Asian Chess Federation Monthly Rankings and Ratings changes – September 2026

 

Asian Chess Federation Monthly Rankings – September 2026

The September 2026 ACF Monthly Rankings present the leading Asian players across the open, women’s, junior, youth and senior categories, based on Standard ratings.

This edition also tracks movement from the August 2026 list, showing both rating-point changes and changes in position within each Asian ranking category.

How to read the changes:
▲ 3 = moved up three places;
▼ 2 = moved down two places;
+15 = gained 15 rating points;
−7 = lost 7 rating points;
— = unchanged;
NEW = no comparable previous-month value in the supplied list.

Men

Sindarov, Javokhir (UZB) leads the Men list with a Standard rating of 2778. Praggnanandhaa R records the largest rating gain in the Top 10, adding 11 points and standing at No. 3.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Sindarov, Javokhir UZB flagUZB 2005 2778 +1 —
2 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek UZB flagUZB 2004 2762 — —
3 Praggnanandhaa R IND flagIND 2005 2761 +11 ▲ 2
4 Erigaisi Arjun IND flagIND 2003 2759 — ▼ 1
5 Wei, Yi CHN flagCHN 1999 2752 — ▼ 1
6 Anand, Viswanathan IND flagIND 1969 2739 — —
7 Tabatabaei, M. Amin IRI flagIRI 2001 2737 +11 ▲ 2
8 Ding, Liren CHN flagCHN 1992 2733 — ▼ 1
9 Le, Quang Liem VIE flagVIE 1991 2732 — ▼ 1
10 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS flagRUS 1990 2719 — —

Women

Hou, Yifan (CHN) leads the Women list with a Standard rating of 2596. Tan, Zhongyi records the largest rating gain in the Top 10, adding 16 points and standing at No. 6.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Hou, Yifan CHN flagCHN 1994 2596 — —
2 Ju, Wenjun CHN flagCHN 1991 2553 — ▲ 1
3 Lei, Tingjie CHN flagCHN 1997 2552 -9 ▼ 1
4 Zhu, Jiner CHN flagCHN 2002 2550 — —
5 Assaubayeva, Bibisara KAZ flagKAZ 2004 2536 -2 —
6 Tan, Zhongyi CHN flagCHN 1991 2536 +16 ▲ 1
7 Koneru, Humpy IND flagIND 1987 2509 -15 ▼ 1
8 Lagno, Kateryna RUS flagRUS 1989 2506 — —
9 Divya Deshmukh IND flagIND 2005 2490 — —
10 Vaishali, Rameshbabu IND flagIND 2001 2469 -20 —

Asian Juniors U20

Gukesh D (IND) leads the Asian Juniors U20 list with a Standard rating of 2703. Pranav Anand records the largest rating gain in the Top 10, adding 22 points and standing at No. 7.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Gukesh D IND flagIND 2006 2703 — —
2 Pranav, V IND flagIND 2006 2677 +7 ▲ 1
3 Pranesh M IND flagIND 2006 2674 +1 ▼ 1
4 Mendonca, Leon Luke IND flagIND 2006 2633 +2 —
5 Madaminov, Mukhiddin UZB flagUZB 2006 2611 — —
6 Aditya Mittal IND flagIND 2006 2610 +17 ▲ 3
7 Pranav Anand IND flagIND 2006 2606 +22 ▲ 3
8 Bharath Subramaniyam H IND flagIND 2007 2605 +4 ▼ 2
9 Xiao, Tong(QD) CHN flagCHN 2008 2598 +2 ▼ 2
10 Movahed, Sina IRI flagIRI 2010 2576 -19 ▼ 2

Men U20

Gukesh D (IND) leads the Men U20 list with a Standard rating of 2703. Pranav Anand records the largest rating gain in the Top 10, adding 22 points and standing at No. 7.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Gukesh D IND flagIND 2006 2703 — —
2 Pranav, V IND flagIND 2006 2677 +7 ▲ 1
3 Pranesh M IND flagIND 2006 2674 +1 ▼ 1
4 Mendonca, Leon Luke IND flagIND 2006 2633 +2 —
5 Madaminov, Mukhiddin UZB flagUZB 2006 2611 — —
6 Aditya Mittal IND flagIND 2006 2610 +17 ▲ 3
7 Pranav Anand IND flagIND 2006 2606 +22 ▲ 3
8 Bharath Subramaniyam H IND flagIND 2007 2605 +4 ▼ 2
9 Xiao, Tong(QD) CHN flagCHN 2008 2598 +2 ▼ 2
10 Movahed, Sina IRI flagIRI 2010 2576 -19 ▼ 2

Boys U18

Xiao, Tong(QD) (CHN) leads the Boys U18 list with a Standard rating of 2598. Ilamparthi A R records the largest rating gain in the Top 10, adding 12 points and standing at No. 8.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Xiao, Tong(QD) CHN flagCHN 2008 2598 +2 —
2 Movahed, Sina IRI flagIRI 2010 2576 -19 —
3 Zemlyanskii, Ivan RUS flagRUS 2010 2563 -6 —
4 Xue, Haowen CHN flagCHN 2008 2556 — —
5 Kong, Xiangrui CHN flagCHN 2009 2549 — ▲ 1
6 Aswath, S IND flagIND 2008 2540 -6 ▲ 1
7 Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid UZB flagUZB 2009 2540 -11 ▼ 2
8 Ilamparthi A R IND flagIND 2009 2529 +12 ▲ 2
9 Vaz, Ethan IND flagIND 2011 2525 — —
10 Begmuratov, Khumoyun UZB flagUZB 2010 2514 +8 ▲ 2

Boys U16

Movahed, Sina (IRI) leads the Boys U16 list with a Standard rating of 2576. Jiang, Haochen records the largest rating gain in the Top 10, adding 23 points and standing at No. 7.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Movahed, Sina IRI flagIRI 2010 2576 -19 —
2 Zemlyanskii, Ivan RUS flagRUS 2010 2563 -6 —
3 Vaz, Ethan IND flagIND 2011 2525 — ▲ 1
4 Begmuratov, Khumoyun UZB flagUZB 2010 2514 +8 ▲ 1
5 Dau Khuong Duy VIE flagVIE 2011 2509 -17 ▼ 2
6 Nurgaliyev, Sauat KAZ flagKAZ 2010 2493 — —
7 Jiang, Haochen CHN flagCHN 2011 2480 +23 ▲ 3
8 Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy IND flagIND 2010 2477 -3 ▼ 1
9 Mamedov, Edgar KAZ flagKAZ 2010 2474 +13 —
10 Usov, Aleksandr E. RUS flagRUS 2010 2471 +14 ▲ 1

Boys U14

Smirnov, Mark (KAZ) leads the Boys U14 list with a Standard rating of 2451. The standout mover is Vyom Malhotra, climbing 26 places to No. 2 after gaining 141 rating points.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Smirnov, Mark KAZ flagKAZ 2012 2451 +11 —
2 Vyom Malhotra IND flagIND 2014 2438 +141 ▲ 26
3 Samuel Stephen Noble S IND flagIND 2012 2401 +46 ▲ 7
4 Kuandykuly, Danis KAZ flagKAZ 2013 2394 — —
5 Abdsattar, Alisher KAZ flagKAZ 2012 2389 — —
6 Aadik Theophane Lenin IND flagIND 2012 2384 +17 ▲ 1
7 Advik Amit Agrawal IND flagIND 2015 2374 -2 ▼ 1
8 Madhvendra Pratap Sharma IND flagIND 2013 2370 +7 ▲ 1
9 Botiraliev, Abdumajid UZB flagUZB 2012 2368 +65 ▲ 13
10 Aarav A IND flagIND 2013 2364 +81 ▲ 22

Boys U12

Vyom Malhotra (IND) leads the Boys U12 list with a Standard rating of 2438. The standout mover is Akramov, Khasan, climbing 31 places to No. 7 after gaining 195 rating points.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Vyom Malhotra IND flagIND 2014 2438 +141 ▲ 3
2 Advik Amit Agrawal IND flagIND 2015 2374 -2 ▼ 1
3 Avirat Chauhan IND flagIND 2014 2356 +55 ▼ 1
4 Aarit Kapil IND flagIND 2015 2335 +36 ▼ 1
5 Ashwath Kaushik SGP flagSGP 2015 2303 +8 —
6 Mani, Sarbartho IND flagIND 2016 2292 +19 —
7 Akramov, Khasan UZB flagUZB 2014 2269 +195 ▲ 31
8 Annapureddy, Rheyansh Reddy AUS flagAUS 2014 2268 +16 —
9 Ayaan Phutane IND flagIND 2016 2254 +100 ▲ 12
10 Chakrabarty, Reyaansh AUS flagAUS 2014 2243 — ▼ 1

Boys U10

Mani, Sarbartho (IND) leads the Boys U10 list with a Standard rating of 2292. The standout mover is Hriday Garg, climbing 17 places to No. 3 after gaining 215 rating points.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Mani, Sarbartho IND flagIND 2016 2292 +19 —
2 Ayaan Phutane IND flagIND 2016 2254 +100 —
3 Hriday Garg IND flagIND 2016 2114 +215 ▲ 17
4 Guo, Ziming CHN flagCHN 2016 2081 +27 ▼ 1
5 Sattwik Swain IND flagIND 2016 2044 +55 ▲ 5
6 Ulan, Rizat KAZ flagKAZ 2016 2044 — ▼ 2
7 Adilbek, Adinur KAZ flagKAZ 2017 2036 — ▼ 2
8 Elemes, Nurmukhamed KAZ flagKAZ 2016 2024 — ▼ 2
9 Nurshin, Nurali KAZ flagKAZ 2016 2002 — ▼ 1
10 Tamizh Amudhan S IND flagIND 2017 1998 +84 ▲ 9

Boys U8

Zhang, Ruike (CHN) leads the Boys U8 list with a Standard rating of 1830. The standout mover is Aghaei, Sina, climbing 5 places to No. 8 after gaining 34 rating points.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Zhang, Ruike CHN flagCHN 2018 1830 — —
2 Avir Jayneel Patel IND flagIND 2018 1820 NEW NEW
3 Jin, Yuxin CHN flagCHN 2018 1789 — ▼ 1
4 Wang, Haokai CHN flagCHN 2018 1753 — ▼ 1
5 Todbilig Ankhbayar MGL flagMGL 2019 1752 — ▼ 1
6 Tran Truong Khang VIE flagVIE 2018 1749 NEW NEW
7 Md Taiyeb, Safwan BAN flagBAN 2018 1743 — —
8 Aghaei, Sina IRI flagIRI 2018 1742 +34 ▲ 5
9 Wang, Shenglin CHN flagCHN 2019 1737 -8 ▼ 3
10 Hosseini, Seyed Maahyar IRI flagIRI 2018 1736 -14 ▼ 5

Girls U18

Modipalli Deekshitha (IND) leads the Girls U18 list with a Standard rating of 2454. The standout mover is Modipalli Deekshitha, climbing 34 places to No. 1 after gaining 297 rating points.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Modipalli Deekshitha IND flagIND 2012 2454 +297 ▲ 34
2 Khamdamova, Afruza UZB flagUZB 2009 2443 +3 ▼ 1
3 Kalyani Sirin IND flagIND 2010 2401 +184 ▲ 17
4 Pratitee Bordoloi IND flagIND 2013 2393 +141 ▲ 10
5 Lu, Miaoyi CHN flagCHN 2010 2371 -17 ▼ 3
6 Kaliakhmet, Elnaz KAZ flagKAZ 2010 2347 +43 ▲ 1
7 Mohammadi, Melika IRI flagIRI 2010 2342 — ▼ 2
8 Aamuktha Guntaka IND flagIND 2012 2338 -38 ▼ 5
9 Shubhi Gupta IND flagIND 2010 2335 -23 ▼ 5
10 Nurgaliyeva, Zarina KAZ flagKAZ 2009 2303 +1 ▼ 2

Girls U16

Modipalli Deekshitha (IND) leads the Girls U16 list with a Standard rating of 2454. The standout mover is Modipalli Deekshitha, climbing 25 places to No. 1 after gaining 297 rating points.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Modipalli Deekshitha IND flagIND 2012 2454 +297 ▲ 25
2 Kalyani Sirin IND flagIND 2010 2401 +184 ▲ 12
3 Pratitee Bordoloi IND flagIND 2013 2393 +141 ▲ 8
4 Lu, Miaoyi CHN flagCHN 2010 2371 -17 ▼ 3
5 Kaliakhmet, Elnaz KAZ flagKAZ 2010 2347 +43 ▲ 1
6 Mohammadi, Melika IRI flagIRI 2010 2342 — ▼ 2
7 Aamuktha Guntaka IND flagIND 2012 2338 -38 ▼ 5
8 Shubhi Gupta IND flagIND 2010 2335 -23 ▼ 5
9 Jiang, Tianyu CHN flagCHN 2010 2300 +61 ▲ 3
10 Charvi A IND flagIND 2014 2296 -33 ▼ 5

Girls U14

Modipalli Deekshitha (IND) leads the Girls U14 list with a Standard rating of 2454. The standout mover is Modipalli Deekshitha, climbing 9 places to No. 1 after gaining 297 rating points.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Modipalli Deekshitha IND flagIND 2012 2454 +297 ▲ 9
2 Pratitee Bordoloi IND flagIND 2013 2393 +141 ▲ 2
3 Aamuktha Guntaka IND flagIND 2012 2338 -38 ▼ 2
4 Charvi A IND flagIND 2014 2296 -33 ▼ 2
5 Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini SRI flagSRI 2012 2267 — ▼ 2
6 Xue, Tianhao CHN flagCHN 2013 2224 +6 ▼ 1
7 Khalafvand, Dorsa Sadat IRI flagIRI 2014 2206 — ▼ 1
8 Sharvaanica A S IND flagIND 2015 2206 +77 ▲ 4
9 Buyankhishig, Batpelden MGL flagMGL 2012 2181 — ▼ 1
10 Marksim Karki Abirami, Sriiyuk IND flagIND 2015 2146 — ▲ 1

Girls U12

Charvi A (IND) leads the Girls U12 list with a Standard rating of 2296. Sholpanbek, Zhansaya records the largest rating gain in the Top 10, adding 86 points and standing at No. 6.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Charvi A IND flagIND 2014 2296 -33 —
2 Khalafvand, Dorsa Sadat IRI flagIRI 2014 2206 — —
3 Sharvaanica A S IND flagIND 2015 2206 +77 ▲ 2
4 Marksim Karki Abirami, Sriiyuk IND flagIND 2015 2146 — —
5 Berikkyzy, Alanna KAZ flagKAZ 2014 2131 -38 ▼ 2
6 Sholpanbek, Zhansaya KAZ flagKAZ 2014 2107 +86 ▲ 1
7 Theng, Hillary Rooca INA flagINA 2015 2043 — ▼ 1
8 Bhavanya Panchumarthi IND flagIND 2014 2015 +20 ▲ 4
9 Divi Bijesh IND flagIND 2015 2009 +3 ▲ 1
10 Samhita Pungavanam IND flagIND 2014 2008 — ▼ 1

Girls U10

Bissaliyeva, Alisha (KAZ) leads the Girls U10 list with a Standard rating of 1910. The standout mover is Nurkhankyzy, Adelina, climbing 6 places to No. 8 after gaining 27 rating points.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Bissaliyeva, Alisha KAZ flagKAZ 2017 1910 -23 —
2 Sun, Yunjin CHN flagCHN 2018 1883 — —
3 Nguyen Vu Bao Chau VIE flagVIE 2016 1866 +50 ▲ 5
4 Zhu, Jiahe CHN flagCHN 2017 1839 — —
5 Nakshatra Gumudavelly IND flagIND 2016 1838 +22 ▲ 2
6 Uranzaya, Shagdarsuren MGL flagMGL 2016 1837 — ▼ 1
7 Zhu, Chunxi CHN flagCHN 2016 1834 — ▼ 1
8 Nurkhankyzy, Adelina KAZ flagKAZ 2016 1811 +27 ▲ 6
9 Ly Kha Han VIE flagVIE 2016 1799 -8 ▲ 2
10 Luu Minh Trang VIE flagVIE 2016 1796 -14 —

Girls U8

Sun, Yunjin (CHN) leads the Girls U8 list with a Standard rating of 1883. Nandi, Pritika records the largest rating gain in the Top 10, adding 22 points and standing at No. 2.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Sun, Yunjin CHN flagCHN 2018 1883 — —
2 Nandi, Pritika IND flagIND 2018 1771 +22 ▲ 1
3 Yao, Jingya CHN flagCHN 2018 1758 — ▼ 1
4 Wang, Yingluo CHN flagCHN 2018 1742 NEW NEW
5 Nguyen Khanh An VIE flagVIE 2018 1738 — ▼ 1
6 Lan, Jia CHN flagCHN 2018 1720 — ▼ 1
7 Zinovieva, Polina RUS flagRUS 2018 1698 — ▼ 1
8 Ye, Xinhe CHN flagCHN 2018 1685 — ▼ 1
9 Divisha Naveen Nayakula IND flagIND 2018 1676 — ▼ 1
10 Aldarmaa, Orkhontuul MGL flagMGL 2019 1653 — —

Men 50+

Anand, Viswanathan (IND) leads the Men 50+ list with a Standard rating of 2739. The leading positions are notably stable compared with the previous month.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Anand, Viswanathan IND flagIND 1969 2739 — —
2 Dreev, Aleksey RUS flagRUS 1969 2577 — —
3 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas KAZ flagKAZ 1973 2541 — —
4 Sakaev, Konstantin RUS flagRUS 1974 2535 — —
5 Zvjaginsev, Vadim RUS flagRUS 1976 2522 -3 —
6 Popov, Valerij RUS flagRUS 1974 2521 — —
7 Makarichev, Sergey RUS flagRUS 1953 2519 — —
8 Pigusov, Evgeny RUS flagRUS 1961 2508 — —
9 Smikovski, Ivan RUS flagRUS 1972 2503 — —
10 Magai, Vladimir KGZ flagKGZ 1971 2490 NEW NEW

Women 50+

Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) leads the Women 50+ list with a Standard rating of 2368. The leading positions are notably stable compared with the previous month.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Galliamova, Alisa RUS flagRUS 1972 2368 — —
2 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS flagRUS 1974 2293 — —
3 Ryjanova, Julia AUS flagAUS 1974 2180 — —
4 Mikhailova, Irina RUS flagRUS 1963 2166 — —
5 Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE flagVIE 1976 2138 — —
6 Strutinskaia, Galina RUS flagRUS 1957 2138 — —
7 Fatalibekova, Elena RUS flagRUS 1947 2135 — —
8 Gubernatorova, Lyudmila RUS flagRUS 1967 2120 — —
9 Karpova, Yulia RUS flagRUS 1974 2102 — —
10 Bogumil, Tatiana RUS flagRUS 1958 2074 — —

Men 65+

Makarichev, Sergey (RUS) leads the Men 65+ list with a Standard rating of 2519. The leading positions are notably stable compared with the previous month.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Makarichev, Sergey RUS flagRUS 1953 2519 — —
2 Pigusov, Evgeny RUS flagRUS 1961 2508 — —
3 Janovsky, Sergey RUS flagRUS 1960 2489 — —
4 Torre, Eugenio PHI flagPHI 1951 2423 — —
5 Ivanov, Sergey RUS flagRUS 1961 2405 — —
6 Dvoirys, Semen I. RUS flagRUS 1958 2388 -5 —
7 Rinas, Oleg KAZ flagKAZ 1961 2387 — —
8 Balashov, Yuri S RUS flagRUS 1949 2376 — —
9 Trofimov, Sergey RUS flagRUS 1950 2373 — —
10 Temirbayev, Serikbay KAZ flagKAZ 1961 2367 — —

Women 65+

Strutinskaia, Galina (RUS) leads the Women 65+ list with a Standard rating of 2138. The leading positions are notably stable compared with the previous month.

Rank Player FED Born Rating Rating Δ Rank Δ
1 Strutinskaia, Galina RUS flagRUS 1957 2138 — —
2 Fatalibekova, Elena RUS flagRUS 1947 2135 — —
3 Bogumil, Tatiana RUS flagRUS 1958 2074 — —
4 Bulanova, Irina KAZ flagKAZ 1961 2018 — —
5 Titorenko, Natalia I RUS flagRUS 1951 2000 — —
6 Khropova, Larisa RUS flagRUS 1955 1992 — —
7 Sorokina, Tamara RUS flagRUS 1942 1976 — —
8 Saunina, Ludmila RUS flagRUS 1952 1966 — —
9 Kuznetsova, Luba RUS flagRUS 1945 1964 — —
10 Ovsiannikova, Tatiana RUS flagRUS 1956 1962 — —

Data note: Rankings and month-on-month changes are reproduced from the supplied September 2026 ACF ranking CSV files. Rating change compares September with August 2026; rank change compares the player’s position within the same category between the two monthly lists.