Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi and Praggnanandhaa maintain their position in World top ten

by Shahid Ahmed - 02/05/2025

The ranking among the men did not see a major change as most of them played Freestyle event. It is not FIDE rated. However, very few played Bundesliga games which did not affect their rating much. The World Champion remains at World no.3 position for the third consecutive FIDE rating list. Seven Indians are still in top 30. GM Nihal Sarin, GM Raunak Sadhwani and GM Karthikeyan Murali gained 5.7, 7.3 and 7.2 Elo rating points each. GM Koneru Humpy returned to World no.5 among women after winning the FIDE Pune GP. IM Divya Deshmukh also returned to her previous rank of World no.19 among women after finishing third at the aforementioned event. There she increased her rating by 9.2 points. IM Padmini Rout added 4.5 Elo rating points combining Bengaluru and Maharashtra GM tournaments. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Gukesh retains World no.3 for the third consecutive month

Currently, there are three Indians in World top 10, same as the last two month. The gap of average rating between the top two federations - USA and India got reduced to only three now in the Open section.

World Champion D Gukesh stays at World no.3 for the third rating list in-a-row | Photo: FIDE/Eng Chin An

GM Nihal Sarin's 18th Tashkent Open triumph rating points got added | Photo: Uzbekistan Chess Federation

GM Raunak Sadhwani gained 7.3 Elo rating points combining Dutch and Bundesliga team events

GM Karthikeyan Murali increased his Elo rating by 7.2 points

D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa, Aravindh Chithambaram, Vishy Anand, Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna stay in World top 30 | Source: FIDE

There are ten Indians in World Top 100 | Source: FIDE

Women: Humpy returns to World no.5

Four Indian women are in top 20. They are - GM Koneru Humpy, World no.5, GM Harika Dronavalli, World no.14, GM R Vaishali, World no.16 and IM Divya Deshmukh, World no.19 among women. Humpy gained 15. Elo rating points by winning FIDE Pune GP. Divya added 9.2 Elo rating points by finishing third at the same event. There are still nine Indians among the top 100 women.

GM Koneru Humpy added 15.3 Elo rating points by winning FIDE Pune GP | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

IM Divya Deshmukh increased her Elo rating by 9.2 points at FIDE Pune GP | Photo: Anmol Bhargav

IM Padmini Rout gained 4.5 Elo rating points, due to her strong performance at 3rd Maharashtra GM 2025 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Four Indians are still in World Top 20 among Women | Source: FIDE

Nine Indians retain their place among World Top 100 Women | Source: FIDE

Countries

India retains the no.2 position in May 2025 FIDE Rating list in terms of average rating of top ten players in the Open, only 3 Elo rating points behind the USA. The gap got reduced to 3 in May 2025 FIDE Rating list.

India is now only 3 average Elo rating points behind the USA among Top Federations Open | Source: FIDE

India is at no.2 among Top federations Women, 72 average Elo rating points behind China | Source: FIDE

India is at second place in Top federations Mixed list, nine average Elo rating points behind China | Source: FIDE

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