The Top Chess Players in the World - Page 7

GM Georg Meier 2606 | #115

Georg Meier is a German-born grandmaster who now represents Uruguay. He learned chess at the age of three. He won the German Under-16 Championship in 2003 and became a GM in 2007. In 2011, he won the European Team Championship with the German team, scoring 5.5/9 on board two. Meier reached his...

GM Denis Lazavik

Denis Lazavik is a grandmaster from Belarus and a participant in the 2021 Junior Speed Chess Championship. Born in 2006, he earned his IM title in 2021 and his GM title in 2022. He is rated 2560 FIDE at standard time controls as of November 2023, while his peak Chess.com blitz rating as of the same...

GM Gata Kamsky 2604 | #118

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 Miguel Santos Ruiz

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GM Sergei Movsesian

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GM Daniel Dardha

Daniel Dardha is a chess grandmaster from Belgium. He is both the youngest-ever Belgian national champion (2019 and again in 2021) and the youngest Belgian grandmaster (2021).

GM Daniil Yuffa

Daniil Aleksandrovich Yuffa is a Russian-Spanish chess grandmaster

GM Alexander Areshchenko 2602 | #119

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 Xu Xiangyu

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GM Oleksandr Bortnyk 2601 | #120

Oleksandr Bortnyk is a Ukrainian grandmaster who earned that title in 2015 at the age of 19. He was the 2014 World Youth Champion in the under-18 group. Bortnyk is an incredibly talented speed chess player and reached the 2019 Bullet Chess Championship finals against GM Hikaru Nakamura. His Chess.com...

GM Victor Bologan

Victor Bologan is a Moldovan Grandmaster.

GM Dennis Wagner

Dennis Wagner is a German Grandmaster.

GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2600 | #121

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GM Zhou Weiqi 2600 | #121

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GM Jules Moussard

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GM Bardiya Daneshvar

GM Bardiya Daneshvar is an Iranian chess grandmaster. He won the Iranian Chess Championship in 2022 and became a grandmaster in 2023.

GM Imre Balog 2600 | #121

GM Jorge Cori 2599 | #124

Jorge Cori, a former chess prodigy, is a Peruvian grandmaster. He won the World Under-14 and Under-16 Chess Championships in 2009 and 2011, respectively, and took four gold medals at the Pan American Youth Chess Festival in the under-10, 12, 14, and 18 age categories. Later he won individual bronze...

GM Emil Sutovsky 2599 | #124

Emil Sutovsky is an Israeli chess grandmaster and trainer who became Director-General of FIDE in 2018. He earned his GM title in 1996, winning the World Junior Championship that same year. In 2010 he led Israel to third place in the Chess Olympiad with the tournament's top individual performance...

GM Bai Jinshi

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GM Iniyan P

P stands for Paneerselvam, which is his father's name. The player should be referred to by his given name, Iniyan.

GM Cristobal Henriquez Villagra 2598 | #126

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GM Tomi Nyback 2598 | #126

Tomi Nyback is a Finnish Grandmaster.

GM Ferenc Berkes 2597 | #128

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 Miguel Illescas Cordoba

Miguel Illescas Cordoba is a Spanish Grandmaster.