FIDE world rankings


The Fédération Internationale des Échecs governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls", as well as 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

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 January 2020 as follows:

Top women

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 January 2020 as follows:

Top juniors

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 positions were ranked on 1 January 2020 as follows:

Top girls

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 positions were ranked on 1 January 2020 as follows:

Top countries

FIDE publishes two lists ranking countries. The first ranks them according to the average rating of their top 10 players, while the second ranks them according to the average rating of their top 10 female players. The top 20 positions in the former list were ranked on 1 January 2020 as follows:
RankCountryAverage top 10 rating
12739
22715
32705
42668
52663
62652
72652
82644
92638
102637
112630
122622
132620
142617
152615
162605
172584
182584
192577
202567

Women's list

The top 20 countries by average rating of the top 10 female players were ranked on 1 January 2020 as follows:
RankCountryAverage top 10 rating
12488
22483
32404
42401
52386
62352
72341
82338
92329
102327
112323
122313
132294
142291
152288
162285
172261
182260
192258
202252