Arjun Erigaisi returns to World #4, Praggnanandhaa moves to #7 and Aravindh Chithambaram storms into #11

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/04/2025

Arjun Erigaisi returned to World no.4 in April FIDE Rating list 2025. R Praggnanandhaa gained only 0.2 Elo rating points at Prague International Chess Festival 2025 Masters. It moved him up by one place to number seven from eight. Aravindh Chithambaram's stellar triumph of Prague Masters 2025 and two wins at Bundesliga earned him 17.5 Elo rating points. It propelled him from 22 to 11 which is also his career highest ranking. Pentala Harikrishna added 2.8 Elo rating points at Bundesliga and by winning Czech Extraliga. He is now World no.29. Seven Indians are still in top 30. Harika Dronavalli increased her rating by 5 points at FIDE Nicosia GP. She also finished third there and moved to World no.15 from 16. Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Three Indians in World top 10

Currently there are three Indians in World top 10, same as last month. However, that day is not so far when we will have four in top ten. GM Aravindh Chithambaram gained 17.5 Elo rating points to take his rating to 2749 and become World no.11. It is career high ranking. R Praggnanandhaa is also at his career best rank of World no.7. Arjun Erigaisi returned to World no.4.

GM Arjun Erigaisi gained 4.8 Elo rating points at Schachbundesliga to move to 2782 and become World no.4

R Praggnanandhaa gained only 0.2 Elo rating points at 7th Prague International Chess Festival Masters 2025 to move to World no.7 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Aravindh Chithambaram increased a whopping 17.5 Elo rating points for his stellar triumph at Prague International Chess Festival 2025 Masters and a couple of games in Bundesliga | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Pentala Harikrishna added 2.8 Elo rating points at Bundesliga and Czech Extraliga 2024-25 to move to World no.29 | Photo: Novy Bor Chess Club

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

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

Women: Humpy still at World no.6, Harika World no.15

Four Indian women are in top 20. They are - GM Koneru Humpy, World no.6, GM Harika Dronavalli, World no.15, GM R Vaishali, World no.16 and IM Divya Deshmukh, World no.20 among women. Harika gained 5 Elo rating points at FIDE Nicosia GP where she finished third. Currently, there are nine Indians among the top 100 women.

GM Harika Dronavalli added 5 Elo rating points by finishing third at FIDE Nicosia GP | Photo: FIDE

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

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

Countries

India retains the no.2 position in April 2025 FIDE Rating list in terms of average rating of top ten players in the Open, only 5 Elo rating points behind the USA. The gap got reduced to 5 in April 2025 FIDE Rating list.

India is just 5 average Elo rating points behind USA among Top Federations Open | Source: FIDE

India is at no.2 among Top federations Women, 65 average Elo rating points behind China | Source: FIDE

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

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