Top junior rapid chess players

The top-rated active juniors, born 2006 or later, on FIDE's October 2026 rapid list.

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
301	IMCao Qingfeng CHN	2328	0	#1974	2008
302	Ilia Hojjatinejad IRI	2328	+20	#1977	2008
303	Dmitriy Khristovoy UKR	2327	0	#1990	2006
304	FMVirgile Breuil FRA	2327	+6	#1991	2011
305	FMManvel Arakelyan ARM	2326	−7	#2000	2011
306	IMImangali Akhilbay KAZ	2326	+10	#2001	2008
307	Mikhail A Surinov RUS	2326	+74	#2004	2010
308	FMKobe Vandenhole BEL	2325	+11	#2005	2009
309	FMNazar Talgatov KAZ	2325	+17	#2020	2010
310	FMLionel Sierra Vallina ESP	2324	0	#2040	2009
311	Maks Veselic SLO	2323	0	#2055	2010
312	Mani Parham Asl IRI	2323	−2	#2057	2008
313	IMDavid George Samir EGY	2322	0	#2066	2011
314	WGMAfruza Khamdamova UZB	2322	0	#2067	2009
315	FMBartosz Przybylski POL	2322	−16	#2068	2007
316	IMAnna Shukhman FID	2322	0	#2069	2009
317	FMJernej Kozlovic SLO	2320	+1	#2100	2009
318	FMOleksii Nakonechnyi POL	2320	+13	#2102	2014
319	FMYury Garifulin SRB	2320	+16	#2103	2010
320	FMVidar Seiger SWE	2319	−39	#2106	2009
321	FMAndre Mendez Machado PAN	2319	0	#2114	2008
322	IMBanh Gia Huy VIE	2319	0	#2115	2009
323	FMArtem Berin UKR	2319	0	#2118	2008
324	CMAjjesh J R IND	2319	+36	#2119	2008
325	FMAdil Azatzhan KAZ	2318	0	#2129	2011
326	FMAndrii Diachek POL	2318	0	#2132	2012
327	FMAlexei Borshch FID	2318	+59	#2133	2014
328	FMAlen Poghosyan FRA	2317	0	#2141	2009
329	FMOctavio Aaron Bazan Romero ARG	2317	+6	#2144	2010
330	IMVladimir-Alexandru Cnejev ROU	2316	−26	#2147	2008
331	FMKair Beristenov KAZ	2316	+19	#2155	2009
332	CMPiotr Stepinski POL	2316	+62	#2157	2008
333	FMAdam Gibala POL	2316	0	#2158	2012
334	IMBorgaonkar Akshay IND	2316	0	#2160	2009
335	FMStefanos Kazantzoglou GRE	2316	0	#2161	2009
336	IMElias Ruzhansky BEL	2315	0	#2163	2011
337	FMChenwu Zhu NED	2315	0	#2165	2009
338	FMKamil Warchol POL	2315	+32	#2178	2009
339	FMMartin Horcajuelo Rocamora ESP	2315	+27	#2179	2008
340	FMRafail Antoniou CYP	2314	+6	#2190	2008
341	Roque Ordiz Fernandez ESP	2314	−30	#2196	2011
342	Hristiyan Iliev BUL	2313	0	#2201	2006
343	FMAkbarali Abdukhakimov UZB	2313	0	#2203	2009
344	FMHamidreza Ebrahimi Herab IRI	2313	0	#2207	2006
345	FMStefano Maldonado Gonzales ITA	2313	−12	#2209	2009
346	IMPrin Laohawirapap THA	2312	0	#2216	2006
347	FMJohn Heinrich GER	2312	0	#2219	2007
348	FMMaurin Moeller GER	2312	0	#2220	2008
349	FMIgor Vershinin RUS	2312	0	#2221	2009
350	CMVictor Kotsyuba FID	2312	+47	#2223	2013
351	FMDeniman Mamani Beltran ESP	2311	0	#2235	2006
352	FMYonathan Uritsky ISR	2310	−38	#2239	2008
353	IMDinh Nho Kiet VIE	2310	0	#2242	2010
354	FMAlberto Atoyan GER	2310	0	#2243	2009
355	FMMartin Oksendal NOR	2309	0	#2249	2008
356	FMLev M Kotelva RUS	2309	−4	#2258	2011
357	FMYanki Taspinar TUR	2309	0	#2259	2007
358	FMBosko Stefanovic SRB	2308	+78	#2269	2010
359	FMJiri Bouska CZE	2308	+14	#2274	2011
360	CMArtem Mescheryakov RUS	2308	0	#2276	2008
361	FMAlexei Kozlov FID	2308	−19	#2277	2008
362	Vitaliy Hychkevych UKR	2308	0	#2278	2011
363	FMAlvaro Torres Rebolledo ESP	2308	+4	#2280	2012
364	FMSajid Sakline Mostafa BAN	2307	0	#2289	2011
365	FMFarid Tamer Waguih EGY	2307	0	#2290	2010
366	FMZhiulien Oleksii Kalosha ITA	2307	0	#2294	2006
367	FMMarin Grgantov CRO	2307	0	#2295	2007
368	FMYaroslav Shevchenko UKR	2307	+14	#2298	2010
369	FMSergey Borischik POL	2306	+5	#2306	2008
370	FMArsenijs Savicevs LAT	2305	−34	#2317	2008
371	FMDamir Bulgak FID	2305	−19	#2320	2013
372	FMYerlan Tleukhanov KAZ	2305	+12	#2321	2007
373	CMPiotr Zareba POL	2305	+61	#2324	2009
374	FMJaiveer Mahendru IND	2305	+31	#2326	2009
375	FMDeyan Samuil Kostov BUL	2305	0	#2327	2006
376	Naid Kekic BIH	2304	+3	#2343	2011
377	FMTaimaz Temirbekov FID	2304	0	#2349	2011
378	FMKeyvan Farokhi GER	2303	+110	#2355	2006
379	Andriy Artemov UKR	2303	+7	#2360	2009
380	FMDmitry Fomkin RUS	2303	+19	#2361	2007
381	CMArnau Sanchez Aguilar ESP	2303	−21	#2362	2007
382	Wladyslaw Pycinski POL	2302	0	#2381	2010
383	FMPatrick Liu USA	2302	0	#2382	2012
384	IMElie Milikow ISR	2302	0	#2384	2007
385	FMMelvin Ral Lustig SWE	2301	+75	#2389	2011
386	IMKevin George EGY	2301	0	#2397	2009
387	FMMina Wael Sabry EGY	2301	0	#2398	2010
388	FMAnton Karpenko FID	2301	+2	#2399	2011
389	FMDavid Lacan Rus FRA	2301	0	#2401	2012
390	FMStanley Badacsonyi ENG	2300	−18	#2403	2009
391	GMLiam Putnam USA	2300	0	#2418	2008
392	FMAugustin Rodriguez FRA	2300	+46	#2419	2010
393	FMOleksandr Vasynda UKR	2299	−2	#2434	2008
394	Vadim Gasanov RUS	2299	0	#2436	2007
395	Taha Golshaani IRI	2299	+85	#2438	2008
396	IMNguyen Quoc Hy VIE	2298	0	#2445	2006
397	IMMaksim Chertkov RUS	2298	−28	#2450	2009
398	IMAbdalrahman Sameh Mohamed EGY	2298	0	#2451	2014
399	FMAlexandru Sachilaru ROU	2297	+25	#2458	2007
400	FMAndrei Negrean ROU	2297	+72	#2459	2012

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