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The cut-off value is 2700 for men (players with a rating at or above this value are colloquially known as super grandmasters) and 2500 for women. Notably, only six players achieved their over-2700 peak before the year 2000 and twenty-one players achieved their respective peak between the years 2000 and 2009 (inclusive).
The 2025 FIDE Circuit is a system comprising the top chess tournaments in 2025, which serves as a qualification path for the Candidates Tournament 2026. Players receive points based on their performance and the strength of the tournament.
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.
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. Most of the systems are used to ...
A FIDE-rated individual standard tournament is eligible for the Circuit if it meets the following criteria: [1] Finish between 1 January 2024 and 15 December 2024. Has at least 8 players. Has at least 7 rounds (4 rounds for knockout events). The 8 highest-rated players have an average standard rating of at least 2550 at the start of tournament.
Rating World ranking Freestyle Rating [19] (February 2025) The top three finishers in the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge: Magnus Carlsen (winner) 34 2833 1 2841.0 Fabiano Caruana (runner-up) 32 2803 2 2798.2 Levon Aronian (third place) 42 2745 12 2749.6 The three highest rated players in the April 2024 FIDE rankings: Hikaru Nakamura: 37 ...
The most well known statistical method was devised by Arpad Elo in 1960 and elaborated on in his 1978 book The Rating of Chessplayers, Past and Present. [1] He gave ratings to players corresponding to their performance over the best five-year span of their career. According to this system the highest ratings achieved were: 2725: José Raúl ...
Gürel played in the 2023 Chess World Cup, causing a major upset when he defeated Velimir Ivić in the first game of their round one encounter. [5]Gürel secured the third Grandmaster (GM) norm in the Challengers tournament at the 2024 Prague Chess Festival, [6] winning the event with 6.5/9 and qualifying for the Masters group for the 2025 edition.