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
301▼35	GMIvan Sokolov NED	2551	−8	1968
302▲2	GMSemyon Lomasov ISR	2551	0	2002
303▼4	GMSandro Mareco ARG	2550	−1	1987
304▲63	GMPierre Laurent-Paoli FRA	2550	+13	2000
305▲4	GMPeter Prohaszka HUN	2549	0	1992
306▲4	GMMateusz Bartel POL	2549	0	1985
307▼10	GMFelix Blohberger AUT	2549	−3	2002
308▲26	GMAbhijeet Gupta IND	2549	+5	1989
309▲43	GMMukhammadzokhid Suyarov UZB	2549	+9	2009
310▲3	GMViktor Gazik SVK	2549	0	2001
311▼51	GMIdo Gorshtein ISR	2548	−12	2002
312▲2	GMVladimir Potkin RUS	2548	0	1982
313▲2	GMZahar Efimenko UKR	2548	0	1985
314▼20	GMSasa Martinovic CRO	2548	−5	1991
315▲39	GMFrancesco Sonis ITA	2547	+8	2002
316▼27	GMSipke Ernst NED	2547	−6	1979
317▲15	GMMomchil Petkov BUL	2547	+3	2005
318▼1	GMYasser Quesada Perez CUB	2547	0	1992
319▼1	GMAlexander Motylev ROU	2547	0	1979
320▼1	GMRainer Buhmann GER	2547	0	1981
321▼48	GMBorki Predojevic BIH	2546	−10	1987
322▲1	GMSergey Grigoriants HUN	2546	0	1983
323▼2	GMJulio Catalino Sadorra PHI	2546	−1	1986
324▼16	GMMikheil Mchedlishvili GEO	2546	−4	1979
325▼1	GMTimur Gareyev NON	2546	0	1988
326	GMAronyak Ghosh IND	2546	0	2003
327▲28	GMSergei Tiviakov NED	2545	+6	1973
328	GMJacek Tomczak POL	2545	0	1990
329▼106	GMJianchao Zhou USA	2545	−29	1988
330▼67	GMAlojzije Jankovic CRO	2545	−15	1983
331▼1	GMValentin Dragnev AUT	2544	0	1999
332▼1	GMJoshua Friedel USA	2544	0	1986
333	GMSanan Sjugirov HUN	2544	0	1993
334▲1	GMVahap Sanal TUR	2544	0	1998
335▲8	GMMax Warmerdam NED	2543	+1	2000
336	GMKrikor Sevag Mekhitarian BRA	2543	0	1986
337▲2	GMHristos Banikas GRE	2543	0	1978
338▲3	GMPeter Michalik SVK	2543	0	1990
339▼14	GMNikita Afanasiev RUS	2543	−3	2000
340▼18	GMYahli Sokolovsky ISR	2542	−4	2006
341▼4	GMLuis Ernesto Quesada Perez MEX	2542	−1	1999
342▼22	GMSebastian Bogner SUI	2542	−5	1991
343▲2	GMHelgi Dam Ziska FAI	2542	0	1990
344▲80	GMJakhongir Vakhidov UZB	2542	+15	1995
345▲2	GMFederico Perez Ponsa ARG	2541	0	1993
346▲2	GMTomasz Warakomski POL	2541	0	1989
347▲2	GMMurtas Kazhgaleyev KAZ	2541	0	1973
348▼84	GMLeon Livaic CRO	2541	−19	2000
349▲1	GMPavel Ponkratov RUS	2540	0	1988
350▲3	IMS Aswath IND	2540	0	2008
351▲31	GMSankalp Gupta IND	2539	+4	2003
352▲4	GMLi Di CHN	2539	0	1999
353▲8	GMJergus Pechac SVK	2539	+1	2001
354▲3	GMPavel V. Tregubov FRA	2538	0	1971
355▲3	GMSion Radamantys Galaviz Medina MEX	2538	0	2005
356▲3	GMZhao Jun CHN	2538	0	1986
357▲3	GMSergei Azarov FID	2538	0	1983
358▼16	GMYannick Gozzoli FRA	2537	−5	1983
359▲3	GMGergely Kantor HUN	2537	0	1999
360▲40	GMIgor Janik POL	2537	+6	2000
361▲3	GMArtur Jussupow GER	2537	0	1960
362▲3	GMKonstantin Tarlev UKR	2537	0	1987
363▲5	GMArtem Uskov FID	2537	0	2010
364▲5	GMMatthieu Cornette FRA	2536	0	1985
365▼38	GMRomain Edouard FRA	2536	−9	1990
366▲5	GMJonas Lampert GER	2536	0	1997
367▼56	GMMads Andersen DEN	2536	−13	1995
368▲5	GMAleksandra Goryachkina FID	2536	0	1998
369▲22	GMDimitris Alexakis GRE	2536	+3	2003
370▲4	GMTan Zhongyi CHN	2536	0	1991
371▲8	GMRuifeng Li USA	2535	0	2001
372▲8	GMKonstantin Sakaev RUS	2535	0	1974
373▲45	GMGuha Mitrabha IND	2535	+7	2001
374▲1	GMTomas Laurusas LTU	2535	−1	1996
375▲18	IMRuben Gideon Koellner GER	2535	+2	2004
376▲25	GMVignir Vatnar Stefansson ISL	2534	+3	2003
377▲33	GMAvital Boruchovsky ISR	2534	+5	1997
378▲3	GMEgor Krivoborodov GER	2534	−1	1989
379▲5	GMJaan Ehlvest USA	2534	0	1962
380▼34	GMPaulius Pultinevicius LTU	2534	−8	2001
381▲8	GMShreyas Royal ENG	2533	0	2009
382▲8	GMJose Carlos Ibarra Jerez ESP	2533	0	1985
383▲9	GMMuhammed Batuhan Dastan TUR	2533	0	1997
384▲11	GMKacper Piorun POL	2532	0	1991
385▲11	GMManuel Perez Candelario ESP	2532	0	1983
386▼14	GMShawn Rodrigue-Lemieux CAN	2532	−4	2004
387▼11	GMBibisara Assaubayeva KAZ	2532	−4	2004
388▲44	IMJan Vykouk CZE	2531	+7	2000
389▲9	GMGergely Antal HUN	2531	0	1985
390▲9	GMRobert Markus SRB	2531	0	1983
391▲6	GMAndreas Kelires CYP	2531	−1	1999
392▼4	GMMikhail Gurevich BEL	2530	−3	1959
393▲22	GMDavid Brodsky USA	2530	+2	2002
394▲8	GMYuri Gonzalez Vidal CUB	2530	0	1981
395▼57	GMGuillermo Vazquez PAR	2530	−13	1997
396▲7	GMGopal G.N. IND	2530	0	1989
397▼53	GMDaniel Howard Fernandez ENG	2530	−12	1995
398▲58	GMMisratdin Iskandarov AZE	2530	+10	1995
399▲5	GMYuri Vovk UKR	2530	0	1988
400▼13	GMBojan Maksimovic SRB	2530	−4	2002

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