♦ Indian Grand Master D Gukesh climbed to a career-high No. 3 rankings in the latest FIDE classical ratings list released on 1 March 2025.

♦ He is third with an Elo rating of 2787, behind second-placed Hikaru Nakamura (2802) and Magnus Carlsen (2833). 

♦ Meanwhile, Arjun Erigaisi is fifth with an Elo rating of 2777. Also, Praggnanandhaa, who recently won the Tata Masters, is eighth with an Elo rating of 2758.

♦ Chess legend Viswanathan Anand has slipped out of the top-ten and is now 14th in the standings with an Elo rating of 2743.

♦ American GM Fabiano Caruana is fourth with an Elo rating of 2783, and Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2773) is sixth.