NEW DELHI: Arjun Erigaisi held regular on the fourth whereas latest Classical World Champion D Gukesh acquired the fifith spot within the newest newest FIDE rankings for 2025 launched on Wednesday.
Erigaisi (2801), the second Indian participant after Viswanathan Anand to achieve a 2800 score, is simply behind American Hikaru Nakamura, who sits at 2802 factors.
Fabiano Caruana, one other American participant, was barely forward of Erigaisi with 2803 factors. The highest spot belonged to Magnus Carlsen, with a commanding score of 2831.
Newly topped World Classical Champion Gukesh secures the fifth place within the Open classical rankings. His score is 2783.
Gukesh lately defeated Ding Liren of China, ranked 22nd with a score of 2728, to say the World Championship title in Singapore.
Anand, a five-time World Champion, is the third Indian participant within the high ten. He presently holds the tenth place with a score of 2750.
To go along with that, 9 Indian gamers have featured within the high 50 of the Open classical rankings.
Praggnanandhaa ranks 13th with a score of 2741. V.R. Aravindh Chithambaram follows at 23rd with a score of 2726.
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi holds the 24th spot with a score of 2721. Pentala Harikrishna ranks 36th with a score of 2695.
Nihal Sarin is available in at 41st with 2687.
Raunak Sadhwani rounds out the highest 50 Indian gamers at 48th with a score of 2675.
Different notable Indian gamers embrace Murali Karthikeyan at 77th (2651), Leon Luke Mendonca at 95th (2639), S.L. Narayanan at 96th (2638), and Abhimanyu Puranik at 100th (2636).
Within the ladies’s classical rankings, Chinese language gamers dominated the highest 4 positions.
Hou Yifan, a former World Champion, led with a score of 2633. Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi shared the second spot with similar scores of 2561.
Lei Tingjie held the fourth place with a score of 2552.
Koneru Humpy is the one Indian lady within the high ten, ranked sixth with a score of 2523. Divya Deshmukh follows at 14th with a score of 2490.
Dronavalli Harika is ranked 16th with a score of 2489. Vaishali Rameshbabu, the third Indian lady to earn the Grandmaster title, is ranked 19th with a score of 2476.
Vantika Agrawal, a key participant in India’s gold medal win on the 35th Chess Olympiad, is ranked 39th with a score of 2411. Tania Sachdev ranks 51st (2396), P.V. Nandhidhaa 65th (2380), Bhakti Kulkarni 83rd (2357), and Padmini Rout 85th (2356).
Velpula Sarayu completes the highest 100 ladies gamers at 95th place with a score of 2347.
