FIDE rankings
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players. The Elo rating system is used.
Top players[edit]
Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
---|---|
United States | 12
|
Russia[a] | 12
|
China | 9
|
India | 9
|
Ukraine | 6
|
Azerbaijan | 5
|
Spain | 4
|
Uzbekistan | 4
|
France | 3
|
Other | 36
|
The top 20 players were ranked on 1 May 2024 as follows:[1]
Rank | Player | Rating |
---|---|---|
1 | Magnus Carlsen | 2830 |
2 | Fabiano Caruana | 2805 |
3 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2795 |
4 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2770 |
5 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2765 |
6 | Gukesh D | 2763 |
7 | Ding Liren | 2762 |
8 | Arjun Erigaisi | 2761 |
9 | Wesley So | 2757 |
10 | Wei Yi | 2755 |
11 | Viswanathan Anand | 2751 |
12 | Sergey Karjakin | 2750 |
13 | Leinier Dominguez | 2748 |
14 | Praggnanandhaa R | 2747 |
15 | Anish Giri | 2745 |
16 | Alireza Firouzja | 2738 |
17 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 2734 |
18 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2734 |
19 | Parham Maghsoodloo | 2733 |
20 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2732 |
Top women[edit]
Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
---|---|
Russia | 14
|
China | 10
|
Georgia | 7
|
India | 7
|
Poland | 7
|
France | 6
|
Ukraine | 5
|
United States | 5
|
Kazakhstan | 4
|
Armenia | 3
|
Azerbaijan | 3
|
Hungary | 3
|
Mongolia | 3
|
Other | 25
|
The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 May 2024 as follows:[2]
Rank | Player | Rating |
---|---|---|
1 | Hou Yifan | 2633 |
2 | Ju Wenjun | 2560 |
3 | Lei Tingjie | 2548 |
4 | Aleksandra Goryachkina | 2545 |
5 | Koneru Humpy | 2545 |
6 | Tan Zhongyi | 2541 |
7 | Kateryna Lagno | 2532 |
8 | Mariya Muzychuk | 2510 |
9 | Nana Dzagnidze | 2506 |
10 | Anna Muzychuk | 2505 |
11 | Harika Dronavalli | 2504 |
12 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2501 |
13 | R. Vaishali | 2490 |
14 | Sarasadat Khademalsharieh | 2489 |
15 | Bibisara Assaubayeva | 2481 |
16 | Zhu Jiner | 2477 |
17 | Zhansaya Abdumalik | 2468 |
18 | Alina Kashlinskaya | 2468 |
19 | Yuliia Osmak | 2460 |
20 | Meri Arabidze | 2458 |
Top juniors[edit]
Juniors are considered to be players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.
The top 20 juniors were ranked on 1 May 2024 as follows:[3]
Rank | Player | Rating |
---|---|---|
1 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2766 |
2 | Gukesh D | 2764 |
3 | Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu | 2747 |
4 | Vincent Keymer | 2726 |
5 | Javokhir Sindarov | 2684 |
6 | Nihal Sarin | 2680 |
7 | Raunak Sadhwani | 2654 |
8 | Jonas Buhl Bjerre | 2653 |
9 | Daniel Dardha | 2651 |
10 | Leon Luke Mendonca | 2640 |
11 | Frederik Svane | 2637 |
12 | Abhimanyu Mishra | 2634 |
13 | Volodar Murzin | 2634 |
14 | Aydin Suleymanli | 2621 |
15 | Marc'Andria Maurizzi | 2618 |
16 | Aditya Mittal | 2608 |
17 | Christopher Yoo | 2604 |
18 | Pranav V | 2587 |
19 | Bardiya Daneshvar | 2582 |
20 | Ediz Gurel | 2578 |
Top girls[edit]
Girls are considered to be female players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.
The top 20 girls were ranked on 1 May 2024 as follows:[4]
Rank | Player | Rating |
---|---|---|
1 | Bibisara Assaubayeva | 2481 |
2 | Divya Deshmukh | 2443 |
3 | Lu Miaoyi | 2439 |
4 | Leya Garifullina | 2431 |
5 | Song Yuxin | 2381 |
6 | Zsoka Gaal | 2374 |
7 | Velpula Sarayu | 2370 |
8 | Alice Lee | 2370 |
9 | Meruert Kamalidenova | 2367 |
10 | Savitha Shri B | 2365 |
11 | Mariam Mkrtchyan | 2354 |
12 | Eline Roebers | 2349 |
13 | Chen Yining | 2338 |
14 | Alua Nurman | 2312 |
15 | Ning Kaiyu | 2310 |
16 | Candela Francisco | 2294 |
17 | Wang Chuqiao | 2289 |
18 | Rose Atwell | 2285 |
19 | Anna Shukhman | 2282 |
20 | Liya Kurmangaliyeva | 2281 |
Top federations[edit]
Every month, FIDE publishes a list ranking federations according to the average rating of their top 10 players. The top 20 federations were ranked as follows on 1 March 2024:[5]
Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating |
---|---|---|
1 | United States | 2724 |
2 | India | 2715 |
3 | China | 2684 |
4 | Russia | 2684 |
5 | Azerbaijan | 2647 |
6 | France | 2642 |
7 | Ukraine | 2637 |
8 | Germany | 2633 |
9 | Armenia | 2632 |
10 | Spain | 2628 |
11 | Netherlands | 2619 |
12 | Hungary | 2617 |
13 | Poland | 2606 |
14 | England | 2598 |
15 | Romania | 2598 |
16 | Norway | 2596 |
17 | Uzbekistan | 2595 |
18 | Israel | 2590 |
19 | Czech Republic | 2571 |
20 | Serbia | 2570 |
References[edit]
- ^ Includes Russian players competing under the FIDE flag.
- ^ a b "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Standard Top 100 Juniors January 2023". FIDE. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 3 March 2024.