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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.
United States: Fabiano Caruana: 2844 2014-10 1992 Highest-ranked American player (since 2015), formerly highest-ranked Italian player (2007–2015) 4 Armenia Germany United States: Levon Aronian: 2830 2014-03 1982 Formerly highest-ranked Armenian player (2005–2021) 5 Philippines United States: Wesley So: 2822 2017-02 1993
Hans Moke Niemann (born June 20, 2003) is an American chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer. [1] He first entered the top 100 junior players list on March 1, 2019, and became a FIDE grandmaster on January 22, 2021.
The US Chess Championship is an invitational tournament organized by the United States Chess Federation to determine the country's chess champion. [1] It is the oldest national chess tournament. [2] The event originated as a challenge match in 1845, but the champion has been decided by tournament play under the auspices of the USCF since 1936. [2]
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.
In 2021, she defeated Grandmaster Michael Rohde and in 2022 Grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra, becoming one of a few African-American female players to have beaten a grandmaster. [ 4 ] In November 2023, she caused an upset at the World Youth Chess Championship where she (rated 1818) held a draw against Liya Kurmangaliyeva (rated 2236).
Brandon Jacobson (born November 14, 2003) is an American chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster in 2020 at the age of 16. He previously held the International Master (2018) and FIDE Master (2017) titles. He is ranked the 36th best player in the United States. [1] [2] His highest rating was 2583 (in November 2024). [3]
Pages in category "American chess players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 388 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .