Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. He is a five-time World Chess Champion,the reigning five-time World Rapid Chess Champion,the reigning seven-time World Blitz Chess Champion,and the reigning Chess World Cup Champion. He has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE world chess rankings since 1 July 2011 and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world,while holding the record for longest consecutive reign. His peak rating of 2882 is the highest in history. He also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak at an elite level in classical chess at 125 games.
Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin is a Russian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy,he previously held the record for the world's youngest ever grandmaster,having qualified for the title at the age of 12 years and 7 months.
Pentala Harikrishna is an Indian chess grandmaster. He became the youngest grandmaster from India after attaining the title in 2001,a record now held by Gukesh D. He was Commonwealth Champion in 2001,World Junior Champion in 2004,and Asian Individual Champion in 2011. He is currently third highest rated player in India. Harikrishna won the Tata Steel Group B in 2012 and the Biel MTO Masters Tournament Open event in 2013. He represented India at seven Chess Olympiads from 2000 to 2012 and won team Bronze at the World Team Chess Championships in 2010. At the Asian Team Championships,Harikrishna won team gold once,team silver twice and individual bronze once.
Bu Xiangzhi is a Chinese chess player. In 1999,he became the 10th grandmaster from China at the age of 13 years,10 months and 13 days,at the time the youngest in history. In April 2008,Bu and Ni Hua became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700 Elo rating line,after Wang Yue.
Hou Yifan is a Chinese chess grandmaster,four-time Women's World Chess Champion and the second highest rated female player of all time. A chess prodigy,she was the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of grandmaster and the youngest ever to win the Women's World Chess Championship.
Ni Hua is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the national team captain. He is three-time national champion. In 2003,he became China's 15th Grandmaster at the age of 19. In April 2008,Ni Hua and Bu Xiangzhi both became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700 Elo rating mark,after Wang Yue.
Wesley Barbossa So is a Filipino and American chess grandmaster and three-time U.S. Chess Champion. He is also a three-time Philippine Chess Champion. On the March 2017 FIDE rating list,he was ranked number two in the world and had an Elo rating of 2822,making him the fifth-highest-rated player in history.
Fabiano Luigi Caruana is an Italian and American chess grandmaster who is the reigning three-time United States Chess Champion. With a peak rating of 2844,Caruana is the third-highest-rated player in history.
Ju Wenjun is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is the current Women's World Chess Champion. In March 2017 she became the fifth woman to achieve a rating of 2600. She is a four-time Women's World Chess Champion,having won the title first in May 2018. She then defended her title in November 2018,2020,and 2023.
Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi is a Russian chess grandmaster.
Anish Kumar Giri is a Dutch chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy,he completed the requirements for the grandmaster title in 2009 at the age of 14 years,7 months and 2 days. Giri is a five-time Dutch champion and won the Corus Chess B Group in 2010. He has represented the Netherlands at six Chess Olympiads. He has also won major international tournaments,including the 2012 Reggio Emilia tournament,2017 Reykjavik Open,2023 Tata Steel Chess,and shared 1st place in the 2015 London Chess Classic. In 2019 he won clear first at the Third Edition of the Shenzhen Masters.
LêQuang Liêm is a Vietnamese chess grandmaster,the top-ranked of his country. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Liêm won the Asian Chess Championship in 2019 and was the World Blitz Chess Champion in 2013.
Richárd Rapport is a Hungarian chess grandmaster currently playing for Romania. A chess prodigy,he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 13 years,11 months,and six days,making him Hungary's youngest ever grandmaster. He was the Hungarian Chess Champion in 2017 and was the fifth-rated player in the world in May 2022.
Samuel L. Shankland is an American chess grandmaster. He won the U.S. Chess Championship in 2018.
Nijat Azad oglu Abasov is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. In September 2023,he reached his all-time-highest rating of 2677 and was ranked as No. 3 in Azerbaijan and No. 59 in the world. He will compete at the Candidates Tournament 2024.
David Antón Guijarro is a Spanish chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2013,at the age of 18. He has competed at two Chess Olympiads.
Jhr. Jorden van Foreest is a Dutch chess grandmaster. He was Dutch Chess Champion in 2016,and won the Tata Steel Masters in 2021. As of September 2023,Van Foreest is the No. 2 ranked Dutch player behind Anish Giri.
Alireza Firouzja is an Iranian and French chess grandmaster. Firouzja is the youngest player to have surpassed a FIDE rating of 2800,beating the previous record set by Magnus Carlsen by more than five months.
Dommaraju Gukesh,is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy,he is the third-youngest person in history to qualify for the title of Grandmaster,which FIDE awarded him in March 2019.
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 was the 86th edition of the annual chess tournament held in Wijk aan Zee from 13–28 January 2024. The competition followed a similar format to the previous year's edition,taking place at the Dorpshuis De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee,Netherlands,while round 9 of the Masters section was played at the AFAS Circustheater in The Hague,Netherlands as part of the competition's "Chess on Tour" event.
