The Top Chess Players in the World - Page 12

GM Mikhailo Oleksienko

2558 | #178

Bio coming soon.

GM Denis Makhnev

2558 | #178

GM Zeng Chongsheng 2557 | #181

Chongsheng Zeng is a Chinese Grandmaster.

GM Christian Bauer

2557 | #181

Christian Bauer is a French grandmaster.

GM Sergei Azarov

2557 | #181

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

GM Zhang Pengxiang

GM Peter Acs

Bio coming soon.

GM Matthieu Cornette

Bio coming soon.

GM Francesco Sonis

Francesco Sonis is an Italian Grandmaster.

GM Ruben Felgaer

2556 | #184

GM Nitzan Steinberg

Bio coming soon.

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 Jure Skoberne

GM Jan Subelj

2555 | #185

Bio coming soon.

GM Borki Predojevic

2555 | #185

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 Vladislav Kovalev

2555 | #185

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 Nikita Petrov

GM Paulius Pultinevicius

Paulius Pultinevicius is a Lithuanian grandmaster and currently one of the best players in his country (as of June 2021). He earned his international master title in 2017, became a GM in 2019, and reached his peak FIDE rating of 2519 in 2020. In 2016, Pultinevicius was the Lithuanian chess champion...

GM Mikhail Gurevich

Mikhail Gurevich is a Belgian Grandmaster.

GM Xue Haowen

2553 | #188

GM Sankalp Gupta

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

GM Varuzhan Akobian

Varuzhan Akobian is an Armenian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Ido Gorshtein

GM Bartosz Socko

Bartosz Socko is a Polish Grandmaster.