Are you wondering who all the Super Grandmasters are? A Super Grandmaster is a Grandmaster that has achieved a FIDE rating of at least 2700. There are currently only 40 Chess players that are 2700 and over on the FIDE ratings list and are considered Super Grandmasters to the Chess community. Below you’ll find the list of Super Grandmasters inactive and active in the history of FIDE.
40. Jeffery Xiong
Full name: Xiong, Jeffery
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2015
International Master (IM) 2014
FIDE Master (FM) 2010
Born: 2000
Federation: United States of America
Jeffery Xiong is the fourth-youngest player in the United States to receive the Grandmaster title from FIDE, which he received in September 2015. 6/9 at the Chicago Open in 2014, 6/9 at the UT Dallas Open in November 2014, and 7/9 at the Chicago Open in May 2015 were required to earn the Grandmaster title. In February 2016, he became the world’s top-rated under-20 chess player, and a month later, he broke through the 2600 mark in FIDE. In October 2020, he finished second in the US chess championship (behind Wesley So) and second in the US junior championship (behind John Burke).
39. Parham Maghsoodloo
Full name: Maghsoodloo, Parham
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2016
International Master (IM) 2016
Born: 2000
Federation: Iran
In 2016, Parham Maghsoodloo was given the title of Grandmaster by FIDE. Maghsoodloo is a three-time Iranian national champion who won the World Junior Chess Championship in 2018. Maghsoodloo also represented his native country at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in 2016, where FIDE gave him the titles of International Master and Grandmaster. As a top seed, Maisaghsoodloo began the World Junior Championship as the favorite.
Based on suspicions that he was cheating on the Lichess website, Maghsoodloo was banned, and his account was terminated. On the contrary, the event’s official website, describing him as the “Persian magician,” stated they’re certainly dealing with a major talent here, and he’s undoubtedly one of the world’s most promising prospects to join the super-elite soon.
38. Francisco Vallejo Pons
Full name: Francisco Vallejo Pons
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 1999
International Master (IM) 1996
Born: 1982
Federation: Spain
At the age of 16, Francisco Vallejo Pons became a Grandmaster. In 2000, at the age of 18, he won the under-18 World Chess Youth Championship. He has been a five-time Spanish Chess Champion. In 2013, he came in first place in a draw at the European Individual Championship. After a devastating loss in his penultimate game against Sergey Karjakin in the 2012 Bilbao Chess Masters Final, Vallejo announced his retirement from chess competitions.
However, after two years, he made a comeback when he had already taken part in many events, including the 2014 Bilbao Chess Masters and country leagues. Vallejo began his season in the Grand Prix cycle for 2017-18 in 2016. In the event’s second season, he is back with a bang but finished near the bottom of both groups. With the Grand Prix in his rearview mirror, he had no mathematical opportunity of qualifying for the 2018 Candidates Tournament via the Grand Prix.
37. Yu Yangyi
Full name: Yu, Yangyi
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2009
Born: 1994
Federation: China
Yu Yangyi became Grandmaster in 2009 at the age of 14 years, 11 months, and 23 days. He won the inaugural Qatar Masters Open tournament in December 2014, defeating Vladimir Kramnik and Anish Giri, among others. He is a two-time gold medal winner for China at the Chess Olympiad and a member of the World Team Chess Championship-winning team in 2015.
Yangyi earned a bachelor’s degree in Sports Economics from Beijing Sports University outside the chess world. In the 2014 Olympiad, he won the individual gold on board 3 with a performance rating of 2912, which was the top of the entire competition. On August 14, 2019, Yu took second in the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz with 21.5/36.
36. Vladimir Fedoseev
Full name: Vladimir Fedoseev
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2011
International Master (IM) 2010
FIDE Master (FM) 2008
Born: 1995
Federation: Russia
Vladimir Fedoseev was given the GM title in 2011, which took effect on his 16th birthday. In October 2011, he placed second in the Under-18 World Championship with 7/9 and won the silver medal on board 2 of Russia’s gold-winning team at the 10th World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad. He tied for second with 8/11 (third on tiebreak) at the European Individual Championships in 2014. He qualified by finishing second in Europe with 8/11 (third on tiebreak) at the European Individual Championship (2014).
In a reverse-chance encounter, he beat Baskaran Adhiban in the first round before losing to Alexander Grischuk in the second. In 2017, Fedoseev won the Aeroflot Open (2017) with 7/9. This victory earned him a spot in the Dortmund Sparkassen (2017), where he scored 5/7 to finish second (on tiebreak from Maxime Vachier-Lagrave). At the World Rapid Championship (2017), he finished second, losing to Viswanathan Anand in the playoff for the gold medal.
35. Bu Xiangzhi
Full name: Bu Xiangzhi
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2000
International Master (IM) 1999
Born: 1985
Federation: China
In 1999, at the age of 13 years, ten months, and 13 days, Bu Xiangzhi became the youngest grandmaster in history during that time. Bu and Ni Hua achieved the 2,700 ranking barriers in April 2008, making them the second and third Chinese players after Wang Yue.
In 2004, Bu was the Chinese Champion. He was a member of China’s World Team Chess Championship-winning team in 2015 and the Chess Olympiad that year, where he won a gold medal as part of the national team.
He first shared first place with Ding Liren in the 5th Hainan Danzhou event in July 2014, where he finished second on tiebreak and then won the Politiken Cup in Helsingør, Denmark, with 9/10 points.
In the third round of the FIDE World Cup 2017, Xiangzhi went up against Magnus Carlsen and won. He knocked out the world champion in the third round of the tournament.
34. Evgeny Tomashevsky
Full name: Evgeny Tomashevsky
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2005
International Master (IM) 2001
Born: 1987
Federation: Russia
Evgeny Tomashevsky was named a Grandmaster by FIDE in 2005. Tomashevsky has won the Russian Chess Championship twice, in 2015 and 2019, and the European Chess Championship in 2009. He took home the Russian under-10 title in 1997, at the age of 13 years, 11 months, and 14 days in Rybinsk, with a score of 9 points from 11 games. He was runner-up in the 2004 U18 World Youth Chess Championships.
For wearing glasses and being well-educated and being a primarily positional player, part of it is that among the chess players, he earned himself the moniker “Professor.” He won the Russian Championship Superfinal in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, in August 2015 with 7/11.
33. Quang Liem
Full name: Quang Liem
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2006
International Master (IM) 2006
FIDE Master (FM) 2003
Born: 1991
Federation: Vietnam
Lê Quang Liêm was named Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. He is the current Asian champion and held the world title in blitz chess in 2013. Liêm completed his studies at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, summa cum laude, in May 2017, earning a bachelor’s degree in finance and management from the institution. Liêm played chess for the national championship team at Webster University, winning the President’s Cup (chess) in all four years as a student from 2014 through 2017. Liêm won the Asian Continental Championship in Xingtai, China, in June, making him the country’s first player to accomplish this.
32. Kirill Alekseenko
Full name: Kirill Alekseenko
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2015
FIDE Master (FM) 2007
Born: 1997
Federation: Russia
In 2012, Kirill Alekseenko passed the required standards for the grandmaster title, but he did not obtain a FIDE rating of 2500 until 2015. Alekseenko was raised in Saint Petersburg and is a citizen of that city. His father was a soldier, and his mother was a teacher. Alekseenko is enrolled at St. Petersburg Polytechnic University as of 2019.
Alekseenko learned the game rules from his grandfather, a chess enthusiast when he was four years old. He attended the 2015 World U18 Chess Championship, which took place in Greece from 24 October to 6 November. He finished for the second. Except for his grandparent, no one in his family had previously played chess. Alekseenko took part in his first tournament, the St. Petersburg U8 Championship, at the age of seven.
31. Daniil Dubov
Full name: Dubov, Daniil
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2011
International Master (IM) 2010
FIDE Master (FM) 2008
Born: 1996
Federation: Russia
At 14 years, 11 months, 14 days in 2011, Daniil Dubov achieved his final Grandmaster norm. At the age of 6, Daniil became interested in chess. Daniil’s grandfather was Eduard Dubov, an international arbiter, and a chess and mathematics expert. He is the former World Rapid Chess Champion, having won the 2018 World Rapid Chess Championship in Saint Petersburg from 26 to 28 December. In 2020, Daniil Dubov beat Magnus Carlsen by in the quarterfinals of Airthings Masters. Dubov plays a unique strategy in the opening and subsequently sacrifices his queen to take down a world champion contender.
30. Sam Shankland
Full name: Sam Shankland
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2011
International Master (IM) 2008
FIDE Master (FM) 2008
Born: 1991
Federation: United States of America
In 2008, Sam Shankland earned his international master title by finishing third on tiebreak points and in 2011, at the Berkeley International. Shankland broke the 2600 FIDE rating in 2012 and has ranked among the top 100 chess players since 2014. His father taught him to play chess when he was six years old, but he paid little attention to the game until fourth grade when he joined the Glorietta Elementary School chess club. By the age of 11, Sam had already outstripped Glorietta’s level of chess and began participating in competitions. He graduated from Brandeis University with a BS in Economics in 2014.
29. Michael Adams
Full name: Michael Adams
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 1989
International Master (IM) 1987
Born: 1971
Federation: England
On November 17, 1971, in England, Michael Adams was born. He became a Grandmaster at the age of 17. Adams has played professionally for over 20 years. His peak ranking was World No. 4.
He began playing chess at the age of nine when he took part in the Cornwall Under-9 Championship. At the same event, he won the Under-13, Under-15, and Under-18 Championships. By attempting to play both events simultaneously, he had to travel between rooms, maneuvering carefully between them.
At the World Under-16 Championship in Innsbruck, Austria, in 1987, he won the silver medal behind Icelandic player Hannes Stefansson. At the age of 15, he became the youngest International Master in history (IM).
28. Pentala Harikrishna
Full name: Pentala Harikrishna
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2001
International Master (IM) 2000
Born: 1986
Federation: India
On September 12, 2001, he became a young grandmaster from India for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002. He earned his Grandmaster title, having achieved the necessary FIDE rating of 2500 on the rating list. He began playing chess at four with his grandfather Ranga Rao, who served as his first chess instructor. Pentala’s FIDE rating surpassed 2700 for the first time in February 2013. In November 2016, he entered the top ten players globally with a FIDE rating of 2768. In 2020, he played in India’s FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020, where they won the gold medal alongside Russia.
27. Andrey Esipenko
Full name: Andrey Esipenko
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2018
FIDE Master (FM) 2013
Born: 2002
Federation: Russia
Andrey Esipenko began playing chess when he was five years old. In 2012, Esipenko became the European U10 Chess Champion. In 2013, he received his FIDE master title. By the end of 2017, he had attained all of his grandmaster norms and was given the rank by FIDE in April 2018.
In January 2021, Esipenko took part in the Tata Steel Masters. He downed World Champion Magnus Carlsen in their first chess match at a standard time limit in round eight. This was Carlsen’s first defeat against a teenager since 2011 and his first loss against a sub-2700 rated opponent since 2015. In the fourth round of the Chess World Cup 2021, Esipenko won against GM Daniil Dubov in a blitz tiebreaker after drawing their classical and rapid ties. In round five, he was ousted from the competition by Magnus Carlsen in a blitz tiebreaker, losing to him.
26. Yi Wei
Full name: Wei, Yi
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2013
International Master (IM) 2013
FIDE Master (FM) 2010
Born: 1999
Federation: China
At 13 years, eight months, and 23 days, Wang Hao became a grandmaster. He is the youngest person to achieve a rating of 2700, doing so at the age of 15. Wei represents Jiangsu in the China Chess League.
In December, Wei Yi earned the Asian Continental Championship in Makati, Philippines, with 6.5 out of 9 points. Wei has already qualified for the FIDE World Cup 2019, thanks to this success. In December 2019, Wei Yi qualified for the finals of the fourth stage of the FIDE Grand Prix 2019 Tournament after outplaying David Navara in the semi-finals.
25. Nikita Vitiugov
Full name: Vitiugov, Nikita
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2007
International Master (IM) 2006
Born: 1987
Federation: Russia
Profiles
Vitiugov is a Russian chess grandmaster and International Master. He was named Grandmaster by FIDE in 2007. In 2009, he was part of the Russian team that won the World Team Chess Championship in 2013. Vitiugov captured the Gibraltar Masters tournament in 2013 and the Grenke Open in 2017. He has also won the team gold medal on two occasions, in the European Club Cup (2015) and the Russian Super League (2018). Vitiugov claimed an individual victory as well. He won the “Blue Sevan” round-robin tournament in Sevran, Armenia, his final norm requirement for grandmaster in July 2006. In December, he debuted in the Russian Championship Superfinal, finishing twelfth.
24. Vidit Gujrathi
Full name: Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2013
International Master (IM) 2009
FIDE Master (FM) 2005
Born: 1994
Federation: India
Ratings
World Ranking: 18
Rapid: 2665
Blitz: 2651
Classical: 2730
Profiles
Vidit Gujrathi became the 30th Indian player to earn the title of Grandmaster in January 2013. He did his early schooling at Fravashi Academy and was coached in chess from an early age. In 2006, he finished second in the Asian Under-12 Championships, thus earning the title of FIDE Master and fourth Indian player to break through the rating barrier of 2700.
When he won the Velammal 45th National A Chess Championship in Chennai in 2008, Gujrathi earned the title of International Master. He became the first Indian to win the World Youth Chess Championship in the Open U14 division in 2008. He attained his final IM title by winning.
23. Dmitry Andreikin
Full name: Dmitry Andreikin
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2007
Born: 1990
Federation: Russia
Dmitry Andreikin was 11 in 2001 and already had an FM rating over 2200 when he finished equal first in a Group 3 round-robin Masters Tournament. He almost achieved the 2400 rating milestone before his 12th birthday. His success began to pay off in 2004 when he won the World U14 Championship with 8.5/11, and in 2006 when he finished third in the Russian U18 Higher League Championships.
Andreikin won the 1999 U10 World Championship and was runner-up in 2000. He has since competed in several Russian and European Youth Championships, and he entirely made it to the top of the podium.
22. Veselin Topalov
Full name: Veselin Topalov
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 1992
International Master (IM) 1989
Born: 1975
Federation: Bulgaria
In 1989, at the age of 14, Veselin Topalov won the World Under-14 Championship in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and the silver medal at the World Under-16 Championship in Singapore. He became a Grandmaster in 1992 and took first place in Terrassa. By winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005, Topalov achieved FIDE World Chess Champion. In the 2006 World Chess Championship, he was beaten by Vladimir Kramnik.
He was world number one for a cumulative total of 2,468 days in 2006 and 2007. He rose to the top in October 2008, but he lost it again in January 2010. At nine Chess Olympiads, Garry has competed for inboard one and won gold in 2014. His best overall performance was in 1994 when he won board one gold and scored the highest aggregate score of all participants.
21. Hikaru Nakamura
Full name: Hikaru Nakamura
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2003
International Master (IM) 2001
Born: 1987
Federation: United States of America
Hikaru Nakamura is a chess grandmaster and streamer from the United States. He was the youngest American to earn the title of Grandmaster when he was 15 years old. When FIDE began releasing official rapid and blitz chess ratings in May 2014, Nakamura topped the rankings on both. Carlsen overtook him in the second edition of the rankings.
In August 2015, he had a 2900 USCF ranking. In October 2015, he achieved his peak FIDE rating of 2816, placing him second in the world. Nakamura has won the United States championship five times. He took home first place in the 2011 edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament and represented the United States at five Chess Olympiads, winning a team gold medal and two team bronze medals.
Fun Fact: Hikaru also coined the infamous Chess term, juicer.
20. Sergey Karjakin
Full name: Sergey Karjakin
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2003
International Master (IM) 2002
Born: 1990
Federation: Russia
Sergey Karjakin was a chess prodigy who previously held the world’s youngest-ever grandmaster title, having achieved it at 12 years and seven months. Although Karjakin and Mishra have faced criticism for their approaches to earning their qualifications, Karjakin’s father has come under fire for allegedly employing methods outside of chess norms to assist his son reach the title so early.
He surpassed Bu Xiangzhi to become the world’s youngest grandmaster after scoring grandmaster norms at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow, Alushta tournament in August 2002. It lasted for 19 years until the record was set by American player Abhimanyu Mishra, who achieved the requirements for the title at the age of 12 years, four months, and 25 days in 2021.
19. Hao Wang
Full name: Hao Wang
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2005
Born: 1989
Federation: China
Hao Wang became China’s 20th Grandmaster at the age of 16 in 2005. Wang Hao made history by becoming a grandmaster without first earning an International Master title. When he was six years old, Wang was introduced to chess. At the U14 World Youth Chess Championship in 2003, Wang defeated Magnus Carlsen.
Wang Hao qualified for the 2020 Candidates Tournament in October 2019, when he prevailed at the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019. He won the Yinzhou Cup in Ningbo, China, in December 2019. He announced his retirement from professional chess on April 27, 2021, after finishing last in the 2020 Candidates Tournament with “grave health issues.”
18. Vladmiri Kramnik
Full name: Vladimir Kramnik
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 1992
Born: 1975
Federation: Russia
In 1991, Vladimir Kramnik won the World Under 18 Championship in Guarapuava, Brazil, at the age of 15. Botvinnik’s chess school trained Vladimir Kramnik as a youngster. His debut in a major event was his gold medal triumph as the first reserve for the Russian squad at the 1992 Chess Olympiad in Manila. He was chosen for the squad after his selection for the team caused some debate in Russia, as he was merely a FIDE Master. However, Garry Kasparov backed him. He won eight, drew one, and lost none, achieving a rating of 2958.
17. Viswanathan Anand
Full name: Anand, Viswanathan
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 1988
International Master (IM) 1985
Born: 1969
Federation: India
He was the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and he is one of just a few players to have achieved an Elo rating of 2800, which he accomplished for the first time in 2006. Anand has won five world chess championships.
Anand began studying chess from his mother at the age of six, but he learned the nuances of the game in Manila, where he lived with his parents from 1978 to 1984, while his father was a railway consultant. He lost the crown in 2013 when challenger Magnus Carlsen beat him. In 2014, after winning the 2014 Candidates Tournament, he lost a rematch to Carlsen.
16. Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Full name: Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2013
International Master (IM) 2012
FIDE Master (FM) 2009
Born: 1998
Federation: Poland
He achieved grandmaster status at the age of 15 years and 21 days, making him a prodigy. Duda took home first place in the Polish Championship and the Chess World Cup in 2018. Duda is a Physical Education student at the University School of Physical Education in Kraków. He loves listening to Beethoven, Mozart, and Queen. In 2021, Duda took part in the Chess World Cup 2021. In round five of the rapid tiebreaker, Duda beat Russian GM Alexander Grischuk after drawing the classical matches. He beat Gujrathi in the quarters and then knocked him out of the tournament in a tiebreaking game, qualifying for the 2022 Candidates Tournament by winning the World Chess Championship.
15. Leinier Dominguez Perez
Full name: Dominguez Perez, Leinier
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2001
Born: 1983
Federation: United States of America
A grandmaster of the game is a chess player who has achieved great heights, such as reaching the rank of grandmaster in FIDE. In 2001, FIDE bestowed the title of grandmaster on Cuban-born American blitz chess player Leinier Domínguez. Domínguez was the world champion in blitz chess in 2008. In December 2018, Domínguez Pérez moved federations to represent the United States.
In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, he advanced to the quarterfinals, losing to Teimour Radjabov in a tie-break. He has also played in the FIDE World. Domínguez Pérez won the Capablanca Memorial in 2002 and 2004. For the first time, he took home the Capablanca Memorial title. He also won this event in 2008 and 2009.
14. Teimour Radjabov
Full name: Radjabov, Teimour
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2001
International Master (IM) 1999
Born: 1987
Federation: Azerbaijan
At the age of 14, he became the youngest grandmaster in history in March 2001. He was dubbed a child prodigy and achieved the title of Grandmaster in March 2001 at the age of 14, making him the second-youngest grandmaster ever. Radjabov was the highest-rated player in chess history, with a rating of 2895.
In 2003, Radjabov rose to prominence after defeating the then world No. 1 Garry Kasparov in Linares, followed by victories over former world champions Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov year. Radjabov has continued his ascent as a great chess player over the years. In November 2012, he scored his highest rating of 2793 and was ranked fourth in the world.
13. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Full name: Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2005
International Master (IM) 2004
Born: 1990
Federation: France
At the age of 14, he was declared a grandmaster by FIDE. His career Elo rating of 2819 makes him the seventh-best player ever. He is frequently referred to as MVL. Vachier-Lagrave has won the Biel Grandmaster Tournament five times, most recently winning the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting in 2016 and the Sinquefield Cup in 2017 and 2021. He was a world junior champion in 2009, as well as the French youth champion three times. He was a member of the 2020-21 Candidates Tournament, which he led before it was halted owing to the COVID-19 epidemic. He finished in second place after the tournament resumed in 2021.
12. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Full name: Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2002
Born: 1985
Federation: Azerbaijan
He won the Azerbaijan Championship in 2001 and 2002. In 2000, he was the first reserve for Azerbaijan at the 34th Olympic Games in Istanbul (2002). Mamedyarov is a two-time World Junior Champion (2003 and 2005), having won the event in both years with 6.5/11 at the 3rd European Individual Championships (in 2002).
Mamedyarov is a three-time European Team Champion (2009, 2013, 2017) with Azerbaijan and a silver medalist at the Chess Olympiad on the third board in 2012. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is the defending World Champion, having defeated Magnus Carlsen in Biel Chess Festival.
11. Richard Rapport
Full name: Rapport, Richard
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2010
International Master (IM) 2009
FIDE Master (FM) 2008
Born: 1996
Federation: Hungary
At the age of 13 years, 11 months, and six days, he became a grandmaster. This makes him Hungary’s youngest-ever grandmaster. He was the Hungarian Chess Champion in 2017. His father taught him chess at the age of four. In 2008, he was promoted to National Master and International Master. He earned Grandmaster status in March 2010 with the Gotth’Art Kupa in Szentgotthárd, completing the last norm and rating criteria for that rank. He was runner-up in the event, behind his trainer Alexander Beliavsky, and finished second with Lajos Portisch. At the age of 13 years, 11 months, and six days, he became the youngest Hungarian grandmaster and the fifth-youngest chess Grand Master in history.
10) Alireza Firouzja
Full name: Firouzja, Alireza
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2018
International Master (IM) 2016
Born: 2003
Federation: France
At the age of 12, he won the Iranian Chess Championship and became a Grand Master at 14. He is the youngest player ever to achieve a rating of 2700 (aged 16 years and one month), behind Wei Yi. He was the youngest player to reach the Top 10 in history at age seventeen, and he did it twice. He earned a rating of 2759 and was ranked 13th in the world by his eighteenth birthday in June 2021. He moved to France in 2019 and has been playing under the French flag since 2021. After Iran withdrew its players from the 2019 World Rapid and Blitz Championship to maintain their ban against Iranians playing against Israelis, he announced in December 2019 that he would no longer play for Iran.
9. Alexander Grischuk
Full name: Grischuk, Alexander
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2000
International Master (IM) 1998
Born: 1983
Federation: Russia
In 2000, he was granted the title of Grandmaster by FIDE. In 2009, Grischuk was the Russian champion for the third time. He has been a three-time world blitz chess champion in 2006, 2012, and 2015. He has three team gold medals, one team silver and individual gold, two silver, and one bronze from the World Team Chess Championship. Grischuk has won two team gold medals, three-team silvers, one team bronze, and one individual bronze at Chess Olympiads. In the past five Candidates Tournaments, he has tried four times: in 2007, when he reached the final in 2011, 2013, 2018, and 2020.
8. Anish giri
Full name: Giri, Anish
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2009
FIDE Master (FM) 2008
Born: 1994
Federation: Netherlands
Anish Giri achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 14 years, seven months, and two days after becoming a chess prodigy. FIDE granted him the title in 2009. He is the son of a Nepalese father and a Russian mother, both of whom are Russian citizens. Giri, Dutch champion four times and Corus Chess B Group winner in 2010, has represented the Netherlands at five Chess Olympiads. He has won numerous international competitions. Anish Giri is the current No. 1 ranked player in the Netherlands, having moved from Russia in 2009.
7. Wesley So
Full name: So, Wesley
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2008
International Master (IM) 2006
FIDE Master (FM) 2004
Born: 1993
Federation: United States of America
Wesley So achieved his third and final Grandmaster title on December 8, 2007, at the Pichay Cup International Open in Manila. He became the Philippines’ youngest grandmaster at age 14 and the seventh-youngest to achieve that status.
In May 2007, he captured the National Junior Chess Championship. As a result, in 2007, at the World Junior Chess Championship in Yerevan, Armenia, he earned his second Grandmaster title by winning with a score of 7 out of 13 points.
In 2013, shortly after he became a FIDE citizen, he submitted the necessary paperwork to change his FIDE nationality. He justified the switch on account of his family permanently settling in Canada, wanting to study and live permanently in the United States.
Then to boost his career, he explained that he lacked the required “connections” to flourish in the Philippines last year.
6. Ian Nepomniachtchi
Full name: Nepomniachtchi, Ian
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2007
International Master (IM) 2004
Born: 1990
Federation: Russia
At the age of 16, 9 months, and 17 days, Ian Nepomniachtchi achieved grandmaster status after his rating was already well above 2500. He first achieved GM status with the Corus Group C (2007) in April 2007. In April 2007, he secured his second GM title at the European Championship in Denmark.
Third, he earned his GM diploma at the age of 13 after a stunning 7/11 performance at World Youth Stars (2007), which ended on May 27, 2007. He gained this title after becoming the youngest International Master in history at the age of 13 years, seven months, and 12 days.
5. Levon Aronian
Full name: Aronian, Levon
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2000
International Master (IM) 1997
Born: 1982
Federation: Armenia
Levon Aronian was born in Yerevan, Armenia, and began playing chess when he was nine years old. He’s a former U12 (1994) and Junior World Champion (2002), becoming an International Master at the age of 13 and Grandmaster at the age of 17.
He is the sixth player to break the 2800 rating barrier. In the November 2010 FIDE world ranking, Levon Aronian shattered the 2800 rating barrier with a rating of 2801.
In March 2014, he became the fourth player in history to achieve a personal rating of 2830, which is the best performance ever. He has since lost his title as World Champion.
4. Liren Ding
Full name: Ding, Liren
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2009
Born: 1992
Federation: China
Ding Liren earned the final GM norm required to attain the GM title and a place at the world championship. In 2009, he became the youngest player ever to win China’s national title and its national youth chess championship. He achieved this by winning the Chinese Championship (2009). In 2011, he won the Chinese Championship when he finished with a round to spare and two points in front of the field. When he won the Chinese Chess Championship outright with 8/11 in 2012, he became the first player to win back-to-back titles in China.
3. Fabiano Caruana
Full name: Caruana, Fabiano
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2007
International Master (IM) 2006
FIDE Master (FM) 2002
Born: 1992
Federation: United States of America
Fabiano Caruana became the youngest grandmaster in the United States at the age of 14 years, 11 months, and 20 days. In July 2007, he won the “First Saturday” GM tournament in Budapest, breaking Hikaru Nakamura’s US record.
He won the 2016 US Chess Championship, and he represented the United States on board one at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, capturing team gold and individual bronze.
Caruana qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2016 as the FIDE Grand Prix 2014-15 and won his first candidate title, losing to Sergey Karjakin. In 2017, he won the London Chess Classic. He became the first American challenger for the undisputed World Chess Championship since Bobby Fischer in 1972 when he won the Candidates Tournament 2018.
2. Garry Kasparov
Full name: Garry Kasparov
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 1980
International Master (IM) 1979
Born: 1963
Federation: Russia
In 1980, Garry Kasparov became the world grandmaster and World Junior Champion in Dortmund at the same time. In 1977, Kasparov won the Soviet Junior Championship with a score of 8 of 9, and he repeated his success the following year, winning with a mark of 8 out of 9.
The next several years were spent chronicling his rise as a global star. Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion in 1985 when he defeated Anatoly Karpov to win the title at age 22.
In 1997, he was the first world champion to lose a match to a computer under standard time controls when he lost to IBM’s Deep Blue in a highly promoted bout.
1. Magnus Carlsen
Full name: Magnus Carlsen
Title: Grandmaster (GM) 2004
Born: 1990
Federation: Norway
When he was just 13 years old, in early 2004, Magnus Carlsen made a significant international impact by taking home first place at Corus C with 10.5 out of 13 points., In 2005, he began his career on the Corus B as a newbie.
In February 2004, Magnus Carlsen obtained his second GM certificate from the Aeroflot Open (2004) and third GM title at the sixth Dubai Open (2004), held between April 18th and April 28th.
In January 2003, when he won a 7 out of 10 at the Gausdal Troll Masters, Magnus Carlsen earned his first IM norm. In June 2003, he made his second IM norm at the Salongernas IM-tournament in Stockholm, where he got 6/9.
That concludes the list of Super Grandmasters. Do you think the title should become an official title given by FIDE?