Question: who has the highest elo rating in chess
Answer: Table of top 20 rated players of all - time , with date their best ratings were first achieved Rank Rating Player Year - month 01 1 2882 Magnus Carlsen 2014 - 05 May 2014 02 2 2851 Garry Kasparov 1999 - 07 July 1999 03 3 2844 Fabiano Caruana 2014 - 10 Oct.