FIDE World Rankings
The Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) is the organization that 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 positions on 1 December were ranked as follows:[1]
Rank | Change* | Player | Rating |
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1 | ![]() |
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2840 |
2 | ![]() |
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2823 |
3 | ![]() |
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2809 |
4 | ![]() |
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2804 |
5 | ![]() |
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2794 |
6 | ![]() |
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2785 |
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2785 | |
8 | ![]() |
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2779 |
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2779 | |
10 | ![]() |
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2771 |
11 | ![]() |
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2770 |
12 | ![]() |
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2762 |
13 | ![]() |
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2767 |
14 | ![]() |
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2762 |
15 | ![]() |
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2760 |
16 | ![]() |
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2757 |
17 | ![]() |
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2753 |
18 | ![]() |
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2749 |
19 | ![]() |
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2748 |
20 | ![]() |
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2747 |
*Change from the previous month |
Top women
The top 20 females were ranked on 1 December as follows:[2]
Rank | Change* | Player | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
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2651 |
2 | ![]() |
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2579 |
3 | ![]() |
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2558 |
4 | ![]() |
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2557 |
5 | ![]() |
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2555 |
6 | ![]() |
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2546 |
7 | ![]() |
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2543 |
8 | ![]() |
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2538 |
9 | ![]() |
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2530 |
10 | ![]() |
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2525 |
11 | ![]() |
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2520 |
12 | ![]() |
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2512 |
13 | ![]() |
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2508 |
14 | ![]() |
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2492 |
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2492 | |
16 | ![]() |
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2488 |
17 | ![]() |
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2483 |
18 | ![]() |
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2489 |
19 | ![]() |
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2479 |
20 | ![]() |
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2474 |
*Change from the previous month |
Top juniors
Juniors are considered to be players who remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.
The top 20 positions were ranked on 1 December as follows:[3]
Rank | Change* | Player | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
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2717 |
2 | ![]() |
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2707 |
3 | ![]() |
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2684 |
4 | ![]() |
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2660 |
5 | ![]() |
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2660 |
6 | ![]() |
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2653 |
7 | ![]() |
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2640 |
8 | ![]() |
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2616 |
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2616 | |
10 | ![]() |
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2614 |
11 | ![]() |
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2603 |
12 | ![]() |
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2596 |
14 | ![]() |
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2584 |
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2584 | |
16 | ![]() |
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2581 |
17 | ![]() |
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2580 |
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2580 | |
19 | ![]() |
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2572 |
20 | ![]() |
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2570 |
*Change from the previous month |
Top girls
This list includes 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 December as follows:[4]
Rank | Change* | Player | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
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2468 |
2 | ![]() |
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2466 |
3 | ![]() |
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2438 |
4 | ![]() |
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2428 |
5 | ![]() |
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2405 |
6 | ![]() |
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2389 |
7 | ![]() |
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2383 |
8 | ![]() |
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2378 |
9 | ![]() |
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2377 |
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2377 | |
11 | ![]() |
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2373 |
12 | ![]() |
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2370 |
13 | ![]() |
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2348 |
14 | ![]() |
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2346 |
15 | ![]() |
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2345 |
16 | ![]() |
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2343 |
17 | ![]() |
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2337 |
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2337 | |
19 | ![]() |
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2327 |
20 | ![]() |
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2321 |
*Change from the previous month |
Top countries
FIDE publishes two lists ranking countries. The first ranks them according to the average rating of their top 10 players, while the other ranks them according to the average rating of their top 10 female players. The top 20 positions were ranked on 1 December in the former list as follows:[5]
Rank | Change* | Country | Average top 10 rating |
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1 | ![]() |
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2745 |
2 | ![]() |
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2702 |
3 | ![]() |
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2695 |
4 | ![]() |
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2690 |
5 | ![]() |
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2678 |
6 | ![]() |
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2652 |
7 | ![]() |
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2646 |
8 | ![]() |
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2647 |
9 | ![]() |
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2646 |
10 | ![]() |
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2640 |
11 | ![]() |
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2636 |
12 | ![]() |
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2635 |
13 | ![]() |
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2633 |
14 | ![]() |
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2620 |
15 | ![]() |
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2596 |
16 | ![]() |
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2589 |
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2589 | |
18 | ![]() |
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2585 |
19 | ![]() |
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2583 |
20 | ![]() |
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2578 |
*Change from the previous month |
Female list
The top 20 countries by average rating of the top 10 female players were ranked on 1 December 2016 as follows:[6]
Rank | Change* | Country | Average top 10 rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
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2483 |
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2483 | |
3 | ![]() |
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2416 |
4 | ![]() |
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2401 |
5 | ![]() |
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2400 |
6 | ![]() |
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2376 |
7 | ![]() |
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2357 |
8 | ![]() |
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2345 |
9 | ![]() |
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2325 |
10 | ![]() |
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2312 |
11 | ![]() |
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2305 |
12 | ![]() |
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2302 |
13 | ![]() |
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2298 |
14 | ![]() |
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2277 |
15 | ![]() |
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2276 |
16 | ![]() |
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2267 |
17 | ![]() |
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2266 |
18 | ![]() |
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2259 |
19 | ![]() |
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2257 |
20 | ![]() |
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2256 |
*Change from the previous month |
References
- ↑ Administrator. "FIDE Online. FIDE Top players - Standard Top 100 Players November 2016". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
- ↑ Administrator. "FIDE Online. FIDE Top players - Standard Top 100 Women December 2016". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
- ↑ Administrator. "FIDE Online. FIDE Top players - Standard Top 100 Juniors December 2016". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
- ↑ Administrator. "FIDE Online. FIDE Top players - Standard Top 100 Girls December 2016". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
- ↑ Administrator. "FIDE Country Top chess players". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
- ↑ Administrator. "FIDE Country Top chess players". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
External links
- Official FIDE Rating List
- Elo query with world ranking list and historical development since 1990
- Interactive world map of FIDE country rankings