# Chess FIDE Ratings & Players (`scrapermaster/chess-fide-ratings-players`) Actor

Chess ratings from the official monthly FIDE lists: filter by federation, title, rating and sex, get top players, or pull a player profile with rating history and world/national rank.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapermaster/chess-fide-ratings-players.md
- **Developed by:** [Scraper Master](https://apify.com/scrapermaster) (community)
- **Categories:** Sports, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 92.3% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.81 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Chess FIDE Ratings & Players

Pull official chess ratings from FIDE (the International Chess Federation) without opening a spreadsheet. The Actor reads the public monthly rating lists and the public player profile pages, and gives you clean, filterable rows.

### What it does

- Streams the current monthly FIDE rating list (standard, rapid or blitz) and keeps only the players that match your filters. The list file is never held in memory in full, so runs stay small.
- Looks up individual players by FIDE ID to get their three current ratings, world and national rank, titles with the year earned, and optionally the month-by-month rating history.
- Offers a shortcut for "top N players" by country.

All data comes from public FIDE pages. The Actor runs one request stream at a time, waits between profile requests and retries politely on errors.

### Modes

#### 1. `rating-list`

Filter the monthly list by federation, title, rating range, sex and activity.

```json
{
  "mode": "rating-list",
  "ratingType": "standard",
  "federations": ["ARG", "ESP"],
  "titles": ["GM", "IM"],
  "minRating": 2400,
  "activeOnly": true,
  "sortBy": "rating_desc",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

`sortBy` can be `rating_desc` (default), `rating_asc` or `list_order`. Sorted output needs a pass over the whole list (about 570,000 players, one to two minutes); only the best rows are kept in memory. `list_order` streams in FIDE's alphabetical order and stops the download the moment `maxItems` rows were found.

#### 2. `player-profile`

```json
{
  "mode": "player-profile",
  "fideIds": ["1503014", "5000017"],
  "includeRatingHistory": true
}
```

You can also pass `profileUrls` such as `https://ratings.fide.com/profile/1503014`.

#### 3. `top-players`

The best players by rating for a federation (or the whole world), active players only unless you set `activeOnly` to `false`.

```json
{
  "mode": "top-players",
  "ratingType": "rapid",
  "federations": ["NOR", "IND"],
  "maxItems": 10
}
```

### Output

Rating-list and top-players rows:

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fideId | FIDE ID |
| name | Name as published by FIDE |
| federation | Three-letter federation code |
| sex | M or F |
| title / womenTitle | Open title (GM, IM, ...) and women's title (WGM, ...) |
| otherTitles | Other titles carried on the list (o_title and foa_title fields) |
| ratingType | standard, rapid or blitz |
| rating, games, kFactor | Rating, games rated in the period, K factor |
| birthYear | Year of birth |
| flag / inactive | Raw FIDE flag and whether the player is marked inactive |
| ratingListDate | Month of the list, e.g. 2026-10 |
| profileUrl | Link to the FIDE profile |

Player-profile rows:

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fideId, name, federation, federationCode | Identity and country |
| birthYear, sex, title | Basic details |
| titles | Array of titles with the year they were earned |
| standardRating, rapidRating, blitzRating | Current ratings |
| worldRankActive / worldRankAll | World rank among active / all players |
| nationalRankActive / nationalRankAll | Rank inside the federation |
| continentRank, continentRankActive | Continent name and active rank |
| ratingHistory | With `includeRatingHistory`: array of `{period, standard, standardGames, rapid, rapidGames, blitz, blitzGames}` |
| profileUrl | Link to the FIDE profile |

### Notes

- Players without a rating in the chosen category are skipped in list modes.
- The list reflects the month FIDE published last; `ratingListDate` tells you which.
- Rating history covers the months shown on the profile page (typically several years).
- Tournament-by-tournament calculations are loaded dynamically by FIDE and are not included.
- The Actor stops when `maxItems` is reached or when your maximum charge for the run is hit.
- Proxy is optional and normally unnecessary.

### Pricing

This Actor is pay-per-event, with three charges:

- **Profile** (`player-profile` mode): one charge per profile returned. Profile pages are fetched through a residential proxy because the source does not accept datacenter IPs.
- **List download** (`rating-list` and `top-players` modes): one charge per run for downloading the monthly FIDE list (a large file, also fetched through the proxy when the direct connection fails).
- **Result row** (list modes): a small charge per player row returned.

Set a maximum charge per run in the run options if you want a hard spending cap.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

rating-list filters the monthly FIDE list; player-profile reads individual profile pages; top-players returns the best N active players by rating.

## `ratingType` (type: `string`):

Which monthly list to read (rating-list and top-players modes).

## `federations` (type: `array`):

FIDE federation codes (three letters, e.g. NOR, IND, ARG). Leave empty for all countries.

## `titles` (type: `array`):

Keep only players holding one of these titles (GM, IM, FM, CM, WGM, WIM, WFM, WCM). Leave empty for all players.

## `minRating` (type: `integer`):

Lowest rating to include.

## `maxRating` (type: `integer`):

Highest rating to include.

## `sex` (type: `string`):

Restrict to one sex as recorded by FIDE.

## `activeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Skip players FIDE flags as inactive. Top-players mode always applies this unless you disable it here.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

rating_desc and rating_asc scan the whole list and keep the best items; list_order streams rows as FIDE publishes them (alphabetical) and stops as soon as the limit is reached, which is fastest for large exports.

## `fideIds` (type: `array`):

FIDE IDs to look up, e.g. 1503014.

## `profileUrls` (type: `array`):

Alternative to IDs: full profile URLs such as https://ratings.fide.com/profile/1503014.

## `includeRatingHistory` (type: `boolean`):

Add the month-by-month standard, rapid and blitz ratings shown on the profile page.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of rows to output. The run also stops when your maximum charge is reached.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Not required. FIDE serves these pages without a proxy.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "rating-list",
  "ratingType": "standard",
  "federations": [
    "NOR"
  ],
  "titles": [
    "GM"
  ],
  "sex": "",
  "activeOnly": false,
  "sortBy": "rating_desc",
  "fideIds": [
    "1503014",
    "5000017"
  ],
  "includeRatingHistory": false,
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "federations": [
        "NOR"
    ],
    "titles": [
        "GM"
    ],
    "fideIds": [
        "1503014",
        "5000017"
    ],
    "maxItems": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapermaster/chess-fide-ratings-players").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "federations": ["NOR"],
    "titles": ["GM"],
    "fideIds": [
        "1503014",
        "5000017",
    ],
    "maxItems": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapermaster/chess-fide-ratings-players").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "federations": [
    "NOR"
  ],
  "titles": [
    "GM"
  ],
  "fideIds": [
    "1503014",
    "5000017"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50
}' |
apify call scrapermaster/chess-fide-ratings-players --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapermaster/chess-fide-ratings-players"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/LBSz7noItLXcC9KsL/builds/4dbpkvfgJKFt7kSCV/openapi.json