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The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes rating lists including "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors", "Top 100 Girls", and national rankings based on the average rating of each country's top 10 players and top 10 female players in classical chess. Ratings are calculated using the Elo rating system.

Top players

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Best Performing Federations – Open[1]
Federation Players
(Among Top 100)
Image United States
16
Image India
14
Image China
7
Image Russia
7
Image Azerbaijan
5
Image Uzbekistan
5
Image Ukraine
4
Image Armenia
4
Image Germany
3
Image Netherlands
3
Image England
3
Image Norway
3
Other
18

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 October 2026 as follows:[1]

Rank Player Rating
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2823
2 United States Hikaru Nakamura 2792
3 United States Fabiano Caruana 2784
4 Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov 2782
5 Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2780
6 United States Wesley So 2770
7 India R Praggnanandhaa 2763
8 Germany Vincent Keymer 2761
9 China Wei Yi 2758
10 France Alireza Firouzja 2757
11 Netherlands Anish Giri 2752
12 India Arjun Erigaisi 2746
13 Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2741
14 India Viswanathan Anand 2739
15 United States Leinier Domínguez 2732
16 Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm 2732
17 Turkey Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş 2731
18 Iran Amin Tabatabaei 2728
19 United States Levon Aronian 2725
20 China Ding Liren 2723

Top women

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Best Performing Federations – Women[2]
Federation Players
(Among Top 100)
Image China
13
Image India
11
Image Kazakhstan
7
Image United States
6
Image Ukraine
6
Image France
6
Image Russia
5
Image Georgia
5
Image Azerbaijan
4
Image Poland
4
Image FIDE
4
Image Bulgaria
4
Image Armenia
3
Other
19

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 October 2026 as follows:[2]

Rank Player Rating
1 China Hou Yifan 2596
2 China Zhu Jiner 2559
3 China Ju Wenjun 2553
4 China Lei Tingjie 2552
5 FIDE Aleksandra Goryachkina 2536
6 China Tan Zhongyi 2536
7 Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva 2532
8 Ukraine Anna Muzychuk 2524
9 India Koneru Humpy 2518
10 FIDE Polina Shuvalova 2509
11 FIDE Kateryna Lagno 2506
12 India Divya Deshmukh 2488
13 United States Carissa Yip 2484
14 Switzerland Alexandra Kosteniuk 2481
15 Poland Alina Kashlinskaya 2474
16 Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze 2467
17 United States Alice Lee 2469
18 China Song Yuxin 2466
19 Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk 2463
20 Ukraine Anastasiia Hnatyshyn 2462

Top juniors

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Best Performing Federations – Juniors[3]
Federation Players
(Among Top 100)
Image India
17
Image United States
9
Image FIDE
8
Image Turkey
8
Image France
5
Image Poland
5
Image China
4
Image Kazakhstan
4
Image Germany
4
Image Ukraine
3
Image Azerbaijan
3
Image Uzbekistan
3
Image Iran
3
Image Vietnam
3
Other
16

Juniors are considered to be 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 October 2026 as follows:[3]

Rank Player Rating
1 Turkey Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş 2731
2 India Gukesh Dommaraju 2710
3 India Pranav V 2677
4 India Pranesh M 2674
5 FIDE Volodar Murzin 2656
6 Turkey Ediz Gürel 2642
7 Belarus Denis Lazavik 2636
8 United States Abhimanyu Mishra 2636
9 India Leon Luke Mendonca 2629
10 France Marc'Andria Maurizzi 2624
11 India Aditya Mittal 2621
12 United States Andy Woodward 2619
13 FIDE Aleksey Grebnev 2614
14 Uzbekistan Mukhiddin Madaminov 2612
15 Ukraine Ihor Samunenkov 2607
16 India Pranav Anand 2606
17 India Bharath Subramaniyam 2603
18 China Xiao Tong 2598
19 Poland Jan Malek 2596
20 United States Christopher Yoo 2588

Top girls

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Best Performing Federations – Girls[4]
Federation Players
(Among Top 100)
Image India
16
Image FIDE
11
Image United States
8
Image China
8
Image Kazakhstan
7
Image Ukraine
6
Image Mongolia
5
Image France
4
Image Uzbekistan
4
Image Argentina
3
Other
21

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 October 2026 as follows:[4]

Rank Player Rating
1 United States Alice Lee 2467
2 Ukraine Anastasiia Hnatyshyn 2462
3 Kazakhstan Alua Nurman 2460
4 Uzbekistan Afruza Khamdamova 2447
5 India Modipalli Deekshitha 2436
6 FIDE Anna Shukhman 2434
7 India Savitha Shri Baskar 2405
8 Netherlands Eline Roebers 2401
9 India Kalyani Sirin 2401
10 China Lu Miaoyi 2400
11 India Pratitee Bordoloi 2393
12 Kazakhstan Elnaz Kaliakhmet 2383
13 England Bodhana Sivanandan 2382
14 United States Rachael Li 2380
15 Iran Melika Mohammadi 2378
16 Kazakhstan Amina Kairbekova 2355
17 Hungary Zsóka Gaál 2341
18 India Velpula Sarayu 2338
19 India Aamuktha Guntaka 2338
20 France Emilie Negre 2337

Top federations

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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 on 1 October 2026 as follows:[5]

Rank Federation Average top 10 rating
1 Image United States 2723
2 Image India 2704
3 Image China 2663
4 Image Russia 2641
5 Image Uzbekistan 2637
6 Image Azerbaijan 2630
7 Image France 2630
8 Image Germany 2630
9 Image Ukraine 2626
10 Image Netherlands 2605
11 Image Spain 2598
12 Image Hungary 2598
13 Image Armenia 2593
14 Image Poland 2590
15 Image England 2585
16 Image Norway 2582
17 Image Turkey 2571
18 Image Israel 2563
19 Image Iran 2559
20 Image Serbia 2552

References

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  1. 1 2 "Top 100 Players October 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Top 100 Women October 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Top 100 Juniors October 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Top 100 Girls October 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "FIDE Top Federations Open". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
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