Know about the most recent FIDE chess Rating Top-20 Players rankings live 2022 and How the ranking method works
Reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen is currently ranked first in the FIDE rating with 2864 points. French Grandmaster Alirez is ranked second with a FIDE rating of 2804.
FIDE Chess Rankings And Ratings List 2022, Elo Rating System, Top Players And Top Chess Federations
FIDE Rating and Elo Rating System
International chess competition is governed by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). FIDE provides the “Top 100 Players,” “Top 100 Women,” “Top 100 Juniors,”, “Top 100 Girls”, and rankings of countries based on the average rating of their top 10 male and female players each month. Elo rating system is implemented for determining the FIDE Rating. The Elo rating of a player is represented by a number that can fluctuate depending on the results of rated games played.
The winning player deducts points from the losing player at the end of each game. The overall number of points won or lost after a game is determined by the difference between the winner’s and loser’s ratings. If the higher-rated player wins, the lower-rated player will lose only a few rating points. Many rating points will be transferred if the lower-rated player pulls off an upset triumph. In the event of a tie, the lower-rated player will earn a few points from the higher-rated player. This grading system is self-correcting in this way.
FIDE Rating Open Category Top 20 Players
Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand is the highest rated player from the country with a FIDE rating of 2751.
| Rank | Player and Nationality | FIDE Rating |
| 1 | Norway Magnus Carlsen | 2864 |
| 2 | France Alireza Firouzja | 2804 |
| 3 | China Ding Liren | 2799 |
| 4 | United States Levon Aronian | 2785 |
| 5 | United States Fabiano Caruana | 2781 |
| 6 | United States Wesley So | 2778 |
| 7 | Hungary Richárd Rapport | 2776 |
| 8 | Netherlands Anish Giri | 2773 |
| 9 | Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2773 |
| 10 | Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2771 |
| 11 | France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2758 |
| 12 | United States Leinier Domínguez | 2756 |
| 13 | Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov | 2753 |
| 14 | India Viswanathan Anand | 2751 |
| 15 | Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 2750 |
| 16 | United States Hikaru Nakamura | 2750 |
| 17 | Russia Sergey Karjakin | 2747 |
| 18 | China Wang Hao | 2744 |
| 19 | Russia Alexander Grischuk | 2742 |
| 20 | Bulgaria Veselin Topalov | 2730 |
FIDE Top Chess Federation Rankings
FIDE releases a list every month that ranks federations according on the average rating of their top 10 players. On April 1, 2022, the top 20 federations were ranked as follows. Currently, India has 8 players in the top 100 FIDE rated players in the open category.
| Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating |
| 1 | United States | 2728 |
| 2 | Russia | 2712 |
| 3 | China | 2697 |
| 4 | India | 2671 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 2670 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 2651 |
| 7 | France | 2643 |
| 8 | Armenia | 2636 |
| 9 | Spain | 2635 |
| 10 | Hungary | 2632 |
| 11 | Germany | 2631 |
| 12 | Poland | 2629 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 2628 |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 2607 |
| 15 | Israel | 2598 |
| 16 | Norway | 2594 |
| 17 | England | 2580 |
| 18 | Croatia | 2579 |
| 19 | Argentina | 2567 |
| 20 | Georgia | 2566 |
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