FIDE world rankings

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)
 United States
12
 Russia
11
 Ukraine
9
 India
8
 China
8
 Azerbaijan
4
 Spain
4
 France
4
 Uzbekistan
3
Other
37

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 April 2023 as follows:[1]

Rank Rank change* Player Rating Rating change*
1 Steady Norway Magnus Carlsen 2853 Steady
2 Steady Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 2795 Steady
3 Steady China Ding Liren 2788 Steady
4 Steady France Alireza Firouzja 2785 Steady
5 Steady United States Hikaru Nakamura 2775 Steady
6 Steady Netherlands Anish Giri 2768 Steady
7 Steady United States Fabiano Caruana 2764 Steady
8 Steady United States Wesley So 2760 Steady
9 Steady India Viswanathan Anand 2754 Steady
10 Steady Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 2747 Steady
11 Steady United States Levon Aronian 2745 Steady
Steady Russia Alexander Grischuk 2745 Steady
Steady Romania Richard Rapport 2745 Steady
14 Steady France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2741 Steady
15 Steady United States Leinier Dominguez 2739 Steady
16 Steady Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2738 Steady
17 Steady Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2731 Steady
Steady India Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2731 Steady
19 Steady India Gukesh D 2730 Steady
Steady Iran Parham Maghsoodloo 2730 Steady
*Change from the previous month

Top women
Best Performing Countries – Women[2]
Federation
(≥3 Players)		 Players
(Among Top 100)
 Russia
14
 China
10
 Georgia
7
 India
7
 Poland
7
 France
6
 Ukraine
5
 United States
5
 Kazakhstan
4
 Armenia
3
 Azerbaijan
3
 Hungary
3
 Mongolia
3
Other
25

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 April 2023 as follows:[2]

Rank Rank change* Player Rating Rating change*
1 Steady China Hou Yifan 2628 Steady
2 Steady India Humpy Koneru 2576 Steady
3 Steady Russia Aleksandra Goryachkina 2565 Steady
4 Steady Russia Kateryna Lagno 2560 Steady
5 Steady China Ju Wenjun 2550 Steady
6 Steady China Lei Tingjie 2545 Steady
7 Steady Switzerland Alexandra Kosteniuk 2535 Steady
8 Steady China Tan Zhongyi 2526 Steady
9 Steady Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze 2525 Steady
10 Steady Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk 2515 Steady
11 Steady India Harika Dronavalli 2511 Steady
12 Steady Ukraine Anna Muzychuk 2504 Steady
13 Steady Kazakhstan Zhansaya Abdumalik 2497 Steady
14 Steady Iran Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 2490 Steady
15 Steady China Zhu Jiner 2489 Steady
16 Steady Russia Alina Kashlinskaya 2483 Steady
17 Steady Germany Elisabeth Pähtz 2479 Steady
18 Steady Georgia (country) Bela Khotenashvili 2478 Steady
19 Steady Russia Polina Shuvalova 2475 Steady
20 Steady Georgia (country) Nino Batsiashvili 2489 Steady
*Change from the previous month

Top juniors
Best Performing Countries – Juniors[3]
Federation
(≥3 Players)		 Players
(Among Top 100)
 India
19
 United States
12
 Russia
8
 Azerbaijan
5
 Germany
4
 Israel
4
 Uzbekistan
4
 Armenia
3
 France
3
 Ukraine
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 April 2023 as follows:[3]

Rank Rank change* Player Rating Rating change*
1 Steady France Alireza Firouzja 2785 Steady
2 Steady Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2731 Steady
3 Steady India Gukesh D 2730 Steady
4 Steady United States Hans Niemann 2706 Steady
5 Steady India Arjun Erigaisi 2701 Steady
6 Steady Germany Vincent Keymer 2700 Steady
7 Steady India Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 2688 Steady
8 Steady India Nihal Sarin 2673 Steady
9 Steady Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov 2661 Steady
10 Steady United States Awonder Liang 2651 Steady
11 Steady India Raunak Sadhwani 2627 Steady
12 Steady Belgium Daniel Dardha 2625 Steady
13 Steady United States Christopher Yoo 2607 Steady
14 Steady Denmark Jonas Buhl Bjerre 2606 Steady
15 Steady Germany Frederik Svane 2600 Steady
16 Steady India Leon Luke Mendonca 2596 Steady
17 Steady FIDE Volodar Murzin 2577 Steady
18 Steady Poland Paweł Teclaf 2573 Steady
19 Steady FIDE Arseniy Nesterov 2562 Steady
20 Steady Azerbaijan Aydin Suleymanli 2560 Steady
*Change from the previous month

Top girls
Best Performing Countries – Girls[4]
Federation
(≥3 Players)		 Players
(Among Top 100)
 Russia
16
 India
9
 United States
8
 Kazakhstan
7
 Bulgaria
6
 China
6
 Poland
6
 Cuba
4
 Mongolia
4
 Germany
3
 Hungary
3
 Netherlands
3
 Turkey
3
 Ukraine
3
Other
19

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 2023 as follows:[4]

Rank Rank change* Player Rating Rating change*
1 Steady Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva 2440 Steady
2 Steady India Savitha Shri B 2411 Steady
3 Steady United States Alice Lee 2391 Steady
Steady Bulgaria Nurgyul Salimova 2391 Steady
5 Steady FIDE Leya Garifullina 2384 Steady
6 Steady Azerbaijan Govhar Beydullayeva 2375 Steady
7 Steady India Divya Deshmukh 2372 Steady
8 Steady United States Carissa Yip 2369 Steady
9 Steady Armenia Mariam Mkrtchyan 2360 Steady
10 Steady Netherlands Eline Roebers 2356 Steady
11 Steady China Ning Kaiyu 2349 Steady
12 Steady United States Zoey Tang 2348 Steady
13 Steady Kazakhstan Meruert Kamalidenova 2342 Steady
14 Steady Ukraine Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova 2335 Steady
15 Steady Netherlands Machteld van Foreest 2317 Steady
Steady China Song Yuxin 2317 Steady
17 Steady Hungary Zsóka Gaál 2310 Steady
18 Steady United States Rochelle Wu 2306 Steady
19 Steady China Lu Miaoyi 2305 Steady
20 Steady Mongolia Bat-Erdene Mungunzul 2299 Steady
*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 April 2023:[5]

Rank Federation Average top 10 rating
1  United States 2728
2  India 2691
3  Russia 2688
4  China 2684
5  Ukraine 2657
6  Azerbaijan 2651
7  France 2641
8  Armenia 2633
9  Spain 2631
10  Germany 2627
 Netherlands 2627
12  Poland 2614
13  Norway 2595
14  Hungary 2593
15  Israel 2591
16  Romania 2587
 Uzbekistan 2587
18  England 2584
19  Czech Republic 2576
20  Croatia 2565

References
  1. "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  3. "Standard Top 100 Juniors January 2023". FIDE. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  4. "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  5. "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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