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Alexander Areshchenko
- Born: Jun 15, 1986 (Age 33)
- Peak Rating: 2720
- Blitz Rating: 2697
- Rapid Rating: 2701
Currently one of the least-known chess players lurking towards the top of the rating list, Areshchenko won the World U14 Championship in 2000 and the Ukrainian Championship in 2005
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Alexei Shirov
- Born: Jul 4, 1972 (Age 47)
- Peak Rating: 2755
- Blitz Rating: 2699
- Rapid Rating: 2742
An imaginative attacking player, Shirov is the closest the chess world has yet come to an heir to the legendary Mikhail Tal
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Luke McShane
- Born: Jan 7, 1984 (Age 36)
- Peak Rating: 2713
- Blitz Rating: 2702
- Rapid Rating: 2709
Sometimes described as the “world’s strongest amateur”, McShane has traded blows with the world’s best during breaks from his full-time job in finance
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Gata Kamsky
- Born: Jun 2, 1974 (Age 45)
- Peak Rating: 2763
- Blitz Rating: 2732
- Rapid Rating: 2757
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
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Judit Polgar
- Born: Jul 23, 1976 (Age 43)
- 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
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Markus Ragger
- Born: Feb 5, 1988 (Age 31)
- Peak Rating: 2703
- Blitz Rating: 2693
- Rapid Rating: 2711
Austria's number one grandmaster
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Sanan Sjugirov
- Born: Jan 31, 1993 (Age 26)
- Peak Rating: 2678
- Blitz Rating: 2748
- Rapid Rating: 2765
Sanan Sjugirov was born in Elista in the obscure Russian region of Kalmykia – obscure, that is, except when it comes to chess
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Ray Robson
- Born: Oct 25, 1994 (Age 25)
- Peak Rating: 2682
- Blitz Rating: 2639
- Rapid Rating: 2644
Ray Robson is the best young American talent to follow in the footsteps of Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana
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Vladimir Fedoseev
- Born: Feb 16, 1995 (Age 24)
- Peak Rating: 2733
- Blitz Rating: 2798
- Rapid Rating: 2810
An ultra-aggressive young Russian chess player
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Wang Yue
- Born: Mar 31, 1987 (Age 32)
- Peak Rating: 2756
- Blitz Rating: 2694
- Rapid Rating: 2765
Wang Yue was a trailblazer for Chinese men’s chess
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