The Top Chess Players in the World

GM Constantin Lupulescu 2597 | #175

Romania

Constantin Lupulescu is a Romanian grandmaster and five-time national champion. He has played in multiple FIDE World Cup events and tied for first (fifth on tiebreak) at the 2013 European Individual Championship. His best open tournament performance likely came at the 2019 Reykjavik Open, where he led...

GM Cristobal Henriquez Villagra 2597 | #175

Chile

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GM Alexander Motylev 2596 | #178

Romania

Alexander Motylev is a Russian grandmaster who transferred federations to Romania in 2023.

GM Rafael Leitao 2596 | #178

Brazil

Rafael Leitao is a Brazilian grandmaster, commentator, and content creator. Leitao learned to play chess when he was six and quickly became a prominent player, winning the Pan American Chess Championship eight times in different categories. Leitao also won the U-12 World Youth Chess Championship title...

GM Niclas Huschenbeth 2596 | #178

Germany

Niclas Huschenbeth is a German grandmaster and chess content creator. His most significant early achievement came in 2005 when he won the German U-14 championship. He later won the German Chess Championship in 2010 and 2019. Huschenbeth has also worked as a second to GM Hikaru Nakamura since 2019. Huschenbeth...

GM Vladimir Akopian 2595 | #181

United States

Vladimir Akopian is an Armenian-American grandmaster. As a young player, Akopian enjoyed great success by winning the U16 World Youth Chess Championship in 1986 and the U18 World Youth Chess Championship two years later. In 1999, Akopian surprised by reaching the final of the FIDE Knockout World Championship....

GM Adam Kozak 2595 | #181

Hungary

Adam Kozak is a Hungarian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Georg Meier 2595 | #181

Uruguay

Georg Meier is a German-born grandmaster who now represents Uruguay. He learned chess at the age of three. He won the German Under-16 Championship in 2003 and became a GM in 2007. In 2011, he won the European Team Championship with the German team, scoring 5.5/9 on board two. Meier reached his...

GM Nigel Short 2594 | #184

England

Nigel Short is one of the best English players in chess history. Three-time British champion, he is best known for qualifying to challenge Garry Kasparov for the world championship in 1993. After Short qualified through FIDE, both players split from the organization to play their match, which Kasparov...

GM Miguel Illescas Cordoba 2594 | #184

Spain

Miguel Illescas Cordoba is a Spanish Grandmaster.

GM Miguel Santos Ruiz 2594 | #184

Spain

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GM Mads Andersen 2594 | #184

Denmark

Mads Andersen is a Danish chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Robert Markus 2594 | #184

Serbia

Robert Markus is a Serbian Grandmaster.

GM Jorge Cori 2593 | #190

Peru

Jorge Cori, a former chess prodigy, is a Peruvian grandmaster. He won the World Under-14 and Under-16 Chess Championships in 2009 and 2011, respectively, and took four gold medals at the Pan American Youth Chess Festival in the under-10, 12, 14, and 18 age categories. Later he won individual bronze...

GM Aleksandr Shimanov 2593 | #190

Russia

Aleksandr Shimanov is a Russian Grandmaster.

GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2592 | #192

Romania

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu is a Romanian grandmaster who played for Germany from 2014 until 2023 when he returned to Romania. He won the Romanian Chess Championship in 1996, won the European Individual Chess Championship in 2005, and beat FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov the following year in a four-game...

GM Sandro Mareco 2592 | #192

Argentina

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

GM Dragan Solak 2591 | #194

Türkiye

Dragan Solak is a Turkish Grandmaster.

GM Arseniy Nesterov 2591 | #194

FIDE

GM Arseniy Nesterov is a chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

GM Aleksey Dreev 2590 | #196

Russia

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 Sergei Movsesian 2590 | #196

Armenia

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GM Evgeny Romanov 2590 | #196

North Macedonia

Evgeny Romanov is a Russian-Norwegian Grandmaster.

GM Manuel Petrosyan 2590 | #196

Armenia

Manuel Petrosyan is an Armenian grandmaster and the 2022 national champion. Petrosyan won the Under-18 World Youth Chess Championship in 2016. He scored 8.5/11 at the World Junior Chess Championship in 2017, tieing for first with Aryan Tari and Aravindh Chitambaram, and finished second on...

GM Emil Sutovsky 2590 | #196

Israel

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 Bobby Cheng 2590 | #196

Australia

Bobby Cheng is an Australian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.