The Top Chess Players in the World - Page 12

GM Mikhailo Oleksienko 2558 | #180

Bio coming soon.

GM Alojzije Jankovic

Alojzije Jankovic is a Croatian Grandmaster.

GM Denis Makhnev 2558 | #180

GM Francesco Sonis

Francesco Sonis is an Italian Grandmaster.

GM Yasser Quesada Perez

Yasser Quesada Perez is a Cuban chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Erik van den Doel 2557 | #183

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GM Zhang Pengxiang

GM Sergei Azarov 2557 | #183

GM Sergei Azarov is a chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

GM Tomasz Warakomski 2557 | #183

GM Daniel Fridman 2556 | #186

GM Daniel Fridman is a German grandmaster from Latvia who has won four national championships (one in Latvia, three in Germany).

GM Titas Stremavicius

GM Nitzan Steinberg

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GM Li Di

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GM Zahar Efimenko

Zahar Efimenko is an Ukranian Grandmaster.

GM Leonardo Costa 2556 | #186

GM Andrey Baryshpolets

Andrey (Andrii) Baryshpolets is a Ukrainian grandmaster and a candidate for the FIDE presidency in 2022.  Baryshpolets won the U18 division of the Ukrainian championship in 2008 and was the runner-up at the Ukrainian blitz championship in 2012. He shared first with GM Ivan Popov and GM Alberto...

GM Martin Kraemer

GM Ruben Felgaer 2556 | #186

GM Vladislav Kovalev 2555 | #189

Vladislav Kovalev is a Belarusian grandmaster and the 2016 Belarusian Chess Champion. He’s a three-time Belarusian Junior Chess Champion and has represented his country in several Chess Olympiads and European Team Chess Championships. Kovalev won the 2018 Aeroflot Open and took the 2019 Tata Steel...

GM Tong Xiao

GM Jure Skoberne

GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista

Lazaro Bruzon Batista is a Cuban-American grandmaster who switched federations to the United States in 2020. He was World Junior Champion in 2000 and reached the world #26 rating in 2005. Bruzon, a participant in the 2021 U.S. Championship, reached a peak rating of 2717 in 2012.

GM Zhu Jiner 2554 | #190

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,...

GM Nikita Petrov

GM Abdimalik Abdisalimov 2553 | #191