The Top Chess Players in the World - Page 12

GM Toms Kantans 2559 | #178

Bio coming soon.

GM Yahli Sokolovsky

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GM Mikhailo Oleksienko 2558 | #180

Bio coming soon.

GM Zhang Pengxiang

GM Jakub Seemann 2557 | #181

FM Jakub Seemann is a Polish FIDE Master and the 2023 World Under-16 Champion. The video Seemann being congratulated upon his return to school after winning the championship went viral. @chess these are some of the very best moments in chess 🫶 ♬ original sound - Chess.com

GM Alexandr Fier 2557 | #181

Alexandr Fier is a Brazilian chess grandmaster and four-time Brazilian Chess Champion, most recently in 2022.

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 Peter Prohaszka

Bio coming soon.

GM Ruben Felgaer

GM Mustafa Yilmaz

Mustafa Yılmaz is a Turkish chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

IM Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov

GM Lucas van Foreest 2555 | #183

GM Lucas van Foreest is a participant in the 2022 Tata Steel Challengers Tournament. He is the younger brother of GM Jorden van Foreest.

GM Jure Skoberne

GM Vahap Sanal

Vahap Sanal is a Turkish grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Titas Stremavicius

GM Nikita Petrov

GM Borki Predojevic 2555 | #183

Borki Predojevic is a Bosnian Grandmaster.

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 Romain Edouard

GM Romain Edouard is a French grandmaster (located in Barcelona, Spain, as of June 2021) who reached the "super grandmaster" threshold with a 2702 rating in 2014. He was a second of GM Veselin Topalov for several years. Edouard is also a chess coach, author, and Chess.com Lesson instructor and is featured...

GM Bartosz Socko

Bartosz Socko is a Polish Grandmaster.

GM Arturs Neiksans

GM Arturs Neiksans is a Latvian grandmaster, chess coach, and streamer. He is a four-time national chess champion of Latvia, most recently in 2019, and the number-two player in Latvia by rating (as of July 2021). He has taught at the Riga Chess School since 2010 and has been a FIDE-licensed trainer...

GM Diptayan Ghosh

The name Ghosh is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Diptayan.

GM Xue Haowen 2553 | #185

GM Varuzhan Akobian

Varuzhan Akobian is an Armenian-American chess grandmaster and former top 100 player in the world who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Sasa Martinovic 2553 | #185

Sasa Martinovic is a Croatian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.