These Chess Rankings are issued by: World Chess Federation (FIDE)
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Rankings as of 28th May 2018
Standard Chess Rankings – Men
Fabiaono Caruana left Azerbaijan’s Mamedyarov behind as he took the lead by 14 points and placed himself 2nd in the World Chess rankings. Ding Liren of China also made his way to the Top 5 as he jumped three ranks above to place himself 5th in the Men’s chess rankings.
Other players that upgraded their ranks include Sergey Karjakin, Alexander Grischuk, Teimour Radjabov, Radosław Wojtaszek and Nikita Vitiugov.
| Rank | Name | Country | Matches | Total Points |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | Norway | 18 | 2843 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 20 | 2822 |
| 3 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | Azerbaijan | 9 | 2808 |
| 4 | Kramnik, Vladimir | Russia | 0 | 2792 |
| 5 | Ding, Liren | China | 11 | 2791 |
| 6 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | France | 11 | 2789 |
| 7 | Karjakin, Sergey | Russia | 9 | 2782 |
| 8 | So, Wesley | USA | 11 | 2778 |
| 9 | Giri, Anish | Netherlands | 9 | 2776 |
| 10 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 11 | 2769 |
| 11 | Grischuk, Alexander | Russia | 0 | 2766 |
| 12 | Aronian, Levon | Armenia | 9 | 2764 |
| 13 | Anand, Viswanathan | India | 11 | 2760 |
| 14 | Svidler, Peter | Russia | 2 | 2760 |
| 15 | Yu, Yangyi | China | 4 | 2754 |
| 16 | Radjabov, Teimour | Azerbaijan | 9 | 2751 |
| 17 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | Russia | 0 | 2751 |
| 18 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | Poland | 14 | 2750 |
| 19 | Topalov, Veselin | FID | 9 | 2747 |
| 20 | Vitiugov, Nikita | Russia | 9 | 2740 |
Standard Chess Rankings – Women
The top 6 rankings remain unchanged, however several changes were seen below the Top 6. Lei Tinjie took the 7th position from Mariya who is now placed at the 8th position and Valentina broke into the Top 10 rankings by moving up 3 ranks above.
But, the highest jump in rankings was that of Zhansaya who jumped up by 16 ranks and is now placed 17th in the rankings table.
| Rank | Name | Country | Matches | Total Points |
| 1 | Hou, Yifan | China | 18 | 2843 |
| 2 | Ju, Wenjun | China | 20 | 2822 |
| 3 | Muzychuk, Anna | Ukraine | 9 | 2808 |
| 4 | Lagno, Kateryna | Russia | 0 | 2792 |
| 5 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | Russia | 11 | 2791 |
| 6 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | Latvia | 11 | 2789 |
| 7 | Lei, Tingjie | China | 9 | 2782 |
| 8 | Muzychuk, Mariya | Ukraine | 11 | 2778 |
| 9 | Gunina, Valentina | Russia | 9 | 2776 |
| 10 | Tan, Zhongyi | China | 11 | 2769 |
| 11 | Dzagnidze, Nana | Georgia | 0 | 2766 |
| 12 | Batsiashvili, Nino | Georgia | 9 | 2764 |
| 13 | Harika, Dronavalli | India | 11 | 2760 |
| 14 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | Russia | 2 | 2760 |
| 15 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | FID | 4 | 2754 |
| 16 | Sebag, Marie | France | 9 | 2751 |
| 17 | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | Kazakhstan | 18 | 2484 |
| 18 | Saduakassova, Dinara | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2484 |
| 19 | Zhao, Xue | China | 0 | 2478 |
| 20 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | Germany | 12 | 2475 |
Rapid Chess Rankings – Men
It is Carlsen Magnus who after holds the number one position in standard and now in rapid chess rankings also. He is followed by Cuba’s Dominguez Perez followed by Anand Viswanathan who is behind him by 4 points.
| Rank | Name | Country | Matches | Total Points |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | Norway | 0 | 2880 |
| 2 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | Cuba | 0 | 2826 |
| 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | India | 0 | 2822 |
| 4 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 0 | 2813 |
| 5 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | Russia | 0 | 2810 |
| 6 | Aronian, Levon | Armenia | 0 | 2795 |
| 7 | Wang, Hao | China | 0 | 2792 |
| 8 | Grischuk, Alexander | Russia | 0 | 2783 |
| 9 | Kasparov, Garry | Russia | 0 | 2783 |
| 10 | Giri, Anish | Netherlands | 0 | 2779 |
| 11 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | France | 0 | 2777 |
| 12 | Kramnik, Vladimir | Russia | 0 | 2775 |
| 13 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | Russia | 0 | 2770 |
| 14 | Artemiev, Vladislav | Russia | 0 | 2767 |
| 15 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2766 |
| 16 | Yu, Yangyi | China | 10 | 2765 |
| 17 | So, Wesley | USA | 0 | 2763 |
| 18 | Ding, Liren | China | 10 | 2760 |
| 19 | Onischuk, Vladimir | Ukraine | 0 | 2754 |
| 20 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 0 | 2753 |
Rapid Chess Rankings – Women
Chinese and Russian chess players are the ones that have crowded these rankings, but it is Ukraine’s Muzychuk who tops the table by 2597 points with Hou Yifan only 2 points behind her.
| Rank | Name | Country | Matches | Total Points |
| 1 | Muzychuk, Anna | Ukraine | 11 | 2597 |
| 2 | Hou, Yifan | China | 0 | 2595 |
| 3 | Ju, Wenjun | China | 0 | 2568 |
| 4 | Lagno, Kateryna | Russia | 0 | 2533 |
| 5 | Muzychuk, Mariya | Ukraine | 0 | 2521 |
| 6 | Dzagnidze, Nana | Georgia | 0 | 2515 |
| 7 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | Russia | 11 | 2507 |
| 8 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | Germany | 11 | 2506 |
| 9 | Lei, Tingjie | China | 0 | 2505 |
| 10 | Khotenashvili, Bela | Georgia | 11 | 2494 |
| 11 | Ushenina, Anna | Ukraine | 11 | 2489 |
| 12 | Danielian, Elina | Armenia | 0 | 2488 |
| 13 | Harika, Dronavalli | India | 0 | 2480 |
| 14 | Gunina, Valentina | Russia | 11 | 2478 |
| 15 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | Russia | 11 | 2477 |
| 16 | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | Russia | 11 | 2468 |
| 17 | Huang, Qian | China | 0 | 2463 |
| 18 | Tan, Zhongyi | China | 0 | 2462 |
| 19 | Pham, Le Thao Nguyen | Vietnam | 0 | 2456 |
| 20 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | FID | 11 | 2453 |
Blitz Chess Rankings – Men
Carlsen Magnus tops the blitz rankings once again as the World’s standard and rapid rankings topper now is the top ranked player in all three divisions of Chess. Overall, the blitz rankings is dominated by Russian players followed by China who has the 2nd highest number of players in the Top 20 Blitz rankings.
| Rank | Name | Country | Matches | Total Points |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | Norway | 0 | 2965 |
| 2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 0 | 2869 |
| 3 | Artemiev, Vladislav | Russia | 15 | 2849 |
| 4 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | Russia | 0 | 2846 |
| 5 | Aronian, Levon | Armenia | 0 | 2843 |
| 6 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | France | 0 | 2839 |
| 7 | Karjakin, Sergey | Russia | 0 | 2838 |
| 8 | Grischuk, Alexander | Russia | 0 | 2831 |
| 9 | So, Wesley | USA | 0 | 2824 |
| 10 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 0 | 2814 |
| 11 | Kasparov, Garry | Russia | 0 | 2801 |
| 12 | Yu, Yangyi | China | 0 | 2799 |
| 13 | Ding, Liren | China | 0 | 2793 |
| 14 | Kramnik, Vladimir | Russia | 0 | 2793 |
| 15 | Anand, Viswanathan | India | 0 | 2784 |
| 16 | Svidler, Peter | Russia | 0 | 2779 |
| 17 | Wang, Hao | China | 0 | 2779 |
| 18 | Andreikin, Dmitry | Russia | 0 | 2777 |
| 19 | Giri, Anish | Netherlands | 0 | 2776 |
| 20 | Andriasian, Zaven | Armenia | 0 | 2766 |
Blitz Chess Rankings – Women
The competition in the first two ranks is tough as Georgia’s Dzagnidze is only 6 points ahead of he number 2nd Lagno Kateryna. However, it is Muzychuk of Ukraine that is catching up on these two and if she keeps winning she might become the top-ranked player in this category.
| Rank | Name | Country | Matches | Total Points |
| 1 | Dzagnidze, Nana | Georgia | 0 | 2580 |
| 2 | Lagno, Kateryna | Russia | 0 | 2574 |
| 3 | Muzychuk, Anna | Ukraine | 13 | 2559 |
| 4 | Ju, Wenjun | China | 0 | 2558 |
| 5 | Zhao, Xue | China | 0 | 2539 |
| 6 | Gunina, Valentina | Russia | 13 | 2519 |
| 7 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | FID | 13 | 2496 |
| 8 | Tan, Zhongyi | China | 0 | 2494 |
| 9 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | Russia | 13 | 2489 |
| 10 | Harika, Dronavalli | India | 0 | 2473 |
| 11 | Lei, Tingjie | China | 0 | 2455 |
| 12 | Matnadze, Ana | Spain | 13 | 2449 |
| 13 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | Russia | 13 | 2448 |
| 14 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | Latvia | 0 | 2435 |
| 15 | Michna, Marta | Germany | 0 | 2433 |
| 16 | Sebag, Marie | France | 0 | 2433 |
| 17 | Wang, Jue | China | 0 | 2430 |
| 18 | Kulon, Klaudia | Poland | 13 | 2426 |
| 19 | Krush, Irina | USA | 0 | 2424 |
| 20 | Ushenina, Anna | Ukraine | 13 | 2419 |
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