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Highest-ranked Russian player, formerly world no. 1 (1984–1993, 1995–2006), former world champion (1985–2000), first player to achieve 2800+ rating, formerly highest-ranked player (1990–2012) 3 Italy United States: Fabiano Caruana: 2844 2014-10 1992
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Norwegian chess grandmaster (born 1990) For people with a similar name, see Magnus Carlsson (disambiguation), Magnus Karlsson (disambiguation), and Magnus Carlson. Magnus Carlsen Carlsen in 2024 Full name Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen Country Norway Born (1990-11-30) 30 November 1990 (age 34 ...
This was the highest FIDE rating in history until January 2013, when it was surpassed by Magnus Carlsen. On Kasparov's retirement, the world number one ranking passed to Veselin Topalov, since Kasparov was removed from the rating list in April 2006 due to inactivity. In April 2007, Viswanathan Anand became the sixth player to top the rankings. [2]
The average Elo rating of top players has risen over time. For instance, the average of the top 10 active players rose from 2751 in July 2000 to 2794 in July 2014, a 43-point increase in 14 years. The average rating of the top 100 players, meanwhile, increased from 2644 to 2703, a 59-point increase. [ 3 ]
Garry Kasparov was the world's highest-rated player on FIDE's rating list for a record 255 months, a number that is well ahead of all other world number ones since the inception of the list. [109] Before the list, Emanuel Lasker was the world's highest-rated player for 292 months between June 1890 and December 1926 according to Chessmetrics. [110]
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control.
The three highest rated players in the world, excluding any of the above or below (average from July 2011 and January 2012 FIDE rating lists) Magnus Carlsen: 22 2872 1 Levon Aronian: 30 2809 3 Vladimir Kramnik: 37 2810 2 Candidates Tournament Organizing committee's wild card (FIDE rating in January 2012 at least 2700) [5] [7] Teimour Radjabov ...
The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 FIDE World Rankings. [1] It was won by Sergey Karjakin, with Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura tied for second place. [2] Norway Chess 2014 took place in mid-June 2015 and was a part of the inaugural Grand Chess Tour. The ...