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 in the classical time control. The Elo rating system is used.

Top players

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Best Performing Countries – Open[1]
Federation
(≥3 Players)
Players
(Among Top 100)
  United States
12
  India
11
  Russia[a]
8
  China
8
  Ukraine
5
  Uzbekistan
5
  Germany
4
  England
4
  Spain
4
  France
3
  Netherlands
3
  Hungary
3
  Azerbaijan
3
  Poland
2
  Romania
2
Other
19

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 November 2024 as follows:[1]

Rank Player Rating
1   Magnus Carlsen 2831
2   Fabiano Caruana 2805
3   Hikaru Nakamura 2802
4   Arjun Erigaisi 2799
5   Gukesh Dommaraju 2783
6   Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2777
7   Alireza Firouzja 2763
8   Ian Nepomniachtchi 2755
9   Wei Yi 2753
10   Viswanathan Anand 2750
11   Wesley So 2747
12   Leinier Dominguez 2741
13   Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2740
14   Levon Aronian 2739
15   Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2739
16   Quang Liem Le 2739
17   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2738
18   R Praggnanandhaa 2737
19   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2737
20   Hans Niemann 2734

Top women

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Best Performing Countries – Women[2]
Federation
(≥3 Players)
Players
(Among Top 100)
  China
14
  India
9
  Poland
7
  Russia
7
  France
5
  Ukraine
5
  Georgia
5
  United States
5
  Germany
4
  Kazakhstan
4
  Armenia
3
  Azerbaijan
3
  Hungary
3
  Mongolia
1
Other
30

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 October 2024 as follows:[2]

Rank Player Rating
1   Hou Yifan 2633
2   Ju Wenjun 2563
3   Tan Zhongyi 2551
4   Lei Tingjie 2549
5   Aleksandra Goryachkina 2533
6   Koneru Humpy 2530
7   Kateryna Lagno 2527
8   Anna Muzychuk 2524
9   Nana Dzagnidze 2513
10   Mariya Muzychuk 2505
11   Divya Deshmukh 2501
12   Zhu Jiner 2499
13   Alina Kashlinskaya 2493
14   Harika Dronavalli 2493
15   Vaishali Rameshbabu 2487
16   Bibisara Assaubayeva 2487
17   Alexandra Kosteniuk 2480
18   Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 2478
19   Polina Shuvalova 2472
20   Zhansaya Abdumalik 2468

Top juniors

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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 October 2024 as follows:[3]

Rank Player Rating
1   Gukesh Dommaraju 2794
2   Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2783
3   R Praggnanandhaa 2746
4   Vincent Keymer 2721
5   Javokhir Sindarov 2668
6   Nihal Sarin 2668
7   Raunak Sadhwani 2659
8   Frederik Svane 2655
9   Jonas Buhl Bjerre 2650
10   Volodar Murzin 2648
11   Aydin Suleymanli 2637
12   Abhimanyu Mishra 2630
13   Ediz Gurel 2625
14   Leon Luke Mendonca 2622
15   Bardiya Daneshvar 2613
16   Pranav V 2609
17   Daniel Dardha 2604
18   Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 2601
19   Marc'Andria Maurizzi 2594
20   Christopher Yoo 2590

Top girls

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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 October 2024 as follows:[4]

Rank Player Rating
1   Divya Deshmukh 2501
2   Bibisara Assaubayeva 2487
3   Lu Miaoyi 2441
4   Leya Garifullina 2438
5   Zsoka Gaal 2398
6   Alice Lee 2395
7   Song Yuxin 2384
8   Meruert Kamalidenova 2378
9   Velpula Sarayu 2370
10   Alua Nurman 2357
11   Savitha Shri B 2348
12   Xeniya Balabayeva 2335
13   Eline Roebers 2331
14   Afruza Khamdamova 2330
15   Laysa Latifah 2330
16   Mariam Mkrtchyan 2325
17   Martyna Starosta 2325
18   Liya Kurmangaliyeva 2324
19   Rakshitta Ravi 2322
20   Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova 2311

Top federations

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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

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  1. ^ Includes Russian players competing under the FIDE flag.
  1. ^ a b "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Standard Top 100 Juniors January 2023". FIDE. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
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