The Top Chess Players in the World - Page 49

IM David Pires Tavares Martins 2434 | #563

Portugal

GM Krzysztof Jakubowski 2434 | #563

Poland

Bio coming soon.

IM Paulo Bersamina 2434 | #563

Philippines

Paulo Bersamina is a chess international master from the Philippines who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Vladimir Hamitevici 2434 | #563

Moldova

Zhao Xue is a Chinese chess player and the 24th person to earn the grandmaster title in China. She is currently the 11th best female player in China and 17th in the world (as of February 2021). Zhao won the U-20 World Junior Girls Chess Championship ahead of GM Humpy Koneru in 2002. After...

GM Roman Slobodjan 2433 | #568

Germany

FM Vladislav Kundianok 2433 | #568

FIDE

GM Nikolaus Stanec

Austria

IM Samrug Narayanan

United States

GM Tao Pang

China

GM Alexander Shabalov

United States

Alexander Shabalov is a Latvian-American grandmaster, four-time U.S. Champion, and the 2022 U.S. Senior Champion. Shabalov has represented the United States since 1991 and reached a peak FIDE rating of 2645 in July 1998, ranking 29th in the world. He won his national championships in 1993, 2000, 2003,...