This page contains additional information on the FIDE Elo Rating. Find here the chess players who hit or are currently hitting the highest Elo results. There are 3 lists on the page:
1. Highest FIDE Rating in History
2. Highest FIDE Ratings Current - Top 10 FIDE Players
3. Compare Ratings - Top 5 USCF Players against FIDE
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 Players
[As of 1 September 2010]
[This FIDE Top 10 Players List is valid until 1 November 2010]
1. Carlsen, Magnus - Grandmaster Norway 2826
2. Topalov, Veselin - Grandmaster Bulgaria 2803
3. Anand, Viswanathan - Grandmaster India 2800
4. Aronian, Levon - Grandmaster Armenia 2783
5. Kramnik, Vladimir - Grandmaster Russia 2780
6. Eljanov, Pavel - Grandmaster Ukraine 2761
7. Grischuk, Alexander - Grandmaster Russia 2760
8. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Grandmaster Azerbaijan 2756
9. Ivanchuk, Vassily - Grandmaster Ukraine 2754
10. Gelfand, Boris - Grandmaster Israel 2751
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 against FIDE
[The following USCF players are also rated in FIDE]
1. USCF: Nakamura, Hikaru - USA 2806, by USCF rating system
FIDE: Nakamura, Hikaru - Grandmaster 2733, by FIDE Elo system
2. USCF: Kamsky, Gata - USA 2785, by USCF rating system
FIDE: Kamsky, Gata - Grandmaster 2705, by FIDE Elo system
3. USCF: Onischuk, Alexander - USA 2779, by USCF rating system
FIDE: Onischuk, Alexander - Grandmaster 2688, by FIDE Elo system
4. USCF: Shulman, Yury - USA 2715, by USCF rating system
FIDE: Shulman, Yuri - Grandmaster 2636, by FIDE Elo system
5. USCF: Akobian, Varuzhan - USA 2698, by USCF rating system
FIDE: Akobian, Varuzhan - Grandmaster 2618 , by FIDE Elo system
Within this chess site, you can also find the link to the current list of FIDE Top 100 Rated Chess Players. To find the link, please visit Chess Links Directory, the Chess Rating Category. Link 1 is the one you need to find the names of top world Grandmasters.
