current world top 10 womens chess ranking china dominates india win
While the whole world is reeling on the new FIDE Women’s World Champion 2025 as Divya Deshmukh pulled through a Rapid game against Koneru Humpy, clinching a splendid win. The Women’s world ranking managed by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) changes based on the performances and the ratings earned by each player.
FIDE updates ‘Top 100’ rankings every month based on the FIDE tournament ratings earned by the players and the positions can change sharply depending on the individual performances and any player can lose their ratings as well.
| Ranking | Name | Country | Title | Classical | Blitz | Rapid | Highest Rating |
| 1 | Hou Yifan | China | GM | 2633 | 2538 | 2500 | 2686 (Mar 2015) |
| 2 | Ju Wenjun | China | GM | 2570 | 2542 | 2491 | 2604 (Mar 2017) |
| 3 | Lei Tingjie | China | GM | 2557 | 2499 | 2490 | 2564 (Mar 2023) |
| 4 | Anna Muzychuk | Ukraine | GM | 2544 | 2405 | 2397 | 2606 (Jul 2012) |
| 5 | Humpy Koneru | India | GM | 2536 | 2446 | 2418 | 2623 (Jul 2009) |
| 6 | Zhu Jiner | China | GM | 2533 | 2441 | 2425 | 2533 (Jul 2025) |
| 7 | Aleksandra Goryachkina | FIDE (Russia) | GM | 2533 | 2517 | 2441 | 2611 (Feb 2020) |
| 8 | Tan Zhongyi | China | GM | 2527 | 2507 | 2457 | 2536 (Jul 2023) |
| 9 | Kateryna Lagno | Russia | GM | 2515 | 2465 | 2440 | 2563 (Jul 2019) |
| 10 | Bibisara Assaubayeva | Kazakhstan | IM | 2505 | 2446 | 2441 | 2505 (Jul 2025) |
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