1. Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (1968)

Chess Grandmaster

Georgian-born Scottish chess Grandmaster who became one of the most renowned female chess players in the United Kingdom.

2. Vasily Smyslov (1921)

Chess Grandmaster

Soviet chess master who was an eight time candidate for World Champion.

3. Zaven Andriasian (1989)

Chess Grandmaster

An Armenian chess Grandmaster who has several major tournament victories under his belt.

4. Pia Cramling (1963)

Chess Grandmaster

Swedish chess Grandmaster who was one of the top female players in the world for more than three decades.

5. Lev Alburt (1945)

Chess Grandmaster

Soviet born chess master and champion who later became an American champion.

6. Ulf Andersson (1951)

Chess Grandmaster

Swedish Chess master who was the number four player in the world at the peak of his career.

7. Leinier Domínguez (1983)

Chess Grandmaster

Cuban chess Grandmaster who is one of the top players in the world.

8. Simen Agdestein (1967)

Chess Grandmaster

Norwegian Chess Champion and International Grandmaster who is equally regarded as a player and a coach.

9. Utut Adianto (1965)

Chess Grandmaster

Widely considered to be the best chess player in Indonesian history.

10. Salvador Alonso (1974)

Chess Grandmaster

Salvador Alonso is a chess Grandmaster.

11. Gamil Agamaliev (1974)

Chess Grandmaster

Gamil Agamaliev is an Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster. He played for Azerbaijan in the World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship of 1993. In 2005 he finished fifth in the 2nd...

12. Mohammed Al-Modiahki (1974)

Chess Grandmaster

Mohammed Ahmed Al-Modiahki is a chess Grandmaster. He was the first player in Qatar to earn the title of grandmaster and is the country's best player. He was awarded the...

13. Mohammed Al-Sayed (1987)

Chess Grandmaster

Mohamad Naser Al Sayed is a Qatari chess Grandmaster. As of September 2011 his FIDE Elo rating is 2519.

14. Jesús de la Villa (1958)

Chess Grandmaster

Jesús María de la Villa Garcia is a chess Grandmaster born in Spain. He won the Spanish Chess Championship twice in 1985 and 1988. He is a chess author and...

15. Buenaventura Villamayor (1967)

Chess Grandmaster

Buenaventura Bong Villamayor is the Philippines fourth International chess Grandmaster.

16. Maxim Sorokin (1968)

Chess Grandmaster

Maxim Sorokin was a Russian chess Grandmaster. In 1998–2002 he played for Argentina. In 2004 he tied for first with Saidali Iuldachev in the Murzagaliev Memorial in Uralsk Kazakhstan. In...

17. Viesturs Meijers (1967)

Chess Grandmaster

Viesturs Meijers is a Latvian chess Grandmaster. Plays chess from age 10. First trainer - I. Dambitis. International Master from 1993. He won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2000.

18. Albéric O'Kelly de Galway (1911)

Chess Grandmaster

Albéric Joseph Rodolphe Marie Robert Ghislain O'Kelly de Galway was a Belgian chess Grandmaster and an International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster the third ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess. He was...

19. Walter Arencibia (1967)

Chess Grandmaster

Arencibia is a Cuban chess grandmaster. He learned chess at the age of eight and has won various tournaments including the 1986 World Junior Chess Championship for which he automatically...

20. Farid Abbasov (1979)

Chess Grandmaster

Abbasov is a chess Grandmaster from Azerbaijan rated at 2558 FIDE.

21. Viorel Iordăchescu (1977)

Chess Grandmaster

Viorel Iordăchescu is a Moldovan chess grandmaster. He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011 but was eliminated in the first round by Sébastien Feller. He tied for 1st–6th...

22. Ilmārs Starostīts (1979)

Chess Grandmaster

Ilmārs Starostīts is a Latvian chess Grandmaster. Ilmārs Starostīts participated in various Junior World Championships from 1993 to 1999. In 2001 he achieved the International Master title. Ilmārs Starostīts won...

23. Evgeny Agrest (1966)

Chess Grandmaster

Evgeny Agrest is a Belarusian–Swedish chess grandmaster. He won the Belarus Youth championship three times. In 1994 he graduated with a degree in Economics and in the same year emigrated...

24. Andrey Vovk (1991)

Chess Grandmaster

Andrey Vovk is a famous Chess Grandmaster, who was born on November 22, 1991 in Ukraine. According to Astrologers, Andrey Vovk's zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Andrey Vovk (Ukrainian: Андрій Вовк )...

25. Dmitry Andreikin (1990)

Chess Grandmaster

Dmitry Vladimirovich Andreikin is a Russian chess grandmaster. He won the 2010 World Junior Chess Championship.

26. Helgi Grétarsson (1977)

Chess Grandmaster

Helgi Dagbjartur Áss Grétarsson is an Icelandic chess grandmaster. Grétarsson won the 1994 World Junior Chess Championship. His current Elo rating is 2462.

27. Wong Meng Kong (1963)

Chess Grandmaster

g Meng Kong is a Singapore chess Grandmaster. He won the national Singaporean Chess Championship in 1989 1990 1991. He represented Singapore eleven times in Chess Olympiads. His current FIDE...

28. Dimitris Anagnostopoulos (1970)

Chess Grandmaster

Dimitris Anagnostopoulos is a Greek chess Grandmaster. He played for Kallithea Athens in the 7th European Chess Club Cup in 1990.

29. Valentin Arbakov (Unknow)

Chess Grandmaster

Valentin Arbakov was a Russian chess Grandmaster.

30. Wolfgang Pietzsch (1930)

Chess Grandmaster

gang Pietzsch was a chess Grandmaster. He played in the Chess Olympiads of 1952 1958 1960 1962 1966 and 1968.

31. László Vadász (1948)

Chess Grandmaster

László Vadász was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster.

32. Zoltán Almási (1976)

Chess Grandmaster

Zoltán Almási is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. He is a seven-time Hungarian Chess Champion winning in 1995 1997 1999 2000 2003 2006 and 2008. In the FIDE World Chess Championship...

33. Friðrik Ólafsson (1935)

Chess Grandmaster

ðrik Ólafsson is an Icelandic chess Grandmaster and former president of FIDE. Friðrik was born in Reykjavík Iceland. A first-time winner of the Icelandic Championship in 1952 and of the...

34. Mijo Udovčić (1920)

Chess Grandmaster

Mijo Udovčić was a Yugoslavian chess player who became the first Croatian Grandmaster in 1962. Jointly with Borislav Ivkov he won the Yugoslav championships in 1963.

35. Vadim Malakhatko (1977)

Chess Grandmaster

Vadim Malakhatko is a Ukrainian–Belgian chess grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship. In 2000 he won with the...

36. Manuel León Hoyos (1989)

Chess Grandmaster

Manuel León Hoyos is a Mexican chess Grandmaster. He is the current Mexican champion and ranked No. 1 in Mexico.

37. Marta Litinskaya-Shul (1949)

Chess Grandmaster

Marta Litynska is a Ukrainian chess master. Born Marta Shul she was Soviet Women’s Champion in 1972 and Sub-Champion in 1971 1973 and 1974. She played in 2nd Interzonal Tournament...

38. Dragoljub Čirić (1935)

Chess Grandmaster

Dragoljub Miladin Čirić in Novi Sad) is a former Yugoslavian now Serbian chess Grandmaster.

39. Péter Ács (1981)

Chess Grandmaster

Péter Ács is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. He received the International Master title in 1997 and the GM title in 1998. In 2001 he won the World Junior Chess Championship....

40. Rafael Leitão (1979)

Chess Grandmaster

Rafael Duailibe Leitão is a Brazilian chess grandmaster. He won the World Youth Chess Championship in the U12 category in 1991 and in the U18 category in 1996. He won...

41. Ralf Åkesson (1961)

Chess Grandmaster

Ralf Åkesson is a Swedish chess grandmaster. Åkesson was awarded the International Master title in 1981 and the grandmaster title in 1995. In 1980/1981 he won the European Junior Chess...

42. Ahmed Adly (1987)

Chess Grandmaster

Ahmed Adly is a chess Grandmaster from Cairo Egypt. In 2005 he won the African Chess Championship and in 2007 he won the World Junior Chess Championship. He tied...

43. Regina Pokorná (1982)

Chess Grandmaster

Regina Pokorná Theissl is a Slovak chess Woman Grandmaster.

44. Yuriy Ajrapetjan (1988)

Chess Grandmaster

Yuriy Ajrapetjan is a Ukrainian-Armenian chess Grandmaster born 18 April 1988 in Ukraine. He was awarded the FIDE International Master title in 2005 and the Grandmaster title in 2007. Best...

45. Bassem Amin (1988)

Chess Grandmaster

Bassem Amin is an Egyptian chess grandmaster.

46. Thal Abergel (1982)

Chess Grandmaster

Thal Abergel is a French chess Grandmaster. In November 2003 when an International master Abergal won his first 4NCL game in 15 moves. Thal became a Grandmaster in 2008. As...

47. Vladimir Potkin (1982)

Chess Grandmaster

Vladimir Potkin is a Russian chess Grandmaster. In 2007 he tied for 1st–9th with Alexei Fedorov Andrei Deviatkin Aleksej Aleksandrov Viacheslav Zakhartsov Alexander Evdokimov Denis Khismatullin Evgeny Tomashevsky and Sergei...

48. Georgy Agzamov (1954)

Chess Grandmaster

Georgy Tadzhikhanovich Agzamov was a Soviet chess Grandmaster. He became an International Master in 1982 and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1984. In 1966 at the age of 12...

49. András Adorján (1950)

Chess Grandmaster

András Adorján is a Hungarian author and Grandmaster of chess born in Budapest. He adopted his mother's surname Adorján in 1968.

50. Konstantin Lerner (1950)

Chess Grandmaster

Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner was a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. In 1978 and 1982 he was Ukrainian Champion.