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Wales Best chess players in Wales

Official FIDE ratings, updated monthly.

Active playersActive
346
GrandmastersGM
0
International MastersIM
6
Woman GrandmastersWGM
0
  1. 1 IM Jose Camacho Collados WalesWales 2352 New
  2. 2 FM Ioan Rees WalesWales 2267 New
  3. 3 FM Jonathan L B Blackburn WalesWales 2239 New
Best chess players in Wales, Standard, Open
RankPlayerRatingChangeGamesBorn
1 IM Jose Camacho Collados WalesWales2352NewNew21988
2 FM Ioan Rees WalesWales2267NewNew·1988
3 FM Jonathan L B Blackburn WalesWales2239NewNew·1985
4 IM John G Cooper WalesWales2199NewNew21954
5 FM Alexis M Harakis WalesWales2171NewNew·1971
6 FM Sven P. Zeidler WalesWales2165NewNew21965
7 FM Carl Strugnell WalesWales2160NewNew81981
8 FM Ifan Rathbone-Jones WalesWales2150NewNew12004
9 FM Grzegorz Toczek WalesWales2139NewNew·1972
10 FM Peter Varley WalesWales2129NewNew51957
11 FM Iwan Cave WalesWales2125NewNew·2006
12 FM Tim Kett WalesWales2118NewNew51962
13 Yoganand WalesWales2085NewNew·1985
14 Alex Freeland WalesWales2071NewNew81995
15 Thomas Brown WalesWales2059NewNew21976
16 James Tapp WalesWales2051NewNew121995
17 WFM Olivia Smith WalesWales2050NewNew·1987
18 CM Alex Bullen WalesWales2048NewNew·1994
19 CM Paul Atkinson WalesWales2041NewNew·1972
20 WFM Jane Richmond WalesWales2029NewNew·1961
21 J. R. Smith WalesWales2013NewNew·1963
22 Maurice McCarthy WalesWales2013NewNew71953
23 Gareth Yeo WalesWales2008NewNew71980
24 Allan J Pleasants WalesWales2006NewNew21960
25 Hugo Fowler WalesWales2005NewNew·2002
26 Pete Heaven WalesWales2001NewNew21962
27 FM Jason Garcia WalesWales1988NewNew·1971
28 Adam J Dalton WalesWales1986NewNew·1971
29 Charles F Morris WalesWales1986NewNew21958
30 Jonathan A. Gilbert WalesWales1985NewNew·1968
31 Joe Fathallah WalesWales1977NewNew71984
32 Francis Rayner WalesWales1976NewNew·1960
33 Nasir Rizvi WalesWales1967NewNew51977
34 Luis Ortiz Sanchez WalesWales1965NewNew21979
35 Bence Szakmany WalesWales1961NewNew·2007
36 Alan Young WalesWales1958NewNew21965
37 Nicolas Van Noorden WalesWales1957NewNew·1966
38 Gareth Morris WalesWales1952NewNew·1965
39 WCM Imogen A L Camp WalesWales1952NewNew·2001
40 Michael J Lexton WalesWales1951NewNew71948
41 William Hewitt WalesWales1950NewNew21964
42 Oliver Williams WalesWales1946NewNew·1971
43 Paul Hatchett WalesWales1940NewNew21964
44 Sam Jukes WalesWales1936NewNew71993
45 Derek Jones WalesWales1936NewNew·1961
46 Ian Robert Jones WalesWales1924NewNew71963
47 CM Anthony Hughes WalesWales1924NewNew91957
48 Rudy Van Kemenade WalesWales1920NewNew51946
49 Andrew Gibbons WalesWales1920NewNew61970
50 CM John Fletcher WalesWales1920NewNew81955

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Questions

There are 346 active FIDE rated players in Wales. The highest rated is IM Jose Camacho Collados with 2352 in standard chess.

Who is the best chess player in Wales?

IM Jose Camacho Collados, rated 2352 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

How many grandmasters are there in Wales?

The FIDE list of November 2026 has no grandmasters in Wales.

Who is the highest rated woman in Wales?

WFM Olivia Smith, rated 2050 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

Who is the highest rated junior in Wales?

FM Iwan Cave, rated 2125 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.