The World Chess Federation has released a ratings list for January 2016. This indicates that Mongolia stands in 57th place out of 172 countries. The rating is calculated by the average scores of the best ten chess players. The list is topped by Russia followed by China and Ukraine. Grand Master B.Gundavaa leads the Mongolian chess players followed by Young International Master D.Nomin-Erdene. It can be noted that Nomin-Erdene has come in 3rd place of the World Girls' Ranking and in 28th place in the World Women Ranking.