In the last list of the top Chess players we published, we went over the best Rapid Chess players. Now in this article, we’re going through the best Bullet Chess players, ranked from lichess.org and Chess.com.
5. Daniel Naroditsky
Full Name: Daniel Naroditsky
Title: Grandmaster
Born: November 9, 1995
Federation: United States (USA)
Ratings
World Rankings: 172
Rapid: 2639
Blitz: 2608
Classical: 2616
Profiles
Danya Naroditsky is a chess grandmaster, author, and pundit from the United States. At the age of 14, he released his first chess book. Vladimir Naroditsky, The elder Naroditsky taught his son the game of chess at the age of six, with the help of his own father. He began serious chess lessons shortly after that. He won the Northern California Chess Championship at the age of seventeen in May of that year, making him the youngest person ever to do so. When Naroditsky triumphed in the Under-12 World Championship, he tallied a score of 912/11. [3] Chess tournaments in Northern California were dominated by him in May 2008.
4. Andrew Tang
Full Name: Andrew Tang
Title: Grandmaster
Born: November 29, 1999
Federation: United States (USA)
Ratings
World Rankings: 640
Rapid: 2383
Blitz: 2584
Classical: 2508
Profiles
Andrew Tang is a chess player from the United States. In 2018, FIDE bestowed the title of Grandmaster to him. He’s a well-known streamer who’s recognized for his bullet, hyper bullet, and ultra-bullet talents and his ability to play blindfolded. Tang started playing chess when he was in preschool. As he grew older, he completed training from John Bartholomew. In 2014, he won the North American Junior Chess Championship, earning the title of International Master.
3. Alireza Firouzja
Full Name: Alireza Firouzja
Title: Grandmaster
Born: June 18, 2003
Federation: Iranian
Ratings
World Rankings: 3
Rapid: 2614
Blitz: 2649
Classical: 2793
Profiles
Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja. Firouzja has been Number. 3 since May 1, 2022. He’s younger than Magnus Carlsen by more than five months. Firouzja won the Iranian Championship aged 12 and turned Grandmaster at 14. Firouzja, 16, won silver in World Rapid Chess. He won Grand Swiss and European Team Chess at 18. 2021 bronze medallist in Blitz Chess. Firouzja left the Iranian Chess Federation in 2019 over anti-Israeli beliefs. In the early 2020s, he became a French citizen and competed for France, where he lived.
2. Hikaru Nakamura
Full Name: Hikaru Nakamura
Title: Grandmaster
Born: December 9, 1987
Federation: United States (USA)
Ratings
World Ranking: 11
Rapid: 2837
Blitz: 2850
Classical: 2760
Profiles
The American grandmaster and streamer Hikaru Nakamura. At 15, he became the youngest American Grandmaster. Nakamura has five US titles. August 2015 marked 2900.
His FIDE rating was 2816 in October 2015, second to Magnus Carlsen. Nakamura topped FIDE’s fast and blitz ratings in May 2014. Since then, he’s topped both charts. Since December 2021, he’s won four Chess.com Speed Chess Championships.
1. Magnus Carlsen
Full Name: Magnus Carlsen
Title: Grandmaster
Born: 30, November 1990
Federation: Norway
Ratings
World Rankings: 1
Rapid: 2847
Blitz: 2832
Classical: 2864
Profiles
Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian grandmaster and has been the World Chess Champion for the past decade. He won three Rapid World Championships and five World Blitz Championships.
That concludes the list of the best bullet Chess players. If you like list posts like this, you may also be interested in seeing the ten best blitz chess players or the best Canadian chess players.