Which chess players will be ranked as No. 1 player in the world at any point in their life?
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Dommaraju Gukesh
44%
Arjun Erigaisi
36%
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
36%
R Praggnanandhaa
33%
Alireza Firouzja
32%
Fabiano Caruana
18%
Ian Nepomniachtchi
17%
Vincent Keymer
16%
Ding Liren
9%
Hikaru Nakamura
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIDE_chess_world_number_ones
Since the FIDE rating list inception there was a total of seven players holding the number one spot at any point in their careers, as of April 2024. Which other players will manage to join the club?
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Only the rating list considered the most "respectable" will be taken into account, which today (2024) is the FIDE Standard rating.
Will be resolved Yes the moment the respective player becomes worlds No. 1, and No the moment a player is both at least 50 years old and is retired, or, well, if a player dies earlier.
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