The Top Chess Players in the World - Page 13

GM Vladislav Kovalev 2555 | #193

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 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 Julio Catalino Sadorra 2555 | #193

GM Vladimir Baklan 2555 | #193

Vladimir Baklan is a Ukrainian Grandmaster.

GM Jure Skoberne

GM Rinat Jumabayev

Rinat Jumabayev is a Kazakhstani chess grandmaster who was the champion of Kazakhstan in 2014 and 2017.He qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup and eliminated GM Fabiano Caruana in round three.

GM Artur Yusupov 2554 | #196

GM Artur Jussupow is a Russian-born German grandmaster and three-time candidate for the world championship. (The English transliteration of his surname is Yusupov, while Jussupow is the German spelling.) In the quarterfinal tiebreak of his last Candidates in 1991, Jussupow was responsible for one of...

GM Predrag Nikolic 2554 | #196

GM Dmitry Bocharov 2553 | #198

GM Tomasz Warakomski 2553 | #198

GM Xue Haowen 2553 | #198

GM Alvar Alonso Rosell 2552 | #201

Alvar Alonso Rosell is a Spanish Grandmaster.

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 Sebastian Bogner

Sebastian Bogner is a Swiss chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Vladimir Akopian 2551 | #202

Vladimir Akopian is an Armenian-American grandmaster. As a young player, Akopian enjoyed great success by winning the U16 World Youth Chess Championship in 1986 and the U18 World Youth Chess Championship two years later. In 1999, Akopian surprised by reaching the final of the FIDE Knockout World Championship....

GM Vladimir Potkin

Vladimir Potkin is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Vahap Sanal

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

GM Andrew Tang 2551 | #202

Andrew Tang is an American grandmaster who earned that title in 2017 at the age of 17. Known as "Penguin GM," he is one of the best bullet chess players in the world. Along with GM Hikaru Nakamura, Tang is one of the few players to have achieved a Chess.com bullet rating of 3500. He streams on Twitch...

GM Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez

GM Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez is a Cuban chess grandmaster and 2023 World Cup participant.

GM Semyon Lomasov

Bio coming soon.

GM Bryce Tiglon

GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili

GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili is a Georgian grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

GM Giovanni Vescovi

Giovanni Vescovi is a Brazilian Grandmaster.

GM Zaven Andriasian

Zaven Andriasian is an Armenian Grandmaster.