Current World Top 10 Women’s Chess Ranking – China dominates amidst India’s major 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. 

Women’s Top 10 Chess Ranking – July 2025

RankingNameCountryTitleClassicalBlitzRapidHighest Rating
1Hou YifanChinaGM2633253825002686 (Mar 2015)
2Ju WenjunChinaGM2570254224912604 (Mar 2017)
3Lei TingjieChinaGM2557249924902564 (Mar 2023)
4Anna MuzychukUkraineGM2544240523972606 (Jul 2012)
5Humpy KoneruIndiaGM2536244624182623 (Jul 2009)
6Zhu JinerChinaGM2533244124252533 (Jul 2025)
7Aleksandra GoryachkinaFIDE (Russia)GM2533251724412611 (Feb 2020)
8Tan ZhongyiChinaGM2527250724572536 (Jul 2023)
9Kateryna LagnoRussiaGM2515246524402563 (Jul 2019)
10Bibisara AssaubayevaKazakhstanIM2505244624412505 (Jul 2025)
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