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The [[FIDE|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. The [[Elo rating system]] is used.

==Top players==
{{Bar chart
| title = Best Performing Federations – Open<ref name="Open"/>
| label_type = [[Geography of chess|Federation]]<br /><small>(≥3 Players)</small>
| data_type = Players<br /><small>(Among Top 100)</small> | bar_width = 9.75 | float = right | data_max = 30
| label1 = '''{{flag|United States}}'''
| data1 = 12
| label2 = '''{{flag|India}}'''
| data2 = 10
| label3 = '''{{flag|China}}'''
| data3 = 6
| label4 = '''{{flag|Russia}}'''
| data4 = 6
| label5 = '''{{flag|Uzbekistan}}'''
| data5 = 5
| label6 = '''{{flag|FIDE}}'''
| data6 = 4
| label7 = '''{{flag|Germany}}'''
| data7 = 4
| label8 = '''{{flag|Hungary}}'''
| data8 = 4
| label9 = '''{{flag|England}}'''
| data9 = 4
| label10 = '''{{flag|Spain}}'''
| data10 = 4
| label11 = '''{{flag|Armenia}}'''
| data11 = 4
| label12 = '''{{flag|Azerbaijan}}'''
| data12 = 3
| label13 = '''{{flag|Serbia}}'''
| data13 = 3
| label14 = '''{{flag|Iran}}'''
| data14 = 3
| label15 = '''{{flag|Norway}}'''
| data15 = 3
| label16 = '''{{flag|Ukraine}}'''
| data16 = 3
| label17 = '''Other'''
| data17 = 22
}}

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 July 2025 as follows:<ref name="Open">{{Cite web |title=Chess Rankings |url=https://ratings.fide.com/top_lists.phtml?list=open|access-date=2 July 2025 |publisher=FIDE}}</ref>
<section begin=topplayers />
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Rating
|-
!1
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]]
|style='text-align:center'|2839
|-
!2
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hikaru Nakamura]]
|style='text-align:center'|2807
|-
!3
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Fabiano Caruana]]
|style='text-align:center'|2784
|-
!4
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[R Praggnanandhaa]]
| style="text-align:center" |2779
|-
!5
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Arjun Erigaisi]]
| style="text-align:center" |2776
|-
!6
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gukesh Dommaraju]]
|style='text-align:center'|2776
|-
!7
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Nodirbek Abdusattorov]]
| style="text-align:center" |2771
|-
!8
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alireza Firouzja]]
| style="text-align:center" |2766
|-
!9
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wei Yi]]
| style="text-align:center" |2748
|-
!10
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Anish Giri]]
| style="text-align:center" |2748
|-
!11
|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]]
| style="text-align:center" |2746
|-
!12
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Wesley So]]
| style="text-align:center" |2745
|-
!13
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Viswanathan Anand]] 
| style="text-align:center" |2743
|-
!14
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]
|style='text-align:center'|2742
|-
!15
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Levon Aronian]]
| style="text-align:center" |2742
|-
!16
|{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Vladimir Fedoseev]]
| style="text-align:center" |2739
|-
!17
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Leinier Domínguez|Leinier Domínguez Pérez]]
| style="text-align:center" |2738
|-
!18
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]
| style="text-align:center" |2736
|-
!19
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hans Niemann]]
| style="text-align:center" |2736
|-
!20
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ding Liren]]
| style="text-align:center" |2734
|-
|}<section end=topplayers />

==Top women==
{{Bar chart
| title = Best Performing Federations – Women<ref name="Women"/>
| label_type = [[Geography of chess|Federation]]<br /><small>(≥3 Players)</small>
| data_type = Players<br /><small>(Among Top 100)</small> | bar_width = 9.75 | float = right | data_max = 25
| label1 = '''{{flag|China}}'''
| data1 = 14
| label2 = '''{{flag|India}}'''
| data2 = 9
| label3 = '''{{flag|Poland}}'''
| data3 = 7
| label4 = '''{{flag|Russia}}'''
| data4 = 6
| label5 = '''{{flag|Ukraine}}'''
| data5 = 6
| label6 = '''{{flag|FIDE}}'''
| data6 = 6
| label7 = '''{{flag|Georgia}}'''
| data7 = 5
| label8 = '''{{flag|Azerbaijan}}'''
| data8 = 5
| label9 = '''{{flag|United States}}'''
| data9 = 5
| label10 = '''{{flag|France}}'''
| data10 = 4
| label11 = '''{{flag|Germany}}'''
| data11 = 4
| label12 = '''Other'''
| data12 = 29
}}

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 July 2025 as follows:<ref name="Women">{{Cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/top_lists.phtml?list=women|title=Standard Top 100 Women July 2025|publisher=FIDE|access-date=2 July 2025}}</ref>
<section begin=topwomen />
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Rating
|-
!1
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Hou Yifan]]
|style='text-align:center'|2633
|-
!2
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ju Wenjun]]
|style='text-align:center'|2570
|-
!3
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Lei Tingjie]]
|style='text-align:center'|2557
|-
!4
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Anna Muzychuk]]
|style='text-align:center'|2544
|-
!5
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Koneru Humpy]]
|style='text-align:center'|2536
|-
!6
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhu Jiner]]
|style='text-align:center'|2533
|-
!7
|{{flagicon|FIDE}} [[Aleksandra Goryachkina]]
|style='text-align:center'|2533
|-
!8
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tan Zhongyi]]
|style='text-align:center'|2527
|-
!9
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Kateryna Lagno]]
|style='text-align:center'|2515
|-
!10
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Bibisara Assaubayeva]]
|style='text-align:center'|2505
|-
!11
|{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Nana Dzagnidze]]
|style='text-align:center'|2502
|-
!12
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Harika Dronavalli]]
|style='text-align:center'|2488
|-
!13
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Mariya Muzychuk]]
|style='text-align:center'|2486
|-
!14
|{{flagicon|FIDE}} [[Polina Shuvalova]]
|style='text-align:center'|2480
|-
!15
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Vaishali Rameshbabu]]
|style='text-align:center'|2478
|-
!16
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]]
|style='text-align:center'|2474
|-
!17
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Yuliia Osmak]]
|style='text-align:center'|2470
|-
!18
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Divya Deshmukh]]
|style='text-align:center'|2463
|-
!19
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Alina Kashlinskaya]]
|style='text-align:center'|2462
|-
!20
|{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Teodora Injac]]
|style='text-align:center'|2457
|}<section end=topwomen />

==Top juniors==
{{Bar chart
| title = Best Performing Countries – Juniors<ref name="Juniors"/>
| label_type = [[Geography of chess|Federation]]<br /><small>(≥3 Players)</small>
| data_type = Players<br /><small>(Among Top 100)</small> | bar_width = 9.75 | float = right | data_max = 25
| label1 = '''{{flag|India}}'''
| data1 = 20
| label2 = '''{{flag|United States}}'''
| data2 = 11
| label3 = '''{{flag|FIDE}}'''
| data3 = 8
| label4 = '''{{flag|China}}'''
| data4 = 6
| label5 = '''{{flag|Turkey}}'''
| data5 = 5
| label6 = '''{{flag|France}}'''
| data6 = 4
| label7 = '''{{flag|Poland}}'''
| data7 = 4
| label8 = '''{{flag|Uzbekistan}}'''
| data8 = 4
| label9 = '''{{flag|Azerbaijan}}'''
| data9 = 3
| label10 = '''{{flag|Iran}}'''
| data10 = 3
| label11 = '''{{flag|Ukraine}}'''
| data11 = 3 
| label12 = '''{{flag|Norway}}'''
| data12 = 3
| label13 = '''{{flag|Israel}}'''
| data13 = 3
| label14 = '''Other'''
| data14 = 23
}}

Juniors are considered to be male players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.

The top 20 juniors were ranked on 1 July 2025 as follows:<ref name="Juniors">{{Cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/top_lists.phtml?list=juniors|title=Standard Top 100 Juniors July 2025|publisher=FIDE|access-date=2 July 2025}}</ref>
<section begin=topjuniors />
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Rating
|-
!1
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[R Praggnanandhaa]]
| style="text-align:center" |2779
|-
!2
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gukesh Dommaraju]]
| style="text-align:center" |2776
|-
!3
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Javokhir Sindarov]]
| style="text-align:center" |2722
|-
!4
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Raunak Sadhwani]]
| style="text-align:center" |2681
|-
!5
|{{flagicon|FIDE}} [[Volodar Murzin]]
|style='text-align:center'|2671
|-
!6
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Ediz Gürel]]
|style='text-align:center'|2652
|-
!7
|{{flagicon|IRI}} [[Bardiya Daneshvar]]
|style='text-align:center'|2640
|-
!8
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Daniel Dardha]]
|style='text-align:center'|2627
|-
!9
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş]]
| style="text-align:center" |2626
|-
!10
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Abhimanyu Mishra]]
| style="text-align:center" |2611
|-
!11
|{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Aydin Suleymanli]]
| style="text-align:center" |2607
|-
!12
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Christopher Yoo (chess player)|Christopher Yoo]]
| style="text-align:center" |2607
|-
!13
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marc'Andria Maurizzi]]
| style="text-align:center" |2604
|-
!14
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leon Luke Mendonca]]
| style="text-align:center" |2603
|-
!15
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Elham Amar]]
| style="text-align:center" |2600
|-
!16
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ivan Zemlyanskii]]
| style="text-align:center" |2599
|-
!17
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Pranav V]]
| style="text-align:center" |2594
|-
!18
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Pranesh M]]
| style="text-align:center" |2592
|-
!19
|{{flagicon|FIDE}} [[Aleksey Grebnev]]
| style="text-align:center" |2582
|-
!20
|{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Denis Lazavik]]
| style="text-align:center" |2580
|-
|}<section end=topjuniors />

==Top girls==
{{Bar chart
| title = Best Performing Countries – Girls<ref name="Girls"/>
| label_type = [[Geography of chess|Federation]]<br /><small>(≥3 Players)</small>
| data_type = Players<br /><small>(Among Top 100)</small> | bar_width = 9.75 | float = right | data_max = 35
| label1 = '''{{flag|United States}}'''
| data1 = 11
| label2 = '''{{flag|India}}'''
| data2 = 10
| label3 = '''{{flag|FIDE}}'''
| data3 = 9
| label4 = '''{{flag|Kazakhstan}}'''
| data4 = 9
| label5 = '''{{flag|China}}'''
| data5 = 6
| label6 = '''{{flag|Mongolia}}'''
| data6 = 4
| label7 = '''{{flag|Ukraine}}'''
| data7 = 4
| label8 = '''{{flag|Poland}}'''
| data8 = 4
| label9 = '''{{flag|Germany}}'''
| data9 = 3
| label10 = '''{{flag|Uzbekistan}}'''
| data10 = 3
| label11 = '''{{flag|Israel}}'''
| data11 = 3 
| label12 = '''{{flag|Argentina}}'''
| data12 = 3
| label13 = '''Other'''
| data13 = 31
}}

Girls are considered to be female players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.

The top 20 girls were ranked on 1 June 2025 as follows:<ref name="Girls">{{Cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=girls|title=Standard Top 100 Girls June 2025|publisher=FIDE|access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref>
<section begin=topgirls />
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Rating
|-
!1
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Divya Deshmukh]]
|style='text-align:center'|2463
|-
!2
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Lu Miaoyi]]
|style='text-align:center'|2452
|-
!3
|{{flagicon|FIDE}} [[Anna Shukhman]]
|style='text-align:center'|2413
|-
!4
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Song Yuxin]]
|style='text-align:center'|2410
|-
!5
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zsóka Gaál]]
|style='text-align:center'|2391
|-
!6
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alice Lee (chess player)|Alice Lee]]
|style='text-align:center'|2389
|-
!7
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Zoey Tang]]
|style='text-align:center'|2356
|-
!8
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Eline Roebers]]
|style='text-align:center'|2356
|-
!9
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Mariia Manko]]
|style='text-align:center'|2354
|-
!10
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova]]
|style='text-align:center'|2353
|-
!11
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Xeniya Balabayeva]]
|style='text-align:center'|2352
|-
!12
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Alua Nurman]]
|style='text-align:center'|2339
|-
!13
|{{flagicon|MGL}} [[Bat-Erdene Mungunzul]]
|style='text-align:center'|2337
|-
!14
|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Nadya Toncheva]]
|style='text-align:center'|2332
|-
!15
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Meruert Kamalidenova]]
|style='text-align:center'|2330
|-
!16
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Afruza Khamdamova]]
|style='text-align:center'|2326
|-
!17
|{{flagicon|FIDE}} [[Olga Dm. Karmanova]]
|style='text-align:center'|2323
|-
!18
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Amina Kairbekova]]
|style='text-align:center'|2317
|-
!19
|{{flagicon|FIDE}} [[Anna Zhurova]]
|style='text-align:center'|2317
|-
!20
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Candela Be Francisco Guecamburu]]
|style='text-align:center'|2316
|-
|}<section end=topgirls />

==Top federations==
Every month, FIDE publishes a list ranking federations according to the average rating of their top 10 players. The top 20 federations in Open were ranked as follows on 1 June 2025:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top Chess Federations|url=https://ratings.fide.com/top_federations.phtml?list=open|access-date=7 June 2025|publisher=FIDE}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
|-
! Rank
! Federation
! Average top 10 rating
|-
! 1
| {{USA}}
| style="text-align:center" |2728
|-
! 2
| {{IND}}
| style="text-align:center" |2727
|-
! 3
| {{CHN}}
| style="text-align:center" |2673
|-
! 4
| {{RUS}}
| style="text-align:center" |2657
|-
! 5
| {{GER}}
| style="text-align:center" |2633
|-
! 6
| {{UKR}}
| style="text-align:center" |2630
|-
! 7
| {{AZE}}
| style="text-align:center" |2627
|-
! 8
| {{FRA}}
| style="text-align:center" |2626
|-
! 9
| {{HUN}}
| style="text-align:center" |2626
|-
! 10
| {{ESP}}
| style="text-align:center" |2618
|-
! 11
| {{NED}}
| style="text-align:center" |2615
|-
! 12
| {{ARM}}
| style="text-align:center" |2613
|-
! 13
| {{UZB}}
| style="text-align:center" |2598
|-
! 14
| {{POL}}
| style="text-align:center" |2595
|-
! 15
| {{NOR}}
| style="text-align:center" |2593
|-
! 16
| {{ENG}}
| style="text-align:center" |2592
|-
! 17
| {{ISR}}
| style="text-align:center" |2585
|-
! 18
| {{SRB}}
| style="text-align:center" |2570
|-
! 19
| {{TUR}}
| style="text-align:center" |2567
|-
! 20
| {{ROU}}
| style="text-align:center" |2566
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://ratings.fide.com/top_lists.phtml?list=open Official FIDE rating lists]
* [http://www.benoni.de/schach/elo/index_e.html Elo query with world ranking list and historical development since 1990]

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