October 2026 FIDE Ratings: Abdusattorov Returns to the Top Five. The Club Lesson Is That a Rating Is a Snapshot.

On Thursday, October 1, 2026, FIDE published the October 2026 classical rating list. The federation wrote that the list was primarily shaped by the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand. Sunday's medals, Open gold for Uzbekistan and Women's gold for China, are already in Olympiad Finals: Uzbekistan and China Took Gold in Samarkand. The numbers below are the official list.

A published rating is a snapshot of a rating period's games, not who you are. André Schulz, writing at ChessBase the same day, put that frame on the Olympiad itself.

"The Chess Olympiad provides a good picture of the current strength of the players taking part, though it is, of course, only a snapshot."

— André Schulz, ChessBase (October 1, 2026)

Schulz adds that players cannot always aim for the best individual result, because the team result comes first. After the list is published, name the boards and the decisions that moved the number, and keep practicing those. Do not treat the list as a verdict. Chess.com published the same October tables, and the list itself is on ratings.fide.com.

Who moved at the top of the Open list?

Chess.com and ChessBase both keep the same three names in the same three places. Magnus Carlsen remains first at 2823. Hikaru Nakamura remains second at 2792. Fabiano Caruana remains third at 2784, after a loss of five points. Both reports say Carlsen and Nakamura skipped the Olympiad, and both stayed on the rating they already had.

Javokhir Sindarov stays fourth at 2782, a gain of four. That is two points behind Caruana. FIDE reports that Nodirbek Abdusattorov gained 18 points, reached 2780, and matched his career-high rating. Chess.com's table moves him from seventh to fifth. FIDE writes that he returned to the top five after a three-month absence, and that the Samarkand performance included individual gold on board one.

Chess.com's table shows how those two places opened. Wesley So is sixth at 2770 after losing four points, down from fifth. Vincent Keymer is eighth at 2761 after losing three, down from sixth. Abdusattorov's 2780 sits above both. Chess.com reports wins over Richard Rapport, Ding Liren, and Caruana, who lost 15, 10, and 5 points in the September period, and draws with Praggnanandhaa and Keymer. The same report says a missed win in the final round left Sindarov as world number four.

Wei Yi is back inside the top ten, ninth at 2758 after a gain of six. Chess.com's table had him twelfth on the previous list. Alireza Firouzja is tenth at 2757. ChessBase writes that he, like Carlsen and Nakamura, did not play in Samarkand, and that his rating did not move. Chess.com's table has him up from eleventh. Arjun Erigaisi left the top ten. He is twelfth at 2746 after a loss of 13 points, and the same table had him ninth before this list. ChessBase writes that he lost in the first round to Prin Laohawirapap, drew most of the games after that, and beat Peter Leko in the last round. That first-round game is in Olympiad Round 1: A Thai IM Beat Arjun.

What record did Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş set?

FIDE writes that the Turkish player gained 15 points at the Olympiad and made his debut in the world's top 20. Chess.com places him seventeenth at 2731, up from twenty-sixth, and writes that he turned 15 in June. At 2731 he has passed Wei Yi's mark of 2721 for a 15-year-old, which Chess.com calls the previous record. The same report says he is six points short of Wei's mark of 2737 for a 16-year-old.

Chess.com reports draws with Black against Abdusattorov, Vincent Keymer, and Caruana, and a win against Faustino Oro. Those games are part of the 15 points.

On the junior list he stays first. World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju stays second at 2710, a gain of seven. Chess.com notes that a live-rating dip of half a point under 2700 in round two of the Olympiad did not become the official figure. The published October number is 2710. A live list and the next official list can disagree, and both are still only records of games. That is the point of Olympiad Round 2: Gukesh Dropped Under 2700.

How did Nodirbek Yakubboev cross 2700?

FIDE reports a gain of 27 points, to 2712, and a first crossing of 2700. Chess.com calls the 27 points the biggest gain of anyone in the top 100, and the biggest gain among the Uzbek players on this list. Chess.com's table places him twenty-sixth, up from thirty-ninth.

The same Chess.com report splits the points. It assigns 14.4 of them to his individual silver-medal performance in Samarkand, and 12.8 to a 3–1 match win over Amin Tabatabaei to mark Uzbekistan's Independence Day. One line on the October list is two sets of games. FIDE's table of big gains mixes the Open and the women, and the larger jumps on that table are women's. Yakubboev's 27 is the Open figure FIDE highlights there.

Who moved on the women's list?

Zhu Jiner reclaimed second place. Chess.com lists her at 2559 after a gain of nine, up from fourth. Hou Yifan stays first at 2596. On the same table, Ju Wenjun is third at 2553 and Lei Tingjie is fourth at 2552. FIDE ties Zhu's nine points to the Olympiad and to the return to second on the women's list.

Alice Lee gained 14 points to 2467 and is seventeenth, up from twenty-fourth. FIDE writes that this is her first time in the women's top 20. Chess.com calls her the highest-rated women's junior, and ChessBase calls her the top-ranked female junior. Carissa Yip gained 16 points. Chess.com lists her thirteenth at 2484, up from seventeenth.

FIDE's table of the biggest gains in the Open and women's top 100 puts Mariam Mkrtchyan of Armenia at 2421 after 47 points, and calls her the biggest rating gainer of the September period. The same report gives Mobina Alinasab the same 47 points, to 2364, after the Festival International de l'Apogée in Nîmes. Near the top of the women's list, Mkrtchyan's jump is the one FIDE leads with. Chess.com moves her from 68th to 32nd.

Bodhana Sivanandan is at 2382 after a gain of 28. Chess.com lists her 64th. The Samarkand title story is already in Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, Earns Her Final WGM Norm in Samarkand. Koneru Humpy gained nine points and stayed ninth at 2518. The combination from her board-one game is in Humpy's 19.Nf6+ Helps India Take Bronze in Samarkand.

What should you practice after the number moves?

Take the rating period that just closed and write the games that account for the change. Yakubboev's line is the model Chess.com already did in public: part of the 27 came from Samarkand, and part from another match. Do the same with your own figure. Write the event, the board, and the result, then mark the decision you want to play again.

• Which games in this period added points, and which games gave them back?
• On the board that moved the number, what decision did you actually play?
• Which of those decisions do you want in the next event, and what will you practice this week so they show up again?

Gukesh's published 2710, after a live dip under 2700 that did not stick, is a reminder that a round number during an event and the next official list can disagree. The work is the decision you can name, and then repeat. If a number has sat still for months, the same questions are in Stuck at the Same Chess Rating?. Say what you were trying to do in the game that moved the figure before an engine checks it. That order is the one in How To Analyze Your Own Chess Games and in The Chess Thought Process Guide. If the next list depends on an event you have not played yet, How to Prepare for a Chess Tournament is the weekend plan.

Where does D4 Chess Club™ fit?

If the period that just closed left you with one game that explains the new number, bring it to d4chess.club. You name the decision you played, the mentor asks you to say it in a sentence before the engine looks at the position, and you can start free on D4Chess.Club.

FAQ

Who moved at the top of the October 2026 FIDE rating list?

On Thursday, October 1, 2026, FIDE published the October classical list, shaped by the Olympiad in Samarkand. Magnus Carlsen stayed first at 2823 and Hikaru Nakamura stayed second at 2792. Chess.com and ChessBase both write that they skipped the Olympiad. Fabiano Caruana stayed third at 2784 after losing five points. Javokhir Sindarov stayed fourth at 2782 after gaining four, two points behind Caruana. Nodirbek Abdusattorov gained 18 points to 2780, moved from seventh to fifth, and matched his career-high rating. FIDE writes that he returned to the top five after a three-month absence, and that Samarkand included individual gold on board one. Wei Yi returned to the top ten at ninth on 2758 after gaining six. Arjun Erigaisi left the top ten, at 2746 after losing 13 points.

What record did Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş set on the October list?

Chess.com reports that Erdoğmuş gained 15 points to 2731, entered the world top 20 for the first time at number 17, and, after turning 15 in June, broke Wei Yi's record for a 15-year-old of 2721. He remains first on the junior list. World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju remains second among juniors at 2710.

How did Nodirbek Yakubboev cross 2700?

FIDE reports that Yakubboev gained 27 rating points, reached 2712, and crossed 2700 for the first time. Chess.com calls those 27 points the biggest gain of anyone in the top 100, and writes that 14.4 of them came from his individual silver-medal performance in Samarkand and 12.8 from a 3–1 match win over Amin Tabatabaei.

Who moved near the top of the women's October list?

Zhu Jiner gained nine points to 2559 and reclaimed second, behind Hou Yifan at 2596. Alice Lee gained 14 points to 2467 and is seventeenth. FIDE writes that this is her first time in the women's top 20. Chess.com calls her the highest-rated women's junior, and ChessBase calls her the top-ranked female junior. Carissa Yip gained 16 points to 2484. FIDE lists Mariam Mkrtchyan at 2421 after a gain of 47 and calls her the biggest rating gainer of the September period. Bodhana Sivanandan gained 28 points to 2382.

What should a club player do after a published rating moves?

Write down the games in the rating period that moved the number, and the decision on each of those boards that you want to keep playing. Then practice that decision. The October 1, 2026 list records the period that included the Olympiad in Samarkand. Chess.com reports that Gukesh Dommaraju's live rating dipped half a point under 2700 during the event, and the published figure is 2710 after a gain of seven. The list is a record of those games.

Related Reading

• Olympiad Finals: Uzbekistan and China Took Gold in Samarkand
• Olympiad Round 2: Gukesh Dropped Under 2700
• Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, Earns Her Final WGM Norm in Samarkand
• Humpy's 19.Nf6+ Helps India Take Bronze in Samarkand
• How To Analyze Your Own Chess Games
• The Chess Thought Process Guide
• Stuck at the Same Chess Rating?
• How to Prepare for a Chess Tournament