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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
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.
Gukesh Dommaraju won the 2024 World Chess Championship, becoming the youngest undisputed world chess champion at the age of 18. [1]The Candidates Tournament and Women's Candidates Tournament were held concurrently for the first time to determine the challengers for the reigning world champions Ding Liren and Ju Wenjun. [2]
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.
The list of top 10 active junior (under the age of 20 as of 1 January of that year) players as of December 2023. The top 100 junior players of the world include 20 Indian players, among them Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu at Rank 2, Arjun Erigaisi at Rank 5, Gukesh D at rank 6, and Nihal Sarin at Rank 8. [7] The top 100 junior girl players of the ...
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 .
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.