The Top Chess Players in the World

GM Viorel Iordachescu 2558 | #302

Viorel Iordachescu is a Moldovan chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Jure Borisek 2558 | #302

Jure Borisek is a Slovenian Grandmaster.

GM Timur Gareyev 2558 | #302

Timur Gareyev is an American chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Gergely Kantor 2558 | #302

Bio coming soon.

GM Zeng Chongsheng 2558 | #302

Chongsheng Zeng is a Chinese Grandmaster.

GM Peter Michalik 2558 | #302

Peter Michalik is a Czech Grandmaster. 

GM Vladislav Kovalev 2557 | #308

Vladislav Kovalev is a Belarusian grandmaster and the 2016 Belarusian Chess Champion. He’s a three-time Belarusian Junior Chess Champion and has represented his country in several Chess Olympiads and European Team Chess Championships. Kovalev won the 2018 Aeroflot Open and took the 2019 Tata Steel...

GM Wojciech Moranda 2557 | #308

Wojciech Moranda is a Polish Grandmaster.

GM Luis Paulo Supi 2557 | #308

Luis Paulo Supi is a Brazilian grandmaster, chess coach, and streamer. Supi is the second-highest-rated player in Brazil (as of April 2021) as well of one of the most popular chess streamers in his country. As an international master, Supi won the U-20 Panamerican Championship in 2016 and the 2017 Magistral...

GM Vahap Sanal 2557 | #308

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

GM Leon Livaic 2557 | #308

Leon Livaic is a Croatian Grandmaster.

GM Christian Bauer 2557 | #308

Christian Bauer is a French grandmaster.

GM Fernando Peralta 2557 | #308

Fernando Peralta is an Argentine Grandmaster.

GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal 2556 | #315

The name Geetha Narayanan is his father's name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Gopal.

GM Jesper Sondergaard Thybo 2556 | #315

Bio coming soon.

GM Sergey A Fedorchuk 2556 | #315

Bio coming soon.

GM Adhiban Baskaran 2555 | #318

The player's full name is Adhiban Baskaran and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Adhiban. Baskaran Adhiban is an Indian grandmaster. His biggest accomplishments include being the 2009 Indian Champion and the 2008 World Under-16 Champion. He also won the...

GM Jan Werle 2555 | #318

Jan Werle is a Dutch Grandmaster.

GM Pavel Ponkratov 2555 | #318

Pavel Ponkratov is a Russian grandmaster. He was the Russian Rapid Cup winner in 2017 and 2018. In 2020 he won the International Chess Open "Ciudad de Leon." In 2021 he won the Russian Championship Higher League and qualified for the Russian Championship Superfinal for the first time in his career.  He...

GM Titas Stremavicius 2555 | #318

GM Ruben Felgaer 2555 | #318

GM Aleksey Grebnev 2555 | #318

GM Ivan Bocharov 2554 | #324

Ivan Bocharov is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Ivan Zemlyanskii 2554 | #324

FM Ivan Zemlyanskii is a Russian FIDE Master and regular Titled Tuesday participant on Chess.com. His FIDE rating of 2492, as of January 2024, is one of the highest among players with the FIDE Master title.

GM Zaven Andriasian 2554 | #324

Zaven Andriasian is an Armenian Grandmaster.