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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 France
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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 August 2025 as follows:[1]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen
|
2839 |
| 2 | Hikaru Nakamura
|
2807 |
| 3 | Fabiano Caruana
|
2784 |
| 4 | R Praggnanandhaa
|
2779 |
| 5 | Arjun Erigaisi
|
2776 |
| 6 | Gukesh Dommaraju
|
2776 |
| 7 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov
|
2771 |
| 8 | Alireza Firouzja
|
2766 |
| 9 | Wei Yi
|
2753 |
| 10 |  Anish Giri
|
2748 |
| 11 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
|
2746 |
| 12 | Wesley So
|
2745 |
| 13 | Viswanathan Anand
|
2743 |
| 14 | Ian Nepomniachtchi
|
2742 |
| 15 | Leinier Domínguez Pérez
|
2738 |
| 16 | Levon Aronian
|
2737 |
| 17 | Hans Niemann
|
2736 |
| 18 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
|
2736 |
| 19 | Ding Liren
|
2734 |
| 20 |  Vladimir Fedoseev
|
2731 |
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 August 2025 as follows:[2]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hou Yifan
|
2609 |
| 2 | Ju Wenjun
|
2570 |
| 3 | Lei Tingjie
|
2565 |
| 4 | Tan Zhongyi
|
2539 |
| 5 | Zhu Jiner
|
2536 |
| 6 | Humpy Koneru
|
2535 |
| 7 | Anna Muzychuk
|
2535 |
| 8 | Aleksandra Goryachkina
|
2528 |
| 9 | Kateryna Lagno
|
2505 |
| 10 |  Bibisara Assaubayeva
|
2505 |
| 11 | Nana Dzagnidze
|
2500 |
| 12 | Harika Dronavalli
|
2487 |
| 13 | Mariya Muzychuk
|
2484 |
| 14 | Polina Shuvalova
|
2480 |
| 15 | Divya Deshmukh
|
2478 |
| 16 | Yuliia Osmak
|
2478 |
| 17 | Leya Garifullina
|
2477 |
| 18 | Vaishali Rameshbabu
|
2476 |
| 19 |  Alexandra Kosteniuk
|
2473 |
| 20 | Carissa Yip
|
2458 |
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 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 August 2025 as follows:[3]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | R Praggnanandhaa
|
2779 |
| 2 | Gukesh Dommaraju
|
2776 |
| 3 | Javokhir Sindarov
|
2722 |
| 4 | Volodar Murzin
|
2678 |
| 5 | Raunak Sadhwani
|
2676 |
| 6 | Ediz Gürel
|
2652 |
| 7 | Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş
|
2642 |
| 8 | Bardiya Daneshvar
|
2625 |
| 9 |  Daniel Dardha
|
2616 |
| 10 | Abhimanyu Mishra
|
2610 |
| 11 | Aydin Suleymanli
|
2609 |
| 12 | Christopher Yoo
|
2607 |
| 13 | Leon Luke Mendonca
|
2606 |
| 14 | Marc'Andria Maurizzi
|
2604 |
| 15 | Pranav V
|
2597 |
| 16 | Aleksey Grebnev
|
2595 |
| 17 | Pranav Anand
|
2590 |
| 18 | Pranesh M
|
2589 |
| 19 | Ivan Zemlyanskii
|
2586 |
| 20 | Elham Amar
|
2584 |
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 August 2025 as follows:[4]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Divya Deshmukh
|
2478 |
| 2 | Lu Miaoyi
|
2439 |
| 3 | Anna Shukhman
|
2420 |
| 4 | Song Yuxin
|
2414 |
| 5 | Afruza Khamdamova
|
2409 |
| 6 | Alice Lee
|
2403 |
| 7 | Zoey Tang
|
2381 |
| 8 | Zsóka Gaál
|
2376 |
| 9 | Manon Schippke
|
2374 |
| 10 | Xeniya Balabayeva
|
2371 |
| 11 | Eline Roebers
|
2360 |
| 12 | Prishita Gupta
|
2353 |
| 13 | Meruert Kamalidenova
|
2349 |
| 14 | Zarina Nurgaliyeva
|
2345 |
| 15 |  Nadya Toncheva
|
2344 |
| 16 | Rachael Li
|
2334 |
| 17 | Mariia Manko
|
2332 |
| 18 | Bat-Erdene Mungunzul
|
2328 |
| 19 | Savitha Shri Baskar
|
2326 |
| 20 | Rakshitta Ravi
|
2326 |
Top federations
editEvery 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 August 2025:[5]
| Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States
|
2728 |
| 2 | India
|
2725 |
| 3 | China
|
2670 |
| 4 | Russia
|
2651 |
| 5 | Germany
|
2631 |
| 6 | Ukraine
|
2630 |
| 7 | France
|
2629 |
| 8 | Azerbaijan
|
2623 |
| 9 | Hungary
|
2622 |
| 10 | Netherlands
|
2615 |
| 11 | Spain
|
2614 |
| 12 | Armenia
|
2603 |
| 13 | Uzbekistan
|
2602 |
| 14 | Norway
|
2593 |
| 15 | England
|
2592 |
| 16 | Poland
|
2590 |
| 17 | Israel
|
2586 |
| 18 | Serbia
|
2569 |
| 19 |  Romania
|
2563 |
| 20 | Iran
|
2559 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Women July 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Juniors July 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Girls June 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.