The Top Chess Players in the World

GM Krishnan Sasikiran 2548 | #349

Full bio coming soonThe name Krishnan is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Sasikiran.

IM Rudik Makarian 2547 | #353

IM Aronyak Ghosh 2547 | #353

The name Ghosh is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Aronyak.IM Aronyak Ghosh is an Indian international master who qualified for the 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship.

GM Grzegorz Gajewski 2547 | #353

Grzegorz Gajewski is a Polish grandmaster. The 2015 Polish national champion and at one time a top-100 player in the world, Gajewski seconded GM Viswanathan Anand at the 2014 World Championship. He is also a second to GM Gukesh Dommaraju, the 2024 world championship challenger.

GM Aleksandra Goryachkina 2546 | #356

Russian GM Aleksandra Goryachkina is an elite chess player who narrowly lost the 2020 Women’s World Chess Championship in tiebreaks. She nearly captured the most prestigious crown in women’s chess after decimating her competition (which included three former women’s world champions)...

GM Jakhongir Vakhidov 2546 | #356

Jakhongir Vakhidov is a grandmaster from Uzbekistan and part of the Uzbek Olympic team. He was the joint winner of the Hastings International Chess Congress in 2013/14 and 2015/16. In the second round of the 2021 FIDE World Cup in Sochi, Russia he eliminated GM Lenier Dominguez. Vakhidov won a gold...

GM Timur Gareyev 2546 | #356

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

GM Sebastien Feller 2546 | #356

GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy 2546 | #356

Vitaliy Bernadskiy is a Ukrainian grandmaster. He learned chess at the age of five. Since 2008 he has been coached by IM Vladimir Grabinsky. Bernadskiy became an IM in 2009 and a GM in 2014. His best result at the national championships was fourth place in 2017.  Bernadskiy is an avid player who...

GM Fernando Peralta 2546 | #356

Fernando Peralta is an Argentine Grandmaster.

GM Jure Skoberne 2546 | #356

GM Diego Flores 2545 | #363

Bio coming soon.

GM Momchil Petkov 2545 | #363

GM Ruifeng Li 2545 | #363

Bio coming soon.

GM Sankalp Gupta 2545 | #363

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

GM Roven Vogel 2545 | #363

IM Roven Vogel is a German international master who won Tata Steel Qualifiers in 2020 to earn a spot in the 2022 Tata Steel Challengers tournament (after none was held in 2021). Vogel was also the under-16 world youth champion in 2015.

GM Helgi Dam Ziska 2545 | #363

Helgi Dam Ziska is a grandmaster from the Faroe Islands who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Romain Edouard 2545 | #363

GM Romain Edouard is a French grandmaster (located in Barcelona, Spain, as of June 2021) who reached the "super grandmaster" threshold with a 2702 rating in 2014. He was a second of GM Veselin Topalov for several years. Edouard is also a chess coach, author, and Chess.com Lesson instructor and is featured...

GM Gergely Antal 2544 | #370

Gergely Antal is a Hungarian Grandmaster.

GM Denis Kadric 2544 | #370

Denis Kadric is a Bosnian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Iegor Krivoborodov 2544 | #370

GM Marin Bosiocic 2544 | #370

Bio coming soon.

GM Ivan Ivanisevic 2544 | #370

GM Ivan Ivanisevic is a Serbian grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Alexandr Fier 2544 | #370

Alexandr Fier is a Brazilian chess grandmaster and four-time Brazilian Chess Champion, most recently in 2022.

GM Hristos Banikas 2543 | #376

Hristos Banikas is a Greek Grandmaster.