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The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes rating lists including "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors", "Top 100 Girls", and national rankings based on the average rating of each country's top 10 players and top 10 female players in classical chess. Ratings are calculated using the Elo rating system.
Top players
[edit]| Federation | Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
 India |
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 United States |
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 China |
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 Russia |
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 Uzbekistan |
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 Azerbaijan |
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 Ukraine |
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 Germany |
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 Armenia |
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 Netherlands |
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 Spain |
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 Norway |
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 England |
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| Other |
The top 20 players were ranked on 1 August 2026 as follows:[1]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen |
2823 |
| 2 | Fabiano Caruana |
2792 |
| 3 | Hikaru Nakamura |
2792 |
| 4 | Javokhir Sindarov |
2777 |
| 5 | Vincent Keymer |
2767 |
| 6 | Wesley So |
2765 |
| 7 | Anish Giri |
2764 |
| 8 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov |
2762 |
| 9 | Arjun Erigaisi |
2759 |
| 10 |  Alireza Firouzja |
2757 |
| 11 | Wei Yi |
2752 |
| 12 | R Praggnanandhaa |
2750 |
| 13 |  Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
2743 |
| 14 | Viswanathan Anand |
2739 |
| 15 | Ding Liren |
2733 |
| 16 |  Lê Quang Liêm |
2732 |
| 17 | Leinier Domínguez |
2732 |
| 18 |  Richárd Rapport |
2729 |
| 19 | Jorden van Foreest |
2728 |
| 20 |  Amin Tabatabaei |
2726 |
Top women
[edit]| Federation | Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| China |
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| India |
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| United States |
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| Russia |
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| Ukraine |
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| Poland |
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| France |
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 Kazakhstan |
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 Georgia |
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| Azerbaijan |
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 FIDE |
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| Germany |
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| Armenia |
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 Bulgaria |
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 Serbia |
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| Other |
The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 August 2026 as follows:[2]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hou Yifan |
2596 |
| 2 | Lei Tingjie |
2561 |
| 3 | Ju Wenjun |
2553 |
| 4 | Zhu Jiner |
2550 |
| 5 | Bibisara Assaubayeva |
2538 |
| 6 | Aleksandra Goryachkina |
2536 |
| 7 | Anna Muzychuk |
2529 |
| 8 | Koneru Humpy |
2524 |
| 9 | Tan Zhongyi |
2520 |
| 10 | Polina Shuvalova |
2507 |
| 11 | Kateryna Lagno |
2506 |
| 12 |  Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2504 |
| 13 | Divya Deshmukh |
2490 |
| 14 | Vaishali Rameshbabu |
2489 |
| 15 | Nana Dzagnidze |
2478 |
| 16 | Alina Kashlinskaya |
2474 |
| 17 | Anastasiia Hnatyshyn |
2465 |
| 18 | Mariya Muzychuk |
2463 |
| 19 | Nino Batsiashvili |
2459 |
| 20 | Carissa Yip |
2459 |
Top juniors
[edit]| Federation | Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| India |
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| United States |
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| FIDE |
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 Turkey |
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| Poland |
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| France |
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| Germany |
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| Iran |
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| China |
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| Ukraine |
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| Kazakhstan |
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| Azerbaijan |
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| Uzbekistan |
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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 2026 as follows:[3]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş |
2716 |
| 2 | Gukesh Dommaraju |
2703 |
| 3 | Pranesh M |
2673 |
| 4 | Pranav V |
2670 |
| 5 | Volodar Murzin |
2650 |
| 6 | Ediz Gürel |
2643 |
| 7 | Andy Woodward |
2640 |
| 8 | Leon Luke Mendonca |
2631 |
| 9 | Abhimanyu Mishra |
2630 |
| 10 |  Denis Lazavik |
2621 |
| 11 | Marc'Andria Maurizzi |
2619 |
| 12 | Ihor Samunenkov |
2616 |
| 13 | Aleksey Grebnev |
2614 |
| 14 | Mukhiddin Madaminov |
2611 |
| 15 | Christopher Yoo |
2605 |
| 16 | Bharath Subramaniyam |
2601 |
| 17 |  Václav Finěk |
2597 |
| 18 | Xiao Tong |
2596 |
| 19 | Sina Movahed |
2595 |
| 20 | Aditya Mittal |
2593 |
Top girls
[edit]| Federation | Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| India |
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| FIDE |
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| United States |
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| China |
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| Ukraine |
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| Kazakhstan |
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 Mongolia |
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| Uzbekistan |
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| France |
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| Germany |
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| Iran |
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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 2026 as follows:[4]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anastasiia Hnatyshyn |
2465 |
| 2 | Anna Shukhman |
2443 |
| 3 | Alua Nurman |
2442 |
| 4 | Afruza Khamdamova |
2440 |
| 5 | Alice Lee |
2430 |
| 6 | Lu Miaoyi |
2388 |
| 7 | Aamuktha Guntaka |
2376 |
| 8 | Savitha Shri Baskar |
2375 |
| 9 | Rachael Li |
2374 |
| 10 | Eline Roebers |
2371 |
| 11 | Zsóka Gaál |
2369 |
| 12 | Shubhi Gupta |
2358 |
| 13 | Amina Kairbekova |
2353 |
| 14 | Rose Atwell |
2342 |
| 15 | Melika Mohammadi |
2342 |
| 16 | Bodhana Sivanandan |
2338 |
| 17 | Machteld van Foreest |
2333 |
| 18 | Charvi A |
2329 |
| 19 | Zoey Tang |
2323 |
| 20 | Valeria Kleymenova |
2313 |
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 on 1 August 2026 as follows:[5]
| Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
2723 |
| 2 | India |
2705 |
| 3 | China |
2663 |
| 4 | Russia |
2641 |
| 5 | Germany |
2634 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan |
2627 |
| 7 | Ukraine |
2627 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan |
2626 |
| 9 | France |
2623 |
| 10 | Netherlands |
2613 |
| 11 | Spain |
2607 |
| 12 | Hungary |
2606 |
| 13 | Armenia |
2603 |
| 14 | Poland |
2590 |
| 15 | Norway |
2586 |
| 16 | England |
2582 |
| 17 | Iran |
2573 |
| 18 | Turkey |
2569 |
| 19 |  Israel |
2564 |
| 20 | Serbia |
2552 |
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Top 100 Players August 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Top 100 Women August 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Top 100 Juniors August 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Top 100 Girls August 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ "FIDE Top Federations Open". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
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