International Chess Day 2021: Top 10 World Chess Champions

Magnus Carlsen World Ranking: 1 Age: 30 years Place of birth: Tønsberg, Norway Federation: Norway

Fabiano Luigi Caruana World Ranking: 2 Age: 28 years Place of birth: Miami, Florida, USA Federation: United States

Ding Liren World Ranking: 3 Age: 28 years Place of birth: Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China Federation: China

Ian Nepomniachtchi World Ranking: 4 Age: 31 years Place of birth: Bryansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Federation: Russia

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov World Ranking: 5 Age: 36 years Place of birth: Sumgait, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union Federation: Azerbaijan

Levon Aronian World Ranking: 6 Age: 38 years Place of birth: Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union Federation: Armenia

Alexander Grischuk World Ranking: 7 Age: 37 years Place of birth: Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Federation: Russia

Anish Giri World Ranking: 8 Age: 27 years Place of birth: Saint Petersburg, Russia Federation: Netherlands

Wesley So World Ranking: 9 Age: 27 years Place of birth: Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines Federation: United States

Richard Rapport World Ranking: 10 Age: 25 years Place of birth: Szombathely, Hungary Federation: Hungary