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United States of America Chess Players

21 players from United States of America ranked among the world's top 100 chess grandmasters.

21
Top 100 Players
2792.0
Highest Rating
2675
Average Rating
#2
Best World Rank
#PlayerClassicalRapidBlitzWorld RankAge
1Nakamura, Hikaru2792.02738.02800.0#238
2Caruana, Fabiano2784.02682.02738.0#334
3So, Wesley2770.02699.02745.0#632
4Dominguez Perez, Leinier2732.02641.02604.0#1543
5Aronian, Levon2725.02738.02714.0#1943
6Niemann, Hans Moke2717.02675.02711.0#2223
7Sevian, Samuel2708.02664.02658.0#3125
8Liang, Awonder2685.0——#3923
9Robson, Ray2659.02639.02622.0#5531
10Xiong, Jeffery2656.0——#5825
11Shankland, Sam2646.02624.0—#7335
12Onischuk, Alexander2639.02617.02629.0#8051
13Oparin, Grigoriy2638.02611.02655.0#8229
14Mishra, Abhimanyu2636.0——#8517
15Antipov, Mikhail Al.2633.0——#8729
16Jacobson, Brandon2627.0——#9923
17Swiercz, Dariusz—2646.0—#3932
18Zherebukh, Yaroslav—2622.0—#6733
19Hess, Robert—2617.0—#7535
20Akopian, Vladimir——2645.0#4954
21Yoo, Christopher Woojin——2598.0#9919

Chess in United States of America

United States of America has 21 players represented in the world's top 100 chess rankings. The top-rated player is Nakamura, Hikaru with a classical rating of 2792.0, ranked #2 in the world. The average classical rating of United States of America's top players is 2675, demonstrating the country's strength at the highest level of competitive chess.

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