Until recently the youngest player ever to cross the 2600-markFull profile
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 wellFull profile
The youngest player ever to become a grandmaster, Karjakin fell just short of becoming World Champion in his 2016 match against CarlsenFull profile
Dominguez is Latin America’s top player and a 4-time Champion of CubaFull profile
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 2003Full profile
The joker in the pack of world chessFull profile
Mamedyarov remains the only player to win the World Junior Championship twiceFull profile
The 2013 World Blitz ChampionFull profile
Grischuk is the most vocal advocate of blitz chess among the eliteFull profile
Andreikin was for a long time a forgotten member of the remarkable club of players born in 1990Full profile
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