Top chess players in Spain

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

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMDavid Anton Guijarro ESP	2650	+18	#66	1995
2	GMJaime Santos Latasa ESP	2626	+11	#100	1996
3	GMMaksim Chigaev ESP	2621	−8	#105	1996
4	GMMiguel Santos Ruiz ESP	2600	0	#150	1999
5	GMAlexei Shirov ESP	2592	−11	#168	1972
6	GMIvan Salgado Lopez ESP	2591	0	#171	1991
7	GMMiguel Illescas Cordoba ESP	2587	0	#178	1965
8	GMDaniil Yuffa ESP	2584	+14	#185	1997
9	GMEduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli ESP	2580	−15	#196	1989
10	GMAlan Pichot ESP	2565	0	#236	1998
11	GMAlvar Alonso Rosell ESP	2560	0	#251	1992
12	GMJose Carlos Ibarra Jerez ESP	2533	0	#382	1985
13	GMManuel Perez Candelario ESP	2532	0	#385	1983
14	GMDaniel Forcen Esteban ESP	2525	−1	#423	1994
15	GMLevan Aroshidze ESP	2521	0	#443	1985
16	GMDaniel Alsina Leal ESP	2513	+5	#485	1988
17	IMDiego Macias Pino ESP	2499	−4	#593	2007
18	IMDaniel Eduardo Pulvett Marin ESP	2496	0	#608	1991
19	IMSergio Cacho Reigadas ESP	2495	0	#613	1974
20	IMCarles Diaz Camallonga ESP	2487	−6	#678	1996
21	GMJosep Manuel Lopez Martinez ESP	2486	0	#679	1980
22	IMJulio Suarez Gomez ESP	2480	0	#739	1998
23	GMHipolito Asis Gargatagli ESP	2478	0	#751	1986
24	GMPere Garriga Cazorla ESP	2475	0	#777	1998
25	GMJordi Magem Badals ESP	2474	0	#783	1967
26	GMPedro Antonio Gines Esteo ESP	2469	−4	#837	2004
27	GMRenier Castellanos Rodriguez ESP	2468	−3	#842	1982
28	GMJose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez ESP	2467	−4	#847	1987
29	IMCarlos 1996 Suarez Garcia ESP	2467	−8	#851	1996
30	IMAlex Villa Tornero ESP	2466	+3	#860	2010
31	IMRoi Reinaldo Castineira ESP	2456	0	#947	1980
32	IMJavier Habans Aguerrea ESP	2456	+15	#951	2008
33	IMDaniel Garcia Ramos ESP	2452	+1	#993	1999
34	GMXavier Vila Gazquez ESP	2449	0	#1023	1990
35	IMAaron Alonso Garcia ESP	2449	0	#1032	2003
36	IMJoan Fluvia Poyatos ESP	2448	0	#1040	1982
37	IMPablo Almagro Llamas ESP	2444	+11	#1083	1983
38	GMJulen Luis Arizmendi Martinez ESP	2441	+1	#1113	1976
39	IMAlfonso Llorente Zaro ESP	2441	+2	#1114	1989
40	GMDavid Larino Nieto ESP	2439	+11	#1139	1989
41	IMDiego Vergara Anton ESP	2437	+13	#1167	2007
42	IMEnrique Tejedor Fuente ESP	2434	+4	#1188	1995
43	IMMarcos Camacho Collados ESP	2431	0	#1224	1991
44	GMJose Angel Guerra Mendez ESP	2431	0	#1226	1988
45	FMDiego Cacheiro Blanco ESP	2431	0	#1236	2008
46	IMUnai Garbisu de Goni ESP	2427	0	#1273	1975
47	IMRuben Domingo Nunez ESP	2427	0	#1281	1999
48	IMJuan Plazuelo Pascual ESP	2426	−8	#1291	2001
49	GMJosep Oms Pallisse ESP	2425	0	#1296	1973
50	IMPablo Cruz Lledo ESP	2424	+6	#1305	1995
51	FMGabriel Quispe Arteaga ESP	2424	0	#1314	2003
52	IMAngel Espinosa Aranda ESP	2423	−1	#1319	1992
53	IMAndres Merario Alarcon ESP	2423	0	#1324	1996
54	GMSalvador Gabriel Del Rio De Angelis ESP	2422	+12	#1328	1976
55	GMOleg Korneev ESP	2422	−14	#1335	1969
56	IMGerard Ayats Llobera ESP	2419	−7	#1384	2001
57	IMMarcos Lianes Garcia ESP	2418	0	#1407	2002
58	IMLorenzo Perea Fruet ESP	2416	0	#1440	2008
59	IMSarasadat Khademalsharieh ESP	2414	0	#1460	1997
60	IMGuerau Masague Artero ESP	2414	−2	#1462	2003
61	IMAlex Garrido Outon ESP	2412	0	#1486	2005
62	GMJesus Maria De La Villa Garcia ESP	2411	0	#1493	1958
63	IMPaolo Ladron De Guevara Pinto ESP	2408	0	#1538	1995
64	FMCarlos Javier Bernabeu Lopez ESP	2407	0	#1556	1997
65	FMFrancisco Javier Cruz Ravina ESP	2406	0	#1576	1980
66	GMJose Gonzalez Garcia ESP	2406	−20	#1579	1973
67	FMXulio Del Prado Rodriguez ESP	2406	0	#1584	2007
68	GMAlexis Cabrera ESP	2404	0	#1618	1976
69	FMDaniel Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia ESP	2403	+16	#1648	2009
70	FMMartin Krauchi Romero ESP	2403	−10	#1650	2011
71	FMGennady Kozlov ESP	2402	−7	#1658	1990
72	IMLazaro Lorenzo De La Riva ESP	2399	0	#1716	1983
73	FMAbel Lazaro Pujol ESP	2398	+8	#1742	2002
74	IMInigo Lopez Mulet ESP	2397	0	#1761	2000
75	GMMikel Huerga Leache ESP	2395	0	#1780	1989
76	FMMarc Carbonell Sancho ESP	2395	0	#1792	2004
77	FMAlvaro Torres Rebolledo ESP	2395	+46	#1795	2012
78	GMMarc Narciso Dublan ESP	2394	−4	#1804	1974
79	IMLuis Marcos Medarde Santiago ESP	2393	0	#1819	1994
80	GMRoberto Cifuentes Parada ESP	2392	−1	#1834	1957
81	IMJesus Baron Rodriguez ESP	2391	0	#1849	1979
82	GMArian Gonzalez Perez ESP	2391	0	#1850	1988
83	FMAlexander Domene Mulyukov ESP	2391	0	#1856	2008
84	IMAlejandro Franco Alonso ESP	2388	−1	#1915	1982
85	FMAlberto Martin Fuentes ESP	2385	0	#1974	1992
86	IMPau Marin Ferragut ESP	2384	+17	#2006	2011
87	FMAlejandro Domingo Nunez ESP	2383	+18	#2024	1999
88	FMAntonio Pazos Porta ESP	2381	0	#2056	1988
89	FMLionel Sierra Vallina ESP	2381	+2	#2064	2009
90	FMJuan Antonio Corral Blanco ESP	2380	0	#2070	1962
91	IMEmilio Moreno Tejera ESP	2379	0	#2090	1985
92	IMJoaquin Miguel Antoli Royo ESP	2377	−1	#2124	1988
93	FMMiguel Ruiz Buendia ESP	2377	+32	#2127	2005
94	IMEric Sos Andreu ESP	2376	+14	#2151	1993
95	FMAndres Ingunza Curro ESP	2376	0	#2152	2004
96	IMJonas Prado Lobo ESP	2376	+1	#2154	2003
97	GMElizbar Ubilava ESP	2375	+3	#2173	1950
98	IMDaniel Garcia Roman ESP	2371	0	#2248	1981
99	IMMarcos Llaneza Vega ESP	2371	−14	#2249	1987
100	IMSergio Garza Marco ESP	2370	0	#2270	1972

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