Top senior chess players

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

The live list has 58,360 rated seniors, players born in 1976 or earlier. The highest rated is GM Viswanathan Anand at 2739.

Top 10 average

2639.1

Grandmasters

441

International Masters

916

OCT26·58,360 players·Updated 11:01 UTC

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1#14		GMViswanathan Anand IND · 57	2739	27392739.0	–	-4
2#34		GMVeselin Topalov BUL · 51	2695	26952695.0	–	-22
3#77		GMBoris Gelfand ISR · 58	2641	26412641.0	–	+5
4#=801	1	GMAlexander Onischuk USA · 51	2639	26392639.0	–	-1
5#=94		GMVasyl Ivanchuk UKR · 57	2628	26282628.0	–	+12
6#=97		GMLoek Van Wely NED · 54	2627	26272627.0	–	-3
7#=119		GMPeter Heine Nielsen DEN · 53	2614	26142614.0	–	-3
8#=139		GMJulio E Granda Zuniga PER · 59	2606	26062606.0	–	-18
9#=1421	1	GMIoannis Papaioannou GRE · 50	2605	26052605.0	–	-18
10#=154		GMMichael Adams ENG · 55	2597	25972597.0	–	-49
11#=1631	1	GMNigel D Short ENG · 61	2594	25942594.0	–	+7
12#1657	7	GMVictor Bologan MDA · 55FIDE 2590	2590	25932593.2	+3.2	-11
=13#=167		GMGata Kamsky FRA · 52	2592	25922592.0	–	-12
=13#=167		GMAlexei Shirov ESP · 54	2592	25922592.0	–	-44
15#=1731	1	GMCurt Hansen DEN · 62	2590	25902590.0	–	-6
16#=1791	1	GMMiguel Illescas Cordoba ESP · 61	2587	25872587.0	–	-10
=17#=188		GMLiviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ROU · 50	2582	25822582.0	–	+5
=17#=188		GMVadim Milov SUI · 54	2582	25822582.0	–	=
19#=1931	1	GMFerdinand Hellers SWE · 57	2581	25812581.0	–	+3
20#206		GMAleksey Dreev RUS · 57	2577	25772577.0	–	-7
21#=2101	1	GMDimitri Reinderman NED · 54	2575	25752575.0	–	+8
22#235		GMDaniel Fridman GER · 50	2566	25662566.0	–	-16
23#=2412	2	GMVladimir Akopian USA · 55	2562	25622562.0	–	+9
24#=2501	1	GMIlia Smirin ISR · 58	2560	25602560.0	–	+6
25#=2981	1	GMPredrag Nikolic BIH · 66	2551	25512551.0	–	+2

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