Chess player celebrities
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Michał Krasenkow (born 14 November 1963) is a Polish chess grandmaster, a chess trainer and writer. He is one of the strongest Polish chess players since World War II. His playing style is aggressive and he has won many “best game” awards.
Hikaru Nakamura (中村光, Nakamura Hikaru, born December 9, 1987) is an American chess grandmaster.
Artur Kogan (born 29 January 1974, Chernivtsi, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian–born Israeli chess grandmaster.
Anna Yuriyivna Ushenina (Ukrainian: Aнна Юріївна Ушеніна; born 30 August 1985) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster who was Women’s World Chess Champion from November 2012 to September 2013.
Sanan Sjugirov (Russian: Санан Сюгиров; born 31 January 1993 in Elista) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He won the under-10 section of the World Youth Chess Championship in 2003, the under-14 one in 2007 and the World University Chess Cha
Nazí Paikidze (Georgian: ნაზი პაიკიძე; Russian: Нази Паикидзе; born 27 October 1993) is an American (formerly Georgian) chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM)
Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (born 15 November 1986) is a Brazilian chess grandmaster and former Brazil Chess Champion.
Ian Aleksandrovich Nepomniachtchi (Russian: Ян Алекса́ндрович Непо́мнящий, Ian Aleksandrovich Nepomniashchiy; born 14 July 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster and the 2010 Russian Chess Champion. He was a member of the gol
Zhao Jun (simplified Chinese: 赵骏; traditional Chinese: 趙駿; pinyin: Zhào Jùn; born December 12, 1986 in Jinan, Shandong) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2004, he became China’s 19th Grandmaster at the age of 17.
Dimitri Tyomkin (born March 25, 1977) is a Canadian chess grandmaster (2001).
Zhao Zong-Yuan (simplified Chinese: 赵宗元; traditional Chinese: 趙宗元; pinyin: Zhào Zōngyuán; born 26 June 1986) is an Australian chess Grandmaster. He is the number one ranked chess player in Australia.
Pontus Carlsson (born December 18, 1982) is a Swedish chess grandmaster.