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 April 2024 as follows:[1]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Magnus Carlsen
|
2830 |
| 2 | Fabiano Caruana
|
2803 |
| 3 | Hikaru Nakamura
|
2789 |
| 4 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov
|
2765 |
| 5 | Ding Liren
|
2762 |
| 6 | Alireza Firouzja
|
2760 |
| 7 | Ian Nepomniachtchi
|
2758 |
| 8 | Wesley So
|
2757 |
| 9 | Erigaisi Arjun
|
2756 |
| 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 | Gukesh D
|
2743 |
| 17 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
|
2733 |
| 18 |  Parham Maghsoodloo
|
2732 |
| 19 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
|
2732 |
| 20 |  Jan-Krzysztof Duda
|
2731 |
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 April 2024 as follows:[2]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hou Yifan
|
2632 |
| 2 | Ju Wenjun
|
2559 |
| 3 |  Aleksandra Goryachkina
|
2553 |
| 4 | Lei Tingjie
|
2550 |
| 5 | Koneru Humpy
|
2546 |
| 6 | Kateryna Lagno
|
2542 |
| 7 | Tan Zhongyi
|
2521 |
| 8 | Anna Muzychuk
|
2520 |
| 9 | Mariya Muzychuk
|
2510 |
| 10 | Nana Dzagnidze
|
2506 |
| 11 | Harika Dronavalli
|
2503 |
| 12 |  Alexandra Kosteniuk
|
2501 |
| 13 | Sarasadat Khademalsharieh
|
2490 |
| 14 | Bibisara Assaubayeva
|
2481 |
| 15 | R. Vaishali
|
2475 |
| 16 | Zhansaya Abdumalik
|
2468 |
| 17 | Alina Kashlinskaya
|
2468 |
| 18 | Zhu Jiner
|
2463 |
| 19 | Yuliia Osmak
|
2459 |
| 20 | Meri Arabidze
|
2457 |
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 April 2024 as follows:[3]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov
|
2765 |
| 2 | Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
|
2747 |
| 3 | Gukesh D
|
2743 |
| 4 |  Vincent Keymer
|
2726 |
| 5 | Nihal Sarin
|
2698 |
| 6 | Javokhir Sindarov
|
2684 |
| 7 | Raunak Sadhwani
|
2654 |
| 8 |  Jonas Buhl Bjerre
|
2646 |
| 9 | Volodar Murzin
|
2632 |
| 10 |  Daniel Dardha
|
2630 |
| 11 | Frederik Svane
|
2627 |
| 12 | Abhimanyu Mishra
|
2626 |
| 13 | Leon Luke Mendonca
|
2626 |
| 14 | Aditya Mittal
|
2607 |
| 15 | Aydin Suleymanli
|
2607 |
| 16 | Marc'Andria Maurizzi
|
2605 |
| 17 | Pranav V
|
2604 |
| 18 | Bardiya Daneshvar
|
2584 |
| 19 | Christopher Yoo
|
2583 |
| 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 April 2024 as follows:[4]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bibisara Assaubayeva
|
2481 |
| 2 | Lu Miaoyi
|
2438 |
| 3 | Leya Garifullina
|
2427 |
| 4 | Divya Deshmukh
|
2427 |
| 5 | Velpula Sarayu
|
2382 |
| 6 | Song Yuxin
|
2379 |
| 7 | Alice Lee
|
2368 |
| 8 | Meruert Kamalidenova
|
2368 |
| 9 | Eline Roebers
|
2367 |
| 10 | Chen Yining
|
2363 |
| 11 | Savitha Shri B
|
2363 |
| 12 | Zsoka Gaal
|
2356 |
| 13 | Mariam Mkrtchyan
|
2354 |
| 14 | Machteld van Foreest
|
2332 |
| 15 | Ning Kaiyu
|
2308 |
| 16 | Wang Chuqiao
|
2302 |
| 17 | Afruza Khamdamova
|
2300 |
| 18 |  Candela Francisco
|
2292 |
| 19 | Alua Nurman
|
2289 |
| 20 | Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova
|
2289 |
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.