The Top Chess Players in the World

IM Saparmyrat Atabayev 2520 | #497

Saparmyrat Atabayev is a Turkmenistani chess international master who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Lucas van Foreest 2520 | #497

GM Lucas van Foreest is a participant in the 2022 Tata Steel Challengers Tournament. He is the younger brother of GM Jorden van Foreest.

GM Amirreza Pourramezanali 2520 | #497

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IM Martin Nayhebaver 2519 | #504

IM Valentin Baidetskyi 2519 | #504

GM Xiongjian Peng 2519 | #504

GM Zoltan Medvegy 2519 | #504

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GM Michal Krasenkow 2519 | #504

Michal Krasenkow is a Polish grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Li Min Peng 2519 | #504

GM Arthur Guo 2519 | #504

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GM Zdenko Kozul 2519 | #504

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GM Nana Dzagnidze 2518 | #512

Nana Dzagnidze is a Georgian grandmaster and one of the top female players in the world.  She won the World Girls U12 Championship in 1999 and the World Girls U20 Championship in 2003. In 2010 she won the tournament in Jermuk, the 4th leg of FIDE Women's Grand Prix series.  In 2017 she won...

GM Sina Movahed 2518 | #512

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GM Stanislav Novikov 2518 | #512

GM Nico Georgiadis 2517 | #515

Nico Georgiadis is a Swiss Grandmaster.

GM Adrien Demuth 2517 | #515

GM Roeland Pruijssers 2517 | #515

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IM Sebastian Iermito 2517 | #515

IM Jegor Lashkin 2517 | #515

GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso 2516 | #520

GM Robert Ruck 2516 | #520

GM Michal Olszewski 2516 | #520

GM Srinath Narayanan 2516 | #520

The name Narayanan is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Srinath. GM Srinath Narayanan is an Indian chess grandmaster who captained the gold-winning Indian team at the 45th Chess Olympiad in 2024, as they scored an astounding 21/22.

GM Anna Muzychuk 2515 | #524

Ukrainian GM Anna Muzychuk is easily among the world’s best female chess players. She’s the fourth woman to achieve a 2600 rating and has won three world titles for shorter time controls: two Women's World Blitz Chess Championships (2014 and 2016) and one Women's World Rapid Chess Championship...

GM Kateryna Lagno 2515 | #524

Kateryna Lagno is a Ukrainian-born Russian chess grandmaster and a candidate for the Women's World Championship in both 2019 and 2022. She has won three women’s blitz championships and one rapid championship. Youth Career Championship Events Olympiads Recent Years Youth Career Born at the very...