GM Awonder Liang 2718 | #22
Awonder Liang is an American grandmaster and the 2011 World U8 Champion. He’s well-known for being the youngest player ever to defeat a grandmaster in a standard tournament game when at the age of 9 years, three months, and 20 days, he beat GM Larry Kaufman. Liang is also the second-youngest grandmaster...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2717 | #23
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 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...
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2715 | #25
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 Dmitry Andreikin 2710 | #26
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 Vidit Gurjathi 2708 | #27
Ponieważ Gujrathi jest imieniem odojcowskim, do zawodnika należy zwracać się używając imienia Vidit. Vidit Gujrathi to pochodzący z Indii superarcymistrz, który ma na swoim koncie wiele sukcesów, m.in. zwycięstwo w Mistrzostwach Świata Juniorów do lat 14, wygraną w turnieju Tata...
GM Vladimir Fedoseev 2703 | #28
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 Amin Tabatabaei 2700 | #29
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 Andrey Esipenko 2698 | #30
Andrey Esipenko, rosyjski arcymistrz, już jako junior odnosił znaczące sukcesy — w 2012 roku sięgnął po tytuł mistrza Europy do lat 10, a w 2017 roku wygrał zarówno mistrzostwa Europy, jak i mistrzostwa świata juniorów do lat 16. Jednym z największych osiągnięć w jego karierze było...
GM Sam Sevian 2696 | #31
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 Matthias Bluebaum 2695 | #32
Matthias Bluebaum to niemiecki arcymistrz, mistrz Europy z 2022 roku oraz mistrz Niemiec z 2020 roku. We wcześniejszym okresie kariery wielokrotnie zajmował miejsca w pierwszej dziesiątce prestiżowych turniejów, m.in. mistrzostw Niemiec do lat 18 (2011), mistrzostw świata do lat 14 (2011), mistrzostw...
GM Aravindh Chithambaram
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 Teimour Radjabov 2689 | #33
Teimour Radjabov urodził się 12 marca 1987 roku w Baku, w Azerbejdżanie - w tym samym mieście co były mistrz świata Garry Kasparov. Obiecująca kariera juniorska Radjabova przełożyła się na udział w mistrzostwach świata FIDE już w wieku nastoletnim oraz mistrzostwach świata po unifikacji w latach 2010-tych. W...
GM Nodirbek Yakubboev 2689 | #33
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 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 Igor Kovalenko
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 Wang Hao 2684 | #36
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 | #37
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 Pavel Eljanov 2682 | #37
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 Peter Leko 2676 | #39
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 Harikrishna Pentala 2676 | #39
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 Nikita Vitiugov 2667 | #41
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 Bu Xiangzhi 2666 | #42
Bu Xiangzhi is a Chinese chess champion and was for a time the youngest GM in history; as of June 2020, he is still the 10th-youngest player to ever become GM. He was also China’s 10th-ever GM. Bu has been a member of the 2700-rating club off and on since April 2008 and every month since June...
GM David Howell 2665 | #43
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...
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2662 | #44
Uzbek GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov is perhaps best known as the 2004 FIDE world champion, earning the title in a knockout tournament. Despite being seeded 28th, Kasimdzhanov defeated number-five seed GM Vassily Ivanchuk in round three, number-four GM Alexander Grischuk in the quarterfinal, number-one GM Veselin...