langs: 7 июня [ru] / june 7 [en] / 7. juni [de] / 7 juin [fr] / 7 giugno [it] / 7 de junio [es]
days: june 4 / june 5 / june 6 / june 7 / june 8 / june 9 / june 10
#1 Wesley So
Wesley Barbossa So (born October 9, 1993) is a Filipino-born American chess grandmaster , the inaugural and current World Fischer Random Chess Champion , and 3-time and the current U.S. Chess Champion (in 2017, 2020, and 2021). He is also a three-time Philippine Chess Champion . On the March 2017 FI
Dina Vadimovna Belenkaya (Russian: Дина Вадимовна Беленькая; born 22 December 1993) is a Russian-Israeli chess player, commentator, Twitch streamer, and YouTuber who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a four-time St. Petersburg women's champion, and has represented St. Petersburg at
Levon Grigori Aronian ( Armenian : Լևոն Գրիգորի Արոնյան , romanized : Levon Grigori Aronyan ; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian chess grandmaster , who currently plays for the United States Chess Federation . A chess prodigy , he earned the title of grandmaster in 2000, at age 17. Aronian held t
Marina Sheremetieva ( née Afanasova , born 7 June 1963) is a Moldovan chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1998). She is a four-time Moldovan Women's Chess Championships winner (1978, 1987, 1988, 1992). Moldovan chess player Marina Sheremetieva Country Moldova Born ( 1963
#5 Yosef Porat
Yosef Porat ( Hebrew : יוסף פורת ; 7 June 1909, Breslau , Germany [1] [2] [3] – 18 May 1996, Ramot HaShavim , Israel ) was a German-Israeli chess player. German-Israeli chess player This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Yosef Porat Full name Heinz Josef Foerder Country Ge
Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin [lower-alpha 1] (born 12 January 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster (formerly representing Ukraine ). A chess prodigy , he previously held the record for the world's youngest ever grandmaster, having qualified for the title at the age of 12 years and 7 months. [1] [2]
Celia Baudot de Moschini (1910 – 2006 [1] [2] ) was an Argentine chess player who held the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1954). She was a six-time winner of the Argentine Women's Chess Championship (1953, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1968). Celia Baudot de Moschini Moschini in front of her ch
#8 Richard Robinson (chess player)
Richard Robinson is an American and Bermudian chess player, Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner ( 1996 ). Bermudian chess player Richard Robinson Country United States Bermuda Born ( 1956-06-07 ) 7 June 1956 Peak rating 2120 (January 1997)
#9 Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan ( Chinese : 侯逸凡 ; pinyin : Hóu Yìfán pronunciation ( help · info ) ; born 27 February 1994) [1] [2] [3] is a Chinese chess grandmaster , four-time Women's World Chess Champion and the second highest rated female player of all time. [4] Once a chess prodigy , she was the youngest female p
#10 Magnus Carlsen
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen [lower-alpha 1] (born 30 November 1990) [1] [2] is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the reigning five-time World Chess Champion . He is also a three-time World Rapid Chess Champion and five-time World Blitz Chess Champion . He has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE wor
#11 Olga Stjazhkina
Olga Mikhailovna Stjazhkina ( Russian : Ольга Михайловна Стяжкина ; born 7 June 1970), née Florov , is a Russian chess player who received the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1994. Russian chess player Olga Stjazhkina Full name Olga Mikhailovna Stjazhkina Country Russia Born ( 1970-06-07
#12 Dharshan Kumaran
Dharshan Kumaran (born 7 June 1975) is an English chess grandmaster who has retired from ranked tournaments and is a neuroscience researcher collaborating with leaders in that field. [1] He won the World Under-12 Championship in 1986, won the World Under-16 Championship in 1991. He finished 3rd equa
Liudmila Sergeyevna Belavenets ( Russian : Людмила Сергеевна Белавенец ; also transliterated Lyudmila Sergeevna Belavenets; 7 June 1940 – 7 November 2021) was a Russian chess player. Russian chess player (1940–2021) In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions , the patronymic is Serg
#14 Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura (born December 9, 1987) is a Japanese-American chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer . A chess prodigy , at the age of 15 he became the youngest American up to that time (2003) to earn the title of Grandmaster . Nakamura is a five-time U.S. Chess Champion . [2] He won the 2011 editio
#15 Boris Kreiman
Boris Kreiman (born June 7, 1976) is an American Grandmaster of chess . Kreiman a 3rd-place winner in a U.S. Chess Championship in Seattle is also a winner of the Frank P. Samford, Jr. Chess Fellowship . [1] American Grandmaster of chess (born 1976) Boris Kreiman Full name Boris Kreiman Country
#16 John Paul Gomez
John Paul Gomez (born May 23, 1986 [1] ) is a Filipino chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) in 2007 and International Grandmaster (GM) in 2009. He is a three-time Filipino national junior champion and has also won the Filipino Chess Championship . Filipino chess player
#17 Zirka Frometa
Zirka Frometa Castillo (born 7 June 1963) is a Cuban chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2008). She is a three-time winner of the Cuban Women's Chess Championship . Cuban chess player In this Spanish name , the first or paternal surname is Frometa and the second or mater
Cristina Adela Foișor ( née Bădulescu ; 7 June 1967 – 22 January 2017) [1] was a Romanian chess player. She was awarded by FIDE the titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1991 and International Master (IM) in 1997. [2] Romanian chess player Cristina Adela Foișor Foișor at the 2013 European Chess Team
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a five-time world chess champion . [2] He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating of 2800, a feat he first achieved in 2006. [3] In 2022, he was
#20 Ladislav Prokeš
Ladislav Prokeš (7 June 1884 – 9 January 1966) was a Czech chess master and one of the most prolific composers of endgame studies in chess . He was born and died in Prague . [1] Ladislav Prokeš Prokeš was joint Czech Champion in 1921 [1] and played for the Czech Olympiad team in 1927, 1928, and 1930