FIDE world rankings

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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" 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)
 Russia
22
 China
9
 Ukraine
9
 United States
9
 India
7
 Hungary
5
 Azerbaijan
4
 England
4
 Armenia
3
 Spain
3
Other
25

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 February 2022 as follows:[1]

Rank Rank change* Player Rating Rating change*
1 Steady Norway Magnus Carlsen 2865 Steady
2 Steady France Alireza Firouzja 2804 Steady
3 Steady China Ding Liren 2799 Steady
4 Steady United States Fabiano Caruana 2792 Steady
5 Steady Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 2773 Steady
6 Steady United States Levon Aronian 2772 Steady
7 Steady Netherlands Anish Giri 2772 Steady
8 Steady United States Wesley So 2772 Steady
9 Steady Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2767 Steady
10 Steady Russia Alexander Grischuk 2764 Steady
11 Steady Hungary Richárd Rapport 2763 Steady
12 Steady France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2761 Steady
13 Steady Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2760 Steady
14 Steady Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 2753 Steady
15 Steady United States Leinier Domínguez 2752 Steady
16 Steady India Viswanathan Anand 2751 Steady
17 Steady China Wang Hao 2744 Steady
18 Steady Russia Sergey Karjakin 2743 Steady
19 Increase 1 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2730 Steady
20 Increase 1 China Wei Yi 2729 Steady
*Change from the previous month

Top women[]

Best Performing Countries – Women[2]
Federation
(≥3 Players) 		Players
(Among Top 100)
 Russia
18
 China
13
 Georgia
6
 India
6
 Poland
6
 France
5
 Ukraine
5
 United States
4
 Armenia
3
 Azerbaijan
3
 Kazakhstan
3
 Spain
3
Other
25

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 February 2022 as follows:[2]

Rank Rank change* Player Rating Rating change*
1 Steady China Hou Yifan 2658 Steady
2 Steady Russia Aleksandra Goryachkina 2610 Steady
3 Steady India Koneru Humpy 2586 Steady
4 Steady China Ju Wenjun 2560 Steady
5 Steady Russia Kateryna Lagno 2550 Steady
6 Steady Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk 2539 Steady
7 Steady China Lei Tingjie 2535 Steady
8 Steady Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze 2531 Steady
9 Steady Ukraine Anna Muzychuk 2531 Steady
10 Steady China Tan Zhongyi 2525 Steady
11 Steady India Harika Dronavalli 2517 Steady
12 Steady Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk 2516 Steady
13 Steady Russia Polina Shuvalova 2516 Steady
14 Steady Germany Elisabeth Paehtz 2507 Steady
15 Steady Kazakhstan Zhansaya Abdumalik 2491 Steady
16 Steady Georgia (country) Nino Batsiashvili 2491 Steady
17 Steady Russia Alina Kashlinskaya 2490 Steady
18 Steady Iran Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 2488 Steady
19 Steady Georgia (country) Bela Khotenashvili 2485 Steady
20 Steady Georgia (country) Lela Javakhishvili 2479 Steady
*Change from the previous month

Top juniors[]

Best Performing Countries – Juniors[3]
Federation
(≥3 Players) 		Players
(Among Top 100)
 India
21
 United States
11
 Russia
10
 Azerbaijan
5
 Netherlands
4
 Ukraine
4
 Uzbekistan
4
 Armenia
3
 Germany
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 February 2022 as follows:[3]

Rank Rank change* Player Rating Rating change*
1 Steady France Alireza Firouzja 2804 Steady
2 Steady Russia Andrey Esipenko 2714 Steady
3 Steady Germany Vincent Keymer 2664 Steady
4 Steady India Nihal Sarin 2656 Decrease 6
5 Steady Ukraine Kirill Shevchenko 2652 Steady
6 Increase 1 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2651 Increase 10
7 Decrease 1 United States Hans Niemann 2642 Decrease 3
8 Increase 2 Armenia Shant Sargsyan 2639 Increase 11
9 Decrease 1 India Arjun Erigaisi 2633 Increase 1
10 Decrease 1 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Yakubboev 2630 Steady
11 Steady India Raunak Sadhwani 2616 Steady
12 Steady India Gukesh D 2614 Steady
13 Increase 3 United States Awonder Liang 2613 Increase 16
14 Decrease 1 India Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 2612 Steady
15 Decrease 1 Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov 2609 Steady
16 Decrease 1 Serbia Velimir Ivić 2607 Steady
17 Steady Denmark Jonas Buhl Bjerre 2586 Decrease 23
18 Steady Germany Luis Engel 2564 Steady
19 Steady Italy Francesco Sonis 2542 Steady
20 Steady Poland 2542 Steady
*Change from the previous month

Top girls[]

Best Performing Countries – Girls[4]
Federation
(≥3 Players) 		Players
(Among Top 100)
 Russia
19
 India
13
 China
7
 Kazakhstan
7
 United States
7
 Bulgaria
6
 Poland
5
 Germany
4
 Cuba
3
Other
29

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 February 2022 as follows:[4]

Rank Rank change* Player Rating Rating change*
1 Steady China Zhu Jiner 2478 Steady
2 Steady Russia Olga Badelka 2453 Steady
3 Steady Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva 2434 Steady
4 Steady United States Carissa Yip 2418 Steady
5 Steady Russia Leya Garifullina 2414 Steady
6 Steady Russia Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 2410 Steady
7 Increase 5 Bulgaria Nurgyul Salimova 2400 Increase 47
8 Decrease 1 India Vantika Agrawal 2381 Steady
9 Decrease 1 China 2374 Steady
10 Decrease 1 United States Annie Wang 2372 Steady
11 Steady Kazakhstan Meruert Kamalidenova 2362 Steady
12 Increase 1 Cuba 2348 Steady
13 Increase 1 Bulgaria 2342 Steady
14 Decrease 4 Netherlands Eline Roebers 2341 Decrease 24
15 Steady Hungary 2340 Steady
16 Increase 1 Russia Ekaterina Goltseva 2327 Steady
17 Decrease 1 Poland Maria Malicka 2326 Decrease 5
18 Steady Russia Elizaveta Solozhenkina 2325 Steady
19 Steady China 2317 Steady
20 Increase 41 United States 2315 Increase 121
*Change from the previous month

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 February 2022:[5]

Rank Federation Average top 10 rating
1  Russia 2728
2  United States 2716
3  China 2698
4  Ukraine 2673
5  India 2670
6  Azerbaijan 2651
7  France 2649
8  Hungary 2638
9  Spain 2637
10  Armenia 2636
11  Germany 2635
12  Poland 2631
13  Netherlands 2626
14  Czech Republic 2604
15  England 2602
16  Israel 2600
17  Norway 2584
18  Croatia 2576
19  Georgia 2573
20  Argentina 2571

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

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