GM Mads Andersen 2597 | #198
Mads Andersen is a Danish chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista 2597 | #198
Lazaro Bruzon Batista is a Cuban-American grandmaster who switched federations to the United States in 2020. He was World Junior Champion in 2000 and reached the world #26 rating in 2005. Bruzon, a participant in the 2021 U.S. Championship, reached a peak rating of 2717 in 2012.
GM Sergei Azarov 2596 | #203
GM Sergei Azarov is a chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.
GM Rinat Jumabayev 2595 | #204
Rinat Jumabayev is a Kazakhstani chess grandmaster who was the champion of Kazakhstan in 2014 and 2017.He qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup and eliminated GM Fabiano Caruana in round three.
GM Eltaj Safarli 2594 | #206
GM Eltaj Safarli is an Azerbaijani grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.
GM Suri Vaibhav 2594 | #206
The name Suri is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Vaibhav.
GM Arik Braun 2594 | #206
Arik Braun is a German grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Jergus Pechac 2591 | #212
Jergus Pechac is a Slovakian chess player. Perchac became a grandmaster in 2019, breaking the record for the youngest Slovakian player to become a GM. In 2021 he made headlines by offering GM Boris Gelfand a draw after Gelfand made a mouse slip in an online event. That same year he qualified to play...
GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov 2591 | #212
Shamsiddin Vokhidov is an Uzbek chess grandmaster. He won the Under-14 World Youth Championship in 2015. In 2018, Vokhidov scored 8.5/15 at the World Rapid Championship, including a victory over GM Magnus Carlsen in round two. Vokhidov played the reserve board for Uzbekistan at the 2022 Chess Olympiad,...
GM Daniel Fridman 2591 | #212
GM Daniel Fridman is a German grandmaster from Latvia who has won four national championships (one in Latvia, three in Germany).
GM Emil Sutovsky 2590 | #216
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 Alexander Motylev 2590 | #216
Alexander Motylev is a Russian grandmaster who transferred federations to Romania in 2023.
GM John M Burke 2589 | #219
GM John M. Burke was the 2020 U.S. Junior Chess Champion and a participant in the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship. He became a grandmaster in 2018 and was the youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2600 FIDE.
GM Ivan Sokolov 2589 | #219
Ivan Sokolov is a Bosnian-born Dutch grandmaster. He coached the 2022 Chess Olympiad gold-winning Uzbekistan team.
GM Arseniy Nesterov 2589 | #219
GM Arseniy Nesterov is a chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.
GM Pavel Ponkratov 2588 | #224
Pavel Ponkratov is a Russian grandmaster. He was the Russian Rapid Cup winner in 2017 and 2018. In 2020 he won the International Chess Open "Ciudad de Leon." In 2021 he won the Russian Championship Higher League and qualified for the Russian Championship Superfinal for the first time in his career. He...
GM Constantin Lupulescu 2588 | #224
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...