Amongst

Indian chess players Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

there are 76 Grandmasters (GM); 124

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

s (IM); 18

Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

s (WGM), including some who also hold the higher IM title; and 42

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

s (WIM) as of January 2021, according to

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, the International Chess Federation. As of January 2021, the top 10 active Indian chess players have an average rating of 2670, the 4th highest in the world, behind

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, the

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, and

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. The top 10 active women Indian players have an average rating of 2405, the 3rd highest in the world behind China and Russia. As of 2020, 19 different players have been conferred with the highest civilian and sports honours of India, including the

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and the

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...

Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former five-time World Chess Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating of ...

was the first sportsperson to receive the second-highest civilian award,

Padma Vibhushan The Padma Vibhushan ("Lotus Decoration") is the second-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "exceptional and distinguished service" ...

, in 2008 and the inaugural highest sports award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (now called

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award The Khel Ratna Award (), officially known as the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award ( Major Dhyan Chand Sport Jewel Award), is the highest sporting honour of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Governm ...

), in 1991–92.

Top players

The list of top 10 active players as of October 2022. The top 100 players of the world include 4 Indian players, amongst them

at Rank 15. The top 100 women players of the world include 7 Indian players, amongst them

Koneru Humpy Koneru Humpy (born 31 March 1987) is an Indian chess player best known for winning the FIDE Women's rapid chess championship in 2019. In 2002, she became the youngest woman ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster (GM) at the age of 15 years ...

at Rank 3.

Top junior players

The list of top 10 active junior (under the age of 20 as of 1 January of that year) players as of February 2023. The top 100 junior players of the world include 20 Indian players, among them

Gukesh D Dommaraju Gukesh (born 29 May 2006), better known as Gukesh D, is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he is the third-youngest person in history to qualify for the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in March 2019. On 16 Oc ...

at Rank 3,

Arjun Erigaisi Arjun Erigaisi (born 3 September 2003) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He is the reigning Indian national chess champion. He earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 13 days, making him the 32nd youngest person ever t ...

at Rank 5,

Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005) is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned the international master title at the age of 10, the youngest at the time to do so, and the grandmaster title at age 12, the second-you ...

at Rank 6 and

Nihal Sarin Nihal Sarin (born 13 July 2004) is an Indian chess player and chess prodigy. He achieved the title of Grandmaster at age 14. In 2018, he passed the Elo rating of 2600 at 14 years old, which at the time made him the third youngest player in his ...

at Rank 9. The top 100 junior girl players of the world include 10 Indian players, among them

Savitha Shri B Savitha Shri Baskar (born 2007) is an Indian chess woman FIDE Master (2020) from the state of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population ...

at Rank 4, Vantika Agarwal at Rank 10,

Divya Deshmukh Divya Deshmukh (born 9 December 2005) is an Indian chess Woman Grandmaster (WGM) from Maharashtra. She won the 2022 Women's Indian Chess Championship. She also won an individual bronze medal at the 2022 Chess Olympiad. She was also part of the g ...

at Rank 12 and Priyanka Nutakki at Rank 24.

Decorated players

As of 2020, 19 different individuals have been conferred India's top civilian and sports awards. Five different individuals have been conferred the

Anupama Gokhale Anupama Gokhale (born Anupama Abhyankar; 17 May 1969) is an Indian chess player. She won the Indian Women's Championship five times (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, and 1997) and the Asian Women's Championship twice (1985 and 1987). In 1985 she was a ...

was the first chess player to be awarded the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

at the age of 16 in 1986.

became the first sportsperson to receive the second highest civilian award,

, in 2008 after becoming the undisputed

World Chess Champion The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who has held the title since 2013. The first event recognized as a world championship was the 1886 match ...

in 2007. Nineteen different individuals have received top sports honours of India as of 2020. Anand was the recipient of the inaugural highest sports award

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna The Khel Ratna Award (), officially known as the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award ( Major Dhyan Chand Sport Jewel Award), is the highest sporting honour of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Governm ...

in 1991–92. Seventeen individuals have been awarded the

for exceptional performance in chess at the international level. Manuel Aaron was the first chess player to receive this award in its inception year of 1961.

Rohini Khadilkar Rohini Khadilkar (born 1 April 1963 in Mumbai) is a chess player holding the title of Woman International Master (WIM). She has won the Indian women's championship five times and the Asian women's championship twice. She was the first fema ...

was the second chess player and first female chess player to receive this award in 1980–81. In total, seven women chess players have received this award. Two chess coaches—including Raghunandan Gokhle (spouse of

) and Koneru Ashok (father and coach of

)—have received the

Dronacharya Award The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, is sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona, often referred as "Dronacharya" or "Guru Drona", a ch ...

, the highest sports coaching honour of India.

Titled players

As of June 2022, India has 75 Grandmasters (GM) including 2 female players holding the title, 125

s (IM) including 6 female players holding the title, 18 Woman Grandmasters (WGM), 42

s (WIM) and a total of 33,028 rated players. Female rated players are 3,534 in number forming 10.7% of the total rated players of India. The first titled player of India was Manuel Aaron, when he became the first IM of India in 1961.

became India's first GM in 1988. The first Indian to obtain WIM title was

Jayshree Khadilkar Jayshree Khadilkar Pande (born 25 April 1962) is an Indian chess player who was awarded the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1979. She was the first Indian woman to achieve this title. She is the first player from India to ach ...

in 1979 and WGM title was

Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (born 25 March 1979) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM), the first female player in her country to achieve these titles. She has won more medals ...

in 2001. The first Indian woman to become GM was

in 2002 and IM was Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi in 2002.

Grandmasters

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5074452
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2015 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2637 , ,
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5018137
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5019184
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, , Kerala , , , 2016 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2662 , ,
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5037883
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5045207
, , West Bengal , , , 2016 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2581 , ,
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5018293
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2016 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2554 , ,
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5084423
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5018420
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2017 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2572 , ,
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5007836
, , Haryana , , , 2017 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2514 , ,
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5024366
, , Goa , , , 2017 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2504 , ,
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5061245
, , Maharashtra , , , 2017 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2618 , ,
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5009154
, , Karnataka , , , 2017 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2500 , ,
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5002974
, , West Bengal , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2500 , ,
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25059530
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2661 , ,
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25092340
, , Kerala , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2662 , ,
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35009192
, , Telangana , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2689 , ,
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, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2527 , ,
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5078776
, , Telangana , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2557 , ,
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5018226
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2507 , ,
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5029104
, , Karnataka , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2527 , ,
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, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2542 , ,
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46616543
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2699 , ,
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25002767
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2556 , ,
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5028183
, , Odisha , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2503 , ,
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5038448
, , Karnataka , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2506 , ,
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46618546
, , Delhi , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2501 , ,
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35093487
, , Maharashtra , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2622 , ,
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5040299
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2020 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2500 , ,
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35028561
, , Goa , , , 2020 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2571 , ,
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, - , ,
35018701
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2021 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2537 , ,
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, - , ,
5089000
, , Maharashtra , , , 2021 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2501 , ,
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, - , ,
35007394
, , Telangana , , , 2021 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2502 , ,
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5057000
, , West Bengal , , , 2021 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2512 , ,
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5097010
, , Maharashtra , , , 2021 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2536 , ,
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46634827
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2022 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2508 , ,
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25059653
, , Telangana , , , 2022 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2506 , ,
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25060783
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2022 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2519 , , , title application

International Masters

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5000092
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 1961 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2415 , , , , - , ,
5090598
, , Goa , , , 2015 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2440 , ,
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5092442
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2427 , ,
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5027330
, , Karnataka , , , 2016 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2435 , ,
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25034430
, , Goa , , , 2020 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2410 , ,
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, - , ,
25059009
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2020 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2411 , ,
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5001285
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 1999 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2480 , , , , - , ,
5000068
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 1992 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2445 , , , , - , ,
5045150
, , Delhi , , , 2017 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2411 , ,
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5002761
, , West Bengal , , , 2002 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2445 , , , , - , ,
5024803
, , West Bengal , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2427 , ,
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, - , ,
5007372
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2010 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2421 , ,
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, - , ,
5027420
, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2426 , ,
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, - , ,
25073060
, , West Bengal , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2449 , ,
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, - , ,
5003610
, , West Bengal , , , 2008 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2493 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5034426
, , West Bengal , , , 2013 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2456 , ,
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, - , ,
35026763
, , West Bengal , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2396 , ,
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, - , ,
5000564
, , Maharashtra , , , 1999 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2430 , , , , - , ,
25005812
, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 2017 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2441 , ,
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, - , ,
25064967
, , Gujarat , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2399 , ,
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, - , ,
5028280
, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2409 , ,
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, - , ,
25072846
, , West Bengal , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2436 , ,
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, - , ,
5000572
, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 2004 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2448 , , , , - , ,
5012660
, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 2007 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2491 , ,
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, - , ,
5001315
, , Maharashtra , , , 2002 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2411 , , , , - , ,
5057000
, , West Bengal , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2448 , ,
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, - , ,
5097010
, , Maharashtra , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2429 , ,
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, - , ,
5033861
, , Chandigarh , , , 2017 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2461 , ,
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, - , ,
5000254
, , Karnataka , , , 1988 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2420 , , , , - , ,
5006775
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2463 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5070147
, , Telangana , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2404 , ,
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, - , ,
5084822
, , Odisha , , , 2017 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2435 , ,
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, - , ,
5000041
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 1988 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2460 , , , , - , ,
5005507
, , Kerala , , , 2007 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2488 , ,
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, - , ,
35018701
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2484 , ,
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, - , ,
5012600
, , Maharashtra , , , 2010 , , align=center , F , , align=center , 2425 , ,
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, - , ,
5024498
, , Maharashtra , , , 2014 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2398 , ,
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, - , ,
5019257
, , Maharashtra , , , 2015 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2403 , ,
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, - , ,
5016541
, , Madhya Pradesh , , , 2011 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2415 , ,
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5006180
, , Uttar Pradesh , , , 2015 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2086 , , , , - , ,
5026415
, , Maharashtra , , , 2011 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2405 , ,
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, - , ,
5000548
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 1995 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2463 , , , , - , ,
5018625
, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 2015 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2481 , ,
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, - , ,
25041142
, , Maharashtra , , , 2020 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2410 , ,
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, - , ,
5019516
, , Goa , , , 2019 , , align=center , F , , align=center , 2429 , ,
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, - , ,
5037077
, , Maharashtra , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2390 , ,
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, - , ,
5009847
, , Maharashtra , , , 2007 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2465 , ,
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, - , ,
5006520
, , Maharashtra , , , 2017 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2356 , , , , - , ,
5002818
, , West Bengal , , , 2000 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2426 , , , , - , ,
35028600
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2020 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2437 , ,
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, - , ,
25043153
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2016 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2401 , ,
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, - , ,
46664521
, , Telangana , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2462 , ,
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, - , ,
5000106
, , Jharkhand , , , 1991 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2405 , , , , - , ,
35042025
, , Maharashtra , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2461 , ,
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, - , ,
5028698
, , Odisha , , , 2017 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2404 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5004330
, , West Bengal , , , 2010 , , align=center , F , , align=center , 2416 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5006040
, , Maharashtra , , , 2003 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2411 , , , , - , ,
35080350
, , Maharashtra , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2399 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5000122
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 1982 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2410 , , , , - , ,
25009141
, , Maharashtra , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2394 , ,
title application
, - , ,
25089544
, , Delhi , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2510 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5015294
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2014 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2408 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5018277
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2010 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2461 , , , , - , ,
25059653
, , Telangana , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2474 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5018382
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2396 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5010454
, , West Bengal , , , 2010 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2449 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5006848
, , Gujarat , , , 2007 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2411 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5094798
, , West Bengal , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2383 , , , , - , ,
5000050
, , Others , , , 1986 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2480 , , , , - , ,
35007394
, , Telangana , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2443 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5026598
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2010 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2431 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5081483
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2448 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5089000
, , Maharashtra , , , 2017 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2482 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5029317
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2012 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2419 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5001277
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2005 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2408 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5022401
, , Maharashtra , , , 2010 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2477 , ,
title application
, - , ,
35046977
, , Uttrakhand , , , 2020 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2480 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5000084
, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 1987 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2462 , , , , - , ,
5017220
, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 2015 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2470 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5010535
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2010 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2463 , ,
title application
, - , ,
25009532
, , Telangana , , , 2014 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2443 , , , , - , ,
5029295
, , Odisha , , , 2015 , , align=center , F , , align=center , 2454 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5035120
, , West Bengal , , , 2016 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2405 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5001781
, , West Bengal , , , 1999 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2353 , , , , - , ,
5000130
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 1994 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2460 , , , , - , ,
5009120
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2003 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2425 , , , , - , ,
25002112
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2445 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5000238
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2002 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2400 , , , , - , ,
5007038
, , Karnataka , , , 2011 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2467 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5007844
, , Delhi , , , 2007 , , align=center , F , , align=center , 2443 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5094160
, , West Bengal , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2413 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5002532
, , West Bengal , , , 2005 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2419 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5000157
, , Odisha , , , 1992 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2425 , , , , - , ,
5013615
, , Delhi , , , 2010 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2406 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5000599
, , Delhi , , , 2005 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2409 , , , , - , ,
25007963
, , West Bengal , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2406 , , , , - , ,
5004306
, , Odisha , , , 2002 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2480 , , , , - , ,
5000076
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 1981 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2430 , , , , - , ,
5019850
, , Gujarat , , , 2018 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2411 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5022509
, , Maharashtra , , , 2014 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2468 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5053196
, , Maharashtra , , , 2016 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2449 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5004110
, , Uttar Pradesh , , , 2002 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2441 , , , , - , ,
5025842
, , Delhi , , , 2017 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2399 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5073421
, , Maharashtra , , , 2020 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2432 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5000513
, , Maharashtra , , , 1996 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2405 , , , , - , ,
35070924
, , Madhya Pradesh , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2390 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5024218
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2010 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2502 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5007780
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2006 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2523 , ,
title application
, - , ,
25004964
, , Karnataka , , , 2016 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2451 , ,
title application
, - , ,
46634827
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2437 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5016193
, , Maharashtra , , , 2019 , , align=center , F , , align=center , 2428 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5004977
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2008 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2445 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5001498
, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 2015 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2406 , , , , - , ,
5000165
, , Maharashtra , , , 1987 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2415 , , , , - , ,
5021740
, , Maharashtra , , , 2011 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2444 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5028949
, , Odisha , , , 2010 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2435 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5000149
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 1978 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2415 , , , , - , ,
5000580
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 1994 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2435 , , , , - , ,
5028876
, , Chhattisgarh , , , 2019 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2437 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5000246
, , Maharashtra , , , 1985 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2385 , , , , - , ,
5000114
, , Pondicherry , , , 1993 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2425 , , , , - , ,
25012215
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2015 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2486 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5985434
, , Maharashtra , , , 2020 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2304 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5013291
, , Kerala , , , 2021 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2394 , ,
title application
, - , ,
25095927
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2021 , , align=center , M , , align=center , 2383 , ,
title application

Woman Grandmasters

{, class="wikitable nowrap sortable static-row-numbers" ! Name ! FIDE ID ! State ! Birth ! Year ! Highest Rating ! Achieved ! class="unsortable", Reference , - , ,
5000629
, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 2020 , , align=center , 2346 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5003474
, , Maharashtra , , , 2004 , , align=center , 2385 , , , , - , ,
5013623
, , West Bengal , , , 2008 , , align=center , 2423 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5012600
, , Maharashtra , , , 2005 , , align=center , 2425 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5019516
, , Goa , , , 2012 , , align=center , 2429 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5004381
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2004 , , align=center , 2357 , , , , - , ,
5019575
, , Orissa , , , 2010 , , align=center , 2316 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5004330
, , West Bengal , , , 2003 , , align=center , 2416 , , , , - , ,
5012716
, , Maharashtra , , , 2009 , , align=center , 2387 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5050847
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2019 , , align=center , 2365 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5004373
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2003 , , align=center , 2348 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5091756
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2018 , , align=center , 2411 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5029295
, , Orissa , , , 2010 , , align=center , 2454 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5007844
, , Delhi , , , 2005 , , align=center , 2443 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5055903
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2019 , , align=center , 2306 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5016193
, , Maharashtra , , , 2008 , , align=center , 2428 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5091241
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2019 , , align=center , 2271 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5004098
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2001 , , align=center , 2485 , , ,

Woman International Masters

{, class="wikitable nowrap sortable static-row-numbers" ! Name ! FIDE ID ! State ! Birth ! Year ! Highest Rating ! Achieved ! class="unsortable", Reference , - , ,
25050389
, , Delhi , , , 2017 , , align=center , 2314 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5018218
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2013 , , align=center , 2030 , , , , - , ,
5005736
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2015 , , align=center , 2263 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5056535
, , West Bengal , , , 2017 , , align=center , 2124 , , , , - , ,
35002899
, , Maharashtra , , , 2015 , , align=center , 2279 , , , , - , ,
5045118
, , Telangana , , , 2019 , , align=center , 2235 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5019834
, , Gujarat , , , 2012 , , align=center , 2205 , ,
title application
, - , ,
25096990
, , Maharashtra , , , 2019 , , align=center , 2256 , , , , - , ,
35006916
, , Maharashtra , , , 2018 , , align=center , 2431 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5001331
, , West Bengal , , , 2000 , , align=center , 2248 , , , , - , ,
5043131
, , Maharashtra , , , 2014 , , align=center , 2275 , , , , - , ,
5048400
, , Goa , , , 2012 , , align=center , 2277 , , , , - , ,
5038650
, , Maharashtra , , , 2009 , , align=center , 2165 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5001005
, , Maharashtra , , , 1985 , , align=center , 2253 , , , , - , ,
25043250
, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 2019 , , align=center , 2182 , , , , - , ,
25014510
, , Maharashtra , , , 2016 , , align=center , 2334 , , , , - , ,
5009936
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2015 , , align=center , 2295 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5082986
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2019 , , align=center , 2218 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5014034
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2002 , , align=center , 2198 , , , , - , ,
5001030
, , Maharashtra , , , 1979 , , align=center , 2120 , , , , - , ,
5000882
, , Maharashtra , , , 1984 , , align=center , 2220 , , , , - , ,
5001021
, , Maharashtra , , , 1982 , , align=center , 2135 , , , , - , ,
5019354
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2012 , , align=center , 2215 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5001684
, , Maharashtra , , , 2000 , , align=center , 2205 , , , , - , ,
5018650
, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 2007 , , align=center , 2166 , , , , - , ,
5001080
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2015 , , align=center , 2255 , , , , - , ,
25011944
, , Maharashtra , , , 2019 , , align=center , 2245 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5004357
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2007 , , align=center , 2227 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5056403
, , West Bengal , , , 2019 , , align=center , 2290 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5015448
, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 2005 , , align=center , 2268 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5017173
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2013 , , align=center , 2290 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5013550
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2008 , , align=center , 2208 , ,
title application
, - , ,
25049615
, , Andhra Pradesh , , , 2018 , , align=center , 2313 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5024528
, , Maharashtra , , , 2017 , , align=center , 2268 , ,
title application
, - , ,
25073230
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2019 , , align=center , 2322 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5001056
, , Karnataka , , , 1990 , , align=center , 2235 , , , , - , ,
5054290
, , Gujarat , , , 2016 , , align=center , 2310 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5085527
, , Maharashtra , , , 2018 , , align=center , 2308 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5003547
, , Maharashtra , , , 1999 , , align=center , 2230 , , , , - , ,
35006665
, , Karnataka , , , 2019 , , align=center , 2276 , ,
title application
, - , ,
5001013
, , Maharashtra , , , 1986 , , align=center , 2335 , , , , - , ,
5009871
, , Tamil Nadu , , , 2003 , , align=center , 2231 , , ,

References

External links

Top Indian Players - FIDE List

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