World chess rankings

Every active player ranked by FIDE classical rating, from the official October 2026 list. Updated on the 1st of each month.

#	Player	Rating	+/−	Born
101▲22	GMMarcAndria Maurizzi FRA	2624	+12	2007
102▼17	GMThai Dai Van Nguyen CZE	2623	−10	2001
103▼1	GMDmitrij Kollars GER	2623	0	1999
104▼6	GMAbhimanyu Puranik IND	2622	−7	2000
105▼8	GMMaksim Chigaev ESP	2621	−8	1996
106▲21	GMRasmus Svane GER	2621	+11	1997
107▼4	GMIvan Saric CRO	2621	−2	1990
108▲23	GMAditya Mittal IND	2621	+11	2006
109▲36	GMJules Moussard FRA	2620	+18	1995
110▲12	GMGeorg Meier URU	2620	+8	1987
111▲18	GMAnton Korobov UKR	2620	+10	1985
112▼5	GMWang Yue CHN	2619	0	1987
113▼5	GMAndy Woodward USA	2619	0	2010
114▼5	GMAndrei Volokitin UKR	2618	0	1986
115▼5	GMVolodymyr Onyshchuk UKR	2617	0	1991
116▼5	GMA.R. Saleh Salem UAE	2616	0	1993
117▼2	GMLi Chao b CHN	2615	0	1989
118▼2	GMPouya Idani FRA	2615	0	1995
119▼2	GMPeter Heine Nielsen DEN	2614	0	1973
120▲8	GMGabriel Sargissian ARM	2614	+4	1983
121▼3	GMYuriy Kryvoruchko UKR	2614	0	1986
122▼3	GMAleksey Grebnev FID	2614	0	2006
123▼17	GMBenjamin Gledura HUN	2613	−7	1999
124▲8	GMDaniel Dardha BEL	2612	+4	2005
125▼20	GMEtienne Bacrot FRA	2612	−8	1983
126▼5	GMFerenc Berkes HUN	2612	0	1985
127▼2	GMMukhiddin Madaminov UZB	2612	+1	2006
128▲29	GMAlexandr Predke SRB	2612	+14	1994
129▼5	GMVasif Durarbayli AZE	2611	0	1992
130▼4	GMLaurent Fressinet FRA	2610	0	1981
131▼19	GMEltaj Safarli AZE	2610	−6	1992
132▼31	GMAlexander Donchenko GER	2610	−15	1998
133	GMSzymon Gumularz POL	2609	+1	2001
134▲19	GMAndrew Hong USA	2609	+11	2004
135	GMBassem Amin EGY	2608	0	1988
136▲1	GMDavid Navara CZE	2607	+1	1985
137▲14	GMLuke J McShane ENG	2607	+9	1984
138▼2	GMIhor Samunenkov UKR	2607	−1	2009
139▲13	GMAleksandar Indjic SRB	2606	+8	1995
140▼2	GMJulio E Granda Zuniga PER	2606	0	1967
141▼11	GMAnte Brkic CRO	2606	−4	1988
142▼3	GMPranav Anand IND	2606	0	2006
143▼2	GMCarlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera CUB	2605	+1	2000
144▼10	GMIoannis Papaioannou GRE	2605	−3	1976
145▼3	GMOlexandr Bortnyk UKR	2604	0	1996
146▼3	GMNils Grandelius SWE	2603	0	1993
147▼7	GMBharath Subramaniyam H IND	2603	−2	2007
148▲45	GMJingyao Tin SGP	2602	+18	2000
149▼2	GMBai Jinshi CHN	2600	0	1999
150▼2	GMMiguel Santos Ruiz ESP	2600	0	1999
151▲3	GMSemen Khanin FID	2598	0	1999
152▲3	GMXiao Tong(QD) CHN	2598	0	2008
153▲3	GMAlexander Areshchenko UKR	2598	0	1986
154▼4	GMMichael Adams ENG	2597	−1	1971
155▲16	GMMaxime Lagarde FRA	2597	+4	1994
156▲2	GMVladimir Malakhov FID	2597	0	1980
157▲2	GMAleksandr Rakhmanov FID	2597	0	1989
158▲3	GMMaxim Matlakov RUS	2596	0	1991
159▲3	GMHou Yifan CHN	2596	0	1994
160▲3	GMMa Qun CHN	2596	0	1991
161▲3	GMSergey A. Fedorchuk UKR	2596	0	1981
162▲28	GMJan Malek POL	2596	+9	2007
163▲4	GMIvan Popov RUS	2595	0	1990
164▲4	GMSergei Movsesian ARM	2594	0	1978
165▲4	GMNigel D Short ENG	2594	0	1965
166▲6	GMFabian Doettling GER	2593	0	1980
167▲6	GMGata Kamsky FRA	2592	0	1974
168▼24	GMAlexei Shirov ESP	2592	−11	1972
169▲5	GMEmil Sutovsky ISR	2592	0	1977
170▲5	GMLuis Engel GER	2592	0	2002
171▲5	GMIvan Salgado Lopez ESP	2591	0	1991
172▲7	GMDragan Solak TUR	2590	0	1980
173▲7	GMCurt Hansen DEN	2590	0	1964
174▲7	GMAlexander Riazantsev RUS	2590	0	1985
175▲7	GMVictor Bologan MDA	2590	0	1971
176▲7	GMArseniy Nesterov FID	2590	0	2003
177▼28	GMChristopher Woojin Yoo USA	2588	−12	2006
178▲7	GMMiguel Illescas Cordoba ESP	2587	0	1965
179▲7	GMAxel Bachmann PAR	2587	0	1989
180▲7	GMDavid Paravyan FID	2587	0	1998
181▲7	GMArik Braun GER	2587	0	1988
182▲27	GMVaclav Finek CZE	2587	+9	2010
183▲9	GMRafael Leitao BRA	2585	+1	1979
184▲7	GMLe Tuan Minh VIE	2585	0	1996
185▲47	GMDaniil Yuffa ESP	2584	+14	1997
186▲10	GMLuis Paulo Supi BRA	2583	+1	1996
187▲78	GMGleb Dudin HUN	2583	+23	2004
188▲7	GMLiviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ROU	2582	0	1976
189▲9	GMVadim Milov SUI	2582	+1	1972
190▲22	GMMaxim Rodshtein ISR	2582	+6	1989
191▲6	GMAhmed Adly EGY	2582	0	1987
192▼46	GMVelimir Ivic SRB	2581	−20	2002
193▲6	GMFerdinand Hellers SWE	2581	0	1969
194▲45	GMDenis Makhnev KAZ	2581	+13	2000
195▼18	GMPa Iniyan IND	2581	−10	2002
196▼30	GMEduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli ESP	2580	−15	1989
197▲3	GMEvgeniy Najer FID	2580	0	1977
198▲4	GMJan Gustafsson GER	2580	0	1979
199▲22	GMArkadij Naiditsch BUL	2580	+6	1985
200▲3	GMNijat Abasov AZE	2580	0	1995

Ratings from FIDE's official October 2026 list. The +/− column is the change from the previous month. Inactive players are not ranked.