The Top Chess Players in the World

GM Aram Hakobyan 2623 | #124

Aram Hakobyan is an Armenian grandmaster and the 2012 World U12 Champion. He also won the Armenian Youth Championship in four different age groups (U10, U12, U14, and U18) and became vice-champion of the 2014 U14 European Chess Championship. Hakobyan is ranked in the top-15 players in Armenia (13th)...

GM Saleh Salem 2622 | #126

Salem Saleh is a grandmaster from the United Arab Emirates. He has four national Emirati Chess Championships, three international Arab Chess Championships, and two Arab Individual Blitz Chess Championships. In 2015, he won the Asian Chess and Asian Blitz Championships. He has currently matched his peak...

GM Velimir Ivic 2622 | #126

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GM David Paravyan 2620 | #128

David Paravyan is a Russian grandmaster and national U-14 champion (2012). His greatest success came in 2020 at the Gibraltar Chess Festival, where he shared first place in the Swiss part of the tournament and defeated GM Andrey Esipenko and GM Wang Hao in the playoff. In 2021, he qualified for the...

GM Yaroslav Zherebukh 2620 | #128

Yaroslav Zherebukh is an American grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Imre Balog 2618 | #130

GM Alexander Donchenko 2617 | #131

Alexander Donchenko is a German grandmaster. His two best performances came in 2019, when he first shared second place with GM Gata Kamsky at Biel Masters, one-half point behind GM Amin Tabatabaei. A couple of months later, he went undefeated and won the Barcelona Open, ironically beating out Kamsky...

GM Dennis Wagner 2616 | #132

Dennis Wagner is a German Grandmaster.

GM Abhimanyu Mishra 2616 | #132

GM Abhimanyu "Abhi" Mishra is an American chess prodigy. In July 2021, Mishra earned his third norm required to become a grandmaster. With his FIDE rating already above 2500, he became the youngest grandmaster in history at the age of 12 years, four months, and 25 days.  Early Milestones Youngest...

GM Nijat Abasov 2615 | #134

Nijat Abasov is an Azerbaijani grandmaster and the 2017 Azerbaijani Chess Champion. That year he won the Baku Open tournament, and another notable tournament win came at the 2016 Zurich Christmas Open. Abasov became a GM at the age of 15 and entered the list of the top-100 players in the world in November...

GM Anton Demchenko 2615 | #134

Anton Demchenko is a Slovenian grandmaster who was born in Russia. He completed his federation transfer in July 2023. He won the European Individual Chess Championship in 2021. 

GM Erwin l'Ami 2614 | #136

GM Erwin L'Ami is a Dutch grandmaster who has been a regular at the Tata Steel tournament (previously Corus) since 2003, missing only 2004 and 2014 (and the not-held 2021). Usually in the Challengers Tournament (previously Group B), his best result was a tie for second with 8/13 in 2020.  In 2022,...

GM Mateusz Bartel 2613 | #137

GM Mateusz Bartel is a Polish grandmaster and one of the top 100 players in the world (as of January 2024). Bartel often represents Poland at the Chess Olympiad and won the individual gold medal on the fourth board in 2010.

GM Ivan Popov 2613 | #137

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GM Robert Hovhannisyan 2613 | #137

Robert Hovhannisyan is an Armenian grandmaster and the 2011 national champion.     In 2008 and 2009, Hovhannisyan won the national Under-18 championship. He won the national championship in 2011 and was a runner-up three more times, in 2012, 2014, and 2016.  Hovhannisyan won the...

GM Tamir Nabaty 2613 | #137

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GM Manuel Petrosyan 2612 | #141

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 Nikolas Theodorou 2612 | #141

Nikolas Theodorou is a Greek grandmaster. According to the St. Louis Chess Club, he won his age group five times at the Greek Chess Championships. On July 22, 2022, Theodorou qualified for the 2022 Chess.com Global Championship Knockout.

GM Xu Xiangyu 2611 | #144

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GM Luke McShane 2609 | #145

Luke McShane is an English grandmaster and finance professional. He is often referred to as the "world's strongest amateur player" because he plays at elite chess tournaments although he has a full-time job. McShane has beaten some of the best players in the world, including GMs Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir...

GM Gata Kamsky 2609 | #145

Gata Kamsky is an American grandmaster. He is the former Soviet junior champion and a five-time U.S. champion. His peak world ranking was number-four, and he challenged GM Anatoly Karpov for the FIDE World Championship in 1996. Kamsky has won many international tournaments as well as the 2007 World...

GM Lu Shanglei 2609 | #145

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GM Eric Hansen 2609 | #145

Eric Hansen is a Canadian grandmaster, commentator, and chess streaming superstar. He is the main host of ChessBrah—one of the most popular chess channels on Twitch and YouTube.  An incredibly talented bullet and blitz player, Hansen was the highest-rated bullet player on Chess.com in April...

GM Vadim Milov 2609 | #145

Vadim Milov is a Swiss Grandmaster.

GM Vladimir Onischuk 2609 | #145

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