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No. 2 (December 2021) Alireza Firouzja ( Persian: علیرضا فیروزجا, pronounced [æliːɾeˈzɒː fiːɾuːzˈdʒɒː]; born 18 June 2003) 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.
Christopher Hikaru Nakamura[2](born December 9, 1987) is an American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 15, the youngest American at the time to do so.
Garry Kimovich Kasparov[a](born Garik Kimovich Weinstein[b]on 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion(1985–2000), political activist and writer. His peak FIDEchess ratingof 2851,[2]achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsenin 2013. From 1984 until his retirement from ...
Russian chess player Amina Abakarova faces a possible lifetime ban after allegedly allegedly tried to poison her opponent Umaiganat Osmanova by smearing pieces with mercury at a tournament in ...
Abhimanyu Mishra (born February 5, 2009) is an American chess grandmaster.A chess prodigy, he became the youngest player ever to qualify for the grandmaster title on June 30, 2021, at the age of 12 years, 4 months, and 25 days, [4] [5] beating Sergey Karjakin's record of 12 years and 7 months, which had stood since 2002.
In May 2024, Faustino defeated 5-time world champion and world #1 ranked Magnus Carlsen during a weekly Bullet Brawl tournament hosted by Chess.com. [ 3 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] He holds the world record for the youngest International Master , a title which he earned in June 2024 at the age of 10 years, 8 months, and 16 days, breaking the record of ...
Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Abdusattorov at the 2024 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Nodirbek Abdusattorov ( Uzbek: Нодирбек Абдусатторов; born 18 September 2004) is an Uzbek chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he qualified for the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 1 month, and 11 days. [ 1] FIDE awarded him the title in ...
Highest-ranked Bulgarian player (since 1993), former world champion (FIDE 2005–2006), formerly world no. 1 (2006–2007, 2008–2009) United States: Hikaru Nakamura: 2816 2015-10 1987 Highest-ranked Japanese-born player, highest-ranked American player (2011–2015, 2024–), current FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Champion (since 2022) China