Georgios Karamanis |||

For this week’s #TidyTuesday, the top 16 chess players for August and September

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A chess-themed plot compares the top 16 FIDE-rated chess players for August and September 2025. Each player is represented by a chess piece icon on a stylized board, with August pieces in black and September pieces in white. Diagonal lines connect each player’s position from August to September, showing changes in rank. The top six names—Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Praggnanandhaa R, Erigaisi Arjun, and Gukesh D—remained unchanged in both months. The top three players are Magnus Carlsen (2 839), Hikaru Nakamura (2 807), and Fabiano Caruana (2 784). Player labels include rank, name, and rating. The plot title is “FIDE chess player ratings”.

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