Grandmaster Gukesh D, who defeated China's Ding Liren in World Chess Championship in December 2024, climbed to number three in FIDE classical chess rankings, while R Praggnanandhaa has re-entered top 10. Gukesh, who lost Tata Steel Masters to Praggnanandhaa on tiebreak, has a rating of 2,787, trailing Magnus Carlsen (2,833) and Hikaru Nakamura (2,802). Praggnanandhaa is now ranked eighth (2,758).