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", 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 players were ranked on 1 September 2021 as follows:[1]
Rank | Rank change* | Player | Rating | Rating change* |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Magnus Carlsen | 2855 | 8 | |
2 | Fabiano Caruana | 2800 | 6 | |
3 | Ding Liren | 2799 | ||
4 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2792 | ||
5 | Levon Aronian | 2782 | ||
6 | 3 | Wesley So | 2778 | 8 |
7 | Anish Giri | 2777 | 1 | |
8 | 2 | Alexander Grischuk | 2775 | 3 |
9 | 7 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2763 | 12 |
10 | Teimour Radjabov | 2763 | ||
11 | 5 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2762 | 20 |
12 | 1 | Leinier Domínguez | 2760 | 2 |
13 | 2 | Richárd Rapport | 2760 | 3 |
14 | Sergey Karjakin | 2758 | 1 | |
15 | 3 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 2756 | 18 |
16 | 4 | Alireza Firouzja | 2754 | 5 |
17 | 2 | Viswanathan Anand | 2753 | |
18 | 1 | Wang Hao | 2744 | |
19 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2736 | ||
20 | Veselin Topalov | 2730 | ||
*Change from the previous month[2] |
Top women
The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 September 2021 as follows:[3]
Rank | Rank change* | Player | Rating | Rating change* |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hou Yifan | 2658 | ||
2 | Aleksandra Goryachkina | 2609 | 2 | |
3 | Koneru Humpy | 2586 | ||
4 | Ju Wenjun | 2560 | ||
5 | Kateryna Lagno | 2550 | 9 | |
6 | Mariya Muzychuk | 2540 | 10 | |
7 | Anna Muzychuk | 2534 | 7 | |
8 | 10 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2526 | 41 |
9 | 1 | Tan Zhongyi | 2525 | 14 |
10 | 2 | Nana Dzagnidze | 2525 | 2 |
11 | 2 | Harika Dronavalli | 2511 | 4 |
12 | 1 | Polina Shuvalova | 2510 | 3 |
13 | Lei Tingjie | 2505 | ||
14 | 2 | Zhansaya Abdumalik | 2502 | 3 |
15 | Alina Kashlinskaya | 2493 | 5 | |
16 | 2 | Sarasadat Khademalsharieh | 2490 | 4 |
17 | 2 | Dinara Saduakassova | 2489 | 6 |
18 | 2 | Nino Batsiashvili | 2486 | 1 |
19 | 2 | Zhao Xue | 2486 | |
20 | Bela Khotenashvili | 2478 | 7 | |
*Change from the previous month[4] |
Top juniors
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 positions were ranked on 1 September 2021 as follows:[5]
Rank | Rank change* | Player | Rating | Rating change* |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alireza Firouzja | 2754 | 5 | |
2 | Andrey Esipenko | 2720 | 4 | |
3 | Nihal Sarin | 2652 | 3 | |
4 | 1 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2648 | 14 |
5 | 1 | Shant Sargsyan | 2642 | 16 |
6 | 2 | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | 2639 | |
7 | Kirill Shevchenko | 2633 | 14 | |
8 | 7 | Arjun Erigaisi | 2626 | 29 |
9 | 1 | Amin Tabatabaei | 2624 | 9 |
10 | 1 | Aram Hakobyan | 2621 | 9 |
11 | 1 | Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | 2617 | 11 |
12 | 1 | Hans Niemann | 2609 | 3 |
13 | 1 | Vincent Keymer | 2607 | 5 |
14 | Nodirbek Yakubboev | 2604 | 6 | |
15 | 4 | Raunak Sadhwani | 2603 | 24 |
16 | 6 | Velimir Ivić | 2603 | 32 |
17 | 4 | Anton Smirnov | 2600 | |
18 | 3 | Gukesh D | 2599 | 21 |
19 | 3 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | 2594 | 6 |
20 | 3 | Awonder Liang | 2590 | 3 |
*Change from the previous month[6] |
Top girls
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 positions were ranked on 1 August 2021 as follows:[7]
Rank | Rank change* | Player | Rating | Rating change* |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Polina Shuvalova | 2507 | 18 | |
2 | Zhu Jiner | 2455 | ||
3 | 1 | Olga Badelka | 2418 | |
4 | 7 | Aleksandra Maltsevskaya | 2409 | 27 |
5 | 2 | Carissa Yip | 2404 | 26 |
6 | 1 | Vaishali Rameshbabu | 2393 | |
7 | 2 | Bibisara Assaubayeva | 2389 | |
8 | 3 | Anna M. Sargsyan | 2388 | 9 |
9 | 1 | Leya Garifullina | 2385 | 5 |
10 | 4 | Nurgyul Salimova | 2382 | 13 |
11 | 1 | Khanim Balajayeva | 2376 | |
12 | 5 | Viktoria Radeva | 2372 | 37 |
13 | 3 | Annie Wang | 2372 | 12 |
14 | 1 | Ning Kaiyu | 2372 | |
15 | 1 | Jana Schneider | 2353 | |
16 | 1 | Ineymig Hernandez Gil | 2348 | |
17 | 1 | Meruert Kamalidenova | 2339 | 5 |
18 | 2 | Annamaria Marjanovic | 2338 | |
19 | 15 | Gergana Peycheva | 2332 | 52 |
20 | 1 | Mariia Berdnyk | 2323 | 15 |
*Change from the previous month[8] |
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 August 2021:[9]
Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating |
---|---|---|
1 | Russia | 2733 |
2 | United States | 2712 |
3 | China | 2700 |
4 | India | 2671 |
5 | Ukraine | 2664 |
6 | Azerbaijan | 2657 |
7 | Armenia | 2654 |
8 | France | 2651 |
9 | Hungary | 2644 |
10 | Germany | 2634 |
11 | Netherlands | 2631 |
12 | Spain | 2629 |
13 | Poland | 2628 |
14 | England | 2618 |
15 | Czech Republic | 2604 |
16 | Israel | 2603 |
17 | Norway | 2582 |
18 | Croatia | 2574 |
19 | Argentina | 2571 |
20 | Georgia | 2569 |
References
- ^ "Top 100 Players September 2021 - Archive". FIDE. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Chess Rankings – Period: September 2021 compared to: August 2021 – Rank Standard Rating World". FIDE. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Women September 2021 - Archive". FIDE. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Chess Rankings – Period: September 2021 compared to: August 2021 – Rank Standard Rating World Women". FIDE. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Juniors September 2021 - Archive". FIDE. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Chess Rankings – Period: September 2021 compared to: August 2021 – Rank Standard Rating World Age: 20 and younger". FIDE. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Girls August 2021 - Archive". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Chess Rankings – Period: August 2021 compared to: July 2021 – Rank Standard Rating World Women Age: 20 and younger". FIDE. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Top Chess Federations". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.