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

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    Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 2000s Country Player Peak rating in 2000s Achieved 1 Garry Kasparov: 2851 2000-01 2 Veselin Topalov: 2813 2006-07 3 Vladimir Kramnik: 2811 [b] 2002-01 4 Viswanathan Anand: 2803 2006-04 5 Magnus Carlsen: 2801 2009-11 6 Alexander Morozevich: 2788 2008-07 7 Vasyl Ivanchuk: 2787 2007-10 8 Levon Aronian ...

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Comparison of top chess players throughout history - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. 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 ...

  7. 1971 in chess - Wikipedia

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    Evgeny Vasiukov is the winner at Varna with 11/15, ahead of Florin Gheorghiu (10½/15) and Jan Smejkal (10/15). Smejkal makes a final norm towards qualification for the Grandmaster title. [6] Walter Browne and Larry Evans are co-winners of the U.S. Open in Ventura. Over four hundred players participate. Larry Evans is the winner of the Statham ...

  8. List of Indian chess players - Wikipedia

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    The top 10 active women Indian players have an average rating of 2429, the 2nd highest in the world behind China. As of 2023, 24 different players have been conferred with the highest civilian and sports honours of India, including the Padma awards and the Arjuna Award .

  9. Chess in China - Wikipedia

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    The Open team won gold at the 2014 and 2018 Olympiads, and silver at 2006. The average rating for the country's top ten players is third in the FIDE rankings as of January 2025. [1] Chinese progress has been underpinned by large government support and testing competition in numerous tough events.