Players Classic 2024

Written by Alex Winkler on 20 March 2024.

Magnus Carlsen (Norway)

• No. 1 in the World Rapid Ranking (Rating: 2823)
• Current and multiple World Rapid Champion
• Considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time

Ding Liren (China)

• No. 2 in the World Rapid Ranking (Rating: 2818)
• Reigning World Chess Champion (classical time control)
• Two-time Olympic champion with the Chinese team

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)

• No. 3 in the World Rapid Ranking (Rating: 2755)
• Winner of the 2021 World Blitz Chess Championship
• 2nd place in the 2020/21 Candidates Tournament

Richard Rapport (Romania)

• No. 22 in the World Rapid Ranking (Rating: 2708)
• Participant in the 2022 Candidates Tournament
• Second of Ding Liren at the 2023 World Cup

Vincent Keymer (Germany)

• No. 88 in the World Rapid Ranking (Rating: 2627)
• Winner of the GRENKE Chess Open 2018
• 2022 Rapid World Championship runner-up behind Magnus Carlsen

Daniel Fridman (Germany)

• No. 195 in the World Rapid Ranking (Rating: 2575)
• Winner of the GRENKE Chess Open 2019
• Three-time German National Champion (classical time control)