At the 2nd FIDE Council Meeting of 2026 held online on August 23, 17 Grand Master titles, 4 Woman Grand Master titles, 49 International Master titles and 7 Woman International Master titles have been awarded according to the Qualification Commission recommendation:
Grand Master Liang, Jason (USA) Oro, Faustino (ARG) Petriashvili, Nikoloz (GEO) Putnam, Liam (USA) Finek, Vaclav (CZE) Rozen, Eytan (ISR) Begmuratov, Khumoyun (UZB) Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid (UZB) Baidetskyi, Valentin (AUT) Tarhan, Adar (TUR) Mayank Chakraborty (IND) Aronyak Ghosh (IND) Harshavardhan G B (IND) Grieve, Harry (ENG) Zhao, Yuanhe (CHN) Agmanov, Zhandos (KAZ) Xu, Zhihang (CHN) Woman Grand Master Velpula Sarayu (IND) Pipiras, Filipa Fortuna (POR) Kazarian, Anna-Maja (NED) Mahalakshmi, M (IND) International Master Garcia Guerrero, Isaac Antonio (MEX) Deboushnik De (IND) Apaar Saxena (IND) Zielonka, Adam (POL) Zhu, Hengyi (CHN) Bacrot, Alexandre (FRA) Povshednyi, Ivan (UKR) Zamengo, Fulvio (ITA) Bardyk, Artem (RUS) Kornienko, Konstantin (RUS) Shukhman, Anna (FID) Jake Shanty (IND) Balint, Peter (AUT) Maslovskiy, Vladimir (FID) Korchynskyi, Mykola (GER) Ernst, Robert (AUT) Guo, Ethan (USA) Avsar, Gediz (TUR) Sydykov, Bayastan (KGZ) Yurovskykh, Oleksandr (UKR) Lad Mandar Pradip (IND) Valiyev, Shahin (AZE) Vardanyan, Aras (LTU) Atwell, Rose (USA) Aayush Bhattacherjee (IND) Timoshin, Maxim (FID) Chertkov, Maksim (RUS) Marrujo Pardo, Mauricio Emmanuel (CHI) Escalona Landi, Samid Eduardo (VEN) Moosavifar, Seyed Abolfazl (IRI) Peng, Hongchi (CHN) Rohit S (IND) Paszewski, Mateusz (POL) Ezra Paul Chambers (BDI) Putrenko, Kirill (FID) Holtel, Jasper (GER) Suleymanli, Suleyman (AZE) Popovic, Milan S (SRB) Yordanov, Lachezar (BUL) Stauskas, Lukas (LTU) Harff, Marcel (GER) Nurkiewicz, Maciej (POL) Winkelman, Albert (AUS) Sargsyan, Sargis Vach. (ARM) Garv Gaur (IND) Haug, Havard (NOR) Pacan-Milej, Kosma (POL) Bicer, Atakan Mert (TUR) Liu, Yi (AUS) Woman International Master Sreekarthika Velmurugan (SGP) Aamuktha Guntaka (IND) Sachi Jain (IND) Arshiya Das (IND) Khalilova, Madinabonu (UZB) Monpeurt, Cyrielle (FRA) Kobak, Polina (ARM)
Also, 2 Grand Master titles and 5 International Master titles have been awarded conditional on reach the minimum rating needed:
