• Born: Jul 14, 1990 (Age 27)
• Peak Rating: 2767
• Blitz Rating: 2880
• Rapid Rating: 2821

Born in the same year as Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin, Nepomniachtchi initially had the edge over his rivals

• Born: Jan 13, 1987 (Age 30)
• Peak Rating: 2750
• Blitz Rating: 2743
• Rapid Rating: 2735

Poland's top grandmaster is best known as one of Viswanathan Anand’s seconds, but since helping Anand defeat Vladimir Kramnik in 2008 his rating has risen dramatically

• Born: Sep 23, 1983 (Age 33)
• Peak Rating: 2768
• Blitz Rating: 2796
• Rapid Rating: 2803

Dominguez is Latin America’s top player and a 4-time Champion of Cuba

• Born: Mar 13, 1991 (Age 26)
• Peak Rating: 2739
• Blitz Rating: 2843
• Rapid Rating: 2771

The young Vietnamese player's debut in elite chess was one of the most impressive in recent years

• Born: Nov 17, 1971 (Age 45)
• Peak Rating: 2761
• Blitz Rating: 2768
• Rapid Rating: 2764

Nicknamed “spiderman” for his ability to weave a web around his opponents

• Born: Jun 24, 1968 (Age 49)
• 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

• Born: May 10, 1983 (Age 34)
• Peak Rating: 2765
• Blitz Rating: 2680
• Rapid Rating: 2724

Twice an Olympic Champion with the Ukrainian team

• Born: Jan 22, 1983 (Age 34)
• Peak Rating: 2749
• Blitz Rating: 2744
• Rapid Rating: 2733

Seven-time French Champion Etienne Bacrot was a true prodigy who in 1997 became the youngest grandmaster in history at the age of only 14 years and 2 months

• Born: Feb 4, 1987 (Age 30)
• Peak Rating: 2747
• Blitz Rating: 2727
• Rapid Rating: 2712

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 League

• Born: Mar 5, 1991 (Age 26)
• Peak Rating: 2730
• Blitz Rating: 2752
• Rapid Rating: 2708

Maxim’s potential was clear from his victories in the Russian Youth Championships, where he claimed the U12, 14, 16 and 18 titles