The Top Chess Players in the World - Page 8

GM Arseniy Nesterov

GM Arseniy Nesterov is a chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

IM Vaclav Finek

GM Fabian Doettling

GM Erwin l'Ami

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 Emil Sutovsky 2592 | #129

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 Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera

Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera is a Cuban grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Bharath Subramaniyam

GM Bharath Subramaniyam is an Indian chess grandmaster. He earned the title in 2022 at the age of 14. The player should be referred to by his given name, Bharath.

GM Ivan Salgado Lopez

Ivan Salgado Lopez is a Spanish Grandmaster.

GM Alexander Riazantsev

Alexander Riazantsev is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Curt Hansen

GM Victor Bologan

Victor Bologan is a Moldovan Grandmaster.

GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov

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 Casper Schoppen 2589 | #130

GM Dennis Wagner

Dennis Wagner is a German Grandmaster.

GM Pranav Anand

The name Anand is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Pranav.

GM Dragan Solak

Dragan Solak is a Turkish Grandmaster.

GM Luis Engel 2588 | #131

Bio coming soon.

GM Anton Demchenko 2588 | #131

Anton Demchenko is a Slovenian grandmaster who was born in Russia. He completed his federation transfer in July 2023. He won the European Individual Chess Championship in 2021. 

GM Nijat Abasov 2588 | #131

Nijat Abasov is an Azerbaijani grandmaster and the 2017 Azerbaijani Chess Champion. That year he won the Baku Open tournament, and another notable tournament win came at the 2016 Zurich Christmas Open. Abasov became a GM at the age of 15 and entered the list of the top-100 players in the world in November...

GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli

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GM Miguel Illescas Cordoba

Miguel Illescas Cordoba is a Spanish Grandmaster.

GM Arik Braun

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

GM Niclas Huschenbeth

Niclas Huschenbeth is a German grandmaster and chess content creator. His most significant early achievement came in 2005 when he won the German U-14 championship. He later won the German Chess Championship in 2010 and 2019. Huschenbeth has also worked as a second to GM Hikaru Nakamura since 2019. Huschenbeth...

GM Jorge Cori 2586 | #134

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 Tuan Minh Le

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...