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Women's rankings

The top 50 active women on the November 2026 classical list from FIDE, the world chess federation. Hou Yifan is first with 2596.

Hou YifanFirstHou Yifan2596 · China
SecondZhu Jiner2559 · China
Ju WenjunThirdJu Wenjun2553 · China
#PlayerCountryRating+/−
1GMHou YifanChinaChina25960
2GMZhu JinerChinaChina25590
3GMJu WenjunChinawomen's world championChina25530
4GMLei TingjieChinaChina25520
5GMAleksandra GoryachkinaFIDE flagFIDE flag2540+4
6GMTan ZhongyiChinaChina25360
7GMBibisara AssaubayevaKazakhstanKazakhstan25320
8GMAnna MuzychukUkraineUkraine25240
9GMKoneru HumpyIndiaIndia2520+2
10IMPolina ShuvalovaFIDE flagFIDE flag2514+5
11GMKateryna LagnoRussiaRussia25060
12GMDivya DeshmukhIndiaIndia24880
13GMAlexandra KosteniukSwitzerlandSwitzerland2478−3
14IMAlina KashlinskayaPolandPoland24740
14IMAlice LeeUnited StatesUnited States2474+7
16GMNana DzagnidzeGeorgiaGeorgia24670
17IMSong YuxinChinaChina24650
18GMNino BatsiashviliGeorgiaGeorgia2463+4
18GMMariya MuzychukUkraineUkraine24630
20WFMAnastasiia HnatyshynUkraineUkraine24620
21IMAlua NurmanKazakhstanKazakhstan24600
22IMCarissa YipUnited StatesUnited States2453−31
23IMStavroula TsolakidouGreeceGreece2452+1
23GMVaishali RameshbabuIndiaIndia24520
25WGMAfruza KhamdamovaUzbekistanUzbekistan24470
26GMHarika DronavalliIndiaIndia2444−9
27GMZhao XueChinaChina24390
28IMLeya GarifullinaFIDE flagFIDE flag2437+19
28GMBella KhotenashviliGeorgiaGeorgia24370
30IMNurgyul SalimovaBulgariaBulgaria2435+6
31WIMRachael LiUnited StatesUnited States2430+50
32IMEline RoebersNetherlandsNetherlands2429+28
33WGMMariam MkrtchyanArmeniaArmenia24210
33IMAnna ShukhmanFIDE flagFIDE flag2421−13
35IMYuliia OsmakUkraineUkraine24180
36FMBeloslava KrastevaBulgariaBulgaria2417+61
36IMMai NarvaEstoniaEstonia24170
38GMIrina KrushUnited StatesUnited States2415+11
39IMSarasadat KhademalshariehSpainSpain24140
39FMBodhana SivanandanEnglandEngland2414+31
41GMElisabeth PähtzGermanyGermany2413+9
42IMLu MiaoyiChinaChina2411+11
43GMAnna UsheninaUkraineUkraine2408+5
44IMOliwia KiołbasaPolandPoland24050
44IMSavitha Shri BaskarIndiaIndia24050
46IMOlga BadelkaAustriaAustria2402−6
46GMMarie SebagFranceFrance24020
48GMAntoaneta StefanovaBulgariaBulgaria24010
49IMMeruert KamalidenovaKazakhstanKazakhstan24000
50IMVantika AgrawalIndiaIndia2399−3
  • Source: the rating list for classical games from FIDE, the world chess federation, November 2026. The list comes out on the 1st of each month.
  • Only active players are included, meaning those who have played at least one rated game in the past year. Judit Polgár, for example, is still on FIDE's list at 2675, but counts as inactive and so isn't included here.
  • The rank is counted among all active players who are women. Equal ratings share a rank: two at No. 14, then No. 16. The order among tied players means nothing.
  • The change is the rating compared with the October 2026 list. “New” means the player wasn't on that list.
  • The titles: GM grandmaster, IM International Master, FM FIDE Master, CM Candidate Master, and a W in front for the women's titles. More under What is a grandmaster?
  • FIDE flag means the player doesn't compete for a country.

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Updated November 8, 2026