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GM Magnus Carlsen 2832 | #1
Norway
To many, GM Magnus Carlsen is the best to ever play the game, although GMs Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer remain in the conversation. At any rate, the clear and remarkable point is that before turning 30 years old, Carlsen had already earned a spot at the top, and he has continued to dominate into...
GM Fabiano Caruana 2796 | #2
United States
The prodigy who broke the record held by GM Hikaru Nakamura for America's youngest chess grandmaster, Fabiano Caruana, has climbed the mountain of chess and reached the summit. This grandmaster has had a ranking as high as number-two in the world and has won numerous tournaments in his career. In 2018...
GM Hikaru Nakamura 2794 | #3
United States
Hikaru Nakamura was born December 9, 1987 in Hirakata, Japan. His family moved to the United States when he was just two years old, and the Stars and Stripes are the only national banner he has known as a chess player.Nakamura has been one of the world’s top players for well over a decade....
GM Arjun Erigaisi 2778 | #4
Arjun Erigaisi is an Indiangrandmaster, one of a quartet of star Indian players born between 2003 and 2006—the others being GMs Gukesh D, Praggnanandhaa R, and Nihal Sarin—who all made major leaps into the world elite in the 2022-23 time period.The player's full name is Arjun Erigaisi...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 2770 | #5
Russia
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (“Nepo” for short) is a Russian super grandmaster who has twice won the Candidates Tournament to play for the world championship. After winning the 2020-21 Candidates Tournament, he challenged GM Magnus Carlsen for the 2021 World Championship and lost in 11 games.Nepomniachtchi...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2769 | #6
Uzbekistan
Nodirbek Abdusattorov is an Uzbek grandmaster who won the 2021 World Rapid Championship and played on the first board for team Uzbekistan that won the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad. He did both when 17 years old, becoming the youngest player ever to do so. In March 2024, he climbed all the way to fourth...
GM Gukesh Dommaraju 2763 | #7
India
The player's full name is Gukesh Dommaraju and they confirmed to Chess.com that they prefer to be called by their first name, Gukesh.Indian GM Gukesh Dommaraju is a chess prodigy, the second-youngest grandmaster in history, and became the challenger to the 2024 FIDE World Championship on April 21,...
GM Wesley So 2757 | #8
United States
Wesley So is a Filipino-American super grandmaster who is among the world’s best chess players. He began as a chess prodigy who entered tournaments at nine years old. At 14, he became the ninth youngest GM in history. The next year, he became the youngest player to pass the 2600 rating threshold,...
GM Wei Yi 2755 | #9
China
Chinese GM Wei Yi is an elite player and one of the greatest chess prodigies in history. At the age of 15, he broke GM Magnus Carlsen’s record for the youngest player to reach a rating of 2700, which Wei still holds. Two years prior, he became the fourth-youngest GM in history at the time (now...
GM Viswanathan Anand 2751 | #10
India
The name Viswanathan is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Anand.Viswanathan Anand, the 15th undisputed chess champion and surely the greatest Indian chess player of all time, was born on December 11, 1969, in Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu, the southeasternmost state in...
GM Leinier Dominguez Perez 2748 | #11
United States
Leinier Dominguez Perez is a Cuban-American grandmaster who has been a top-10 player in the world and usually sits in the top 15. Born in Havana in 1983, he earned his GM title in 2001, won his first of five Cuban Chess Championships in 2002, and reached a 2700 rating in 2008. Dominguez was also Cuban...
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 2747 | #12
India
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu is an Indian grandmaster who had one of the greatest youth careers in chess history. Praggnanandhaa, who only turned 18 years old in 2023, is one of the youngest grandmasters and world championship candidates ever. He is the first of a historic quartet of contemporary young...
GM Anish Giri 2745 | #13
Netherlands
GM Anish Giri is a four-time Dutch champion and a world-class player. He has been ranked as high as number three in the world and reached his peak rating of 2802 on February 15, 2015. Giri has represented the Netherlands at the Olympiads since 2010. He won the 2012 Reggio Emilia tournament and the 2017...
GM Ding Liren 2745 | #13
China
Ding Liren is the reigning FIDE World Chess Champion after defeating GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2023 World Championship. Like most world champions, a combination of dominance and close calls have defined Ding's career leading up to winning the title.Ding won his first Chinese Chess Championship at...
GM Alireza Firouzja 2744 | #15
France
Alireza Firouzja is an Iranian-born grandmaster who now plays for France. He is a two-time world championship candidate and two-time Iranian champion.In late 2019 and early 2020, Firouzja electrified the chess world with his second place finish in the World Rapid Championship (one point behind World...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2733 | #16
Poland
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda is one of the youngest members of the 2700 club of super grandmasters (reached in 2017), having turned 22 years old in April 2020. The latest in a history of strong GMs from Poland, he plays on Chess.com as Polish_fighter3000.Duda won the 2021 FIDE World Cup, earning himself a...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2732 | #17
France
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (also known as “MVL”) is a French super grandmaster who, since 2016, has spent plenty of time rated among the top five chess players in the world. His rating peaked at 2819 in August 2016, making him the seventh-highest rated player in history at the time.Vachier-Lagrave...
GM Le Quang Liem 2731 | #18
Vietnam
Le Quang Liem is a Vietnamese grandmaster well known for his speed chess skills. He is best known for winning the World Blitz Chess Championship in 2013 ahead of several elite players.Liem is known to have an extremely sharp tactical eye and many notable games in that area. He has also won several...
GM Levon Aronian 2729 | #19
United States
Levon Aronian is an Armenian-American super grandmaster who has long been among the world’s best players. He first entered the top 20 in 2005 and still hasn’t lost that distinction. Most of those 15 years or so have been spent in the top 10. In 2021, he switched federations from Armenia...
GM Veselin Topalov 2727 | #20
Bulgaria
GM Veselin Topalov is a Bulgarian super-grandmaster and was the FIDE world champion in 2005. He was the world number-one player from April 2006 through January 2007 and again from October 2008 until January 2010. According to 2700chess.com, he reached his peak rating of 2826 on August 24, 2015—the...
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2726 | #21
Azerbaijan
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is a super-grandmaster from Azerbaijan. He was the number-two ranked player in the world in the FIDE ratings list of February 2018. According to 2700chess.com, Mamedyarov reached his peak rating of 2826 on September 30, 2018—the sixth-highest rating of all time.Mamedyarov...
GM Parham Maghsoodloo 2725 | #22
Iran
Iranian GM Parham Maghsoodloo has achieved an impressive chess career in a short amount of time. He’s a two-time Iranian national champion and the highest-rated player in the country. In 2018, he won the World Junior Chess Championship.Now no longer a junior, Maghsoodloo seems poised to make...
GM Vincent Keymer 2721 | #23
Germany
Vincent Keymer is a German grandmaster, the youngest player from Germany to earn the title, and one of the best players in the world. By 2015, when not yet even a teenager, he was already being hailed as Germany's greatest chess talent since Emanuel Lasker.At the 2018 Grenke Open, the 13-year-old...
GM Vidit Gurjathi 2721 | #23
India
The player's full name is Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Vidit.Vidit Gujrathi is an Indian super GM who has won the under-14 world championship, 2018 Tata Steel Challengers, and the 2019 Biel tournament. In 2023 he became...
GM Richard Rapport 2715 | #25
Romania
Richard Rapport is a Hungarian-Romanian grandmaster and a runner-up in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022, which secured him a place at the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022.Thisformer chess prodigy also possesses a uniquely creative opening approach combined with an exquisite positional style.StyleEarly...
