FIDE historical ratings

FIDE historical ratings were originally released on Chess Informant's Chess Is Chess CD; click here for our August 2001 review of the CD. The source text files from the CD were graciously supplied by Chess Informant in December 2003.

Permission to load the files to this site was granted by FIDE, the World Chess Federation. FIDE qualified its permission, saying 'FIDE endorsement can follow only after a thorough check with written records.'

The files are provided 'as is'. Except for random comparisons with various sources, they have not been thoroughly checked.

Index of /ratings

1975-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    15k
1976-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    17k
1977-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    19k
1978-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    20k
1979-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    24k
1980-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    28k
1981-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    32k
1982-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    36k
1983-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    40k
1984-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    40k
1985-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    44k
1986-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    46k
1987-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    49k
1988-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    56k
1989-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    64k
1990-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:06    72k
1991-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:07   128k
1992-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:07   137k
1993-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:07   159k
1994-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:07   182k
1995-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:07   212k
1996-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:08   245k
1997-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:08   279k
1998-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:08   253k
1999-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:09   498k
2000-01.zip  19-Feb-2004 05:10   607k

The file names are in YYYY-MM format; 1975-01 means the file contains data from the January 1975 rating list. Files more recent than the year 2000 are available on the FIDE site.

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Earlier files

These files were added January 2008:-

1971.zip
1972.zip
1973.zip
1974.zip

See FIDE Historical Ratings 1971-74 for more information on their source.

Midyear files

These files were added February 2008:-

1990-07.zip
1991-07.zip
1992-07.zip
1993-07.zip
1994-07.zip
1995-07.zip
1996-07.zip
1997-07.zip
1998-07.zip
1999-07.zip
2000-07.zip

Background

For discussion of the sources of this data etc., see:-

World Chess Championship Blog: Showing posts with label Ratings.
http://worldchesschampionship.blogspot.com/search/label/Ratings

For discussion of the content of the data, see:-

Chess for All Ages: Showing posts with label Ratings.
http://chessforallages.blogspot.com/search/label/Ratings

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