Topalov is an even more spectacular example than Viswanathan Anand of a player whose career took off after Garry Kasparov retired from chessFull profile
In contrast to contemporaries Carlsen and Karjakin, Vachier-Lagrave took time out to gain a university degree in mathematicsFull profile
The new hope of Polish chessFull profile
The Chinese prodigy was the youngest player ever to reach 2700, at the age 15Full profile
The 2013 World Junior Champion is one of a hungry new generation of Chinese players threatening to take the chess world by stormFull profile
Harikrishna is one of a wave of Indian chess talents to follow in Vishy Anand’s footstepsFull profile
A rising star of Indian chessFull profile
Nikita has had to do things the hard way, playing in six of the seven Russian Championship Superfinals from 2006-2012 only after qualifying through the extremely tough Russian Higher LeagueFull profile
An original chess thinker whose aggressive style of play has seen him compared to the great Mikhail TalFull profile
Sanan Sjugirov was born in Elista in the obscure Russian region of Kalmykia – obscure, that is, except when it comes to chessFull profile
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