The Top Chess Players in the World

GM Cristobal Henriquez Villagra
2597 | #175

Chile

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GM Tomi Nyback
2596 | #177

Finland

Tomi Nyback is a Finnish Grandmaster.

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 Rafael Leitao
2596 | #177

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 Bobby Cheng
2596 | #177

Australia

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

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 Robert Markus
2595 | #181

Serbia

Robert Markus is a Serbian Grandmaster.

GM Mateusz Bartel
2595 | #181

Poland

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 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 Miguel Illescas Cordoba
2594 | #185

Spain

Miguel Illescas Cordoba is a Spanish Grandmaster.

GM Miguel Santos Ruiz
2594 | #185

Spain

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GM Jorge Cori
2593 | #188

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 Laurent Fressinet
2593 | #188

France

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

GM Arseniy Nesterov
2593 | #188

FIDE

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

GM Ivan Salgado Lopez
2593 | #188

Spain

Ivan Salgado Lopez is a Spanish Grandmaster.

GM Benjamin Bok
2592 | #192

Netherlands

Benjamin Bok is a Dutch chess grandmaster and streamer who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup. In 2015 he won the Open at the London Chess Classic with a score of 8/9, and in 2017 he tied for first at the Groningen Open with 7/9.

GM Tamas Banusz
2592 | #192

Hungary

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GM Alexander Motylev
2591 | #194

Romania

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

GM Sergei Movsesian
2591 | #194

Armenia

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GM Dragan Solak
2591 | #194

Türkiye

Dragan Solak is a Turkish Grandmaster.

GM Aleksey Dreev
2590 | #197

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...

The Top Chess Players in the World

GM Cristobal Henriquez Villagra
2597 | #175

GM Tomi Nyback
2596 | #177

GM David Paravyan
2596 | #177

GM Rafael Leitao
2596 | #177

GM Bobby Cheng
2596 | #177

GM Vladimir Akopian
2595 | #181

GM Robert Markus
2595 | #181

GM Mateusz Bartel
2595 | #181

GM Georg Meier
2595 | #181

GM Miguel Illescas Cordoba
2594 | #185

GM Miguel Santos Ruiz
2594 | #185

GM Jorge Cori
2593 | #188

GM Laurent Fressinet
2593 | #188

GM Arseniy Nesterov
2593 | #188

GM Ivan Salgado Lopez
2593 | #188

GM Benjamin Bok
2592 | #192

GM Tamas Banusz
2592 | #192

GM Alexander Motylev
2591 | #194

GM Sergei Movsesian
2591 | #194

GM Dragan Solak
2591 | #194

GM Aleksey Dreev
2590 | #197

GM Evgeny Romanov
2590 | #197

GM Ivan Sokolov
2590 | #197

GM Sandro Mareco
2588 | #200

GM Mahammad Muradli
2588 | #200