The Top Chess Players in the World - Page 4

The player's full name is Raunak Sadhwani and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Raunak.Raunak Sadhwani is an Indian chess grandmaster. A prodigy, he earned the GM title at the age of just 13, making him the ninth-youngest in history as (of April 2021). Raunak...

GM Alexander Grischuk 2641 | #67

Russia

Alexander Grischuk is a Russian super grandmaster who is consistently among the world’s best players. While he’s an elite professional chess player, Grischuk is well-known for being one of the top blitz players. He’s a three-time World Blitz Champion, making him only one of two players...

GM Vladislav Artemiev 2641 | #67

Russia

Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev is undoubtedly one of the best young chess players. Ranked fourth in the world for all players age 25 and younger at the time of publishing, the 22-year-old and former prodigy broke into the upper echelon of elite chess in 2019 when in June he became one of the top-10 ranked...

GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov 2641 | #67

Uzbekistan

Shamsiddin Vokhidov is an Uzbek chess grandmaster. He won the Under-14 World Youth Championship in 2015. In 2018, Vokhidov scored 8.5/15 at the World Rapid Championship, including a victory over GM Magnus Carlsen in round two. Vokhidov played the reserve board for Uzbekistan at the 2022 Chess Olympiad,...

GM Saleh Salem 2640 | #70

United Arab Emirates

Salem Saleh is a grandmaster from the United Arab Emirates. He has four national Emirati Chess Championships, three international Arab Chess Championships, and two Arab Individual Blitz Chess Championships. In 2015, he won the Asian Chess and Asian Blitz Championships. He has currently matched his peak...

GM Frederik Svane 2640 | #70

Germany

GM Frederik Svane is a German grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup. He is the brother of GM Rasmus Svane.

GM Gawain Maroroa Jones 2639 | #72

England

Gawain Jones is an English grandmaster and two-time British Chess Champion. He had an illustrious youth career. At nine years old, he became the youngest player ever at the time to defeat an international master in an official tournament game. A few years later, at the age of 12, he won the British...

GM Aryan Chopra

India

Bio coming soonThe name Chopra is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Aryan.

GM Ruslan Ponomariov 2636 | #73

Ukraine

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...

GM Rauf Mamedov 2636 | #73

Azerbaijan

Rauf Mamedov is an Azerbaijani grandmaster. Early in his career, Mamedov's most notable success came when he won first place in the U16 European Youth Championship in 1999. Five years later, he became a grandmaster in 2004 and won the Dubai Open. Mamedov went on to win the Azerbaijani Chess Championship...

GM Anton Demchenko 2636 | #73

Slovenia

Anton Demchenko is a Slovenian grandmaster who was born in Russia. He completed his federation transfer in July 2023. He won the European Individual Chess Championship in 2021.

GM Boris Gelfand 2635 | #76

Israel

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...

GM Nikolas Theodorou 2635 | #76

Greece

Nikolas Theodorou is a Greek grandmaster. According to the St. Louis Chess Club, he won his age group five times at the Greek Chess Championships. On July 22, 2022, Theodorou qualified for the 2022 Chess.com Global Championship Knockout.

GM Andy Woodward 2635 | #76

United States

IM Andy Woodward is a chess grandmaster from the United States. He earned his IM title in 2022 at the age of 12. On January 30, 2024, he earned his third and final grandmaster norm later becoming one of the youngest GMs in history after FIDE granted him the title at the end of July, 2024. Woodward...

GM Ediz Gurel

Türkiye

Bio coming soon.

GM Haik Martirosyan

Armenia

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...

GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen 2633 | #79

Czech Republic

Thai Dai Van Nguyen is a Czech chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Pranesh M

India

The player should be referred to by the given name, Pranesh.

GM Dmitrij Kollars

Germany

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...

GM Etienne Bacrot 2631 | #80

France

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...

GM Aram Hakobyan 2631 | #80

Armenia

Aram Hakobyan is an Armenian grandmaster and the 2012 World U12 Champion. He also won the Armenian Youth Championship in four different age groups (U10, U12, U14, and U18) and became vice-champion of the 2014 U14 European Chess Championship. Hakobyan is ranked in the top-15 players in Armenia (13th)...

GM Michael Adams 2629 | #82

England

Michael “Mickey” Adams is a British chess grandmaster, one of the United Kingdom's and England’s greatest-ever players, with nine 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...

GM Konstantin Landa

Russia

Bio coming soon

GM Bassem Amin 2628 | #83

Egypt

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....

The Top Chess Players in the World - Page 4

GM Lu Shanglei

GM Raunak Sadhwani 2642 | #64

GM Alexander Grischuk 2641 | #67

GM Vladislav Artemiev 2641 | #67

GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov 2641 | #67

GM Saleh Salem 2640 | #70

GM Frederik Svane 2640 | #70

GM Gawain Maroroa Jones 2639 | #72

GM Aryan Chopra

GM Ruslan Ponomariov 2636 | #73

GM Rauf Mamedov 2636 | #73

GM Anton Demchenko 2636 | #73

GM Boris Gelfand 2635 | #76

GM Nikolas Theodorou 2635 | #76

GM Andy Woodward 2635 | #76

GM Ediz Gurel

GM Haik Martirosyan

GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen 2633 | #79

GM Pranesh M

GM Dmitrij Kollars

GM Etienne Bacrot 2631 | #80

GM Aram Hakobyan 2631 | #80

GM Michael Adams 2629 | #82

GM Konstantin Landa

GM Bassem Amin 2628 | #83