• Born: Oct 15, 1974 (Age 42)
• Peak Rating: 2706
• Blitz Rating: 2682
• Rapid Rating: 2757

Rublevsky’s talents have shone brightest in team events

• Born: Sep 8, 1979 (Age 38)
• Peak Rating: 2763
• Blitz Rating: 2790
• Rapid Rating: 2773

Leko will perhaps always be haunted by how close he came to the World Championship title

• Born: Apr 26, 1988 (Age 29)
• Peak Rating: 2689
• Blitz Rating: 2810
• Rapid Rating: 2712

• Born: Jun 2, 1974 (Age 43)
• Peak Rating: 2763
• Blitz Rating: 2732
• Rapid Rating: 2750

A case of what might have been. After a phenomenal climb to the very top Kamsky gave up chess at the age of only 22 before finally returning after an almost 8-year hiatus

• Born: Jul 18, 1977 (Age 40)
• Peak Rating: 2788
• Blitz Rating: 2811
• Rapid Rating: 2791

The mystery man of modern chess - an immense talent, but utterly unpredictable both on and off the board

• Born: Dec 5, 1979 (Age 37)
• Peak Rating: 2715
• Blitz Rating: 2750
• Rapid Rating: 2700

At the age of 24 Kasimdzhanov won the FIDE World Championship in Tripoli, Libya

• Born: Jul 23, 1976 (Age 41)
• Peak Rating: 2735
• Blitz Rating: 2736
• Rapid Rating: 2669

Judit Polgar has single-handedly disproved the notion that women are incapable of competing with men in chess

• Born: Mar 25, 1996 (Age 21)
• Peak Rating: 2752
• Blitz Rating: 2668
• Rapid Rating: 2736

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

• Born: Aug 1, 1976 (Age 41)
• Peak Rating: 2707
• Blitz Rating: 2642
• Rapid Rating: 2664

A Romanian and European Champion who now plays for Germany

• Born: May 17, 1980 (Age 37)
• Peak Rating: 2726
• Blitz Rating: 2672
• Rapid Rating: 2701

As a member of the Ukrainian team Moiseenko claimed gold in the 2004 and 2010 Olympiads