TOP CHESS PLAYERS MAY 2022 & WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS
List of the chess grandmasters and countries which have the highest chess ratings (Elo)
CHESS PLAYERS MEN TOP TEN chess grandmasters |
| NAME | COUNTRY | RATING |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus |
NOR |
2864 |
2 | Firouzja, Alireza |
FRA |
2804 |
3 | Ding, Liren |
CHN |
2799 |
4 | Aronian, Levon |
USA |
2785 |
5 | Caruana, Fabiano |
USA |
2781 |
6 | So, Wesley |
USA |
2778 |
7 | Rapport, Richard |
HUN |
2776 |
8 | Giri, Anish |
NED |
2773 |
9 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
RUS |
2773 |
10 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
AZE |
2771 |
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CHESS PLAYERS WOMEN TOP TEN chess grandmasters & masters |
| NAME | COUNTRY | RATING |
1 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2650 |
2 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | RUS | 2610 |
3 | Ju, Wenjun | CHN | 2560 |
4 | Lagno, Kateryna | RUS | 2550 |
5 | Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2540 |
6 | Lei, Tingjie | CHN | 2535 |
7 | Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2531 |
8 | Muzychuk, Anna | UKR | 2529 |
9 | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2525 |
10 | Harika, Dronavalli | IND | 2517 |
COUNTRIES TOP TEN |
| COUNTRY | AVERAGE |
1 | USA | 2730 |
2 | Russia | 2711 |
3 | China | 2698 |
4 | India | 2673 |
5 | Ukraine | 2667 |
6 | Azerbaijan | 2655 |
7 | France | 2643 |
8 | Armenia | 2639 |
9 | Spain | 2639 |
10 | Germany | 2631 |
GM : Grand Master ; IM : International Master |
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS MENChess grand masters
|
NAME | YEAR | COUNTRY |
Wilhelm Steinitz | 1886–1894 | Austria/USA |
Emanuel Lasker | 1894–1921 | Germany |
José Raúl Capablanca | 1921–1927 | Cuba |
Alexander Alekhine | 1927–1935 | Russia/France |
Max Euwe | 1935-1937 | Netherlands |
Alexander Alekhine | 1937–1946 | France |
Mikhail Botvinnik | 1948–1957 | Soviet Union (Russia) |
Vasily Smyslov | 1957–1958 | Soviet Union (Russia) |
Mikhail Botvinnik | 1958–1960 | Soviet Union (Russia) |
Mikhail Tal | 1960–1961 | Soviet Union (Latvia) |
Mikhail Botvinnik | 1961–1963 | Soviet Union (Russia) |
Tigran Petrosian | 1963–1969 | Soviet Union (Armenia) |
Boris Spassky | 1969–1972 | Soviet Union (Russia) |
Robert J Fischer | 1972–1975 | United States |
Anatoly Karpov | 1975–1985 | Soviet Union (Russia) |
Garry Kasparov | 1985–1993 | Soviet Union (Russia) |
FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONS MEN AFTER 1993 |
Anatoly Karpov | 1993–1999 | Russia |
Alexander Khalifman | 1999–2000 | Russia |
Viswanathan Anand | 2000–2002 | India |
Ruslan Ponomariov | 2002–2004 | Ukraine |
Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2004–2005 | Uzbekistan |
Veselin Topalov | 2005–2006 | Bulgaria |
UNIFIED CHESS CHAMPIONS MEN (FIDE & PCA) |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2006–2007 | Russia |
Viswanathan Anand | 2007–2013 | India |
Magnus Carlsen | 2013–present | Norway |
PROFESSIONAL CHESS ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONS 1993 |
Garry Kasparov | 1993–2000 | Russia |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2000–2006 | Russia |
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS WOMEN |
NAME | YEAR | COUNTRY |
Vera Menchik | 1927–1944 | United Kingdom |
Ludmilla Rudenko | 1950–1953 | Soviet Union |
Elisabeth Bikova | 1953–1956 | Soviet Union |
Olga Rubzowa | 1956–1958 | Soviet Union |
Elisabeth Bikova | 1958–1962 | Soviet Union |
Nona Gaprindashvili | 1962–1978 | Georgia |
Maya Chiburdanidze | 1978–1991 | Georgia |
Xie Jun | 1991–1996 | China |
Susan Polgar | 1996–1999 | Hungary |
Xie Jun | 1999–2001 | China |
Zhu Chen | 2001–2004 | China |
Antoaneta Stefanova | 2004–2006 | Bulgaria |
Xu Yuhua | 2006-2008 | China |
Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2008-2010 | Russia |
Yifan Hou | 2010-2012 | China |
Anna Ushenina | 2012-2013 | Ukraine |
Yifan Hou | 2013-2015 | China |
Muzychuk Maria | 2015-2016 | Ukraine |
Yifan Hou | 2016 - 2017 | China |
Zhongyi Tan | 2017-2018 | China |
Wenjun Ju | 2018- | China |