Savitha increased 23 rating points and climbed from World No. 60 to World No. 40 | Photo: Rafal Oleksiewicz

Open: Fourteen Indians in the Top 100

In the October rating list, fourteen Indians are in the top 100 players. Praggnanandhaa is the only Indian player currently in the top 10. R. Praggnanandhaa (World No. 7), Arjun Erigaisi (World No. 12), Viswanathan Anand (World No. 14), D Gukesh (World No. 28), Nihal Sarin (World No. 30), Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (World No. 36), Aravindh Chithambaram (World No. 42), Pranav V. (World No. 43), Pranesh M. (World No. 44), Harikrishna Pentala (World No. 69), Karthikeyan Murali (World No. 71), Aryan Chopra (World No. 72), Raunak Sadhwani (World No. 74) and Leon Menconca Luke (World No. 93).

Praggnanandhaa remained unbeaten in the Olympiad and improved his ranking by 1 place, taking himself to World No. 7. Pragg also won Individual Bronze on board 1

Arjun lost 13 rating points in the Olympiad and moved out of the World Top 10, and currently he is World No.12

World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju is back in the top 30 at 28th place after a great Olympiad. Gukesh was increasing 14 points but lost his last game of the Olympiad and managed to increase by 7 points

Nihal Sarin is in 30th place with a 2709 rating; he was World No. 20 in September

Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, Viswanathan Anand, Gukesh D. and Nihal Sarin are in the top 30

These are the fourteen Indians in the World Top 100 in the classical format. | Source: FIDE

Rapid Top 100 Players October 2026. | Source: FIDE

Blitz Top 100 Players October 2026. | Source: FIDE

Women: Eleven Indians in the Top 100

Savitha Shri Baskar increased 23 rating points and jumped from World No.60 to World No.40. Savitha is also among the biggest rating gains in the top 100, including the open and women's lists.

Koneru Humpy (World No. 9), Divya Deshmukh (World No. 12), Harika Dronavalli (World No. 23), Vaishali Rameshbabu (World No. 24), Deekshitha Modipalli (World No. 29), Savitha Shri B (World No. 40), Vantika Agrawal (World No. 46), Kalyani Sirin (World No. 48), Pratitee Bordoloi (World No. 55), Rakshitta Ravi (World No. 81) and Padmini Rout (World No. 99).

Koneru Humpy increased 9 rating points at the Olympiad and remains World No. 9, as well as the top Indian Women player

Divya Deshmukh increased 1 spot, and now she is World No.12

Harika did not play any classical event in September, so her rating remains the same.

Vaishali had a tough outing at the Olympiad and lost 17 rating points, dropping her from World No. 16 to 24.

Savitha was the main star of this month's rating list as she increased 23 points in K10 and also helped India secure a medal

Indian players in the top 100

Savitha is on the biggest rating gains list

World Top 100 Women Players, Classical format. | Source: FIDE

Rapid Top 100 Women Players October 2026. | Source: FIDE

Blitz Top 100 Women Players October 2026. | Source: FIDE

Countries

For the 3rd consecutive time, India won the Nona Gaprindashvili Cup, showing a dominating performance in both open and mixed categories

India remains in 2nd place in the Federation list in Open, Women, and Mixed.

India is ranked No. 2 in the Top Federation list in Open. | Source: FIDE

China leads the Women's category, while India is closing in and remains in 2nd place. | Source: FIDE

India remains at No. 2 in the Top Federations Mixed behind China | Source: FIDE

Juniors

Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus remains on top in the Juniors list

There are a total of 7 Indians in the top 20 Juniors list