Top chess players in Germany

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

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMVincent Keymer GER	2761	−3	#8	2004
2	GMMatthias Bluebaum GER	2666	+4	#46	1997
3	GMFrederik Svane GER	2662	+7	#52	2004
4	GMDmitrij Kollars GER	2623	0	#103	1999
5	GMRasmus Svane GER	2621	+11	#106	1997
6	GMAlexander Donchenko GER	2610	−15	#132	1998
7	GMFabian Doettling GER	2593	0	#166	1980
8	GMLuis Engel GER	2592	0	#170	2002
9	GMArik Braun GER	2587	0	#181	1988
10	GMJan Gustafsson GER	2580	0	#198	1979
11	GMDennis Wagner GER	2580	0	#201	1997
12	GMNiclas Huschenbeth GER	2575	0	#212	1992
13	GMDaniel Fridman GER	2566	+2	#235	1976
14	GMDavid Baramidze GER	2562	0	#243	1988
15	GMMartin Kraemer GER	2560	0	#255	1987
16	GMLeonardo Costa GER	2555	0	#279	2008
17	GMRainer Buhmann GER	2547	0	#320	1981
18	GMArtur Jussupow GER	2537	0	#361	1960
19	GMJonas Lampert GER	2536	0	#366	1997
20	IMRuben Gideon Koellner GER	2535	+2	#375	2004
21	GMEgor Krivoborodov GER	2534	−1	#378	1989
22	GMRustem Dautov GER	2525	0	#425	1965
23	GMMaxim Vavulin GER	2520	0	#446	1998
24	GMMatthias Wahls GER	2517	+1	#463	1968
25	GMChristopher Lutz GER	2517	0	#464	1971
26	GMFlorian, Dr. Handke GER	2517	0	#465	1982
27	IMChristian Gloeckler GER	2515	+6	#477	2011
28	GMRoven Vogel GER	2514	0	#480	2000
29	GMVitaly Kunin GER	2510	−10	#504	1983
30	IMTobias Koelle GER	2504	0	#559	2004
31	GMChristopher Noe GER	2502	0	#574	1996
32	GMMarius Deuer GER	2494	+13	#623	2008
33	GMAlexander Graf GER	2492	0	#638	1962
34	GMAlexander Naumann GER	2489	0	#659	1979
35	GMMichael Prusikin GER	2485	0	#690	1978
36	GMJulian Kramer GER	2483	0	#707	1997
37	GMLeon Mons GER	2482	0	#715	1995
38	IMJakob Leon Pajeken GER	2482	0	#719	2003
39	GMIgor Khenkin GER	2479	−8	#742	1968
40	IMVadym Petrovskiy GER	2476	0	#767	2007
41	GMStefan Bromberger GER	2475	0	#774	1982
42	IMChristian, Dr. Seel GER	2474	0	#785	1983
43	IMJakob Pfreundt GER	2472	0	#804	1998
44	IMXianliang Xu GER	2470	0	#820	1997
45	GMAlexander Berelowitsch GER	2470	0	#823	1967
46	IMBennet Hagner GER	2470	0	#825	2008
47	IMMaximilian Neef GER	2470	0	#826	1996
48	GMNikolas Lubbe GER	2469	0	#832	1990
49	GMEric Lobron GER	2467	0	#849	1960
50	IMAljoscha Feuerstack GER	2466	−2	#857	1988
51	IMPatrick Zelbel GER	2465	0	#870	1993
52	GMRobert Rabiega GER	2460	0	#913	1971
53	FMIgor Zuyev GER	2456	0	#948	1964
54	IMDennis Kaczmarczyk GER	2453	0	#979	1991
55	IMJonas Rosner GER	2451	0	#1003	1990
56	IMIlja Schneider GER	2450	0	#1014	1984
57	IMMaximilian Berchtenbreiter GER	2450	0	#1018	1994
58	IMMarius Fromm GER	2449	−1	#1026	2004
59	IMJohannes, Dr. Carow GER	2447	+1	#1064	1996
60	GMDaniel Hausrath GER	2444	−2	#1085	1976
61	FMMarian Can Nothnagel GER	2444	0	#1088	2000
62	IMValentin Buckels GER	2441	+6	#1117	2001
63	GMGennadij Fish GER	2441	−2	#1120	1973
64	GMPhilipp Schlosser GER	2438	0	#1150	1968
65	IMNikolas Wachinger GER	2438	0	#1151	2003
66	GMMichael Feygin GER	2438	0	#1152	1975
67	IMMagnus Ermitsch GER	2438	0	#1154	2009
68	IMJonathan Carlstedt GER	2437	+1	#1168	1990
69	GMHagen Poetsch GER	2437	−8	#1169	1991
70	IMMatthias Dann GER	2436	0	#1179	1991
71	GMMarco Baldauf GER	2435	0	#1184	1990
72	GMHenrik Teske GER	2433	0	#1202	1968
73	GMRoman Slobodjan GER	2433	0	#1203	1975
74	GMLev Yankelevich GER	2432	0	#1218	1997
75	GMUwe Boensch GER	2431	0	#1227	1958
76	IMAnthony Petkidis GER	2430	0	#1244	1994
77	IMHussain Besou GER	2429	+6	#1254	2011
78	IMMartin, Dr. Borriss GER	2428	0	#1269	1970
79	IMCollin Colbow GER	2428	−18	#1271	2005
80	IMRaoul Strohhaeker GER	2427	+5	#1275	1987
81	IMEmil Schmidek GER	2427	0	#1277	2001
82	FMLuca Suvorov GER	2427	0	#1278	2003
83	IMAlexander Krastev GER	2425	−2	#1298	2005
84	FMTobias Kolb GER	2425	0	#1299	2004
85	FMJohn Heinrich GER	2425	0	#1302	2007
86	GMMichael Hoffmann GER	2424	0	#1311	1970
87	IMStefan, Dr. Wehmeier GER	2424	0	#1312	1970
88	IMFranz Braeuer GER	2424	0	#1313	1994
89	IMAlexander Gelman GER	2422	0	#1333	1976
90	IMThore Perske GER	2422	−4	#1338	1999
91	IMRaphael Lagunow GER	2422	0	#1341	2000
92	IMRobert Baskin GER	2422	0	#1342	1999
93	IMThomas Fiebig GER	2420	−3	#1357	1986
94	IMBenedict Krause GER	2420	0	#1360	1997
95	IMAdrian Gschnitzer GER	2419	−2	#1371	1999
96	GMKlaus Bischoff GER	2419	0	#1378	1961
97	IMJari Reuker GER	2419	−11	#1381	2001
98	IMMykola Korchynskyi GER	2419	−24	#1385	2010
99	Zarko Vuckovic GER	2416	0	#1434	2001
100	Martin Heider GER	2416	+4	#1441	1990

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