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) |
|---|---|
 United States
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 India
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 China
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 Russia
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 Uzbekistan
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 FIDE
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 Germany
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 Hungary
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 England
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 Spain
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 Armenia
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 Azerbaijan
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 Serbia
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 Iran
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 Norway
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 Ukraine
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| Other |
The top 20 players were ranked on 1 June 2025 as follows:[1]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen
|
2837 |
| 2 | Hikaru Nakamura
|
2804 |
| 3 | Arjun Erigaisi
|
2782 |
| 4 | Fabiano Caruana
|
2777 |
| 5 | Gukesh Dommaraju
|
2776 |
| 6 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov
|
2767 |
| 7 | R Praggnanandhaa
|
2767 |
| 8 |  Alireza Firouzja
|
2766 |
| 9 | Wei Yi
|
2758 |
| 10 | Ian Nepomniachtchi
|
2757 |
| 11 | Aravindh Chithambaram
|
2749 |
| 12 |  Anish Giri
|
2748 |
| 13 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
|
2746 |
| 14 | Wesley So
|
2745 |
| 15 | Viswanathan Anand
|
2743 |
| 16 | Levon Aronian
|
2742 |
| 17 |  Vladimir Fedoseev
|
2739 |
| 18 | Leinier Domínguez Pérez
|
2738 |
| 19 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
|
2736 |
| 20 | Hans Niemann
|
2736 |
Top women
[edit]| Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| China
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| India
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 Poland
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| Russia
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| Ukraine
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| FIDE
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 Georgia
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| Azerbaijan
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| United States
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| France
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| Germany
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| Other |
The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 Jun 2025 as follows:[2]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hou Yifan
|
2633 |
| 2 | Ju Wenjun
|
2580 |
| 3 | Lei Tingjie
|
2552 |
| 4 | Zhu Jiner
|
2547 |
| 5 | Tan Zhongyi
|
2546 |
| 6 | Koneru Humpy
|
2543 |
| 7 | Anna Muzychuk
|
2535 |
| 8 | Aleksandra Goryachkina
|
2533 |
| 9 | Kateryna Lagno
|
2515 |
| 10 |  Bibisara Assaubayeva
|
2509 |
| 11 | Nana Dzagnidze
|
2505 |
| 12 | Mariya Muzychuk
|
2492 |
| 13 | Harika Dronavalli
|
2483 |
| 14 | Vaishali Rameshbabu
|
2481 |
| 15 | Polina Shuvalova
|
2480 |
| 16 |  Alexandra Kosteniuk
|
2474 |
| 17 | Yuliia Osmak
|
2468 |
| 18 | Divya Deshmukh
|
2463 |
| 19 | Nino Batsiashvili
|
2462 |
| 20 | Alina Kashlinskaya
|
2459 |
Top juniors
[edit]| Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| India
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| United States
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| FIDE
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| China
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 Turkey
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| France
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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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| 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 June 2025 as follows:[3]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gukesh Dommaraju
|
2776 |
| 2 | R Praggnanandhaa
|
2767 |
| 3 | Javokhir Sindarov
|
2710 |
| 4 | Raunak Sadhwani
|
2672 |
| 5 | Volodar Murzin
|
2666 |
| 6 |  Daniel Dardha
|
2646 |
| 7 | Bardiya Daneshvar
|
2640 |
| 8 | Ediz Gürel
|
2636 |
| 9 | Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş
|
2626 |
| 10 | Abhimanyu Mishra
|
2611 |
| 11 | Aydin Suleymanli
|
2608 |
| 12 | Christopher Yoo
|
2607 |
| 13 | Marc'Andria Maurizzi
|
2607 |
| 14 | Leon Luke Mendonca
|
2603 |
| 15 | Pranav V
|
2595 |
| 16 | Elham Amar
|
2589 |
| 17 | Ivan Zemlyanskii
|
2585 |
| 18 | Pranesh M
|
2580 |
| 19 |  Denis Lazavik
|
2580 |
| 20 | Pranav Anand
|
2576 |
Top girls
[edit]| Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| United States
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| India
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| FIDE
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| Kazakhstan
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| China
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 Mongolia
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| Ukraine
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| Poland
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| Germany
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| Uzbekistan
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| Israel
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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 June 2025 as follows:[4]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Divya Deshmukh
|
2463 |
| 2 | Lu Miaoyi
|
2452 |
| 3 | Anna Shukhman
|
2413 |
| 4 | Song Yuxin
|
2410 |
| 5 | Zsóka Gaál
|
2391 |
| 6 | Alice Lee
|
2389 |
| 7 | Zoey Tang
|
2356 |
| 8 | Eline Roebers
|
2356 |
| 9 | Mariia Manko
|
2354 |
| 10 | Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova
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2353 |
| 11 | Xeniya Balabayeva
|
2352 |
| 12 | Alua Nurman
|
2339 |
| 13 | Bat-Erdene Mungunzul
|
2337 |
| 14 |  Nadya Toncheva
|
2332 |
| 15 | Meruert Kamalidenova
|
2330 |
| 16 | Afruza Khamdamova
|
2326 |
| 17 | Olga Dm. Karmanova
|
2323 |
| 18 | Amina Kairbekova
|
2317 |
| 19 | Anna Zhurova
|
2317 |
| 20 | Candela Be Francisco Guecamburu
|
2316 |
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 in Open were ranked as follows on 1 June 2025:[5]
| Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States
|
2728 |
| 2 | India
|
2727 |
| 3 | China
|
2673 |
| 4 | Russia
|
2657 |
| 5 | Germany
|
2633 |
| 6 | Ukraine
|
2630 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan
|
2627 |
| 8 | France
|
2626 |
| 9 | Hungary
|
2626 |
| 10 | Spain
|
2618 |
| 11 | Netherlands
|
2615 |
| 12 | Armenia
|
2613 |
| 13 | Uzbekistan
|
2598 |
| 14 | Poland
|
2595 |
| 15 | Norway
|
2593 |
| 16 | England
|
2592 |
| 17 | Israel
|
2585 |
| 18 | Serbia
|
2570 |
| 19 | Turkey
|
2567 |
| 20 |  Romania
|
2566 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Women June 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Juniors June 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Girls June 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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