I migliori giocatori di scacchi al mondo - Pagina 2

GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2717 | #23

France

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 Amin Tabatabaei 2714 | #25

Iran

Amin Tabatabaei is an Iranian grandmaster and the winner of the 2019 Biel Master Open tournament. His win came by half a point over a group of seven players in second place, including GMs Jeffery Xiong and Gata Kamsky. Earlier in his career, Tabatabaei won silver at the 2014 World U14 Championship....

GM Yu Yangyi 2714 | #25

China

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...

GM Parham Maghsoodloo 2710 | #27

Iran

Iranian GM Parham Maghsoodloo has achieved an impressive chess career in a short amount of time. He’s a two-time Iranian national champion and the highest-rated player in the country. In 2018, he won the World Junior Chess Championship. Now no longer a junior, Maghsoodloo seems poised to make...

GM Dmitry Andreikin 2710 | #27

FIDE

Dmitry Andreikin is a Russian super GM and a two-time Russian champion. He had a highly successful early career and became a GM at age 17. Andreikin’s top success, as of 2020, came at the 2013 World Cup where he was a finalist and qualified as a candidate for the world championship. A top-30 player...

GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 2708 | #29

Türkiye

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 Vidit Gurjathi 2708 | #29

India

Gujrathi è un patronimico, e il giocatore dovrebbe essere chiamato col suo nome, Vidit. Vidit Gujrathi è un super GM indiano che ha vinto il Campionato del Mondo Giovanile Under-14, il Tata Steel Challengers 2018 e il torneo di Biel 2019. Nel 2023 è diventato un candidato al titolo...

GM Awonder Liang 2704 | #31

United States

Awonder Liang è un grande maestro e campione del mondo giovanile under-8 (2011). È conosciuto per essere uno dei più giovani giocatori ad aver sconfitto un GM in un torneo a tempo lungo, battendo il GM Larry Kaufman all'età di nove anni, tre mesi e venti giorni. Liang è...

GM Vladimir Fedoseev 2700 | #32

Slovenia

Vladimir Fedoseev is a Russian chess grandmaster and one of the world’s 100 highest-rated players by FIDE. In 2022, he stopped representing Russia as part of the fallout of the invasion of Ukraine. He transferred federations to Slovenia in July 2023. Early Life And Career Grandmaster Greatest...

GM Sam Sevian 2696 | #33

United States

Samuel Sevian is an American grandmaster who gained notoriety as a chess prodigy. In 2014, he became the youngest ever-American to earn his GM title at 13 years, 10 months, and 27 days—and still retains a top spot on the list of the youngest chess grandmasters overall. He’s also the youngest...

GM Veselin Topalov 2695 | #34

Bulgaria

GM Veselin Topalov is a Bulgarian super-grandmaster and was the FIDE world champion in 2005. He was the world number-one player from April 2006 through January 2007 and again from October 2008 until January 2010. According to 2700chess.com, he reached his peak rating of 2826 on August 24, 2015—the...

GM Matthias Bluebaum 2694 | #35

Germany

Matthias Bluebaum è un grande maestro tedesco, due volte Campione Europeo (2022 e 2025), e Campione Tedesco nel 2020. Nella sua carriera giovanile è finito diverse volte in top 10 in tornei importanti, come il Campionato Tedesco U18 del 2011, il Campionato del Mondo di Scacchi U14 del...

GM Aravindh Chithambaram

India

The player's full name is Aravindh Chithambaram V R and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Aravindh.Aravindh Chithambaram is an Indian grandmaster. He won the national championship in consecutive years, 2018 and 2019. In August 2023, he entered the top...

GM Nodirbek Yakubboev 2689 | #36

Uzbekistan

Nodirbek Yakubboev is an Uzbek grandmaster and three-time national champion. His Uzbekistani Chess Championships came in 2016, 2018, and 2020. At the 2018 World Youth Chess Olympiad, Yakubboev won gold with Uzbekistan and took individual gold as well for his performance on the second board. In...

GM Teimour Radjabov 2689 | #36

Azerbaijan

Teimour Radjabov è nato il 12 marzo 1987 a Baku, in Azerbaigian, la stessa città che ha dato i natali all'ex campione del mondo di scacchi Garry Kasparov. La promettente carriera giovanile di Radjabov si è tradotta in partecipazioni al campionato del mondo FIDE negli anni dell'adolescenza...

GM Andrey Esipenko 2684 | #38

Russia

Andrey Esipenko è un grande maestro russo. Ha vinto il Campionato Europeo U10 nel 2012, e nel 2017 ha vinto il Campionato Europeo U16 e il Campionato del Mondo di Scacchi U16. Al Tata Steel Chess 2021, a soli 18 anni, ha battuto l'allora Campione del Mondo Magnus Carlsen al loro primo incontro,...

GM Wang Hao 2684 | #38

China

GM Wang Hao is a super grandmaster who was a candidate for the world championship in 2020, which he achieved by winning the 2019 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss. He had a fantastic youth career that culminated in winning the seventh Dubai Open at the age of 16, when he topped several dozen GMs and IMs as...

GM Peter Svidler 2682 | #40

FIDE

Peter Svidler is an eight-time chess champion of Russia and a three-time candidate for the world championship. He came closest to becoming world champion with a second-place finish in FIDE’s 2005 championship tournament. Early Life And Career The Next Decade (2000-09) The 2010s Legacy Early...

GM Harikrishna Pentala 2676 | #41

India

The player's full name is Harikrishna Pentala and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Harikrishna. Harikrishna Pentala is an Indian grandmaster and one of the best chess players in that nation’s history. Early Life And Career Grandmaster 2700 Club Recent...

GM Peter Leko

Hungary

GM Peter Leko is a Hungarian super grandmaster who played for the classical world championship in 2004, losing to GM Vladimir Kramnik (under the terms of the match, despite drawing it by score). Born in 1979, he was already an IM by 1992. GM came two years later, making him the youngest ever. Early...

GM Pavel Eljanov 2674 | #42

Ukraine

Pavel Eljanov is a Ukrainian grandmaster who has served as a second (assistant) for many elite players, including GMs Magnus Carlsen, Boris Gelfand, and Mariya Muzychuk. Early in his career, Eljanov was on the team that won the U16 Chess Olympiad in 1999. Years later, he won two team...

GM Igor Kovalenko

Ukraine

Igor Kovalenko is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He earned his title in 2011 and from 2013-21 represented Latvia, where he won the national championship in 2013 and 2014. Kovalenko has been volunteering in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2022.

GM Nikita Vitiugov 2666 | #43

England

Nikita Vitiugov is a Russian-born grandmaster who plays under the English flag. He was the Russian chess champion in 2021 and coach of GM Ian Nepomniachtchi at two FIDE World Championship matches. He is a two-time winner of World Team Chess Championships and a three-time European Club Cup winner. He...

GM Aydin Suleymanli

Azerbaijan

GM Aydin Suleymanli is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster who was the world under-14 champion in 2019.

GM David Howell 2665 | #44

England

David Howell is an English grandmaster and three-time British chess champion. He set several records as a chess prodigy, including being the youngest Briton to earn the GM title. Howell remains active as a player, columnist, and commentator. Early Chess Career (1996 To 2008) Multiple-Time British Champion...