The Top Chess Players in the World - Page 18

GM Illya Nyzhnyk 2527 | #240

Illya Nyzhnyk is a Ukrainian grandmaster and one of the best players in his country. He rose to the top of the chess world at a young age, winning the U10 Ukrainian Youth Championship in both 2005 and 2006. He also won the U12 championship in 2006 and the U16 championship in 2008. In 2007, Nyzhnyk drew...

GM Stepan Zilka 2526 | #242

GM Emre Can 2526 | #242

Emre Can is a Turkish chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Kiril Georgiev 2525 | #244

GM Kiril Georgiev is a grandmaster from North Macedonia who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup. He won the 2023 Bulgarian Chess Championship.

IM Augustin Droin

GM Mitrabha Guha

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

GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis 2525 | #244

GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis is a Greek grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

GM Zbynek Hracek

Zbynek Hracek is a Czech Grandmaster.

GM Rustem Dautov

GM Simen Agdestein 2525 | #244

Simen Agdestein is a Norwegian grandmaster, author, coach, and nine-time Norwegian champion. He was also a professional soccer player who made it to the Norwegian national team as a striker. Agdestein won his first Norwegian championship in 1982, a year before earning his international master title....

GM Vadim Zvjaginsev

Vadim Zvjaginsev is a Russian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Zhamsaran Tsydypov

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GM Jorge Viterbo Ferreira

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GM Dimitris Alexakis 2525 | #244

GM Vladimir Baklan 2525 | #244

Vladimir Baklan is a Ukrainian Grandmaster.

IM Justin Wang 2524 | #249

GM Ilamparthi A R 2524 | #249

GM Koneru Humpy 2524 | #249

The name Koneru is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by her name, Humpy. GM Koneru Humpy is one of the top female chess players in the world and has been so for most of her career. The former Indian chess prodigy has spent just one month outside of the top five women in the world since...

GM Erdem Khubukshanov

IM Timothe Razafindratsima 2523 | #252

GM Avital Boruchovsky 2523 | #252

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GM Giorgi Margvelashvili

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GM Denis Khismatullin

Denis Khismatullin is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Tigran L Petrosian

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GM Valery Popov