Chess has been around for over 1000 years and is still one of the most popular board games in the world. It’s also a great way to improve your reasoning skills and learn how to think ahead. In this blog post, we will take a look at the top 10 chess players in the world and why they are so great. From Magnus Carlsen to Vladimir Kramnik, these stars have mastered the game and are now considered some of the best chess players in history. So if you’re looking for a challenge, try learning some chess!

Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen, the reigning World Chess Champion, is the youngest player ever to hold the title. He was born on October 11, 1990 in Oslo, Norway. In 2013, he became the first player in history to beat a world champion twice in a row. He has also won seven consecutive international chess tournaments and three consecutive Candidates Tournament titles.

Carlsen is known for his mathematical brilliance and tactical finesse. He is also one of only two players (the other being Garry Kasparov) to have achieved a 200-point rating increase over a five-year period.

Fabiano Caruana

1. Fabiano Caruana is a 27-year-old Italian chess grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion. He became world champion in 2014 and successfully defended his title in 2016.

Caruana was born on March 2, 1989, in Verona, Italy. He started playing chess at age six and joined the local chess club when he was nine years old. In 2003, he won the Italian Junior Championship and, two years later, the European Junior Championship.

In 2006, Caruana scored 7 out of 9 points on his FIDE Elo rating list to qualify for the World Cup 2006 in Turin, Italy. There he placed second behind Viswanathan Anand with 5½/9 points. At the 2007 European Individual Chess Championship in Varna, Bulgaria, Caruana won with 7/9 points and shared first place with Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov.
At the 2009 World Youth Chess Championships held in Bielfeld (Germany), Caruana finished with 4½/6 points scoring (+2=5). This gave him enough qualification points to enter the 2009 Candidate Tournament for the World Chess Championship 2007–08 which was played by Levon Aronian ( Armenia ), Alexander Grischuk ( Russia ), Peter Svidler ( Russia ) and Viktor Korchnoi ( Czech Republic ).
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Sergey Karjakin

Sergey Karjakin is a Russian chess grandmaster. He has won several Chess Olympiads and World Championships, as well as many other tournaments.

Karjakin was born on February 27, 1988, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. He began playing chess at the age of six and quickly became interested in the game. In 2003, he earned his first international ranking title and then went on to become the Russian Junior Champion in 2004. Karjakin made his Grandmaster debut in 2006 and finished joint first at the 2007 European Chess Championship with Viswanathan Anand. He also came second at the 2008 Candidates Tournament behind Magnus Carlsen but regained the world title after beating Anand in the playoff stage. In 2013, he won the tournament held in Sochi, taking home ECM title and a prize of $600,000. A year later he won another ECM event played in Wijk aan Zee. At the 2017 World Chess Championship, Karjakin lost to Carlsen in a match that lasted seven games.

Viswanathan Anand

Known as “The Tiger” and “The Maestro”, Viswanathan Anand is one of the greatest chess players in history. He has won 14 World Chess Championships, making him the most successful player of all time. Anand is also a four-time Olympic gold medalist, and was awarded the prestigious title of International Grandmaster in 1989.

Born on October 24, 1963, in Madras, India, Viswanathan Anand began playing chess at the age of five. He quickly became one of India’s top players, and won his first national championship at the age of 13. In 1984, he qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship, which would decide who would challenge incumbent champion Mikhail Botvinnik for the title. Anand finished second in this tournament, earning his place in the 1986 World Chess Championship Tournament held in Moscow. He eventually emerged victorious from this event, becoming world champion for the first time.

Anand continued to dominate world chess competition throughout the 1990s and 2000s. In 2002 he was runner-up to Vladimir Kramnik in a world championship match that many considered to be one of the best ever played. In 2007 he again faced Kramnik in a rematch that ended with another Kramnik victory; however, Anand captured global headlines by winning five out of six games against Veselin Topalov to capture his third World Chess Championship title. Anand has since retired from professional play, but

Hikaru Nakamura

Hikaru Nakamura is the current world chess champion. He was born in 1992 in New York City and started playing chess at the age of five. Nakamura became a grandmaster at the age of sixteen and won his first major title, the World Championship, in 2014. He has since defended his title against Fabiano Caruana and Fedor Kudrin.

Boris Gelfand

Boris Gelfand, Israeli chess champion and world #2, has won a staggering 9 competitive chess titles and is considered one of the greatest players of all time. He began playing chess at the age of six and quickly developed into one of Israel’s top players. In 1992, he won the Israeli Chess Championship and two years later, he became European Junior Champion. In 1996, he made his international debut by winning the category A tournament at Belgrade. He soon rose to become one of the world’s top players and in 2003, he won the World Chess Championship against Veselin Topalov with a perfect score of 6/6. Boris Gelfand is also the reigning Russian Champion.

Levon Aronian

Levon Aronian, the world’s number one player, is Armenian. He was born in 1987 in the town of Gyumri, Armenia. Levon started playing chess at the age of six and quickly became a prodigy. He won his first international tournament at 11 years old and soon became known as one of the best young chess players in the world. Levon has won numerous prestigious titles including three World Chess Championships (2008, 2012, 2016), four European Chess Championships (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015), and two Interzonals (2010, 2014). Levon is also a five-time winner of the Grandmaster title. In September 2018 Levon announced his retirement from professional chess competition.

Vladimir Kramnik

Vladimir Kramnik, a Russian grandmaster, is one of the greatest chess players of all time. He was born on November 9, 1976, in Leningrad. At the age of nine, he won his first major tournament. Kramnik has been World Chess Champion three times (2000-2002, 2007–2008), and has also won the European Championship twice (2004 and 2006). He is also a five-time winner of the Candidates Tournament for the World Chess Championship.

Veselin Topalov

Veselin Topalov, the world’s number one chess player for ten years, has announced his retirement from the game. Veselin Topalov is a Bulgarian-born chess grandmaster. He first came to international prominence at the age of fifteen, when he won the European Chess Championship in 1996. In 2002, he became world champion, defeating Viswanathan Anand in a match contested by 11 players.

Conclusion

chess has been enjoyed by people for centuries and is still one of the most popular board games in the world. The top 10 chess players in the world are truly some of the best that the game has to offer, so be sure to check them out if you’re a fan!