Ambassadors

In addition to our primary ambassador, Magnus Carlsen, Play Magnus Group is proud to have the support of Industry-leading ambassadors, content creators and chess talent.

Judit Polgár

Highest rated Woman Chess player of all time

In 1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, at the time the youngest to have done so, breaking the record previously held by former World Champion Bobby Fischer. She was the youngest player ever to break into the FIDE top 100 players rating list, ranking No. 55 in the January 1989 rating list, at the age of 12.

Top 10

in the world
at peak

#1

Woman player

Anish Giri

Grandmaster
#10 in the world

Anish Giri is a 4-time Dutch Champion, King of Twitter, and has been ranked as high as World No. 3, with a peak rating of 2802 on February 15, 2015.

Simon Williams

Grandmaster Commentator

Simon Williams – affectionally known as “Ginger GM” – is an English grandmaster, author, streamer, and world-class commentator.

Tania Sachdev

Grandmaster
Commentator

Tania Sachdev is a 3 times commonwealth champion, Asian champion and National champion. On top of that she is a global chess commentator.

Abhimanyu Mishra

Grandmaster

Abhimanyu Mishra is the world’s youngest chess grandmaster ever, achieving the title at an incredible age of 12 years, 4 months and 25 days. Mishra is the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour’s youngest player.