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Garry Kasparov
- Born: Apr 13, 1963 (Age 60)
- Peak Rating: 2851
- Blitz Rating: 2812
- Rapid Rating: 2812
Many people’s choice as the strongest chess player of all time
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Viswanathan Anand
- Born: Dec 11, 1969 (Age 53)
- Peak Rating: 2817
- Blitz Rating: 2832
- Rapid Rating: 2822
The undisputed World Champion from 2007-2013 and one of the greatest talents the game has ever known
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Michael Adams
- Born: Nov 17, 1971 (Age 51)
- Peak Rating: 2761
- Blitz Rating: 2796
- Rapid Rating: 2764
Nicknamed “spiderman” for his ability to weave a web around his opponents
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Boris Gelfand
- Born: Jun 24, 1968 (Age 55)
- Peak Rating: 2777
- Blitz Rating: 2792
- Rapid Rating: 2755
In 2012 Gelfand came within a whisker of becoming World Champion at the age of 43, only losing out to Viswanathan Anand in rapid tiebreaks
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Vasyl Ivanchuk
- Born: Mar 18, 1969 (Age 54)
- Peak Rating: 2787
- Blitz Rating: 2815
- Rapid Rating: 2844
The eccentric Ukrainian is one of the world’s best loved and strongest grandmasters
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Anatoly Karpov
- Born: May 23, 1951 (Age 72)
- Peak Rating: 2780
- Blitz Rating: 2644
- Rapid Rating: 2630
Karpov was the undisputed World Champion from 1975-1985, using a quiet but relentless positional style to dominate his contemporaries
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Vladimir Akopian
- Born: Dec 7, 1971 (Age 51)
- Peak Rating: 2713
- Blitz Rating: 2673
- Rapid Rating: 2707
Akopian was once tipped to be Garry Kasparov’s successor as World Champion by none other than Mikhail Botvinnik
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Artur Jussupow
- Born: Feb 13, 1960 (Age 63)
- Peak Rating: 2680
- Blitz Rating: 2547
- Rapid Rating: 2609
A top chess coach and writer who was rated third in the world behind Kasparov and Karpov in the mid-1980s
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Pia Cramling
- Born: Apr 23, 1963 (Age 60)
- Peak Rating: 2550
- Blitz Rating: 2435
- Rapid Rating: 2513
Cramling reached the women’s Top 10 at 18 and topped the rating list for the first time at 19
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Bobby Fischer
- Born: Mar 9, 1943
- Died: Jan 17, 2008 (Aged 64)
- Peak Rating: 2785
Robert James Fischer was a lone genius who took on and defeated the might of the Soviet chess machine, winning the World Championship in 1972
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