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The average Elo rating of top players has risen over time. For instance, the average of the top 10 active players rose from 2751 in July 2000 to 2794 in July 2014, a 43-point increase in 14 years. The average rating of the top 100 players, meanwhile, increased from 2644 to 2703, a 59-point increase. [3]
Hikaru Nakamura. 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.
The Elo[ a] rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in zero-sum games such as chess or esports. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-American physics professor. The Elo system was invented as an improved chess-rating system over the previously used Harkness system, [ 1] but is also used as ...
Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine[ a][ b] (October 31 [ O.S. October 19] 1892 – March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in ...
Chess rating system. A chess rating system is a system used in chess to estimate the strength of a player, based on their performance versus other players. They are used by organizations such as FIDE, the US Chess Federation (USCF or US Chess), International Correspondence Chess Federation, and the English Chess Federation.
No. 15 (July 1971) Mark Evgenievich Taimanov ( Russian: Марк Евгеньевич Тайманов; 7 February 1926 – 28 November 2016) was one of the leading Soviet and Russian chess players, among the world's top 20 players from 1946 to 1971. A prolific chess author, Taimanov was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 1952 and in 1956 won ...
December 1, 1993 (age 30) Madurai, India. Title. Grandmaster (2016) [1] FIDE rating. 2553 (July 2024) Peak rating. 2554 (August 2018) Priyadharshan Kannappan is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1990s Country Player Peak rating in 1990s Achieved 1 Garry Kasparov: 2851 1999-07 2 Viswanathan Anand: 2795 1998-07 3 Vladimir Kramnik: 2790 1998-01 4 Anatoly Karpov: 2780 1994-07 5 Alexander Morozevich: 2758 1999-07 6 Veselin Topalov: 2750 1996-07 7 Gata Kamsky: 2745 1996-07 8 Alexei Shirov: 2740 ...