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Praggnanandhaa is World no.4 and India no.1 in July 2025 FIDE Rating List

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/07/2025

It is official that R Praggnanandhaa is World no.4 and India no.1 in FIDE Rating List July 2025. He gained a total of 11.7 Elo rating points combining 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial and 2nd UzChess Cup Masters 2025. Arjun Erigaisi became World Rapid Team 2025 Champion. However, in Classical he dropped few points to move to World no.5. World Champion, D Gukesh maintained his rating by adding 0.4 Elo points at 13th Norway Chess. He is at World no.6. GM Pentala Harikrishna, GM Raunak Sadhwani and GM Abhimanyu Puranik added 1.7, 8.8 and 12.6 Elo rating points due to mostly from French Top 16. Despite losing rating points, GM Koneru Humpy moved up to World no.5 among Women, due other players' movements in the ranking. GM Harika Dronavalli gained 4.9 Elo points at 5th Cairns Cup. She is at World no.12. Four Indian Women are still among the Top 20. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

No Russian in World Top 10

Currently, there are three Indians in World top 10, same as the last four months. For the first time in a long time, there are no Russian players in the World Top 10. GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov's (UZB) final round win over the reigning World Blitz Cochampion, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi at 2nd UzChess Cup Masters 2025, caused that to happen.

R Praggnanandhaa climbs to career high World no.4 after a great performance at 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial and 2nd UzChess Cup Masters | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Arjun Erigaisi dropped down to World no.5 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

World Champion - GM D Gukesh maintains his rating and moves down by one place to World no.6 | Photo: Norway Chess / Michal Walusza

GM Pentala Harikrishna gains a total of 1.7 Elo rating points from French Top 16 and Polish Ekstraliga | Photo: Fédération Française des Echecs

GM Raunak Sadhwani increased his Elo rating by 8.8 points at French Top 16 team tournament | Photo: Fédération Française des Echecs

GM Abhimanyu Puranik added 12.6 Elo rating points at French Top 16 | Photo: Fédération Française des Echecs

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

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

Women: Humpy and Harika move up to World no.5 and 12

Four Indian women are in top 20. They are - GM Koneru Humpy, World no.5, GM Harika Dronavalli, World no.12, GM R Vaishali, World no.15 and IM Divya Deshmukh, World no.18 among women. Harika gained 4.9 Elo rating points at 5th Cairns Cup in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. There are only eight Indians among the top 100 women.

GM Koneru Humpy lost 7 Elo rating points combining 2nd Norway Chess Women and 5th Cairns Cup, still she moved up to World no.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Saint Louis Chess Club

GM Harika Dronavalli gained 4.9 Elo rating points at 5th Cairns Cup to move up to World no.12 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Saint Louis Chess Club

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

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

Countries

India had the no.2 position in June 2025 FIDE Rating list in terms of average rating of top ten players in the Open, only 1 Elo rating point behind the USA. The gap got reduced to 1 in June 2025 FIDE Rating list. July updates will be added when they are updated.

June: India is now only 1 average Elo rating point behind the USA among Top Federations Open | Source: FIDE

June: India is at no.2 among Top federations Women, 76 average Elo rating points behind China | Source: FIDE

June: India is at second place in Top federations Mixed list, 12 average Elo rating points behind China | Source: FIDE

 


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