Classical FIDE ratings · SCO
Top Chess Players in Scotland
See the top 100 chess players representing Scotland, ranked by current FIDE classical rating, with federation statistics and player profiles.
FIDE rating-list snapshot: July 2026. Federation does not necessarily indicate citizenship.
728
Rated players
2,524
Top rating
2,428
Top 10 average
6
Grandmasters
44
Women players
89
Under 20
Jonathan Rowson is the highest-rated player representing Scotland on this classical list with a rating of 2524. The federation's top 10 average is 2428.
#PlayerRatingList
- 1GMJonathan Rowson2524classicalSCOFIDE 2400561Born 1977
- 2GMMatthew J Turner2460classicalSCOFIDE 402893Born 1975
- 3IMFrederick Waldhausen Gordon2444classicalSCOFIDE 2409143Born 2010
- 4GMJohn Shaw2425classicalSCOFIDE 2400553Born 1968
- 5IMMark L Condie2417classicalSCOFIDE 2400014Born 1965
- 6IMEddie Dearing2414classicalSCOFIDE 2400731Born 1980
- 7IMAndrew N Greet2413classicalSCOFIDE 405817Born 1979
- 8GMColin A McNab2402classicalSCOFIDE 2400030Born 1961
- 9GMPaul Motwani2399classicalSCOFIDE 2400022Born 1962
- 10IMKonstantinos Megalios2385classicalSCOFIDE 4238044Born 1995
- 11FMClement Sreeves2352classicalSCOFIDE 2402564Born 1992
- 12FMMurad Abdulla2323classicalSCOFIDE 2403757Born 2000
- 13FMRishi Vijayakumar2307classicalSCOFIDE 2408953Born 2011
- 14FMAlan J Norris2304classicalSCOFIDE 2400162Born 1959
- 15IMDouglas M Bryson2301classicalSCOFIDE 2400073Born 1957
- 16Ian Sinclair2295classicalSCOFIDE 2400154
- 17FMDonald A Holmes2295classicalSCOFIDE 2400227Born 1965
- 18Steven Bews2295classicalSCOFIDE 2400529Born 1966
- 19FMIan D MacKay2289classicalSCOFIDE 2400057Born 1970
- 20Alexander M Davie2280classicalSCOFIDE 2400170
- 21FMAlan Tate2279classicalSCOFIDE 2401878Born 1979
- 22FMIain Gourlay2276classicalSCOFIDE 2401533Born 1974
- 23Douglas Griffin2270classicalSCOFIDE 2400189Born 1967
- 24GMKetevan Arakhamia-Grant2270classicalSCOFIDE 13600168Born 1968
- 25FMKeith Ruxton2267classicalSCOFIDE 2400243Born 1970
- 26JohnJoseph Young2265classicalSCOFIDE 2401142
- 27FMJoseph Redpath2265classicalSCOFIDE 2401380Born 1985
- 28Nicol Bathie2264classicalSCOFIDE 2400421Born 1973
- 29FMMark R Burgess2260classicalSCOFIDE 2400219Born 1967
- 30FMIain Swan2260classicalSCOFIDE 2400413Born 1961
- 31FMBoyd McCamon2260classicalSCOFIDE 2400642Born 1958
- 32Lesly S F Blackstock2255classicalSCOFIDE 2400200Born 1949
- 33Julius Schwartz2255classicalSCOFIDE 2402831Born 1992
- 34FMHamish Olson2251classicalSCOFIDE 2404257Born 1994
- 35Brian Denman2246classicalSCOFIDE 2400316
- 36Simon R Gillam2235classicalSCOFIDE 2400286Born 1955
- 37Thomas Milligan2235classicalSCOFIDE 2400308Born 1963
- 38FMDavid Lawson2227classicalSCOFIDE 2400103Born 1965
- 39FMNeil Berry2225classicalSCOFIDE 2400650Born 1977
- 40Santosh Umesh2225classicalSCOFIDE 2400758
- 41Calum MacQueen2224classicalSCOFIDE 2402270Born 1990
- 42FMPeter M Jamieson2216classicalSCOFIDE 2400146Born 1946
- 43FMCraig S M Thomson2210classicalSCOFIDE 2400081Born 1963
- 44Michael J. Freeman2210classicalSCOFIDE 2400324Born 1940
- 45IMStephen R Mannion2209classicalSCOFIDE 2400111Born 1964
- 46Alan Reid2205classicalSCOFIDE 2400367
- 47Tony Dempsey2203classicalSCOFIDE 2400910Born 1955
- 48Graham Paterson2197classicalSCOFIDE 2400804Born 1952
- 49Richard Weston2195classicalSCOFIDE 2400766Born 1977
- 50IMAngus J Dunnington2192classicalSCOFIDE 400432Born 1967
- 51Mark Gordon Fraser2186classicalSCOFIDE 2401339Born 1968
- 52Andrew McClement2185classicalSCOFIDE 2400480Born 1995
- 53Steven Tweedie2183classicalSCOFIDE 2401550Born 1987
- 54IMCraig W Pritchett2178classicalSCOFIDE 2400065Born 1949
- 55William Bennett2178classicalSCOFIDE 2400880
- 56Declan Shafi2172classicalSCOFIDE 2405156Born 2000
- 57Sanjith Madhavan2171classicalSCOFIDE 2408562Born 2007
- 58Graeme Lawson2170classicalSCOFIDE 2400936Born 1964
- 59David A. Kilgour2168classicalSCOFIDE 2400901Born 1957
- 60Graeme Nolan2166classicalSCOFIDE 2401320
- 61CMRithvik Deepak Ambattu2164classicalSCOFIDE 2410060Born 2014
- 62Lennart Koehn2160classicalSCOFIDE 12938041Born 1999
- 63Mark Sanger2157classicalSCOFIDE 2406764Born 1973
- 64Christopher MacDonald2152classicalSCOFIDE 2401509Born 1989
- 65FMAndrew Burnett2151classicalSCOFIDE 2400855Born 1968
- 66IMRoderick M McKay2149classicalSCOFIDE 2400049Born 1952
- 67IMDavid N L Levy2148classicalSCOFIDE 2400120Born 1945
- 68James Parkin2148classicalSCOFIDE 2401177Born 1981
- 69Alex Easton2147classicalSCOFIDE 2401363Born 1953
- 70Stephen Swanson2145classicalSCOFIDE 2400251
- 71Jamie Malkin2145classicalSCOFIDE 2403668Born 1992
- 72Nicolas Noden2141classicalSCOFIDE 2400677Born 1974
- 73Jonathan King2141classicalSCOFIDE 2401061
- 74Colin Hornell2141classicalSCOFIDE 5811589Born 1969
- 75Colin P Hall2140classicalSCOFIDE 411523
- 76Thomas Leonard2140classicalSCOFIDE 2401100
- 77Chris Morrison2139classicalSCOFIDE 2400235Born 1958
- 78Paul Watts2139classicalSCOFIDE 2400928Born 1967
- 79IMAndrew J Muir2137classicalSCOFIDE 2400138Born 1958
- 80Gerald Bonner2135classicalSCOFIDE 2400340Born 1941
- 81John B. Henderson2132classicalSCOFIDE 2400669Born 1961
- 82John McLean2129classicalSCOFIDE 2400960
- 83Jake M Sanger2129classicalSCOFIDE 2406136Born 2004
- 84Luke Russell2125classicalSCOFIDE 2400774Born 1978
- 85Patrick Coffey2124classicalSCOFIDE 410764Born 1967
- 86Daniel Maxwell2124classicalSCOFIDE 2403277Born 1991
- 87Euan Gray2122classicalSCOFIDE 2405180Born 2001
- 88Louis Cheng2122classicalSCOFIDE 2410389Born 2015
- 89CMAndrew D Green2120classicalSCOFIDE 2401762Born 1990
- 90Michael Grove2119classicalSCOFIDE 2403943Born 1988
- 91CMAdam Bremner2118classicalSCOFIDE 2400847Born 1991
- 92Daniel Mcgowan2117classicalSCOFIDE 2401479Born 1986
- 93Kenneth S. Beaton2116classicalSCOFIDE 2400596
- 94Andrew G Wright2116classicalSCOFIDE 2408392Born 1967
- 95Jonathan I M Grant2115classicalSCOFIDE 2400294Born 1966
- 96Brian Keogh2115classicalSCOFIDE 2401088
- 97Neil Farrell2111classicalSCOFIDE 2400588Born 1965
- 98Gordon Rigg2110classicalSCOFIDE 410896Born 1983
- 99Elliot Frew2109classicalSCOFIDE 2402386Born 1982
- 100Martin Mitchell2108classicalSCOFIDE 2400634Born 1966
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About this ranking
Who is the highest-rated chess player representing Scotland?
Jonathan Rowson leads the classical list at 2524.
How many rated chess players represent Scotland?
728 players representing Scotland have a current FIDE classical rating in this ChessEver snapshot.
How are the Scotland chess rankings ordered?
Players are ordered by FIDE classical rating, highest first. Equal ratings are ordered consistently by FIDE ID. Federation represents the player's FIDE federation, not necessarily citizenship.