The Top Chess Players in the World

GM Igor Janik 2515 | #524

Poland

GM Igor Janik is a Polish grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

IM Christopher Noe 2515 | #524

Germany

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GM Mert Yilmazyerli 2515 | #524

Türkiye

GM Misratdin Iskandarov 2515 | #524

Azerbaijan

GM Misratdin Iskandarov is an Azerbaijani grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

GM Pier Luigi Basso 2515 | #524

Italy

GM Emin Ohanyan 2514 | #532

Armenia

IM Emin Ohanyan is an Armenian chess player who qualified for the 2023 Junior Speed Chess Championship.

Zhu Jiner is a Chinese grandmaster and former girls under-14 world champion. She qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship in 2018, making it to the second round, and the same year won bronze at the Women's China Rapid Chess Championship. From June 2019 to time of publication in February 2021,...

GM Vitaly Sivuk 2514 | #532

Sweden

GM Xiu Deshun 2514 | #532

China

GM Cemil Can Ali Marandi 2513 | #536

Türkiye

Cemil Can Ali Marandi is a Turkish Grandmaster.

GM Stuart C Conquest 2513 | #536

England

Stuart Conquest is a British chess grandmaster and commentator.

GM Gregory Kaidanov 2513 | #536

United States

Gregory Kaidanov is a Soviet-born American grandmaster, head coach of the United States Chess School, and content creator for Chess.com. He reached his peak FIDE rating of 2646 in 2002 and peak USCF rating of 2749 in 2004. Kaidanov was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 2013. Kaidanov won...