Top chess players in Denmark

The highest-rated active players from Denmark on FIDE's November 2026 classical list.

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMJonas Buhl Bjerre DEN	2621	−6	#107	2004
2	GMPeter Heine Nielsen DEN	2614	0	#122	1973
3	GMCurt Hansen DEN	2590	0	#172	1964
4	GMJesper Sondergaard Thybo DEN	2569	0	#230	1999
5	GMMads Andersen DEN	2530	−6	#391	1995
6	GMSune Berg Hansen DEN	2500	+5	#577	1971
7	GMBjorn Moller Ochsner DEN	2487	0	#667	1994
8	GMAllan Stig Rasmussen DEN	2475	0	#771	1983
9	GMBoris Chatalbashev DEN	2470	0	#812	1974
10	GMLars Schandorff DEN	2446	0	#1058	1965
11	IMFilip Boe Olsen DEN	2439	+12	#1134	2003
12	IMErling Mortensen DEN	2432	0	#1209	1955
13	GMJacob Aagaard DEN	2429	0	#1249	1973
14	IMViktor Haarmark Nielsen DEN	2419	−6	#1361	1997
15	IMKassa Korley DEN	2418	0	#1379	1993
16	IMMartin Haubro-Suppanz DEN	2409	+1	#1523	1994
17	IMKarsten Rasmussen DEN	2405	0	#1587	1965
18	IMVitus Bondo Medhus DEN	2396	+2	#1766	2009
19	Jackie Andersen DEN	2390	0	#1870	1976
20	IMNicolai Kistrup DEN	2379	−19	#2087	2002
21	IMMartin Percivaldi DEN	2376	−7	#2135	1999
22	IMMikkel Antonsen DEN	2363	0	#2433	1973
23	IMJan Sorensen DEN	2357	0	#2545	1970
24	IMNikolaj Borge DEN	2353	−20	#2647	1971
25	IMThorbjorn Bromann DEN	2349	−9	#2751	1979
26	IMNicolai Vesterbaek Pedersen DEN	2347	0	#2800	1977
27	IMRasmus Skytte DEN	2347	−5	#2801	1980
28	IMKim Pilgaard DEN	2346	0	#2826	1967
29	IMJakob Aabling-Thomsen DEN	2344	0	#2869	1985
30	FMJacob Ost-Hansen DEN	2342	0	#2919	1952
31	FMCasper Liu DEN	2336	0	#3069	2005
32	FMMikkel Strange DEN	2335	0	#3099	1971
33	Ove Kroll DEN	2331	0	#3186	1952
34	Mads Smith Hansen DEN	2327	0	#3291	1969
35	IMAndreas Skytte Hagen DEN	2319	0	#3502	1981
36	IMTobias Christensen DEN	2318	0	#3528	1971
37	FMAllan Holst DEN	2311	0	#3736	1972
38	IMJacob Sylvan DEN	2308	−9	#3832	1976
39	FMAugust Jalving DEN	2306	+4	#3894	2012
40	CMSimon Bjork Haarh DEN	2305	+30	#3922	2003
41	FMHenrik Dahl Pedersen DEN	2304	0	#3954	1976
42	IMJacob Carstensen DEN	2301	0	#4059	1977
43	FMJens Albert Ramsdal DEN	2301	0	#4060	1997
44	FMArne Matthiesen DEN	2300	0	#4100	1976
45	FMTom Petri Petersen DEN	2299	−10	#4137	1973
46	FMJesper Norgaard DEN	2295	0	#4288	1963
47	Niels Christensen DEN	2294	0	#4320	1971
48	FMVillads Majvang Sandmann DEN	2294		#4321	2011
49	FMJeppe Hald Falkesgaard DEN	2293	+6	#4354	2008
50	FMMartin Matthiesen DEN	2290	−11	#4449	1973
51	IMJens Ove Fries-Nielsen DEN	2288	+1	#4510	1960
52	FMCasper Dahl Rasmussen DEN	2284	+5	#4639	1972
53	FMPelle Bank DEN	2284	0	#4640	1971
54	FMMikkel Manosri Jacobsen DEN	2282	+15	#4716	1999
55	FMMikkel Vinh Loftgaard DEN	2281	+33	#4752	2006
56	IMUffe Vinter-Schou DEN	2277	+7	#4897	1970
57	FMNiels Jorgen Fries-Nielsen DEN	2276	0	#4934	1958
58	Roland Reinhard Greger DEN	2276	0	#4935	1968
59	Alexander Le Besq DEN	2276	0	#4936	2000
60	FMSoren Bech Hansen DEN	2274	+17	#5011	1967
61	IMLeif Kristensen DEN	2274	0	#5012	1957
62	FMMads Boe DEN	2270	0	#5152	1968
63	IMKlaus Berg DEN	2268	0	#5218	1960
64	FMNikolaj Palm DEN	2267	0	#5258	1974
65	GMCarsten Hoi DEN	2264	−1	#5380	1957
66	IMKaare Hove Kristensen DEN	2263	−16	#5427	1965
67	FMRasmus Thogersen DEN	2262	0	#5476	1997
68	FMJorn Sloth DEN	2261	0	#5508	1944
69	Alexander Rosenkilde DEN	2261	0	#5509	1988
70	FMKristoffer Dyrgaard DEN	2257	0	#5687	1987
71	Noah Krug Wahlgreen DEN	2253	+35	#5825	2007
72	Peter Larsen DEN	2251	0	#5914	1966
73	Oscar Veiergang DEN	2251	0	#5915	2006
74	Erik Sobjerg DEN	2248	0	#6033	1971
75	FMMartin Baekgaard DEN	2243	0	#6244	1981
76	Michael Nielsen DEN	2239	0	#6410	1983
77	FMPoul Rewitz DEN	2238	0	#6462	1962
78	FMJan Magnus Lindfeldt DEN	2236	0	#6551	1973
79	FMJens Ostergaard DEN	2235	−35	#6589	1968
80	FMBjarke Jensen DEN	2234	0	#6622	1979
81	Michael E. Vesterli DEN	2233	0	#6658	1995
82	FMEsben Kjems Hove DEN	2231	−24	#6769	1966
83	Thomas Ochsner DEN	2230	0	#6811	1965
84	Adesh Easwaralingam DEN	2230	0	#6812	2003
85	Brian Jorgen Jorgensen DEN	2228	0	#6902	1970
86	FMNicolai Kvist Brondt DEN	2228	0	#6903	1992
87	FMDaniel Vesterbaek Pedersen DEN	2227	0	#6955	1975
88	FMPer Naesby Andreasen DEN	2222	+7	#7169	1955
89	CMBjarne Light DEN	2221	0	#7223	1964
90	Kim Henrik Skaanning-Pedersen DEN	2221	0	#7224	1973
91	FMFinn Pedersen DEN	2218	−48	#7353	1964
92	FMJesper Morch Lauridsen DEN	2217	−15	#7410	1973
93	CMEmil Zander DEN	2215	+35	#7512	2010
94	Thomas Struch DEN	2213	0	#7622	1979
95	Tobias Ilsoe Jensen DEN	2211	0	#7739	1997
96	Per Henrik Dorff Jorgensen DEN	2209	0	#7857	1963
97	FMPer Knudsen DEN	2208	0	#7899	1959
98	Ole H. Mikkelsen DEN	2208	0	#7900	1976
99	FMPaulius Meskenas DEN	2206	+2	#8029	2005
100	Thomas Klitgaard DEN	2205	0	#8070	1982

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