India’s world champion player, Vishwanathan Anand is ranked today at number 3 on the official FIDE listing. Three others Indians appear on the Top 100 player list. The highest ranking Chinese, Yue Wang, is ranked Number 9. Hikaru Nakamura, at Number 28 is the highest ranking American on the list. Each country has just four players each on the list. Russia, on the other hand has 24 of the world’s top 100 chess players in this board game that originated in India. And if you count former Soviet republic countries, the total number of Russian influenced players would exceed 50 of the 100.
Last updated: October 26th, 2022
