Top blitz chess players in FIDE

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

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMDmitry Andreikin FID	2686	0	#29	1990
2	GMPeter Svidler FID	2684	0	#31	1976
3	GMVolodar Murzin FID	2670	0	#35	2006
4	GMDavid Paravyan FID	2614	+32	#77	1998
5	GMRudik Makarian FID	2577	+30	#140	2004
6	GMArtem Uskov FID	2547	−41	#213	2010
7	GMVladislav Kovalev FID	2543	0	#222	1994
8	GMArseniy Nesterov FID	2535	0	#255	2003
9	IMVladimir Maslovskiy FID	2535	+213	#257	2009
10	GMLev Zverev FID	2529	+39	#271	2010
11	GMSergei Lobanov FID	2524	0	#294	2001
12	IMNikolay Averin FID	2523	+83	#300	2010
13	GMKlementy Sychev FID	2518	0	#314	1996
14	GMSavva Vetokhin FID	2514	0	#331	2009
15	GMErdem Khubukshanov FID	2503	−10	#366	2007
16	GMAleksandr Rakhmanov FID	2501	0	#371	1989
17	GMAleksey Grebnev FID	2498	0	#383	2006
18	GMEvgeniy Najer FID	2496	0	#391	1977
19	GMVladimir Belov FID	2490	0	#416	1984
20	GMAndrey Orlov FID	2489	0	#423	1977
21	GMMaksim Tsaruk FID	2489	0	#425	2005
22	FMSemyon Puzyrevsky FID	2487	0	#437	2010
23	FMMarat I Gilfanov FID	2487	+159	#438	2010
24	GMKirill Shubin FID	2486	+5	#443	2003
25	GMSergei Azarov FID	2480	0	#469	1983
26	IMDavid Kaufman FID	2479	+20	#475	2010
27	GMSemen Khanin FID	2475	0	#494	1999
28	GMPetr Kiriakov FID	2474	0	#502	1975
29	GMMikhail Kobalia FID	2471	0	#517	1978
30	GMAleksandra Goryachkina FID	2469	0	#531	1998
31	IMAlexander A. Kopylov FID	2448	0	#661	1991
32	IMRoman Shogdzhiev FID	2446	+16	#678	2015
33	IMIsaak Parpiev FID	2441	0	#712	2009
34	GMSergey Kasparov FID	2438	0	#727	1968
35	GMIlia Iljiushenok FID	2438	−3	#730	1993
36	GMNikita Matinian FID	2437	+12	#741	1992
37	GMIgor Lysyj FID	2436	−11	#745	1987
38	IMAlexey Grachev FID	2435	0	#756	2005
39	IMAndrey Tsvetkov FID	2427	0	#822	2005
40	IMMatvey Galchenko FID	2426	0	#825	2000
41	FMFamil Kishiev FID	2423	+1	#845	2008
42	FMIlya Makoveev FID	2420	+9	#866	2006
43	GMMikhail Demidov FID	2419	0	#870	1992
44	IMLeya Garifullina FID	2414	0	#916	2004
45	IMArtiom Stribuk FID	2408	0	#971	2007
46	IMAlexander Khripachenko FID	2406	−10	#1000	2007
47	IMMaxim Timoshin FID	2405	0	#1011	2007
48	FMSvyatoslav Lisenkov FID	2405	0	#1012	2010
49	Dmitriy Mochalov FID	2404	+2	#1023	2007
50	IMArsen Kukhmazov FID	2402	0	#1042	1997
51	IMArtyom Zubritskiy FID	2396	0	#1098	1990
52	IMPavel Shkapenko FID	2393	0	#1116	1983
53	FMArtem Odegov FID	2390	0	#1145	2003
54	IMPolina Shuvalova FID	2382	0	#1231	2001
55	FMRuslan Gadzhiev FID	2382	0	#1233	2012
56	GMViacheslav V. Zakhartsov FID	2381	0	#1240	1968
57	FMNikolay Kleimenov FID	2381	−24	#1245	2013
58	FMTaimaz Temirbekov FID	2376	0	#1290	2011
59	IMZaur Tekeyev FID	2374	0	#1304	1995
60	FMMatfey Yurasov FID	2373	+25	#1322	2012
61	IMVasiliy Korchmar FID	2370	0	#1348	1996
62	FMSergey And. Korshunov FID	2369	0	#1363	2006
63	FMGleb Scheglov FID	2369	+16	#1364	2010
64	FMDmitry Tsoi FID	2367	0	#1390	2004
65	FMVladislav Kundianok FID	2366	−22	#1402	2005
66	IMAnna Shukhman FID	2366	0	#1403	2009
67	IMVasily Usmanov FID	2364	0	#1418	1996
68	IMRamil Faizrakhmanov FID	2363	+3	#1431	1997
69	IMAndrei Obodchuk FID	2359	0	#1462	1955
70	FMAlexei Kozlov FID	2359	+2	#1467	2008
71	FMDamir Bulgak FID	2357	−3	#1484	2013
72	GMYury Piskov FID	2350	0	#1565	1964
73	FMGleb Babanin FID	2348	0	#1600	2002
74	IMMaksim Schekachikhin FID	2346	0	#1625	1998
75	WIMMargarita Potapova FID	2343	+96	#1655	2000
76	IMKonstantin Mesropov FID	2341	+4	#1677	1971
77	IMArtem Sadovsky FID	2338	+1	#1718	1996
78	CMVictor Kotsyuba FID	2334	0	#1781	2013
79	FMFedor Antipov FID	2333	−21	#1796	2012
80	IMMiran Oganian FID	2328	0	#1857	1996
81	FMLeonid Efimov FID	2328	−3	#1869	2009
82	CMMaksim Ivannikov FID	2325	0	#1914	2010
83	FMSemen Rumyantsev FID	2318	−16	#1996	2010
84	IMVladimir Poley FID	2312	0	#2074	1965
85	CMRadion Sidorenja FID	2310	−8	#2108	2011
86	FMAleksey Prokhorov FID	2310	+16	#2112	2010
87	FMNikita An. Kalinin FID	2308	0	#2144	2009
88	FMFedor Melnikov FID	2308	+29	#2145	2010
89	IMKirill Putrenko FID	2308	+41	#2146	2006
90	IMMansur Gilmanov FID	2305	0	#2177	1990
91	IMAlexander Gutenev FID	2304	−35	#2199	1990
92	FMTamerlan Chyndygyr FID	2304	0	#2210	2007
93	IMIlya Duzhakov FID	2302	0	#2230	1991
94	CMDaniil Kaminskii FID	2297	−20	#2327	2015
95	Aleksandr G Kurdagiya FID	2292	+83	#2417	2011
96	FMKirill Otdelnov FID	2289	0	#2478	2008
97	Victor Kurochkin FID	2288	0	#2483	1967
98	FMProkhor Moskvinov FID	2287	+14	#2510	2011
99	FMAnton Karpenko FID	2285	−9	#2535	2011
100	WFMAlisa Genrietta Yunker FID	2284	+11	#2551	2014

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