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Austria Best chess players in Austria

Official FIDE ratings, updated monthly.

Active playersActive
4,438
GrandmastersGM
14
International MastersIM
60
Woman GrandmastersWGM
1
  1. 1 GM Kirill Alekseenko AustriaAustria 2637 New
  2. 2 GM Markus Ragger AustriaAustria 2569 New
  3. 3 GM Dominik Horvath AustriaAustria 2566 New
Best chess players in Austria, Standard, Open
RankPlayerRatingChangeGamesBorn
1 GM Kirill Alekseenko AustriaAustria2637NewNew31997
2 GM Markus Ragger AustriaAustria2569NewNew91988
3 GM Dominik Horvath AustriaAustria2566NewNew62003
4 GM Felix Blohberger AustriaAustria2553NewNew32002
5 GM Valentin Dragnev AustriaAustria2545NewNew11999
6 GM David Shengelia AustriaAustria2503NewNew61980
7 IM Konstantin Peyrer AustriaAustria2498NewNew92003
8 GM Valentin Baidetskyi AustriaAustria2484NewNew92002
9 IM Lukas Dotzer AustriaAustria2464NewNew112010
10 GM Georgii Arzumanian AustriaAustria2464NewNew21981
11 GM Nikolaus Stanec AustriaAustria2460NewNew61968
12 GM Andreas Diermair AustriaAustria2441NewNew31986
13 IM Jakob Postlmayer AustriaAustria2438NewNew52002
14 IM Peter Balint AustriaAustria2434NewNew122010
15 GM Stefan Kindermann AustriaAustria2434NewNew21959
16 IM Laurenz Borrmann AustriaAustria2431NewNew·2007
17 IM Lukas Leisch AustriaAustria2422NewNew62002
18 IM Florian Schwabeneder AustriaAustria2421NewNew31992
19 IM Radoslaw Gajek AustriaAustria2416NewNew41998
20 IM Peter Schreiner AustriaAustria2415NewNew31992
21 IM Georg Halvax AustriaAustria2414NewNew21993
22 IM Robert Ernst AustriaAustria2413NewNew52009
23 IM Martin Neubauer AustriaAustria2409NewNew·1973
24 IM Olga Badelka AustriaAustria2402NewNew162002
25 FM Roland Schweda AustriaAustria2397NewNew·1974
26 FM David Schernthaner AustriaAustria2394NewNew32004
27 IM Florian Poetz AustriaAustria2393NewNew·1991
28 IM Valery Atlas AustriaAustria2391NewNew81968
29 IM Oliver Lehner AustriaAustria2382NewNew·1975
30 IM Georg Froewis AustriaAustria2381NewNew41990
31 FM Sebastian Bauer AustriaAustria2378NewNew22003
32 GM Ilia Balinov AustriaAustria2373NewNew41966
33 IM Mario Schachinger AustriaAustria2373NewNew21985
34 IM Reinhard Lendwai AustriaAustria2368NewNew21966
35 IM Christoph Menezes AustriaAustria2356NewNew·1996
36 IM Christian Weiss AustriaAustria2353NewNew41973
37 FM Arthur Kruckenhauser AustriaAustria2353NewNew22003
38 IM Siegfried Baumegger AustriaAustria2351NewNew31972
39 FM Nico Marakovits AustriaAustria2349NewNew62006
40 IM Gert Schnider AustriaAustria2346NewNew31979
41 IM Georg Kilgus AustriaAustria2345NewNew41976
42 IM Martin Christian Huber AustriaAustria2336NewNew·1998
43 IM Manfred Freitag AustriaAustria2334NewNew21969
44 FM Alfred Felsberger AustriaAustria2329NewNew21964
45 FM Robert Rieger AustriaAustria2325NewNew·1995
46 IM Khaled Mahdy AustriaAustria2322NewNew11958
47 IM Milan Novkovic AustriaAustria2322NewNew51966
48 IM Harald Schneider-Zinner AustriaAustria2320NewNew51968
49 FM Alexander Gschiel AustriaAustria2319NewNew·2007
50 IM Herwig Pilaj AustriaAustria2318NewNew·1981

Questions

There are 4,438 active FIDE rated players in Austria, 14 of them grandmasters. The highest rated is GM Kirill Alekseenko with 2637 in standard chess.

Who is the best chess player in Austria?

GM Kirill Alekseenko, rated 2637 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

How many grandmasters are there in Austria?

The FIDE list of November 2026 has 14 grandmasters in Austria.

Who is the highest rated woman in Austria?

IM Olga Badelka, rated 2402 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

Who is the highest rated junior in Austria?

IM Lukas Dotzer, rated 2464 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

How often are FIDE ratings updated?

FIDE publishes a new rating list on the first day of every month. This page shows the list of November 2026. These are not live ratings.

Source: FIDE rating list of November 2026, 800,240 rated players. Last updated November 15, 2026.