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

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Best Performing Countries – Open[1]
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 July 2024 as follows:[1]

Rank Player Rating
1   Magnus Carlsen 2830
2   Fabiano Caruana 2805
3   Hikaru Nakamura 2794
4   Ian Nepomniachtchi 2770
5   Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2766
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   Leinier Dominguez 2748
13   Praggnanandhaa R 2747
14   Anish Giri 2745
15   Alireza Firouzja 2737
16   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2734
17   Parham Maghsoodloo 2733
18   Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2733
19   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2732
20   Quang Liem Le 2731

Top women

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Best Performing Countries – Women[2]
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 July 2024 as follows:[2]

Rank Player Rating
1   Hou Yifan 2632
2   Ju Wenjun 2566
3   Lei Tingjie 2548
4   Tan Zhongyi 2545
5   Aleksandra Goryachkina 2545
6   Kateryna Lagno 2532
7   Koneru Humpy 2530
8   Anna Muzychuk 2521
9   Mariya Muzychuk 2508
10   Nana Dzagnidze 2505
11   Harika Dronavalli 2491
12   Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 2489
13   Alexandra Kosteniuk 2488
14   R. Vaishali 2488
15   Polina Shuvalova 2483
16   Alina Kashlinskaya 2474
17   Bibisara Assaubayeva 2472
18   Zhu Jiner 2469
19   Zhansaya Abdumalik 2468
20   Divya Deshmukh 2464

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 July 2024 as follows:[3]

Rank Player Rating
1   Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2769
2   Gukesh D 2763
3   Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 2757
4   Vincent Keymer 2721
5   Nihal Sarin 2682
6   Javokhir Sindarov 2674
7   Jonas Buhl Bjerre 2653
8   Raunak Sadhwani 2644
9   Volodar Murzin 2637
10   Frederik Svane 2636
11   Daniel Dardha 2629
12   Marc'Andria Maurizzi 2620
13   Pranav V 2620
14   Bardiya Daneshvar 2617
15   Leon Luke Mendonca 2615
16   Aydin Suleymanli 2615
17   Christopher Yoo 2607
18   Abhimanyu Mishra 2604
19   Ediz Gurel 2597
20   Aditya Mittal 2583

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 July 2024 as follows:[4]

Rank Player Rating
1   Bibisara Assaubayeva 2472
2   Divya Deshmukh 2464
3   Leya Garifullina 2449
4   Lu Miaoyi 2449
5   Velpula Sarayu 2384
6   Song Yuxin 2383
7   Alice Lee 2371
8   Savitha Shri B 2361
9   Meruert Kamalidenova 2341
10   Zsoka Gaal 2341
11   Mariam Mkrtchyan 2328
12   Eline Roebers 2320
13   Rakshitta Ravi 2308
14   Ning Kaiyu 2308
15   Candela Francisco 2305
16   Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova 2301
17   Chen Yining 2300
18   Afruza Khamdamova 2291
19   Sahithi Varshini Moogi 2282
20   Nadya Toncheva 2279

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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