Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler, commonly known as Peter Svidler, is a Russian chess grandmaster and commentator who is an eight-time Russian Chess Champion.
Mark Callano Paragua is a Filipino chess grandmaster. He won the Philippine Chess Championship in 2012. He was the youngest Filipino master ever, at nine years of age. He also became the youngest Filipino GM ever at 20, beating Eugenio Torre's record by about two years.
Pentala Harikrishna is an Indian chess grandmaster. He achieved a peak world ranking of 10 in November 2016, and a peak ELO rating of 2770 in December 2016.
Alexander Igorevich Grischuk is a Russian chess grandmaster. Grischuk was the Russian champion in 2009. He is also a three-time world blitz chess champion.
Dmitry Olegovich Jakovenko is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2001. Jakovenko was European champion in 2012. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian team at the 2009 World Team Chess Championship and at the European Team Chess Championships of 2007 and 2015.
Pavel Eljanov is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He has won two team gold medals and one individual silver medal at the Chess Olympiads.
Maxim Rodshtein is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2017.
Evgeny Vladimirovich Alekseev is a Russian chess grandmaster and Russian champion in 2006. He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 and the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013.
Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi is a Russian chess grandmaster. Nepomniachtchi is the reigning World Blitz Chess Champion. He is one of the very few players to have won two consecutive Candidates Tournaments. He is currently Russia's highest ranked active chess player.
Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov is a Russian chess grandmaster who internationally represents England since 2023. He changed federations in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He was a member of the victorious Russian team at the World Team Chess Championship in 2009 and 2013. Vitiugov won the Gibraltar Masters tournament in 2013 and the Grenke Open in 2017. He was also the winner of the 2021 Russian Chess Championship.
Daniil Dmitrievich Dubov is a Russian chess grandmaster. He achieved his final norm for the Grandmaster title at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 14 days in 2011. Dubov won the 2018 World Rapid Chess Championship held in Saint Petersburg.
Valentina Evgenyevna Gunina is a Russian chess grandmaster. She is the two-time Women's World Blitz Chess Champion, has won the Women's European Individual Chess Championship three times, and has won the Russian Women's Championship five times. She was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian team at the Women's Chess Olympiads of 2010, 2012, 2014, at the Women's European Team Chess Championships of 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019 and at the Women's World Team Chess Championship of 2017.
Maxim Sergeevich Matlakov is a Russian chess grandmaster. He won the European Individual Chess Championship in 2017.
Cristóbal Guillermo Henríquez Villagra is a Chilean chess player. He was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE in 2017, at the age of 20.
Irina Bulmaga is a Moldovan-born Romanian chess player. She received the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2012 and International Master (IM) in 2013.
Tamir Nabaty is an Israeli chess Grandmaster and a two-time national chess champion. As of December 2023, he ranked 95th in the world.
Jose Eduardo Martínez Alcántara is a Peruvian chess grandmaster who plays for Mexico. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2018.
Deivy Anthony Vera Sigueñas is a Peruvian chess grandmaster (2020).
Pavel Ponkratov is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2010.
Nikita Afanasiev is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2020.
