September 2025 FIDE Ratings: A New Top 10 player Appeared

The latest FIDE Classical rating list (September 2025) has brought major shifts at the top.

• GM Wesley So has returned to the world’s elite top-10 after his victory at the 2025 Sinquefield Cup.
• GM Vincent Keymer, just 20 years old, has entered the top-10 for the first time, following his dominant run at the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters.

Meanwhile, Anish Giri narrowly slipped out of the top group, and Nodirbek Abdusattorov plummeted after a rough showing in St. Louis.

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🔝 Movers in the Top 10

• Wesley So (USA) – Jumped to world #7 with a gain of +11 Elo after tying for first and winning the playoff at the Sinquefield Cup. This marks his first time back in the top-10 since October 2024.
• Vincent Keymer (GER) – Picked up a massive +21 Elo, climbing to #10 after an undefeated triumph in Chennai. He called the milestone “a special and memorable moment” when he first hit the mark on the live list.
• Arjun Erigaisi (IND) – Edged up to world #5, overtaking World Champion Gukesh D despite both underperforming in their recent events.
• Praggnanandhaa R. (IND) – Added +6 Elo, staying at #4, tied for first in St. Louis but losing out in the playoff.
• Fabiano Caruana (USA) – Remains steady at #3, picking up +5 Elo in St. Louis.

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⚠️ Slips at the Top

• Gukesh Dommaraju (IND) – Dropped to #6, losing 9 points.
• Alireza Firouzja (FRA) – Held #8, but shed 12 points after a disappointing finish in St. Louis.
• Anish Giri (NED) – Fell to #12 despite placing second in Chennai.
• Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) – Suffered the biggest blow, a –23 Elo collapse in St. Louis, crashing to #11.

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🌍 Highlights from Sinquefield & Chennai

• St. Louis (Sinquefield Cup): Caruana, Praggnanandhaa, and So shared first place, but So’s playoff victory gave him the title and a return to the top-10. Abdusattorov finished last on just 2.5/9.
• Chennai (Quantbox Grand Masters): Keymer completely dominated, finishing two points clear of the field with five wins and no losses. Giri came second but couldn’t retain his top-10 place.

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🔄 Other Climbers in the Top 50

• Dmitry Andreikin (RUS): +15 Elo, now #30.
• Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB): +18 Elo, up to #45.
• Kirill Alekseenko (AUT): Huge leap of +22 Elo, moving to #49.
• Matthias Bluebaum (GER): +11 Elo, climbing to #51.
• Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL): +13 Elo, reaching #60.

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🎯 Circuit Standings

Praggnanandhaa continues to lead the FIDE Circuit 2025, now sitting at 107 points, more than double Giri’s 52.77. However, he still must fulfill the participation requirements in large open events like the upcoming Grand Swiss (Samarkand) and the World Cup (Goa).

If Praggnanandhaa qualifies for the 2026 Candidates via those routes, then players like Giri and Abdusattorov could fight for a spot through the Circuit standings.

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👶 Junior Rankings

The top of the Junior list remains unchanged, but with some turbulence:

1. Praggnanandhaa – 2785 (+6)
2. Gukesh D – 2767 (–9)
3. Javokhir Sindarov – 2722
4. Volodar Murzin – 2670 (–8)
5. Raunak Sadhwani – 2658 (–18)

📈 Notable junior movers:

• Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2011-born) – climbed past Ediz Gurel to #6.
• Pranesh M (IND) – surged +22 to break into the top-10 at #10, after winning the Challengers in Chennai.
• Aditya Mittal (IND) – biggest gainer, +29, rising to #20 after winning the Qonaev Cup.
• Denis Lazavik (BLR) – crossed 2600 for the first time, climbing +21.

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👑 Women’s Rankings

At the top, things remain stable:

• Hou Yifan (CHN) – still #1 with 2609.
• Ju Wenjun (CHN) and Lei Tingjie (CHN) follow at #2 and #3.

But there was drama in the middle of the list:

• Tatev Abrahamyan (USA) made the leap of the month, gaining +64 Elo after her best-ever tournament in Budapest, shooting up to #37 and finally confirming her IM title.
• Zhu Jiner (CHN) continues her steady climb, now at #4 with +12.
• Harika Dronavalli (IND) and Vaishali Rameshbabu (IND) both lost significant ground, dropping to #19 and #22 respectively.

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🔑 Takeaways

• So and Keymer are the big winners of September, reshaping the top-10.
• Abdusattorov’s stumble in St. Louis opened the door for Keymer’s official breakthrough.
• India continues to dominate in juniors, with Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh, and Pranesh all making headlines.
• Abrahamyan’s Cinderella run was the highlight on the women’s list.

The next stop on the calendar: the Grand Swiss in Samarkand, starting in just days, with Candidates qualification hanging in the balance.

Full ranking

#	Name	Fed	Rating	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2839	1990
2	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2807	1987
3	Caruana, Fabiano	USA	2789	1992
4	Praggnanandhaa R	IND	2785	2005
5	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2771	2003
6	Gukesh D	IND	2767	2006
7	So, Wesley	USA	2756	1993
8	Firouzja, Alireza	FRA	2754	2003
9	Wei, Yi	CHN	2753	1999
10	Keymer, Vincent	GER	2751	2004
11	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2748	2004
12	Giri, Anish	NED	2746	1994
13	Aronian, Levon	USA	2744	1982
14	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	2743	1969
15	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	2742	1990
16	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2741	1985
17	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2738	1990
18	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	USA	2738	1983
19	Ding, Liren	CHN	2734	1992
20	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2733	2003
21	Fedoseev, Vladimir	SLO	2731	1995
22	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	POL	2729	1998
23	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2729	1991
24	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2722	2005
25	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	2717	1975
26	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2714	1994
27	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2712	1994
28	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	IND	2711	1999
29	Rapport, Richard	HUN	2711	1996
30	Andreikin, Dmitry	FID	2710	1990
31	Harikrishna, Pentala	IND	2704	1986
32	Liang, Awonder	USA	2698	2003
33	Wang, Hao	CHN	2698	1989
34	Nihal Sarin	IND	2693	2004
35	Sevian, Samuel	USA	2692	2000
36	Van Foreest, Jorden	NED	2692	1999
37	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2692	2000
38	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2692	1987
39	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	2691	1996
40	Esipenko, Andrey	RUS	2687	2002
41	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2686	2000
42	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2684	1985
43	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2682	1983
44	Svidler, Peter	FID	2682	1976
45	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	2681	2002
46	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	2675	1979
47	Robson, Ray	USA	2674	1994
48	Alekseenko, Kirill	AUT	2674	1997
49	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2674	2001
50	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2673	2001
51	Bluebaum, Matthias	GER	2671	1997
52	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2670	2006
53	Shankland, Sam	USA	2670	1991
54	Kovalenko, Igor	UKR	2669	1988
55	Karthikeyan, Murali	IND	2669	1999
56	Howell, David W L	ENG	2668	1990
57	Vitiugov, Nikita	ENG	2666	1987
58	Leko, Peter	HUN	2666	1979
59	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2664	1998
60	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	2661	1987
61	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	CZE	2660	2001
62	Oparin, Grigoriy	USA	2660	1997
63	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2658	2005
64	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2657	1983
65	Saric, Ivan	CRO	2655	1990
66	Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian	NOR	2655	1998
67	Navara, David	CZE	2653	1985
68	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2653	2002
69	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2652	1968
70	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2651	1988
71	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	DEN	2651	2004
72	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2650	1995
73	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	2650	1977
74	Grandelius, Nils	SWE	2648	1993
75	Yuffa, Daniil	ESP	2648	1997
76	Kollars, Dmitrij	GER	2647	1999
77	Lu, Shanglei	CHN	2647	1995
78	Adams, Michael	ENG	2646	1971
79	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2646	2011
80	Gledura, Benjamin	HUN	2646	1999
81	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2646	2000
82	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	2645	1989
83	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2645	2002
84	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	2644	1982
85	Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B	ENG	2643	1987
86	Svane, Frederik	GER	2643	2004
87	Malakhov, Vladimir	FID	2643	1980
88	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2640	2000
89	Xiong, Jeffery	USA	2640	2000
90	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2640	1993
91	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	MEX	2639	1999
92	Chigaev, Maksim	ESP	2638	1996
93	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2637	1983
94	Amin, Bassem	EGY	2636	1988
95	Kryvoruchko, Yuriy	UKR	2632	1986
96	Gurel, Ediz	TUR	2631	2008
97	Tari, Aryan	NOR	2631	1999
98	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2630	2002
99	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2630	1992
100	Hovhannisyan, Robert	ARM	2629	1991