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International chess

Top players

July 2026 classical ratings

World top 25 and age-group leaders

Ratings change monthly. Birth year is shown rather than a calculated age. Age groups overlap and are intended as useful comparisons, not separate official titles.

RankPlayerFed.RatingBorn
1Magnus CarlsenNOR28231990
2Fabiano CaruanaUSA27921992
3Hikaru NakamuraUSA27921987
4Javokhir SindarovUZB27772005
5Vincent KeymerGER27672004
6Nodirbek AbdusattorovUZB27662004
7Wesley SoUSA27651993
8Anish GiriNED27641994
9Arjun ErigaisiIND27572003
10Wei YiCHN27531999
11R PraggnanandhaaIND27502005
12Alireza FirouzjaFRA27492003
13Jan-Krzysztof DudaPOL27431998
14Viswanathan AnandIND27391969
15Ding LirenCHN27381992
16Ian NepomniachtchiRUS27351990
17Leinier Dominguez PerezUSA27321983
18Le Quang LiemVIE27311991
19Hans Moke NiemannUSA27302003
20Richard RapportHUN27291996
21Jorden van ForeestNED27281999
22Levon AronianUSA27241982
23Shakhriyar MamedyarovAZE27231985
24M. Amin TabatabaeiIRI27222001
25Nihal SarinIND27172004

Source: July 2026 FIDE standard list. Check the latest official rankings ↗

Leaders by age group

Under 16

  1. Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTUR · 2713 · born 2011
  2. Abhimanyu MishraUSA · 2638 · born 2009
  3. Andy WoodwardUSA · 2638 · born 2010
  4. Sina MovahedIRI · 2595 · born 2010
  5. Ivan ZemlyanskiiRUS · 2594 · born 2010

Under 18

  1. Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTUR · 2713 · born 2011
  2. Ediz GurelTUR · 2643 · born 2008
  3. Abhimanyu MishraUSA · 2638 · born 2009
  4. Andy WoodwardUSA · 2638 · born 2010
  5. Marc'Andria MaurizziFRA · 2628 · born 2007

Under 21 / FIDE Juniors

  1. Gukesh DIND · 2717 · born 2006
  2. Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTUR · 2713 · born 2011
  3. Pranesh MIND · 2666 · born 2006
  4. Pranav VIND · 2666 · born 2006
  5. Volodar MurzinFID · 2650 · born 2006

Age 40+

  1. Viswanathan AnandIND · 2739 · born 1969
  2. Leinier Dominguez PerezUSA · 2732 · born 1983
  3. Levon AronianUSA · 2724 · born 1982
  4. Shakhriyar MamedyarovAZE · 2723 · born 1985