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Full Name:  Pal Benko Peak FIDE Rating:  2530 (July 1973) Active Since:  1948 (became Grandmaster in 1958) Federation : United States...

Name:  Larry Evans Peak FIDE Rating:  2631 achieved in 1978 Federation:  United States of America  Active Since : 1946-2010 Player...

Full Name:  Samuel Herman Reshevsky Peak FIDE Rating:  2565 (achieved in July 1972) Highest Ranking:  World No. 25 (July 1972) Active...

Bespectaled Robert Bryne wait for his opponent to move on the right Full Name: Robert Eugene Byrne Peak FIDE Rating: 2605 Active Since:...

Full name:  Le Quang Liem Peak FIDE Rating:  2739 (Classical, early 2025) Highest Ranking:  World #23 (Classical) Active Since:  Early...

Player's Profile - Hikaru Nakamura Full Name:  Christopher Hikaru Nakamura Peak FIDE Rating:  2816 (October 2015) Active Since:  1998...

Full Name:  Vasyl Mykhailovych Ivanchuk Peak FIDE Rating:  2787 (October 2007)   Active Since:  1987  Federation:  Ukraine Player...

Full name:  Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son Peak FIDE Rating:  2665 (Nov 2011) Highest Ranking:  165 (Classical) Active Since:  2002 - present ...

Full Name:  Kevin Goh Wei Ming Peak FIDE Rating:  2501 (April 2020) Active Since:  2000 Federation:  Singapore Player Description: Known...

Viktor Korchnoi’s name echoes not just in the annals of chess history but in the chronicles of political defiance. Born in Leningrad (now...

Phiona Mutesi's journey from the slums of Katwe, Kampala, to international chess acclaim is a testament to resilience and determination. ...

Soumya Swaminathan is a well-known Indian chess player born on 21st March 1989, in Palakkad, Kerala. She mainly grew up in Pune, where...

Introduction In a world long ruled by male grandmasters, Judit Polgár emerged as a bold disruptor. Fierce, strategic, and fearless, she...

Full Name: Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov Peak FIDE Rating: 2816 (July 2015) Active Since: 1989 Federation: Bulgaria Player Description...

Name:  Vladimir Kramnik Peak FIDE Rating:  2817 (Achieved in October 2016) Active Since:  1991 (retired from professional Chess in 2019)...

Full Name: Garry Kimovich Kasparov Peak FIDE Rating: 2851 (July 1999) Active Since: 1978 (Retired in 2005) Federation: Russia (previously...

Full Name:  Pia Ann Rosa-Della Cramling Peak FIDE Rating: 2550 Achieved in 2008 Active Since: Pia Cramling played her first tournament in...

Full Name: David Antón Guijarro Peak FIDE Rating: 2703 (March 2020) Active Since: 2005 Federation: Spain Player Description: David Antón...

Full Name:  Anish Kumar Giri Peak FIDE Rating:  2798 (October 2015) Active Since:  2009 (became a GM in 2009 at age 14) Federation :...

Full Name: Richard Rapport Peak FIDE Rating: 2776 (December 2022) Active Since: 2008 Federation: Hungary Richard Rapport is one of the...