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Full Name:  Paul Charles Morphy Federation:  United States Active Since:  Around 1848 to 1884 Player’s Description A chess prodigy who revolutionized the game and then mysteriously walked away from it all. He didn’t just play chess, he redefined it. Paul Morphy was born on June 22, 1837, in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father, Alonzo Morphy, was a lawyer of Spanish and Irish descent and his mother Louise Therese Felicitie Thelcide Le Carpentier was a musician. He himself learn

Full Name:  Jorden van Foreest Peak FIDE Rating:  2715 (May 2022) Active Since:  2008 Federation:  Netherlands FIDE Profile: Van Foreest,...

“Those who were fortunate enough to be present at this game will talk about it to their children and grandchildren.” These were the words...

In 2017, Max Deutsch, a 24-year-old entrepreneur from San Francisco, embarked on a daring journey. He is a self-described "obsessive...

Chess is not only a sport played by professionals, but it is also a symbol of a hostile relationship between two of the most famous comic...

Full Name:  Yasser Seirawan   Peak FIDE Rating : 2658 (July 2000)   Active Since:  1978 (professional debut)   Player Description: Yasser...

Centuries before Vishwanathan Anand came onto the scene and transformed chess in India as it is now, it is said that Chess originated in...

Full Name: Levon Grigori Aronian Peak FIDE Rating: 2830 (March 2014) Active Since: Mid-1990s (officially gaining recognition after 2000)...

Full Name:  Wesley Barbossa So  Peak FIDE Rating:  2822 (March 2017) - 5th Highest rated player in the history.  Active Since: 2003...

Full Name: Gata Kamsky Peak FIDE Rating: 2763 achieved in 2013 Active Since: Gata Kamsky has been active in Chess since 1986. He took a...

Full Name:  Boris Abramovich Gelfand Peak FIDE Rating: 2777 achieved in 2013 Federation: Israel Active Since:  1973, and is an active...

Full Name: Anton Vladimirovich Smirnov Peak FIDE Rating: 2604 (January 2020) Active Since: 2009 Federation: Australia Anton Smirnov, born...

Full Name: Fabiano Luigi Caruana Peak FIDE Rating: 2844 (October 2014) Active Since: 2000 Federation: United States (formerly represented...

One of India's prominent chess grandmasters, Pentala Harikrishna, was born in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, on May 10, 1986. Harikrishna...

The United Kingdom in the early 20th century witnessed some landmark feminist movements. In 1927, just a year before the British...

Full Name: Peak FIDE Rating: 2761 (September 2013) Active Since: 1981(approx) Federation: England Player Description: In the quiet town...

Full Name: Vincent Keymer Peak FIDE Rating: 2750.9 (Live Rating as on August 2024) Active Since: 2015 Federation: Germany Player...

Full Name:  Murray Graham Chandler Peak FIDE Rating:  2560 (January 1988) Active Since:  1974 (became Grandmaster in 1983) Federation:...

Full Name:  Bobby Cheng  Peak FIDE Rating:  2596 Active Since:  2005  Federation:  Australia  Player Description: From across the ditch...

Full Name:  Javokhir Sindarov Peak FIDE Rating:  2697 (May 2024) Active Since:  2018 (became GM in 2018 at age 12) Federation:...