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Peter Svidler
- Born: Jun 17, 1976 (Age 42)
- 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
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Arkadij Naiditsch
- Born: Oct 25, 1985 (Age 33)
- Peak Rating: 2737
- Blitz Rating: 2647
- Rapid Rating: 2698
Naiditsch spent ten years as Germany's no. 1 before switching to Azerbaijan
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David Navara
- Born: Mar 27, 1985 (Age 33)
- Peak Rating: 2751
- Blitz Rating: 2806
- Rapid Rating: 2751
Navara has a degree in logic from Charles University, Prague, and fierce logical gifts make the shy grandmaster a match for even the very best players
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Dmitry Jakovenko
- Born: Jun 28, 1983 (Age 35)
- Peak Rating: 2760
- Blitz Rating: 2640
- Rapid Rating: 2742
One of a “lost generation” of very strong Russian grandmasters who might have achieved greater prominence if they’d been born almost anywhere else
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Radoslaw Wojtaszek
- Born: Jan 13, 1987 (Age 31)
- 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
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Richard Rapport
- Born: Mar 25, 1996 (Age 22)
- Peak Rating: 2752
- Blitz Rating: 2695
- Rapid Rating: 2748
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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Wang Hao
- Born: Aug 4, 1989 (Age 29)
- Peak Rating: 2752
- Blitz Rating: 2784
- Rapid Rating: 2792
One of the most creative chess players anywhere, defying any stereotypes about regimented Chinese players
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Wei Yi
- Born: Jun 2, 1999 (Age 19)
- Peak Rating: 2753
- Blitz Rating: 2740
- Rapid Rating: 2698
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
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Bu Xiangzhi
- Born: Dec 10, 1985 (Age 33)
- Peak Rating: 2730
- Blitz Rating: 2688
- Rapid Rating: 2751
A chess prodigy who became a grandmaster before his 14th birthday
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Pentala Harikrishna
- Born: May 10, 1986 (Age 32)
- Peak Rating: 2770
- Blitz Rating: 2774
- Rapid Rating: 2758
Harikrishna is one of a wave of Indian chess talents to follow in Vishy Anand’s footsteps
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