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GM Etienne Bacrot 2677 | #50
Etienne Bacrot is a French grandmaster. He won his first French championship at 16 years of age, which is the youngest in history. That was the first of five consecutive national titles, and Bacrot has accumulated eight in total—more than any other player. He made a name for himself in chess as...
![David Howell](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/14ad05fe-42d4-11ea-9916-53dead9f0784.306402c2.160x160o.2091f4771cfb.jpeg)
GM David Howell 2675 | #52
David Howell is an English grandmaster and three-time British chess champion. He set several records as a chess prodigy, including being the youngest Briton to earn the GM title. Howell remains active as a player, columnist, and commentator. Early Chess Career (1996 To 2008) Multiple-Time British Champion...
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GM David Navara 2674 | #53
David Navara may be the strongest Czech player ever. Not only is he the country’s highest rated player, but he has won nine national titles, which is more than anyone in the tournament’s 114-year history. Navara became an IM at 14 and a GM at 16. At Wijk aan Zee in 2007, he beat Magnus Carlsen...
![Javokhir Sindarov](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/35f7187a-a756-11eb-8022-7f37ffc71412.7d6088cb.160x160o.25c73573201d.jpeg)
GM Javokhir Sindarov 2674 | #53
GM Javokhir Sindarov is a grandmaster from Uzbekistan. One of the youngest grandmasters in history, in 2018 he earned his GM title at the age of 12 years, 10 months, and 5 days. He is one of just five players to earn the title before turning 13 years old (as of August 2022). Sindarov is also a two-time...
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GM Michael Adams 2672 | #55
Michael “Mickey” Adams is a British chess grandmaster, one of the United Kingdom's and England’s greatest-ever players, with eight national championships. Per his website, he has finished first or tied for first in at least 60 events in his chess career. Early Life And Career Early...
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GM Pavel Eljanov 2672 | #55
Pavel Eljanov is a Ukrainian grandmaster who has served as a second (assistant) for many elite players, including GMs Magnus Carlsen, Boris Gelfand, and Mariya Muzychuk. Early in his career, Eljanov was on the team that won the U16 Chess Olympiad in 1999. Years later, he won two team...
![Kirill Shevchenko](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/04bfb47e-98ce-11eb-8db8-0f0d29e116e6.a12502c2.160x160o.0c04cb6e31aa.jpeg)
GM Kirill Shevchenko 2672 | #55
Kirill Shevchenko is a Ukrainian grandmaster and a top-10 junior player in the world (as of April 2021). He earned his GM title when 14 years, nine months, and 23 days old, placing him on the list of the youngest grandmasters in history. At the 2019 Najdorf Memorial Open A Tournament, Shevchenko finished...
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GM Jorden van Foreest 2671 | #58
Jorden van Foreest is a Dutch grandmaster and the Dutch Chess Champion of 2016. He is best known for winning the Tata Steel Masters in 2021. He’s the youngest Dutch GM in history and currently ranked second in the country (March 2021). Early Chess Career (2005 To 2015) Dutch Champion (2016 To...
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GM Andrey Esipenko 2671 | #58
Andrey Esipenko is a Russian grandmaster. He won the European U10 Chess Championship in 2012. In 2017, he won the European U16 Chess Championship and the World U16 Chess Championship. At the 2021 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, the 18-year-old beat World Champion Magnus Carlsen in their first encounter,...
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GM David Anton Guijarro 2669 | #60
David Anton Guijarro is a grandmaster and one of the best players in Spain. In March 2020 he crossed the 2700-rating mark, a feat that only a few players ever achieve. Anton Guijarro won the bronze medal at the 2012 U-16 European Championship and silver at the 2013 U-18 World Championship. He has won...
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GM Bassem Amin 2667 | #61
Bassem Amin is an Egyptian grandmaster and six-time African Chess Champion. He also has three Arab Chess Championships, multiple African and Arab youth titles, and three bronze medals in the World Youth/Junior Chess Championships. Amin is the highest-rated player not only in Egypt but in Africa as well....
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GM Andrei Volokitin 2667 | #61
Andrei Volokitin is a Ukrainian grandmaster and two-time national champion. He won silver and bronze medals at the World Chess Championship in the under-12 and under-14 categories, and was part of the gold-medal winning Ukrainian national youth team at the Under-16 Chess Olympiad in 1999. Two years...
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GM Alexei Shirov 2665 | #63
Alexei Shirov is a Latvian grandmaster who plays for Spain. In 1994 he was the number-two player in the world. Shirov defeated GM Vladimir Kramnik in a match in 1998 to become the challenger to GM Garry Kasparov for the classical world championship, but this match never took place. Shirov has participated...
![Max Warmerdam](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/78277820-b5ac-11eb-8737-37511c4f9391.be4f6e14.160x160o.3ae019102906.png)
GM Max Warmerdam 2663 | #64
Max Warmerdam is a grandmaster from the Netherlands, earning the title in 2021. He seconded GM Anish Giri in the 2021 Candidates Tournament.
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GM Grigoriy Oparin 2662 | #65
Grigoriy Oparin is a Russian chess player who earned his grandmaster title in 2013. He was Russia's 2014 junior champion. Oparin nearly qualified for the 2022 Candidates Tournament by tying GM Fabiano Caruana for second place at the 2021 Riga Grand Swiss. However, he finished in third place because...
![Haik Martirosyan](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/848da036-a755-11eb-be5c-078797af4958.0dd3b426.160x160o.84bb5fb4f697.jpeg)
GM Haik Martirosyan 2661 | #66
Haik Martirosyan is an Armenian grandmaster. The European under-12 champion in 2011 and under-14 champion in 2013, Martirosyan was the under-16 world youth champion in 2016 and Armenian chess champion in 2018. A strong blitz player, Martirosyan participated in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship...
![Nils Grandelius](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/23283f08-42da-11ea-9bab-d9c386462600.82f12f87.160x160o.e4e5976f1182.jpeg)
GM Nils Grandelius 2659 | #67
Nils Grandelius is a Swedish grandmaster and the top-ranked player in that country (as of February 2021). He won the Swedish Chess Championship in 2015 and as a junior took the under-18 World Youth Chess Champions in 2010. In 2019, Grandelius spent several months ranked among the world’s top-50...
![Boris Gelfand](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/6f2e86b0-c003-11e8-8756-f3b2f11d25b8.dbe31b30.160x160o.4cb143611fd5.jpeg)
GM Boris Gelfand 2658 | #68
Soviet-born Israeli GM Boris Gelfand is a longtime elite chess player. His staying power as a top player is legendary, as he has spent most of his life ranked among the top-20 players in the world. He was ranked in the top 30 for nearly 27 years (January 1990 to October 2017). Gelfand nearly defeated...
![Francisco Vallejo Pons](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/cb512174-3eff-11ea-a718-f3cd29491206.8bfd36f3.160x160o.391d7dd5e4c4.jpeg)
GM Francisco Vallejo Pons 2657 | #69
Francisco Vallejo Pons (nickname “Paco”) is a five-time Spanish chess champion. He won in 2006, 2009, and the three consecutive years of 2014-16. He was also a regular at the Linares super-tournament as the host national favorite. Vallejo is a member of the 2700-rating club and remains...
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GM Dmitrij Kollars 2656 | #70
GM Dmitrij Kollars is a German chess grandmaster who earned that title in 2017 at the age of 17 years old. In 2021 he tied for first place at the Sunway Sitges Open tournament. Kollars is a regular in Chess.com events, including Titled Tuesday which he won on January 3, 2023. He also reached Division...
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GM Alexander Morozevich 2655 | #71
GM Alexander Morozevich is one of only a few chess players who can claim to have been the world’s number-two player. In July 2008, his rating of 2788 put him second behind only GM Viswanathan Anand and also made Morozevich Russia’s number-one player. Twice, in 1998 and 2007, he won...
![Ruslan Ponomariov](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/802f4e64-bffd-11e8-b6f0-d73c3ed6e739.33a40ed7.160x160o.478b20196eba.jpeg)
GM Ruslan Ponomariov 2654 | #73
Ukrainian GM Ruslan Ponomariov is a former FIDE world champion and one of the greatest chess prodigies in history. He earned the world title at the age of 18 and in 1997 became the youngest person at the time to become a grandmaster—only 17 days after turning 14 years old. The same year, he won...
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GM Anton Korobov 2654 | #73
Anton Korobov is a Ukrainian grandmaster and four-time national champion. He won individual gold at the 43rd Chess Olympiad as the best player on the reserve board, won the 2013 European Blitz Chess Championship, and is an exceptional rapid player—ranked fifth in the world (as of February 2021)....
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GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre 2653 | #75
GM Jonas Bjerre is a Danish chess grandmaster. He began 2024 as the #8 rated junior player in the world, and the second-highest rated in Europe behind only GM Vincent Keymer.