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Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi and Gukesh still World no.4, 5 and 6

by Shahid Ahmed - 02/09/2025

R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi and D Gukesh maintained their places at World no.4, 5 and 6 respectively. Only R Praggnanandhaa among them gained Elo rating points. He increased his Elo rating point by six points at Grand Chess Tour Sinquefield Cup 2025. Nihal Sarin, Karthikeyan Murali and Abhimanyu Puranik, all three of them added valuable rating points at Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025. They increased 1.2, 10.8 and 4.6 points. Currently, there are six Indians in Top 30. Among the Women, four are in Top 25. GM Divya Deshmukh became India no.2 as GM Harika Dronavalli dropped a bit of rating. IM Vantika Agrawal gained six points in the month of August. FIDE Grand Swiss starts in two days, so a lot of changes may occur in the next month's rating list. Photo: Crystal Fuller / Grand Chess Tour

Eleven Indians in World Top 100

Currently, there are three Indians in World top 10, same as the last six months. India's top three players - R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi and D Gukesh maintained their places in World no.4, 5 and 6 respectively. Among the Women, GM Divya Deshmukh moved up to India no.2. IM Vantika Agrawal gained six Elo rating points in the month of August.

GM R Praggnanandhaa gained 6 Elo rating points at Sinquefield Cup 2025 last month to maintain his place at World no.4 | Photo: Crystal Fuller / Grand Chess Tour

GM Arjun Erigaisi dropped 5.3 Elo rating points at Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025, still he managed to retain his World no.5 spot | Photo: Anmol Bhargav

The reigning World Champion, D Gukesh stayed at World no.6, although he lost 8.6 Elo rating points at Sinquefield Cup 2025 | Photo: Crystal Fuller / Grand Chess Tour

GM Nihal Sarin gained 1.2 Elo rating point at Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 | Photo: Anmol Bhargav

GM Karthikeyan Murali's fourth place finish at Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 earned him 10.8 Elo rating points to move to 2669 | Photo: Anmol Bhargav

Second Runner-up finish at Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 Challengers earned GM Abhimanyu Puranik 4.6 Elo rating points | Photo: Chennai_GM twitter

R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh, Vishy Anand, Vidit Gujrathi and Aravindh Chithambaram maintain their place in World Top 30 | Source: FIDE

There are now eleven Indians in World Top 100 | Source: FIDE

Women: Divya Deshmukh is now India no.2

Four Indian women are in top 25. They are - GM Koneru Humpy, World no.5, GM Divya Deshmukh, World no.14, GM Harika Dronavalli, World no.19 and GM R Vaishali, World no.22 among women. Divya moved to India no.2 as Harika a bit of Elo rating points at Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 Challengers. IM Vantika Agrawal gained 6 Elo rating points in total in the month of August. There are currently eight Indians among the Top 100 women.

IM Divya Deshmukh is India no.2 among Women | Photo: FIDE / Anna Shtourman

IM Vantika Agrawal gained overall 6 Elo rating point in the month of August | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Four Indians are in World Top 25 among Women | Source: FIDE

Only eight Indians are among World Top 100 Women | Source: FIDE

Countries

India had the no.2 position in August 2025 FIDE Rating list in terms of average rating of top ten players in the Open, only three Elo rating points behind the USA. The gap got increased by six more points in September.


India is now nine average Elo rating point behind the USA among Top Federations Open | Source: FIDE

India is at no.2 among Top federations Women, 77 average Elo rating points behind China | Source: FIDE

India is at second place in Top federations Mixed list, 13 average Elo rating points behind China | Source: FIDE

 


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