FIDE 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" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control. The Elo rating system is used.

Top players

Best Performing Federations – Open^[1]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
India	13
United States	11
China	7
Russia	6
FIDE	6
Uzbekistan	5
Germany	4
Hungary	4
England	4
Spain	4
France	3
Azerbaijan	3
Netherlands	3
Other	27

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 February 2025 as follows:^[1]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2833
2	Fabiano Caruana	2803
3	Hikaru Nakamura	2802
4	Arjun Erigaisi	2801
5	Gukesh Dommaraju	2777
6	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2766
7	Alireza Firouzja	2760
8	Wei Yi	2755
9	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2754
10	Viswanathan Anand	2750
11	Wesley So	2747
12	Levon Aronian	2745
13	Leinier Domínguez Pérez	2741
14	R Praggnanandhaa	2741
15	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2739
16	Lê Quang Liêm	2739
17	Ding Liren	2734
18	Hans Niemann	2734
19	Vincent Keymer	2731
20	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2731

Top women

Best Performing Federations – Women^[2]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
China	14
India	10
FIDE	7
Russia	7
Ukraine	6
Poland	6
Georgia	5
France	5
United States	5
Azerbaijan	4
Armenia	3
Germany	3
Israel	3
Other	22

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 February 2025 as follows:^[2]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2633
2	Ju Wenjun	2561
3	Tan Zhongyi	2561
4	Lei Tingjie	2552
5	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2546
6	Koneru Humpy	2523
7	Nana Dzagnidze	2518
8	Anna Muzychuk	2516
9	Kateryna Lagno	2515
10	Zhu Jiner	2514
11	Polina Shuvalova	2508
12	Alina Kashlinskaya	2493
13	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2492
14	Mariya Muzychuk	2490
15	Divya Deshmukh	2490
16	Harika Dronavalli	2489
17	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2484
18	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2476
19	Nino Batsiashvili	2470
20	Yuliia Osmak	2467

Top juniors

Best Performing Countries – Juniors^[3]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
India	20
United States	9
Turkey	7
FIDE	6
France	5
China	4
Poland	4
Uzbekistan	3
Azerbaijan	3
Iran	3
Ukraine	3
Norway	3
Israel	3
Germany	3
Spain	3
Other	21

Juniors are considered to be male 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 2025 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Gukesh Dommaraju	2783
2	R Praggnanandhaa	2741
3	Javokhir Sindarov	2700
4	Raunak Sadhwani	2666
5	Volodar Murzin	2657
6	Daniel Dardha	2652
7	Leon Luke Mendonca	2641
8	Ediz Gürel	2624
9	Aydin Suleymanli	2623
10	Pranav V	2615
11	Bardiya Daneshvar	2604
12	Abhimanyu Mishra	2600
13	Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş	2599
14	Christopher Yoo	2588
15	Pranesh M	2586
16	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2581
17	Denis Lazavik	2572
18	Bharath Subramaniyam	2567
19	Aleksey Grebnev	2555
20	Ivan Zemlyanskii	2554

Top girls

Best Performing Countries – Girls^[4]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
United States	9
India	8
China	8
Kazakhstan	8
FIDE	7
Mongolia	5
Ukraine	4
Germany	4
Poland	4
Uzbekistan	3
Hungary	3
Argentina	3
Other	34

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 2025 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Divya Deshmukh	2490
2	Lu Miaoyi	2432
3	Zsóka Gaál	2404
4	Alice Lee	2386
5	Song Yuxin	2381
6	Machteld van Foreest	2367
7	Rakshitta Ravi	2365
8	Anna Shukhman	2365
9	Eline Roebers	2361
10	Meruert Kamalidenova	2355
11	Afruza Khamdamova	2354
12	Bayanmunkh Amin-Erdene	2342
13	Amina Kairbekova	2336
14	Alua Nurman	2336
15	Savitha Shri Baskar	2332
16	Zoey Tang	2325
17	Sarayu Velpula	2315
18	Nadya Toncheva	2311
19	Sahithi Varshini Moogi	2309
20	Anna Zhurova	2307

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 2025:^[5]

Rank	Federation	Average top 10 rating
1	United States	2731
2	India	2722
3	China	2674
4	Russia	2657
5	Germany	2634
6	Spain	2627
7	Azerbaijan	2623
8	Hungary	2622
9	Ukraine	2622
10	France	2621
11	Armenia	2617
12	Netherlands	2615
13	Uzbekistan	2606
14	Poland	2600
15	England	2586
16	Israel	2586
17	Norway	2584
18	Romania	2574
19	Serbia	2571
20	Turkey	2565

References

^ ^a ^b "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Standard Top 100 Women February 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Standard Top 100 Juniors February 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 15 Febrary 2025. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
^ ^a ^b "Standard Top 100 Girls February 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
^ "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 15 February 2025.

External links

[Open-1] "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 15 February 2025.

[Women-2] "Standard Top 100 Women February 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 15 February 2025.

[Juniors-3] "Standard Top 100 Juniors February 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 15 Febrary 2025. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

[Girls-4] "Standard Top 100 Girls February 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 15 February 2025.

[5] "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 15 February 2025.

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