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  2. List of FIDE chess world number ones - Wikipedia

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    FIDE publishes lists of highest-rated girl chess players; a "girl" is defined as being a player who is aged under 20 at the start of the year, and female. The following is a list of the players ranked number one girl in the FIDE rating system from January 2000 to the present day, along with their ratings during the periods in question.

  3. List of chess players by peak FIDE rating - Wikipedia

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    Highest-ranked Russian player, formerly world no. 1 (1984–1993, 1995–2006), former world champion (1985–2000), first player to achieve 2800+ rating, formerly highest-ranked player (1990–2012) 3 Italy United States: Fabiano Caruana: 2844 2014-10 1992

  4. FIDE rankings - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Magnus Carlsen - Wikipedia

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    He has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE world chess rankings since 1 July 2011 and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world. [1] His peak rating of 2882 is the highest in history. He also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak at the elite level in classical chess at 125 games. [2] [3]

  6. Comparison of top chess players throughout history - Wikipedia

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    Larry Kaufman published an article in 2023 estimating the ratings of chess players throughout history by comparing their games with the choices of top engines, using Chess.com accuracy scores. He considered only world championship matches and tournaments (official or unofficial, and including women's championships), Candidates and Interzonal ...

  7. Faustino Oro - Wikipedia

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    In May 2024, Faustino defeated 5-time world champion and world #1 ranked Magnus Carlsen during a weekly Bullet Brawl tournament hosted by Chess.com. [ 3 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] He holds the world record for the youngest International Master , a title which he earned in June 2024 at the age of 10 years, 8 months, and 16 days, breaking the record of ...

  8. Ding Liren - Wikipedia

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    Ding is the first Chinese player ever to play in a Candidates Tournament and first Chinese player to pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE world rankings. [2] In July 2016, with a blitz rating of 2875, he was the highest-rated Blitz player in the world. [3] In July 2023, Ding became the No. 1 ranked Rapid player, with a rating of 2830. [4]

  9. List of female chess grandmasters - Wikipedia

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    The International Chess Federation (FIDE) was established in 1924 as the governing body of competitive chess. At the time, the term "grandmaster" was already being informally used to describe the world's leading chess players since the players competing in the Championship section of the Ostend 1907 chess tournament were referred to as "grandmasters" in reference to them all having previously ...