Which chess players will be ranked as No. 1 player in the world at any point in their life?
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53%
Arjun Erigaisi
47%
Dommaraju Gukesh
46%
R Praggnanandhaa
46%
Vincent Keymer
40%
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
35%
Alireza Firouzja
34%
Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş
27%
Fabiano Caruana
13%
Hikaru Nakamura
5%
Ian Nepomniachtchi
5%
Ding Liren
List of FIDE chess world number ones (Wikipedia)
Since the FIDE rating list inception there were 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 a 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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