The Top Chess Players in the World

GM Gadir Guseinov 2668 | #75

Gadir Guseinov is a Russian-born grandmaster who plays for Azerbaijan and is one of the nation's strongest players. One of Guseinov's early successes came when he won the U10 European Youth Chess Championship in 1994. He later won the Ugra Governor's Chess Blitz Cup in 2011 and, more recently, the Sitges...

GM Alexander Areshchenko 2667 | #78

Alexander Areshchenko is a Ukrainian grandmaster and the 2005 Ukrainian Chess Champion. Prior to winning the national championship at just 19 years old, he won the U14 division of the World Youth Chess Championships in 2000, ahead of future GM Wang Yue. Areshchenko won individual silver at the 2007...

GM Vincent Keymer 2667 | #78

Vincent Keymer is a German grandmaster and the youngest from his country to earn the title. At the 2018 Grenke Open, the 13-year-old prodigy won the event ahead of 49 GMs (including four rated 2700+) with an 8/9 score, which secured his first GM norm and shocked the chess world. Keymer’s performance...

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GM Dariusz Swiercz 2665 | #80

GM Dariusz Swiercz is a Polish-born American chess player who began playing for the United States in 2018. He learned chess at age three and became a grandmaster in 2009 at the age of just 14, making him one of the 30 youngest in history to attain the title and the youngest ever from Poland. His excellent...

GM Peter Leko 2663 | #81

GM Peter Leko is a Hungarian super grandmaster who played for the classical world championship in 2004, losing to GM Vladimir Kramnik (under the terms of the match, despite drawing it by score). Born in 1979, he was already an IM by 1992. GM came two years later, making him the youngest ever. Your...

GM Matthias Bluebaum 2663 | #81

Matthias Bluebaum is a German grandmaster, the 2022 European Champion, and the 2020 German Chess Champion. Earlier in his career, he had several top-10 finishes in major tournaments, including the 2011 German U18 Chess Championship, 2011 World U14 Chess Championship, 2014 World U18 Chess Championship,...

GM Narayanan Sunilduth Lyna 2662 | #83

S.L. Narayanan is an Indian grandmaster who won the Asian U-16 title in 2012. He also won the gold medal in the Asian Junior Blitz Chess Championship in 2016 and accumulated many second and third place wins throughout his career.

GM Gata Kamsky 2661 | #84

Gata Kamsky is an American grandmaster. He is the former Soviet junior champion and a five-time U.S. champion. His peak world ranking was number-four, and he challenged GM Anatoly Karpov for the FIDE World Championship in 1996. Kamsky has won many international tournaments as well as the 2007 World...

GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2661 | #84

Nodirbek Abdusattorov is a Uzbekistani grandmaster who won the 2021 World Rapid Championship. At 17 years old, he was the youngest player ever to do so. He defeated GM Magnus Carlsen during the tournament and defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in tiebreaks. Abdussatorov's first major success was the 2012...

GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2659 | #88

Uzbek GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov is perhaps best known as the 2004 FIDE world champion, earning the title in a knockout tournament. Despite being seeded 28th, Kasimdzhanov defeated number-five seed GM Vassily Ivanchuk in round three, number-four GM Alexander Grischuk in the quarterfinal, number-one GM Veselin...

GM Alexander Morozevich 2659 | #86

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...

GM Evgeniy Najer 2659 | #86

Evgeniy Najer is a Russian grandmaster who became the European champion in 2015. In August 2017, he achieved his peak rating of 2707 and peak world ranking of 39. He’s had several open tournament wins, perhaps most notably back-to-back victories at the World Open in Philadelphia in 2008 and 2009....

GM Ernesto Inarkiev 2659 | #86

Ernesto Inarkiev is a Russian grandmaster who won the 2016 European Individual Chess Championship. Earlier in his career, he was European U16 Champion (2001) and Russian Junior (under-20) Champion (2002). Inarkiev earned his GM title in 2002, becoming the first-ever from Kalmykia, a republic of Russia....

GM Gukesh D 2659 | #86

Indian GM Dommaraju Gukesh is a young chess prodigy. He’s best known for becoming the second-youngest grandmaster in history. The accomplishment came in January 2019, when Gukesh earned the GM title at 12 years, 7 months and 17 days of age—narrowly missing GM Sergey Karjakin’s record...

GM Rauf Mamedov 2656 | #91

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 Hans Moke Niemann 2656 | #91

Hans Niemann is an American grandmaster and chess streamer. Among the top juniors in the world, he ranks 25th (as of May 2021). Neimann quickly rose through the ranks of chess, earning his FIDE master title in 2016, only four years after his first rated tournament where he received a provisional US...

GM Hrant Melkumyan 2655 | #93

Hrant Melkumyan is an Armenian grandmaster who won the European Blitz Championship in 2011. After a strong showing in the 2014 European Individual Championship (7.5/11), he competed in the 2015 World Cup and defeated GM Gata Kamsky in the first round before losing in the next round. Melkumyan placed...

GM Ferenc Berkes 2654 | #96

Ferenc Berkes is a Hungarian grandmaster and eight-time national champion. His impressive list of Hungarian Chess Championships took place in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018. Two years before winning his first national championship, he was the 2002 World Under 18 World Champion. He’s...

GM Aryan Tari 2654 | #94

GM Aryan Tari is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. As of July 2021, he is the second-highest rated player in Norway after world champion GM Magnus Carlsen. Tari, a two-time national champion, participated in the international Norway Chess tournament in 2020 and has been invited for the 2021 edition as...

GM Arkadij Naiditsch 2654 | #94

Arkadij Naiditsch is a German-Azerbaijani grandmaster and a former top-20 player in the world. He won the Dortmund Sparkassen 2005 tournament ahead of GMs like Veselin Topalov, Peter Svidler, and Vladimir Kramnik. In 2007, Naiditsch won the German Chess Championship while playing for the country. He...

GM Anton Demchenko 2654 | #94

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GM David Howell 2653 | #98

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...

GM Sandro Mareco 2653 | #98

Sandro Mareco is an Argentinian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Vladimir Malakhov 2652 | #100

Vladimir Malakhov is a Russian grandmaster. He won the 2009 European Rapid Chess Championship and won gold with Russia at the 2009 World Team Chess Championship. Also that year, he made it to the semifinals of the Chess World Cup. As a youth player, Malakhov won the Under-12 Russian Championship in...