Top rapid chess players in FIDE

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

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMPeter Svidler FID	2686	0	#20	1976
2	GMDmitry Andreikin FID	2676	0	#25	1990
3	GMVolodar Murzin FID	2631	+11	#52	2006
4	GMArseniy Nesterov FID	2581	0	#150	2003
5	GMAndrey Orlov FID	2573	0	#164	1977
6	GMRudik Makarian FID	2562	+4	#193	2004
7	GMDavid Paravyan FID	2553	0	#213	1998
8	GMAleksey Grebnev FID	2544	0	#235	2006
9	GMEvgeniy Najer FID	2535	0	#265	1977
10	GMAleksandr Rakhmanov FID	2521	0	#305	1989
11	GMSavva Vetokhin FID	2516	0	#333	2009
12	GMAlexander Khalifman FID	2510	0	#356	1966
13	GMSemen Khanin FID	2509	0	#359	1999
14	GMMikhail Kobalia FID	2505	0	#380	1978
15	GMArtem Uskov FID	2505	0	#381	2010
16	GMVladislav Kovalev FID	2499	0	#405	1994
17	GMAleksandra Goryachkina FID	2492	0	#428	1998
18	GMKirill Shubin FID	2484	+8	#457	2003
19	GMKlementy Sychev FID	2469	0	#525	1996
20	GMSergei Lobanov FID	2459	0	#586	2001
21	IMKonstantin Mesropov FID	2458	−1	#587	1971
22	GMLev Zverev FID	2455	+7	#612	2010
23	GMMikhail Demidov FID	2453	0	#624	1992
24	GMMaksim Tsaruk FID	2453	0	#626	2005
25	GMSergey Kasparov FID	2452	0	#633	1968
26	IMNikolay Averin FID	2449	+19	#644	2010
27	IMMaxim Timoshin FID	2448	0	#653	2007
28	GMIgor Lysyj FID	2447	−15	#659	1987
29	IMDavid Kaufman FID	2447	+16	#665	2010
30	GMIlia Iljiushenok FID	2441	−9	#711	1993
31	IMAlexey Grachev FID	2434	0	#759	2005
32	IMMatvey Galchenko FID	2425	0	#850	2000
33	IMPolina Shuvalova FID	2423	+25	#875	2001
34	IMAlexander Khripachenko FID	2423	+1	#878	2007
35	GMPetr Kiriakov FID	2413	0	#973	1975
36	FMAlexander Fedosov FID	2413	+46	#981	2011
37	GMErdem Khubukshanov FID	2412	−15	#993	2007
38	IMZaur Tekeyev FID	2409	+12	#1011	1995
39	IMPavel Shkapenko FID	2403	0	#1072	1983
40	FMMarat I Gilfanov FID	2403	+1	#1081	2010
41	IMArsen Kukhmazov FID	2401	0	#1100	1997
42	IMVasiliy Korchmar FID	2399	0	#1126	1996
43	IMRamil Faizrakhmanov FID	2394	0	#1167	1997
44	FMSemyon Puzyrevsky FID	2392	+3	#1191	2010
45	FMVladislav Kundianok FID	2390	0	#1215	2005
46	IMAlexander A. Kopylov FID	2389	0	#1225	1991
47	GMYury Piskov FID	2388	0	#1232	1964
48	IMRoman Shogdzhiev FID	2386	0	#1255	2015
49	FMSergey And. Korshunov FID	2385	0	#1264	2006
50	IMAndrey Tsvetkov FID	2384	0	#1276	2005
51	IMArtiom Stribuk FID	2380	0	#1319	2007
52	FMNikolay Kleimenov FID	2378	0	#1339	2013
53	IMArtem Sadovsky FID	2376	0	#1352	1996
54	FMGleb Scheglov FID	2376	+12	#1361	2010
55	FMSemen Rumyantsev FID	2374	+91	#1376	2010
56	FMIlya Makoveev FID	2368	0	#1438	2006
57	FMProkhor Moskvinov FID	2367	−27	#1452	2011
58	IMArtyom Zubritskiy FID	2365	−1	#1471	1990
59	IMMiran Oganian FID	2364	0	#1485	1996
60	GMNikita Matinian FID	2364	−3	#1491	1992
61	IMIsaak Parpiev FID	2361	0	#1519	2009
62	Dmitriy Mochalov FID	2361	+47	#1520	2007
63	FMMatfey Yurasov FID	2360	0	#1531	2012
64	IMAlexander Gutenev FID	2359	+1	#1540	1990
65	GMViacheslav V. Zakhartsov FID	2357	0	#1569	1968
66	IMVladimir Maslovskiy FID	2346	0	#1699	2009
67	FMDmitry Tsoi FID	2342	0	#1767	2004
68	FMSvyatoslav Lisenkov FID	2340	+22	#1800	2010
69	FMFedor Melnikov FID	2336	+5	#1852	2010
70	FMAlexandr E. Volodin FID	2335	0	#1867	2010
71	FMGleb Babanin FID	2328	+61	#1979	2002
72	IMAnna Shukhman FID	2322	0	#2069	2009
73	FMAlexei Borshch FID	2318	+59	#2133	2014
74	IMLeya Garifullina FID	2315	0	#2181	2004
75	FMArtem Odegov FID	2315	0	#2182	2003
76	GMValentina Gunina FID	2312	0	#2215	1989
77	CMVictor Kotsyuba FID	2312	+47	#2223	2013
78	FMAlexei Kozlov FID	2308	−19	#2277	2008
79	FMDamir Bulgak FID	2305	−19	#2320	2013
80	FMTaimaz Temirbekov FID	2304	0	#2349	2011
81	FMAnton Karpenko FID	2301	+2	#2399	2011
82	IMKirill Putrenko FID	2294	+60	#2506	2006
83	FMFedor Antipov FID	2294	+32	#2507	2012
84	FMArseniy Shturman FID	2287	0	#2639	2007
85	FMLeonid Efimov FID	2286	+16	#2659	2009
86	FMArman Geivondian FID	2284	0	#2697	1996
87	FMFamil Kishiev FID	2283	+11	#2722	2008
88	FMAnton Zhukov FID	2283	0	#2724	2004
89	IMAndrei Obodchuk FID	2280	0	#2775	1955
90	FMRuslan Gadzhiev FID	2279	0	#2798	2012
91	FMArtem S. Lebedev FID	2277	0	#2838	2011
92	IMMaksim Schekachikhin FID	2275	0	#2876	1998
93	CMDaniil Kaminskii FID	2273	+32	#2927	2015
94	FMAleksey Prokhorov FID	2270	−5	#2986	2010
95	FMTamerlan Chyndygyr FID	2270	0	#2987	2007
96	IMAlberto Rivera FID	2268	+2	#3013	1957
97	FMMaksim Dm Demchenko FID	2263	+57	#3132	2011
98	WFMUliana Dudkina FID	2261	−8	#3187	2010
99	Anton Yatzenko FID	2254	0	#3346	1982
100	CMViktor Tolstykh FID	2254	−63	#3357	2010

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