा भारतीय खिलाड़ियों की ऐतिहासिक चौकड़ी (जिसमें जीएम गुकेश डी, अर्जुन एरिगैसी और निहाल सरीन शामिल हैं) में से पहले खिलाड़ी हैं। रमेशबाबू उनके पिता के नाम...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Anish Giri 2760 | #8
GM Anish Giri is a four-time Dutch champion and a world-class player. He has been ranked as high as number three in the world and reached his peak rating of 2802 on February 15, 2015. Giri has represented the Netherlands at the Olympiads since 2010. He won the 2012 Reggio Emilia tournament and the 2017...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Gukesh Dommaraju 2754 | #9
डोम्माराजू उनके पिता के नाम से लिया गया है, और उन्हें उनके नाम गुकेश से संदर्भित किया जाना चाहिए। भारतीय जीएम गुकेश डोम्माराजू एक युवा और प्रतिभाशाली चेस खिलाड़ी हैं। उन्हें इतिहास में दूसरे सबसे कम उम्र के ग्रैंडमास्टर बनने के लिए जाना जाता है। यह उपलब्धि जनवरी उन्हें 2019 में मिली, जब गुकेश ने 12 साल, 7 महीने और 17 दिन की उम्र में जीएम का खिताब हासिल किया - जीएम सर्गेई कारजाकिन के रिकॉर्ड से सिर्फ 17 दिन के अंतर पर। गुकेश भारत की प्रतिभाशाली चेस...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Wei Yi 2754 | #9
Chinese GM Wei Yi is an elite player and one of the greatest chess prodigies in history. At the age of 15, he broke GM Magnus Carlsen’s record for the youngest player to reach a rating of 2700, which Wei still holds. Two years prior, he became the fourth-youngest GM in history at the time (now...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Wesley So 2753 | #11
Wesley So is a Filipino-American super grandmaster who is among the world’s best chess players. He began as a chess prodigy who entered tournaments at nine years old. At 14, he became the ninth youngest GM in history. The next year, he became the youngest player to pass the 2600 rating threshold,...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Viswanathan Anand 2743 | #12
The name Viswanathan is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Anand. Viswanathan Anand, the 15th undisputed chess champion and surely the greatest Indian chess player of all time, was born on December 11, 1969, in Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu, the southeasternmost state in...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Richard Rapport 2741 | #13
Richard Rapport is a Hungarian-Romanian grandmaster and a runner-up in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022, which secured him a place at the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022. This former chess prodigy also possesses a uniquely creative opening approach combined with an exquisite positional style. Style Early...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Leinier Dominguez Perez 2738 | #14
Leinier Dominguez Perez is a Cuban-American grandmaster who has been a top-10 player in the world and usually sits in the top 15. Born in Havana in 1983, he earned his GM title in 2001, won his first of five Cuban Chess Championships in 2002, and reached a 2700 rating in 2008. Dominguez was also Cuban...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Ding Liren 2734 | #15
डिंग लिरेन 2023 विश्व चैम्पियनशिप में जीएम इयान नेपोम्नियाचची को हराने के बाद मौजूदा फिडे विश्व चेस चैंपियन हैं। अधिकांश विश्व चैंपियनों की तरह, प्रभुत्व और करीबी मामलों के संयोजन ने डिंग के करियर को खिताब जीतने तक परिभाषित किया है। डिंग ने 16 साल की उम्र में अपनी पहली चीनी चेस चैंपियनशिप जीती, जिससे वह ऐसा करने वाले सबसे कम उम्र के खिलाड़ी बन गए। 2017 और 2019 चेस विश्व कप में, वह लगातार दो बार फाइनल में पहुंचने वाले इतिहास के पहले खिलाड़ी...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2734 | #15
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (also known as “MVL”) is a French super grandmaster who, since 2016, has spent plenty of time rated among the top five chess players in the world. His rating peaked at 2819 in August 2016, making him the seventh-highest rated player in history at the time. Vachier-Lagrave...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2732 | #17
Nodirbek Abdusattorov is an Uzbek grandmaster who won the 2021 World Rapid Championship and played on the first board for team Uzbekistan that won the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. He did both when 17 years old, becoming the youngest player ever to do so. In March 2024, he climbed all the way to fourth...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Le Quang Liem 2731 | #18
Le Quang Liem is a Vietnamese grandmaster well known for his speed chess skills. He is best known for winning the World Blitz Chess Championship in 2013 ahead of several elite players. Liem is known to have an extremely sharp tactical eye and many notable games in that area. He has also won several...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2730 | #19
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is a super-grandmaster from Azerbaijan. He was the number-two ranked player in the world in the FIDE ratings list of February 2018. According to 2700chess.com, Mamedyarov reached his peak rating of 2826 on September 30, 2018—the sixth-highest rating of all time. Mamedyarov...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Levon Aronian 2729 | #20
Levon Aronian is an Armenian-American super grandmaster who has long been among the world’s best players. He first entered the top 20 in 2005 and still hasn’t lost that distinction. Most of those 15 years or so have been spent in the top 10. In 2021, he switched federations from Armenia...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2729 | #20
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda is one of the youngest members of the 2700 club of super grandmasters (reached in 2017), having turned 22 years old in April 2020. The latest in a history of strong GMs from Poland, he plays on Chess.com as Polish_fighter3000. Duda won the 2021 FIDE World Cup, earning himself a...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Javokhir Sindarov
GM Javokhir Sindarov is a grandmaster and world championship candidate from Uzbekistan. One of the youngest grandmasters in history, in 2018 he earned his GM title at the age of 12 years, 10 months, and 5 days. He is one of just five players to earn the title before turning 13 years old (as of August...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Hans Niemann
Hans Niemann is an American grandmaster and chess streamer. Niemann quickly rose through the ranks of chess, earning his FIDE master title in 2016, only four years after his first rated tournament where he had received a provisional US Chess rating of just 1122. He tied for first in the U-18 North American...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Ian Nepomniachtchi 2723 | #22
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (“Nepo” for short) is a Russian super grandmaster who has twice won the Candidates Tournament to play for the world championship. After winning the 2020-21 Candidates Tournament, he challenged GM Magnus Carlsen for the 2021 World Championship and lost in 11 games. Nepomniachtchi...
GM (ग्रैंड मास्टर) Yu Yangyi 2717 | #23
Yu Yangyi is a Chinese super-grandmaster and world-class player. He was the World U-10 Champion (2004), the World Junior Champion (2013), the Chinese Champion (2013), as well as the Asian Continental Champion (2014). He has won multiple international events and is a particularly strong rapid and...