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The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has released its world rating list as of May 1, 2026.
Idman.Biz reports that Azerbaijani grandmaster Aydın Süleymanlı has made significant progress in the updated list.
Thus, our chess player gained 12 rating points, bringing his total score to 2665, and climbed 15 places to 49th place in the world ranking. This result is the highest in his career. Suleymanli's rise is due to his successful performance at the individual European Championship held in Katowice, Poland. He won a bronze medal in that tournament without suffering a defeat.
Shahriyar Mammadyarov, who maintains his leadership among Azerbaijani chess players, increased his score by 2 points to 2717 in the reporting period, ranking 26th and moving up one position.
Other representatives include Teymur Rajabov (2689 points) in 39th place, Eltaj Safarli (2648 points) in 70th place, and Rauf Mammadov (2636 points) in 90th place.
One of the notable points is that two chess players from Uzbekistan – Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Javokhir Sindarov – are in the top ten of the world ranking for the first time. Sindarov won the Candidates Tournament last month and earned the right to compete for the title of world champion against the current champion, Dommaraju Gukesh of India. It should be noted that Gukesh is currently in 18th place in the ranking with 2732 points. Their meeting is scheduled to take place in November-December.
The current top ten of the world ranking is as follows: Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2840), Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2792), Fabiano Caruana (USA, 2788), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan, 2780), Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan, 2776), Anish Giri (Netherlands, 2767), Vincent Keymer (Germany, 2759), Alireza Firouzja (France, 2759), Wesley So (USA, 2754), and Wei Yi (China, 2753).
Among female chess players, Ulviyya Fataliyeva retains her leadership among Azerbaijani representatives. She is in 26th place in the world ranking with 2450 points. Other chess players include Gunay Mammadzada (2374 points) in 69th place, Govhar Beydullayeva (2368 points) in 72nd place, and Khanim Balajayeva (2350 points) in 94th place.
