Top chess players in Norway

Live FIDE ratings, updated as games are played · October 2026

Norway has 2,080 rated players. The highest rated is GM Magnus Carlsen at 2823.

Country ranking

#16 of 184

top 10 average 2582.7

Grandmasters

Moved since the October list

OCT26·2,080 players·Updated 08:55 UTC

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1		GMMagnus Carlsen NOR · 36	2823	28232823.0	–	-16
2#=711	1	GMAryan Tari NOR · 27	2647	26472647.0	–	+16
3#=87		GMJohan-Sebastian Christiansen NOR · 28	2633	26332633.0	–	-28
4#=215		GMJon Ludvig Hammer NOR · 36	2573	25732573.0	–	-30
5#234		GMElham Amar NOR · 21FIDE 2567	2567	25692568.6	+1.6	-26
6#2801	1	GMFrode Olav Olsen Urkedal NOR · 33FIDE 2554	2554	25562555.7	+1.7	-7
7#=4676	6	GMAksel Bu Kvaloy NOR · 18FIDE 2515	2515	25172516.8	+1.8	+23
8#=4702	2	GMSimen Agdestein NOR · 59	2516	25162516.0	–	-46
9#=5822	2	GMKristian Stuvik Holm NOR · 28	2500	25002500.0	–	+5
10#=6181	1	IMJesper Hall NOR · 55	2494	24942494.0	–	+1
=11#=6621	1	IMGeir Sune Tallaksen Ostmoe NOR · 41	2488	24882488.0	–	-6
=11#=6621	1	IMTor Fredrik Kaasen NOR · 24	2488	24882488.0	–	+11
13#=6871	1	GMLars Oskar Hauge NOR · 28	2485	24852485.0	–	+23
14#=861		GMKjetil A. Lie NOR · 46	2465	24652465.0	–	-15
15#90534	34	IMSemen Mitusov NOR · 20FIDE 2464	2464	24612460.7	−3.3	-6
16#=9644	4	IMEspen Lie NOR · 42	2454	24542454.0	–	-4
=17#=10537	7	GMEinar J Gausel NOR · 63	2447	24472447.0	–	-5
=17#=10537	7	GMBenjamin Arvola Notkevich NOR · 33	2447	24472447.0	–	-9
19#=10843	3	IMHavard Haug NOR · 16	2444	24442444.0	–	+48
20#=1221		IMJens E Ingebretsen NOR · 22	2431	24312431.0	–	+8
21#=13913	3	FMNicolai Maxime Ostensen NOR · 17	2418	24182418.0	–	+82
22#=15114	4	GMLeif Erlend Johannessen NOR · 46	2410	24102410.0	–	+5
=23#=15905	5	GMBerge Ostenstad NOR · 62	2405	24052405.0	–	-16
=23#=15905	5	IMFrode Elsness NOR · 53	2405	24052405.0	–	-13
25#181973	73	FMJacob Templen Grave NOR · 23FIDE 2397	2397	23942393.9	−3.1	+26

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