GM Ante Brkic 2608 | #152
Ante Brkic is a Croatian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 2608 | #152
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 Loek van Wely 2608 | #152
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 Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara 2607 | #155
GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara is a Peruvian chess grandmaster and streamer. In 2017 he won the World Youth Championship in the under-18 division. Martinez is a regular presence in Chess.com's Titled Tuesday, usually finishing near the top of the standings, including a victory on October 6, 2020. Martinez...
GM Alexander Areshchenko 2606 | #156
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 Maxime Lagarde 2606 | #156
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 Daniel Dardha 2606 | #156
Daniel Dardha is a chess grandmaster from Belgium. He is both the youngest-ever Belgian national champion (2019 and again in 2021) and youngest Belglian grandmaster (2021).
GM Karthik Venkataraman 2605 | #159
GM Karthik Venkataraman is an Indian grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.
GM Laurent Fressinet 2605 | #159
GM Laurent Fressinet is a French grandmaster, two-time French champion, and longtime second to GM Magnus Carlsen.
GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 2604 | #162
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 Jon Ludvig Hammer 2603 | #163
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 Yuriy Kuzubov 2603 | #163
Yuriy Kuzubov is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Georg Meier 2603 | #163
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 Oleksandr Bortnyk 2603 | #163
Oleksandr Bortnyk is a Ukrainian grandmaster who earned that title in 2015 at the age of 19. He was the 2014 World Youth Champion in the under-18 group. Bortnyk is an incredibly talented speed chess player and reached the 2019 Bullet Chess Championship finals against GM Hikaru Nakamura. His Chess.com...
GM Pouya Idani 2603 | #163
Pouya Idani as a grandmaster from Iran who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.
GM Pranav Venkatesh 2602 | #170
The name Venkatesh is his father's name and the player should be referred to by his name, Pranav. GM Pranav Venkatesh, also known as Buddy Pranav, is an Indian chess grandmaster and one of the youngest grandmasters in the world. Pranav earned the title in 2022 after securing his third norm at the 2022...
GM Bardiya Daneshvar 2600 | #173
GM Bardiya Daneshvar is an Iranian chess grandmaster. He won the Iranian Chess Championship in 2022 and became a grandmaster in 2023.
GM Ferenc Berkes 2600 | #173
Ferenc Berkes is a Hungarian grandmaster and eight-time national champion. His impressive list of Hungarian Chess Championships took place in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018. Two years before winning his first national championship, he was the 2002 World Under 18 World Champion. He’s...