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Months at No. 1 Peak rating Age at first time No. 1 Date at first time No. 1 Rating at first time No. 1 Garry Kasparov: 255: 2851: 20 years, 263 days: January 1, 1984: 2710 Magnus Carlsen: 175: 2882: 19 years, 32 days: January 1, 2010: 2810 Anatoly Karpov: 102: 2780: 24 years, 223 days: January 1, 1976: 2695 Bobby Fischer: 54: 2785: 28 years ...
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.
Formerely highest-ranked Czech player (1999–2002), formerly highest-ranked Slovak player (2002–2010), highest-ranked Armenian player (since 2021) Czech Republic: David Navara: 2751 2015-05 1985 Highest-ranked Czech player (since 2005) Russia England: Nikita Vitiugov: 2751 2019-11 1987 51 Poland: Radosław Wojtaszek: 2750 2017-01 1987
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]
In May 2023, he earned his final IM norm at the Continental Chess Championship (only needing to surpass 2400 rating to earn the title). He recorded the best performance by a Trinidadian player at the event and increased his rating to place him as the second highest rated player in the English-speaking Caribbean.
A chess rating system is a system used in chess to estimate the strength of a player, based on their performance versus other players. They are used by organizations such as FIDE, the US Chess Federation (USCF or US Chess), International Correspondence Chess Federation, and the English Chess Federation.
The British Chess Variants Society disbands. Variant Chess ceases publication. Viswanathan Anand beats Veselin Topalov in the World Chess Championship 2010, thus retaining the title of World Chess Champion.
The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess.The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing body, FIDE.Other than world champion, it is the highest title a chess player can attain and is awarded for life, although FIDE regulations allow for the revocation of titles for cheating or fraud.