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India Best chess players in India

Official FIDE ratings, updated monthly.

Active playersActive
36,718
GrandmastersGM
97
International MastersIM
169
Woman GrandmastersWGM
15
  1. 1 GM Praggnanandhaa R IndiaIndia 2763 New
  2. 2 GM Erigaisi Arjun IndiaIndia 2746 New
  3. 3 GM Viswanathan Anand IndiaIndia 2739 New
Best chess players in India, Standard, Open
RankPlayerRatingChangeGamesBorn
1 GM Praggnanandhaa R IndiaIndia2763NewNew·2005
2 GM Erigaisi Arjun IndiaIndia2746NewNew72003
3 GM Viswanathan Anand IndiaIndia2739NewNew·1969
4 GM Nihal Sarin IndiaIndia2720NewNew62004
5 GM Gukesh D IndiaIndia2710NewNew·2006
6 GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit IndiaIndia2693NewNew·1994
7 GM V Pranav IndiaIndia2679NewNew102006
8 GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh IndiaIndia2673NewNew81999
9 GM Pranesh M IndiaIndia2673NewNew142006
10 GM Pentala Harikrishna IndiaIndia2659NewNew61986
11 GM Murali Karthikeyan IndiaIndia2658NewNew171999
12 GM Aryan Chopra IndiaIndia2646NewNew·2001
13 GM Raunak Sadhwani IndiaIndia2645NewNew72005
14 GM Leon Luke Mendonca IndiaIndia2617NewNew92006
15 GM Abhimanyu Puranik IndiaIndia2616NewNew52000
16 GM Aditya Mittal IndiaIndia2616NewNew92006
17 GM Pranav Anand IndiaIndia2607NewNew122006
18 GM Bharath Subramaniyam H IndiaIndia2595NewNew102007
19 GM Pa Iniyan IndiaIndia2581NewNew·2002
20 GM B. Adhiban IndiaIndia2573NewNew91992
21 GM Suri Vaibhav IndiaIndia2569NewNew·1997
22 GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly IndiaIndia2562NewNew·1983
23 GM Narayanan S L IndiaIndia2561NewNew31998
24 GM Samant Aditya S IndiaIndia2559NewNew42006
25 GM S.P. Sethuraman IndiaIndia2556NewNew·1993
26 GM Diptayan Ghosh IndiaIndia2551NewNew·1998
27 GM Abhijeet Gupta IndiaIndia2549NewNew·1989
28 GM Aronyak Ghosh IndiaIndia2546NewNew·2003
29 GM Karthik Venkataraman IndiaIndia2542NewNew91999
30 GM Harshavardhan G B IndiaIndia2542NewNew282003
31 GM S Aswath IndiaIndia2537NewNew92008
32 GM Sankalp Gupta IndiaIndia2536NewNew42003
33 GM Guha Mitrabha IndiaIndia2535NewNew·2001
34 GM Gopal G.N. IndiaIndia2530NewNew·1989
35 GM Mayank Chakraborty IndiaIndia2521NewNew72009
36 GM Humpy Koneru IndiaIndia2520NewNew61987
37 GM Raja Rithvik R IndiaIndia2519NewNew·2004
38 IM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy IndiaIndia2516NewNew382010
39 GM Krishnan Sasikiran IndiaIndia2515NewNew181981
40 GM Visakh N R IndiaIndia2514NewNew91999
41 GM Vignesh N R IndiaIndia2513NewNew·1998
42 GM Ilamparthi A R IndiaIndia2513NewNew92009
43 IM Ethan Vaz IndiaIndia2511NewNew92011
44 GM Raja Harshit IndiaIndia2506NewNew52001
45 GM Aarav Dengla IndiaIndia2506NewNew·2009
46 GM Harsha Bharathakoti IndiaIndia2504NewNew92000
47 GM Harikrishnan.A.Ra IndiaIndia2502NewNew32001
48 GM Aaryan Varshney IndiaIndia2502NewNew·2005
49 GM Sundar M. Shyam IndiaIndia2498NewNew·1992
50 IM V S Rathanvel IndiaIndia2498NewNew162001

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Questions

There are 36,718 active FIDE rated players in India, 97 of them grandmasters. The highest rated is GM Praggnanandhaa R with 2763 in standard chess.

Who is the best chess player in India?

GM Praggnanandhaa R, rated 2763 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

How many grandmasters are there in India?

The FIDE list of November 2026 has 97 grandmasters in India.

Who is the highest rated woman in India?

GM Humpy Koneru, rated 2520 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

Who is the highest rated junior in India?

GM Gukesh D, rated 2710 in the FIDE standard list of November 2026.

How often are FIDE ratings updated?

FIDE publishes a new rating list on the first day of every month. This page shows the list of November 2026. These are not live ratings.

Source: FIDE rating list of November 2026, 800,240 rated players. Last updated November 15, 2026.