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Canada Best chess players in Canada

Official FIDE ratings, updated monthly.

Active playersActive
2,214
GrandmastersGM
16
International MastersIM
51
Woman GrandmastersWGM
2
  1. 1 GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux CanadaCanada 2520 New
  2. 2 GM Pascal Charbonneau CanadaCanada 2509 New
  3. 3 GM Razvan Preotu CanadaCanada 2478 New
Best chess players in Canada, Standard, Open
RankPlayerRatingChangeGamesBorn
1 GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux CanadaCanada2520NewNew42004
2 GM Pascal Charbonneau CanadaCanada2509NewNew·1983
3 GM Razvan Preotu CanadaCanada2478NewNew51999
4 GM Anthony Atanasov CanadaCanada2473NewNew·2008
5 IM Sai Krishna G V CanadaCanada2452NewNew151996
6 GM Alexandre Lesiege CanadaCanada2446NewNew·1975
7 GM Bator Sambuev CanadaCanada2445NewNew51980
8 IM Nikolay Noritsyn CanadaCanada2442NewNew·1991
9 IM Tomas Krnan CanadaCanada2427NewNew·1988
10 IM Shiyam Thavandiran CanadaCanada2405NewNew·1992
11 GM Kevin Spraggett CanadaCanada2390NewNew·1954
12 IM Michael Song CanadaCanada2390NewNew·1999
13 FM Zong Yang Yu CanadaCanada2390NewNew41999
14 IM Nicholas Vettese CanadaCanada2390NewNew112004
15 IM Raja Panjwani CanadaCanada2389NewNew·1990
16 IM Emanuel Kot CanadaCanada2384NewNew·2008
17 IM Rohan Talukdar CanadaCanada2382NewNew·2003
18 IM Mark Plotkin CanadaCanada2369NewNew51998
19 IM Artiom Samsonkin CanadaCanada2366NewNew·1989
20 Vadim Razin CanadaCanada2366NewNew·1990
21 IM Mike Ivanov CanadaCanada2365NewNew·1995
22 IM Quang Long Le CanadaCanada2363NewNew91989
23 IM Deen Hergott CanadaCanada2361NewNew·1962
24 IM Tymur Keleberda CanadaCanada2353NewNew92006
25 GM Petro Golubka CanadaCanada2346NewNew·1989
26 IM Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte CanadaCanada2342NewNew51999
27 IM Mendes Aaron Reeve CanadaCanada2340NewNew·2012
28 IM Jean Hebert CanadaCanada2337NewNew·1957
29 FM Adam Dorrance CanadaCanada2334NewNew·1998
30 IM Bindi Cheng CanadaCanada2327NewNew·1990
31 FM Calix Marchand CanadaCanada2313NewNew42012
32 FM Jonathan Wu CanadaCanada2305NewNew42010
33 FM Omid Khaledi CanadaCanada2304NewNew·2006
34 FM Amir Mohammad Bahmani CanadaCanada2288NewNew·1998
35 WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet CanadaCanada2282NewNew102002
36 CM Evgeny Miller CanadaCanada2272NewNew·1985
37 IM David H. Cummings CanadaCanada2268NewNew71961
38 IM David Ross CanadaCanada2267NewNew·1961
39 FM Victor Plotkin CanadaCanada2266NewNew91968
40 FM Sergey Noritsyn CanadaCanada2265NewNew62003
41 FM Fletcher Baragar CanadaCanada2264NewNew·1955
42 CM Rafael Adam CanadaCanada2260NewNew52007
43 FM Koosha Jaferian CanadaCanada2260NewNew61998
44 David Itkin CanadaCanada2258NewNew·1996
45 Fengxi Mao CanadaCanada2251NewNew·2005
46 FM Vincent Latorre CanadaCanada2250NewNew52008
47 FM Max Chen CanadaCanada2246NewNew·2007
48 WIM Yunshan Li CanadaCanada2245NewNew·2002
49 FM Taira Tyler Tanaka CanadaCanada2244NewNew·2005
50 FM Saarthak Malakar CanadaCanada2244NewNew·2008

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Questions

There are 2,214 active FIDE rated players in Canada, 16 of them grandmasters. The highest rated is GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux with 2520 in standard chess.

Who is the best chess player in Canada?

GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux, rated 2520 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

How many grandmasters are there in Canada?

The FIDE list of November 2026 has 16 grandmasters in Canada.

Who is the highest rated woman in Canada?

WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet, rated 2282 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

Who is the highest rated junior in Canada?

GM Anthony Atanasov, rated 2473 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.