by John Bain | Aug 2, 2025 | Blog, World Chess Ratings
Hikaru NakamuraalsoThe Richest ($$$) Chess Player in the World! byJohn Bain USA’s Japanese-American Hikaru Nakamura is not only the richest chess player in the world, he is now the #2 rated chess player in the in Classical Chess. Only two chess players are rated... Read more 
by John Bain | Aug 12, 2024 | Blog, World Chess Ratings
Reigning World Chess Champion China’s Ding Liren 31 Years OldNow #15 Rated Chess Player in the WorldRated 2745 World Chess RatingsAugust 2024 Interesting Chess Rating Factoids 1. The World Chess Champion is NOT the #1 rated player in the world!2. The... Read more 
by John Bain | Mar 18, 2024 | Blog, World Chess Ratings
Why no women in the Top 100 chess players in the world? The question remains in 2024. Recently, the world’s #1 rated woman chess player, retired 4-time world champion, 30-year-old China’s Yifan Hou (2664) lost a few rating points and dropped from the Top... Read more 
by John Bain | May 4, 2020 | World Chess Ratings
The coronavirus halted the Candidate Tournament and all over-the-board rated play so ratings are the same as last month. Unlikely FIDE will sanction over-the-board play before July or August. Hopefully, the Candidates Tournament will resume and a challenger arise to... Read more 
by John Bain | Apr 9, 2020 | World Chess Ratings
Russia’s Aleksandra GoryachikinaNow rated 2582!See the Top 10 Rated Women in World below. Who Will ChallengeMagnus CarlseninNovember 2020? Only one of eight top rated chess players in the world will challenge Magnus Carlsen for the World Chess... Read more 
by John Bain | Mar 3, 2020 | World Chess Ratings
Who Will ChallengeMagnus CarlseninNovember 2020? Only one of eight top rated chess players in the world will challenge Magnus Carlsen for the World Chess Championship tentatively scheduled for November in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The 2020 Candidates... Read more 
