Famous chess players
How the world’s best actually play - their styles, openings, and the one habit you can steal from each. Then roast their real games, or yours, for free.
Magnus Carlsen
GM · Norway · peak 2882
The highest-rated player in history and the king of grinding tiny edges into wins.
Hikaru Nakamura
GM · United States · peak 2816
Five-time US Champion, speed-chess legend, and the most-watched chess streamer alive.
Fabiano Caruana
GM · United States · peak 2844
The deepest opening preparation in the world and a World Championship near-miss.
Gukesh Dommaraju
GM · India · peak 2794
The youngest undisputed World Chess Champion in history.
Ian Nepomniachtchi
GM · Russia · peak 2795
A two-time World Championship challenger with lightning-fast intuition.
Alireza Firouzja
GM · France · peak 2804
The youngest player ever to cross 2800, and chess's most electric attacker.
Levy Rozman (GothamChess)
IM · United States · peak 2500
The internet's chess teacher - the most-subscribed chess creator on YouTube.
Daniel Naroditsky
GM · United States · peak 2647
Grandmaster, speed-chess wizard, and the best teacher of chess fundamentals online.
Anna Cramling
WFM · Sweden · peak 2080
A chess-family prodigy turned one of the game's most beloved streamers.
Anish Giri
GM · Netherlands · peak 2798
Elite super-grandmaster, opening theoretician, and chess's sharpest wit.
Garry Kasparov
GM · Russia · peak 2851
World Champion for 15 years and, for many, the greatest of all time.
Viswanathan Anand
GM · India · peak 2817
The 'Tiger of Madras', five-time World Champion and father of Indian chess.
Ding Liren
GM · China · peak 2816
China's first World Chess Champion and a phenomenal defender.
Wesley So
GM · United States · peak 2822
US Champion, Fischer Random World Champion, and a model of clean technique.
Levon Aronian
GM · United States · peak 2830
One of chess's most creative attackers and a rapid/blitz wizard.
Judit Polgar
GM · Hungary · peak 2735
The strongest female chess player in history, and a fearless attacker.
Bobby Fischer
GM · United States · peak 2785
The American legend who won the 1972 'Match of the Century'.
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