The Top Chess Players in the World - Page 8

GM Mahammad Muradli

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GM Fabian Doettling

GM Ivan Zemlyanskii 2592 | #127

GM Karthik Venkataraman 2591 | #128

GM Karthik Venkataraman is an Indian grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

GM Mikhail Al Antipov

GM Mikhail Antipov is an America chess grandmaster who won the 2026 Saint Louis Masters.

GM Ivan Salgado Lopez

Ivan Salgado Lopez is a Spanish Grandmaster.

GM Luis Engel 2591 | #128

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GM Sergei Movsesian

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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 Lorenzo Lodici

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GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov 2590 | #130

Aleksandr Rakhmanov is a Russian grandmaster. In 2007, he placed third in both the European U-18 Championship and the World U-18 Championship. The next year, he won the Paleochora Open and the Heraklion Open. In the Chess World Cup 2019, he defeated higher-seeded GM Nils Grandelius 1.5-.5 to make it...

GM Curt Hansen

GM Benjamin Bok 2589 | #131

Benjamin Bok is a Dutch chess grandmaster and streamer who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup. In 2015 he won the Open at the London Chess Classic with a score of 8/9, and in 2017 he tied for first at the Groningen Open with 7/9.

GM Alan Pichot 2589 | #131

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 Jingyao Tin

Jingyao Tin is a chess international master from Singapore who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

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 Rafael Leitao 2588 | #133

Rafael Leitao is a Brazilian grandmaster, commentator, and content creator. Leitao learned to play chess when he was six and quickly became a prominent player, winning the Pan American Chess Championship eight times in different categories. Leitao also won the U-12 World Youth Chess Championship title...

GM Nigel Short 2587 | #134

Nigel Short is one of the best English players in chess history. Three-time British champion, he is best known for qualifying to challenge Garry Kasparov for the world championship in 1993. After Short qualified through FIDE, both players split from the organization to play their match, which Kasparov...

GM Andrew Z Hong 2587 | #134

Andrew Hong is an American chess player who earned his grandmaster title in 2021. In 2022, he was a participant in both the U.S. Junior Chess Championship and the Chess.com Junior Speed Chess Championship.

GM Constantin Lupulescu 2587 | #134

Constantin Lupulescu is a Romanian grandmaster and five-time national champion. He has played in multiple FIDE World Cup events and tied for first (fifth on tiebreak) at the 2013 European Individual Championship. His best open tournament performance likely came at the 2019 Reykjavik Open, where he led...

GM Boris Grachev

Boris Grachev is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Jan Gustafsson

Jan Gustafsson is a German grandmaster, chess commentator, and founder of Chess24, now part of Chess.com. He earned his grandmaster title in 2003 and reached his peak FIDE rating of 2652 in November 2010. Gustafsson has coached the German national team in events such as the 2022 Chess Olympiad and also...

GM Tuan Minh Le 2585 | #137

Grandmaster Tuan Minh Le is a Vietnamese chess player who officially earned his GM title in 2022 after long being considered one of the game's strongest international masters. He presented Chess.com's 2020 video series on the Nimzowitsch Variation of the Sicilian Defense (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6) as well...

GM Gleb Dudin

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GM Arik Braun

Arik Braun is a German grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.