Top chess players

Top Chess Players list ordered by FIDE Rating. The list contains the top 100 chess players in the database ordered by ELO.

See full players list ordered by name | Chess players by number of games
Name ELO Title FIDE Id Federation Games Birth Year
1 Magnus Carlsen 2868 GM 1503014 Norway 1347 1990
2 Levon Aronian 2813 GM 13300474 Armenia 1472 1982
3 Vladimir Kramnik 2811 GM 4101588 Russian federation 2161 1975
4 Veselin Topalov 2793 GM 2900084 Bulgaria 1821 1975
5 Viswanathan Anand 2783 GM 5000017 India 2635 1969
6 Alexander Grischuk 2779 GM 4126025 Russian federation 1729 1983
7 Hikaru Nakamura 2775 GM 2016192 United states 1369 1987
8 Fabiano Caruana 2774 GM 2020009 Italy 1019 1992
9 Peter Svidler 2769 GM 4102142 Russian federation 2134 1976
10 Sergey Karjakin 2767 GM 14109603 Russian federation 1420 1990
11 Alexander Morozevich 2760 GM 4116992 Russian federation 1500 1977
12 Vassily Ivanchuk 2755 GM 14100010 Ukraine 2989 1969
13 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2753 GM 13401319 Azerbaijan 1272 1985
14 Teimour Radjabov 2745 GM 13400924 Azerbaijan 1177 1987
15 Boris Gelfand 2744 GM 2805677 Israel 2372 1968
16 Hao Wang 2743 GM 8602883 China 734 1989
17 Ruslan Ponomariov 2742 GM 14103320 Ukraine 1321 1983
18 Gata Kamsky 2741 GM 2000024 United states 1338 1974
19 Peter Leko 2737 GM 703303 Hungary 1834 1979
20 Anish Giri 2734 GM 24116068 Netherlands 607 1994
21 Dmitry Jakovenko 2731 GM 4122356 Russian federation 1104 1983
22 Michael Adams 2729 GM 400041 United kingdom 2469 1971
23 Etienne Bacrot 2725 GM 605506 France 1759 1983
24 Dmitry Andreikin 2724 GM 4158814 Russian federation 682 1990
25 Leinier Dominguez Perez 2723 GM 3503240 Cuba 402 1983
26 Evgeny Tomashevsky 2719 GM 4147235 Russian federation 721 1987
27 Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2680 GM 623539 France 1045 1990
28 Nikita Vitiugov 2718 GM 4152956 Russian federation 830 1987
29 Quang Liem Le 2714 GM 12401137 Viet nam 772 1991
30 Arkadij Naiditsch 2710 GM 4650891 Germany 1547 1985
31 Vladimir Malakhov 2710 GM 4120787 Russian federation 1122 1980
32 Ian Nepomniachtchi 2710 GM 4168119 Russian federation 598 1990
33 Alexander Areshchenko 2709 GM 14109530 Ukraine 914 1986
34 Alexei Shirov 2708 GM 2209390 Latvia 2741 1972
35 Alexander Riazantsev 2708 GM 4125029 Russian federation 1169 1985
36 Lazaro Bruzon Batista 2707 GM 3503739 Cuba 1053 1982
37 Liren Ding 2707 GM 8603677 China 85 1992
38 Yue Wang 2706 GM 8601429 China 876 1987
39 Vladimir Akopian 2705 GM 13300032 Armenia 1527 1971
40 Wesley So 2682 GM 5202213 Philippines 430 1993
41 Anton Korobov 2705 GM 14105730 Ukraine 856 1985
42 Penteala Harikrishna 2702 GM 5007003 India 1123 1986
43 Pavel Eljanov 2702 GM 14102951 Ukraine 1057 1983
44 Baadur Jobava 2702 GM 13601520 Georgia 994 1983
45 Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2701 GM 1118358 Poland 1066 1987
46 Evgeny Alekseev 2700 GM 4138147 Russian federation 925 1985
47 Ivan Cheparinov 2700 GM 2905540 Bulgaria 1107 1986
48 Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2699 GM 14200244 Uzbekistan 1150 1979
49 Alexander Moiseenko 2698 GM 14102560 Ukraine 1105 1980
50 David Navara 2697 GM 309095 Czech republic 1269 1985
51 Luke J McShane 2697 GM 404853 United kingdom 1167 1984
52 Judit Polgar 2696 GM 700070 Hungary 1741 1976
53 Francisco Vallejo Pons 2695 GM 2205530 Spain 1478 1982
54 Sergei Rublevsky 2695 GM 4115309 Russian federation 1406 1974
55 Zoltan Almasi 2695 GM 702293 Hungary 1607 1976
56 Laurent Fressinet 2693 GM 608742 France 1569 1981
57 Sergei Movsesian 2693 GM 310204 Armenia 1829 1978
58 Ernesto Inarkiev 2690 GM 4162722 Russian federation 773 1985
59 Loek Van Wely 2689 GM 1000268 Netherlands 3044 1972
60 Ferenc Berkes 2688 GM 718572 Hungary 1136 1985
61 Andrei Volokitin 2687 GM 14107090 Ukraine 989 1986
62 Boris Grachev 2687 GM 4129199 Russian federation 935 1986
63 Chao b Li 2686 GM 8604436 China 390 1989
64 Nigel D Short 2681 GM 400025 United kingdom 2433 1965
65 Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu 2679 GM 1202758 Romania 1341 1976
66 Viktor Laznicka 2679 GM 316385 Czech republic 975 1988
67 Zahar Efimenko 2677 GM 14107201 Ukraine 1102 1985
68 Yangyi Yu 2675 GM 8603820 China 34 1994
69 Richard Rapport 2674 GM 738590 Hungary 336 1996
70 Timur Gareev 2674 GM 14200937 United states 259 1988
71 Zoltan Gyimesi 2674 GM 702218 Hungary 1659 1977
72 Emil Sutovsky 2673 GM 2802007 Israel 1428 1977
73 Viktor Bologan 2672 GM 13900048 Moldova 2055 1971
74 Krishnan Sasikiran 2669 GM 5004985 India 1394 1981
75 Alexander Motylev 2669 GM 4121830 Russian federation 1166 1979
76 Gabriel Sargissian 2667 GM 13300881 Armenia 914 1983
77 Markus Ragger 2666 GM 1610856 Austria 872 1988
78 Alexander Onischuk 2666 GM 14101025 United states 1303 1975
79 Vladimir Potkin 2666 GM 4131061 Russian federation 1070 1982
80 Ilia Smirin 2663 GM 2801990 Israel 1773 1968
81 Xiangzhi Bu 2662 GM 8601445 China 1035 1985
82 Sergey A Fedorchuk 2660 GM 14102536 Ukraine 1104 1981
83 Sergei Zhigalko 2660 GM 13502956 Belarus 748 1989
84 Romain Edouard 2659 GM 633429 France 689 1990
85 Yuriy Kryvoruchko 2659 GM 14109182 Ukraine 526 1986
86 Julio E Granda Zuniga 2659 GM 3800024 Peru 1276 1967
87 Peter Heine Nielsen 2658 GM 1400355 Denmark 1799 1973
88 Kiril Georgiev 2657 GM 2900017 Bulgaria 2059 1965
89 Tigran Gharamian 2657 GM 13301527 France 421 1984
90 Ildar Khairullin 2657 GM 4151348 Russian federation 730 1990
91 Georg Meier 2655 GM 4675789 Germany 711 1987
92 Ivan Ivanisevic 2655 GM 912417 Serbia 1196 1977
93 Vadim Zvjaginsev 2655 GM 4113403 Russian federation 1193 1976
94 Eduardo Iturrizaga 2655 GM 3901211 Venezuela 293 1989
95 Igor Kurnosov 2654 GM 4142527 Russian federation 839 1985
96 Aleksey Dreev 2654 GM 4100107 Russian federation 2404 1969
97 Maxim Matlakov 2654 GM 4168003 Russian federation 565 1991
98 Sanan Sjugirov 2654 GM 4189302 Russian federation 573 1993
99 Grzegorz Gajewski 2653 GM 1116207 Poland 719 1985
100 Denis Khismatullin 2653 GM 4142578 Russian federation 758 1984