• Born: Nov 3, 1978 (Age 38)
• Peak Rating: 2751
• Blitz Rating: 2730
• Rapid Rating: 2725

Polyglot Sergei Movsesian recently returned to help Armenia to gold at the 2011 World Team Championship and the 2012 Olympiad

• Born: Feb 27, 1994 (Age 23)
• Peak Rating: 2686
• Blitz Rating: 2704
• Rapid Rating: 2645

By the age of 18 Chinese prodigy Hou Yifan had already accomplished enough to fill most careers

• Born: Jun 17, 1979 (Age 38)
• Peak Rating: 2710
• Blitz Rating: 2630
• Rapid Rating: 2687

• Born: Dec 7, 1971 (Age 45)
• Peak Rating: 2713
• Blitz Rating: 2673
• Rapid Rating: 2707

Akopian was once tipped to be Garry Kasparov’s successor as World Champion by none other than Mikhail Botvinnik

• Born: Apr 18, 1996 (Age 21)
• Peak Rating: 2666
• Blitz Rating: 2804
• Rapid Rating: 2716

Dubov’s coach Sergey Shipov has compared his student’s solid and strategic style to that of former World Champion Tigran Petrosian

• Born: Sep 12, 1985 (Age 32)
• Peak Rating: 2720
• Blitz Rating: 2744
• Rapid Rating: 2735

In September 2011 he was handed the poisoned chalice of the job as head coach of the Russian men’s chess team

• Born: Aug 17, 1990 (Age 27)
• Peak Rating: 2680
• Blitz Rating: 2690
• Rapid Rating: 2607

A Croatian Champion and another member of the incredible "Class of 1990"

• Born: Oct 7, 1972 (Age 44)
• Peak Rating: 2714
• Blitz Rating: 2669
• Rapid Rating: 2692

A seven-time Dutch Champion

• Born: Feb 5, 1988 (Age 29)
• Peak Rating: 2703
• Blitz Rating: 2693
• Rapid Rating: 2711

Austria's number one grandmaster

• Born: Nov 1, 1981 (Age 35)
• Peak Rating: 2720
• Blitz Rating: 2719
• Rapid Rating: 2723

2010 French Champion Fressinet has often found himself overshadowed by his prodigiously gifted compatriots Etienne Bacrot and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave