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Mexico Best chess players in Mexico

Official FIDE ratings, updated monthly.

Active playersActive
4,267
GrandmastersGM
9
International MastersIM
33
Woman GrandmastersWGM
0
  1. 1 GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara MexicoMexico 2654 New
  2. 2 GM Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez MexicoMexico 2549 New
  3. 3 GM Sion Radamantys Galaviz Medina MexicoMexico 2538 New
Best chess players in Mexico, Standard, Open
RankPlayerRatingChangeGamesBorn
1 GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara MexicoMexico2654NewNew·1999
2 GM Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez MexicoMexico2549NewNew111999
3 GM Sion Radamantys Galaviz Medina MexicoMexico2538NewNew·2005
4 GM Juan Carlos Obregon Rivero MexicoMexico2466NewNew91989
5 GM Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora MexicoMexico2451NewNew91968
6 GM Kevin Joel Cori Quispe MexicoMexico2434NewNew·1999
7 IM Carlos Sandoval Mercado MexicoMexico2411NewNew·2001
8 IM Isaac Antonio Garcia Guerrero MexicoMexico2407NewNew·1989
9 GM Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero MexicoMexico2380NewNew·1970
10 IM Roberto Calderin Gonzalez MexicoMexico2380NewNew·1967
11 IM Luis Carlos Torres Rosas MexicoMexico2380NewNew·1995
12 FM Javier Benitez Lozano MexicoMexico2356NewNew121993
13 FM Julian Antonio Rojas Alarcon MexicoMexico2355NewNew·1992
14 IM Julio Cesar Diaz Rosas MexicoMexico2347NewNew91994
15 IM Lisandro Fernandez Reyes MexicoMexico2326NewNew·1983
16 IM Dionisio Aldama Degurnay MexicoMexico2325NewNew51969
17 CM Miguel Arnulfo Zaragoza Alanis MexicoMexico2301NewNew62009
18 CM Jesus Daniel Diaz Guerrero MexicoMexico2297NewNew92012
19 IM Leonel Figueredo Losada MexicoMexico2294NewNew·1988
20 FM Joshua Adrian Avila Rodriguez MexicoMexico2291NewNew·2002
21 FM Jose Antonio Garcia de Dios MexicoMexico2291NewNew·2002
22 FM Miguel Angel Montes Orozco MexicoMexico2283NewNew92007
23 CM Atlas Adomaytis Galaviz Medina MexicoMexico2278NewNew·2006
24 FM Arturo A. Fernandez Hernandez MexicoMexico2272NewNew·1988
25 FM David Henry Maycock Bates MexicoMexico2263NewNew22003
26 FM Luis Alberto Lopez Raygoza MexicoMexico2254NewNew·1995
27 FM Ivan Ramirez Marin MexicoMexico2245NewNew·1994
28 FM Levi Kalani Alexander Fogo Esquivel MexicoMexico2244NewNew102011
29 FM Miguel Tadeo Palma Villanueva MexicoMexico2241NewNew·2004
30 IM Guillermo Dominguez Aguilar MexicoMexico2236NewNew·1980
31 FM Gerardo Antonio Gracia Alvarez MexicoMexico2236NewNew·1997
32 CM Miguel Angel Lopez Garcia MexicoMexico2230NewNew92008
33 FM Sergio Joshafatt Morales Garcia MexicoMexico2222NewNew·1990
34 IM Roberto Abel Martin Del Campo Cardenas MexicoMexico2220NewNew41967
35 CM Giovanni Carreto Nieto MexicoMexico2215NewNew51983
36 FM Roberto Alejandro Avila Bautista MexicoMexico2214NewNew92001
37 FM Andrey Gonzalez Zharikov MexicoMexico2212NewNew·2008
38 Sid Diego Silva Sobreyra MexicoMexico2211NewNew·2009
39 CM Cristopher Ian Tovar Ochoa MexicoMexico2210NewNew·2008
40 FM Isaac Valentino Tello Chavez MexicoMexico2208NewNew·2000
41 FM Carlos Francisco Varela Velazquez MexicoMexico2208NewNew142007
42 Edgar Andre Parra Becerra MexicoMexico2198NewNew·1984
43 CM Angel Ivan Quiroga Jaquez MexicoMexico2197NewNew·2002
44 David Avila Miguel MexicoMexico2196NewNew·1991
45 FM Jorge Alberto Ramirez Garcia MexicoMexico2191NewNew51983
46 Alfredo Asaf Rivera Perez MexicoMexico2166NewNew·2007
47 IM Miguel Herrera Ortiz MexicoMexico2165NewNew·1967
48 FM Santiago Zacarias Rodriguez MexicoMexico2165NewNew·2008
49 FM Eduardo Hernandez Guerrero MexicoMexico2160NewNew·1968
50 CM Francisco Javier Paredes Guzman MexicoMexico2157NewNew·2006

Questions

There are 4,267 active FIDE rated players in Mexico, 9 of them grandmasters. The highest rated is GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara with 2654 in standard chess.

Who is the best chess player in Mexico?

GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, rated 2654 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

How many grandmasters are there in Mexico?

The FIDE list of November 2026 has 9 grandmasters in Mexico.

Who is the highest rated woman in Mexico?

WIM Zenia Corrales Jimenez, rated 2144 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

Who is the highest rated junior in Mexico?

CM Miguel Arnulfo Zaragoza Alanis, rated 2301 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.