The Top Chess Players in the World

GM Larry Christiansen 2571 | #252

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GM Axel Bachmann 2571 | #252

GM Axel Bachmann is a Paraguayan grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Andrey Baryshpolets 2571 | #252

Andrey (Andrii) Baryshpolets is a Ukrainian grandmaster and a candidate for the FIDE presidency in 2022.  Baryshpolets won the U18 division of the Ukrainian championship in 2008 and was the runner-up at the Ukrainian blitz championship in 2012. He shared first with GM Ivan Popov and GM Alberto...

GM Pawel Teclaf 2571 | #252

Pawel Teclaf is a Polish international master who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Brandon Jacobson 2570 | #256

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GM Illya Nyzhnyk 2569 | #257

Illya Nyzhnyk is a Ukrainian grandmaster and one of the best players in his country. He rose to the top of the chess world at a young age, winning the U10 Ukrainian Youth Championship in both 2005 and 2006. He also won the U12 championship in 2006 and the U16 championship in 2008. In 2007, Nyzhnyk drew...

GM Dariusz Swiercz 2569 | #257

GM Dariusz Swiercz is a Polish-born American chess player who began playing for the United States in 2018. He learned chess at age three and became a grandmaster in 2009 at the age of just 14, making him one of the 30 youngest in history to attain the title and the youngest ever from Poland. His excellent...

GM Mikhailo Oleksienko 2569 | #257

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GM Diptayan Ghosh 2569 | #257

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

GM Vaibhav Suri 2568 | #261

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

GM Michael Roiz 2568 | #261

Michael Roiz is an Israeli Grandmaster. 

GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 2568 | #261

GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili is a Georgian grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

GM Evgeny Postny 2567 | #264

Evgeny Postny is an Israeli Grandmaster.

GM Zhang Pengxiang 2567 | #264

GM Bharath Subramaniyam 2567 | #264

GM Bharath Subramaniyam is an Indian chess grandmaster. He earned the title in 2022 at the age of 14. The player should be referred to by his given name, Bharath.

GM Arturs Neiksans 2566 | #267

GM Arturs Neiksans is a Latvian grandmaster, chess coach, and streamer. He is a four-time national chess champion of Latvia, most recently in 2019, and the number-two player in Latvia by rating (as of July 2021). He has taught at the Riga Chess School since 2010 and has been a FIDE-licensed trainer...

GM Francesco Sonis 2565 | #268

Francesco Sonis is an Italian Grandmaster.

GM Ido Gorshtein 2565 | #268

GM Nitzan Steinberg 2565 | #268

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GM Rustem Dautov 2564 | #271

GM Varuzhan Akobian 2564 | #271

Varuzhan Akobian is an Armenian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Simen Agdestein 2564 | #271

Simen Agdestein is a Norwegian grandmaster, author, coach, and nine-time Norwegian champion. He was also a professional soccer player who made it to the Norwegian national team as a striker. Agdestein won his first Norwegian championship in 1982, a year before earning his international master title....

GM Borki Predojevic 2564 | #271

Borki Predojevic is a Bosnian Grandmaster.

GM Rinat Jumabayev 2564 | #271

Rinat Jumabayev is a Kazakhstani chess grandmaster who was the champion of Kazakhstan in 2014 and 2017.He qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup and eliminated GM Fabiano Caruana in round three.

GM Yusnel Bacallao Alonso 2564 | #271

Yusnel Bacallao Alonso is a Cuban Grandmaster.