Chess in India

Chess has risen in popularity in India in the last few decades primarily due to chess Grandmaster and former World Champion Viswanathan Anand.

See also: Indian chess, All India Chess Federation for the Blind, and Chess Players Association of India

Chess in India
Governing bodyAll India Chess Federation

As of May 2020, the FIDE World Rankings of the top Indian male and female chess players:

It is believed that the game originated from India as a successor to Chaturanga or Shatranj. The All India Chess Federation is the governing body for chess in India.

Player statistics
As of May 2020

FIDE, the World Chess Federation, lists 65 Indian Grand Masters, 10 Woman Grand Masters and 123 international master.[1]

Men

The Top 10 Indian grand masters as of May 2020 are listed below.[2]

See also: List of Indian chess players
Player NameStandard Rating
Anand V2753
Vidit G2726
Harikrishna P2719
Adhiban B2659
Sasikiran K2647
Sethuraman S.P.2644
Aravindh C2641
Parimarjan N2639
Surya Shekhar G2635
Nihal S2620
Some of the Top Indian Players
Viswanathan Anand
Rank 15
50 years
P Harikrishna
Rank 21
34 years
Parimarjan Negi
Rank 138
27 years
Sasikiran Krishnan
Rank 118
39 years
#PlayerBirth yearGM TitleRatingWorld rank[n 1]
1Viswanathan Anand1969198828161
3Vidit Gujrathi19942013272623[3]
2Pendyala Harikrishna19862001271926[4]
4Baskaran Adhiban199220102701212
5Abhijeet Gupta198920082634151
6Surya Shekhar Ganguly198320032619188
7Koneru Humpy198720022613208
8
9Sasikiran Krishnan19812000266685
10Chanda Sandipan198320032597256

Viswanathan Anand is currently No. 15 in the FIDE World Rankings and the former World Champion. Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grand master and former 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 2800, a feat he first achieved in 2006

Women

The Top 10 women Indian chess players are listed below as of November 2013.[5]

Indian women players in FIDE Top 100
Koneru Humpy
Rank 3
33 years
Dronavalli Harika
Rank 26
29 years
Tania Sachdev
Rank 42
33 years
Mary Ann Gomes
Rank 61
30 years
Eesha Karavade
Rank 78
32 years
#PlayerBirth yearTitleRatingWorld rank[n 2]
1Humpy Koneru1987GM26183
2Dronavalli Harika1991GM248426
3Tania Sachdev1986WGM244142
4Mary Ann Gomes1989WGM241461
5Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi1979IM239970
6Eesha Karavade1987IM238078

Blind players

The Top blind Indian chess players are listed below as of October 2013.[6]

#PlayerBirth yearRatingStateWorld rank[n 3]
1Kishan Gangolli19922054Karnataka
2Darpan Inani19942022Gujarat
3Charudatta Jadhav1998Maharashtra
4Kaustubh Khare1982Maharashtra
5Oza Rajesh19771861Maharashtra
6Shah Swapanil19661860Karnataka
7Makhwana Ashwin K1858Maharashtra
8Krishna Udupa19721853Karnataka

Notes
  1. Active players only
  2. Active female players only
  3. Blind players only

References
  1. "General ratings statistics for India". All India Chess Federation (AICF). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. "Federations Ranking: India". World Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. "Harikrishna, Pentala FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  5. "Federations Ranking: India, Women". World Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  6. "AICFB". Retrieved 24 November 2013.


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