FIDE 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" 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
[edit ]Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
---|---|
India | 13
|
United States | 11
|
China | 7
|
Russia | 6
|
FIDE | 6
|
Uzbekistan | 5
|
Germany | 4
|
Hungary | 4
|
England | 4
|
Spain | 4
|
France | 3
|
Azerbaijan | 3
|
Netherlands | 3
|
Other | 27
|
The top 20 players were ranked on 1 March 2025 as follows:[1]
Rank | Player | Rating |
---|---|---|
1 | Norway Magnus Carlsen | 2833 |
2 | United States Hikaru Nakamura | 2802 |
3 | India Gukesh Dommaraju | 2787 |
4 | United States Fabiano Caruana | 2783 |
5 | India Arjun Erigaisi | 2777 |
6 | Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2773 |
7 | China Wei Yi | 2760 |
8 | India R Praggnanandhaa | 2758 |
9 | France Alireza Firouzja | 2757 |
10 | Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2753 |
11 | Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2748 |
12 | United States Wesley So | 2748 |
13 | United States Levon Aronian | 2748 |
14 | India Viswanathan Anand | 2743 |
15 | United States Leinier Domínguez Pérez | 2741 |
16 | Slovenia Vladimir Fedoseev | 2739 |
17 | Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 2739 |
18 | Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm | 2739 |
19 | Netherlands Anish Giri | 2737 |
20 | China Ding Liren | 2731 |
Top women
[edit ]Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
---|---|
China | 14
|
India | 10
|
FIDE | 7
|
Russia | 7
|
Ukraine | 6
|
Poland | 6
|
Georgia | 5
|
France | 5
|
United States | 5
|
Azerbaijan | 4
|
Armenia | 3
|
Germany | 3
|
Israel | 3
|
Other | 22
|
The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 March 2025 as follows:[2]
Rank | Player | Rating |
---|---|---|
1 | China Hou Yifan | 2633 |
2 | China Ju Wenjun | 2561 |
3 | China Tan Zhongyi | 2555 |
4 | China Lei Tingjie | 2552 |
5 | FIDE Aleksandra Goryachkina | 2548 |
6 | India Koneru Humpy | 2528 |
7 | Russia Kateryna Lagno | 2516 |
8 | Ukraine Anna Muzychuk | 2516 |
9 | China Zhu Jiner | 2514 |
10 | Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze | 2513 |
11 | FIDE Polina Shuvalova | 2508 |
12 | Poland Alina Kashlinskaya | 2493 |
13 | Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk | 2490 |
14 | India Vaishali Rameshbabu | 2484 |
15 | Switzerland Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2484 |
16 | India Harika Dronavalli | 2483 |
17 | Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva | 2476 |
18 | Georgia (country) Nino Batsiashvili | 2473 |
19 | India Divya Deshmukh | 2470 |
20 | Ukraine Yuliia Osmak | 2466 |
Top juniors
[edit ]Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
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India | 20
|
United States | 9
|
Turkey | 7
|
FIDE | 6
|
France | 5
|
China | 4
|
Poland | 4
|
Uzbekistan | 3
|
Azerbaijan | 3
|
Iran | 3
|
Ukraine | 3
|
Norway | 3
|
Israel | 3
|
Germany | 3
|
Spain | 3
|
Other | 21
|
Juniors are considered to be male 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 March 2025 as follows:[3]
Rank | Player | Rating |
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1 | India Gukesh Dommaraju | 2787 |
2 | India R Praggnanandhaa | 2758 |
3 | Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov | 2707 |
4 | Belgium Daniel Dardha | 2665 |
5 | India Raunak Sadhwani | 2664 |
6 | FIDE Volodar Murzin | 2658 |
7 | India Leon Luke Mendonca | 2643 |
8 | Azerbaijan Aydin Suleymanli | 2633 |
9 | France Marc'Andria Maurizzi | 2622 |
10 | Turkey Ediz Gürel | 2620 |
11 | India Pranav V | 2615 |
12 | Iran Bardiya Daneshvar | 2609 |
13 | Turkey Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş | 2605 |
14 | United States Abhimanyu Mishra | 2600 |
15 | United States Christopher Yoo | 2588 |
16 | India Pranesh M | 2584 |
17 | Belarus Denis Lazavik | 2572 |
18 | India Bharath Subramaniyam | 2567 |
19 | Ukraine Ihor Samunenkov | 2556 |
20 | FIDE Aleksey Grebnev | 2555 |
Top girls
[edit ]Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
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United States | 9
|
India | 8
|
China | 8
|
Kazakhstan | 8
|
FIDE | 7
|
Mongolia | 5
|
Ukraine | 4
|
Germany | 4
|
Poland | 4
|
Uzbekistan | 3
|
Hungary | 3
|
Argentina | 3
|
Other | 34
|
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 March 2025 as follows:[4]
Rank | Player | Rating |
---|---|---|
1 | India Divya Deshmukh | 2470 |
2 | China Lu Miaoyi | 2435 |
3 | Hungary Zsóka Gaál | 2404 |
4 | United States Alice Lee | 2386 |
5 | China Song Yuxin | 2367 |
6 | Netherlands Eline Roebers | 2367 |
7 | India Rakshitta Ravi | 2365 |
8 | FIDE Anna Shukhman | 2365 |
9 | Kazakhstan Meruert Kamalidenova | 2355 |
10 | Netherlands Machteld van Foreest | 2352 |
11 | Uzbekistan Afruza Khamdamova | 2350 |
12 | Peru Fiorella Contreras Huaman | 2349 |
13 | Mongolia Bayanmunkh Amin-Erdene | 2342 |
14 | Kazakhstan Amina Kairbekova | 2336 |
15 | Kazakhstan Alua Nurman | 2336 |
16 | India Savitha Shri Baskar | 2332 |
17 | Bulgaria Nadya Toncheva | 2329 |
18 | United States Zoey Tang | 2325 |
19 | India Sarayu Velpula | 2315 |
20 | FIDE Anna Zhurova | 2307 |
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 2025:[5]
Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating |
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1 | United States | 2729 |
2 | India | 2722 |
3 | China | 2673 |
4 | Russia | 2657 |
5 | Germany | 2632 |
6 | Azerbaijan | 2629 |
7 | Spain | 2626 |
8 | France | 2625 |
9 | Ukraine | 2621 |
10 | Hungary | 2619 |
11 | Armenia | 2618 |
12 | Netherlands | 2613 |
13 | Uzbekistan | 2608 |
14 | Poland | 2599 |
15 | England | 2586 |
16 | Israel | 2584 |
17 | Norway | 2584 |
18 | Serbia | 2573 |
19 | Romania | 2571 |
20 | Turkey | 2565 |
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Women March 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Juniors March 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Girls March 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 1 March 2025.