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The 2025 FIDE List: Women’s Chess Breakthroughs

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Who has gained the most points in the FIDE women’s rating list in 2025? From Chu Jiner, Karissa Yip to Zhenya Balabayeva, Tatev Abrahamyan – find out the details. 2025 was a year of historic change in the women’s chess world rankings. A group of young and returning players showed remarkable progress, with Zhenya Balabayeva … Read more

FIDE’s 2025 Rating List: Praggnanandhaa, Keymer & New Stars Rise

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Who made the biggest leaps in the FIDE chess rankings in 2025? From Vincent Keymer, Anish Giri, Praggnanandhaa to Jose Martinez and Yagiz Kan Erdoğan, learn the stories of their remarkable rise in this analysis. See who has taken the chess world by storm! Chess ratings are not just a number, they are a map … Read more