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Top 100 Chess Players in the World (September 2026)

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Top 100 Open Players

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1Magnus Carlsen

NOR· FIDE 1503014Classical2823Rapid2803Blitz2860

2Hikaru Nakamura

USA· FIDE 2016192Classical2792Rapid2738Blitz2800

3Fabiano Caruana

USA· FIDE 2020009Classical2789Rapid2682Blitz2738

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UZB· FIDE 14205483Classical2778Rapid2732Blitz2725

5Wesley So

USA· FIDE 5202213Classical2774Rapid2699Blitz2745

6Vincent Keymer

GER· FIDE 12940690Classical2764Rapid2635Blitz2628

7Nodirbek Abdusattorov

UZB· FIDE 14204118Classical2762Rapid2704Blitz2818

8Praggnanandhaa R

IND· FIDE 25059530Classical2761Rapid2730Blitz2712

9Erigaisi Arjun

IND· FIDE 35009192Classical2759Rapid2745Blitz2766

10Alireza Firouzja

FRA· FIDE 12573981Classical2757Rapid2748Blitz2793

11Anish Giri

NED· FIDE 24116068Classical2757Rapid2660Blitz2636

12Yi Wei

CHN· FIDE 8603405Classical2752Rapid2726Blitz2709

13Jan-Krzysztof Duda

POL· FIDE 1170546Classical2743Rapid2685Blitz2704

14Viswanathan Anand

IND· FIDE 5000017Classical2739Rapid2721Blitz2706

15M. Amin Tabatabaei

IRI· FIDE 12521213Classical2737Rapid2584Blitz2608

16Liren Ding

CHN· FIDE 8603677Classical2733Rapid2693Blitz2736

17Leinier Dominguez Perez

USA· FIDE 3503240Classical2732Rapid2657Blitz2604

18Quang Liem Le

VIE· FIDE 12401137Classical2732Rapid2626Blitz2675

19Richard Rapport

HUN· FIDE 738590Classical2726Rapid2680Blitz2616

20Levon Aronian

USA· FIDE 13300474Classical2725Rapid2739Blitz2714

21Hans Moke Niemann

USA· FIDE 2093596Classical2725Rapid2675Blitz2711

22Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

AZE· FIDE 13401319Classical2720Rapid2664Blitz2627

23Ian Nepomniachtchi

RUS· FIDE 4168119Classical2719Rapid2729Blitz2765

24Nihal Sarin

IND· FIDE 25092340Classical2718Rapid2698Blitz2721

25Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

FRA· FIDE 623539Classical2718Rapid2706Blitz2734

26Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus

TUR· FIDE 44599790Classical2716Rapid2507Blitz2574

27Dmitry Andreikin

FID· FIDE 4158814Classical2714Rapid2676Blitz2686

28Yangyi Yu

CHN· FIDE 8603820Classical2710Rapid2667Blitz2722

29Samuel Sevian

USA· FIDE 2040506Classical2708Rapid2664Blitz2658

30Jorden Van Foreest

NED· FIDE 1039784Classical2706Rapid2601Blitz2659

31Parham Maghsoodloo

IRI· FIDE 12539929Classical2705Rapid2689Blitz2638

32Gukesh D

IND· FIDE 46616543Classical2703Rapid2686Blitz2659

33Santosh Gujrathi Vidit

IND· FIDE 5029465Classical2697Rapid2624Blitz2677

34Veselin Topalov

BUL· FIDE 2900084Classical2695Rapid2607Blitz2627

35Hao Wang

CHN· FIDE 8602883Classical2694Rapid2649Blitz2649

36Awonder Liang

USA· FIDE 2056437Classical2693Rapid2553Blitz2595

37Vladimir Fedoseev

SLO· FIDE 24130737Classical2691Rapid2701Blitz2726

38Teimour Radjabov

AZE· FIDE 13400924Classical2689Rapid2640Blitz2659

39Nodirbek Yakubboev

UZB· FIDE 14203987Classical2685Rapid2606Blitz2589

40Andrey Esipenko

RUS· FIDE 24175439Classical2680Rapid2658Blitz2645

41Chithambaram VR. Aravindh

IND· FIDE 5072786Classical2677Rapid2604Blitz2562

42V Pranav

IND· FIDE 25060783Classical2677Rapid2594Blitz2582

43Peter Leko

HUN· FIDE 703303Classical2676Rapid2700Blitz2738

44Pranesh M

IND· FIDE 35028600Classical2674Rapid2534Blitz2589

45Nikita Vitiugov

ENG· FIDE 4152956Classical2666Rapid2616Blitz2586

46Alexey Sarana

SRB· FIDE 24133795Classical2666Rapid2650Blitz2667

47Rustam Kasimdzhanov

UZB· FIDE 14200244Classical2665Rapid2630Blitz2574

48David W L Howell

ENG· FIDE 410608Classical2665Rapid2613Blitz2574

49Pavel Eljanov

UKR· FIDE 14102951Classical2664Rapid2605Blitz2622

50Aydin Suleymanli

AZE· FIDE 13413937Classical2664Rapid2581Blitz2566

51Haik M. Martirosyan

ARM· FIDE 13306553Classical2664Rapid2625Blitz2686

52Matthias Bluebaum

GER· FIDE 24651516Classical2662Rapid2583Blitz2608

53Ray Robson

USA· FIDE 2023970Classical2659Rapid2639Blitz2622

54Radoslaw Wojtaszek

POL· FIDE 1118358Classical2658Rapid2611Blitz2584

55Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara

MEX· FIDE 3805662Classical2657Rapid2614Blitz2580

56Kirill Alekseenko

AUT· FIDE 4135539Classical2656Rapid2595Blitz2620

57Jeffery Xiong

USA· FIDE 2047640Classical2656Rapid2694Blitz2703

58Volodar Murzin

FID· FIDE 44155573Classical2656Rapid2620Blitz2670

59Johan-Sebastian Christiansen

NOR· FIDE 1512668Classical2656Rapid2492Blitz2546

60Frederik Svane

GER· FIDE 12923044Classical2655Rapid2497Blitz2554

61Alexander Morozevich

RUS· FIDE 4116992Classical2654Rapid2629Blitz2583

62Shamsiddin Vokhidov

UZB· FIDE 14204223Classical2654Rapid2516Blitz2551

63Daniil Dubov

RUS· FIDE 24126055Classical2654Rapid2685Blitz2783

64Mahammad Muradli

AZE· FIDE 13409301Classical2653Rapid2553Blitz2559

65Vladislav Artemiev

RUS· FIDE 24101605Classical2653Rapid2707Blitz2711

66Xiangzhi Bu

CHN· FIDE 8601445Classical2651Rapid2593Blitz2717

67Pentala Harikrishna

IND· FIDE 5007003Classical2648Rapid2595Blitz2620

68Aryan Tari

NOR· FIDE 1510045Classical2647Rapid2557Blitz2633

69Murali Karthikeyan

IND· FIDE 5074452Classical2647Rapid2524Blitz2528

70Aryan Chopra

IND· FIDE 5084423Classical2646Rapid2598Blitz2603

71Sam Shankland

USA· FIDE 2004887Classical2646Rapid2624Blitz2613

72Raunak Sadhwani

IND· FIDE 35093487Classical2645Rapid2592Blitz2678

73Bogdan-Daniel Deac

ROU· FIDE 1226380Classical2644Rapid2609Blitz2650

74Brandon Jacobson

USA· FIDE 30901561Classical2644Rapid2502Blitz2517

75Loek Van Wely

NED· FIDE 1000268Classical2643Rapid2556Blitz2556

76Robert Hovhannisyan

ARM· FIDE 13302507Classical2642Rapid2530Blitz2557

77Igor Kovalenko

UKR· FIDE 14117908Classical2642Rapid2589Blitz2610

78Boris Gelfand

ISR· FIDE 2805677Classical2641Rapid2624Blitz2582

79Alexander Onischuk

USA· FIDE 14101025Classical2639Rapid2617Blitz2629

80Aram Hakobyan

ARM· FIDE 13306677Classical2638Rapid2558Blitz2595

81Grigoriy Oparin

USA· FIDE 24125890Classical2638Rapid2611Blitz2655

82Shanglei Lu

CHN· FIDE 8603332Classical2637Rapid2586Blitz2710

83Ernesto Inarkiev

RUS· FIDE 4162722Classical2637Rapid2625Blitz2514

84Ediz Gurel

TUR· FIDE 44507356Classical2636Rapid2539Blitz2578

85Nikolas Theodorou

GRE· FIDE 4262875Classical2633Rapid2588Blitz2567

86Thai Dai Van Nguyen

CZE· FIDE 358878Classical2633Rapid2516Blitz2563

87Leon Luke Mendonca

IND· FIDE 35028561Classical2633Rapid2551Blitz2520

88Gawain C B Maroroa Jones

ENG· FIDE 409561Classical2633Rapid2609Blitz2616

89Ruslan Ponomariov

UKR· FIDE 14103320Classical2632Rapid2657Blitz2614

90David Anton Guijarro

ESP· FIDE 2285525Classical2632Rapid2620Blitz2560

91Xiangyu Xu

CHN· FIDE 8608288Classical2631Rapid2605Blitz2552

92Ivan Cheparinov

BUL· FIDE 2905540Classical2631Rapid2612Blitz2575

93Rauf Mamedov

AZE· FIDE 13401653Classical2631Rapid2628Blitz2636

94Vasyl Ivanchuk

UKR· FIDE 14100010Classical2630Rapid2619Blitz2621

95Abhimanyu Mishra

USA· FIDE 30920019Classical2630Rapid2598Blitz2541

96Shant Sargsyan

ARM· FIDE 13306766Classical2630Rapid2622Blitz2576

97Abhimanyu Puranik

IND· FIDE 5061245Classical2629Rapid2530Blitz2566

98Maksim Chigaev

ESP· FIDE 4108116Classical2629Rapid2587Blitz2507

99Alexander Grischuk

RUS· FIDE 4126025Classical2628Rapid2671Blitz2693

100Mikhail Al. Antipov

USA· FIDE 4107012Classical2628Rapid2605Blitz2605

Rank	Player	Federation	Classical	Rapid	Blitz
1	MC Magnus Carlsen FIDE 1503014	NOR	2823	2803	2860
2	HN Hikaru Nakamura FIDE 2016192	USA	2792	2738	2800
3	FC Fabiano Caruana FIDE 2020009	USA	2789	2682	2738
4	JS Javokhir Sindarov FIDE 14205483	UZB	2778	2732	2725
5	WS Wesley So FIDE 5202213	USA	2774	2699	2745
6	VK Vincent Keymer FIDE 12940690	GER	2764	2635	2628
7	NA Nodirbek Abdusattorov FIDE 14204118	UZB	2762	2704	2818
8	PR Praggnanandhaa R FIDE 25059530	IND	2761	2730	2712
9	EA Erigaisi Arjun FIDE 35009192	IND	2759	2745	2766
10	AF Alireza Firouzja FIDE 12573981	FRA	2757	2748	2793
11	AG Anish Giri FIDE 24116068	NED	2757	2660	2636
12	YW Yi Wei FIDE 8603405	CHN	2752	2726	2709
13	JD Jan-Krzysztof Duda FIDE 1170546	POL	2743	2685	2704
14	VA Viswanathan Anand FIDE 5000017	IND	2739	2721	2706
15	MA M. Amin Tabatabaei FIDE 12521213	IRI	2737	2584	2608
16	LD Liren Ding FIDE 8603677	CHN	2733	2693	2736
17	LD Leinier Dominguez Perez FIDE 3503240	USA	2732	2657	2604
18	QL Quang Liem Le FIDE 12401137	VIE	2732	2626	2675
19	RR Richard Rapport FIDE 738590	HUN	2726	2680	2616
20	LA Levon Aronian FIDE 13300474	USA	2725	2739	2714
21	HM Hans Moke Niemann FIDE 2093596	USA	2725	2675	2711
22	SM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov FIDE 13401319	AZE	2720	2664	2627
23	IN Ian Nepomniachtchi FIDE 4168119	RUS	2719	2729	2765
24	NS Nihal Sarin FIDE 25092340	IND	2718	2698	2721
25	MV Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FIDE 623539	FRA	2718	2706	2734
26	YK Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus FIDE 44599790	TUR	2716	2507	2574
27	DA Dmitry Andreikin FIDE 4158814	FID	2714	2676	2686
28	YY Yangyi Yu FIDE 8603820	CHN	2710	2667	2722
29	SS Samuel Sevian FIDE 2040506	USA	2708	2664	2658
30	JV Jorden Van Foreest FIDE 1039784	NED	2706	2601	2659
31	PM Parham Maghsoodloo FIDE 12539929	IRI	2705	2689	2638
32	GD Gukesh D FIDE 46616543	IND	2703	2686	2659
33	SG Santosh Gujrathi Vidit FIDE 5029465	IND	2697	2624	2677
34	VT Veselin Topalov FIDE 2900084	BUL	2695	2607	2627
35	HW Hao Wang FIDE 8602883	CHN	2694	2649	2649
36	AL Awonder Liang FIDE 2056437	USA	2693	2553	2595
37	VF Vladimir Fedoseev FIDE 24130737	SLO	2691	2701	2726
38	TR Teimour Radjabov FIDE 13400924	AZE	2689	2640	2659
39	NY Nodirbek Yakubboev FIDE 14203987	UZB	2685	2606	2589
40	AE Andrey Esipenko FIDE 24175439	RUS	2680	2658	2645
41	CV Chithambaram VR. Aravindh FIDE 5072786	IND	2677	2604	2562
42	VP V Pranav FIDE 25060783	IND	2677	2594	2582
43	PL Peter Leko FIDE 703303	HUN	2676	2700	2738
44	PM Pranesh M FIDE 35028600	IND	2674	2534	2589
45	NV Nikita Vitiugov FIDE 4152956	ENG	2666	2616	2586
46	AS Alexey Sarana FIDE 24133795	SRB	2666	2650	2667
47	RK Rustam Kasimdzhanov FIDE 14200244	UZB	2665	2630	2574
48	DW David W L Howell FIDE 410608	ENG	2665	2613	2574
49	PE Pavel Eljanov FIDE 14102951	UKR	2664	2605	2622
50	AS Aydin Suleymanli FIDE 13413937	AZE	2664	2581	2566
51	HM Haik M. Martirosyan FIDE 13306553	ARM	2664	2625	2686
52	MB Matthias Bluebaum FIDE 24651516	GER	2662	2583	2608
53	RR Ray Robson FIDE 2023970	USA	2659	2639	2622
54	RW Radoslaw Wojtaszek FIDE 1118358	POL	2658	2611	2584
55	JE Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara FIDE 3805662	MEX	2657	2614	2580
56	KA Kirill Alekseenko FIDE 4135539	AUT	2656	2595	2620
57	JX Jeffery Xiong FIDE 2047640	USA	2656	2694	2703
58	VM Volodar Murzin FIDE 44155573	FID	2656	2620	2670
59	JC Johan-Sebastian Christiansen FIDE 1512668	NOR	2656	2492	2546
60	FS Frederik Svane FIDE 12923044	GER	2655	2497	2554
61	AM Alexander Morozevich FIDE 4116992	RUS	2654	2629	2583
62	SV Shamsiddin Vokhidov FIDE 14204223	UZB	2654	2516	2551
63	DD Daniil Dubov FIDE 24126055	RUS	2654	2685	2783
64	MM Mahammad Muradli FIDE 13409301	AZE	2653	2553	2559
65	VA Vladislav Artemiev FIDE 24101605	RUS	2653	2707	2711
66	XB Xiangzhi Bu FIDE 8601445	CHN	2651	2593	2717
67	PH Pentala Harikrishna FIDE 5007003	IND	2648	2595	2620
68	AT Aryan Tari FIDE 1510045	NOR	2647	2557	2633
69	MK Murali Karthikeyan FIDE 5074452	IND	2647	2524	2528
70	AC Aryan Chopra FIDE 5084423	IND	2646	2598	2603
71	SS Sam Shankland FIDE 2004887	USA	2646	2624	2613
72	RS Raunak Sadhwani FIDE 35093487	IND	2645	2592	2678
73	BD Bogdan-Daniel Deac FIDE 1226380	ROU	2644	2609	2650
74	BJ Brandon Jacobson FIDE 30901561	USA	2644	2502	2517
75	LV Loek Van Wely FIDE 1000268	NED	2643	2556	2556
76	RH Robert Hovhannisyan FIDE 13302507	ARM	2642	2530	2557
77	IK Igor Kovalenko FIDE 14117908	UKR	2642	2589	2610
78	BG Boris Gelfand FIDE 2805677	ISR	2641	2624	2582
79	AO Alexander Onischuk FIDE 14101025	USA	2639	2617	2629
80	AH Aram Hakobyan FIDE 13306677	ARM	2638	2558	2595
81	GO Grigoriy Oparin FIDE 24125890	USA	2638	2611	2655
82	SL Shanglei Lu FIDE 8603332	CHN	2637	2586	2710
83	EI Ernesto Inarkiev FIDE 4162722	RUS	2637	2625	2514
84	EG Ediz Gurel FIDE 44507356	TUR	2636	2539	2578
85	NT Nikolas Theodorou FIDE 4262875	GRE	2633	2588	2567
86	TD Thai Dai Van Nguyen FIDE 358878	CZE	2633	2516	2563
87	LL Leon Luke Mendonca FIDE 35028561	IND	2633	2551	2520
88	GC Gawain C B Maroroa Jones FIDE 409561	ENG	2633	2609	2616
89	RP Ruslan Ponomariov FIDE 14103320	UKR	2632	2657	2614
90	DA David Anton Guijarro FIDE 2285525	ESP	2632	2620	2560
91	XX Xiangyu Xu FIDE 8608288	CHN	2631	2605	2552
92	IC Ivan Cheparinov FIDE 2905540	BUL	2631	2612	2575
93	RM Rauf Mamedov FIDE 13401653	AZE	2631	2628	2636
94	VI Vasyl Ivanchuk FIDE 14100010	UKR	2630	2619	2621
95	AM Abhimanyu Mishra FIDE 30920019	USA	2630	2598	2541
96	SS Shant Sargsyan FIDE 13306766	ARM	2630	2622	2576
97	AP Abhimanyu Puranik FIDE 5061245	IND	2629	2530	2566
98	MC Maksim Chigaev FIDE 4108116	ESP	2629	2587	2507
99	AG Alexander Grischuk FIDE 4126025	RUS	2628	2671	2693
100	MA Mikhail Al. Antipov FIDE 4107012	USA	2628	2605	2605

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