![Vasyl Ivanchuk](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/bb12d7f6-bfff-11e8-8db5-9b0375c39a1b.70d18ad5.160x160o.cca6777d0bee.jpeg)
GM Vasyl Ivanchuk 2638 | #101
Vasyl Ivanchuk is a Ukrainian grandmaster and world-class player. He was the number-two player in the world on three separate occasions (1991, 1992 and 2007) and made it to the 2002 FIDE World Championship Finals. He has won many international tournaments, including the Tal Memorial, Linares, Biel,...
![Ivan Cheparinov](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/e1c98b98-3f0a-11ea-9dcd-7b159b90561d.6b7f6704.160x160o.381a65096f4f.jpeg)
GM Ivan Cheparinov 2638 | #101
Ivan Cheparinov is a Bulgarian grandmaster who has represented Georgia since 2018. He is a four-time Bulgarian champion. In 2018, he reached both his peak rating (2718) and peak world ranking (32) for his career (as of February 2021). Other notable performances came when he won the junior...
![Saleh Salem](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/bf89dd64-42d2-11ea-897c-3fa2fbe1b939.95be7323.160x160o.15faaa546558.jpeg)
GM Saleh Salem 2638 | #101
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...
![Ante Brkic](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/5af10cea-b57e-11eb-9615-e734e7be6555.e76af596.160x160o.2f0ff46fcfac.jpeg)
GM Ante Brkic 2637 | #104
Ante Brkic is a Croatian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
![Evgeniy Najer](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/bca4273e-453f-11ea-b604-5d7f104d5298.b98bc89e.160x160o.ac46417a5e8c.jpeg)
GM Evgeniy Najer 2637 | #104
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....
![Aryan Tari](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/4b977526-5f08-11eb-a760-576331e7e05b.d55a13ab.160x160o.15c65a146751.png)
GM Aryan Tari 2637 | #104
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...
![Volodar Murzin](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/9dc2289c-a755-11eb-bf85-65e5b7e57acc.81a198c3.160x160o.7b6e79265296.jpeg)
GM Volodar Murzin 2637 | #104
Volodar Murzin is a Russian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup. He is from Nizhny Tagil, a town 125 km north of Yekaterinburg, Russia but now lives in Khimki, in the Moscow region. He is the 2018 European U12 champion.
![Gadir Guseinov](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/e29d0dbe-4483-11ea-93b0-1f20cd40b89b.552e70c4.160x160o.3ab12348a8a7.jpeg)
GM Gadir Guseinov 2636 | #108
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...
![Frederik Svane](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/9b9924c0-a756-11eb-a728-6f3aee8cfe86.ed2d4e44.160x160o.8c7904ee19ce.jpg)
GM Frederik Svane 2636 | #108
GM Frederik Svane is a German grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup. He is the brother of GM Rasmus Svane.
![Erwin l'Ami](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/d4e33b36-b65a-11eb-bdd5-5f18eeea898b.d2883b5a.160x160o.8e6bd0427a27.png)
GM Erwin l'Ami 2635 | #110
GM Erwin L'Ami is a Dutch grandmaster who has been a regular at the Tata Steel tournament (previously Corus) since 2003, missing only 2004 and 2014 (and the not-held 2021). Usually in the Challengers Tournament (previously Group B), his best result was a tie for second with 8/13 in 2020. In 2022,...
![Abhimanyu Puranik](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/0187e9fc-a756-11eb-b88e-e7641515de1b.3f56efc1.160x160o.3550d3461897.jpg)
GM Abhimanyu Puranik 2634 | #111
GM Abhimanyu Puranik is an Indian grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup. The player's full name is Abhimanyu Puranik and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Abhimanyu.
![Rasmus Svane](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/9be15952-a756-11eb-a325-7949da57daf3.6294c19a.160x160o.c16ce63d179c.jpeg)
GM Rasmus Svane 2633 | #112
Rasmus Svane is a German chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
![Alexander Donchenko](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/ea757a48-5f0e-11eb-a2bc-77d091f215b1.ddc22ce7.160x160o.98ef2c412fd3.jpg)
GM Alexander Donchenko 2633 | #112
Alexander Donchenko is a German grandmaster. His two best performances came in 2019, when he first shared second place with GM Gata Kamsky at Biel Masters, one-half point behind GM Amin Tabatabaei. A couple of months later, he went undefeated and won the Barcelona Open, ironically beating out Kamsky...
![Hou Yifan](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/49e41276-c0a3-11e8-b5ed-dd6c82b52949.c004bc0d.160x160o.a9cd157d4b18.jpeg)
GM Hou Yifan 2632 | #115
Despite being in only her mid-20s, Hou Yifan is widely considered to be the second-strongest female chess player in history (behind Judit Polgar). Among her top accomplishments are the four Women’s World Chess Championships Hou won before declining to participate in the event. She’s also...
![Aryan Chopra](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/6f95c8a6-b57a-11eb-bcf0-0566b569a42e.dd04fbd6.160x160o.6997b573e1c4.png)
GM Aryan Chopra 2632 | #115
Bio coming soonThe name Chopra is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Aryan.
![Jaime Santos Latasa](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/52e950c6-b735-11eb-8890-111e456309b3.848209f6.160x160o.4a4146f2c31f.jpeg)
GM Jaime Santos Latasa 2631 | #117
GM Jaime Santos Latasa is a Spanish grandmaster who earned the title in 2018. His peak in the world rankings as of February 2024 is 59th, set in September 2022.
![Manuel Petrosyan](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/2d5a8e90-a756-11eb-b420-d7c061250fb1.e2bd7dc8.160x160o.c0ba80938946.png)
GM Manuel Petrosyan 2631 | #117
Manuel Petrosyan is an Armenian grandmaster and the 2022 national champion. Petrosyan won the Under-18 World Youth Chess Championship in 2016. He scored 8.5/11 at the World Junior Chess Championship in 2017, tieing for first with Aryan Tari and Aravindh Chitambaram, and finished second on...
![Daniel Dardha](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/ff8e5336-b581-11eb-982d-2db8d9b05500.0147c709.160x160o.f68bb6981829.png)
GM Daniel Dardha 2629 | #120
Daniel Dardha is a chess grandmaster from Belgium. He is both the youngest-ever Belgian national champion (2019 and again in 2021) and youngest Belglian grandmaster (2021).
![Vasif Durarbayli](https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/master_player/98bcaf22-b716-11eb-b8be-437e9eab93d9.07c10118.160x160o.26c6656e0784.jpeg)
GM Vasif Durarbayli 2628 | #121
GM Vasif Durarbayli is a grandmaster from Azerbaijan who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup. He is a two-time Azerbaijani Chess Champion (2021, 2023).