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.
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Top players
The top 20 positions on 1 March were ranked as follows:
Top women
The top 20 females were ranked on 1 March as follows:
Top juniors
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 March as follows:
Top girls
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 March as follows:
Top countries
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 March in the former list as follows:
Female list
The top 20 countries by average rating of the top 10 female players were ranked on 1 March 2017 as follows: