GMMikhail Botvinnikis known as the "father of the Soviet chess school." The sixth world champion reigned from 1948 to 1963 (with two brief intermissions) and was a top player for over 30 years. Botvinnik's style was dictated by iron logic and flexibility, although he was extremely talented...
Magnus Carlsen (2831), Fabiano Caruana (2803), Hikaru Nakamura (2802), Arjun Kumar Erigaisi (2801), Dommaraju Gukesh (2777), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2768), Alireza Firouzja (2763)
Judit Polgar is widely considered to be the strongest female chess player of all time. She has defeated many of the top male players in the world and has held the title of the highest-rated female player in history. She was a trailblazer for Women’s Chess, showing the world that Women...
Lasker was one of the first top players who treated the psychology of chess seriously. Being a universal player, he could change the style of his play depending on the opponent’s strengths and weaknesses. Nowadays this approach is widely used by chess players of different levels. ...
BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese rising star Hou Yifan is still far from becoming the second female chess player to reach top 10 in the world rankings, according to legendary female chess player Judit Polgar of Hungary. "I don't know whether she can reach the top 10, but she is ...
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Top 100 » 200 » 300 » 400 » 500 Top Player Rankings With Online Results For Chess.com Player IDPlayer NameTotal (Game)Total (Overall)% of Total 1. Hikaru Hikaru Nakamura $623,115.25 $1,073,458.71 58.05% 2. DrNykterstein Magnus Carlsen $397,914.79 $1,521,051.02 26.16% 3....
but don’t let his consistency overshadow what he has accomplished so far. In the first half of the 2010s—November 2010 to September 2014—he was in the top three. In March 2014, his rating peaked at 2830. That made Aronian the fourth-highest rated player in history—onlyMagnus Carlsen...
Yifan Hou is the top-ranking female chess player and the only woman in the World Chess Federation’s Top 100 players.