The Top Chess Players in the World

IM Alexander Gasthofer 2387 | #1989

Germany

IM Irina Bulmaga 2386 | #2021

Romania

Irina Bulmaga is a Romanian international master and 2018 national champion. She was also a member of the bronze-medal winning team in the 2014 Chess Olympiads. Note that Bulmaga was born in Moldova, however, and won several national junior championships there. In 2007 and 2008, she took back-to-back...

IM Nikoloz Managadze 2386 | #2021

Georgia

IM Philip Lindgren 2386 | #2021

Sweden

IM Brodie McClymont 2386 | #2021

Australia

FM Hans Moehn 2386 | #2021

Germany

FM Bakhrom Bakhrillaev 2386 | #2021

Uzbekistan

FM Francisco Montoliu Cervero 2386 | #2021

Spain

IM Alice Lee 2386 | #2021

United States

Alice Lee is an American international master. She participated in her first U.S. Women's Championship in October 2022 after finishing in second place in the women's 2022 American Cup. In the 2023 American Cup, Lee again finished in second place. Lee earned the U.S. national master title when she was...

FM Gregor Haag 2386 | #2021

Germany

FM Oleg Rychkov 2386 | #2021

Russia

FM Levente Papp 2386 | #2021

Hungary

GM Konstantin Chernyshov 2386 | #2021

Russia

IM Ezra Kirk 2386 | #2021

England

IM Roberto Molina 2385 | #2034

Brazil

Roberto Junio Brito Molina is a Brazilian international master. He learned how to play at age seven and started dedicating himself to the game after turning 12. He became a FIDE master at age 21 and earned his international master title at 25. Molina currently holds two grandmaster norms and is one...

WGM Natalia Pogonina 2385 | #2034

Russia

Natalia Pogonina is a Russian woman grandmaster and two-time national champion. She has three gold medals in Women’s Chess Olympiads, including two with team Russia in 2012 and 2014, along with individual gold in 2012 on the reserve board. She also earned team gold medals at the 2008 World Mind...