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 (≥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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 Hungary
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 Norway
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 Serbia
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 France
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 FIDE
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| Other |
The top 20 players were ranked on 1 February 2026 as follows:[1]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen
|
2840 |
| 2 | Hikaru Nakamura
|
2810 |
| 3 | Fabiano Caruana
|
2795 |
| 4 | Vincent Keymer
|
2776 |
| 5 | Arjun Erigaisi
|
2775 |
| 6 |  Anish Giri
|
2760 |
| 7 | Alireza Firouzja
|
2759 |
| 8 | R Praggnanandhaa
|
2758 |
| 9 | Gukesh Dommaraju
|
2754 |
| 10 | Wei Yi
|
2754 |
| 11 | Wesley So
|
2753 |
| 12 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov
|
2751 |
| 13 | Viswanathan Anand
|
2743 |
| 14 |  Jan-Krzysztof Duda
|
2739 |
| 15 | Leinier Domínguez
|
2738 |
| 16 | Richárd Rapport
|
2738 |
| 17 |  Lê Quang Liêm
|
2731 |
| 18 | Levon Aronian
|
2729 |
| 19 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
|
2727 |
| 20 | Javokhir Sindarov
|
2726 |
Top women
[edit]| 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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| France
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| Azerbaijan
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 Kazakhstan
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 Armenia
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| Poland
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| Germany
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| Other |
The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 February 2026 as follows:[2]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hou Yifan
|
2596 |
| 2 | Zhu Jiner
|
2578 |
| 3 | Lei Tingjie
|
2566 |
| 4 | Ju Wenjun
|
2559 |
| 5 | Tan Zhongyi
|
2535 |
| 6 | Koneru Humpy
|
2535 |
| 7 | Aleksandra Goryachkina
|
2534 |
| 8 | Anna Muzychuk
|
2522 |
| 9 | Kateryna Lagno
|
2508 |
| 10 | Polina Shuvalova
|
2502 |
| 11 | Bibisara Assaubayeva
|
2497 |
| 12 | Divya Deshmukh
|
2497 |
| 13 |  Alexandra Kosteniuk
|
2483 |
| 14 |  Stavroula Tsolakidou
|
2479 |
| 15 | Alina Kashlinskaya
|
2475 |
| 16 | Vaishali Rameshbabu
|
2470 |
| 17 | Nana Dzagnidze
|
2469 |
| 18 | Harika Dronavalli
|
2466 |
| 19 | Carissa Yip
|
2466 |
| 20 | Mariya Muzychuk
|
2463 |
Top juniors
[edit]| Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| India
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| Russia
|
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| United States
|
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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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| Kazakhstan
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 Czech Republic
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| Germany
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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 February 2026 as follows:[3]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gukesh D
|
2754 |
| 2 | Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş
|
2658 |
| 3 | Volodar Murzin
|
2652 |
| 4 | Ediz Gürel
|
2645 |
| 5 | Pranav V
|
2641 |
| 6 | Abhimanyu Mishra
|
2629 |
| 7 | Pranesh M
|
2627 |
| 8 | Aleksey Grebnev
|
2621 |
| 10 | Marc'Andria Maurizzi
|
2611 |
| 9 | Leon Luke Mendonca
|
2610 |
| 11 | Aditya Mittal
|
2610 |
| 12 | Andy Woodward
|
2608 |
| 13 | Christopher Yoo
|
2607 |
| 14 | Pranav Anand
|
2606 |
| 15 |  Denis Lazavik
|
2605 |
| 16 | Ihor Samunenkov
|
2604 |
| 17 | Bardiya Daneshvar
|
2597 |
| 18 | Sina Movahed
|
2596 |
| 19 | Bharath Subramaniyam
|
2595 |
| 20 | Ivan Zemlyanskii
|
2592 |
Top girls
[edit]| Federation (≥3 Players) |
Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| Russia
|
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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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| Ukraine
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| Poland
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| France
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 Argentina
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| Germany
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 Peru
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| Netherlands
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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 February 2026 as follows:[4]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lu Miaoyi
|
2438 |
| 2 | Anna Shukhman
|
2431 |
| 4 | Afruza Khamdamova
|
2403 |
| 3 | Alice Lee
|
2399 |
| 5 | Eline Roebers
|
2398 |
| 6 | Amina Kairbekova
|
2379 |
| 7 | Zsóka Gaál
|
2377 |
| 8 | Alua Nurman
|
2363 |
| 9 | Rachael Li
|
2358 |
| 10 | Savitha Shri Baskar
|
2356 |
| 11 | Zoey Tang
|
2356 |
| 12 | Melika Mohammadi
|
2342 |
| 13 | Rose Atwell
|
2337 |
| 14 | Umida Omonova
|
2334 |
| 15 | Guldona Karimova
|
2323 |
| 16 | Elnaz Kaliakhmet
|
2321 |
| 17 | Machteld van Foreest
|
2320 |
| 18 | Or Shatil
|
2305 |
| 19 | Sarayu Velpula
|
2297 |
| 20 | Diana Khafizova
|
2294 |
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 February 2026 as follows:[5]
| Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States
|
2727 |
| 2 | India
|
2712 |
| 3 | China
|
2654 |
| 4 | Russia
|
2652 |
| 5 | Germany
|
2636 |
| 6 | France
|
2626 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan
|
2624 |
| 8 | Ukraine
|
2623 |
| 9 | Hungary
|
2620 |
| 10 | Netherlands
|
2618 |
| 11 |  Spain
|
2616 |
| 12 | Uzbekistan
|
2606 |
| 13 | Armenia
|
2601 |
| 14 | Norway
|
2592 |
| 15 | Poland
|
2589 |
| 16 | England
|
2588 |
| 17 | Iran
|
2572 |
| 18 | Israel
|
2572 |
| 19 | Serbia
|
2566 |
| 20 | Turkey
|
2560 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Top 100 Players January 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ a b "Top 100 Women January 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ a b "Top 100 Juniors January 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ a b "Top 100 Girls January 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ^ "FIDE Top Federations Open". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
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