FIDE world 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" 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
Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
---|---|
Russia | 20
|
United States | 13
|
China | 9
|
India | 8
|
Ukraine | 7
|
Azerbaijan | 5
|
Spain | 4
|
Armenia | 3
|
England | 3
|
France | 3
|
Other | 25
|
The top 20 players were ranked on 1 August 2022 as follows:[1]
Rank | Rank change* | Player | Rating | Rating change* |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Magnus Carlsen | 2864 | ||
2 | Ding Liren | 2808 | 2 | |
3 | 4 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2792 | 26 |
4 | 1 | Alireza Firouzja | 2778 | 15 |
5 | 1 | Fabiano Caruana | 2776 | 7 |
6 | 1 | Levon Aronian | 2775 | |
7 | 1 | Wesley So | 2773 | |
8 | 3 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2768 | 8 |
9 | 1 | Anish Giri | 2760 | |
10 | 2 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2758 | 1 |
11 | 2 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2757 | 3 |
12 | 1 | Viswanathan Anand | 2756 | |
13 | 5 | Richárd Rapport | 2754 | 10 |
14 | Leinier Domínguez | 2754 | ||
15 | 3 | Teimour Radjabov | 2747 | 9 |
16 | Sergey Karjakin | 2747 | ||
17 | Alexander Grischuk | 2745 | ||
18 | 3 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 2740 | 10 |
19 | Wang Hao | 2735 | ||
20 | Dmitry Andreikin | 2729 | ||
*Change from the previous month |
Top women
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 August 2022 as follows:[2]
Rank | Rank change* | Player | Rating | Rating change* |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hou Yifan | 2650 | ||
2 | Aleksandra Goryachkina | 2579 | 20 | |
3 | Ju Wenjun | 2560 | ||
4 | Kateryna Lagno | 2547 | ||
5 | 1 | Lei Tingjie | 2535 | |
6 | 1 | Nana Dzagnidze | 2531 | |
7 | 2 | Mariya Muzychuk | 2530 | 10 |
8 | Anna Muzychuk | 2529 | ||
9 | Tan Zhongyi | 2525 | ||
10 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2521 | ||
11 | Harika Dronavalli | 2517 | ||
12 | 1 | Polina Shuvalova | 2510 | 12 |
13 | 1 | Alina Kashlinskaya | 2504 | 1 |
14 | Zhansaya Abdumalik | 2495 | ||
15 | Sarasadat Khademalsharieh | 2490 | ||
16 | Bela Khotenashvili | 2485 | ||
17 | Elisabeth Paehtz | 2484 | ||
18 | Lela Javakhishvili | 2476 | ||
19 | 1 | Antoaneta Stefanova | 2472 | 5 |
20 | 1 | Valentina Gunina | 2469 | |
*Change from the previous month |
Top juniors
Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
---|---|
India | 19
|
United States | 12
|
Russia | 8
|
Azerbaijan | 5
|
Germany | 4
|
Israel | 4
|
Uzbekistan | 4
|
Armenia | 3
|
France | 3
|
Ukraine | 3
|
Other | 35
|
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 August 2022 as follows:[3]
Rank | Rank change* | Player | Rating | Rating change* |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alireza Firouzja | 2778 | 15 | |
2 | 4 | Gukesh D | 2699 | 15 |
3 | 4 | Andrey Esipenko | 2692 | 10 |
4 | 2 | Arjun Erigaisi | 2689 | |
5 | 2 | Hans Niemann | 2687 | 1 |
6 | 2 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2677 | 11 |
7 | 2 | Vincent Keymer | 2672 | 14 |
8 | 3 | Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu | 2661 | 13 |
9 | 1 | Shant Sargsyan | 2661 | |
10 | Nihal Sarin | 2651 | ||
11 | 2 | Kirill Shevchenko | 2642 | 12 |
12 | Javokhir Sindarov | 2629 | ||
13 | 2 | Raunak Sadhwani | 2622 | 11 |
14 | Nodirbek Yakubboev | 2620 | ||
15 | 2 | Awonder Liang | 2608 | 17 |
16 | 2 | Daniel Dardha | 2599 | 24 |
17 | 1 | Jonas Buhl Bjerre | 2599 | 9 |
18 | 1 | Velimir Ivić | 2583 | 2 |
19 | Leon Luke Mendonca | 2571 | 4 | |
20 | Arseniy Nesterov | 2568 | 8 | |
*Change from the previous month |
Top girls
Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
---|---|
Russia | 16
|
India | 9
|
United States | 8
|
Kazakhstan | 7
|
Bulgaria | 6
|
China | 6
|
Poland | 6
|
Cuba | 4
|
Mongolia | 4
|
Germany | 3
|
Hungary | 3
|
Netherlands | 3
|
Turkey | 3
|
Ukraine | 3
|
Other | 19
|
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 August 2022 as follows:[4]
Rank | Rank change* | Player | Rating | Rating change* |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zhu Jiner | 2464 | ||
2 | 1 | Bibisara Assaubayeva | 2439 | 1 |
3 | 1 | Olga Badelka | 2437 | 12 |
4 | 1 | Nurgyul Salimova | 2404 | 12 |
5 | 1 | Carissa Yip | 2395 | 21 |
6 | 1 | Meruert Kamalidenova | 2384 | 13 |
7 | 1 | Leya Garifullina | 2378 | 20 |
8 | 27 | Savitha Shri B | 2374 | 96 |
9 | 2 | Ning Kaiyu | 2374 | |
10 | 2 | Annie Wang | 2372 | |
11 | 2 | Vantika Agrawal | 2371 | |
12 | 2 | Aleksandra Maltsevskaya | 2360 | 18 |
13 | 5 | Maria Malicka | 2351 | 42 |
14 | 5 | Govhar Beydullayeva | 2339 | 51 |
15 | 1 | Eline Roebers | 2324 | 20 |
16 | 1 | Jana Schneider | 2322 | 20 |
17 | 1 | Divya Deshmukh | 2319 | |
18 | 1 | Song Yuxin | 2317 | |
19 | 2 | Gaal Zsoka | 2313 | |
20 | 3 | Priyanka Nutakki | 2309 | 1 |
*Change from the previous month |
Top federations
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 August 2022:[5]
Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating |
---|---|---|
1 | United States | 2731 |
2 | Russia | 2714 |
3 | China | 2697 |
4 | India | 2681 |
5 | Ukraine | 2668 |
6 | Azerbaijan | 2655 |
7 | France | 2644 |
8 | Armenia | 2636 |
9 | Germany | 2635 |
10 | Spain | 2634 |
11 | Poland | 2627 |
12 | Netherlands | 2626 |
13 | Hungary | 2625 |
14 | Norway | 2602 |
15 | Israel | 2596 |
16 | England | 2588 |
17 | Czech Republic | 2583 |
18 | Croatia | 2574 |
19 | Uzbekistan | 2566 |
20 | Argentina | 2562 |
References
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