Chess federation rankings

Every national chess federation ranked by the average live FIDE rating of its top 10 players, October 2026. Pick a country to see its top players.

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Country ranking: average of each federation’s top 10 live ratings

RkFederationTop 10 avg
1United StatesHikaru Nakamura · 27922722.8
2IndiaPraggnanandhaa R · 27632703.9
3ChinaYi Wei · 27582662.9
4RussiaIan Nepomniachtchi · 27192639.4
5UzbekistanJavokhir Sindarov · 27822636.8
6FranceAlireza Firouzja · 27572630.0
7AzerbaijanShakhriyar Mamedyarov · 27102629.7
8GermanyVincent Keymer · 27612629.5
9UkrainePavel Eljanov · 26642625.7
10NetherlandsAnish Giri · 27522604.0
11SpainDavid Anton Guijarro · 26502599.6
12HungaryRichard Rapport · 27112598.3
13ArmeniaHaik M. Martirosyan · 26592593.5
14PolandJan-Krzysztof Duda · 27412590.1
15EnglandDavid W L Howell · 26652584.8
16NorwayMagnus Carlsen · 28232582.7
17TürkiyeYagiz Kaan Erdogmus · 27312570.6
18IsraelBoris Gelfand · 26412563.4
19IranM. Amin Tabatabaei · 27282558.6
20SerbiaAlexey Sarana · 26712553.0
21GreeceNikolas Theodorou · 26392546.7
22ArgentinaFaustino Oro · 25602540.2
23CzechiaThai Dai Van Nguyen · 26232540.0
24CroatiaIvan Saric · 26212536.0
25BulgariaVeselin Topalov · 26952535.3
26RomaniaBogdan-Daniel Deac · 26562532.8
27DenmarkJonas Buhl Bjerre · 26272531.3
28AustriaKirill Alekseenko · 26402528.8
29KazakhstanDenis Makhnev · 25812522.7
30SwitzerlandVadim Milov · 25822518.8
31ItalyLorenzo Lodici · 25712518.2
32GeorgiaBaadur Jobava · 25722515.2
33SloveniaVladimir Fedoseev · 26912512.5
34CubaCarlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera · 26052504.6
35SwedenNils Grandelius · 26032501.1
36BrazilRafael Leitao · 25852493.0
37SlovakiaViktor Gazik · 25492490.7
38PeruJulio E Granda Zuniga · 26062486.6
39VietnamQuang Liem Le · 27322480.4
40LithuaniaTitas Stremavicius · 25582473.5
41MexicoJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara · 26542466.7
42BelgiumDaniel Dardha · 26122464.8
43MontenegroNikita Petrov · 25722461.5
44CanadaShawn Rodrigue-Lemieux · 25322461.1
45ColombiaJose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso · 24932460.1
46AustraliaBobby Cheng · 25732458.0
47IcelandVignir Vatnar Stefansson · 25342443.3
48Bosnia & HerzegovinaPredrag Nikolic · 25512439.1
49MoldovaVictor Bologan · 25932438.6
50MongoliaAmilal Munkhdalai · 25032433.4
51PortugalJorge Viterbo Ferreira · 25242432.9
52BelarusDenis Lazavik · 26362428.5
53EgyptBassem Amin · 26082427.8
54North MacedoniaEvgeny Romanov · 25602426.0
55FinlandTomi Nyback · 25702423.0
56PhilippinesJulio Catalino Sadorra · 25462421.5
57LatviaToms Kantans · 25562417.9
58ChileCristobal Henriquez Villagra · 25692407.9
59IndonesiaSusanto Megaranto · 25002402.9
60SingaporeJingyao Tin · 26022389.6
61EstoniaAleksandr Volodin · 24732386.2
62VenezuelaJose Rafael Gascon Del Nogal · 24542384.0
63ParaguayAxel Bachmann · 25872370.6
64ScotlandFrederick Waldhausen Gordon · 24652368.5
65MalaysiaYu Tian Poh · 25002363.2
66IrelandSam E. Collins · 24622357.5
67KyrgyzstanVladimir Magai · 24902345.2
68MoroccoHicham Hamdouchi · 24922340.9
69BangladeshRahman Mohammad Fahad · 24402332.6
70TurkmenistanSaparmyrat Atabayev · 25052330.6
71UruguayGeorg Meier · 26202327.7
72South AfricaHenry Robert Steel · 24082316.4
73Costa RicaBernal Gonzalez Acosta · 24532313.7
74AlgeriaBilel Bellahcene · 25022307.6
75AlbaniaFranc Ashiku · 23912303.8
76United Arab EmiratesA.R. Saleh Salem · 26162277.5
77TajikistanMekhriddin Sharifov · 24312275.9
78Faroe IslandsHelgi Dam Ziska · 25422268.9
79New ZealandFelix Xie · 24352268.8
80MyanmarZaw Htun Wynn · 23242267.7
81ZambiaAndrew Kayonde · 23172267.5
82Sri LankaRanindu Dilshan Liyanage · 24702263.8
83KosovoNderim Saraci · 24452262.2
84BoliviaLicael Roderick Ticona Rocabado · 24222259.2
85TunisiaKamel Njili · 24062257.8
86LebanonZayne-Eddine El Zein · 23472253.2
87Dominican RepublicJose Lisandro Munoz Santana · 23422249.5
88EcuadorKevin Noboa Silva · 23812249.5
89JapanThanh Tu Tran · 23932248.4
90AndorraOscar De La Riva Aguado · 24192247.8
91SyriaSatea Husari · 24032240.6
92NigeriaAbdulrahman Akintoye ABDULRAHEEM · 23042233.8
93El SalvadorJorge Ernesto Giron · 23072232.6
94MonacoIgor Berezovsky · 23982227.5
95LuxembourgMichael Wiedenkeller · 23722226.6
96PanamaRoberto Carlos Sanchez Alvarez · 23472207.1
97Hong Kong, ChinaNiilo Man Nissinen · 23472205.9
98WalesJose Camacho Collados · 23502203.0
99South KoreaJunhyeok Lee · 24132200.4
100ZimbabweKukudzarema Shepherd · 23582180.1
101AngolaDavid Silva · 22852174.0
102UgandaArthur Ssegwanyi · 23202170.9
103Trinidad & TobagoAlan-Safar Ramoutar · 23302168.9
104JordanRafat Issa · 23102167.2
105IraqZozek Salah Mohammed · 22552164.1
106CyprusAndreas Kelires · 25312159.3
107MadagascarFy Antenaina Rakotomaharo · 24392157.3
108NicaraguaMarcos Ortiz · 22342155.5
109LibyaAli Elier · 22712142.8
110MaltaJack Mizzi · 22272132.5
111YemenBasheer Al Qudaimi · 23742129.1
112Puerto RicoSantiago Velasco · 22782127.8
113GuatemalaWinston Darwin Cu Hor · 23152118.2
114ThailandPrin Laohawirapap · 23762102.8
115South SudanGong Thon Gong · 22002094.8
116JamaicaJoshua Christie · 22632093.8
117Chinese TaipeiRaymond Song · 24972092.8
118HondurasNahun Gavarrete · 23202080.2
119NepalBibek Thing · 22482080.1
120SudanOmar Eltigani · 22592079.1
121PakistanTunveer M.D. Gillani · 22442078.7
122KenyaSimiyu Jadon · 22072073.7
123BotswanaProvidence Oatlhotse · 22712061.4
124PalestineMohammed Seder · 22352057.7
125EthiopiaLeykun Mesfin · 21612053.3
126MalawiJoseph Mwale · 22802047.2
127BarbadosJustin Blackman · 22722043.8
128MozambiqueDonaldo Paiva · 22182022.1
129LiechtensteinFabian Ferster · 22482010.6
130CuraçaoTjark Vos · 22112005.6
131ArubaJasel Lopez · 23811998.8
132AfghanistanKhaiber Farazi · 21491988.7
133NamibiaDante M Beukes · 23221986.2
134Saudi ArabiaAhmed Abdullah S Alrehaili · 21301971.3
135Cape VerdeMariano Ortega Amarelle · 23791962.1
136MauritaniaTaleb Mohamed Mohamed Abderrahim · 20841961.8
137Côte d’IvoireNicolas Cogan · 20651954.7
138SurinameJason Yeung · 21231941.5
139BermudaRichard Black · 21441929.9
140GhanaBernard Anhwere · 20051925.9
141HaitiAngelo Etienne · 21311925.9
142JerseyJem Gurner · 21041919.6
143OmanSalim Al Amri Salim Mohammed · 19941916.0
144MauritiusRoy Phillips · 21641913.8
145SenegalFelix Izeta Txabarri · 24371909.0
146CameroonDonkeng Hussel · 20361907.3
147GuamJames Marcus Justo · 20351906.6
148Isle of ManLi Wu · 22441906.3
149BruneiAbd Hamid Ilham Hj · 20991904.2
150LiberiaObediah Saah · 20141897.7
151BahrainHusain Ayyad · 21071884.9
152SomaliaAbdulkadir Mohamed Warsame · 20181883.5
153KuwaitBader Al-Hajiri · 20241875.3
154BahamasNicholas Johnson · 19871862.2
155MaldivesShuaau Muhammed · 22301861.3
156GuyanaSachin Dhilan Pitamber · 20491858.0
157GuernseyChristopher Holland · 20671851.1
158MaliBakary Traore · 21441849.2
159LesothoGeorge Mahommed · 20011847.3
160TogoYakini Tchouka · 20241838.7
161QatarHusain Aziz · 22561833.1
162TanzaniaAlbert Njau · 19711832.8
163PalauJohn Ranel Morazo · 22081828.4
164GambiaEbrima Bah · 20571824.2
165U.S. Virgin IslandsMighty Funtanilla · 20791824.1
166Cayman IslandsRyan Blackwood · 19501819.3
167San MarinoDanilo Volpinari · 19481817.5
168St. LuciaReginald Martyr · 21791813.2
169NauruKingston Adam · 18711788.1
170Papua New GuineaIshmael Amnol · 20461774.4
171EswatiniMabuza Mbongeni · 18331758.8
172GabonMounguen Jose Evrard Koumba · 19961758.5
173BurundiEzra Paul Chambers · 23971755.1
174Macau, ChinaHui Li · 20731751.3
175Equatorial GuineaXavier Mompel Ferruz · 23611750.2
176São Tomé & PríncipeSergio Pereira · 20011738.1
177LaosRoberto Jr. Suelo · 21371734.7
178FijiDamian C Norris · 18751721.7
179New CaledoniaSylvain Giraud · 19661720.4
180DjiboutiZakaria Ali Absieh · 18531711.1
181Timor-LesteHelder de Araujo · 19281698.0
182VanuatuJeremy Ellison · 18171682.6
183CambodiaRandolph Schain · 20321682.1
184DominicaAndrey Kovalenko · 18541594.5

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