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GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2717 | #24

Azerbaijan

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is a super-grandmaster from Azerbaijan. He was the number-two ranked player in the world in the FIDE ratings list of February 2018. According to 2700chess.com, Mamedyarov reached his peak rating of 2826 on September 30, 2018—the sixth-highest rating of all time. Mamedyarov...

GM Amin Tabatabaei 2714 | #25

Iran

Amin Tabatabaei is an Iranian grandmaster and the winner of the 2019 Biel Master Open tournament. His win came by half a point over a group of seven players in second place, including GMs Jeffery Xiong and Gata Kamsky. Earlier in his career, Tabatabaei won silver at the 2014 World U14 Championship....

GM Yu Yangyi 2714 | #25

China

Yu Yangyi is a Chinese super-grandmaster and world-class player. He was the World U-10 Champion (2004), the World Junior Champion (2013), the Chinese Champion (2013), as well as the Asian Continental Champion (2014). He has won multiple international events and is a particularly strong rapid and...

GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 2713 | #27

Türkiye

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus is a Turkish chess grandmaster, one of the youngest grandmasters ever, and the youngest player ever to reach a 2600 FIDE rating. Erdogmus won the U-8 European Chess Championship in 2019, a year before he had to stop playing over-the-board chess due to the COVID-19 pandemic....

GM Dmitry Andreikin 2710 | #28

FIDE

Dmitry Andreikin is a Russian super GM and a two-time Russian champion. He had a highly successful early career and became a GM at age 17. Andreikin’s top success, as of 2020, came at the 2013 World Cup where he was a finalist and qualified as a candidate for the world championship. A top-30 player...

GM Vidit Gurjathi 2708 | #29

India

O nome Gujrathi é um patronímico, e o jogador deve ser referido pelo seu nome, Vidit. Vidit Gujrathi é um super GM indiano que venceu o Campeonato Mundial Sub-14, o Tata Steel Challengers de 2018 e o torneio de Biel de 2019. Em 2023, ele se tornou candidato ao campeonato mundial...

GM Parham Maghsoodloo 2706 | #30

Iran

Iranian GM Parham Maghsoodloo has achieved an impressive chess career in a short amount of time. He’s a two-time Iranian national champion and the highest-rated player in the country. In 2018, he won the World Junior Chess Championship. Now no longer a junior, Maghsoodloo seems poised to make...

GM Vladimir Fedoseev 2700 | #31

Slovenia

Vladimir Fedoseev is a Russian chess grandmaster and one of the world’s 100 highest-rated players by FIDE. In 2022, he stopped representing Russia as part of the fallout of the invasion of Ukraine. He transferred federations to Slovenia in July 2023. Early Life And Career Grandmaster Greatest...

GM Awonder Liang 2696 | #32

United States

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 Sam Sevian 2696 | #32

United States

Samuel Sevian is an American grandmaster who gained notoriety as a chess prodigy. In 2014, he became the youngest ever-American to earn his GM title at 13 years, 10 months, and 27 days—and still retains a top spot on the list of the youngest chess grandmasters overall. He’s also the youngest...

GM Veselin Topalov 2695 | #34

Bulgaria

O GM Veselin Topalov é um super grande mestre búlgaro e foi campeão mundial da FIDE em 2005. Foi o número um do mundo de abril de 2006 a janeiro de 2007 e novamente entre outubro de 2008 e janeiro de 2010. De acordo com o site 2700chess.com, ele atingiu seu rating máximo...

GM Matthias Bluebaum 2694 | #35

Germany

Matthias Bluebaum é um grande mestre alemão, campeão europeu de 2022 e campeão alemão de 2020. No início de sua carreira, obteve várias colocações entre os dez primeiros em torneios importantes, incluindo o Campeonato Alemão Sub-18...

GM Aravindh Chithambaram

India

The player's full name is Aravindh Chithambaram V R and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Aravindh.Aravindh Chithambaram is an Indian grandmaster. He won the national championship in consecutive years, 2018 and 2019. In August 2023, he entered the top...

GM Nodirbek Yakubboev 2689 | #36

Uzbekistan

Nodirbek Yakubboev is an Uzbek grandmaster and three-time national champion. His Uzbekistani Chess Championships came in 2016, 2018, and 2020. At the 2018 World Youth Chess Olympiad, Yakubboev won gold with Uzbekistan and took individual gold as well for his performance on the second board. In...

GM Teimour Radjabov 2689 | #36

Azerbaijan

Teimur Radjabov nasceu em Baku, Azerbaijão, a mesma cidade que o campeão mundial Garry Kasparov, em 12 de março de 1987. A promissora carreira juvenil de Radjabov o levou a competir o Campeonato Mundial da FIDE na sua adolescência e o campeonato reunificado em 2010. A carreira...

GM Andrey Esipenko 2684 | #38

Russia

Andrey Esipenko é um grande mestre russo. Ele venceu o Campeonato Europeu Sub-10 de Xadrez em 2012. Em 2017, conquistou o Campeonato Europeu Sub-16 e o Campeonato Mundial Sub-16. No Tata Steel de 2021, aos 18 anos, derrotou o campeão mundial Magnus Carlsen em seu primeiro confronto, tornando-se...

GM Wang Hao 2684 | #38

China

GM Wang Hao is a super grandmaster who was a candidate for the world championship in 2020, which he achieved by winning the 2019 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss. He had a fantastic youth career that culminated in winning the seventh Dubai Open at the age of 16, when he topped several dozen GMs and IMs as...

GM Peter Svidler 2682 | #40

FIDE

Peter Svidler is an eight-time chess champion of Russia and a three-time candidate for the world championship. He came closest to becoming world champion with a second-place finish in FIDE’s 2005 championship tournament. Early Life And Career The Next Decade (2000-09) The 2010s Legacy Early...

GM Harikrishna Pentala 2676 | #41

India

The player's full name is Harikrishna Pentala and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Harikrishna. Harikrishna Pentala is an Indian grandmaster and one of the best chess players in that nation’s history. Early Life And Career Grandmaster 2700 Club Recent...

GM Peter Leko

Hungary

GM Peter Leko is a Hungarian super grandmaster who played for the classical world championship in 2004, losing to GM Vladimir Kramnik (under the terms of the match, despite drawing it by score). Born in 1979, he was already an IM by 1992. GM came two years later, making him the youngest ever. Early...

GM Igor Kovalenko

Ukraine

Igor Kovalenko is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He earned his title in 2011 and from 2013-21 represented Latvia, where he won the national championship in 2013 and 2014. Kovalenko has been volunteering in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2022.

GM Alexey Sarana 2668 | #42

Serbia

Alexey Sarana is a Russian grandmaster who has represented Serbia since April 2023. In 2018, the 18-year-old won the Russian Championship Higher League after sharing first place with GM Grigoriy Oparin and beating him on tiebreaks. Sarana shared first place at the same tournament yet again in 2019,...

GM Nikita Vitiugov 2666 | #43

England

Nikita Vitiugov is a Russian-born grandmaster who plays under the English flag. He was the Russian chess champion in 2021 and coach of GM Ian Nepomniachtchi at two FIDE World Championship matches. He is a two-time winner of World Team Chess Championships and a three-time European Club Cup winner. He...

GM Aydin Suleymanli

Azerbaijan

GM Aydin Suleymanli is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster who was the world under-14 champion in 2019.

GM David Howell 2665 | #44

England

David Howell is an English grandmaster and three-time British chess champion. He set several records as a chess prodigy, including being the youngest Briton to earn the GM title. Howell remains active as a player, columnist, and commentator. Early Chess Career (1996 To 2008) Multiple-Time British Champion...