FIDE world rankings
The Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls", as well as rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players. The Elo rating system is used.
Top players
The top 20 players on 1 October 2018 were ranked as follows:[1]
Rank | Change* | Player | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 2839 | ||
2 | 2827 | ||
3 | 2820 | ||
4 | 2804 | ||
5 | 2780 | ||
6 | 2780 | ||
7 | 2780 | ||
8 | 2779 | ||
9 | 2776 | ||
10 | 2771 | ||
11 | 2769 | ||
12 | 2765 | ||
13 | 2763 | ||
14 | 2760 | ||
15 | 2759 | ||
16 | 2756 | ||
17 | 2752 | ||
18 | 2751 | ||
19 | 2742 | ||
20 | 2740 | ||
*Change from the previous month |
Top women
The top 20 females were ranked on 1 October 2018 as follows:[2]
Rank | Change* | Player | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 2658 | ||
2 | 2561 | ||
3 | 2556 | ||
4 | 2555 | ||
5 | 2551 | ||
6 | 2536 | ||
7 | 2533 | ||
8 | 2527 | ||
9 | 2525 | ||
10 | 2513 | ||
11 | 2509 | ||
12 | 2500 | ||
13 | 2490 | ||
14 | 2485 | ||
15 | 2482 | ||
16 | 2482 | ||
17 | 2480 | ||
18 | 2479 | ||
19 | 2478 | ||
20 | 2475 | ||
*Change from the previous month |
Top juniors
Juniors are considered to be players who remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.
The top 20 positions were ranked on 1 October 2018 as follows:[3]
Rank | Change* | Player | Rating | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2742 | 19 | ||
2 | 2739 | 20 | ||
3 | 2706 | 20 | ||
4 | 2685 | 18 | ||
5 | 2656 | 17 | ||
6 | 2641 | 18 | ||
7 | 2634 | 17 | ||
8 | 2629 | 20 | ||
9 | 2621 | 19 | ||
10 | 2618 | 19 | ||
11 | 2617 | 19 | ||
12 | 2610 | 20 | ||
13 | 2609 | 16 | ||
14 | 2604 | 19 | ||
15 | 2600 | 15 | ||
16 | 2594 | 17 | ||
17 | 2593 | 18 | ||
18 | 2586 | 17 | ||
19 | 2579 | 18 | ||
20 | 2577 | 19 | ||
*Change from the previous month |
Top girls
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 positions were ranked on 1 October 2018 as follows:[4]
Rank | Change* | Player | Rating | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2536 | 20 | ||
2 | 2482 | 18 | ||
3 | 2438 | 18 | ||
4 | 2421 | 17 | ||
5 | 2405 | 20 | ||
6 | 2394 | 16 | ||
7 | 2393 | 18 | ||
8 | 2385 | 19 | ||
9 | 2377 | 15 | ||
10 | 2372 | 14 | ||
11 | 2360 | 16 | ||
12 | 2357 | 18 | ||
13 | 2332 | 19 | ||
14 | 2356 | 20 | ||
15 | 2331 | 17 | ||
16 | 2329 | 18 | ||
17 | 2326 | 17 | ||
18 | 2326 | 16 | ||
19 | 2321 | 18 | ||
20 | 2320 | 18 | ||
*Change from the previous month |
Top countries
FIDE publishes two lists ranking countries. The first ranks them according to the average rating of their top 10 players, while the second ranks them according to the average rating of their top 10 female players. The top 20 positions in the former list were ranked on 1 October 2018 as follows:[5]
Rank | Change* | Country | Average top 10 rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 2743 | ||
2 | 2710 | ||
3 | 2701 | ||
4 | 2674 | ||
5 | 2674 | ||
6 | 2664 | ||
7 | 2647 | ||
8 | 2643 | ||
9 | 2642 | ||
10 | 2639 | ||
11 | 2636 | ||
12 | 2634 | ||
13 | 2625 | ||
14 | 2620 | ||
15 | 2611 | ||
16 | 2597 | ||
17 | 2592 | ||
18 | 2578 | ||
19 | 2577 | ||
20 | 2568 | ||
*Change from the previous month |
Women's list
The top 20 countries by average rating of the top 10 female players were ranked on 1 October 2018 as follows:[6]
Rank | Change* | Country | Average top 10 rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 2486 | ||
2 | 2483 | ||
3 | 2421 | ||
4 | 2410 | ||
5 | 2362 | ||
6 | 2359 | ||
7 | 2355 | ||
8 | 2339 | ||
9 | 2338 | ||
10 | 2321 | ||
11 | 2318 | ||
12 | 2295 | ||
13 | 2292 | ||
14 | 2287 | ||
15 | 2287 | ||
16 | 2278 | ||
17 | 2270 | ||
18 | 2256 | ||
19 | 2247 | ||
20 | 2240 | ||
*Change from the previous month |
References
- ↑ Administrator (1 October 2018). "Standard Top 100 Players October 2018". FIDE.
- ↑ Administrator (1 October 2018). "Standard Top 100 Women October 2018". FIDE.
- ↑ Administrator (1 October 2018). "Standard Top 100 Juniors October 2018". FIDE.
- ↑ Administrator (1 October 2018). "Standard Top 100 Girls October 2018". FIDE.
- ↑ Administrator (1 October 2018). "Federations Ranking". FIDE.
- ↑ Administrator (1 October 2018). "Federations Ranking: Women". FIDE.