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Revision as of 04:34, 9 December 2012
The Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) is the organization that governs international chess competition. At monthly intervals, FIDE publishes ratings of the best international chess players, as well as a ranking of the top 100 active players. The Elo rating system is used.
Rankings
The top 20 positions in the rankings for December 2012 are as follows:
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Magnus Carlsen
|
2857,4 |
| 2 |  Levon Aronian
|
2815 |
| 3 |  Vladimir Kramnik
|
2795 |
| 4 |  Teimour Radjabov
|
2793 |
| 5 |  Fabiano Caruana
|
2782 |
| 6 |  Viswanathan Anand
|
2775 |
| 7 | Sergey Karjakin
|
2775 |
| 8 |  Veselin Topalov
|
2771 |
| 9 |  Vassily Ivanchuk
|
2766 |
| 10 | Alexander Grischuk
|
2764 |
| 11 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
|
2764 |
| 12 |  Gata Kamsky
|
2762 |
| 13 | Hikaru Nakamura
|
2760 |
| 14 |  Boris Gelfand
|
2751 |
| 15 | Alexander Morozevich
|
2748 |
| 16 | Peter Svidler
|
2747 |
| 17 | Dmitry Jakovenko
|
2741 |
| 18 | Vugar Gashimov
|
2737 |
| 19 |  Wang Hao
|
2737 |
| 20 |  Leinier Dominguez Perez
|
2734 |
Women
Women may play in the same events as men in chess and are rated together with the men. As of December 2012, the highest rated woman player is Judit Polgár, ranked 41th, although Polgar has previously ranked as high as eighth.
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Judit Polgár
|
2705 |
| 2 | Humpy Koneru
|
2610 |
| 3 | Hou Yifan
|
2606 |
| 4 |  Anna Muzychuk
|
2586 |
| 5 | Zhao Xue
|
2565 |
| 6 |  Nana Dzagnidze
|
2555 |
| 7 | Kateryna Lahno
|
2553 |
| 8 | Nadezhda Kosintseva
|
2539 |
| 9 |  Viktorija Cmilyte
|
2524 |
| 10 |  Marie Sebag
|
2521 |
| 11 | Valentina Gunina
|
2517 |
| 12 |  Pia Cramling
|
2516 |
| 13 | Tatiana Kosintseva
|
2515 |
| 14 | Dronavalli Harika
|
2512 |
| 15 | Bela Khotenashvili
|
2504 |
Juniors
The top 20 positions in the rankings for December 2012 are as follows:
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabiano Caruana
|
2782 |
| 2 |  Anish Giri
|
2720 |
| 3 | Ding Liren
|
2702 |
| 4 |  Wesley So
|
2682 |
| 5 | Yu Yangyi
|
2681 |
| 6 | Sanan Sjugirov
|
2643|- |
| 7 | Parimarjan Negi
|
2641 |
| 8 | Illya Nyzhnyk
|
2637 |
| 9 | Aleksandr Shimanov
|
2630 |
| 10 |  Dariusz Swiercz
|
2627 |
| 11 | Eltaj Safarli
|
2626 |
| 12 | Yaroslav Zherebukh
|
2623 |
| 13 | Richard Rapport
|
2621 |
| 14 | Ray Robson
|
2615 |
| 15 |  Anton Kovalyov
|
2606 |
| 16 | Hou Yifan
|
2606 |
| 17 | Daniil Dubov
|
2600 |
| 18 |  Alexander Ipatov
|
2587 |
| 19 | Vasif Durarbayli
|
2587 |
| 20 | Nils Grandelius
|
2583 |
Source
- FIDE official website: top 100 active players.
- FIDE official website: top 100 women.
- FIDE official website: top 100 juniors.