This page contains additional information on the FIDE Elo rating. You can find here the names of the chess players who has hit or are currently hitting the highest Elo rating results. There are 3 lists on this page, as follow:
1. Highest FIDE Rating in History
2. Highest FIDE Ratings Current - Top 10 FIDE Players
3. Compare Ratings - Top 5 USCF Players also Rated in FIDE
Important. From 1 November 2011, FIDE has introduced the new K-factors for the FIDE chess players 10, 15, 30 instead of the old ones 10, 15, 25. However, this change has no influence on the ratings of the Grandmasters shown on this page.
Highest FIDE Rating in History
[The rating was calculated in July 2000]
1. Kasparov, Garry - Grandmaster Russia 2849
Note. Before 1 July 2009, the FIDE Rating List was published 4 times a year: on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July, and 1 October.
Highest FIDE Ratings Current - Top 10 FIDE Players
[The ratings below were calculated as of 1 January 2012]
[The Top 10 FIDE Players List is valid until 1 March 2012]
1. Carlsen, Magnus - Grandmaster Norway 2835
2. Aronian, Levon - Grandmaster Armenia 2805
3. Kramnik, Vladimir - Grandmaster Russia 2801
4. Anand, Viswanathan - Grandmaster India 2799
5. Radjabov, Teimour - Grandmaster Azerbaijan 2773
6. Topalov, Veselin - Grandmaster Bulgaria 2770
7. Karjakin, Sergey - Grandmaster Russia 2769
8. Ivanchuk, Vassily - Grandmaster Ukraine 2766
9. Morozevich, Alexander - Grandmaster Russia 2763
10. Gashimov, Vugar - Grandmaster Azerbaijan 2761
Note. After 1 July 2009, the FIDE Rating List is published 6 times a year: on 1 January, 1 March, 1 May, 1 July, 1 September, and 1 November.
Compare Ratings - Top 5 USCF Players also Rated in FIDE
[The following Top 5 USCF players are also rated in FIDE - compare]
1. USCF: Nakamura, Hikaru - USA 2848 by the USCF rating system
FIDE: Nakamura, Hikaru - Grandmaster 2759 by the FIDE Elo rating system
2. USCF: Kamsky, Gata - USA 2804 by the USCF rating system
FIDE: Kamsky, Gata - Grandmaster 2732 by the FIDE Elo rating system
3. USCF: Onischuk, Alexander - USA 2747 by the USCF rating system
FIDE: Onischuk, Alexander - Grandmaster 2670 by the FIDE Elo rating system
4. USCF: Seirawan, Yasser - USA 2723 by the USCF rating system
FIDE: Seirawan, Yasser - Grandmaster 2647 by the FIDE Elo rating system
5. USCF: Hess, Robert - USA 2717 by the USCF rating system
FIDE: Hess, Robert - Grandmaster 2625 by the FIDE Elo rating system
Within this chess site, you can also find the link to the current list of Top 100 FIDE Rated Chess Players. To find it, visit Chess Links Directory, the Chess Rating Category. Link 1 is what you need to find the names of the top world Grandmasters.
