The Top Chess Players in the World

GM Vahap Sanal 2553 | #325

Vahap Sanal is a Turkish grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan 2553 | #325

Hovhannes Gabuzyan is an Armenian grandmaster and content creator. Gabuzyan won the Armenian Chess Championship in 2017 and 2021. He also won the U.S. Masters tournament and the Annual North American Open in 2019. Gabuzyan is also one of the hosts of the Twitch and YouTube Chessmood channels, where...

GM Andreas Heimann 2553 | #325

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GM Bartosz Socko 2553 | #325

Bartosz Socko is a Polish Grandmaster.

GM Jan Smeets 2552 | #331

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GM Li Di 2552 | #331

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GM Hrvoje Stevic 2552 | #331

Hrvoje Stevic is a Croatian Grandmaster.

GM Vugar Asadli 2551 | #334

GM Vugar Asadli is an Azerbaijani grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

GM Sasa Martinovic 2551 | #334

Sasa Martinovic is a Croatian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Konstantin Sakaev 2551 | #334

GM Bai Jinshi 2551 | #334

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GM Tigran L Petrosian 2551 | #334

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GM Peter Prohaszka 2551 | #334

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GM Temur Kuybokarov 2550 | #340

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GM Vladimir Baklan 2550 | #340

Vladimir Baklan is a Ukrainian Grandmaster.

GM Aditya Mittal 2550 | #340

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

GM Gergely Kantor 2550 | #340

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GM Luca Moroni Jr 2550 | #340

Luca Moroni Jr is an Italian grandmaster. He won the 2024 Spell Chess Championship as part of the Chess.com Community Championships.

GM Lei Tingjie 2549 | #345

Lei Tingjie is a Chinese grandmaster who won a national championship in 2017 ahead of the women’s world champion at the time, GM Tan Zhongyi. The same year, Lei scored 8/9 points on the fourth board for the Chinese women’s team in the World Team Chess Championship, where they earned silver....

GM Luis Engel 2549 | #345

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GM Mikhail Demidov 2549 | #345

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GM David Gavrilescu 2549 | #345

David Gavrilescu is a Romanian IM and the reigning Romanian champion as of 2020. He is a participant of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour's Warsaw Rapid & Blitz.

GM Yan Liu 2548 | #349

GM Krishnan Sasikiran 2548 | #349

Full bio coming soonThe name Krishnan is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Sasikiran.

GM Artyom Timofeev 2548 | #349

Artyom Timofeev is a Russian Grandmaster.