List of chess players with an Elo rating of 2700 or more

Magnus Carlsen achieved the highest rating to date with 2882

This list of chess players with an Elo rating of 2700 or more includes all chess players who have achieved a top rating of at least 2700 according to FIDE . These players are sometimes unofficially referred to as super-grandmasters . The Elo number, which stands for the skill level of a player, was introduced in 1970 (the retrospectively calculated historical Elo numbers are not taken into account here ).

Magnus Carlsen achieved the highest rating to date, 2882, in May 2014. With Garri Kasparow , Wesselin Topalow , Wladimir Kramnik , Viswanathan Anand , Levon Aronjan , Fabiano Caruana , Alexander Grishchuk , Hikaru Nakamura , Maxime Vachier-Lagrave , Wesley So , Şəhriyar Məmməendy and Ding Lmmendy succeeded twelve other players to achieve an Elo value over 2800. In addition to the best Elo number, the list also names the year in which the player first achieved or exceeded an Elo value of 2700, and the year in which he was awarded the Grandmaster title. In addition, the year of birth and the country of origin of the player and any world championship titles are given. Up to and including April 2020, 121 players had an Elo rating of at least 2700, including Judit Polgár as the only woman .

Explanation

• Rank: Indicates the order of the players. This is determined by the best Elo number.
• Name: gives the name of the player.
• Country: Names the country for whose chess association the player is eligible to play. In the case of deceased players, the country for whose chess association the player was eligible to play is indicated.
• Life dates: State the year in which the player was born and, if applicable, the year of death.
• Elo: Name the best Elo number. This is based on the ranking list published regularly by FIDE. FIDE published a list of the best every year up to and including 1980. From 1981 to 1999, FIDE published two best lists a year and since 2000 four a year. Between July 2009 and July 2012 there were six updates per year, and since August 2012 there has been a new Elo rating every month. The Elo numbers were calculated in steps of five until 1998, after which they were calculated to a whole number.
  The Elo number is said to be inflated , which is why Elo values ​​from earlier years of the rating system are not to be equated directly with the Elo values ​​achieved today. The list includes two players, Fischer and Tal, who had a top rating in the early years of the rating.
• Year: Name the year in which this best performance was achieved.
• 2700: Calls the year in which the player first achieved or exceeded an Elo rating of 2700.
• GM: Name the year the player became a grandmaster . This title is awarded for life by the World Chess Federation FIDE and requires a minimum Elo rating of 2500.
• FIDE: Mention the official player site at FIDE.
• World champion: states the period in which the player was chess world champion . If the period is in brackets, the player won a world championship organized by FIDE between 1993 and 2005, but the winners were not considered the best players in the world because the reigning classic world champion and other top players did not take part.

Note: The list can be sorted : By clicking on a column header, the list is sorted according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting. Any combination can be achieved by clicking on several columns in a row.

Leaderboard

rank	Surname	country	Life data	Elo	year	2700	GM	World champion	FIDE
01	Magnus Carlsen	Norway	1990	2882	2014	2007	2004	2013–	[1]
02	Garry Kasparov	Russia	1963	2851	1999	1984	1980	1985-2000	[2]
03	Fabiano Caruana	United States	1992	2844	2014	2010	2007		[3]
04th	Levon Aronjan	Armenia	1982	2830	2014	2005	2000		[4]
05	Wesley So	United States	1993	2822	2017	2013	2008		[5]
06th	Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov	Azerbaijan	1985	2820	2018	2006	2002		[6]
07th	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	France	1990	2819	2016	2008	2005		[7]
08th	Viswanathan Anand	India	1969	2817	2011	1993	1988	2007-2013 (2000-2002)	[8th]
08th	Vladimir Kramnik	Russia	1975	2817	2016	1993	1992	2000-2007	[9]
10	Hikaru Nakamura	United States	1987	2816	2015	2008	2003		[10]
10	Wesselin Topalow	Bulgaria	1975	2816	2015	1996	1992	(2005-2006)	[11]
10	Ding Liren	People's Republic of China	1992	2816	2018	2012	2009		[12]
13	Alexander Grishchuk	Russia	1983	2810	2014	2002	1999		[13]
14th	Anish Giri	Netherlands	1994	2798	2015	2011	2009		[14]
15th	Teymur Rəcəbov	Azerbaijan	1987	2793	2012	2005	2001		[15]
16	Sergei Karjakin	Russia	1990	2788	2011	2008	2002		[16]
16	Alexander Morozevich	Russia	1977	2788	2008	1999	1993		[17]
18th	Vasyl Ivanchuk	Ukraine	1969	2787	2007	1991	1988		[18]
19th	Bobby Fischer	United States	1943-2008	2785	1972	1971	1958	1972-1975
20th	Jan Nepomnyashchi	Russia	1990	2784	2020	2010	2007		[19]
21st	Anatoly Karpov	Russia	1951	2780	1994	1974	1970	1975–1985 (1993–1999)	[20]
22nd	Boris Gelfand	Israel	1968	2777	2013	1991	1989		[21]
23	P. Harikrishna	India	1985	2770	2016	2013	2001		[22]
24	Pyotr Swidler	Russia	1976	2769	2013	1998	1994		[23]
24	Leinier Domínguez	United States	1983	2768	2014	2008	2000		[24]
26th	Pavel Elyanov	Ukraine	1983	2765	2016	2008	2001		[25]
26th	Yu Yangyi	People's Republic of China	1994	2765	2018	2014	2009		[26]
28	Ruslan Ponomarev	Ukraine	1983	2764	2011	2002	1998	(2002-2004)	[27]
29	Gata Kamsky	United States	1974	2763	2013	1995	1990		[28]
29	Péter Lékó	Hungary	1979	2763	2005	1999	1994		[29]
29	Wang Hao	People's Republic of China	1989	2763	2020	2009	2005		[30]
32	Michael Adams	England	1971	2761	2013	1998	1989		[31]
32	Vüqar Həşimov	Azerbaijan	1986-2014	2761	2012	2008	2002
32	Vladislav Artemyev	Russia	1998	2761	2019	2018	2014		[32]
35	Dmitri Yakovenko	Russia	1983	2760	2009	2007	2001		[33]
35	Richárd Rapport	Hungary	1996	2760	2020	2014	2010		[34]
37	Li Chao	People's Republic of China	1989	2758	2016	2011	2009		[35]
37	Yevgeny Tomaschewski	Russia	1987	2758	2015	2009	2005		[36]
37	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	Poland	1998	2758	2019	2017	2013		[37]
40	Wang Yue	People's Republic of China	1987	2756	2010	2008	2004		[38]
41	Alexei Shirov	Spain	1972	2755	2008	1992	1990		[39]
42	Wei Yi	People's Republic of China	1999	2753	2017	2015	2013		[40]
43	Sergei Movsesjan	Armenia	1978	2751	2009	2008	1997		[41]
43	David Navara	Czech Republic	1985	2751	2015	2006	2002		[42]
43	Nikita Vitjugov	Russia	1987	2751	2019	2010	2006		[43]
46	Radosław Wojtaszek	Poland	1987	2750	2017	2010	2005		[44]
47	Étienne Bacrot	France	1983	2749	2013	2004	1997		[45]
48	Dmitri Andreikin	Russia	1990	2743	2016	2011	2007		[46]
49	Yevgeny Bareev	Canada	1966	2739	2003	2000	1989		[47]
49	Lê Quang Liêm	Vietnam	1991	2739	2017	2011	2006		[48]
51	Maxim Matlakov	Russia	1991	2738	2017	2013	2010		[49]
52	Arkadij Naiditsch	Azerbaijan	1985	2737	2013	2009	2001		[50]
53	Judit Polgár	Hungary	1976	2735	2005	2003	1991		[51]
54	Viktor Bologan	Moldova	1971	2734	2012	2005	1991		[52]
54	Baadur Jobava	Georgia	1983	2734	2012	2010	2001		[53]
56	Vladimir Fedoseyev	Russia	1995	2733	2017	2017	2011		[54]
57	Ernesto Inarkiev	Russia	1985	2732	2016	2012	2002		[55]
57	Vladimir Malakhov	Russia	1980	2732	2010	2004	1998		[56]
59	Bu Xiangzhi	People's Republic of China	1985	2730	2017	2008	1999		[57]
60	Alireza Firouzja	Iran	2003	2728	2020	2019	2018		[58]
61	Samuel Shankland	United States	1991	2727	2018	2018	2011		[59]
62	Zoltán Almási	Hungary	1976	2726	2011	2009	1999		[60]
62	Oleksandr Mojiseienko	Ukraine	1980	2726	2011	2011	2000		[61]
62	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	India	1994	2726	2020	2017	2013		[62]
65	Yevgeny Alexeyev	Russia	1985	2725	2009	2007	2002		[63]
65	Andrij Wolokitin	Ukraine	1986	2725	2013	2012	2001		[64]
67	Ni Hua	People's Republic of China	1983	2724	2009	2008	2002		[65]
67	Francisco Vallejo Pons	Spain	1982	2724	2011	2009	1999		[66]
69	Anton Korobov	Ukraine	1985	2723	2014	2012	2003		[67]
70	Oleksandr Areshchenko	Ukraine	1986	2720	2012	2012	2002		[68]
70	Laurent Fressinet	France	1981	2720	2015	2010	2000		[69]
70	Alexander Ryazantsev	Russia	1985	2720	2012	2011	2001		[70]
70	K. Sasikiran	India	1981	2720	2012	2007	2000		[71]
74	Ivan Cheparinov	Georgia	1986	2718	2018	2008	2004		[72]
75	Lázaro Bruzón	Cuba	1982	2717	2012	2012	1999		[73]
75	Yuri Kryvoruchko	Ukraine	1986	2717	2015	2013	2006		[74]
77	Rustam Kasimjanov	Uzbekistan	1979	2715	2015	2001	1997	(2004-2005)	[75]
77	Valery Salov	Russia	1964	2715	1995	1994	1986		[76]
77	Kirill Alexejenko	Russia	1997	2715	2019	2019	2015		[77]
80	Denis Chismatullin	Russia	1984	2714	2014	2014	2004		[78]
80	Loek van Wely	Netherlands	1972	2714	2001	2001	1993		[79]
82	Vladimir Hakobyan	Armenia	1971	2713	2006	2003	1991		[80]
82	Luke McShane	England	1984	2713	2012	2012	2000		[81]
84	David Howell	England	1990	2712	2015	2015	2007		[82]
84	Nigel Short	England	1965	2712	2004	2003	1984		[83]
84	Bass amine	Egypt	1988	2712	2019	2017	2006		[84]
84	Jeffery Xiong	United States	2000	2712	2019	2019	2015		[85]
88	Alexei Drejew	Russia	1969	2711	2011	2003	1990		[86]
89	Alexander Beliavsky	Slovenia	1953	2710	1997	1997	1975		[87]
89	Alexander Motylev	Russia	1979	2710	2009	2009	2000		[88]
89	Maxim Rodshtein	Israel	1989	2710	2016	2016	2007		[89]
92	Up Məmmədov	Azerbaijan	1988	2709	2017	2017	2004		[90]
92	Daniil Dubov	Russia	1996	2709	2018	2018	2011		[91]
92	Gawain Jones	England	1987	2709	2019	2019	2007		[92]
95	Sachar Jefymenko	Ukraine	1985	2708	2011	2010	2002		[93]
96	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu	Germany	1976	2707	2005	2005	1997		[94]
96	Yevgeny Najer	Russia	1977	2707	2017	2017	1999		[95]
98	Ferenc Berkes	Hungary	1985	2706	2011	2011	2002		[96]
98	Sergei Rublewski	Russia	1974	2706	2013	2008	1994		[97]
98	Ivan Sokolov	Netherlands	1968	2706	2004	2004	1987		[98]
101	Boris Grachev	Russia	1986	2705	2012	2012	2007		[99]
101	Jon Ludvig Hammer	Norway	1990	2705	2016	2016	2009		[100]
101	Vadim Milov	Switzerland	1972	2705	2008	2008	1994		[101]
101	Mikhail Tal	Latvia	1936-1992	2705	1980	1980	1957	1960-1961
105	Viktor Láznička	Czech Republic	1988	2704	2012	2011	2006		[102]
106	Emil Sutovsky	Israel	1977	2703	2012	2011	1996		[103]
106	Markus Ragger	Austria	1988	2703	2017	2016	2008		[104]
106	Vladislav Kawaljou	Belarus	1994	2703	2019	2019	2013		[105]
106	Ivan Šarić	Croatia	1990	2703	2019	2019	2008		[106]
106	David Anton Guijarro	Spain	1995	2703	2020	2020	2013		[107]
111	Zurab Asmaiparashvili	Georgia	1960	2702	2003	2003	1988		[108]
111	Alexander Chalifman	Russia	1966	2702	2001	2001	1990	(1999-2000)	[109]
111	Romain Édouard	France	1990	2702	2014	2014	2009		[110]
111	Ihor Kovalenko	Latvia	1988	2702	2015	2015	2011		[111]
111	Michał Krasenkow	Poland	1963	2702	2000	2000	1989		[112]
111	Gabriel Sarkissjan	Armenia	1983	2702	2015	2015	2002		[113]
111	Ilia Smirin	Israel	1968	2702	2001	2001	1990		[114]
118	Alexander Onischuk	United States	1975	2701	2010	2010	1994		[115]
118	B. Adhiban	India	1992	2701	2019	2019	2010		[116]
120	Igor Lyssy	Russia	1987	2700	2015	2015	2007		[117]
120	Peter Heine Nielsen	Denmark	1973	2700	2010	2010	1994		[118]

See also

• List of chess grandmasters
• List of honorary grandmasters in chess

Web links

• FIDE - World Chess Federation (English)
• FIDE Record List - List by Juha Kivijärvi . Accessed August 7, 2016. (English)
• ChessBase leaderboard . Accessed October 22, 2008.
• All Time Rankings ( Memento from December 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) at Chess Info. Accessed October 22, 2008.
• Historical ranking - by Arpad Elo , at ChessBase. Accessed October 22, 2008.
• Live Chess Ratings (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Top 100 Players August 2020. FIDE - World Chess Federation, August 2020, accessed August 1, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Historical world rankings - The Top Hundred since 1971. Caissa Schach-Chronik, archived from the original on August 15, 2012 ; Retrieved October 21, 2008 . 
3. ↑ No entry in the World Chess Federation.
4. ↑ No entry in the World Chess Federation.
5. ↑ No entry in the World Chess Federation.

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