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GM Michal Krasenkow GM सर्वोच्च FIDE2702

Michal Krasenkow

पोलैंड · 1990 से GM

विश्व नंबर 10 · जुलाई 2000
  • ✦पोलैंड के राष्ट्रीय चैंपियन — 2000 और 2002
  • ✦यूरोपियन टीम चैंपियनशिप बोर्ड-1 रजत — बटूमी 1999

Photo: Krzysztof Szeląg · CC BY-SA 4.0

GM Krisztian Szabo GM सर्वोच्च FIDE2564

Krisztian Szabo

Hungary · GM since 2010

2010 से ग्रैंडमास्टर
  • ✦Second and analysis partner to Richard Rapport, Judit Polgar and Peter Leko
  • ✦Runs his own chess academy
IM Anup Deshmukh IM सर्वोच्च FIDE2430

Anup Deshmukh

India · IM since 1999

1999 से इंटरनेशनल मास्टर
  • ✦Represented India at the 2000 Chess Olympiad
  • ✦Has coached grandmasters including Vidit Gujrathi and Divya Deshmukh
IM Akshat Khamparia IM सर्वोच्च FIDE2415

Akshat Khamparia

India · Indore, Madhya Pradesh

2011 से IM
  • ✦First International Master from Central India
  • ✦Commonwealth Championship silver medallist

Photo: Escacs Valls d’Andorra · CC BY 2.0

GM-निर्वाचित Ayush Sharma GM-निर्वाचित सर्वोच्च FIDE2485

Ayush Sharma

India · Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh

GM-निर्वाचित · जन्म 2005
  • ✦All three GM norms complete
  • ✦Champion, 3rd Goa International GM Open 2025 — 8.5/10
IM Sanket Chakravarty IM सर्वोच्च FIDE2411

Sanket Chakravarty

India · IM since 2023

इंटरनेशनल मास्टर · जन्म 2004
  • ✦Champion — 2nd Orchies International, 2026
  • ✦Champion — Norway Open Blitz 2025
FM Ojasva Singh FM सर्वोच्च FIDE2456

Ojasva Singh

India · Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

दो आईएम नॉर्म पूरे
  • ✦दो आईएम नॉर्म पूरे
  • ✦Winner, Imperial Rapid Rating Open 2024 — unbeaten 8/9
CM Ravi Kumar CM सर्वोच्च FIDE2284

Ravi Kumar

भारत

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

Photo: Niklesh Jain · ChessBase India

WIM Cécile Haussernot WIM सर्वोच्च 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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