FIDE · MNC · October 2026

How many chess grandmasters does Monaco have?

Monaco has 3 chess grandmasters on FIDE's October 2026 standard rating list, the 64th most of the 89 countries with a grandmaster. Its federation (MNC) also has 3 International Masters, 1 Woman Grandmaster and 7 FIDE Masters among 108 standard-rated players.

  • 3Grandmasters · Oct 2026
  • #64of 89 countries
  • 108Rated players

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Monaco: titles and rated players, October 2026

Counts of players registered with the MNC federation on the list. Ranks are among the countries with that title on the same list. Each figure opens its record and evidence.

Count Monaco Rank World
Grandmasters 3 64 of 89 1,900
International Masters 3 95 of 123 4,307
Woman Grandmasters 1 48 of 63 539
FIDE Masters 7 105 of 166 9,794
Standard-rated players 108 139 of 200 569,652
Female rated players 22 124 of 194 63,203

Frequently asked questions

How many chess grandmasters does Monaco have?

Monaco has 3 chess grandmasters on FIDE's October 2026 standard rating list, the 64th most of the 89 countries with a grandmaster. Its federation (MNC) also has 3 International Masters, 1 Woman Grandmaster and 7 FIDE Masters among 108 standard-rated players.

How many International Masters does Monaco have?

3 International Masters on the October 2026 FIDE standard list (95th of 123 countries).

How many Woman Grandmasters does Monaco have?

1 Woman Grandmaster on the October 2026 FIDE standard list, counting women who also hold an open title such as GM or IM.

How many FIDE-rated chess players does Monaco have?

108 players with a published standard rating on the October 2026 list (139th of 200 countries), of whom 22 are women. Inactive players still on the list are included.

Where do these numbers come from?

Each is a count of rows in FIDE's October 2026 standard rating list (https://ratings.fide.com/download/standard_oct26frl.zip) whose federation field is MNC. Players are counted by the federation they are registered with, not by citizenship. Grandmasters without a published standard rating are not on the list.

How the counts are made

FIDE publishes a standard rating list on the first day of each month. StatOrigin downloads the month's archive, pins its exact bytes (SHA-256 d83d5817c9a4…) and counts the rows by the federation field. A grandmaster is a row whose title field is GM; Woman Grandmasters are counted from the women's-title field. Players flagged inactive are still on the list and are counted. The evidence check recounts every figure from the archive.

Download the official FIDE rating list (standard_rating_list.zip)

Read the October 2026 list by federation, the grandmaster ranking of every country or the FIDE source page.

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StatOrigin. (2026). Chess grandmasters in Monaco (October 2026) [Data set]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://statorigin.org/statistics/chess-grandmasters/monaco

"Chess grandmasters in Monaco (October 2026)." StatOrigin, 2026, https://statorigin.org/statistics/chess-grandmasters/monaco. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

StatOrigin. "Chess grandmasters in Monaco (October 2026)." Data set, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://statorigin.org/statistics/chess-grandmasters/monaco.

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