The Top Chess Players in the World

GM Aleksey Dreev 2590 | #202

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 Emil Sutovsky 2590 | #202

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 | #202

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

GM Evgeny Romanov 2590 | #202

Evgeny Romanov is a Russian-Norwegian Grandmaster.

GM Jingyao Tin 2588 | #206

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

GM Christopher Yoo 2588 | #206

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 Laurent Fressinet 2588 | #206

GM Laurent Fressinet is a French grandmaster, two-time French champion, and longtime second to GM Magnus Carlsen.

GM Mahammad Muradli 2588 | #206

Bio coming soon.

GM Kacper Piorun 2587 | #210

Kacper Piorun is a Polish chess grandmaster, two-time Polish champion, and five-time problem-solving world champion. Piorun won the Polish U-16 championship in 2007 and the Polish Blitz Chess Championship in 2013. He also won the Polish chess championship in 2017 and 2020. The grandmaster also won two...

GM Tomi Nyback 2587 | #210

Tomi Nyback is a Finnish Grandmaster.

GM Arik Braun 2587 | #210

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

GM Vaibhav Suri 2586 | #213

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

GM Sethuraman S P 2586 | #213

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 Igor Lysyj 2586 | #213

GM Viktor Laznicka 2585 | #216

Viktor Laznicka is a Czech Grandmaster.

GM Jiangchuan Ye 2585 | #216

Ye Jiangchuan is a Chinese Grandmaster.

GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov 2585 | #216

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 Ferdinand Hellers 2585 | #216

Ferdinand Hellers is a Swedish Grandmaster.

GM Szymon Gumularz 2585 | #216

Szymon Gumularz is a Polish Grandmaster.

GM Nikita Petrov 2585 | #216

GM Brandon Jacobson 2583 | #222

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GM Sergey A Fedorchuk 2582 | #223

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GM Peter Acs 2582 | #223

Bio coming soon.

GM Pranesh M 2582 | #223

The player should be referred to by the given name, Pranesh.

GM Sandro Mareco 2580 | #226

Sandro Mareco is an Argentinian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.