GM Maxime Lagarde 2598 | #176
Maxime Lagarde is a French grandmaster and one of the top players in France. As of February 2021, he's the third strongest player in his country, behind only GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Etienne Bacrot. Lagarde earned his international master title in 2011 and became a grandmaster in 2013. He won...
GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly 2598 | #176
The name Shekhar is his father's name, Ganguly is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Surya.GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly from India is a participant in the 2022 Tata Steel Challengers tournament.
GM Mads Andersen 2598 | #176
Mads Andersen is a Danish chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Bardiya Daneshvar 2598 | #176
GM Bardiya Daneshvar is an Iranian chess grandmaster. He won the Iranian Chess Championship in 2022 and became a grandmaster in 2023.
GM Alexander Khalifman 2597 | #183
Alexander Khalifman is a Russian grandmaster. He is a former Soviet youth champion, the former European U-20 champion, a member of multiple gold medal-winning Olympiad Russian teams, and the former Russian champion. In 1999 Khalifman became the FIDE world champion. He is also a celebrated chess author...
GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista 2597 | #183
Lazaro Bruzon Batista is a Cuban-American grandmaster who switched federations to the United States in 2020. He was World Junior Champion in 2000 and reached the world #26 rating in 2005. Bruzon, a participant in the 2021 U.S. Championship, reached a peak rating of 2717 in 2012.
GM Anton Demchenko 2597 | #183
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 Ahmed Adly 2597 | #183
Ahmed Adly is an Egyptian grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Eltaj Safarli 2596 | #187
GM Eltaj Safarli is an Azerbaijani grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.
GM Sergei Azarov 2596 | #187
GM Sergei Azarov is a chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.
GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov 2596 | #187
Aleksandr Rakhmanov is a Russian grandmaster. In 2007, he placed third in both the European U-18 Championship and the World U-18 Championship. The next year, he won the Paleochora Open and the Heraklion Open. In the Chess World Cup 2019, he defeated higher-seeded GM Nils Grandelius 1.5-.5 to make it...
GM Benjamin Bok 2596 | #187
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 Vladimir Akopian 2595 | #191
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 Jon Ludvig Hammer 2595 | #191
Jon Ludvig Hammer is a Norwegian grandmaster, streamer, commentator, and content creator. He has won the Norwegian Championship multiple times and was GM Magnus Carlsen's second in the 2013 and 2014 World Championship matches. His peak rating of 2705 was achieved in 2016. Chess Career Twitch Channel Chess.com...
GM Marc'Andria Maurizzi 2595 | #191
Marc'Andria Maurizzi was born on May 16, 2007, in Bastia, France. In 2019, he won the French junior championship for players under 12 years old. In July of that year, he secured the IM title at age 12 years and two months. He scored his first two GM norms in Catalonia. In December 2020, Maurizzi placed...
GM Nigel Short 2594 | #194
Nigel Short is one of the best English players in chess history. Three-time British champion, he is best known for qualifying to challenge Garry Kasparov for the world championship in 1993. After Short qualified through FIDE, both players split from the organization to play their match, which Kasparov...
GM Vaibhav Suri 2594 | #194
The name Suri is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Vaibhav.
GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 2592 | #198
Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus is a Turkish chess grandmaster, one of the youngest grandmasters ever, and the youngest player ever to reach a 2600 FIDE rating. Erdogmus won the U-8 European Chess Championship in 2019, a year before he had to stop playing over-the-board chess due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
GM Georg Meier 2591 | #199
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 Aleksey Dreev 2590 | #201
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...