List of Indian chess players
Amongst Indian chess players there are 67 Grandmasters, 124 International Masters, 20 Woman Grandmasters, and 42 Woman International Masters, and a total of 33,028 rated players, as of January 2021 according to FIDE, the International Chess Federation.
As of January 2021, the top 10 active Indian chess players have an average rating of 2670, 4th highest in the world behind Russia, United States, and China. The top 10 active women Indian players have an average rating of 2405, 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 Padma awards and the Arjuna Award. Viswanathan Anand was the first sportsperson to receive the second highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushan, in 2008 and the inaugural highest sports award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, in 1991–92.
Top players
The list of top 10 active players as of January 2021.[1][2] The top 100 players of the world include 4 Indian players, amongst them Viswanathan Anand at Rank 16.[3] The top 100 women players of the world include 7 Indian players, amongst them Koneru Humpy at Rank 3.[4]
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Top Players Name Rating Title State Birth 1 Viswanathan Anand 2753 GM Tamil Nadu 11 Dec 1969 2 Pentala Harikrishna 2732 GM Andhra Pradesh 10 May 1986 3 Vidit Gujrathi 2726 GM Maharashtra 24 Oct 1994 4 Baskaran Adhiban 2659 GM Tamil Nadu 15 Aug 1992 5 Krishnan Sasikiran 2647 GM Tamil Nadu 7 Jan 1981 6 S. P. Sethuraman 2644 GM Tamil Nadu 25 Feb 1993 7 Chithambaram Aravindh 2641 GM Tamil Nadu 11 Sep 1999 8 Parimarjan Negi 2639 GM Delhi 9 Feb 1993 9 Surya Shekhar Ganguly 2635 GM West Bengal 24 Feb 1983 10 Nihal Sarin 2620 GM Kerala 13 Jul 2004 Average2670 4th out of 158 countries[5] -
Top Women Players Name Rating Title State Birth 1 Koneru Humpy 2586 GM, WGM Andhra Pradesh 31 Mar 1987 2 Harika Dronavalli 2515 GM, WGM Telangana 12 Jan 1991 3 Vaishali Rameshbabu 2393 WGM Tamil Nadu 21 Jun 2001 4 Tania Sachdev 2392 IM, WGM Delhi 20 Aug 1986 5 Bhakti Kulkarni 2391 IM, WGM Goa 19 May 1992 6 Padmini Rout 2370 IM, WGM Orissa 5 Jan 1994 7 P. V. Nandhidhaa 2365 WGM Tamil Nadu 10 Apr 1996 8 Mary Ann Gomes 2354 WGM West Bengal 19 Sep 1989 9 Soumya Swaminathan 2351 IM, WGM Maharashtra 21 Mar 1989 10 Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi 2332 IM, WGM Tamil Nadu 25 Mar 1979 Average2405 3rd out of 156 countries[6]
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 January 2021. The top 100 junior players of the world include 16 Indian players, amongst them Nihal Sarin at Rank 6.[7] The top 100 junior girl players of the world include 13 Indian players, amongst them Vaishali Rameshbabu at Rank 8.[8]
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Top Juniors Name Rating Title State Birth 1 Nihal Sarin 2620 GM Kerala 13 Jul 2004 2 Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 2608 GM Tamil Nadu 10 Aug 2005 3 Aryan Chopra 2585 GM Delhi 10 Dec 2001 4 Gukesh D 2563 GM Tamil Nadu 29 May 2006 5 Arjun Erigaisi 2559 GM Telangana 3 Sep 2003 6 Raunak Sadhwani 2545 GM Maharashtra 22 Dec 2005 7 Leon Luke Mendonca 2538 GM Goa 13 Mar 2006 8 P. Iniyan 2506 GM Tamil Nadu 13 Sep 2002 9 Saksham Rautela 2480 IM Uttrakhand 29 Jan 2004 10 Arjun Kalyan 2477 IM Tamil Nadu 17 Jun 2002 -
Top Junior Girls Name Rating Title State Birth 1 Vaishali Rameshbabu 2393 WGM Tamil Nadu 21 Jun 2001 2 Divya Deshmukh 2305 WIM Maharashtra 9 Dec 2005 3 Vantika Agrawal 2286 WIM Delhi 28 Sep 2002 4 Nutakki Priyanka 2263 WIM Andhra Pradesh 1 Jun 2002 5 Savitha Shri B 2261 WFM Tamil Nadu 2007 6 Mrudul Dehankar 2256 WIM Maharashtra 2004 7 Priyanka K. 2218 WIM Tamil Nadu 3 Aug 2001 8 Arpita Mukherjee 2206 WIM West Bengal 31 May 2001 9 Saina Salonika 2206 WFM Orissa 2003 10 Rakshitta Ravi 2190 WIM Tamil Nadu 24 Apr 2005
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 Padma awards.[9] Anupama Gokhale was the first chess player to be awarded the Padma Shri at the age of 16 in 1986. Viswanathan Anand became the first sportsperson to receive the second highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushan, in 2008 after becoming the undisputed World Chess Champion in 2007.[10][11]
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 in 1991–92. Seventeen individuals have been awarded the Arjuna Award 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.[12] Rohini Khadilkar 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 Anupama Gokhale) and Koneru Ashok (father and coach of Koneru Humpy)—have received the Dronacharya Award, the highest sports coaching honour of India.[13]
Name | State | Year | Title | M/F | Ref. | |
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Padma Vibhushan | ||||||
1 | Viswanathan Anand | Tamil Nadu | 2008 | GM | M | [14] |
Padma Bhushan | ||||||
- | Viswanathan Anand | Tamil Nadu | 2001 | GM | M | [14] |
Padma Shri | ||||||
2 | Anupama Gokhale | Maharashtra | 1986 | WIM | F | [14] |
3 | Bhagyashree Thipsay | Maharashtra | 1987 | WIM | F | [14] |
- | Viswanathan Anand | Tamil Nadu | 1988 | GM | M | [14] |
4 | Koneru Humpy | Andhra Pradesh | 2007 | GM | F | [14] |
5 | Harika Dronavalli | Telangana | 2019 | GM | F | [15] |
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | ||||||
- | Viswanathan Anand | Tamil Nadu | 1991-92 | GM | M | [16] |
Arjuna Award | ||||||
6 | Manuel Aaron | Tamil Nadu | 1961 | IM | M | [17] |
7 | Rohini Khadilkar | Maharashtra | 1980–81 | WIM | F | [17] |
8 | Dibyendu Barua | West Bengal | 1983 | GM | M | [17] |
9 | Pravin Thipsay | Maharashtra | 1984 | GM | M | [17] |
- | Viswanathan Anand | Tamil Nadu | 1985 | GM | M | [17] |
- | Bhagyashree Thipsay | Maharashtra | 1987 | WIM | F | [17] |
10 | Devaki Prasad | 1987 | IM | M | [17] | |
- | Anupama Gokhale | Maharashtra | 1990 | WIM | F | [17] |
11 | Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi | Tamil Nadu | 2000 | IM | F | [17] |
12 | Krishnan Sasikiran | Tamil Nadu | 2002 | GM | M | [17] |
- | Koneru Humpy | Andhra Pradesh | 2003 | GM | F | [17] |
13 | Surya Shekhar Ganguly | West Bengal | 2005 | GM | M | [17] |
14 | Pentala Harikrishna | Andhra Pradesh | 2006 | GM | M | [17] |
- | Harika Dronavalli | Telangana | 2007 | GM | F | [17] |
15 | Tania Sachdev | Delhi | 2009 | IM | F | [17] |
16 | Parimarjan Negi | Delhi | 2010 | GM | M | [17] |
17 | Abhijeet Gupta | Delhi | 2013 | GM | M | [17] |
Dronacharya Award | ||||||
18 | Raghunandan Gokhle | Maharashtra | 1986 | CM | M | [18] |
19 | Koneru Ashok | Andhra Pradesh | 2006 | M | [18] |
Titled players
As of January 2021, India has 67 Grandmasters (GM) including 2 women players holding the title, 124 International Masters (IM) including 7 women players holding the title, 20 Woman Grandmasters (WGM) and 42 Woman International Masters (WIM) and a total of 33,028 rated players.[19][20] Women rated players are 3,534 in number forming 10.7% of the total rated players of India.[21] The first titled player of India was Manuel Aaron, when he became the first IM of India in 1961. Viswanathan Anand became India's first GM in 1988.[12][22]
The first Indian to obtain WIM title was Jayshree Khadilkar in 1979 and WGM title was Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi in 2001.[23] The first Indian woman to become GM was Koneru Humpy in 2002 and IM was Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi in 2002.[24]
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