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    • Rating: 2753
    • World No. 12

    Wesley So

    • Born: Oct 9, 1993 (Age 30)
    • Peak Rating: 2822
    • Blitz Rating: 2861
    • Rapid Rating: 2852
    Until recently the youngest player ever to cross the 2600-mark
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    • Rating: 2752
    • World No. 13

    Richard Rapport

    • Born: Mar 25, 1996 (Age 27)
    • Peak Rating: 2776
    • Blitz Rating: 2776
    • Rapid Rating: 2802
    Rapport’s father was worried about his son’s powers of concentration at primary school and decided to teach him chess - it worked almost too well
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    • Rating: 2750
    • World No. 14

    Sergey Karjakin

    • Born: Jan 12, 1990 (Age 33)
    • Peak Rating: 2788
    • Blitz Rating: 2898
    • Rapid Rating: 2824
    The youngest player ever to become a grandmaster, Karjakin fell just short of becoming World Champion in his 2016 match against Carlsen
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    • Rating: 2745
    • World No. 15

    Leinier Dominguez Perez

    • Born: Sep 23, 1983 (Age 40)
    • Peak Rating: 2768
    • Blitz Rating: 2796
    • Rapid Rating: 2826
    Dominguez is Latin America’s top player and a 4-time Champion of Cuba
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    • Rating: 2745
    • World No. 16

    Teimour Radjabov

    • Born: Mar 12, 1987 (Age 36)
    • Peak Rating: 2793
    • Blitz Rating: 2808
    • Rapid Rating: 2788
    Radjabov broke onto the world stage as a teenager, earning the grandmaster title just after his 14th birthday and scoring a stunning win against Garry Kasparov as a 15-year-old in Linares 2003
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    • Rating: 2742
    • World No. 17

    Levon Aronian

    • Born: Oct 6, 1982 (Age 41)
    • Peak Rating: 2830
    • Blitz Rating: 2871
    • Rapid Rating: 2830
    The joker in the pack of world chess
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    • Rating: 2734
    • World No. 19

    Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

    • Born: Apr 12, 1985 (Age 38)
    • Peak Rating: 2820
    • Blitz Rating: 2866
    • Rapid Rating: 2833
    Mamedyarov remains the only player to win the World Junior Championship twice
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    • Rating: 2733
    • World No. 20

    Liem Quang Le

    • Born: Mar 13, 1991 (Age 32)
    • Peak Rating: 2740
    • Blitz Rating: 2843
    • Rapid Rating: 2771
    The 2013 World Blitz Champion
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    • Rating: 2732
    • World No. 21

    Alexander Grischuk

    • Born: Oct 31, 1983 (Age 40)
    • Peak Rating: 2810
    • Blitz Rating: 2852
    • Rapid Rating: 2851
    Grischuk is the most vocal advocate of blitz chess among the elite
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    • Rating: 2729
    • World No. 22

    Dmitry Andreikin

    • Born: Feb 5, 1990 (Age 33)
    • Peak Rating: 2743
    • Blitz Rating: 2828
    • Rapid Rating: 2773
    Andreikin was for a long time a forgotten member of the remarkable club of players born in 1990
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