At the 1st FIDE Council Meeting of 2026 held online on April 2, 11 Grand Master titles, 3 Woman Grand Master titles, 34 International Master titles and 8 Woman International Master titles have been awarded according to the Qualification Commission recommendation:
Grand Master Shubin, Kirill (FID) Elias Reyes, Jorge Roberto (CUB) Aaryan Varshney (IND) Deuer, Marius (GER) Ilamparthi A R (IND) Ratkovic, Milovan (SRB) Chasin, Nico (USA) Aarav Dengla (IND) Khubukshanov, Erdem (RUS) Tzidkiya, Yeshaayahu (ISR) Davtyan, Artur (ARM) Woman Grand Master Sharma Isha (IND) Omonova, Umida (UZB) Kanyamarala, Trisha (IRL) International Master Diaz Rosas, Julio Cesar (MEX) Masague Artero, Guerau (ESP) Perea Fruet, Lorenzo (ESP) Villa Tornero, Alex (ESP) Marin Ferragut, Pau (ESP) Tokman, Ariel (ARG) Yadegar, Radin (IRI) Citak, Selim (TUR) Bukreev, Stanislav (RUS) Alvarez Calzadilla, Jose Avelino (CUB) Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick (SCO) Apoorv Kamble (IND) Ljepic, Andrej (SRB) Bogdanov, Artyom (KAZ) Lin, Bryan Enming (USA) Dinh Nho Kiet (VIE) Sutormin, Danila (RUS) Moldagali, Beksultan (KAZ) Besou, Hussain (GER) Usov, Aleksandr E. (RUS) Knuedel, Torben (GER) Parpiev, Isaak (RUS) Dhruva Thota (IND) Cnejev, Vladimir-Alexandru (ROU) Adireddy Arjun (IND) Nurmanova, Alua (KAZ) Perez Marimon, Jorge De Jesus (CUB) Baasansuren, Erdene (MGL) Harshad S (IND) Melian, Juan Sebastian (PAR) Keleberda, Tymur (CAN) Alexiadis, Hristos (GRE) Tugstumur, Yesuntumur (MGL) Sklokin-Bagiyan, Sergey (ARM) Woman International Master Kuznetsova, Marina (FID) Prishita Gupta (IND) Starosta, Martyna (POL) Bosc, Seraphina (FRA) Paragua, Megan Althea (USA) Abdinova, Narmin (AZE) Karacsonyi, Kata (HUN) Dwilewicz, Katarzyna (POL)
Also, 2 Woman International Master titles have been awarded conditional on reach the minimum rating needed:
