Top chess players in England

The highest-rated active players from England on FIDE's October 2026 classical list.

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMDavid W L Howell ENG	2665	0	#47	1990
2	GMNikita Vitiugov ENG	2663	−3	#51	1987
3	GMGawain C B Maroroa Jones ENG	2630	−3	#92	1987
4	GMLuke J McShane ENG	2607	+9	#137	1984
5	GMMichael Adams ENG	2597	−1	#154	1971
6	GMNigel D Short ENG	2594	0	#165	1965
7	GMShreyas Royal ENG	2533	0	#381	2009
8	GMDaniel Howard Fernandez ENG	2530	−12	#397	1995
9	GMMatthew J Wadsworth ENG	2516	0	#468	2000
10	GMJohn D M Nunn ENG	2513	+1	#482	1955
11	GMHarry Grieve ENG	2505	0	#545	2001
12	GMJonathan F Parker ENG	2498	0	#594	1976
13	GMJon S Speelman ENG	2495	0	#609	1956
14	GMStuart C Conquest ENG	2495	−11	#610	1967
15	GMNicholas Pert ENG	2493	0	#625	1981
16	GMAmeet K Ghasi ENG	2490	0	#644	1987
17	GMRavi Haria ENG	2490	0	#645	1999
18	IMBrandon G I Clarke ENG	2480	0	#733	1995
19	IMMarcus R Harvey ENG	2468	+4	#839	1996
20	GMWilliam N Watson ENG	2468	0	#840	1962
21	GMSimon K Williams ENG	2449	0	#1021	1979
22	IMPeter T Roberson ENG	2438	0	#1147	1989
23	GMJohn M Emms ENG	2428	+1	#1260	1967
24	IMJonah B Willow ENG	2426	0	#1283	2002
25	FMSupratit Banerjee ENG	2420	0	#1356	2014
26	GMA Jonathan Mestel ENG	2417	0	#1411	1957
27	IMRichard G Pert ENG	2409	0	#1516	1981
28	GMStephen J Gordon ENG	2406	0	#1572	1986
29	IMAlan B Merry ENG	2401	0	#1675	1996
30	GMKeith C Arkell ENG	2389	+3	#1885	1961
31	GMNeil McDonald ENG	2388	0	#1911	1967
32	GMDaniel W Gormally ENG	2382	+12	#2029	1976
33	FMBodhana Sivanandan ENG	2382	+28	#2030	2015
34	IMSohum Lohia ENG	2381	+3	#2059	2009
35	IMEzra Kirk ENG	2380	0	#2066	1996
36	GMAnthony C. Kosten ENG	2372	+2	#2225	1958
37	IMThomas E Rendle ENG	2372	0	#2226	1986
38	IMLorin D`Costa ENG	2368	0	#2296	1984
39	IMJames P Jackson ENG	2367	0	#2328	1991
40	IMJoseph McPhillips ENG	2355	0	#2588	1997
41	IMAlex Golding ENG	2350	0	#2705	2003
42	IMDavid J Eggleston ENG	2349	0	#2730	1987
43	GMMark L Hebden ENG	2343	+4	#2868	1958
44	FMJonathan J. Ady ENG	2342	0	#2907	1959
45	IMJohn C Hawksworth ENG	2339	0	#2970	1963
46	IMGeoff W Lawton ENG	2324	0	#3384	1960
47	FMRichard York-Weaving ENG	2320	0	#3469	1994
48	FMStanley Badacsonyi ENG	2320	+10	#3470	2009
49	GMGlenn C Flear ENG	2319	0	#3492	1959
50	FMMartin R Taylor ENG	2318	−21	#3522	1981
51	IMAaravamudhan Balaji ENG	2317	0	#3549	2005
52	IMPaul E Littlewood ENG	2316	0	#3584	1956
53	IMAndrew J Ledger ENG	2315	0	#3610	1969
54	FMTom Junde He ENG	2313	0	#3667	2011
55	FMPeter N Lee ENG	2311	0	#3721	1943
56	GMH James Plaskett ENG	2308	0	#3827	1960
57	FMJan Murawski ENG	2307	0	#3879	2011
58	FMAlexey Radchenko ENG	2306	0	#3903	1987
59	FMJames Moreby ENG	2305	0	#3924	2002
60	FMJonathan W Rogers ENG	2304	0	#3957	1972
61	FMPaul Macklin ENG	2304	0	#3958	1967
62	FMDavid L Haydon ENG	2303	0	#3995	1988
63	FMRhys Cumming ENG	2303	0	#3996	1994
64	FMJonathan Pein ENG	2302	0	#4027	1998
65	IMSimon T Ansell ENG	2301	0	#4056	1975
66	FMStephen Dishman ENG	2300	+23	#4097	1970
67	FMMax N Turner ENG	2298	0	#4161	2003
68	Jacob Connor Boswell ENG	2297	0	#4201	2001
69	WGMLan Yao ENG	2297	+27	#4228	2000
70	FMDaniel GH Gallagher ENG	2296	0	#4246	2000
71	GMPeter K Wells ENG	2293	−11	#4342	1965
72	IMJovanka Houska ENG	2293	−4	#4344	1980
73	IMHarriet V Hunt ENG	2287	+3	#4516	1978
74	IMRichard A Bates ENG	2287	0	#4517	1979
75	FMJude Shearsby ENG	2287	0	#4518	2010
76	GMAlexander Cherniaev ENG	2280	0	#4776	1969
77	IMGraeme N Buckley ENG	2276	+10	#4909	1971
78	FMKenneth Hobson ENG	2275	0	#4950	2009
79	IMJohn C Pigott ENG	2260	+4	#5526	1957
80	FMKoby Kalavannan ENG	2259	0	#5569	2002
81	FMGary M Clark ENG	2257	0	#5645
82	GMNigel R Davies ENG	2257	−18	#5646	1960
83	Adam A Taylor ENG	2254	0	#5748	1997
84	CMJoshua Altman ENG	2254	+6	#5749	2004
85	IMMalcolm Pein ENG	2251	+8	#5852	1960
86	CMJacob D Yoon ENG	2248	0	#5972	2006
87	David Paul Mooney ENG	2246	0	#6062	1956
88	FMRawle A Allicock ENG	2245	0	#6097	1970
89	Finlay Bowcott-Terry ENG	2245	0	#6098	2005
90	FMAdithya Vaidyanathan ENG	2240	0	#6300	2012
91	FMJames P Holland ENG	2239	0	#6334	1995
92	FMFrankie Badacsonyi ENG	2238	0	#6388	2006
93	FMAdam G Ashton ENG	2237	0	#6428	1980
94	FMViktor Stoyanov ENG	2236	0	#6479	2003
95	CMThomas Villiers ENG	2234	0	#6561	1992
96	IMNigel E Povah ENG	2233	0	#6607	1952
97	FMNeil F Dickenson ENG	2232	0	#6652	1964
98	CMBilly Fellowes ENG	2230	0	#6762	2011
99	Owen Crawford ENG	2230	0	#6792	2004
100	Max French ENG	2227	0	#6885	2002

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