Each month FIDE publishes a rating list of chess players based on the formula taking into account their tournament and match results over the last thirty days. Right after the release we take a closer look at a new rating list to detect the most interesting developments.
All the key changes in the September rating list are featured in a special video on FIDE Facebook page. Check it out here.
Top 10 September FIDE Rating
| Rank | Player | Rating | Change |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2876 | -6 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | 2812 | -6 |
| 3 | Ding, Liren | 2811 | 6 |
| 4 | Giri, Anish | 2780 | 1 |
| 5 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2776 | 2 |
| 6 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2774 | -4 |
| 7 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2767 | 3 |
| 8 | So, Wesley | 2767 | -9 |
| 9 | Anand, Viswanathan | 2765 | 9 |
| 10-11 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2763 | 0 |
| 10-11 | Yu, Yangyi | 2763 | 11 |
Magnus Carlsen (2876) lost six points in the 2019 Sinquefield Cup, while Ding Liren (2811) picked up exactly as many and virtually closed the gap with Fabiano Caruana (2812). Levon Aronian left the top ten giving way to Viswanathan Anand (+9 points) who also did an excellent job in Sent Louis. Yu Yangyi caught up with Leinier Dominguez to tie for tenth in this elite group.
Vishy Anand is back in the top-10 (Photos courtesy of Grand Chess Tour)
Welcome to TOP 100 FIDE Rating
| Rank | Player | Rating |
| 67 | Kovalenko, Igor | 2674 |
| 85 | Kovalev, Vladislav | 2661 |
| 89 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 2658 |
| 92 | Lagarde, Maxime | 2657 |
| 93 | Predke, Alexandr | 2657 |
| 97 | Guseinov, Gadir | 2654 |
There are six new names inside Top-100 with Igor Kovalenko (67th) the highest-ranked of the newcomers after moving up from 102nd position thanks to his victory in the Riga Tech Open and a good showing in the Josef Kupper Memorial in Zurich (tied for second place). Alexander Predke’s decent result in a quite strong Russian Championship helped him to earn 7 rating points and secure his own slot in the top 100. As for the other newcomers we are going to cover their achievements just below.
Biggest Gains
| Rank | Player | Rating | Change |
| 1 | Lagarde, Maxim | 2657 | 60 |
| 2 | Kovalenko, Igor | 2674 | 20 |
| 3 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 2658 | 20 |
| 4 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2718 | 13 |
| 5 | Shirov, Alexei | 2671 | 13 |
| 6 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2718 | 12 |
| 7 | Kamsky, Gata | 2685 | 12 |
| 8 | Kovalev, Vladislav | 2661 | 12 |
| 9 | Yu, Yangyi | 2763 | 11 |
| 10 | Karjakin, Sergey | 2760 | 10 |
A newly-fledged French champion Maxim Lagarde became the biggest gainer of August picking up a whole 60 rating points. Before winning a national championship in Chartre, Maxim delivered a very impressive performance at the Andorra Open, scoring 8.5 out of 9. Surya Shekhar Ganguly was first in the Belt and Road Open 2019 collecting 20 points along the way. Yu Yangyi tied for the second in this event and netted 11 points.
Evgeny Tomashevsky repeated his success of 2015 to win his second Russian Chess Championship, an achievement worth 13 rating points. Another GM from India Santosh Gujrathi Vidit won the traditional tournament in Biel adding 13 points to his balance. Along with Vishy Anand, Sergey Karjakin was the main rating beneficiary in the 2019 Sinquefield Cup, improving by 10 points.
Maxime Lagarde picked up 60 points and broke into the top 100
All players can check out new ratings on the new FIDE ratings website.
