The Top Chess Players in the World

GM Aleksandr Shimanov 2593 | #200

Aleksandr Shimanov is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Robert Markus 2592 | #203

Robert Markus is a Serbian Grandmaster.

GM Constantin Lupulescu 2591 | #204

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 Adam Kozak 2591 | #204

Adam Kozak is a Hungarian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Dragan Solak 2591 | #204

Dragan Solak is a Turkish Grandmaster.

GM Aleksey Dreev 2590 | #207

Aleksey Dreev is a Russian grandmaster and is currently among the top-50 players in his country (as of February 2021). Dreev was a successful young player, winning the U16 World Youth Chess Championship both in 1983 and 1984. He was also the European junior champion in 1988, a year before he became...

GM Nikita Petrov 2590 | #207

GM Emil Sutovsky 2590 | #207

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 Ivan Sokolov 2590 | #207

Ivan Sokolov is a Bosnian-born Dutch grandmaster. He coached the 2022 Chess Olympiad gold-winning Uzbekistan team.

GM Christopher Yoo 2588 | #211

Christopher Yoo is an American grandmaster and the 2020 U.S. Cadet (U16) Champion. He won that title with an undefeated performance, eclipsing the field by two and a half points. The same year, the 13-year-old finished in fifth place (out of 10) at the U.S. Junior (U21) Championship. Yoo became the...

GM Jingyao Tin 2588 | #211

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

GM Baadur Jobava 2587 | #213

Baadur Jobava is a Georgian grandmaster. He has won many tournaments, including the Dubai Open, Aeroflot Open, Tbilisi Cup, Bronstein Memorial, and Abu Dhabi Masters. His peak rating was 2734 in September 2012 when he was the number-19 player in the world. Jobava has been the Georgian Champion three...

GM Arik Braun 2587 | #213

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

GM Igor Lysyj 2586 | #215

GM Vaibhav Suri 2586 | #215

The name Suri is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Vaibhav.

GM Sethuraman S P 2586 | #215

The player's full name is Sethuraman S.P and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Sethuraman. S. P. Sethuraman is an Indian grandmaster and Asian chess champion. He won the Asian U-12 championship in 2004 and became World U-16 Champion in 2009. He became...

GM Marc'Andria Maurizzi 2585 | #218

Marc'Andria Maurizzi was born on May 16, 2007, in Bastia, France. In 2019, he won the French junior championship for players under 12 years old. In July of that year, he secured the IM title at age 12 years and two months. He scored his first two GM norms in Catalonia. In December 2020, Maurizzi placed...

GM Jiangchuan Ye 2585 | #218

Ye Jiangchuan is a Chinese Grandmaster.

GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov 2585 | #218

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 Viktor Laznicka 2585 | #218

Viktor Laznicka is a Czech Grandmaster.

GM Peter Acs 2585 | #218

Bio coming soon.

GM Evgeny Romanov 2584 | #223

Evgeny Romanov is a Russian-Norwegian Grandmaster.

GM Brandon Jacobson 2583 | #224

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GM Ferdinand Hellers 2583 | #224

Ferdinand Hellers is a Swedish Grandmaster.

GM Pierre Laurent-Paoli 2583 | #224