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Top 10 Chess Players in The World













                                                              5. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov


                                                              Is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. His
                                                              personal best rating of 2820 makes him
          4. Anish Kumar Giri                                 the sixth-highest-rated player of all time in
                                                              chess history.

          Is a Russian-born Dutch Grandmas-
          ter and a former chess prodigy. He
          achieved the grandmaster title at the
          age of 14 years







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                                                                                          10. Wesley So



                                                                                          Is a Filipino-American chess
                                                                                          grandmaster. He was U.S.
                                                                                          Chess Champion in 2017.
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                                      8                          9. Ian Nepomniachtchi



            8. Alexander Igorevich                                Is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was
                                                                 a member of the gold medal-winning
                                                                 Russian team at the 2013.
      ratings.fide.com  was Russian champion in 2009.
            Is a Russian chess grandmaster. He

            He is also a three-time World Blitz
            Chess Champion.
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