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Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 2020s Country Player Peak rating in 2020s Achieved 1 Magnus Carlsen: 2872 2020-01 2 Fabiano Caruana: 2842 2020-02 3 Ding Liren: 2811 2022-10 4 Alireza Firouzja: 2804 2021-12 5 Hikaru Nakamura: 2802 2024-07 6 Arjun Erigaisi: 2801 2024-12 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi: 2795 2023-03 8 Dommaraju Gukesh: 2794 2024 ...
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.
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.
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
10 (9) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave: Wesley So: Levon Aronian: Norway Chess: Stavanger: Round robin: 30 May – 12 Jun: 10 (9) Magnus Carlsen: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov: Viswanathan Anand: Prague Chess Festival: Prague: Round robin: 7–18 Jun: 10 (6) Pentala Harikrishna: Le Quang Liem: Thai Dai Van Nguyen Sam Shankland David Navara: 2022 Candidates ...
The tournament featured five out of the top ten players from the FIDE rating list published in July 2022. World Champion Magnus Carlsen played on the top board for his native Norway. [8] Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand did not play for the host country and decided to mentor the team instead. [9]
The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess.The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing body, FIDE.Other than world champion, it is the highest title a chess player can attain and is awarded for life, although FIDE regulations allow for the revocation of titles for cheating or fraud.
The average Elo rating of top players has risen over time. For instance, the average of the top 10 active players rose from 2751 in July 2000 to 2794 in July 2014, a 43-point increase in 14 years. The average rating of the top 100 players, meanwhile, increased from 2644 to 2703, a 59-point increase. [3]