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The world’s top classical players, updated every day from the official FIDE list and this month’s rated games.

Updated October 2, 2026 · Based on the FIDE October 2026 list

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#PlayerLive±OCT26GamesLast event
1 GMCarlsen, MagnusNOR 2823 – 2823 – –
2 GMNakamura, HikaruUSA 2792 – 2792 – –
3 GMCaruana, FabianoUSA 2784 – 2784 – –
4 GMSindarov, JavokhirUZB 2782 – 2782 – –
5 GMAbdusattorov, NodirbekUZB 2780 – 2780 – –
6 GMSo, WesleyUSA 2770 – 2770 – –
7 GMPraggnanandhaa RIND 2763 – 2763 – –
8 GMKeymer, VincentGER 2761 – 2761 – –
9 GMWei, YiCHN 2758 – 2758 – –
10 GMFirouzja, AlirezaFRA 2757 – 2757 – –
11 GMGiri, AnishNED 2752 – 2752 – –
12 GMErigaisi ArjunIND 2746 – 2746 – –
13 GMDuda, Jan-KrzysztofPOL 2741 – 2741 – –
14 GMAnand, ViswanathanIND 2739 – 2739 – –
15 GMDominguez Perez, LeinierUSA 2732 – 2732 – –
16 GMLe, Quang LiemVIE 2732 – 2732 – –
17 GMErdogmus, Yagiz KaanTUR 2731 – 2731 – –
18 GMTabatabaei, M. AminIRI 2728 – 2728 – –
19 GMAronian, LevonUSA 2725 – 2725 – –
20 GMDing, LirenCHN 2723 – 2723 – –
21 GMNepomniachtchi, IanRUS 2719 – 2719 – –
22 GMNiemann, Hans MokeUSA 2717 – 2717 – –
23 GMVachier-Lagrave, MaximeFRA 2717 – 2717 – –
24 GMVan Foreest, JordenNED 2716 – 2716 – –
25 GMAndreikin, DmitryFIDE 2714 – 2714 – –
26 GMYakubboev, NodirbekUZB 2712 – 2712 – –
27 GMRapport, RichardHUN 2711 – 2711 – –
28 GMGukesh DIND 2710 – 2710 – –
29 GMMamedyarov, ShakhriyarAZE 2710 – 2710 – –
30 GMNihal SarinIND 2709 – 2709 – –
31 GMSevian, SamuelUSA 2708 – 2708 – –
32 GMMaghsoodloo, ParhamIRI 2705 – 2705 – –
33 GMYu, YangyiCHN 2704 – 2704 – –
34 GMTopalov, VeselinBUL 2695 – 2695 – –
35 GMWang, HaoCHN 2694 – 2694 – –
36 GMVidit, Santosh GujrathiIND 2693 – 2693 – –
37 GMFedoseev, VladimirSLO 2691 – 2691 – –
38 GMRadjabov, TeimourAZE 2689 – 2689 – –
39 GMLiang, AwonderUSA 2685 – 2685 – –
40 GMEsipenko, AndreyRUS 2680 – 2680 – –
41 GMSuleymanli, AydinAZE 2679 – 2679 – –
42 GMAravindh, Chithambaram VR.IND 2677 – 2677 – –
43 GMPranav, VIND 2677 – 2677 – –
44 GMPranesh MIND 2674 – 2674 – –
45 GMSarana, AlexeySRB 2671 – 2671 – –
46 GMBluebaum, MatthiasGER 2666 – 2666 – –
47 GMHowell, David W LENG 2665 – 2665 – –
48 GMKasimdzhanov, RustamUZB 2665 – 2665 – –
49 GMEljanov, PavelUKR 2664 – 2664 – –
50 GMLeko, PeterHUN 2663 – 2663 – –
51 GMVitiugov, NikitaENG 2663 – 2663 – –
52 GMMuradli, MahammadAZE 2662 – 2662 – –
53 GMSvane, FrederikGER 2662 – 2662 – –
54 GMMartirosyan, Haik M.ARM 2661 – 2661 – –
55 GMRobson, RayUSA 2659 – 2659 – –
56 GMWojtaszek, RadoslawPOL 2658 – 2658 – –
57 GMMartinez Alcantara, Jose EduardoMEX 2657 – 2657 – –
58 GMMurzin, VolodarFIDE 2656 – 2656 – –
59 GMXiong, JefferyUSA 2656 – 2656 – –
60 GMDeac, Bogdan-DanielROU 2654 – 2654 – –
61 GMDubov, DaniilRUS 2654 – 2654 – –
62 GMMorozevich, AlexanderRUS 2654 – 2654 – –
63 GMArtemiev, VladislavRUS 2653 – 2653 – –
64 GMBu, XiangzhiCHN 2651 – 2651 – –
65 GMKovalenko, IgorUKR 2651 – 2651 – –
66 GMVokhidov, ShamsiddinUZB 2649 – 2649 – –
67 GMHarikrishna, PentalaIND 2648 – 2648 – –
68 GMSargsyan, ShantARM 2648 – 2648 – –
69 GMKarthikeyan, MuraliIND 2647 – 2647 – –
70 GMTari, AryanNOR 2647 – 2647 – –
71 GMAryan ChopraIND 2646 – 2646 – –
72 GMShankland, SamUSA 2646 – 2646 – –
73 GMSadhwani, RaunakIND 2645 – 2645 – –
74 GMGurel, EdizTUR 2642 – 2642 – –
75 GMHovhannisyan, RobertARM 2642 – 2642 – –
76 GMGelfand, BorisISR 2641 – 2641 – –
77 GMAlekseenko, KirillAUT 2640 – 2640 – –
78 GMOnischuk, AlexanderUSA 2639 – 2639 – –
79 GMTheodorou, NikolasGRE 2639 – 2639 – –
80 GMHakobyan, AramARM 2638 – 2638 – –
81 GMOparin, GrigoriyUSA 2638 – 2638 – –
82 GMInarkiev, ErnestoRUS 2637 – 2637 – –
83 GMLu, ShangleiCHN 2637 – 2637 – –
84 GMLazavik, DenisBLR 2636 – 2636 – –
85 GMMishra, AbhimanyuUSA 2636 – 2636 – –
86 GMAnton Guijarro, DavidESP 2634 – 2634 – –
87 GMAntipov, Mikhail Al.USA 2633 – 2633 – –
88 GMChristiansen, Johan-SebastianNOR 2633 – 2633 – –
89 GMMamedov, RaufAZE 2632 – 2632 – –
90 GMPonomariov, RuslanUKR 2632 – 2632 – –
91 GMCheparinov, IvanBUL 2631 – 2631 – –
92 GMMaroroa Jones, Gawain C BENG 2630 – 2630 – –
93 GMMendonca, Leon LukeIND 2629 – 2629 – –
94 GMGrischuk, AlexanderRUS 2628 – 2628 – –
95 GMIvanchuk, VasylUKR 2628 – 2628 – –
96 GMXu, XiangyuCHN 2628 – 2628 – –
97 GMBjerre, Jonas BuhlDEN 2627 – 2627 – –
98 GMJacobson, BrandonUSA 2627 – 2627 – –
99 GMVan Wely, LoekNED 2627 – 2627 – –
100 GMSantos Latasa, JaimeESP 2626 – 2626 – –

How the live list works

Each month starts from FIDE’s official rating list. Classical games from this month’s officially broadcast events are then added using FIDE’s own formula: each player’s official K-factor, and the 400-point rule for big rating gaps. Inactive players are left out, as they are on FIDE’s official top lists.

The list updates once a day. Games from events that aren’t broadcast won’t show until FIDE publishes its next list, so small differences from the final official numbers are normal. Spot a mistake? Tell us.