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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.
Formerly youngest grandmaster (1994–1997), formerly highest-ranked Hungarian player (1999–2021, 2022–2024) Soviet Union United States: Gata Kamsky: 2763 2013-07 1974 Formerly highest-ranked American player (2008–2010) China: Wang Hao: 2763 2020-04 1989 China: Wei Yi: 2763 2024-10 1999 Youngest player to achieve 2700+ rating 38 Azerbaijan
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.
As of November 2024, Anish Giri is the No. 1 ranked player in the Netherlands, having switched from Russia in 2009. [1] In 2021 Wijk aan Zee , Giri tied for first place with fellow Dutch GM Jorden van Foreest , but lost to him in the armageddon round after the two blitz games in the playoff ended in a draw.
Anish Sarkar (born 26 January 2021) is an Indian chess player. He is the world's youngest FIDE rated player since November 2024. [ 1 ] In 2024, Sarkar became the youngest to be awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar .
On 1 July 2017, Duda became the first Polish junior player to break the 2700 barrier in FIDE rating, achieving the highest ranking in his chess career so far. With a rating of 2707, he was the second highest ranked Polish player and 41st in the world at the time.
Arjun Erigaisi (born 3 September 2003) [1] is an Indian chess grandmaster.A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 13 days.In September 2024 he became India's top rated player, and in December 2024 he achieved his peak rating of 2801 which makes him the fifteenth-highest rated player in history and second Indian ever to cross the 2800 threshold ...
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).