Top chess players in the Philippines

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

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMJulio Catalino Sadorra PHI	2546	−1	#323	1986
2	IMJan Emmanuel Garcia PHI	2455	+11	#956	1995
3	GMEugenio Torre PHI	2423	0	#1321	1951
4	IMPaulo Bersamina PHI	2418	+20	#1398	1998
5	GMDaniel Quizon PHI	2411	−3	#1499	2004
6	IMMichael Jr. Concio PHI	2405	0	#1599	2005
7	IMOliver Dimakiling PHI	2404	0	#1622	1980
8	GMMark Paragua PHI	2396	+7	#1768	1984
9	IMKim Steven Yap PHI	2390	0	#1871	1988
10	GMRoland Salvador PHI	2369	−5	#2288	1982
11	GMOliver Barbosa PHI	2368	−15	#2310	1986
12	IMMark Jay Bacojo PHI	2364	−20	#2394	2006
13	FMDino Ballecer PHI	2363	0	#2425
14	GMDarwin Laylo PHI	2356	+9	#2574	1980
15	GMJohn Paul Gomez PHI	2353	0	#2644	1986
16	IMChristian Gian Karlo Arca PHI	2349	−8	#2748	2009
17	FMSander Severino PHI	2340	0	#2952
18	GMRogelio Jr Antonio PHI	2313	0	#3679	1962
19	IMRichilieu III Salcedo PHI	2309	0	#3807	1991
20	FMArlan Cabe PHI	2303	0	#4013	1972
21	GMRichard Bitoon PHI	2300	0	#4117	1975
22	FMIvan Travis Cu PHI	2299	0	#4149	2009
23	FMRustum Tolentino PHI	2286	0	#4568	1982
24	WGMJanelle Mae Frayna PHI	2286	+26	#4569	1996
25	FMAldwin Alegre PHI	2283	0	#4674	1977
26	Silverio Abasolo PHI	2266	0	#5312	1983
27	FMAustin Jacob Literatus PHI	2257	0	#5662	1997
28	FMAlekhine Nouri PHI	2257	−17	#5663	2006
29	Irvin Ortega PHI	2242	0	#6233
30	IMVirgilio Vuelban PHI	2240	−1	#6314	1972
31	IMRolando Nolte PHI	2235	−7	#6542	1972
32	FMPhil Martin Casiguran PHI	2234	+1	#6582	2011
33	FMChristian Mark Daluz PHI	2229	0	#6815	2002
34	IMRico Mascarinas PHI	2225	0	#6997	1953
35	IMChito Garma PHI	2224	0	#7052	1964
36	VInce Angelo Medina PHI	2220	0	#7240	1996
37	IMRicardo De Guzman PHI	2212	−10	#7651	1961
38	FMDeniel Causo PHI	2207	−15	#7918	1984
39	II Teodulfo Nones PHI	2205	0	#8033	1978
40	Belsar Valencia PHI	2196		#8412
41	FMAnthony Makinano PHI	2161		#9127
42	WIMJan Jodilyn Fronda PHI	2161	+27	#9128	1994
43	Chester Neil Reyes PHI	2157		#9209	2005
44	Keith Adriane I. Ilar PHI	2142		#9435	2010
45	Rommel Ganzon PHI	2138		#9504
46	Rolly Parondo PHI	2129		#9618	1992
47	IMRonald Bancod PHI	2122		#9722
48	WFMShania Mae Mendoza PHI	2120	+44	#9744	1998
49	IMAngelo Young PHI	2118		#9765	1963
50	Alvin Alcala PHI	2117		#9776	1975
51	Louie Salvador PHI	2106		#9909	1990
52	WIMRuelle Canino PHI	2101	−59	#9978	2008
53	Kevin Arquero PHI	2095		#10048	1994
54	FMDanny Maersk Mangao PHI	2092		#10081	1984
55	CMJan Clifford Labog PHI	2090		#10093	2005
56	Eden Diano PHI	2069		#10295
57	Rolenson Jr. Loyola PHI	2062		#10345	1979
58	WIMBernadette Galas PHI	2036	+1	#10537	1996
59	WFMJemaicah Yap Mendoza PHI	2000	−46	#10887	2011
60	WIMMarie Antoinette San Diego PHI	1989		#10939	1999
61	Loreshyl Cuizon PHI	1980		#10970	1986
62	Jersey Marticio PHI	1980		#10971	2007
63	WFMAllanney Jia Doroy PHI	1951		#11056	2001
64	Lexie Grace Hernandez PHI	1941		#11072	2005

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