Chess Players

Browse 783 chess players referenced in our opening guides

Magnus Carlsen

GM NorwayRating 2841

The Universal Genius

Garry Kasparov

GM RussiaRating 2812

1 opening

The Firebrand

Fabiano Caruana

GM ItalyRating 2792

2 openings

The Calculating Machine

Hikaru Nakamura

GM United StatesRating 2792

2 openings

The Practical Fighter

Bobby Fischer

GM United StatesRating 2785

2 openings

The Relentless Perfectionist

Nodirbek Abdusattorov

GM UzbekistanRating 2777

Javokhir Sindarov

GM UzbekistanRating 2777

Vincent Keymer

GM GermanyRating 2767

Anish Giri

GM Kingdom of the NetherlandsRating 2764

Arjun Erigaisi

GM IndiaRating 2761

Vugar Hashimov

GM AzerbaijanRating 2761

Vladimir Kramnik

GM RussiaRating 2753

9 openings

Wesley So

GM United StatesRating 2753

Wei Yi

GM People's Republic of ChinaRating 2753

Sergey Karjakin

GM RussiaRating 2750

10 openings

Alireza Firouzja

GM FranceRating 2744

Hans Niemann

GM United StatesRating 2742

Viswanathan Anand

GM IndiaRating 2739

36 openings

The Dynamic Professional

Jan-Krzysztof Duda

GM PolandRating 2739

Ding Liren

GM People's Republic of ChinaRating 2738

2 openings

Praggnanandhaa

GM IndiaRating 2735

Ian Nepomniachtchi

GM RussiaRating 2733

2 openings

Gukesh D

GM IndiaRating 2732

Leinier Domínguez

GM CubaRating 2732

Lê Quang Liêm

GM VietnamRating 2731

Richárd Rapport

GM HungaryRating 2729

Jorden van Foreest

GM Kingdom of the NetherlandsRating 2728

Levon Aronian

GM ArmeniaRating 2724

17 openings

Nihal Sarin

GM IndiaRating 2723

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

GM FranceRating 2721

9 openings

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

GM AzerbaijanRating 2717

4 openings

Amin Tabatabaei

GM IranRating 2714

Yu Yangyi

GM People's Republic of ChinaRating 2714

Dmitry Andreikin

GM RussiaRating 2710

Vidit Gujrathi

GM IndiaRating 2708

Parham Maghsoodloo

GM IranRating 2706

Mikhail Tal

GM LatviaRating 2705

14 openings

The Relentless Aggressor

Vladimir Fedoseev

GM RussiaRating 2700

Awonder Liang

GM United StatesRating 2696

Samuel Sevian

GM United StatesRating 2696

Viktor Korchnoi

GM SwitzerlandRating 2695

59 openings

The Practical Swindler

Veselin Topalov

GM BulgariaRating 2695

The Energetic Aggressor

Matthias Blübaum

GM GermanyRating 2694

Matthew Sadler

GM United KingdomRating 2694

Chithambaram Aravindh

GM IndiaRating 2692

Boris Spassky

GM RussiaRating 2690

12 openings

The Symmetry Master

Teimour Radjabov

GM AzerbaijanRating 2689

Nodirbek Yakubboev

GM UzbekistanRating 2689

Andrey Esipenko

GM RussiaRating 2684

Wang Hao

GM People's Republic of ChinaRating 2684

Peter Svidler

GM RussiaRating 2682

6 openings

Dmitry Yakovenko

GM RussiaRating 2682

Konstantin Landa

GM RussiaRating 2678

2 openings

Zoltán Almási

GM HungaryRating 2677

3 openings

Peter Leko

GM HungaryRating 2676

5 openings

Judit Polgár

GM HungaryRating 2675

3 openings

The Kingside Roller

Zoltan Gyimesi

GM HungaryRating 2674

1 opening

Alexey Sarana

GM RussiaRating 2668

David Howell

GM United KingdomRating 2665

1 opening

Bu Xiangzhi

GM People's Republic of ChinaRating 2661

1 opening

Tigran Petrosian

GM GeorgiaRating 2660

1 opening

The Iron Wall

Joël Lautier

GM FranceRating 2658

1 opening

Alexander Morozevich

GM RussiaRating 2654

2 openings

Radosław Wojtaszek

GM PolandRating 2650

1 opening

Lev Polugaevsky

GM BelarusRating 2645

9 openings

Valery Salov

GM RussiaRating 2644

Robert Hübner

GM GermanyRating 2640

3 openings

Alexander Onischuk

GM United StatesRating 2640

David Navara

GM Czech RepublicRating 2639

2 openings

Zurab Azmaiparashvili

GM GeorgiaRating 2637

1 opening

Sergei Rublevsky

GM RussiaRating 2637

6 openings

Gadir Guseinov

GM AzerbaijanRating 2636

3 openings

Rauf Mamedov

GM AzerbaijanRating 2636

4 openings

Loek van Wely

GM Kingdom of the NetherlandsRating 2636

47 openings

Boris Gelfand

GM IsraelRating 2635

14 openings

Vladimir Malaniuk

GM UkraineRating 2635

17 openings

Lu Shanglei

GM People's Republic of ChinaRating 2635

1 opening

Vasyl Ivanchuk

GM UkraineRating 2634

6 openings

Bassem Amin

GM EgyptRating 2628

3 openings

Étienne Bacrot

GM FranceRating 2626

1 opening

Yuri Razuvaev

GM RussiaRating 2625

2 openings

Michael Adams

GM United KingdomRating 2622

12 openings

Efim Geller

GM UkraineRating 2620

15 openings

Yasser Seirawan

GM United StatesRating 2620

1 opening

Vasily Smyslov

GM RussiaRating 2620

9 openings

The Positional Artist

Leonid Stein

GM UkraineRating 2620

2 openings

Anatoly Karpov

GM RussiaRating 2617

27 openings

The Boa Constrictor

Volodymyr Onyshchuk

GM UkraineRating 2617

1 opening

Yuri Drozdovskij

GM UkraineRating 2616

1 opening

Paul Keres

GM EstoniaRating 2615

10 openings

The Counterpunching Technician

Alexander Chernin

GM UkraineRating 2614

1 opening

Evgeny Bareev

GM RussiaRating 2611

3 openings

Anton Demchenko

GM RussiaRating 2611

2 openings

Ante Brkić

GM CroatiaRating 2610

1 opening

Gyula Sax

GM HungaryRating 2610

16 openings

Evgeny Sveshnikov

GM LatviaRating 2610

26 openings

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