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
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 United States
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 China
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 Russia
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 FIDE
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 Uzbekistan
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 Germany
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 Hungary
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 England
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 Spain
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 France
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 Azerbaijan
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 Netherlands
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| Other |
The top 20 players were ranked on 1 May 2025 as follows:[1]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Magnus Carlsen
|
2837 |
| 2 | Hikaru Nakamura
|
2804 |
| 3 | Gukesh Dommaraju
|
2787 |
| 4 | Arjun Erigaisi
|
2782 |
| 5 | Fabiano Caruana
|
2776 |
| 6 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov
|
2771 |
| 7 | R Praggnanandhaa
|
2758 |
| 8 | Wei Yi
|
2758 |
| 9 | Alireza Firouzja
|
2757 |
| 10 | Ian Nepomniachtchi
|
2757 |
| 11 | Wesley So
|
2751 |
| 12 | Aravindh Chithambaram
|
2749 |
| 13 | Levon Aronian
|
2747 |
| 14 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
|
2746 |
| 15 | Viswanathan Anand
|
2743 |
| 16 |  Jan-Krzysztof Duda
|
2739 |
| 17 |  Vladimir Fedoseev
|
2739 |
| 18 | Anish Giri
|
2738 |
| 19 | Leinier Domínguez Pérez
|
2738 |
| 20 | Hans Niemann
|
2736 |
Top women
[edit]| Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| China
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| India
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| FIDE
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| Russia
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 Ukraine
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| Poland
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 Georgia
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| France
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| United States
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| Azerbaijan
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 Armenia
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| Germany
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 Israel
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| Other |
The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 May 2025 as follows:[2]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hou Yifan
|
2633 |
| 2 | Ju Wenjun
|
2580 |
| 3 | Lei Tingjie
|
2552 |
| 4 | Aleksandra Goryachkina
|
2544 |
| 5 | Koneru Humpy
|
2543 |
| 6 | Zhu Jiner
|
2541 |
| 7 | Tan Zhongyi
|
2536 |
| 8 | Anna Muzychuk
|
2526 |
| 9 | Kateryna Lagno
|
2516 |
| 10 | Nana Dzagnidze
|
2509 |
| 11 | Polina Shuvalova
|
2494 |
| 12 |  Bibisara Assaubayeva
|
2494 |
| 13 | Mariya Muzychuk
|
2494 |
| 14 | Harika Dronavalli
|
2483 |
| 15 |  Alexandra Kosteniuk
|
2479 |
| 16 | Vaishali Rameshbabu
|
2475 |
| 17 |  Teodora Injac
|
2474 |
| 18 | Yuliia Osmak
|
2471 |
| 19 | Divya Deshmukh
|
2469 |
| 20 | Alina Kashlinskaya
|
2467 |
Top juniors
[edit]| Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| India
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| United States
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 Turkey
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| FIDE
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| France
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| China
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| Poland
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| Uzbekistan
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| Azerbaijan
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 Iran
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| Ukraine
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| Norway
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| Israel
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| Germany
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| Spain
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| Other |
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 May 2025 as follows:[3]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gukesh Dommaraju
|
2787 |
| 2 | R Praggnanandhaa
|
2758 |
| 3 | Javokhir Sindarov
|
2706 |
| 4 | Raunak Sadhwani
|
2672 |
| 5 | Volodar Murzin
|
2658 |
| 6 |  Daniel Dardha
|
2651 |
| 7 | Ediz Gürel
|
2636 |
| 8 | Leon Luke Mendonca
|
2630 |
| 9 | Bardiya Daneshvar
|
2621 |
| 10 | Pranav V
|
2621 |
| 11 | Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş
|
2618 |
| 12 | Aydin Suleymanli
|
2617 |
| 13 | Marc'Andria Maurizzi
|
2607 |
| 14 | Abhimanyu Mishra
|
2605 |
| 15 | Christopher Yoo
|
2588 |
| 16 |  Denis Lazavik
|
2577 |
| 17 | Pranesh M
|
2576 |
| 18 | Ihor Samunenkov
|
2572 |
| 19 | Elham Amar
|
2569 |
| 20 | Ivan Zemlyanskii
|
2563 |
Top girls
[edit]| Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| United States
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| India
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| China
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| Kazakhstan
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| FIDE
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 Mongolia
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| Ukraine
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| Germany
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| Poland
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| Uzbekistan
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| Hungary
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 Argentina
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| Other |
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 May 2025 as follows:[4]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Divya Deshmukh
|
2469 |
| 2 | Lu Miaoyi
|
2450 |
| 3 | Anna Shukhman
|
2413 |
| 4 | Song Yuxin
|
2397 |
| 5 | Zsóka Gaál
|
2395 |
| 6 | Alice Lee
|
2389 |
| 7 | Eline Roebers
|
2361 |
| 8 | Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova
|
2353 |
| 9 | Anna Zhurova
|
2350 |
| 10 | Zoey Tang
|
2347 |
| 11 | Meruert Kamalidenova
|
2345 |
| 12 | Afruza Khamdamova
|
2344 |
| 13 | Amina Kairbekova
|
2344 |
| 14 | Bayanmunkh Amin-Erdene
|
2342 |
| 15 |  Fiorella Contreras Huaman
|
2341 |
| 16 | Alua Nurman
|
2338 |
| 17 | Mariia Manko
|
2334 |
| 18 |  Nadya Toncheva
|
2332 |
| 19 | Gao Muziyan
|
2324 |
| 20 | Rakshitta Ravi
|
2324 |
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 May 2025:[5]
| Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States
|
2730 |
| 2 | India
|
2727 |
| 3 | China
|
2674 |
| 4 | Russia
|
2665 |
| 5 | Germany
|
2632 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan
|
2631 |
| 7 | Ukraine
|
2631 |
| 8 | Hungary
|
2624 |
| 9 | France
|
2623 |
| 10 | Spain
|
2618 |
| 11 | Armenia
|
2615 |
| 12 | Netherlands
|
2615 |
| 13 | Uzbekistan
|
2601 |
| 14 | Poland
|
2597 |
| 15 | England
|
2592 |
| 16 | Norway
|
2591 |
| 17 | Israel
|
2585 |
| 18 | Turkey
|
2569 |
| 19 | Serbia
|
2567 |
| 20 |  Romania
|
2566 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Women May 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Juniors May 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Girls May 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
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