GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 2622 | #126
Samvel Ter-Sahakyan is an Armenian grandmaster and the 2020 national champion. He won the Under-10 and the Under-18 European Youth Chess Championships in 2003 and 2009 respectively as well as the World U-18 Chess Championship in 2011. Ter-Sahakyan won the PRO Chess League with the Armenian Eagles...
GM Leon Luke Mendonca 2622 | #126
GM Leon Luke Mendonca is an Indian chess grandmaster. He earned the title in 2021. In 2024, Leon won the Tata Steel Challengers Tournament. The name Mendonca is a patronymic, Luke is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Leon.
GM Yaroslav Zherebukh 2620 | #129
Yaroslav Zherebukh is an American grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM David Paravyan 2620 | #129
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 Aryan Chopra 2620 | #129
Bio coming soonThe name Chopra is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Aryan.
GM Nikolas Theodorou 2619 | #132
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 Robert Hovhannisyan 2619 | #132
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 Mateusz Bartel 2618 | #134
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 Loek van Wely 2618 | #134
Loek van Wely is a Dutch grandmaster and currently the fifth-best player in the Netherlands (as of March 2021). Van Wely is an eight-time Dutch champion, winning six consecutive times from 2000 to 2005, and again in 2014 and 2017. Other successes include winning the 2005 European Team Championship while...
GM Aram Hakobyan 2617 | #136
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 Laurent Fressinet 2616 | #138
GM Laurent Fressinet is a French grandmaster, two-time French champion, and longtime second to GM Magnus Carlsen.
GM Alexander Areshchenko 2613 | #141
Alexander Areshchenko is a Ukrainian grandmaster and the 2005 Ukrainian Chess Champion. Prior to winning the national championship at just 19 years old, he won the U14 division of the World Youth Chess Championships in 2000, ahead of future GM Wang Yue. Areshchenko won individual silver at the 2007...
GM Luke McShane 2611 | #144
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 Aleksandar Indjic 2611 | #144
Aleksandar Indjic is a Serbian grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Adam Kozak 2609 | #147
Adam Kozak is a Hungarian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Gata Kamsky 2609 | #147
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 Jorge Cori 2609 | #147
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 Yuriy Kuzubov 2609 | #147
Yuriy Kuzubov is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.