The grand master of Indian chess Aravindh Chithambaram is in the third sport in the Fide 2025 circuit after winning the Prague Chess Masters 2025 while Ding Liren is at the top and R Praggnanandhaa is second. The winner of Fide Circuit 2025 will obtain a direct entry into the FIDE 2026 candidates.
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Ding Liren continues to direct the ranking of the Fide 2025 circuit, which is dominated by the great Maitters of Indian chess in the first five. The last ranking of the 2025 Fide circuit, published by the world chess corps on Monday, March 10, presents three Indian players in the top five.
The winner of the FIDE 2025 circuit will gain direct entry into the FIDE 2026 candidates, the tournament that will determine the next challenger for the world of chess against D Gukesh.
Gukesh became the world chess champion after defeating Dinge in the 2024 world chess championship.
How will the participants in Fide candidates be chosen?
In total, eight players will participate in the candidates of the Fide 2026, the winner winning the right to challenge the Grand Maître Indian of 18 years Gukesh, the World Chess Championship 2026.
Two places in the Fide 2026 candidates will be decided through the Fide circuit, with the winners of 2024 and 2025 editions.
The Grand Master Italian-American Fabiano Caruana, who has ahead of the star of India Arjun Erigaisi to exceed the classification of the Fide 2024 circuit, has already obtained his place among the candidates.
The six places remaining in the candidates of 2026 will be filled by the three best finish of the Fide 2025 World Cup, the two best finisters of the Fide 2025 Swiss tournament and the player with the highest average note between August 2025 and January 2026.
Praggnanandhaa and Aravindh among the first 5 in the classification of Fide circuits
Returning to the last classification of the 2025 FIDE circuit.
Readn leads with 40.64 points which he won in the 2024 world chess championship. The R Praggnanandhaa of India is second with 36.06 points, winning 11.06 points with a second place in the Prague Chess Masters 2025.
The last to enter the top 10 and currently in third place is the Aravindh Chithambaram in India (24.34), which recently won the Prague Chess Masters 2025.
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The world champion GUKESH is in fourth place with 22.37 points, but his classification does not matter because he will not participate in candidates.
The 17 -year -old French Grand Master, Marc’andria Maurizzi (22.02 points) is completed by the first five (22.02 points). He won 16.04 circuit points by winning the International Masters Djerba and added 5.88 points by winning third place in the Prague Chess Challengers 2025.
The higher classification of the FIDE 2025 circuit classification
| Row | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ding readn | 40.64 |
| 2 | R Praggnanandhaa | 36.06 |
| 3 | Aravindh Chithambaram | 24.34 |
| 4 | GUKESH DIMAMPUJU | 22.37 |
| 5 | Marc’andria Maurizzi | 22.02 |
| 6 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 18.42 |
| 7 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 18.01 |
| 8 | Anish Giri | 17.64 |
| 9 | Wei Yi | 17.64 |
| 10 | Vladimir Fedoseev | 15.79 |
