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GM Maximum FIDE2702

Michal Krasenkow

Pologne · GM depuis 1990

No 10 mondial · juillet 2000

✦Champion de Pologne — 2000 et 2002
✦Championnat d'Europe par équipes, argent à l'échiquier 1 — Batoumi 1999

Photo: Krzysztof Szeląg · CC BY-SA 4.0

GM Maximum FIDE2564

Krisztian Szabo

Hungary · GM since 2010

Grand maître depuis 2010

✦Second and analysis partner to Richard Rapport, Judit Polgar and Peter Leko
✦Runs his own chess academy

IM Maximum FIDE2430

Anup Deshmukh

India · IM since 1999

Maître international depuis 1999

✦Represented India at the 2000 Chess Olympiad
✦Has coached grandmasters including Vidit Gujrathi and Divya Deshmukh

IM Maximum FIDE2415

Akshat Khamparia

India · Indore, Madhya Pradesh

MI depuis 2011

✦First International Master from Central India
✦Commonwealth Championship silver medallist

Photo: Escacs Valls d’Andorra · CC BY 2.0

GM en attente de titre Maximum FIDE2485

Ayush Sharma

India · Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh

GM en attente de titre · né en 2005

✦All three GM norms complete
✦Champion, 3rd Goa International GM Open 2025 — 8.5/10

IM Maximum FIDE2411

Sanket Chakravarty

India · IM since 2023

Maître international · né en 2004

✦Champion — 2nd Orchies International, 2026
✦Champion — Norway Open Blitz 2025

FM Maximum FIDE2456

Ojasva Singh

India · Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Deux normes de MI obtenues

✦Deux normes de MI obtenues
✦Winner, Imperial Rapid Rating Open 2024 — unbeaten 8/9

CM Maximum FIDE2284

Ravi Kumar

Inde

Candidate Master

✦More than twenty years coaching at the top level
✦Coach on the Olympiad Players Workshop panel

Photo: Niklesh Jain · ChessBase India

WIM Maximum FIDE2287

Cécile Haussernot

France · WIM since 2017

Woman International Master · coaches in French and English

✦European Youth Champion twice — Under-10 (2007) & Under-12 (2009)
✦French Women’s Rapid Champion — December 2020

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