November 2025 FIDE Ratings: Keymer Storms To No. 4, Gukesh Back in Top 10

The big rating news a month ago was that FIDE had introduced a special rule to stop Nakamura “farming” rating by getting 0.8 rating points for wins against opponents rated more than 400 points below him. We saw the first consequence of that as a 5.5/6 winning performance in the Maritime Chess Festival in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada cost Nakamura 3.4 rating points.  

Nakamura has no reason to complain, however. Farming rating was never the point, and he’s now just another five rated games away from qualifying for the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. The draw that cost him a few rating points enabled him to qualify for the Finals and go on to win the online Comet Open 2025 and a $45,000 top prize. There was also a trophy to take back from the Canada trip!  

One of the most beautiful trophies I’ve won at a chess tournament! That’s why I play in Canada! pic.twitter.com/vNO0unQGUT

— Hikaru Nakamura (@GMHikaru) October 13, 2025

The main events to shake up the top rankings, however, were team events in Europe. First came the European Team Championship for national teams in Batumi, Georgia, which was won by Ukraine, with GMs Igor Kovalenko (+15 rating points) and 16-year-old Ihor Samunenkov (+16) starring with gold medals on boards four and five respectively. GM Richard Rapport (+12) took gold on board one.

Then came the European Club Cup on the island of Rhodes, Greece. The European clubs could field players from around the world, and winners SuperChess boasted none other than the world champion. It was a welcome comeback for Gukesh, who took gold on board one with a 2927 4/5 performance that included wins over GMs Sergei Movsesian, Max Warmerdam, and Arjun Erigaisi.

Gukesh gained 10 points to return to the top 10 in ninth place, while Arjun dropped to sixth after being overtaken by two players. One was Dutch number-one, Giri, who took bronze on board one in both team events to move to fifth place. That was eclipsed by 20-year-old German number-one Keymer, however, who took silver in both events, with 2838 and 2882 performances—the latter despite a loss to Arjun.

Keymer picked up 18 points to reach a career-best 2773 and world number four.

Other notable players to climb during the team events were GMs Alexey Sarana (+14), Gawain Maroroa Jones (+12), Nils Grandelius (+16), David Anton (+17), Ediz Gurel (+14), Eltaj Safarli (+14), and Aleksandar Indjic (+17).      

FIDE Circuit 2025 Top 10: November 1, 2025

One of the drawbacks of the FIDE Circuit is that it doesn’t take into account performances in team events, which means that Keymer’s heroics leave him no closer to qualifying via that route, though he remains the highest scoring player after GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu who is not yet qualified for the Candidates. If Praggnanandhaa qualifies via the FIDE World Cup that may become very relevant. 

The event which did affect the Circuit standings was the U.S. Chess Championship. GM Fabiano Caruana became the first player since GM Bobby Fischer to win four titles in a row. The world number three also gained 23.90 Circuit points for sole first place, though that’s irrelevant since he’s already qualified via the 2024 Circuit. GM Wesley So‘s 17.38 points for sole second place may matter, however, placing the world number six just behind Keymer.

   

FIDE Classical Ratings Top 25 Juniors: November 1, 2025

GM Abhimanyu Mishra‘s 71-game unbeaten streak was finally ended by GM Hans Niemann in round five of the U.S. Championship, with two more losses costing the 16-year-old 10 rating points. Two Turkish prodigies took advantage to move up, with 16-year-old Gurel winning his final three games at the European Team Championship to gain 14 points and climb to sixth place. 14-year-old GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus took a break, but still climbed to fifth place.

+/-	Rank	Name	Title	Fed	Rating	Born
–	1 / 1	Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu	GM		2768 (-3)	2005
–	2 / 2	Gukesh Dommaraju	GM		2763 (+11)	2006
–	3 / 3	Javokhir Sindarov	GM		2721	2005
–	4 / 4	Volodar Murzin	GM		2655 (-9)	2006
↑	5 / 6	Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus	GM		2651	2011
↑	6 / 9	Ediz Gurel	GM		2648 (+14)	2008
↓	7 / 5	Abhimanyu Mishra	GM		2642 (-10)	2009
–	8 / 8	Raunak Sadhwani	GM		2641	2005
↓	9 / 7	V Pranav	GM		2641	2006
–	10 / 10	M Pranesh	GM		2630	2006
–	11 / 11	Aditya Mittal	GM		2624	2006
↑	12 / 14	Aydin Suleymanli	GM		2622 (+8)	2005
–	13 / 13	Leon Luke Mendonca	GM		2620	2006
↑	14 / 15	Aleksey Grebnev	GM		2617 (+5)	2006
↓	15 / 12	Marc’Andria Maurizzi	GM		2611 (-13)	2007
–	16 / 16	Christopher Yoo	GM		2607	2006
↑	17 / 22	Andy Woodward	GM		2605 (+15)	2010
–	18 / 18	Denis Lazavik	GM		2605	2006
–	19 / 19	Bardiya Daneshvar	GM		2602	2006
↓	20 / 17	Daniel Dardha	GM		2598 (-7)	2005
↑	21 / 23	Sina Movahed	GM		2596 (+10)	2010
↓	22 / 21	Elham Amar	GM		2591 (-2)	2005
↓	23 / 20	Ivan Zemlyanskii	GM		2585 (-11)	2010
↑	24 / 27	Ihor Samunenkov	GM		2584 (+16)	2009
↓	25 / 24	Pranav Anand	GM		2581	2006

As well as Samunenkov’s starring role for Ukraine, another big mover on the Junior list was 15-year-old Woodward, who scored three wins in the U.S. Championship to gain 15 points and become the 17th youngest player ever to cross the 2600 barrier.

FIDE Classical Ratings Top 100 Women | November 1, 2025

It wasn’t for a lack of activity, but the top-11 rankings on the Women’s list are unchanged on the November list.

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

That didn’t mean there were no significant results. 22-year-old Zhu continued her climb, scoring 5/6 and individual gold on board one of the Women’s European Club Cup.

She remained the world number two behind GM Hou Yifan, but has now joined the top-10 list of highest-rated female players ever on an official rating list.

Rank	Name	FED	Age	Peak Rating
1	Judit Polgar		49	2735
2	Hou Yifan		31	2686
3	Koneru Humpy		38	2623
4	Aleksandra Goryachkina		27	2611
5	Anna Muzychuk		35	2606
6	Ju Wenjun		34	2604
7	Tatiana Kosintseva		39	2581
8	Zhao Xue		40	2579
9	Zhu Jiner		22	2579
10	Susan Polgar		56	2577

The European Club Cup was won by Cercle d’echecs de Monte Carlo, with many of the team members having a great month. 

GM Divya Deshmukh returned to the 2500-club, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk gained 14 points, and GM Alina Kashlinskaya gained 25 points, half of which came from helping Poland to win the European Women’s Team Championship. The biggest climber in the top 100, however, was Greek IM Stavroula Tsolakidou, who at one point posted a seven-game winning streak across the two events as she picked up 26 points.

Prodigy Watch: Barcelo, Charvi Join Names To Watch

The Prodigy Watch by Chess By The Numbers founder Tai Pruce-Zimmerman tracks the progress of young chess superstars, with his “prodigy rank” a measure of how a player’s current rating at their current age compares historically. If there are 11 players in chess history who have been rated higher at or before the player’s age, then the player would have a prodigy rank of 12. You can read more about Prodigy Watch here, while here’s this month’s update:

Prodigy Watch Top 15: November 1, 2025

Player	Rating	Age	Prodigy Rank	FED	Change from Oct 2025
Faustino Oro	2495	12.05	1		–
Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus	2651	14.41	1		–
Marc Barcelo Melnyk	2185	9.19	2		+17
Ashwath Kaushik	2345	10.24	4		-1
Roman Shogdzhiev	2403	10.74	4		-2
Ruben Yanmi Quintans	1928	7.54	9		-3
Ivan Zemlyanskii	2585	15.17	15		-4
Andy Woodward	2605	15.50	15		+3
Ediz Gurel	2648	16.91	17		+3
Zechen Yu	2389	11.83	18		-2
Abhimanyu Mishra	2642	16.74	18		-8
Sina Movahed	2596	15.43	19		+2
Sergey Sklokin	2379	12.39	38		+8
Bodhana Sivanandan	2233	10.66	41		+10
Supratit Banerjee	2323	11.69	42		+5

IM Faustino Oro and Erdogmus enter the FIDE World Cup as the youngest players ever for their age, while the addition of an exact date of birth places Spanish Under-10 Champion Marc Barcelo Melnyk as the second highest rated player ever at his age. We already noted the impressive performances of Woodward and Gurel in October, and they continue to improve their prodigy rank for their ages.

Prodigy Watch Top 10 Girls: November 1, 2025

Player	Rating	Age	Prodigy Rank	FED	Change from Oct 2025
Bodhana Sivanandan	2233	10.66	4		+1
Lu Miaoyi	2440	15.72	5		+5
Berikkyzy Alanna	2241	11.83	10		-1
Stella Xin	1896	9.59	14		-4
Charvi Anilkumar	2174	11.66	14		+31
Abigail Zhou	1861	9.83	20		-4
Megan Althea Paragua	2236	12.89	21		-4
Anna Shukhman	2418	16.49	22		+8
Alice Lee	2408	16.05	25		-5
Prishita Gupta	2304	14.39	31		-16

WFM Bodhana Sivanandan features on both the overall and Girls lists, and her first-round win over former Women’s World Champion GM Mariya Muzychuk was one of the most impressive wins by a 10-year-old of all time. 

15-year-old IM Lu Miaoyi got back on track with a win over another former Women’s World Champion, GM Tan Zhongyi, in the Chinese League before scoring 4.5/6 in the European Club Cup.

The biggest climber on the list, however, is 11-year-old WFM Charvi Anilkumar from India, who beat a grandmaster on the way to gaining over 100 points and finishing tied for ninth place in the Fagernes International in Norway.

Only 13 female players have ever been rated higher than her 2174 at the same age.

All data courtesy of FIDE.