FIDE rankings
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
| Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
 United States
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 India
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 Russia
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 China
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 Uzbekistan
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 Azerbaijan
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 Germany
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 England
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 Ukraine
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 Armenia
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 Norway
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 France
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 Netherlands
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 Hungary
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| Other |
The top 20 players were ranked on 1 April 2026 as follows:[1]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen
|
2840 |
| 2 | Hikaru Nakamura
|
2810 |
| 3 | Fabiano Caruana
|
2793 |
| 4 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov
|
2780 |
| 5 | Vincent Keymer
|
2762 |
| 6 | Alireza Firouzja
|
2759 |
| 7 | Wesley So
|
2754 |
| 8 | Wei Yi
|
2754 |
| 9 | Anish Giri
|
2753 |
| 10 | Arjun Erigaisi
|
2751 |
| 11 | Javokhir Sindarov
|
2745 |
| 12 | R Praggnanandhaa
|
2741 |
| 13 |  Jan-Krzysztof Duda
|
2739 |
| 14 | Jorden Van Foreest
|
2736 |
| 15 | Gukesh Dommaraju
|
2732 |
| 16 | Leinier Domínguez
|
2732 |
| 17 |  Lê Quang Liêm
|
2731 |
| 18 |  Ian Nepomniachtchi
|
2729 |
| 19 | Richárd Rapport
|
2729 |
| 20 | Hans Moke Niemann
|
2728 |
Top women
| Federation (≥3 Players) |
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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| FIDE
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 Georgia
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 Kazakhstan
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| Poland
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| France
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| Azerbaijan
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| Armenia
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| Germany
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| Other |
The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 April 2026 as follows:[2]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hou Yifan
|
2596 |
| 2 | Lei Tingjie
|
2566 |
| 3 | Ju Wenjun
|
2559 |
| 4 | Zhu Jiner
|
2554 |
| 5 | Koneru Humpy
|
2535 |
| 6 | Tan Zhongyi
|
2535 |
| 7 | Aleksandra Goryachkina
|
2534 |
| 8 | Anna Muzychuk
|
2522 |
| 9 | Bibisara Assaubayeva
|
2516 |
| 10 | Divya Deshmukh
|
2510 |
| 11 | Kateryna Lagno
|
2508 |
| 12 | Polina Shuvalova
|
2502 |
| 13 | .svg.png){kind=small} Alexandra Kosteniuk
|
2487 |
| 14 | Carissa Yip
|
2482 |
| 15 | Alina Kashlinskaya
|
2480 |
| 16 |  Stavroula Tsolakidou
|
2479 |
| 17 | Nino Batsiashvili
|
2472 |
| 18 | Vaishali Rameshbabu
|
2470 |
| 19 | Nana Dzagnidze
|
2469 |
| 20 | Harika Dronavalli
|
2466 |
Top juniors
| 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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| Poland
|
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| France
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 Iran
|
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| Germany
|
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| Russia
|
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| Kazakhstan
|
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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 April 2026 as follows:[3]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gukesh D
|
2732 |
| 2 | Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş
|
2687 |
| 3 | Pranav V
|
2657 |
| 4 | Volodar Murzin
|
2655 |
| 5 | Andy Woodward
|
2635 |
| 6 | Ediz Gürel
|
2635 |
| 7 | Pranesh M
|
2632 |
| 8 | Aleksey Grebnev
|
2627 |
| 9 | Abhimanyu Mishra
|
2623 |
| 10 | Aditya Mittal
|
2617 |
| 11 | Marc'Andria Maurizzi
|
2608 |
| 12 | Christopher Yoo
|
2607 |
| 13 |  Denis Lazavik
|
2605 |
| 14 | Pranav Anand
|
2596 |
| 15 | Ihor Samunenkov
|
2596 |
| 16 | Bardiya Daneshvar
|
2596 |
| 17 | Leon Luke Mendonca
|
2595 |
| 18 | Ivan Zemlyanskii
|
2592 |
| 19 | Bharath Subramaniyam
|
2589 |
| 20 | Mukhiddin Madaminov
|
2586 |
Top girls
| Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| FIDE
|
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| India
|
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| United States
|
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| China
|
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| Kazakhstan
|
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| Uzbekistan
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 Mongolia
|
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| Poland
|
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| France
|
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| Ukraine
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 Argentina
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| Georgia
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| Netherlands
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| Turkey
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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 April 2026 as follows:[4]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alua Nurman
|
2443 |
| 2 | Anna Shukhman
|
2440 |
| 3 | Lu Miaoyi
|
2429 |
| 4 | Afruza Khamdamova
|
2416 |
| 5 | Alice Lee
|
2415 |
| 6 | Rose Atwell
|
2390 |
| 7 | Eline Roebers
|
2381 |
| 8 | Bodhana Sivanandan
|
2366 |
| 9 | Zsóka Gaál
|
2365 |
| 10 | Amina Kairbekova
|
2362 |
| 11 | Zoey Tang
|
2360 |
| 12 | Savitha Shri Baskar
|
2351 |
| 13 | Umida Omonova
|
2347 |
| 14 | Melika Mohammadi
|
2342 |
| 15 |  Devindya Oshini Gunawardhana
|
2340 |
| 16 | Sarayu Velpula
|
2334 |
| 17 | Elnaz Kaliakhmet
|
2329 |
| 18 | Zarina Nurgaliyeva
|
2324 |
| 19 | Diana Preobrazhenskaya
|
2310 |
| 20 | Rachael Li
|
2301 |
Top federations
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 April 2026 as follows:[5]
| Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | .png){kind=small} United States
|
2726 |
| 2 | India
|
2697 |
| 3 | China
|
2654 |
| 4 | Russia
|
2647 |
| 5 | Germany
|
2635 |
| 6 | Ukraine
|
2629 |
| 7 | France
|
2626 |
| 8 | Azerbaijan
|
2622 |
| 9 | Uzbekistan
|
2617 |
| 10 |  Spain
|
2613 |
| 11 | Netherlands
|
2611 |
| 12 | Hungary
|
2608 |
| 13 | Armenia
|
2603 |
| 14 | Norway
|
2590 |
| 15 | Poland
|
2589 |
| 16 | England
|
2587 |
| 17 | Iran
|
2569 |
| 18 |  Israel
|
2565 |
| 19 |  Serbia
|
2562 |
| 20 | Turkey
|
2558 |
References
- ^ a b "Top 100 Players April 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
- ^ a b "Top 100 Women April 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
- ^ a b "Top 100 Juniors April 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
- ^ a b "Top 100 Girls April 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
- ^ "FIDE Top Federations Open". FIDE. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
