• Born: Dec 9, 1987 (Age 29)
• Peak Rating: 2816
• Blitz Rating: 2906
• Rapid Rating: 2850

The brash and fiendishly talented American has been dividing chess fans and players ever since he burst onto the scene as a phenomenal internet blitz player

• Born: Jan 12, 1990 (Age 27)
• Peak Rating: 2788
• Blitz Rating: 2889
• 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

• Born: Jun 28, 1994 (Age 23)
• Peak Rating: 2798
• Blitz Rating: 2822
• Rapid Rating: 2770

Fluent in at least four languages, Giri appears one of the most well-rounded prodigies to storm the heights of world chess

• Born: Oct 24, 1992 (Age 24)
• Peak Rating: 2783
• Blitz Rating: 2875
• Rapid Rating: 2712

The torchbearer of a new generation of Chinese players, Ding Liren remains something of a mystery

• Born: Jun 17, 1976 (Age 41)
• Peak Rating: 2769
• Blitz Rating: 2797
• Rapid Rating: 2799

Peter Svidler has been described as an exception who could “get by on genius alone” in a world of ultra-competitive and hard-working grandmasters

• Born: Jun 8, 1994 (Age 23)
• Peak Rating: 2753
• Blitz Rating: 2771
• Rapid Rating: 2795

The 2013 World Junior Champion is one of a hungry new generation of Chinese players threatening to take the chess world by storm

• Born: Mar 15, 1975 (Age 42)
• Peak Rating: 2816
• Blitz Rating: 2710
• Rapid Rating: 2790

Topalov is an even more spectacular example than Viswanathan Anand of a player whose career took off after Garry Kasparov retired from chess

• Born: Jun 2, 1999 (Age 18)
• Peak Rating: 2753
• Blitz Rating: 2740
• Rapid Rating: 2684

The Chinese player became one of the youngest grandmasters in history when he claimed the title at the age of 13 years, 8 months and 23 days

• Born: Mar 12, 1987 (Age 30)
• 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

• Born: May 10, 1986 (Age 31)
• Peak Rating: 2770
• Blitz Rating: 2774
• Rapid Rating: 2711

Harikrishna is one of a wave of India chess talents to follow in Vishy Anand’s footsteps