Étienne Bacrot is a French chess grandmaster,and as a child,a chess prodigy.
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.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave,often referred to by his initials,MVL,is a French chess grandmaster who is a former World Blitz Champion. With a peak rating of 2819,he is the seventh-highest rated player in history.
Maxim Rodshtein is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2007,2011,2015 and 2017.
Zhao Jun is a Chinese chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2005,the 19th from China.
Li Chao is a Chinese chess Grandmaster and Asian champion in 2013. In 2007,he became China's 23rd Grandmaster at the age of 18.
Zhou Weiqi is a Chinese chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2008.
Tan Zhongyi is a Chinese chess player who holds the title of grandmaster (GM). She is a former Women's World Champion,winning the 2017 knockout edition of the world championship in Iran where she defeated Anna Muzychuk in the final. Tan is a former Women's World Rapid Champion. She is the three-time reigning Chinese women's national champion,and is a four-time national champion overall with titles in 2015,2020,2021,and 2022.
Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi is a Russian chess grandmaster.
Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov is a Russian chess grandmaster who internationally represents England as of September 2023. He changed federations in response to the Russia-Ukraine war. 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. Vitiugov won the 2021 Russian Chess Championship.
Igor Ilyich Lysyj is a Russian chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2007. Lysyj was Russian champion in 2014.
Ding Liren is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. He is the highest-rated Chinese chess player in history and also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion. He was the winner of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour,beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the finals and winning the 2019 Sinquefield Cup. Ding is the first Chinese player ever to play in a Candidates Tournament and pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE world rankings. In July 2016,with a Blitz rating of 2875,he was the highest-rated Blitz player in the world. In July 2023,Ding became the No. 1 ranked Rapid player,with a rating of 2830.
Tigran Levoni Petrosian is an Armenian chess player who holds the title of grandmaster,which FIDE awarded him in 2004. A two-time national champion,he competed in two Chess Olympiads,winning team gold in 2008 and 2012.
Rauf Mamedov is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster and a three-time national champion. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2007,2009,2011 and 2015.
Boris Pavlovich Grachev is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2007. Grachev competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009,2011,2015,and 2017.
Lu Shanglei is a Chinese chess grandmaster and 2014 World Junior Chess Champion.
Vladimir Vasilyevich Fedoseev is a Russian chess grandmaster playing for Slovenia. He competed in the Chess World Cup in 2015,2017,2021 and 2023.
Sanan Sjugirov is a Russian chess grandmaster who represents Hungary. He was European champion and world champion in his age category. Sjugirov competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009 and 2015.
Vladislav Mikhailovich Artemiev is a Russian chess grandmaster and former chess prodigy. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2014. Artemiev is the 2019 European Chess Champion. He won the individual board performance gold medal as well as team gold medal at World Team Chess Championship 2019. He participated in Chess World Cup 2015,2017,2019 and 2021 where he was knocked out in the round of 16 by Sergey Karjakin.
Raymond Song is a chess player and Grandmaster from Taiwan. He is Taiwan's first ever Grandmaster,and the top ranked player nationally.
