Top chess players in England

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

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
101	CMSamar Dayal ENG	2227	0	#6926	2014
102	FMIndy Southcott-Moyers ENG	2226	+9	#6928	2008
103	FMQixiang Han ENG	2226	−35	#6929	2013
104	FMAnthony J Stebbings ENG	2225	0	#6971	1951
105	FMLaurence E Webb ENG	2222	+6	#7124	1970
106	Aron Saunders ENG	2222	0	#7125	2005
107	FMJohn Merriman ENG	2220	0	#7213	1974
108	FMAlexander Longson ENG	2220	0	#7214	1982
109	FMChristopher N Dunworth ENG	2218	0	#7307	1967
110	FMTerry P D Chapman ENG	2218	0	#7308	1956
111	FMMichael Fernandez ENG	2217	0	#7380	1999
112	CMLion Lebedev ENG	2216	0	#7458	2012
113	CMPeter Finn ENG	2212		#7623	1998
114	FMRafe Martyn ENG	2210	0	#7737	1986
115	Steven A Jones ENG	2209	0	#7795	1992
116	FMPaul S Cooksey ENG	2208	0	#7850	1971
117	Livio Cancedda-Dupuis ENG	2206	0	#7949	2010
118	WGMKatarzyna Toma ENG	2206	0	#7956	1985
119	CMZack Norris ENG	2204	−37	#8103	2013
120	FMJohn R Richardson ENG	2202	0	#8162	1964
121	Tianyi (Jack) Liu ENG	2202	0	#8200	2008
122	IMSusan K Lalic ENG	2199	−9	#8325	1965
123	Blair N Connell ENG	2192		#8488	1976
124	FMRichard M Webb ENG	2188		#8578	1962
125	M Paul Townsend ENG	2182		#8720	1960
126	WGMElmira Mirzoeva ENG	2181	0	#8748	1981
127	FMChris R Duncan ENG	2179		#8784	1970
128	CMDildarav Lishoy Gengis Paratazham ENG	2163	−107	#9082	2014
129	FMTheo Khoury ENG	2162		#9100	2010
130	FMKai Hanache ENG	2161	−60	#9117	2012
131	FMAndrew P Lewis ENG	2160		#9140	1960
132	CMAvyukt Dasgupta ENG	2149		#9321	2009
133	Jonathan M Fish ENG	2142		#9424	1986
134	FMBen J Purton ENG	2142		#9425	1986
135	IMPeter G Large ENG	2141		#9444	1956
136	IMJack Rudd ENG	2139		#9476	1979
137	WFMKamila Hryshchenko ENG	2136	0	#9534	2002
138	FMAkshaya Kalaiyalahan ENG	2130	0	#9605	2001
139	Russell G Granat ENG	2125		#9665	1960
140	Andrew M Stone ENG	2125		#9666	1967
141	Marcus E Osborne ENG	2122		#9715	1975
142	FMDave J Ledger ENG	2115		#9801	1967
143	IMChris R Beaumont ENG	2112		#9840	1952
144	Susan L Caldwell ENG	2107	0	#9896
145	WFMAudrey Kueh ENG	2105	0	#9914	1987
146	WFMRuqayyah Rida ENG	2104	0	#9940	2012
147	CMHarry Bryant ENG	2099		#9999	2012
148	WFMShambavi Hariharan ENG	2090	−21	#10090	2011
149	CMRock Yu ENG	2082		#10164	2011
150	WFMEugenia Karas ENG	2072	0	#10265	2008
151	WFMAbigail Riis Weersing ENG	2061	0	#10350	2006
152	WFMLouise Head ENG	2039	0	#10510	1997
153	WCMNina Pert ENG	2039	0	#10511	2008
154	WFMElis Denele Dicen ENG	2036	−60	#10533	2010
155	WFMAnusha Subramanian ENG	2026	−25	#10635	2009
156	WIMNatasha K Regan ENG	2018	−4	#10704	1971
157	WGMSheila Jackson ENG	2010	+10	#10781	1957
158	WFMKanwal K Bhatia ENG	1954		#11045	1981
159	WFMSarah N Longson ENG	1943		#11069	1988

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