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This is the list of top ranked chess grandmasters, ordered by their peak Elo rating. The cut-off value is 2700.

Notably only six players achieved their over-2700 peak before the year 2000 and twenty-one players achieved their respective peak between the years 2000 and 2009 (inclusive).

List

FIDE players ordered by peak Elo rating[1][2]
Country Player Peak rating Achieved Birth year Death year Notes

2800+

1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2882 2014-05 1990 Highest ranked player, Highest ranked Norwegian player, World Champion (2013–present)
2 Soviet UnionRussia Garry Kasparov 2851 1999-07 1963 Highest ranked Russian player, former World Champion (1985–2000),
first player to achieve 2800+ rating
3 ItalyUnited States Fabiano Caruana 2844 2014-10 1992 Formerly highest ranked Italian player (till 2015) - 2844, 2014–10, Highest ranked American player
4 Armenia Levon Aronian 2830 2014-03 1982 Highest ranked Armenian player.
5 PhilippinesUnited States Wesley So 2822 2017-02 1993 Formerly highest ranked Filipino player (till 2014) - 2755, 2014-08
6 India Viswanathan Anand 2820[3] 2011-09 1969 Highest ranked Indian player, Six times World Champion,World Champion all three format (Classical, Rapid and Blitz)[4], The Original Lightening Kid[5]
7 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2820 2018-09 1985 Highest ranked Azerbaijani player
8 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2819 2016-08 1990 Highest ranked French player.
9 Soviet UnionRussia Vladimir Kramnik 2817 2016-10 1975 Former World Champion (2000–2007)
10 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2816 2015-07 1975 Highest ranked Bulgarian player, former FIDE World Champion (2005–2006)
11 United States Hikaru Nakamura 2816 2015-10 1987
12 China Ding Liren 2816 2018-11 1992 Highest ranked Chinese player
13 Russia Alexander Grischuk 2810 2014-12 1983

2775–2799

14 RussiaNetherlands Anish Giri 2798 2015-10 1994 Highest ranked Dutch player
15 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 2793 2012-10 1987
16= Russia Alexander Morozevich 2788 2008-07 1977
16= UkraineRussia Sergey Karjakin 2788 2011-07 1990
18 Soviet UnionUkraine Vassily Ivanchuk 2787 2007-10 1969 Highest ranked Ukrainian player
19 United States Bobby Fischer 2785 1972-07 1943 2008 Former World Champion (1972–1975), first player to achieve 2700+ ranking
20 Soviet UnionRussia Anatoly Karpov 2780 1994-07 1951 Former World Champion (1975–1985, FIDE 1993–1999)
21 Soviet UnionBelarusIsrael Boris Gelfand 2777 2013-11 1968 Highest ranked Israeli player,
formerly highest ranked Belarusian player (till 1998) - 2675 (Now Vladislav Kovalev)
22 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 2776 2019-09 1990

2750–2774

23 India Pentala Harikrishna 2770 2016-12 1986
24 Russia Peter Svidler 2769 2013-05 1976
25 CubaUnited States Leinier Dominguez Perez 2768 2014-05 1983 Formerly highest ranked Cuban player (till 2018) - 2768, 2014-05
26= Ukraine Pavel Eljanov 2765 2016-03 1983
26= China Yu Yangyi 2765 2018-09 1994
28 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 2764 2011-07 1983 Former FIDE World Champion (2002–2004)
29= Hungary Peter Leko 2763 2005-04 1979 Highest ranked Hungarian player
29= Soviet UnionUnited States Gata Kamsky 2763 2013-07 1974
31= Azerbaijan Vugar Gashimov 2761 2012-01 1986 2014
31= England Michael Adams 2761 2013-09 1971 Highest ranked English player
31= Russia Vladislav Artemiev 2761 2019-06 1998
34 Russia Dmitry Jakovenko 2760 2009-01 1983
35= Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky 2758 2015-09 1987
35= China Li Chao 2758 2016-03 1989
35= Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2758 2019-12 1998
35= Hungary Richárd Rapport 2758 2019-12 1996
39= China Wang Yue 2756 2010-09 1987
39= China Wang Hao 2756 2019-12 1989
41 Soviet UnionLatviaSpainLatviaSpain Alexei Shirov 2755 2008-01 1972 highest ranked Spanish player, formerly highest ranked Latvian player (till 2018) - 2755, 2008-01
42 China Wei Yi 2753 2017-08 1999 Youngest player to reach a rating over 2700.
43= Georgia (country)ArmeniaCzech RepublicSlovakiaArmenia Sergei Movsesian 2751 2009-01 1978 Formerly highest ranked Slovak player (till 2010) - 2751, 2009-01
43= Czech Republic David Navara 2751 2015-05 1985 Highest ranked Czech player
43= Russia Nikita Vitiugov 2751 2019-11 1987
46 Poland Radosław Wojtaszek 2750 2017-01 1987 Highest ranked Polish player

2725–2749

47 France Etienne Bacrot 2749 2013-11 1983
48 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 2743 2016-06 1990
49= Soviet UnionRussiaCanada Evgeny Bareev 2739 2003-10 1966 Highest ranked Canadian player
49= Vietnam Le Quang Liem 2739 2017-08 1991 Highest ranked Vietnamese player
51 Russia Maxim Matlakov 2738 2017-11 1991
52 LatviaGermanyAzerbaijan Arkadij Naiditsch 2737 2013-12 1985 Formerly highest ranked German player (till 2015)
53 Hungary Judit Polgar 2735 2005-07 1976 Highest ranked female player
54= Soviet UnionMoldova Viktor Bologan 2734 2012-08 1971 Highest ranked Moldovan player
54= Georgia (country) Baadur Jobava 2734 2012-09 1983 Highest ranked Georgian player
56 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev 2733 2017-10 1995
57= Russia Vladimir Malakhov 2732 2010-07 1980
57= Russia Ernesto Inarkiev 2732 2016-09 1985
59= China Bu Xiangzhi 2731 2019-02 1985
59= United States Samuel Shankland 2731 2019-02 1991
61= Hungary Zoltan Almasi 2726 2011-07 1976
61= Ukraine Alexander Moiseenko 2726 2011-09 1980
63= Russia Evgeny Alekseev 2725 2009-09 1985
63= Ukraine Andrei Volokitin 2725 2013-03 1986

2700–2724

65= China Ni Hua 2724 2009-04 1983
65= Spain Francisco Vallejo Pons 2724 2011-07 1982 Highest ranked Spanish player
67= Ukraine Anton Korobov 2723 2014-01 1985
67= India Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 2723 2018-02 1994
67= Iran Alireza Firouzja 2723 2019-12 2003 Highest ranked Iranian player
70= India Krishnan Sasikiran 2720 2012-05 1981
70= Russia Alexander Riazantsev 2720 2012-07 1985
70= Ukraine Alexander Areshchenko 2720 2012-12 1986
70= France Laurent Fressinet 2720 2015-06 1981
74 BulgariaGeorgia (country) Ivan Cheparinov 2718 2018-08 1986
75= Cuba Lazaro Bruzon Batista 2717 2012-10 1982 Highest ranked Cuban player
75= Ukraine Yuriy Kryvoruchko 2717 2015-11 1986
77= Soviet UnionRussia Valery Salov 2715 1995-01 1964
77= Uzbekistan Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2715 2015-05 1979 Highest ranked Uzbek player, former FIDE World Champion (2004–2005)
77= Russia Kirill Alekseenko 2715 2019-11 1997
80= Netherlands Loek Van Wely 2714 2001-10 1972
80= Russia Denis Khismatullin 2714 2014-03 1984
82= Soviet UnionArmenia Vladimir Akopian 2713 2006-07 1971
82= England Luke McShane 2713 2012-07 1984
84= England Nigel Short 2712 2004-04 1965
84= England David Howell 2712 2015-08 1990
84= Egypt Bassem Amin 2712 2019-01 1988
84= United States Jeffery Xiong 2712 2019-11 2000
88 Soviet UnionRussia Alexey Dreev 2711 2011-07 1969
89= Soviet UnionUkraineSlovenia Alexander Beliavsky 2710 1997-07 1953 Highest ranked Slovenian player
89= Russia Alexander Motylev 2710 2009-07 1979
89= Israel Maxim Rodshtein 2710 2016-03 1989
92= Azerbaijan Rauf Mamedov 2709 2017-12 1988
92= Russia Daniil Dubov 2709 2018-09 1996
92= England Gawain Jones 2709 2019-06 1987
95 Ukraine Zahar Efimenko 2708 2011-03 1985
96= RomaniaGermany Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2707 2005-10 1976 Highest ranked German player, formerly highest ranked Romanian player (till 2014) - 2707, 2005–10
96= Russia Evgeny Najer 2707 2017-08 1977
98= Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaBosnia and HerzegovinaNetherlands Ivan Sokolov 2706 2004-01 1968 Formerly highest ranked Bosnian player (till 1994) - 2650 (Now Predrag Nikolić - 2676, 2004–10)
98= Hungary Ferenc Berkes 2706 2011-09 1985
98= Soviet UnionRussia Sergei Rublevsky 2706 2013-11 1974
101= Soviet UnionLatvia Mikhail Tal 2705 1980-01 1936 1992 Former world champion (1960–1961)
101= Soviet UnionRussiaIsraelSwitzerland Vadim Milov 2705 2008-07 1972 Highest ranked Swiss player
101= Russia Boris Grachev 2705 2012-03 1986
101= Norway Jon Ludvig Hammer 2705 2016-02 1990
105 Czech Republic Viktor Laznicka 2704 2012-01 1989
106= Soviet UnionIsrael Emil Sutovsky 2703 2012-01 1977
106= Austria Markus Ragger 2703 2017-02 1988 Highest ranked Austrian player
106= Belarus Vladislav Kovalev 2703 2019-02 1994 Highest ranked Belarusian player
106= Croatia Ivan Šarić 2703 2019-03 1990 Highest ranked Croatian player
110= Soviet UnionPoland Michal Krasenkow 2702 2000-07 1963
110= Soviet UnionIsrael Ilia Smirin 2702 2001-07 1968
110= Russia Alexander Khalifman 2702 2001-10 1966 Former FIDE World Champion (1999–2000)
110= Soviet Union Georgia (country) Bosnia and HerzegovinaGeorgia (country) Zurab Azmaiparashvili 2702 2003-07 1960
110= France Romain Edouard 2702 2014-06 1990
110= UkraineLatvia Igor Kovalenko 2702 2015-08 1988
110= Armenia Gabriel Sargissian 2702 2015-12 1983
117= UkraineUnited States Alexander Onischuk 2701 2010-07 1975
117= India Baskaran Adhiban 2701 2019-04 1992
119= Denmark Peter Heine Nielsen 2700 2010-07 1973 Highest ranked Danish player
119= Russia Igor Lysyj 2700 2015-01 1987

Highest ratings by decade

This section lists the top 20 players by peak FIDE rating achieved in every decade since 1971, when FIDE started officially publishing rating lists.

1970s

Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1970s
Country Player Peak rating in 1970s Achieved
1 United States Bobby Fischer 2785 1972-07
2 Soviet Union Anatoly Karpov 2725 1978-01
3 Soviet UnionSwitzerland Viktor Korchnoi 2695 1979-01
4 Soviet Union Boris Spassky 2690 1971-07
5= Denmark Bent Larsen 2660 1971-07
5= Soviet Union Mikhail Tal 2660 1973-07
7 Hungary Lajos Portisch 2650 1973-07
8= Soviet Union Tigran Petrosian 2645 1972-07
8= Soviet Union Lev Polugaevsky 2645 1972-07
10 Brazil Henrique Mecking 2635 1977-01
11 Soviet Union Mikhail Botvinnik 2630 1971-07
12= CzechoslovakiaUnited States Lubomir Kavalek 2625 1974-05
12= Netherlands Jan Timman 2625 1979-01
14= Soviet Union Vassily Smyslov 2620 1971-01
14= Soviet Union Leonid Stein 2620 1972-01
14= Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubomir Ljubojevic 2620 1976-01
14= Soviet Union Efim Geller 2620 1976-01
14= Czechoslovakia Vlastimil Hort 2620 1977-01
19= Soviet Union Paul Keres 2615 1971-07
19= West Germany Robert Hübner 2615 1974-05
19= Czechoslovakia Jan Smejkal 2615 1976-01

1980s

Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1980s
Country Player Peak rating in 1980s Achieved
1 Soviet Union Garry Kasparov 2775 1989-01
2 Soviet Union Anatoly Karpov 2755 1989-07
3 Soviet Union Mikhail Tal 2705 1980-01
4 Switzerland Viktor Korchnoi 2695 1980-01
5 Netherlands Jan Timman 2675 1988-01
6 England Nigel Short 2665 1988-07
7= Soviet Union Artur Yusupov 2660 1986-07
7= Soviet Union Vassily Ivanchuk 2660 1989-07
9= Hungary Lajos Portisch 2655 1980-01
9= Soviet Union Alexander Beliavsky 2655 1988-07
11= Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubomir Ljubojevic 2645 1983-01
11= Soviet Union Rafael Vaganian 2645 1986-01
11= Soviet Union Andrei Sokolov 2645 1987-01
11= England Jonathan Speelman 2645 1988-07
11= Soviet Union Valery Salov 2645 1989-07
16= West Germany Robert Hübner 2640 1981-07
16= Sweden Ulf Andersson 2640 1983-01
16= Soviet Union Mikhail Gurevich 2640 1989-07
19= Soviet Union Lev Polugaevsky 2635 1980-01
19= Soviet Union Boris Spassky 2635 1981-01

1990s

Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1990s
Country Player Peak rating in 1990s Achieved
1 Soviet UnionRussia Garry Kasparov 2851 1999-07
2 India Viswanathan Anand 2795 1998-07
3 Soviet UnionRussia Vladimir Kramnik 2790 1998-01
4 Soviet UnionRussia Anatoly Karpov 2780 1994-07
5 Russia Alexander Morozevich 2758 1999-07
6 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2750 1996-07
7 United States Gata Kamsky 2745 1996-07
8 Soviet UnionLatviaSpain Alexei Shirov 2740 1994-07
9 Soviet UnionUkraine Vassily Ivanchuk 2740 1995-07
10 England Michael Adams 2716 1999-01
11 Soviet UnionRussia Valery Salov 2715 1995-01
12 Soviet UnionRussia Peter Svidler 2713 1999-01
13 Soviet UnionRussiaBelarusIsrael Boris Gelfand 2712 1999-07
14 Soviet UnionUkraineSlovenia Alexander Beliavsky 2710 1997-07
15 Hungary Peter Leko 2701 1999-07
16 Soviet UnionRussia Evgeny Bareev 2698 1999-07
17 England Nigel Short 2697 1999-01
18 Soviet UnionRussia Sergei Rublevsky 2685 1998-07
19 Soviet UnionGeorgia (country) Zurab Azmaiparashvili 2681 1999-01
20= Netherlands Jan Timman 2680 1990-01
20= Soviet UnionRussiaGermany Artur Yusupov 2680 1995-07

2000s

Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 2000s
Country Player Peak rating in 2000s Achieved
1 Russia Garry Kasparov 2851 2000-01
2 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2813 2006-07
3 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 2809[6] 2002-01
4 India Viswanathan Anand 2803 2006-04
5 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2801 2009-11
6 Russia Alexander Morozevich 2788 2008-07
7 Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk 2787 2007-10
8 ArmeniaGermanyArmenia Levon Aronian 2786 2009-11
9 Russia Peter Svidler 2765 2006-01
10 Hungary Peter Leko 2763 2005-04
11 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 2761 2009-01
12= Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2760 2008-01
12= Russia Dmitry Jakovenko 2760 2009-01
14 Azerbaijan Vugar Gashimov 2758 2009-11
15 Israel Boris Gelfand 2758 2009-11
16= Spain Alexei Shirov 2755 2008-01
16= England Michael Adams 2755 2000-07
18 Czech RepublicSlovakia Sergei Movsesian 2751 2009-01
19 Russia Alexander Grischuk 2748 2009-04
20 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 2741 2009-09

2010s

Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 2010s
Country Player Peak rating in 2010s Achieved
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2882 2014-05
2 ItalyUnited States Fabiano Caruana 2844 2014-10
3 Armenia Levon Aronian 2830 2014-03
4 PhilippinesUnited States Wesley So 2822 2017-02
5 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2820 2018-09
6 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2819 2016-08
7= India Viswanathan Anand 2817 2011-09
7= Russia Vladimir Kramnik 2817 2016-10
9= Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2816 2015-07
9= United States Hikaru Nakamura 2816 2015-10
9= China Ding Liren 2816 2018-11
12 Russia Alexander Grischuk 2810 2014-12
13 Netherlands Anish Giri 2798 2015-10
14 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 2793 2012-10
15 Russia Sergey Karjakin 2788 2011-07
16 Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk 2779 2011-03
17 Israel Boris Gelfand 2777 2013-11
18 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 2776 2019-09
19= Russia Alexander Morozevich 2770 2012-07
19= India Pentala Harikrishna 2770 2016-12

See also

References

  1. ^ "All time Top 100 by Highest ELO Rating". Chess-db.com. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  2. ^ "Records". 2700chess.com. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  3. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_players_by_peak_FIDE_rating
  4. ^ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vishwanathan-Anand
  5. ^ https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&ei=veP0XYHiIML5kwWT9YPADA&q=vishy+anand+is+the+original+speed+kid&oq=vishy+anand+is+the+original+speed+kid&gs_l=psy-ab.3...10614.11517..11813...0.2..0.153.871.0j6......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71.2ATn0hBK2nY&ved=0ahUKEwjBtKvAn7XmAhXC_KQKHZP6AMgQ4dUDCAo&uact=5
  6. ^ The graph on the FIDE site gives Kramnik's January 2002 rating as 2811,[1] but this appears to be incorrect: it is contradicted by FIDE's published ratings for January [2] and April [3] 2002; and also by the reports in TWIC for January [4] and April [5] 2002. The discrepancy is based on whether or not FIDE rated his four-game match against Kasparov of December 2001).
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