Eleven Indians in World Top 100

November was a tough month for the Indians as a majority of them had a forgettable FIDE World Cup 2025. Arjun Erigaisi was playing well until he got eliminated by the eventual runner-up, Wei Yi (CHN) in the Quarterfinals. Pentala Harikrishna had his career-best run at a World Cup before he got eliminated by GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (MEX) who had a dream run.

GM Arjun Erigaisi's fantastic performance at FIDE World Cup 2025 brought him back to World no.5

GM R Praggnanandhaa maintained his place at World no.7

World Champion, D Gukesh dropped a place from World no.9 to 10

Pentala Harikrishna gained 3 Elo rating points after his career best performance at a FIDE World Cup

GM Pranav Venkatesh maintained his rating after having a great FIDE World Cup 2025

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

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

Women: Seven Indian in Top 100

Four Indian women are still in top 20. They are - GM Humpy Koneru, World no.5, GM Divya Deshmukh, World no.12, GM R Vaishali, World no.17 and GM Harika Dronavalli, World no.19 among women. Humpy moved up to World no.5, although she did not play a rated game in November. Divya dropped a rank to twelve after her first round exit at FIDE World Cup 2025. IM Padmini Rout gained 16.5 Elo rating points from 28th Bavarian Open and FIDE World Women's Team Championship 2025. She recovered the exact Elo points she lost in the previous rating list. IM Savitha Shri B added 14.7 Elo rating points from a GM round-robin tournament in Bijelina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and also from World Women's Team Championship 2025. There are currently seven Indians among the Top 100 women.

IM Padmini Rout increased her Elo rating by 16.5 points from 28th Bavarian Open and World Women's Team Championship 2025 | Photo: FIDE / Pavel Dvorkovich

IM Savitha Shri B gained combined total of 14.7 Elo rating points from Bijelina GM4 Festival and World Women's Team Championship 2025 | Photo: FIDE / Pavel Dvorkovich

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

There are now seven Indians are among World Top 100 Women | Source: FIDE

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India had the no.2 position in November 2025 FIDE Rating list in terms of average rating of top ten players in the Open, twelve Elo rating points behind the USA. The gap was maintained in November. December statistics will be updated once available.