Reigning World Chess Champion
China’s Ding Liren
31 Years Old
Now #15 Rated Chess Player in the World
Rated 2745
World Chess Ratings
August 2024
Interesting Chess Rating Factoids
1. The World Chess Champion is NOT the #1 rated player in the world!
2. The Women’s World Chess Champion is NOT the #1 rated woman player in the world!
3. The #1 rated woman is no longer in the Top 100 rated players in the world.
4. Magnus Carlsen, #1 rated, needs only 68 points to reach 2900, a rating no human has ever achieved!
Norway’s Magnus Carlsen
#1 Ranked Player in the World
Norway’s Magnus Carlsen
33-years-old
Retired 5-Time World Chess Champion
2832
August 2024
Will Magnus reach 2900 in 2024?
Only 68-points to go!
Magnus Carlsen retired after winning five World Chess Championship matches–undefeated in championship matches–and did not defend his title in 2023.
China’s Ding Liren Smiling
on
A Good Day!
A Real Gentleman
Top 10 Women in World
August 2024
#1 Rated Woman Chess Player in the World!
China’s Hou Yifan
30-years-old
Retired 4-Time Women’s World Chess Champion
#112 Ranked Chess Player in the World
Rated 2633
August 2024
Hou Yifan Now #112 in the World!
Overall, at 2633 Hou Yifan is no longer in the Top 100 highest rated chess players in the world! She’s now rated the #112 strongest chess player in the world.
She is 5 points below the 100th top rated players in the world, China’s Qun Ma. 32-year-old Qun Ma, born in 1981, is the #100 strongest rated player at 2638.
Hou Yifan Relinquishes Title!
Hou Yifan relinquished her Women’s World Chess Champion title in 2018 to pursue her studies at Oxford, and she plays only a few Classical Chess games a year now to maintain her #1 rating.
Reigning Women’s World Chess Champion
China’s Wenjun Ju
33-years-old
Reigning 4-Time Women’s World Chess Champion
#2 Ranked Woman Chess Player
#302 Ranked Chess Player in the World!
Rated 2563
August 2024
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Beginner’s Book – Chess Rules For Students
Chess Rules For Students is a workbook for students learning the game of chess and for beginning students returning to the game. No previous knowledge of chess is necessary. Parents unfamiliar with chess will find this booklet a valuable guide to their child’s new interest.
Chess Rules For Students is designed with students, coaches, and parents in mind. Reading level is appropriate for grade-school use. All major rules of chess are covered, and algebraic notation worksheets are included. Each page is in easy-to-use worksheet format.
A student-friendly Answer Key makes self-correction fun!
Beginners & Intermediate Book – Checkmate! Ideas For Students
Checkmate! Ideas For Students is a workbook for beginning and intermediate students. Checkmate! covers the tactics used in checkmate attacks with clear explanations, diagrams and arrows to pinpoint the key features.
Unlike many other basic checkmate books, Checkmate! categorizes the checkmates by the tactics used to force the checkmate–like Pins, Sacrifices, Removing the Guard, Attraction, Clearance and Attacking Flight Squares–rather than only the checkmate pattern itself.
The worksheets and Answer Key are clear and simple for the student to use, and easy for the parent, teacher and coach to correct! Fun!
Intermediate & Advanced Book – Chess Tactics For Students
Chess Tactics For Students contains 434 carefully selected problems in worksheet format.
Chess Tactics has been extensively field tested with elementary, middle-school, and high-school students over a four-year period. This book is ideal for independent seat work as well as for homework and classroom instruction.
The worksheet format and Answer Key enable self-correction with minimal dependence or direct help from a chess teacher, coach, or parent.
