FIDE Rating list June 2026: Arjun holds on as India's only top-10 player in Open category

by Rasika Ratnaparkhi - 04/06/2026

In the June 2026 FIDE rating list, Arjun Erigaisi remains the only Indian in the world top 10, while thirteen Indians feature in the Open top 100. In the women's section, eight Indians are ranked among the world's top 100 players. Shubhi Gupta's rise to World No. 32 following her strong showing at the Munich Chess Festival is among the highlights for Indian chess. India continues to hold the No. 2 position in the Open, Women's, and Mixed federation standings. Photo: Peter Doggers

Arjun in Open Top 10, Humpy in Women's Top 10

Open: Thirteen Indians in the Top 100

FIDE rating list for June 2026 has been published, and the Open category has seen several changes. Following his runner-up finish at the 2026 Super Chess Classic Romania, Fabiano Caruana climbed back to world no. 2. Meanwhile, World Championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov achieved a new personal milestone by rising to fourth place, his highest ranking to date. Arjun Erigaisi continues to be the sole Indian representative in the Open world top 10. Among the top 100, there are thirteen Indians. They are: Arjun Erigaisi (World No. 8), Viswanathan Anand (World No.13), R Praggnanandhaa (World No. 16), D Gukesh (World No. 19) Nihal Sarin (World No. 24), Vidit Gujrathi (World No. 31), Aravindh Chithambaram (World No. 38), Pentala Harikrishna (World No. 44), Murali Karthikeyan (World No. 53), Pranav V (World No. 54), Pranesh M (World No. 72), Raunak Sadhwani (World No. 87) and Aryan Chopra (World No. 88).

Arjun Erigaisi gained 10 rating points at the 2026 TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament, taking his classical rating to 2761. | Photo: Peter Doggers

While Praggnanandhaa's rating saw a slight increase of two points, the rankings pushed him down to 16th place in the world. | Photo: Michal Walusza

Gukesh's rating remained unchanged during the period. However, he slipped one place in the world rankings and is now ranked 19th. | Photo: Michal Walusza

Arjun, Anand, Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh and Nihal are the Indians in the World Top 30 in classical format. | Source: FIDE

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

Women: Eight Indians in the Top 100

Currently, there are eight Indian women in the world's top 100. They are: Koneru Humpy (World No. 6), Divya Deshmukh (World No. 11), R Vaishali (World No. 13), Harika Dronavalli (World No. 17), Vantika Agrawal (World No. 57), Savitha Shri B (World No. 89) and Padmini Rout (World No. 100).

Koneru Humpy's rating remained unchanged at 2535. With no movement in either rating or ranking, she retained her position as World No. 6 on the women's list. | Photo: Michal Walusza

Divya Deshmukh's rating remained unchanged at 2500. Nevertheless, she climbed one place in the women's world rankings, moving from 12th to 11th. | Photo: Michal Walusza

There was no movement for R. Vaishali on either front, as she maintained both her rating and her World No. 13 ranking. | Photo: Michal Walusza

Harika Dronavali lost four rating points at the Sardinia World Chess Festival. Despite the drop, she climbed two places in the women's world rankings, improving from World No. 19 to World No. 17. | Photo: Niklesh Jain

India's biggest mover on the women's list was Shubhi Gupta. She performed amazingly well at the Munich Chess Festival in Germany. She gained 184 Elo points and secured two WGM norms along with an IM norm. She climbed to World No. 32. The achievement made her India No. 5 among women players. | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh, R Vaishali and Harika Dronavali are the five Indians in the World Top 20 among Women in classical chess. | Source: FIDE

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

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India continues to hold the World No. 2 position in terms of the average rating of the top ten players in Open category. India is behind the USA by 15 Elo points.

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

The picture is similar in the women's section, where India remains second in the world. China continues to lead the standings, with a 71-point advantage over the Indian squad.