Six Indians in World top 25

February 2025 rating list only a couple of gains - GM Aravindh Chithambaram and WGM Rakshitta Ravi. March 2025 rating list will reflect a lot of changes which the current list could not show as Tata Steel 2025 concluded on 2nd February.

GM Aravindh Chithambaram gained 2.9 Elo rating points to move to 2729 | Photo: Anmol Bhargav

Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh, Vishy Anand and R Praggnanandhaa are in World top 14 | Source: FIDE

There are 12 Indians in World Top 100 | Source: FIDE

Women: Rakshitta Ravi breaks into World Top 100 for the first time

Four Indian women are now in top 18. They are - GM Koneru Humpy, World no.6, IM Divya Deshmukh, World no.15, GM Harika Dronavalli, World no. 16 and GM R Vaishali, World no.18 among women. Their ratings remained unchanged. WGM Rakshitta Ravi gained 44.6 Elo rating points at Rilton Cup 2024-25 to break into World Top 100 Women for the very first time with a career high rating of 2365. Currently, there are ten Indians among the top 100 women, same as last month.

WGM Rakshitta Ravi gained 44.6 Elo rating points at Rilton Cup 2024-25 to break into World top 100 among women for the first time in her career

Four Indians in World Top 18 among Women | Source: FIDE

Ten Indians are among World Top 100 Women | Source: FIDE

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India was no.2 in January 2025 FIDE Rating list in terms of average rating of top ten players in the Open, 12 Elo rating points behind the USA. The gap got reduced to 11 in February 2025 FIDE Rating list.