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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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The top 20 players were ranked on 1 February 2026 as follows:

RankPlayerRating1234567891011121314151617181920
NOR Magnus Carlsen2840
USA Hikaru Nakamura2810
USA Fabiano Caruana2795
GER Vincent Keymer2776
IND Arjun Erigaisi2775
NED Anish Giri2760
FRA Alireza Firouzja2759
IND R Praggnanandhaa2758
IND Gukesh Dommaraju2754
CHN Wei Yi2754
USA Wesley So2753
UZB Nodirbek Abdusattorov2751
IND Viswanathan Anand2743
POL Jan-Krzysztof Duda2739
USA Leinier Domínguez2738
HUN Richárd Rapport2738
VIE Lê Quang Liêm2731
USA Levon Aronian2729
AZE Shakhriyar Mamedyarov2727
UZB Javokhir Sindarov2726

Top women

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The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 February 2026 as follows:

RankPlayerRating1234567891011121314151617181920
CHN Hou Yifan2596
CHN Zhu Jiner2578
CHN Lei Tingjie2566
CHN Ju Wenjun2559
CHN Tan Zhongyi2535
IND Koneru Humpy2535
RUS Aleksandra Goryachkina2534
UKR Anna Muzychuk2522
RUS Kateryna Lagno2508
RUS Polina Shuvalova2502
KAZ Bibisara Assaubayeva2497
IND Divya Deshmukh2497
SUI Alexandra Kosteniuk2483
GRE Stavroula Tsolakidou2479
POL Alina Kashlinskaya2475
IND Vaishali Rameshbabu2470
GEO Nana Dzagnidze2469
IND Harika Dronavalli2466
USA Carissa Yip2466
UKR Mariya Muzychuk2463

Top juniors

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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 February 2026 as follows:

RankPlayerRating1234567810911121314151617181920
IND Gukesh D2754
TUR Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş2658
RUS Volodar Murzin2652
TUR Ediz Gürel2645
IND Pranav V2641
USA Abhimanyu Mishra2629
IND Pranesh M2627
RUS Aleksey Grebnev2621
FRA Marc'Andria Maurizzi2611
IND Leon Luke Mendonca2610
IND Aditya Mittal2610
USA Andy Woodward2608
USA Christopher Yoo2607
IND Pranav Anand2606
BLR Denis Lazavik2605
UKR Ihor Samunenkov2604
IRI Bardiya Daneshvar2597
IRI Sina Movahed2596
IND Bharath Subramaniyam2595
RUS Ivan Zemlyanskii2592

Top girls

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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 February 2026 as follows:

RankPlayerRating1243567891011121314151617181920
CHN Lu Miaoyi2438
RUS Anna Shukhman2431
UZB Afruza Khamdamova2403
USA Alice Lee2399
NED Eline Roebers2398
KAZ Amina Kairbekova2379
HUN Zsóka Gaál2377
KAZ Alua Nurman2363
USA Rachael Li2358
IND Savitha Shri Baskar2356
USA Zoey Tang2356
IRI Melika Mohammadi2342
USA Rose Atwell2337
UZB Umida Omonova2334
UZB Guldona Karimova2323
KAZ Elnaz Kaliakhmet2321
NED Machteld van Foreest2320
SUI Or Shatil2305
IND Sarayu Velpula2297
RUS Diana Khafizova2294

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 on 1 February 2026 as follows:

RankFederationAverage top 10 rating1234567891011121314151617181920
2727
2712
2654
2652
2636
2626
2624
2623
2620
2618
2616
2606
2601
2592
2589
2588
2572
2572
2566
2560

References

References

  1. "Top 100 Players January 2026". FIDE.
  2. "Top 100 Women January 2026". FIDE.
  3. "Top 100 Juniors January 2026". FIDE.
  4. "Top 100 Girls January 2026". FIDE.
  5. "FIDE Top Federations Open". FIDE.
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