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
701▼4	GMPavel Kotsur KAZ	2484	0	1974
702▼3	IMVladislav Nozdrachev RUS	2484	0	1992
703▼3	GMLeonardo Tristan ARG	2483	0	1989
704▲43	IMMika Karttunen FIN	2483	+5	1981
705▲29	IMPierre Barbot SLO	2483	+3	1995
706▼4	IMMarko Nenezic SRB	2483	0	1995
707▼2	GMJulian Kramer GER	2483	0	1997
708▼2	GMZdenko Kozul CRO	2483	0	1966
709▼1	GMIlia Iljiushenok FID	2483	0	1993
710▲151	IMFrancisco Fiorito ARG	2482	+17	2010
711▼2	GMSebastien Maze FRA	2482	0	1984
712▼38	GMFabien Libiszewski FRA	2482	−5	1984
713▼3	GMPaul Velten FRA	2482	0	1993
714▼1	IMAriel Erenberg ISR	2482	0	2001
715▼1	GMLeon Mons GER	2482	0	1995
716▼1	GMDeep Sengupta IND	2482	0	1988
717	GMXu Zhihang CHN	2482	0	2001
718	IMArash Tahbaz IRI	2482	0	2000
719	IMJakob Leon Pajeken GER	2482	0	2003
720	GMUlvi Sadikhov AZE	2482	0	1998
721▲37	IMSamir Sahidi SVK	2482	+4	2003
722	IMSimon Lamaze FRA	2482	0	2006
723	GMAxel Delorme FRA	2481	0	1990
724▼13	GMErik Blomqvist SWE	2481	−1	1990
725▼1	GMMark Heimann USA	2481	0	1993
726▼109	GMAlexandra Kosteniuk SUI	2481	−14	1984
727	GMMamikon Gharibyan ARM	2481	0	2004
728▲199	IMShiroghlan Talibov AZE	2481	+22	2006
729▼52	GMMaksim Tsaruk FID	2481	−6	2005
730▼74	GMNico Chasin USA	2481	−9	2006
731	IMArtem Pingin RUS	2481	0	2008
732	IMJiri Kociscak CZE	2480	0	1993
733	IMBrandon G I Clarke ENG	2480	0	1995
734▲1	IMFlorian Kaczur HUN	2480	0	1998
735▲1	GMGregory Kaidanov USA	2480	0	1959
736▲1	IMShay Porat ISR	2480	0	1985
737▲50	IMEvaggelos Patrelakis GRE	2480	+6	2004
738	GMMert Yilmazyerli TUR	2480	0	1992
739▲1	IMJulio Suarez Gomez ESP	2480	0	1998
740▲1	GMAdar Tarhan TUR	2480	0	2007
741▲97	GMVojtech Plat SVK	2479	+11	1994
742▼66	GMIgor Khenkin GER	2479	−8	1968
743▼76	IMKhazar Babazada AZE	2479	−10	2005
744▼1	GMAlexandre Qashashvili GEO	2479	0	1975
745▼1	IMIrakli Beradze GEO	2479	0	1996
746	IMKrzysztof Raczek POL	2479	0	2008
747▲1	GMJacek Gdanski POL	2478	0	1970
748▲1	GMMarcel Kanarek POL	2478	0	1993
749▲1	GMDaniel Sadzikowski POL	2478	0	1994
750▲51	IMEdvin Trost SWE	2478	+6	2007
751▲1	GMHipolito Asis Gargatagli ESP	2478	0	1986
752▲20	GMRazvan Preotu CAN	2478	+3	1999
753	GMAlexander Huzman ISR	2478	0	1962
754	IMIoannis Georgiadis SUI	2478	0	1987
755▲49	IMNeelash Saha IND	2478	+6	2002
756▲1	GMDjurabek Khamrakulov UZB	2478	0	1988
757▼50	IMJachym Nemec CZE	2478	−5	2008
758▲124	GMSrihari L R IND	2478	+14	2005
759	GMChristophe Sochacki FRA	2477	0	1994
760	GMAleksei Pridorozhni RUS	2477	0	1981
761▼19	GMArtyom Timofeev RUS	2477	−2	1985
762▼1	GMElshan Moradiabadi USA	2477	0	1985
763	IMSergey Sklokin-Bagiyan ARM	2477	0	2013
764	GMAlexander Stripunsky USA	2476	0	1970
765	GMVitali Golod ISR	2476	0	1971
766▼38	GMGiga Quparadze GEO	2476	−5	1987
767	IMVadym Petrovskiy GER	2476	0	2007
768▼23	IMMatic Lavrencic SLO	2476	−3	2008
769▲12	IMVilka Sipila FIN	2475	+1	1987
770▼2	GMTomasz Markowski POL	2475	0	1975
771▼1	IMSamuel-Timotei Ghimpu ROU	2475	0	2003
772▼1	GMAllan Stig Rasmussen DEN	2475	0	1983
773	GMSergey Erenburg USA	2475	0	1983
774▲1	GMStefan Bromberger GER	2475	0	1982
775▲3	GMEvgeny Zanan ISR	2475	0	1998
776▲104	CMVedant Rupeshbhai Varasada IND	2475	+11	2010
777▲2	GMPere Garriga Cazorla ESP	2475	0	1998
778▲2	GMPrraneeth Vuppala IND	2475	0	2007
779▲3	GMArnaud Hauchard FRA	2474	0	1971
780▲3	IMPeio Duboue FRA	2474	0	1993
781▲33	IMMiguoel Admiraal NED	2474	+4	1994
782▲18	IMLukas Dotzer AUT	2474	+2	2010
783▲2	GMJordi Magem Badals ESP	2474	0	1967
784▲2	IMAlina Kashlinskaya POL	2474	0	1993
785▲3	IMChristian, Dr. Seel GER	2474	0	1983
786▲3	GMAdham Fawzy EGY	2474	0	2000
787▲479	IMNguyen Quoc Hy VIE	2474	+46	2006
788▲2	GMEdgar Mamedov KAZ	2474	0	2010
789▼142	GMMatej Sebenik SLO	2474	−17	1983
790▲307	FMBaver Yilmaz TUR	2474	+30	2012
791▲3	GMRobin Swinkels NED	2473	0	1989
792▲3	GMArkadiusz Leniart POL	2473	0	1991
793▼68	GMAnthony Atanasov CAN	2473	−8	2008
794▼68	GMVladimir Belous RUS	2473	−8	1993
795▲59	GMJoshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo COL	2473	+7	1997
796▼108	GMAleksandr Volodin EST	2473	−12	1990
797▼1	IMMeng Yihan CHN	2473	0	2009
798▼1	IMPawel Sowinski POL	2473	0	2010
799▼1	IMSaveliy Golubov RUS	2473	0	2000
800▼16	GMEmanuel Berg SWE	2472	−2	1981

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