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Chess is cognition made visible. These 45 grandmasters — past and günümüz — played at a level where each move represents thousands of calculated alternatives.

Alireza Firouzja

Alireza Firouzja

An Iranian chess player who earned the Grandmaster title at the age of 14.

Anish Kumar Giri

Anish Kumar Giri

Anish Kumar Giri is a Dutch chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he completed the requirements for the grandmaster title

Arjun Erigaisi

Arjun Erigaisi

An Indian chess grandmaster.

Aryan Chopra

Aryan Chopra

An Indian chess prodigy who became a grandmaster (GM) in 2016.

Awonder Liang

Awonder Liang

An American chess prodigy.

Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer

An American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion.

Bogdan-Daniel Deac

Bogdan-Daniel Deac

Romanian chess player

Bu Xiangzhi

Bu Xiangzhi

A Chinese chess player who became the 10th grandmaster from China at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 13 days,

Daniil Dubov

Daniil Dubov

Is a Russian chess grandmaster.

Dariusz Świercz

Dariusz Świercz

A Polish-American chess player playing for the United States.

Étienne Bacrot

Étienne Bacrot

A French chess grandmaster and former chess prodigy who became the first French player to enter the top 10 in January 20

Fabiano Caruana

Fabiano Caruana

An Italian and American chess player and chess prodigy. He became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, and 2

Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

IQ 190

A Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist and commentator

Gilbert N. Lewis

Gilbert N. Lewis

IQ 195

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Gukesh D

Gukesh D

An Indian chess player who is the second youngest person in history to qualify for the title of Grandmaster

Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp

IQ 175

A French-American painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual

Hou Yifan

Hou Yifan

A Chinese chess grandmaster and four time Women's World Chess Champion.

Koneru Humpy

Koneru Humpy

A genius Indian chess player who holds the number one spot among speed chess players.

Illya Nyzhnyk

Illya Nyzhnyk

Illya Igorevich Nyzhnyk is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster (2011)

Javokhir Sindarov

Javokhir Sindarov

Uzbek chess player

Jeffery Xiong

Jeffery Xiong

American chess prodigy

Jorge Cori

Jorge Cori

Is a Peruvian chess grandmaster who achieved the title of Grandmaster at 14.

Judit Polgár

Judit Polgár

IQ 170

A Hungarian chess player who is generally considered the strongest female chess player of all time.

Kirill Shevchenko

Kirill Shevchenko

A Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen

A Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the current World Chess Champion, World Rapid Chess Champion, and World Blitz Chess

Marion Tinsley

Marion Tinsley

IQ 170

an American mathematician and checkers player. He is considered to be the greatest checkers player who ever lived.

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

A French chess Grandmaster, ranked second in his country.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Uzbek chess player

Parimarjan Negi

Parimarjan Negi

An Indian chess grandmaster who achieved the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 20 days.

Peter Leko

Peter Leko

A Hungarian chess player who became the world's youngest grandmaster in 1994.

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

An Indian chess player who.is the fifth-youngest person ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster

Ray Robson

Ray Robson

An American chess player who was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE at the age of 14 years, 11 months and 16 days.

Richárd Rapport

Richárd Rapport

A Hungarian chess grandmaster who was the youngest player to achieve the title in his home country.

Ruslan Ponomariov

Ruslan Ponomariov

A Ukrainian chess grandmaster who was FIDE World Chess Champion from 2002 to 2004.

Samuel Reshevsky

Samuel Reshevsky

A Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster.

Samuel Sevian

Samuel Sevian

Earning the title of Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 27 days

Sergey Karjakin

Sergey Karjakin

A Russian chess grandmaster who qualified for the title of Grandmaster at the age of 12 years and 7 months.

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son

A Vietnamese chess player who qualified for the title of Grandmaster at the age of fourteen.

Teimour Radjabov

Teimour Radjabov

An Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster, ranked number 10 in the world as of August 2021.

Wei Yi

Wei Yi

A Chinese chess grandmaster who achieved the title at the age of 13 years, 8 months and 23 days,

Wesley So

Wesley So

A Philippine-born American chess grandmaster, the inaugural and current World Fischer Random Chess Champion and a two-ti

Yu Yangyi

Yu Yangyi

A Chinese chess grandmaster who qualified for the Grandmaster title at 14 years, 11 months and 23 day

Yuriy Kuzubov

Yuriy Kuzubov

Chess Grandmaster

Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli

Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli

IQ 170

Was a Turkic scholar and a court companion of three Abbāsid caliphs.

Abhimanyu Mishra

Abhimanyu Mishra

Child Chess remarcable prodigy

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Who is the greatest chess player of all time?

Magnus Carlsen holds the highest-ever FIDE rating at 2882; Garry Kasparov, Bobby Fischer, and José Capablanca are the historical greats.

What is the highest chess IQ?

Bobby Fischer was tested at IQ 187; Garry Kasparov at 190; Magnus Carlsen at ~190.

Who was the youngest chess grandmaster?

Sergey Karjakin became a grandmaster at 12 years 7 months in 2002 — the youngest ever.

Did Kasparov beat Deep Blue?

Kasparov beat Deep Blue in 1996, then lost the 1997 rematch 3.5–2.5 — the first human world champion defeat by a computer.

Who invented modern chess?

Modern chess rules stabilized in 15th-century Spain and Italy; the first modern world championship was in 1886, won by Wilhelm Steinitz.