The Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) is the organization that governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls", as well as rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players. The Elo rating system is used.
The top 20 positions on 1 February were ranked as follows:
The top 20 females were ranked on 1 February as follows:
Juniors are considered to be players who remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.
The top 20 positions were ranked on 1 February as follows:
This list includes female players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.
The top 20 positions were ranked on 1 February as follows:
FIDE publishes two lists ranking countries. The first ranks them according to the average rating of their top 10 players, while the other ranks them according to the average rating of their top 10 female players. The top 20 positions were ranked on 1 February in the former list as follows:
The top 20 countries by average rating of the top 10 female players were ranked on 1 February 2017 as follows: