These Chess Rankings are issued by: World Chess Federation (FIDE)
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World Chess Rankings as of 17th August 2018
Standard Chess Rankings – Men
Carlsen Magnus retains his top rank with Caruana Fabiano and Mamedyarov Shakhriyar, placed at the 2nd and 3rd position respectively. India’s grandmaster, Anand Vishwanathan upgraded his rank by one place and is now placed at the 11th position.
| Rank | Name | Country | Games | Points |
| 1 | Carlsen Magnus | Norway | 0 | 2842 |
| 2 | Caruana Fabiano | USA | 0 | 2822 |
| 3 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2801 |
| 4 | Ding Liren | China | 0 | 2797 |
| 5 | Giri Anish | Netherlands | 7 | 2780 |
| 6 | So Wesley | USA | 0 | 2780 |
| 7 | Kramnik Vladimir | Russia | 7 | 2779 |
| 8 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | France | 0 | 2779 |
| 9 | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 0 | 2777 |
| 10 | Karjakin Sergey | Russia | 0 | 2773 |
| 11 | Nepomniachtchi Ian | Russia | 7 | 2768 |
| 12 | Anand Viswanathan | India | 0 | 2768 |
| 13 | Aronian Levon | Armenia | 0 | 2767 |
| 14 | Grischuk Alexander | Russia | 0 | 2766 |
| 15 | Yu Yangyi | China | 4 | 2760 |
| 16 | Svidler Peter | Russia | 0 | 2753 |
| 17 | Radjabov Teimour | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2751 |
| 18 | Jakovenko Dmitry | Russia | 4 | 2748 |
| 19 | Topalov Veselin | Fide | 0 | 2747 |
| 20 | Navara David | Czech Republic | 0 | 2741 |
| 21 | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | Poland | 7 | 2740 |
| 22 | Harikrishna P. | India | 5 | 2739 |
| 23 | Wei Yi | China | 7 | 2735 |
| 24 | Vitiugov Nikita | Russia | 10 | 2730 |
| 25 | Le Quang Liem | Vietnam | 9 | 2727 |
| 26 | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | Poland | 7 | 2727 |
| 27 | Shankland Samuel | USA | 0 | 2727 |
| 28 | Rapport Richard | Hungary | 0 | 2719 |
| 29 | Cheparinov Ivan | Georgia | 4 | 2718 |
| 30 | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | India | 4 | 2715 |
| 31 | Li Chao b | China | 4 | 2714 |
| 32 | Bu Xiangzhi | China | 0 | 2712 |
| 33 | Naiditsch Arkadij | Azerbaijan | 17 | 2711 |
| 34 | Kryvoruchko Yuriy | Ukraine | 0 | 2711 |
| 35 | Wang Hao | China | 0 | 2711 |
| 36 | Andreikin Dmitry | Russia | 14 | 2710 |
| 37 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | Ukraine | 0 | 2710 |
| 38 | Mamedov Rauf | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2708 |
| 39 | Fedoseev Vladimir | Russia | 0 | 2707 |
| 40 | Vallejo Pons Francisco | Spain | 0 | 2707 |
| 41 | Adams Michael | England | 0 | 2706 |
| 42 | Eljanov Pavel | Ukraine | 0 | 2706 |
| 43 | Gelfand Boris | Israel | 0 | 2703 |
| 44 | Almasi Zoltan | Hungary | 5 | 2702 |
| 45 | Artemiev Vladislav | Russia | 0 | 2702 |
| 46 | Tomashevsky Evgeny | Russia | 0 | 2702 |
| 47 | Bacrot Etienne | France | 8 | 2699 |
| 48 | Sadler Matthew D | England | 0 | 2693 |
| 49 | Nabaty Tamir | Israel | 7 | 2692 |
| 50 | Dubov Daniil | Russia | 0 | 2691 |
Standard Chess Rankings – Women
Hou Yifan retains her rank at the top of Women’s Standard Chess rankings, followed by Ju Wenjun and Muzychuk Anna who are placed at 2nd and 3rd respectively.
| Rank | Name | Country | Games | Points |
| 1 | Hou Yifan | China | 0 | 2658 |
| 2 | Ju Wenjun | China | 4 | 2566 |
| 3 | Muzychuk Anna | Ukraine | 0 | 2564 |
| 4 | Kosteniuk Alexandra | Russia | 9 | 2559 |
| 5 | Lagno Kateryna | Russia | 0 | 2556 |
| 6 | Goryachkina Aleksandra | Russia | 9 | 2535 |
| 7 | Tan Zhongyi | China | 4 | 2530 |
| 8 | Muzychuk Mariya | Ukraine | 15 | 2528 |
| 9 | Gunina Valentina | Russia | 4 | 2528 |
| 10 | Dzagnidze Nana | Georgia | 0 | 2519 |
| 11 | Paehtz Elisabeth | Germany | 7 | 2500 |
| 12 | Saduakassova Dinara | Kazakhstan | 9 | 2495 |
| 13 | Harika Dronavalli | India | 0 | 2494 |
| 14 | Batsiashvili Nino | Georgia | 0 | 2492 |
| 15 | Stefanova Antoaneta | Fide | 0 | 2490 |
| 16 | Abdumalik Zhansaya | Kazakhstan | 9 | 2481 |
| 17 | Sebag Marie | France | 0 | 2480 |
| 18 | Zhao Xue | China | 0 | 2478 |
| 19 | Javakhishvili Lela | Georgia | 0 | 2475 |
| 20 | Lei Tingjie | China | 4 | 2471 |
| 21 | Khotenashvili Bela | Georgia | 4 | 2470 |
| 22 | Pogonina Natalija | Russia | 9 | 2469 |
| 23 | Socko Monika | Poland | 9 | 2466 |
| 24 | Cornette Deimante | Latvia | 25 | 2463 |
| 25 | Girya Olga | Russia | 13 | 2462 |
| 26 | Atalik Ekaterina | Turkey | 0 | 2461 |
| 27 | Shen Yang | China | 6 | 2458 |
| 28 | Ushenina Anna | Ukraine | 11 | 2455 |
| 29 | Cramling Pia | Sweden | 9 | 2453 |
| 30 | Bodnaruk Anastasia | Russia | 9 | 2449 |
| 31 | Huang Qian | China | 3 | 2445 |
| 32 | Kashlinskaya Alina | Russia | 9 | 2440 |
| 33 | Hunt Harriet V | England | 0 | 2439 |
| 34 | Ni Shiqun | China | 14 | 2436 |
| 35 | Zawadzka Jolanta | Poland | 10 | 2435 |
| 36 | Zatonskih Anna | USA | 0 | 2431 |
| 37 | Krush Irina | USA | 9 | 2429 |
| 38 | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | Mongolia | 19 | 2428 |
| 39 | Mammadzada Gunay | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2426 |
| 40 | Galliamova Alisa | Russia | 9 | 2424 |
| 41 | Ding Yixin | China | 4 | 2424 |
| 42 | Hoang Thanh Trang | Hungary | 0 | 2423 |
| 43 | Zhu Chen | Qatar | 0 | 2423 |
| 44 | Turova Irina | Russia | 0 | 2422 |
| 45 | Zimina Olga | Italy | 7 | 2421 |
| 46 | Nechaeva Marina | Russia | 18 | 2419 |
| 47 | Danielian Elina | Armenia | 9 | 2419 |
| 48 | Alexandrova Olga | Spain | 0 | 2419 |
| 49 | Tsolakidou Stavroula | Greece | 18 | 2418 |
| 50 | Badelka Olga | Belarus | 16 | 2416 |
Junior Standard Chess Rankings – Boys
Duda Jan-Krzysztof is placed at the top of the table with Wei Yi and Artemiev Vladislav at the 2nd and 3rd position respectively.
| Rank | Name | Country | Games | Points |
| 1 | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | China | 7 | 2740 |
| 2 | Wei Yi | China | 7 | 2735 |
| 3 | Artemiev Vladislav | Ukraine | 0 | 2702 |
| 4 | Xiong Jeffery | Russia | 13 | 2650 |
| 5 | Sevian Samuel | Russia | 17 | 2645 |
| 6 | Van Foreest Jorden | Russia | 16 | 2636 |
| 7 | Maghsoodloo Parham | China | 0 | 2636 |
| 8 | Paravyan David | Ukraine | 18 | 2630 |
| 9 | Gledura Benjamin | Russia | 0 | 2626 |
| 10 | Tari Aryan | Georgia | 19 | 2618 |
| 11 | Sarana Alexey | Germany | 9 | 2613 |
| 12 | Donchenko Alexander | Kazakhstan | 9 | 2612 |
| 13 | Karthikeyan Murali | India | 0 | 2609 |
| 14 | Martirosyan Haik M. | Georgia | 9 | 2597 |
| 15 | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | Fide | 9 | 2594 |
| 16 | Bai Jinshi | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2590 |
| 17 | Tabatabaei M.amin | France | 0 | 2590 |
| 18 | Esipenko Andrey | China | 9 | 2589 |
| 19 | Xu Xiangyu | Georgia | 4 | 2588 |
| 20 | Aravindh,Chithambaram VR. | China | 9 | 2581 |
| 21 | Vorontsov Pavlo | Georgia | 18 | 2578 |
| 22 | Liang Awonder | Russia | 27 | 2575 |
| 23 | Narayanan.S.L | Poland | 0 | 2574 |
| 24 | Schroeder Jan-Christian | Latvia | 0 | 2573 |
| 25 | Petrosyan Manuel | Russia | 9 | 2567 |
| 26 | Pichot Alan | Turkey | 0 | 2564 |
| 27 | Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo | China | 27 | 2561 |
| 28 | Firouzja Alireza | Ukraine | 0 | 2561 |
| 29 | Li Ruifeng | Sweden | 18 | 2560 |
| 30 | Rambaldi Francesco | Russia | 0 | 2557 |
Junior Standard Chess Rankings – Girls
Goryachkina Aleksandra is placed at the top of the Standard chess girls ranking with Abdumalik Zhansaya and Mammadzada Gunay at the 2nd and 3rd position respectively.
| Rank | Name | Country | Games | Points |
| 1 | Goryachkina Aleksandra | Russia | 9 | 2535 |
| 2 | Abdumalik Zhansaya | Kazakhstan | 9 | 2481 |
| 3 | Mammadzada Gunay | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2426 |
| 4 | Tsolakidou Stavroula | Greece | 18 | 2418 |
| 5 | Badelka Olga | Belarus | 16 | 2416 |
| 6 | Shuvalova Polina | Russia | 9 | 2413 |
| 7 | Osmak Iulija | Ukraine | 10 | 2410 |
| 8 | Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel | Mongolia | 18 | 2366 |
| 9 | Garcia Martin Marta | Spain | 10 | 2361 |
| 10 | Hojjatova Aydan | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2356 |
| 11 | Salimova Nurgyul | Fida | 8 | 2352 |
| 12 | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | Uzbekistan | 0 | 2350 |
| 13 | Assaubayeva Bibisara | Russia | 0 | 2346 |
| 14 | Unuk Laura | Slovenia | 9 | 2340 |
| 15 | Zhu Jiner | China | 4 | 2340 |
| 16 | Protopopova Anastasiya | Russia | 9 | 2332 |
| 17 | Balajayeva Khanim | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2332 |
| 18 | Sargsyan Anna M. | Armenia | 9 | 2331 |
| 19 | Yao Lan | China | 0 | 2330 |
| 20 | Yu Jennifer | USA | 27 | 2327 |
| 21 | Gorti Akshita | USA | 26 | 2327 |
| 22 | Marjanovic Annamaria | Hungary | 18 | 2326 |
| 23 | Narva Mai | Estonia | 9 | 2320 |
| 24 | Dordzhieva Dinara | Russia | 14 | 2314 |
| 25 | Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh | Mongolia | 36 | 2313 |
| 26 | Khomeriki Nino | Georgia | 17 | 2313 |
| 27 | Yip Carissa | USA | 23 | 2301 |
| 28 | Obolentseva Alexandra | Russia | 9 | 2301 |
| 29 | Di Benedetto Desiree | Italy | 10 | 2295 |
| 30 | Vazquez Maccarini Danitza | Puerto Rico | 9 | 2295 |
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