GM Wang Yue 2652 | #76
Wang Yue is a Chinese grandmaster who holds three national championships: 2005, 2013, and 2024. He’s the first Chinese player to make the top 10 of the FIDE world rankings and the first to achieve a rating of 2700. For five years, Wang was the highest-ever rated player in Chinese chess history. Early...
GM Rauf Mamedov 2652 | #76
Rauf Mamedov is an Azerbaijani grandmaster. Early in his career, Mamedov's most notable success came when he won first place in the U16 European Youth Championship in 1999. Five years later, he became a grandmaster in 2004 and won the Dubai Open. Mamedov went on to win the Azerbaijani Chess Championship...
GM Maxim Matlakov 2651 | #78
Maxim Matlakov is a Russian grandmaster and currently one of the top-15 players in his country (as of February 2021). He also acted as GM Peter Svidler's second during the Candidates Tournaments of 2013, 2014, and 2016. Matlakov won the U18 section of the World Youth Chess Championship in 2009. That...
GM Sanan Sjugirov 2651 | #78
Sanan Sjugirov is a Russian grandmaster who has won two world youth titles. He won the U10 World Youth Chess Championship in 2003 and claimed the U14 category championship in 2007. Sjugirov also won the U12 European Youth Chess Championships in 2004 and 2005 before adding the U14 category championship...
GM Yuriy Kryvoruchko 2650 | #80
Yuriy Kryvoruchko is a Ukrainian grandmaster and the 2013 Ukrainian Chess Champion. That victory came after he defeated GM and former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov on tiebreaks. The same year, Kryvoruchko made it to the third round of the World Cup after a surprising win against GM Michael Adams...
GM Ernesto Inarkiev 2650 | #80
Ernesto Inarkiev is a Russian grandmaster who won the 2016 European Individual Chess Championship. Earlier in his career, he was European U16 Champion (2001) and Russian Junior (under-20) Champion (2002). Inarkiev earned his GM title in 2002, becoming the first-ever from Kalmykia, a republic of Russia....
GM Ni Hua 2649 | #82
Ni Hua is a Chinese grandmaster and captain of the national team. Ni won the national championship in three consecutive years, and, along with GM Bu Xiangzhi in April 2008, the two became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700-rating barrier (after GM Wang Yue). Ni played board four for...
GM Shant Sargsyan 2649 | #82
Shant Sargsyan is an Armenian grandmaster and the 2018 World U16 Champion. The following year, he won silver in both the World U18 Championship and the World Junior Championship. Sargsyan is ranked within the top-12 players in Armenia (12th) and juniors in the world (11th) (as of April 2021).
GM Narayanan Sunilduth Lyna 2648 | #84
The player's full name is Narayanan S.L. In this name, S stands for his father's name Sunilduth, L stands for his mother's name Lyna and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their full name, Narayanan S.L.Narayanan S.L. is an Indian grandmaster who won the Asian U-16 title...
GM Nodirbek Yakubboev 2648 | #84
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 Awonder Liang 2648 | #84
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 Thai Dai Van Nguyen 2647 | #87
Thai Dai Van Nguyen is a Czech chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Alan Pichot 2647 | #87
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 Jeffery Xiong 2646 | #89
American GM Jeffery Xiong has completed an impressive career as an elite junior chess player. For starters, he’s the third-youngest U.S. player to qualify for the grandmaster title. His array of accomplishments spans winning the world under-10 championship in 2010, taking the world junior championship...
GM Gabriel Sargissian 2646 | #89
Gabriel Sargissian is an Armenian grandmaster who won three Olympic gold medals with his national team. As a young player, Sargissian won the Under-14 World Youth Chess Championship in 1996. He won bronze at the European Junior Chess Championship in 1998 and the individual European championship...
GM Hrant Melkumyan 2646 | #89
Hrant Melkumyan is an Armenian grandmaster who won the European Blitz Championship in 2011. After a strong showing in the 2014 European Individual Championship (7.5/11), he competed in the 2015 World Cup and defeated GM Gata Kamsky in the first round before losing in the next round. Melkumyan placed...
GM Li Chao 2645 | #92
Li Chao is a Chinese grandmaster. He won the 2013 Asian Chess Championship and has had several top finishes in high-level tournaments around the world, such as his undefeated win at the Reykjavik Open in 2014. Li spent a considerable amount of time in 2015 and 2016 ranked in the world’s top-15...
GM Raunak Sadhwani 2644 | #93
The player's full name is Raunak Sadhwani and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Raunak.Raunak Sadhwani is an Indian chess grandmaster. A prodigy, he earned the GM title at the age of just 13, making him the ninth-youngest in history as (of April 2021). Raunak...
GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov 2643 | #94
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 Mateusz Bartel 2643 | #94
GM Mateusz Bartel is a Polish grandmaster and one of the top 100 players in the world (as of January 2024). Bartel often represents Poland at the Chess Olympiad and won the individual gold medal on the fourth board in 2010.
GM Arkadij Naiditsch 2643 | #94
Arkadij Naiditsch is a German-Azerbaijani grandmaster and a former top-20 player in the world. He won the Dortmund Sparkassen 2005 tournament ahead of GMs like Veselin Topalov, Peter Svidler, and Vladimir Kramnik. In 2007, Naiditsch won the German Chess Championship while playing for the country. He...
GM Vladimir Malakhov 2642 | #98
Vladimir Malakhov is a Russian grandmaster. He won the 2009 European Rapid Chess Championship and won gold with Russia at the 2009 World Team Chess Championship. Also that year, he made it to the semifinals of the Chess World Cup. As a youth player, Malakhov won the Under-12 Russian Championship in...
GM Gawain Jones 2640 | #99
Gawain Jones is an English grandmaster and two-time British Chess Champion. He had an illustrious youth career. At nine years old, he became the youngest player ever at the time to defeat an international master in an official tournament game. A few years later, at the age of 12, he won the British...
GM Matthias Bluebaum 2640 | #99
Matthias Bluebaum is a German grandmaster, the 2022 European Champion, and the 2020 German Chess Champion. Earlier in his career, he had several top-10 finishes in major tournaments, including the 2011 German U18 Chess Championship, 2011 World U14 Chess Championship, 2014 World U18 Chess Championship,...