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

Best Performing Countries – Open[1]
Federation
(≥3 Players)		 Players
(Among Top 100)
 United States
12
 Russia[lower-alpha 1]
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 January 2024 as follows:[1]

Rank Player Rating
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2830
2 United States Fabiano Caruana 2804
3 United States Hikaru Nakamura 2788
4 China Ding Liren 2780
5 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 2769
6 France Alireza Firouzja 2759
7 United States Wesley So 2757
8 United States Leinier Dominguez 2752
9 Russia Sergey Karjakin 2750
10 Netherlands Anish Giri 2749
11 India Viswanathan Anand 2748
12 Germany Vincent Keymer 2743
13 India R. Praggnanandhaa 2743
14 India Vidit Gujrathi 2742
15 Iran Parham Maghsoodloo 2740
16 China Wei Yi 2740
17 India Arjun Erigaisi 2738
18 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2734
19 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2732
20 Russia Alexander Grischuk 2732

Top women

Best Performing Countries – Women[2]
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 January 2024 as follows:[2]

Rank Player Rating
1 China Hou Yifan 2632
2 India Koneru Humpy 2554
3 FIDE Aleksandra Goryachkina 2553
4 China Lei Tingjie 2550
5 China Ju Wenjun 2549
6 Russia Kateryna Lagno 2542
7 Ukraine Anna Muzychuk 2525
8 China Tan Zhongyi 2521
9 Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk 2506
10 Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze 2506
11 Switzerland Alexandra Kosteniuk 2501
12 India Harika Dronavalli 2500
13 Spain Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 2486
14 India R. Vaishali 2481
15 Russia Polina Shuvalova 2475
16 Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva 2472
17 Kazakhstan Zhansaya Abdumalik 2468
18 Poland Alina Kashlinskaya 2468
19 Georgia (country) Bella Khotenashvili 2467
20 China Zhu Jiner 2467

Top juniors

Best Performing Countries – Juniors[3]
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 January 2024 as follows:[3]

Rank Player Rating
1 Germany Vincent Keymer 2743
2 India Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 2743
3 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2727
4 India Gukesh D 2725
5 Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov 2701
6 India Nihal Sarin 2693
7 India Raunak Sadhwani 2654
8 Denmark Jonas Buhl Bjerre 2641
9 FIDE Volodar Murzin 2635
10 United States Abhimanyu Mishra 2627
11 Germany Frederik Svane 2625
12 India Pranav V 2611
13 Azerbaijan Aydin Suleymanli 2609
14 India Leon Luke Mendonca 2608
15 Belgium Daniel Dardha 2602
16 Iran Bardiya Daneshvar 2597
17 United States Christopher Yoo 2595
18 India Aditya Mittal 2588
19 France Marc Andria Maurizzi 2572
20 Belarus Denis Lazavik 2566

Top girls

Best Performing Countries – Girls[4]
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 October 2023 as follows:[4]

Rank Player Rating
1 Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva 2469
2 India Sarayu Velpula 2444
3 Bulgaria Nurgyul Salimova 2424
4 India Divya Deshmukh 2408
5 China Song Yuxin 2404
6 FIDE Leya Garifullina 2402
7 Netherlands Eline Roebers 2390
8 United States Alice Lee 2388
9 Azerbaijan Govhar Beydullayeva 2383
10 India Savitha Shri B 2375
11 United States Carissa Yip 2372
12 Kazakhstan Meruert Kamalidenova 2351
13 Kazakhstan Alua Nurmanova 2347
14 Argentina Candela Francisco 2345
15 Armenia Mariam Mkrtchyan 2343
16 China Ning Kaiyu 2308
17 Hungary Zsóka Gaál 2305
18 Ukraine Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova 2299
19 Russia Anna Zhurova 2288
20 Bulgaria Gergana Peycheva 2287

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 January 2024:[5]

Rank Federation Average top 10 rating
1  United States 2725
2  India 2710
3  Russia 2686
4  China 2684
5  Azerbaijan 2646
6  France 2641
7  Germany 2638
8  Ukraine 2638
9  Armenia 2637
10  Spain 2627
11  Netherlands 2622
12  Hungary 2619
13  Poland 2609
14  England 2598
15  Romania 2596
16  Israel 2592
17  Norway 2592
18  Uzbekistan 2590
19  Czech Republic 2578
20  Croatia 2568

References

  1. ↑ Includes Russian players competing under the FIDE flag.
  1. 1 2 "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Standard Top 100 Juniors January 2023". FIDE. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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