Two Uzbek grandmasters, Javhohir Sindarov and Nodirbek Abdusattorov, have secured fourth and fifth places respectively in the International Chess Federation (FIDE) world rating published on October 1, 2026. Sindarov's rating is 2782, while Abdusattorov's is 2780. According to FIDE data, five Uzbek players are listed among the top 100 globally.
The October rating was largely determined by the results of the recently concluded 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand. Abdusattorov showed the most significant progress among top-10 players. He won individual gold on the first board in Samarkand, earning 18 rating points. This allowed him to climb two places and return to the top five of the world rankings after a three-month absence. His current rating of 2780 matches the best performance of his career.
Sindarov also gained four points and maintained his fourth place. He trails the third-place holder, Fabian Caruana of the United States, by two points; Caruana's rating is 2784 after losing five points during this period. Sindarov, born in 2005, and Abdusattorov, born in 2004, are the youngest players in the top five.
The leader of the rating remains Norwegian Magnus Carlsen with a rating of 2823. In second place is Hikaru Nakamura of the United States with a rating of 2792. Other players in the top 10 include Wesley So from the United States with a rating of 2770, Ramesh Babu Pragnaanandhan from India with 2763, Vincent Keimer from Germany with 2761, Wei Yi from China with 2758, and Alireza Firouzja from France with 2757.
Nodirbek Yakubboyev also performed strongly at the home Olympiad. He earned 27 rating points in Samarkand and surpassed the 2700 mark for the first time in his career, reaching 2712. He ranks 26th in the world. Yakubboyev's increase was one of the largest among players in the top 100 open and women's ratings.
Two other Uzbek players are in the top 100: Rustam Kasimdzhanov with a rating of 2665 ranks 48th, and Shamsiddin Vohidov with a rating of 2649 ranks 66th.
Armenian player Mariam Mkrtchyan recorded the largest rating gain during the September period, adding 47 points at the Samarkand Olympiad and crossing the 2400 threshold. Iranian Mobina Alinasab also increased her rating by 47 points, with her growth achieved at a tournament in France.
Bodhana Sivananthan from England became the youngest woman in history to be awarded the Woman Grandmaster title at the age of 11 after competing in the Olympiad. Turkish player Yagiz Kagan Erdogmus earned 15 points in Samarkand and entered the world top 20 for the first time, reaching 17th place with a rating of 2731.