FIDE World Rankings
The Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) is the organization that governs international chess competition. At monthly intervals, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls", as well as 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
The top 20 positions in the rankings as of April 2016 are as follows:[1]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Magnus Carlsen |
2851 |
| 2 |  Vladimir Kramnik |
2801 |
| 3 |  Fabiano Caruana |
2795 |
| 4 |  Anish Giri |
2790 |
| 5 |  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
2788 |
| 6 | Hikaru Nakamura |
2787 |
| 7 |  Levon Aronian |
2784 |
| 8 | Sergey Karjakin |
2779 |
| 9 |  Ding Liren |
2777 |
| 10 | Wesley So |
2773 |
| 11 |  Viswanathan Anand |
2770 |
| 12 |  Pavel Eljanov |
2765 |
| 13 | Pentala Harikrishna |
2763 |
| 14 | Peter Svidler |
2762 |
| 15 | Li Chao |
2755 |
| 16 |  Veselin Topalov |
2754 |
| 17 | Alexander Grischuk |
2752 |
| 18 |  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
2750 |
| 19 |  Boris Gelfand |
2740 |
| 20 | Yu Yangyi |
2738 |
Top women
Women may play in the same events as men in chess and are rated together with men. The top 20 positions in the rankings as of April 2016 are as follows:[2]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hou Yifan |
2663 |
| 2 | Koneru Humpy |
2575 |
| 3 | Ju Wenjun |
2568 |
| 4 | Mariya Muzychuk |
2561 |
| 5 | Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2557 |
| 6 | Anna Muzychuk |
2555 |
| 7 |  Viktorija Čmilytė |
2536 |
| 8 |  Nana Dzagnidze |
2535 |
| 9 | Kateryna Lagno |
2529 |
| 10 | Tan Zhongyi |
2518 |
| 11 | Dronavalli Harika |
2515 |
| 12 | Antoaneta Stefanova |
2507 |
| 13–14 | Lei Tingjie |
2504 |
| 13–14 | Zhao Xue |
2504 |
| 15 | Aleksandra Goryachkina |
2503 |
| 16 | Valentina Gunina |
2497 |
| 17 | Bela Khotenashvili |
2493 |
| 18–19–20 |  Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene |
2490 |
| 18–19–20 | Natalija Pogonina |
2490 |
| 18–19–20 | Marie Sebag |
2490 |
Top juniors
Juniors are considered to be players who remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.
The top 20 positions in the rankings as of April 2016 are as follows:[3]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Richárd Rapport |
2717 |
| 2 | Wei Yi |
2700 |
| 3 | Vladislav Artemiev |
2669 |
| 4 |  Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
2663 |
| 5 | Daniil Dubov |
2644 |
| 6–7 |  Matthias Bluebaum |
2623 |
| 6–7 | Illya Nyzhnyk |
2623 |
| 8 | Jeffery Xiong |
2618 |
| 9 | Urii Eliseev |
2602 |
| 10 | Samuel Sevian |
2589 |
| 11 | John M. Burke |
2584 |
| 12 | Grigoriy Oparin |
2575 |
| 13 | Dennis Wagner |
2574 |
| 14 | Alexander Donchenko |
2573 |
| 15 | Oleksandr Bortnyk |
2565 |
| 16 | Bai Jinshi |
2564 |
| 17–18 | Diptayan Ghosh |
2562 |
| 17–18 | Mikhail Antipov |
2562 |
| 19 | Kirill Alekseenko |
2561 |
| 20 | Vaibhav Suri |
2556 |
Top girls
This list includes female players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.
The top 20 positions in the rankings as of April 2016 are as follows:[4]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lei Tingjie |
2504 |
| 2 | Aleksandra Goryachkina |
2503 |
| 3 | Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel |
2490 |
| 4 |  Sarasadat Khademalsharieh |
2458 |
| 5 |  Dinara Saduakassova |
2411 |
| 6 | Dorsa Derakhshani |
2486 |
| 7 |  Medina Warda Aulia |
2383 |
| 8 | Zhansaya Abdumalik |
2381 |
| 9 | Zhai Mo |
2371 |
| 10 | Alina Bivol |
2368 |
| 11 | Ni Shiqun |
2363 |
| 12 |  Stavroula Tsolakidou |
2355 |
| 13 | Iulija Osmak |
2351 |
| 14 | Oliwia Kiolbasa |
2348 |
| 15 | R. Vaishali |
2337 |
| 16 |  Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda |
2321 |
| 17 | Anna-Maja Kazarian |
2320 |
| 18–19 | Gunay Mammadzada |
2318 |
| 18–19 | Bodda Pratyusha |
2318 |
| 20 | Alexandra Obolentseva |
2315 |
Top countries
FIDE publishes two lists ranking countries. The first ranks them according to the average rating of their top 10 players, while the other ranks them according to the average rating of their top 10 female players. The top 20 positions in the former list as of April 2016 are as follows:[5]
| Rank | Country | Average top 10 rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia |
2741 |
| 2 | China |
2712 |
| 3 | United States |
2689 |
| 4 | Ukraine |
2687 |
| 5 | India |
2669 |
| 6 | France |
2656 |
| 7 | Armenia |
2652 |
| 8 | Poland |
2642 |
| 9–10 | Hungary |
2641 |
| 9–10 | Azerbaijan |
2641 |
| 11 | Israel |
2638 |
| 12 |  England |
2635 |
| 13 | Netherlands |
2630 |
| 14 | Germany |
2623 |
| 15 | Bulgaria |
2590 |
| 16 |  Cuba |
2589 |
| 17 |  Spain |
2587 |
| 18 |  Croatia |
2584 |
| 19 | Georgia |
2581 |
| 20 |  Serbia |
2580 |
Female list
The top 20 positions in this list as of April 2016 are as follows:[6]
| Rank | Country | Average top 10 rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia |
2495 |
| 2 | China |
2492 |
| 3 | Georgia |
2428 |
| 4 | Ukraine |
2414 |
| 5 | India |
2405 |
| 6 | Poland |
2367 |
| 7 | Germany |
2351 |
| 8 | Hungary |
2340 |
| 9 | United States |
2326 |
| 10 | France |
2325 |
| 11 | Serbia |
2303 |
| 12 |  Romania |
2299 |
| 13 | Bulgaria |
2291 |
| 14–15 | Spain |
2286 |
| 14–15 | Cuba |
2286 |
| 16 | Azerbaijan |
2279 |
| 17 | Armenia |
2271 |
| 18 | Netherlands |
2266 |
| 19 | Mongolia |
2260 |
| 20 | Iran |
2248 |
References
- ↑ "FIDE Online. FIDE Top players - Standard Top 100 Players April 2016". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "FIDE Online. FIDE Top players - Standard Top 100 Women April 2016". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "FIDE Online. FIDE Top players - Standard Top 100 Juniors April 2016". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "FIDE Online. FIDE Top players - Standard Top 100 Girls April 2016". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "FIDE Country Top chess players". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "FIDE Country Top chess players". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
External links
- Official FIDE Rating List
- Elo query with world ranking list and historical development since 1990
- Interactive world map of FIDE country rankings
- All Time Rankings - lists the top 10 from 1970 to 1997
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