FIDE ratings - November 2025

by André Schulz
11/2/2025 – It's now official: Vincent Keymer has jumped from ninth place last month to fourth place in the new FIDE world rankings. With his successes in the European Team Championship and the European Club Cup, the German star has improved his rating by another 18 points. Magnus Carlsen continue to be the highest-rated player in the world, while Hou Yifan still leads the women's rankings.
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Vincent Keymer is the biggest rising star near the top of the rankings in the chess world. The German grandmaster gained almost 18 points with his outstanding results in the two recent European team competitions, the European Team Championship and the European Club Cup. He led the German team at the European Team Championship and played on board one for Novy Bor at the European Club Cup. Keymer was among the top performers in both events. 

Some of Keymer's peers, players in their early 20s, had already started their rise to the top of the world rankings earlier, but now Keymer, who was still busy with his school education for some time, has not only closed the gap, but has even overtaken the competition.

The stars of the slightly older generation, Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, still hold their places at the top of the world rankings, even with a considerable lead. But for how much longer? In the next few years, the younger players will oust them, and Vincent Keymer has staked his claim to a place among the elite. And, of course, the World Championship title is also at stake.

There are several other players at the top of the world rankings who have improved significantly. Behind Keymer, Richard Rapport is the player with the biggest gain (+16). The Hungarian has improved to 15th place. Anish Giri has moved up two places to fifth. And world champion Gukesh also seems to have overcome his slump and is now in ninth place. 

European champion Matthias Blübaum lost a few Elo points amid the joy of qualifying for the Candidates Tournament and is now the second-best German in 43rd place.

Top 100

# Name Fed Rating B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2839 1990
2 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2813 1987
3 Caruana, Fabiano USA 2795 1992
4 Keymer, Vincent GER 2773 2004
5 Giri, Anish NED 2769 1994
6 Erigaisi Arjun IND 2769 2003
7 Praggnanandhaa R IND 2768 2005
8 So, Wesley USA 2764 1993
9 Gukesh D IND 2763 2006
10 Firouzja, Alireza FRA 2762 2003
11 Wei, Yi CHN 2753 1999
12 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek UZB 2750 2004
13 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2743 1969
14 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2742 1985
15 Rapport, Richard HUN 2740 1996
16 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2740 1990
17 Dominguez Perez, Leinier USA 2738 1983
18 Ding, Liren CHN 2734 1992
19 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2732 1990
20 Niemann, Hans Moke USA 2729 2003
21 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof POL 2729 1998
22 Le, Quang Liem VIE 2729 1991
23 Aronian, Levon USA 2728 1982
24 Yu, Yangyi CHN 2726 1994
25 Sindarov, Javokhir UZB 2721 2005
26 Fedoseev, Vladimir SLO 2717 1995
27 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi IND 2715 1994
28 Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. IND 2713 1999
29 Andreikin, Dmitry FID 2710 1990
30 Nihal Sarin IND 2704 2004
31 Liang, Awonder USA 2701 2003
32 Sevian, Samuel USA 2701 2000
33 Maghsoodloo, Parham IRI 2701 2000
34 Van Foreest, Jorden NED 2693 1999
35 Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2692 1987
36 Harikrishna, Pentala IND 2690 1986
37 Yakubboev, Nodirbek UZB 2689 2002
38 Wang, Hao CHN 2687 1989
39 Kovalenko, Igor UKR 2684 1988
40 Svidler, Peter FID 2682 1976
41 Esipenko, Andrey RUS 2681 2002
42 Tabatabaei, M. Amin IRI 2681 2001
43 Bluebaum, Matthias GER 2680 1997
44 Sarana, Alexey SRB 2675 2000
45 Dubov, Daniil RUS 2674 1996
46 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2671 1979
47 Howell, David W L ENG 2668 1990
48 Bu, Xiangzhi CHN 2667 1985
49 Alekseenko, Kirill AUT 2666 1997
50 Sargsyan, Shant ARM 2664 2002
51 Karthikeyan, Murali IND 2662 1999
52 Grandelius, Nils SWE 2661 1993
53 Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian NOR 2661 1998
54 Oparin, Grigoriy USA 2660 1997
55 Leko, Peter HUN 2660 1979
56 Saric, Ivan CRO 2660 1990
57 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2660 1987
58 Robson, Ray USA 2657 1994
59 Vitiugov, Nikita ENG 2657 1987
60 Theodorou, Nikolas GRE 2656 2000
61 Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2656 1983
62 Deac, Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2655 2001
63 Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B ENG 2655 1987
64 Murzin, Volodar FID 2655 2006
65 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2654 1983
66 Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS 2653 1985
67 Nguyen, Thai Dai Van CZE 2652 2001
68 Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan TUR 2651 2011
69 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2650 1977
70 Shankland, Sam USA 2649 1991
71 Xiong, Jeffery USA 2649 2000
72 Anton Guijarro, David ESP 2648 1995
73 Navara, David CZE 2648 1985
74 Gurel, Ediz TUR 2648 2008
75 Gledura, Benjamin HUN 2647 1999
76 Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2646 1988
77 Safarli, Eltaj AZE 2644 1992
78 Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo MEX 2644 1999
79 Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2644 1982
80 Lu, Shanglei CHN 2643 1995
81 Mishra, Abhimanyu USA 2642 2009
82 Donchenko, Alexander GER 2641 1998
83 Pranav, V IND 2641 2006
84 Sadhwani, Raunak IND 2641 2005
85 Svane, Frederik GER 2640 2004
86 Vokhidov, Shamsiddin UZB 2640 2002
87 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2639 1983
88 Artemiev, Vladislav RUS 2637 1998
89 Indjic, Aleksandar SRB 2635 1995
90 Adams, Michael ENG 2635 1971
91 Bjerre, Jonas Buhl DEN 2634 2004
92 Malakhov, Vladimir FID 2634 1980
93 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2633 1968
94 Tari, Aryan NOR 2631 1999
95 L'Ami, Erwin NED 2630 1985
96 Pranesh M IND 2630 2006
97 Hovhannisyan, Robert ARM 2629 1991
98 Chigaev, Maksim ESP 2628 1996
99 Amin, Bassem EGY 2628 1988
100 Kollars, Dmitrij GER 2628 1999
101 Kryvoruchko, Yuriy UKR 2628 1986

Top 100 Women

The top of the women's world rankings remains firmly in Chinese hands. All four leading players have improved on their positions from last month, with Zhu Jiner making the biggest gain. The biggest gains among the top 20 were made by Stavroula Tsolakidou from Greece (+26) and Alina Kashlinskaya from Poland (+25). Both of them also performed excellently in the European team competitions.

# Name Fed Rating B-Year
1 Hou, Yifan CHN 2620 1994
2 Zhu, Jiner CHN 2579 2002
3 Lei, Tingjie CHN 2569 1997
4 Ju, Wenjun CHN 2565 1991
5 Goryachkina, Aleksandra FID 2540 1998
6 Koneru, Humpy IND 2535 1987
7 Tan, Zhongyi CHN 2524 1991
8 Muzychuk, Anna UKR 2518 1990
9 Lagno, Kateryna RUS 2517 1989
10 Assaubayeva, Bibisara KAZ 2513 2004
11 Divya Deshmukh IND 2505 2005
12 Kosteniuk, Alexandra SUI 2483 1984
13 Tsolakidou, Stavroula GRE 2479 2000
14 Kashlinskaya, Alina POL 2475 1993
15 Muzychuk, Mariya UKR 2475 1992
16 Vaishali, Rameshbabu IND 2473 2001
17 Shuvalova, Polina FID 2472 2001
18 Dzagnidze, Nana GEO 2469 1987
19 Dronavalli, Harika IND 2466 1991
20 Batsiashvili, Nino GEO 2461 1987
21 Yip, Carissa USA 2459 2003
22 Garifullina, Leya FID 2458 2004
23 Osmak, Yuliia UKR 2452 1998
24 Song, Yuxin CHN 2448 2005
25 Lu, Miaoyi CHN 2440 2010
26 Zhao, Xue CHN 2436 1985
27 Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat ESP 2429 1997
28 Javakhishvili, Lela GEO 2427 1984
29 Sebag, Marie FRA 2425 1986
30 Khotenashvili, Bella GEO 2424 1988
31 Ushenina, Anna UKR 2423 1985
32 Injac, Teodora SRB 2421 2000
33 Fataliyeva, Ulviyya AZE 2420 1996
34 Narva, Mai EST 2420 1999
35 Shukhman, Anna FID 2418 2009
36 Danielian, Elina ARM 2408 1978
37 Lee, Alice USA 2408 2009
38 Arabidze, Meri GEO 2408 1994
39 Paehtz, Elisabeth GER 2408 1985
40 Wagner, Dinara GER 2404 1999
41 Khamdamova, Afruza UZB 2403 2009
42 Cramling, Pia SWE 2402 1963
43 Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra POL 2398 2002
44 Kiolbasa, Oliwia POL 2397 2000
45 Salimova, Nurgyul BUL 2396 2003
46 Krush, Irina USA 2396 1983
47 Ding, Yixin CHN 2396 1991
48 Badelka, Olga AUT 2395 2002
49 Gunina, Valentina FID 2393 1989
50 Roebers, Eline NED 2392 2006
51 Abrahamyan, Tatev USA 2391 1988
52 Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL 2391 1979
53 Girya, Olga RUS 2390 1991
54 Mammadzada, Gunay AZE 2390 2000
55 Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante FRA 2388 1989
56 Bulmaga, Irina ROU 2386 1993
57 Ambartsumova, Karina RUS 2385 1989
58 Efroimski, Marsel ISR 2384 1995
59 Guo, Qi CHN 2384 1995
60 Zhai, Mo CHN 2384 1996
61 Gaal, Zsoka HUN 2383 2007
62 Shen, Yang CHN 2383 1989
63 Rakshitta Ravi IND 2381 2005
64 Tang, Zoey USA 2381 2008
65 Wang, Pin CHN 2378 1974
66 Sargsyan, Anna M. USA 2377 2001
67 Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina ESP 2377 1987
68 Rajlich, Iweta POL 2373 1981
69 Mkrtchian, Lilit ARM 2372 1982
70 Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim UZB 2369 1999
71 Vantika Agrawal IND 2369 2002
72 Galliamova, Alisa RUS 2368 1972
73 Huang, Qian CHN 2366 1986
74 Skripchenko, Almira FRA 2363 1976
75 Goltseva, Ekaterina RUS 2361 2002
76 Bivol, Alina FID 2360 1996
77 Balabayeva, Xeniya KAZ 2360 2005
78 Beydullayeva, Govhar AZE 2358 2003
79 Bodnaruk, Anastasia RUS 2357 1992
80 Klek, Hanna Marie GER 2357 1995
81 Socko, Monika POL 2356 1978
82 Aulia, Medina Warda INA 2355 1997
83 Mkrtchyan, Mariam ARM 2353 2004
84 Toncheva, Nadya BUL 2352 2005
85 Xiao, Yiyi CHN 2352 1996
86 Milliet, Sophie FRA 2351 1983
87 Balajayeva, Khanim AZE 2350 2001
88 Cori T., Deysi PER 2350 1993
89 Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene MGL 2350 2005
90 Atwell, Rose USA 2349 2009
91 Atalik, Ekaterina TUR 2349 1982
92 Pham, Le Thao Nguyen VIE 2348 1987
93 Gara, Ticia HUN 2347 1984
94 Garcia Martin, Marta ESP 2346 2000
95 Ni, Shiqun CHN 2345 1997
96 Nurman, Alua KAZ 2344 2007
97 Kamalidenova, Meruert KAZ 2343 2005
98 Shvayger, Yuliya ISR 2343 1994
99 Mohammadi, Melika IRI 2342 2010
100 Cyfka, Karina POL 2340 1987
101 Gara, Anita HUN 2340 1983

Top 100 Juniors

Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and world champion Gukesh Dommaraju are battling it out for the top spot among the juniors. The latter has now closed the gap. The two Indians have a lead of over 40 points over third-placed Javokhir Sindarov. Behind Volodar Murzin are the two young Turks, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and Ediz Gürel. At 14 years of age, Erdogmus is also one of the youngest players on the junior list. 

# Name Fed Rating B-Year
1 Praggnanandhaa R IND 2768 2005
2 Gukesh D IND 2763 2006
3 Sindarov, Javokhir UZB 2721 2005
4 Murzin, Volodar FID 2655 2006
5 Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan TUR 2651 2011
6 Gurel, Ediz TUR 2648 2008
7 Mishra, Abhimanyu USA 2642 2009
8 Pranav, V IND 2641 2006
9 Sadhwani, Raunak IND 2641 2005
10 Pranesh M IND 2630 2006
11 Aditya Mittal IND 2624 2006
12 Suleymanli, Aydin AZE 2622 2005
13 Mendonca, Leon Luke IND 2620 2006
14 Grebnev, Aleksey FID 2617 2006
15 Maurizzi, MarcAndria FRA 2611 2007
16 Yoo, Christopher Woojin USA 2607 2006
17 Woodward, Andy USA 2605 2010
18 Lazavik, Denis BLR 2605 2006
19 Daneshvar, Bardiya IRI 2602 2006
20 Dardha, Daniel BEL 2598 2005
21 Movahed, Sina IRI 2596 2010
22 Amar, Elham NOR 2591 2005
23 Zemlyanskii, Ivan RUS 2585 2010
24 Samunenkov, Ihor UKR 2584 2009
25 Pranav Anand IND 2581 2006
26 Bharath Subramaniyam H IND 2573 2007
27 Vetokhin, Savva FID 2572 2009
28 Xiao, Tong(QD) CHN 2555 2008
29 Xue, Haowen CHN 2553 2008
30 Madaminov, Mukhiddin UZB 2552 2006
31 Costa, Leonardo GER 2546 2008
32 Sokolovsky, Yahli ISR 2537 2006
33 Finek, Vaclav CZE 2531 2010
34 Samant Aditya S IND 2529 2006
35 Can, Isik TUR 2527 2005
36 Guo, Arthur USA 2525 2006
37 Wang, Justin USA 2524 2005
38 Hardaway, Brewington USA 2522 2009
39 Klimkowski, Jan POL 2521 2007
40 Ghazarian, Kirk USA 2520 2006
41 Malek, Jan POL 2515 2007
42 Rozen, Eytan ISR 2515 2006
43 Tsaruk, Maksim FID 2515 2005
44 Samadov, Read AZE 2513 2007
45 Uskov, Artem FID 2513 2010
46 Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys MEX 2512 2005
47 Chasin, Nico USA 2512 2006
48 Petkov, Momchil BUL 2512 2005
49 Kong, Xiangrui CHN 2511 2009
50 Ilamparthi A R IND 2510 2009
51 Babazada, Khazar AZE 2509 2005
52 Stribuk, Artiom FID 2506 2007
53 Macias Pino, Diego ESP 2505 2007
54 Divya Deshmukh IND 2505 2005
55 Mardov, Dimitar USA 2504 2008
56 Seemann, Jakub POL 2503 2008
57 Aaryan Varshney IND 2500 2005
58 Kvaloy, Aksel Bu NOR 2499 2008
59 Oro, Faustino ARG 2495 2013
60 Royal, Shreyas ENG 2495 2009
61 Celik, Hasan Huseyin TUR 2494 2008
62 Mamedov, Edgar KAZ 2492 2010
63 Khubukshanov, Erdem FID 2492 2007
64 Mahdavi, Reza IRI 2492 2008
65 Siddharth, Jagadeesh SGP 2491 2007
66 Camlar, Arda TUR 2490 2009
67 Raczek, Krzysztof POL 2489 2008
68 Rohith Krishna S IND 2489 2005
69 Dau Khuong Duy VIE 2489 2011
70 Materia, Marco FRA 2489 2009
71 Aswath, S IND 2488 2008
72 Ohanyan, Emin ARM 2488 2006
73 Lavrencic, Matic SLO 2487 2008
74 Razafindratsima, Timothe FRA 2487 2006
75 Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid UZB 2487 2009
76 Kilic, Eray TUR 2485 2007
77 Putnam, Liam USA 2485 2008
78 Md Imran IND 2482 2009
79 Cieslak, Patryk POL 2481 2010
80 Droin, Augustin FRA 2480 2006
81 Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav UKR 2478 2008
82 Habans Aguerrea, Javier ESP 2477 2008
83 Ansat, Aldiyar KAZ 2476 2008
84 Deuer, Marius GER 2475 2008
85 Jubin Jimmy IND 2474 2006
86 Levin, Guy ISR 2473 2006
87 Srihari L R IND 2472 2005
88 Mitusov, Semen NOR 2472 2006
89 Kunka, Harshid USA 2472 2009
90 Aarav Dengla IND 2471 2009
91 Ashraf, Artin IRI 2470 2008
92 Ayush Sharma IND 2468 2005
93 Vaz, Ethan IND 2466 2011
94 Lamaze, Simon FRA 2466 2006
95 Magold, Filip ROU 2465 2008
96 Pham Tran Gia Phuc VIE 2465 2009
97 Sriram Adarsh Uppala IND 2463 2010
98 Bilovil, Bogdan UKR 2463 2006
99 Hagner, Bennet GER 2461 2008
100 Pham, Khoi NED 2461 2005
101 Poh, Yu Tian MAS 2461 2009

Top 100 Junior Girls

The four best female junior players also continued to improve. Divya Deshmuk (20) tops the list, ahead of China's Song Yuxin (20) and Lu Miaoyi (15). Anna Shukman occupies fourth place. Rakshitta Ravi made the biggest leap in the upper report with a gain of 58 points in two open tournaments. She jumped from 22nd place to 9th place.

# Name Fed Rating B-Year
1 Divya Deshmukh IND 2505 2005
2 Song, Yuxin CHN 2448 2005
3 Lu, Miaoyi CHN 2440 2010
4 Shukhman, Anna FID 2418 2009
5 Lee, Alice USA 2408 2009
6 Khamdamova, Afruza UZB 2403 2009
7 Roebers, Eline NED 2392 2006
8 Gaal, Zsoka HUN 2383 2007
9 Rakshitta Ravi IND 2381 2005
10 Tang, Zoey USA 2381 2008
11 Balabayeva, Xeniya KAZ 2360 2005
12 Toncheva, Nadya BUL 2352 2005
13 Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene MGL 2350 2005
14 Atwell, Rose USA 2349 2009
15 Nurman, Alua KAZ 2344 2007
16 Kamalidenova, Meruert KAZ 2343 2005
17 Mohammadi, Melika IRI 2342 2010
18 Schippke, Manon FRA 2339 2007
19 Van Foreest, Machteld NED 2337 2007
20 Li, Rachael USA 2325 2010
21 Kairbekova, Amina KAZ 2324 2006
22 Savitha Shri B IND 2319 2007
23 Kuznecova, Marija LAT 2314 2010
24 Bayasgalan, Khishigbaatar MGL 2312 2007
25 Nurgaliyeva, Zarina KAZ 2310 2009
26 Kirtadze, Anastasia GEO 2308 2009
27 Su, Jasmine Zhixin USA 2306 2010
28 Prishita Gupta IND 2304 2011
29 Karmanova, Olga Dm. FID 2302 2007
30 Piddubna, Bozhena UKR 2302 2009
31 Zhurova, Anna FID 2298 2005
32 Chen, Yining CHN 2293 2009
33 Velpula Sarayu IND 2292 2006
34 Kleymenova, Valeria FID 2289 2008
35 Omonova, Umida UZB 2289 2006
36 Sahithi Varshini M IND 2289 2007
37 Kurmangaliyeva, Liya KAZ 2287 2005
38 Karimova, Guldona UZB 2286 2007
39 Shubhi Gupta IND 2285 2010
40 Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta UKR 2277 2005
41 Gao, Muziyan CHN 2275 2011
42 Kaliakhmet, Elnaz KAZ 2274 2010
43 Khafizova, Diana FID 2273 2010
44 Pipiras, Filipa Fortuna POR 2272 2005
45 Mgeladze, Kesaria GEO 2271 2010
46 Manko, Mariia SUI 2270 2007
47 Sherali Pattnaik IND 2270 2010
48 Tarasenka, Aliaksandra BLR 2266 2006
49 Nguyen Hong Nhung VIE 2264 2006
50 Kolagatla Alana Meenakshi IND 2260 2011
51 Aydin, Gulenay TUR 2259 2006
52 Shvedova, Alexandra ITA 2255 2008
53 Zhapova, Yana FID 2252 2008
54 Davari, Sara IRI 2250 2009
55 Berikkyzy Alanna KAZ 2241 2014
56 Yakimova, Mariya FID 2241 2005
57 Francisco Guecamburu, Candela Be ARG 2238 2006
58 Paragua, Megan Althea USA 2236 2012
59 Wikar, Martyna POL 2236 2005
60 Kalyani Sirin IND 2235 2010
61 Wang, Chuqiao CHN 2235 2008
62 Sivanandan, Bodhana ENG 2233 2015
63 Orian, Noga ISR 2232 2007
64 Yan, Ruiyang USA 2231 2007
65 Ziegenfuss, Antonia GER 2230 2005
66 Khalilova, Madinabonu UZB 2228 2009
67 Jiang, Tianyu CHN 2224 2010
68 Jimenez Salas, Maria Teresa PER 2224 2007
69 Tirpan, Ceren TUR 2224 2008
70 Wang, Qinxuanyi CHN 2222 2011
71 Karacsonyi, Kata HUN 2214 2006
72 Lyutsinger, Iren FID 2212 2009
73 Tejaswini G IND 2212 2007
74 Enkhrii Enkh-Amgalan MGL 2210 2008
75 Allahverdiyeva, Ayan AZE 2209 2005
76 Negre, Emilie FRA 2208 2010
77 Contreras Huaman, Fiorella PER 2199 2007
78 Wu, Rochelle USA 2199 2006
79 Lhotska, Anna CZE 2193 2005
80 Shatil, Or SUI 2192 2010
81 Adam, Ernestina ARG 2191 2009
82 Amin-Erdene, Bayanmunkh MGL 2191 2006
83 Hnatyshyn, Anastasiia UKR 2191 2010
84 Arzur, Maia FRA 2190 2009
85 Buyankhishig, Batpelden MGL 2189 2012
86 Liavonava, Yuliya FID 2188 2008
87 Deak-Sala, Emilia AUT 2188 2007
88 Nur-Mukhametova, Alisa RUS 2187 2005
89 Mikheeva, Galina FID 2186 2007
90 Montejo Bello, Lorena Beatriz CUB 2183 2009
91 Starosta, Martyna POL 2181 2006
92 Arshiya Das IND 2180 2010
93 Vlasova, Mariya N FID 2176 2010
94 Latifah, Laysa INA 2176 2006
95 Charvi A IND 2174 2014
96 Kholyavko, Mariya KAZ 2168 2011
97 Scarsi, Anna Laura ARG 2168 2006
98 Evteenko, Yuliya RUS 2168 2009
99 Rodriguez Rivero, Jinela de Cari CUB 2167 2009
100 Obada, Ema ROU 2166 2005

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