Keymer officially #4, Giri returns to top five
Vincent Keymer is officially the #4-ranked chess player in the world, at 2773. With dual strong performances at the European Team Championship and European Club Cup, he jumps up from 2755, a gain of 18 points.
Right behind him is Anish Giri (tied with Arjun Erigaisi at 2769), who has not been in the top five in quite a while. He was as low as 23rd in March 2025, a descent that began in April 2024 when he fell from 5th to 15th. That underscores the competitiveness of the upper 2700-club, where there is little separating many of the top players other than current form. 10th place is Alireza Firouzja, stable at 2762 — only 11 points behind 4th place. He dropped four places this month without playing a game!
It also illustrates the strength of the top three – Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana – when the gap between 3rd (Caruana) and 4th is 22 points, double the gap from 4th to 10th. 2700chess has an excellent tool where you can view the top players month by month.
In the Women’s rankings, Zhu Jiner lays her claim as the best Women’s player (outside of Hou Yifan), gaining 10 points to rest at 2579, 10 points ahead of Lei Tingjie and good enough to match Zhao Xue as the 8th highest-rated Women’s player of all time. Several of her contemporaries have reached 2600 in their careers, so that can be considered a fully reasonable goal for her.
Another notable accomplishment comes from Divya Deshmukh, who moves from 2498 to 2505, achieving the 2500 rating to back up the Grandmaster title she earned by winning the Women’s Chess World Cup earlier this year. She joins 10 other players currently at 2500+. The largest movements near the top were from Stavroula Tsolakidou (+26, to 2479), Alina Kashlinskaya (+25, to 2475), and Nana Dzagnidge (-27, to 2469).
You can view the full rankings on the FIDE website.
Photo via European Chess Union
