Grand Chess Tour 2015 Players

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Players At A Glance Magnus Carlsen Country Norway Born November 30, 1990 Norway Title Grandmaster (2004) World Champion 2013, 2014 FIDE rating 2863 (April 2015)

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Players At A GlanceMagnus Carlsen

Country Norway

BornNovember 30, 1990 Norway

Title Grandmaster (2004)World Champion 2013, 2014FIDE rating 2863 (April 2015)Peak rating 2882 (May 2014)Ranking No. 1 (Feb 2015)Peak ranking No. 1 (Jan 2010)

Fabiano Caruana

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Country USA

BornJuly 30, 1992 USA

Title Grandmaster (2007)Peak Performance 2014 Sinquefield CupFIDE rating 2802 (April 2015)Peak rating 2844 (Oct 2014)Ranking No. 2 (Feb 2015)Peak ranking No. 2 (Oct 2014)

Hikaru Nakamura

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Country USA

BornDec 9, 1987 Japan

Title Grandmaster (2003)Peak Performance 2011 Tata SteelFIDE rating 2798 (April 2015)Peak rating 2798 (May 2014)Ranking No. 3 (Feb 2015)Peak ranking No. 3 (March 2015)

Veselin Topalov

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Country Bulgaria

BornMarch 15, 1975 Bulgaria

Title Grandmaster (1992)World Champion FIDE (2005)FIDE rating 2798 (April 2015)Peak rating 2813 (July 2009)Ranking No. 4 (Feb 2015)Peak ranking No. 1 (Oct 2008)

Alexander Grischuk

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Country

BornOct 31, 1983 Russia

TitleGrandmaster (2000)

World Champion

Blitz (2006, 2012)World Team (2013)

FIDE rating2794 (April 2015)

Peak rating2810 (Dec 2014)

RankingNo. 5 (Feb 2015)

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Peak rankingNo. 3 (May 2014)

Viswanathan Anand

Country

BornDec 11, 1969 India

TitleGrandmaster (1988)

World Champion

Classical (2007)FIDE (2000)Rapid (2003)

FIDE rating2791 (April 2015)

Peak rating2817 (March 2011)

RankingNo. 6 (Feb 2015)

Peak rankingNo. 1 (April 2007)

Anish Giri

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CountryNetherlands

BornJune 28, 1994 Russia

TitleGrandmaster (2009)

Peak Performance2012 Reggio Emilia

FIDE rating2790 (April 2015)

Peak rating2797 (Feb 2015)

RankingNo. 7 (Feb 2015)

Peak rankingNo. 7 (Feb 2015)

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Country France

Born

Oct 21, 1990 France

TitleGrandmaster (2005)

World ChampionJunior (2009)

FIDE rating2762 (April 2015)

Peak rating2775 (Feb 2015)

RankingNo. 11 (Feb 2015)

Peak rankingNo. 5 (April 2015)

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Levon Aronian

Country ArmeniaBorn Oct 6, 1982 

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ArmeniaTitle Grandmaster (2000)

World ChampionChess960 (2003, 2006)Rapid (2009)Blitz (2010)

FIDE rating 2770 (April 2015)Peak rating 2830 (March 2014)Ranking No. 9 (Feb 2015)Peak ranking No. 2 (January 2012)