GM Awonder Liang 2642 | #102
Awonder Liang is an American grandmaster and the 2011 World U8 Champion. He’s well-known for being the youngest player ever to defeat a grandmaster in a standard tournament game when at the age of 9 years, three months, and 20 days, he beat GM Larry Kaufman. Liang is also the second-youngest grandmaster...
GM Mustafa Yilmaz 2641 | #103
Mustafa Yılmaz is a Turkish chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Aryan Chopra 2641 | #103
Bio coming soonThe name Chopra is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Aryan.
GM Leon Luke Mendonca 2640 | #105
GM Leon Luke Mendonca is an Indian chess grandmaster. He earned the title in 2021. In 2024, Leon won the Tata Steel Challengers Tournament. The name Mendonca is a patronymic, Luke is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Leon.
GM Ante Brkic 2639 | #106
Ante Brkic is a Croatian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Ivan Cheparinov 2638 | #107
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...
GM Shant Sargsyan 2637 | #108
Shant Sargsyan is an Armenian grandmaster and the 2018 World U16 Champion. The following year, he won silver in both the World U18 Championship and the World Junior Championship. Sargsyan is ranked within the top-12 players in Armenia (12th) and juniors in the world (11th) (as of April 2021).
GM Gadir Guseinov 2636 | #109
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 Frederik Svane 2636 | #109
GM Frederik Svane is a German grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup. He is the brother of GM Rasmus Svane.
GM Erwin l'Ami 2635 | #112
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,...
GM Rasmus Svane 2635 | #112
Rasmus Svane is a German chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Alan Pichot 2635 | #112
Alan Pichot is an Argentine-Spanish grandmaster who was Argentina's number-one player until moving federations to Spain in 2023. A chess prodigy, Pichot broke Argentina's records for youngest to achieve the titles of FM (2008), IM (2013), and GM (2016). As a very successful young player, Pichot won...
GM Aryan Tari 2634 | #115
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 Abhimanyu Mishra 2634 | #115
GM Abhimanyu "Abhi" Mishra is an American chess prodigy. In July 2021, Mishra earned his third norm required to become a grandmaster. With his FIDE rating already above 2500, he became the youngest grandmaster in history at the age of 12 years, four months, and 25 days. Early Milestones Youngest...
GM Laurent Fressinet 2633 | #117
GM Laurent Fressinet is a French grandmaster, two-time French champion, and longtime second to GM Magnus Carlsen.
GM Hou Yifan 2632 | #119
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...
GM Volodar Murzin 2631 | #120
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.
GM Alexander Donchenko 2631 | #120
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...
GM Saleh Salem 2629 | #123
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 Abhimanyu Puranik 2629 | #123
GM Abhimanyu Puranik is an Indian grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup. The name Puranik is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Abhimanyu.
GM Daniele Vocaturo 2629 | #123
Daniele Vocaturo is an Italian grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.