Alexei Shirov is a Latvian and Spanish chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. Shirov was ranked number two in the world in 1994.
Teimour Boris oghlu Radjabov is an Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster, ranked number 10 in the world as of August 2021.
Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman is a Russian chess player and writer. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990, he was FIDE World Chess Champion in 1999.
Alexander Igorevich Grischuk is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2000. Grischuk was the Russian champion in 2009. He is also a three-time world blitz chess champion.
Hou Yifan is a Chinese chess grandmaster and four time Women's World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, she is the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of grandmaster and the youngest ever to win the Women's World Chess Championship.
Wang Hao is a retired Chinese chess grandmaster. In November 2009, Wang became the fourth Chinese player to break through the 2700 Elo rating mark. In 2019, he qualified for the 2020 Candidates Tournament by winning the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019, making him the second Chinese player to qualify for a Candidates Tournament.
Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi is a Russian chess grandmaster and commentator.
Anna Rudolf is a Hungarian chess player, chess commentator, Twitch live streamer, and YouTuber who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a three-time Hungarian women's national champion and has represented Hungary at the Chess Olympiad and the European Team Chess Championship. Rudolf has a peak FIDE rating of 2393 and a career-best ranking of No. 71 in the world among women.
A chess title is a title regulated by a chess governing body and bestowed upon players based on their performance and rank. Such titles are usually granted for life. The international chess governing body FIDE grants several titles, the most prestigious of which is Grandmaster; many national chess federations also grant titles such as "National Master". More broadly, the term "master" can refer to any highly skilled chess player.
Anish Kumar Giri is a Dutch chess player. A chess prodigy, he completed the requirements for the title Grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 7 months and 2 days. FIDE awarded him the title in 2009. He was born in Russia to a Nepalese father and a Russian mother.
Kaido Külaots is an Estonian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2001.
Eric Hansen is a Canadian chess player and Twitch streamer. FIDE awarded him the title of Grandmaster in 2013. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011 and 2013. Hansen has represented Canada in the Chess Olympiad since 2012.
Wei Yi is a Chinese chess grandmaster.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda is a Polish chess player. A prodigy, he achieved the title of grandmaster in 2013 at the age of 15 years and 21 days. Duda won the Polish Championship in 2018 and the Chess World Cup in 2021.
Qiyu Zhou, also known as Nemo Zhou and her online alias akaNemsko, is a Chinese-born Canadian chess player who holds the titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and FIDE Master (FM), and is a Twitch live streamer. She has been an under-14 girls' World Youth Champion, a Canadian women's national champion, and a Finnish women's national champion. Zhou has a peak FIDE rating of 2367 and a career-best ranking of No. 100 in the world among women. She is the first Canadian woman to earn the Woman Grandmaster or FIDE Master titles, and has represented Canada at the Women's Chess Olympiad since 2014.
Jeffery Xiong is an American chess player. He is the fourth-youngest in the US to qualify, at age fourteen, for the title Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in September 2015.
Salem Abdulrahman Mohamed Saleh is a chess player from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2009. Salem Saleh competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011, 2013 and 2015.
The Myanmar National Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament organized by the Myanmar Chess Federation. With the exception of a hiatus in 1977, the tournament has been held annually since 1974. IM Wynn Zaw Htun is the most successful player, winning the championship nine times.
This article is about the participation of women in chess and its culture.
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