Top chess players in Scotland

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

Scotland has 400 rated players. The highest rated is IM Frederick Waldhausen Gordon at 2465.

Country ranking

#64 of 184

top 10 average 2368.5

Grandmasters

Moved since the October list

OCT26·400 players·Updated 08:55 UTC

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1#=861		IMFrederick Waldhausen Gordon SCO · 16	2465	24652465.0	–	+76
2#=908		GMMatthew J Turner SCO · 51	2460	24602460.0	–	+19
3#161227	27	FMRishi Vijayakumar SCO · 15FIDE 2405	2405	24042404.4	−0.6	+105
4#=17165	5	GMPaul Motwani SCO · 64	2399	23992399.0	–	=
5#=17515	5	IMAndrew N Greet SCO · 47	2397	23972397.0	–	-8
6#=22051	1	IMKonstantinos Megalios SCO · 31	2373	23732373.0	–	-10
7#=350412	12	FMMurad Abdulla SCO · 26	2319	23192319.0	–	+9
8#=406813	13	IMDouglas M Bryson SCO · 69	2301	23012301.0	–	+2
9#=442414	14	CMRithvik Deepak Ambattu SCO · 12	2291	22912291.0	–	+85
10#=49123	3	FMIain Gourlay SCO · 52	2276	22762276.0	–	-12
11#=52559	9	FMKeith Ruxton SCO · 56	2267	22672267.0	–	-20
12#=579218	18	GMKetevan Arakhamia-Grant SCO · 58	2253	22532253.0	–	-16
13#=586617	17	FMHamish Olson SCO · 32	2251	22512251.0	–	-58
14#=598415	15	Julius Schwartz SCO · 34	2248	22482248.0	–	+66
15#=69789	9	FMNeil Berry SCO · 49	2225	22252225.0	–	-41
16#=70287	7	Calum MacQueen SCO · 36	2224	22242224.0	–	+5
17#=775318	18	FMCraig S M Thomson SCO · 63	2210	22102210.0	–	-3
18#=843917	17	Graham Paterson SCO · 74	2197	21972197.0	–	-3
19#=878338	38	IMAngus J Dunnington SCO · 59FIDE 2189	2189	21902190.0	+1.0	-26
20#8837117	117	IMStephen R Mannion SCO · 62FIDE 2191	2191	21892189.2	−1.8	+13
21#=918219	19	Steven Tweedie SCO · 39	2183	21832183.0	–	+11
22#=930327	27	Declan Shafi SCO · 26	2181	21812181.0	–	+24
23#=946820	20	William Bennett SCO	2178	21782178.0	–	+3
24#=969020	20	Devesh Sharma SCO · 11	2175	21752175.0	–	+168
25#=991613	13	Sanjith Madhavan SCO · 19	2171	21712171.0	–	+61

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