Context

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. FIDE used Elo rating system for calculating the relative skill levels of players.

Content

The dataset contains details of Top women chess players in the world sorted by their Standard FIDE rating (highest to lowest above 1800 Elo) as updated in August 2020. The data includes all active and inactive players which can be identified by the Inactive_flag column.

Note: All ratings are updated as published by FIDE in August 2020.

Acknowledgements

FIDE: https://www.fide.com/