Chess Live Rating
The pulse of professional chess, since the first Elo list
The Standings of the Modern Masters
A running record of the official FIDE standard rating list, alongside the history that gives today's numbers their meaning.
Classical Live Ratings — September 2026
Top 30 — FIDE Rating
| # | Player | Age | Rating |
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Data source: FIDE Standard Rating List, snapshot September 2026 — cross-checked with Chess.com Live Ratings.
Historical Rating
The reigning World Champion is not always the rating leader. Gukesh Dommaraju of India has held the title since December 2024 and defends it in a match in Geneva, Switzerland, from late November to mid-December 2026 against Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan, winner of the 2026 Candidates Tournament. Meanwhile Carlsen, absent from the classical World Championship cycle since 2023, remains atop the overall rating list.
Only seven players have held the FIDE #1 rating spot since the list began in 1971 — see the full record on Wikipedia.
- Bobby Fischer1971
- Anatoly Karpov1975
- Garry Kasparov1985
- Vladimir Kramnik2000
- Veselin Topalov2005
- Viswanathan Anand2007
- Magnus Carlsen2011 – present
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