Which chess players will be ranked as No. 1 player in the world at any point in their life?
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Arjun Erigaisi
61%
Alireza Firouzja
59%
Dommaraju Gukesh
53%
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
36%
R Praggnanandhaa
35%
Fabiano Caruana
17%
Vincent Keymer
16%
Ding Liren
10%
Ian Nepomniachtchi
9%
Hikaru Nakamura
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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