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Denmark Best chess players in Denmark

Official FIDE ratings, updated monthly.

Active playersActive
2,717
GrandmastersGM
16
International MastersIM
44
Woman GrandmastersWGM
0
  1. 1 GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre DenmarkDenmark 2621 New
  2. 2 GM Peter Heine Nielsen DenmarkDenmark 2614 New
  3. 3 GM Curt Hansen DenmarkDenmark 2590 New
Best chess players in Denmark, Standard, Open
RankPlayerRatingChangeGamesBorn
1 GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre DenmarkDenmark2621NewNew82004
2 GM Peter Heine Nielsen DenmarkDenmark2614NewNew·1973
3 GM Curt Hansen DenmarkDenmark2590NewNew·1964
4 GM Jesper Sondergaard Thybo DenmarkDenmark2569NewNew31999
5 GM Mads Andersen DenmarkDenmark2530NewNew31995
6 GM Sune Berg Hansen DenmarkDenmark2500NewNew71971
7 GM Bjorn Moller Ochsner DenmarkDenmark2487NewNew·1994
8 GM Allan Stig Rasmussen DenmarkDenmark2475NewNew·1983
9 GM Boris Chatalbashev DenmarkDenmark2470NewNew·1974
10 GM Lars Schandorff DenmarkDenmark2446NewNew·1965
11 IM Filip Boe Olsen DenmarkDenmark2439NewNew72003
12 IM Erling Mortensen DenmarkDenmark2432NewNew·1955
13 GM Jacob Aagaard DenmarkDenmark2429NewNew·1973
14 IM Viktor Haarmark Nielsen DenmarkDenmark2419NewNew131997
15 IM Kassa Korley DenmarkDenmark2418NewNew·1993
16 IM Martin Haubro-Suppanz DenmarkDenmark2409NewNew111994
17 IM Karsten Rasmussen DenmarkDenmark2405NewNew·1965
18 IM Vitus Bondo Medhus DenmarkDenmark2396NewNew202009
19 Jackie Andersen DenmarkDenmark2390NewNew·1976
20 IM Nicolai Kistrup DenmarkDenmark2379NewNew132002
21 IM Martin Percivaldi DenmarkDenmark2376NewNew51999
22 IM Mikkel Antonsen DenmarkDenmark2363NewNew·1973
23 IM Jan Sorensen DenmarkDenmark2357NewNew·1970
24 IM Nikolaj Borge DenmarkDenmark2353NewNew71971
25 IM Thorbjorn Bromann DenmarkDenmark2349NewNew81979
26 IM Nicolai Vesterbaek Pedersen DenmarkDenmark2347NewNew·1977
27 IM Rasmus Skytte DenmarkDenmark2347NewNew51980
28 IM Kim Pilgaard DenmarkDenmark2346NewNew·1967
29 IM Jakob Aabling-Thomsen DenmarkDenmark2344NewNew·1985
30 FM Jacob Ost-Hansen DenmarkDenmark2342NewNew·1952
31 FM Casper Liu DenmarkDenmark2336NewNew·2005
32 FM Mikkel Strange DenmarkDenmark2335NewNew·1971
33 Ove Kroll DenmarkDenmark2331NewNew·1952
34 Mads Smith Hansen DenmarkDenmark2327NewNew·1969
35 IM Andreas Skytte Hagen DenmarkDenmark2319NewNew·1981
36 IM Tobias Christensen DenmarkDenmark2318NewNew·1971
37 FM Allan Holst DenmarkDenmark2311NewNew·1972
38 IM Jacob Sylvan DenmarkDenmark2308NewNew71976
39 FM August Jalving DenmarkDenmark2306NewNew92012
40 CM Simon Bjork Haarh DenmarkDenmark2305NewNew92003
41 FM Henrik Dahl Pedersen DenmarkDenmark2304NewNew·1976
42 IM Jacob Carstensen DenmarkDenmark2301NewNew·1977
43 FM Jens Albert Ramsdal DenmarkDenmark2301NewNew·1997
44 FM Arne Matthiesen DenmarkDenmark2300NewNew·1976
45 FM Tom Petri Petersen DenmarkDenmark2299NewNew31973
46 FM Jesper Norgaard DenmarkDenmark2295NewNew·1963
47 Niels Christensen DenmarkDenmark2294NewNew·1971
48 FM Villads Majvang Sandmann DenmarkDenmark2294NewNew122011
49 FM Jeppe Hald Falkesgaard DenmarkDenmark2293NewNew132008
50 FM Martin Matthiesen DenmarkDenmark2290NewNew51973

Questions

There are 2,717 active FIDE rated players in Denmark, 16 of them grandmasters. The highest rated is GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre with 2621 in standard chess.

Who is the best chess player in Denmark?

GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre, rated 2621 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

How many grandmasters are there in Denmark?

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

Who is the highest rated woman in Denmark?

WIM Ellen Fredericia Nilssen, rated 2131 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

Who is the highest rated junior in Denmark?

IM Vitus Bondo Medhus, rated 2396 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.