Top Junior U20 Chess Players in the World

GM Javokhir Sindarov

GM Javokhir Sindarov adalah seorang grandmaster dan peserta turnamen kandidat asal Uzbekistan. Sindarov termasuk salah satu grandmaster termuda dalam sejarah, pada tahun 2018 ia meraih gelar GM saat berusia 12 tahun, 10 bulan, dan 5 hari. Hingga Agustus 2022, ia menjadi salah satu dari hanya lima pemain...

GM Gukesh Dommaraju 2732 | #14

Nama lengkap pemain ini adalah Gukesh Dommaraju, dan telah mengonfirmasi kepada Chess.com bahwa ia lebih suka dipanggil Gukesh. GM India Gukesh Dommaraju adalah Juara Dunia Catur saat ini, setelah mengalahkan GM Ding Liren dalam Kejuaraan Dunia FIDE pada 12 Desember 2024. Gukesh menjadi Juara Dunia...

GM Andrey Esipenko 2698 | #30

Andrey Esipenko adalah seorang grandmaster asal Rusia. Ia menjuarai Kejuaraan Catur Eropa U10 pada 2012. Pada 2017, ia kembali meraih prestasi besar dengan memenangkan Kejuaraan Catur Eropa U16 dan Kejuaraan Dunia U16. Dalam Turnamen Tata Steel Chess 2021, saat masih berusia 18 tahun, Esipenko mengalahkan...

GM Matthias Bluebaum 2695 | #32

Matthias Bluebaum adalah seorang grandmaster asal Jerman, Juara Eropa 2022, dan Juara Nasional Jerman 2020. Pada awal kariernya, ia beberapa kali finish di peringkat 10 besar dalam turnamen-turnamen besar, termasuk Kejuaraan Catur Jerman U18 2011, Kejuaraan Dunia U14 2011, Kejuaraan Dunia U18 2014,...

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

GM Abhimanyu Mishra

GM Abhimanyu "Abhi" Mishra is an American chess prodigy. In July 2021, Mishra earned his third norm required to become a grandmaster. With his FIDE rating already above 2500, he became the youngest grandmaster in history at the age of 12 years, four months, and 25 days.  Early Milestones Youngest...

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 Pranav Anand

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

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 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 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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MI Vaclav Finek