Top chess players in FIDE

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

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMDmitry Andreikin FID	2714	0	#25	1990
2	GMVolodar Murzin FID	2656	0	#58	2006
3	GMAleksey Grebnev FID	2614	0	#122	2006
4	GMSemen Khanin FID	2598	0	#151	1999
5	GMVladimir Malakhov FID	2597	0	#156	1980
6	GMAleksandr Rakhmanov FID	2597	0	#157	1989
7	GMArseniy Nesterov FID	2590	0	#176	2003
8	GMDavid Paravyan FID	2587	0	#180	1998
9	GMEvgeniy Najer FID	2580	0	#197	1977
10	GMVladislav Kovalev FID	2565	0	#237	1994
11	GMRudik Makarian FID	2557	+1	#269	2004
12	GMSavva Vetokhin FID	2555	0	#280	2009
13	GMSergei Azarov FID	2538	0	#357	1983
14	GMArtem Uskov FID	2537	0	#363	2010
15	GMAleksandra Goryachkina FID	2536	0	#368	1998
16	GMMikhail Kobalia FID	2529	0	#405	1978
17	GMIgor Lysyj FID	2518	0	#457	1987
18	GMSergei Lobanov FID	2517	0	#467	2001
19	GMMikhail Demidov FID	2512	−1	#493	1992
20	IMPolina Shuvalova FID	2509	0	#513	2001
21	GMKlementy Sychev FID	2508	0	#519	1996
22	GMErdem Khubukshanov FID	2508	0	#525	2007
23	IMArtiom Stribuk FID	2504	+15	#557	2007
24	GMLev Zverev FID	2497	0	#604	2010
25	IMDavid Kaufman FID	2495	0	#616	2010
26	GMKirill Shubin FID	2490	0	#653	2003
27	GMIlia Iljiushenok FID	2483	0	#709	1993
28	GMMaksim Tsaruk FID	2481	−6	#729	2005
29	GMAndrey Orlov FID	2471	+1	#807	1977
30	IMAlexey Grachev FID	2468	0	#846	2005
31	IMKonstantin Mesropov FID	2463	0	#883	1971
32	GMVyacheslav Ikonnikov FID	2460	0	#911	1966
33	IMMaxim Timoshin FID	2453	0	#978	2007
34	IMRoman Shogdzhiev FID	2445	0	#1080	2015
35	IMAlexander Gutenev FID	2442	−13	#1103	1990
36	IMMatvey Galchenko FID	2440	0	#1132	2000
37	IMRamil Faizrakhmanov FID	2436	0	#1178	1997
38	FMVladislav Kundianok FID	2435	+13	#1187	2005
39	GMViacheslav V. Zakhartsov FID	2434	0	#1190	1968
40	IMAnna Shukhman FID	2434	0	#1199	2009
41	IMAndrey Tsvetkov FID	2432	−7	#1219	2005
42	FMMatfey Yurasov FID	2432	0	#1220	2012
43	IMNikolay Averin FID	2430	0	#1243	2010
44	IMZaur Tekeyev FID	2424	0	#1309	1995
45	IMMiran Oganian FID	2419	0	#1377	1996
46	IMLeya Garifullina FID	2418	0	#1408	2004
47	IMIsaak Parpiev FID	2416	0	#1443	2009
48	FMDanila Pavlov FID	2414	0	#1463	2002
49	FMSvyatoslav Lisenkov FID	2409	+60	#1528	2010
50	FMTaimaz Temirbekov FID	2401	0	#1694	2011
51	IMVladimir Maslovskiy FID	2394	+12	#1815	2009
52	GMPetr Kiriakov FID	2393	−12	#1821	1975
53	GMSergey Kasparov FID	2392	0	#1839	1968
54	GMNikita Matinian FID	2389	0	#1906	1992
55	IMVasiliy Korchmar FID	2389	0	#1907	1996
56	FMSergey And. Korshunov FID	2388	0	#1921	2006
57	GMYury Piskov FID	2387	0	#1933	1964
58	FMNikolay Kleimenov FID	2387	0	#1947	2013
59	IMAlexander Khripachenko FID	2385	+1	#1986	2007
60	FMRuslan Gadzhiev FID	2384	0	#2007	2012
61	IMAlexander A. Kopylov FID	2382	0	#2038	1991
62	IMPavel Shkapenko FID	2379	0	#2094	1983
63	IMArseny Kargin FID	2376	0	#2140	1980
64	IMArtyom Zubritskiy FID	2376	0	#2141	1990
65	FMIlya Makoveev FID	2374	0	#2201	2006
66	FMDmitry Tsoi FID	2371	0	#2260	2004
67	FMArseniy Shturman FID	2371	0	#2263	2007
68	FMAnton Karpenko FID	2368	0	#2324	2011
69	FMAidan Gafurov FID	2367	0	#2347	2015
70	FMFedor Melnikov FID	2365	0	#2384	2010
71	FMAlexandr E. Volodin FID	2364	0	#2413	2010
72	FMSemyon Puzyrevsky FID	2363	0	#2430	2010
73	FMArtem S. Lebedev FID	2359	0	#2512	2011
74	IMMaksim Schekachikhin FID	2358	0	#2531	1998
75	Victor Kurochkin FID	2356	0	#2571	1967
76	FMGleb Scheglov FID	2355	0	#2605	2010
77	FMMikhei Navumenka FID	2352	0	#2676	2007
78	IMDenis Khayrullin FID	2338	0	#3000	1984
79	FMArtem Odegov FID	2337	0	#3044	2003
80	Alexander Zajogin FID	2333	0	#3146	1974
81	IMKirill Putrenko FID	2333	0	#3151	2006
82	GMValentina Gunina FID	2332	0	#3164	1989
83	IMDashgyn Ibadov FID	2331	0	#3195	1997
84	FMSemen Rumyantsev FID	2330	0	#3235	2010
85	FMNikita An. Kalinin FID	2326	0	#3349	2009
86	CMArseny Kleschevnikov FID	2325	0	#3382	2013
87	FMAleksey Prokhorov FID	2324	0	#3400	2010
88	FMGleb Babanin FID	2321	0	#3465	2002
89	FMFedor Antipov FID	2318	0	#3546	2012
90	FMDamir Bulgak FID	2317	0	#3573	2013
91	FMAlexei Kozlov FID	2317	0	#3579	2008
92	FMAlexei Borshch FID	2316	0	#3607	2014
93	FMLeonid Efimov FID	2315	0	#3636	2009
94	WGMValeria Kleymenova FID	2314	0	#3660	2008
95	FMIvan Kudrin FID	2314	0	#3661	2013
96	WIMOlga Dm. Karmanova FID	2312	−3	#3715	2007
97	WFMMaria Pershina FID	2303	0	#4022	2005
98	IMArtem Sadovsky FID	2302	0	#4040	1996
99	IMArtem Tyurin FID	2301	0	#4093	2006
100	FMAnton Zhukov FID	2298	0	#4195	2004

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