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Top Chess Players in India
See the top 100 active chess players representing India, ranked by current FIDE classical rating, with federation statistics and player profiles.
FIDE rating-list snapshot: July 2026. Federation does not necessarily indicate citizenship.
19,387
Active rated players
2,757
Top rating
2,705
FIDE top 10 average
72
Grandmasters
2,643
Women players
13,255
Under 20
Erigaisi Arjun is the highest-rated player representing India on this classical list with a rating of 2757. FIDE's federation ranking uses the top 10 active-player average: 2705.
Player status
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- 1GMErigaisi Arjun2757classicalINDFIDE 35009192Born 2003
- 2GMPraggnanandhaa R2750classicalINDFIDE 25059530Born 2005
- 3GMViswanathan Anand2739classicalINDFIDE 5000017Born 1969
- 4GMNihal Sarin2717classicalINDFIDE 25092340Born 2004
- 5GMGukesh D2717classicalINDFIDE 46616543Born 2006
- 6GMSantosh Gujrathi Vidit2697classicalINDFIDE 5029465Born 1994
- 7GMChithambaram VR. Aravindh2677classicalINDFIDE 5072786Born 1999
- 8GMMurali Karthikeyan2668classicalINDFIDE 5074452Born 1999
- 9GMV Pranav2666classicalINDFIDE 25060783Born 2006
- 10GMPranesh M2666classicalINDFIDE 35028600Born 2006
- 11GMPentala Harikrishna2655classicalINDFIDE 5007003Born 1986
- 12GMAryan Chopra2637classicalINDFIDE 5084423Born 2001
- 13GMRaunak Sadhwani2634classicalINDFIDE 35093487Born 2005
- 14GMAbhimanyu Puranik2629classicalINDFIDE 5061245Born 2000
- 15GMLeon Luke Mendonca2616classicalINDFIDE 35028561Born 2006
- 16GMAditya Mittal2602classicalINDFIDE 35042025Born 2006
- 17GMBharath Subramaniyam H2591classicalINDFIDE 46634827Born 2007
- 18GMPranav Anand2588classicalINDFIDE 46626786Born 2006
- 19GMNarayanan S L2581classicalINDFIDE 5058422Born 1998
- 20GMPa Iniyan2581classicalINDFIDE 25002767Born 2002
- 21GMSurya Shekhar Ganguly2578classicalINDFIDE 5002150Born 1983
- 22GMSuri Vaibhav2569classicalINDFIDE 5045185Born 1997
- 23GMKarthik Venkataraman2566classicalINDFIDE 25006479Born 1999
- 24GMB. Adhiban2561classicalINDFIDE 5018471Born 1992
- 25GMDiptayan Ghosh2554classicalINDFIDE 5045207Born 1998
- 26IMAronyak Ghosh2549classicalINDFIDE 25072846Born 2003
- 27GMKrishnan Sasikiran2546classicalINDFIDE 5004985Born 1981
- 28GMS.P. Sethuraman2541classicalINDFIDE 5021596Born 1993
- 29GMAaryan Varshney2538classicalINDFIDE 45048975Born 2005
- 30GMSankalp Gupta2535classicalINDFIDE 5097010Born 2003
- 31GMAbhijeet Gupta2529classicalINDFIDE 5010608Born 1989
- 32GMGopal G.N.2529classicalINDFIDE 5015693Born 1989
- 33GMVisakh N R2529classicalINDFIDE 25012223Born 1999
- 34IMEthan Vaz2529classicalINDFIDE 25940783Born 2011
- 35GMGuha Mitrabha2525classicalINDFIDE 5057000Born 2001
- 36GMHumpy Koneru2524classicalINDFIDE 5008123Born 1987
- 37GMIlamparthi A R2524classicalINDFIDE 45015775Born 2009
- 38GMRaja Rithvik R2521classicalINDFIDE 35007394Born 2004
- 39GMHarikrishnan.A.Ra2519classicalINDFIDE 5081483Born 2001
- 40IMS Aswath2517classicalINDFIDE 46694919Born 2008
- 41GMSamant Aditya S2516classicalINDFIDE 35080580Born 2006
- 42GMLalit Babu M R2513classicalINDFIDE 5024595Born 1993
- 43GMVignesh N R2512classicalINDFIDE 25012215Born 1998
- 44GMHarsha Bharathakoti2510classicalINDFIDE 5078776Born 2000
- 45IMHarshavardhan G B2508classicalINDFIDE 25059009Born 2003
- 46GMAarav Dengla2506classicalINDFIDE 45059756Born 2009
- 47GMPrraneeth Vuppala2502classicalINDFIDE 46622373Born 2007
- 48GMRaja Harshit2499classicalINDFIDE 5089000Born 2001
- 49GMRameshbabu Vaishali2496classicalINDFIDE 5091756Born 2001
- 50IMMd Imran2496classicalINDFIDE 25748580Born 2009
- 51IMMayank Chakraborty2494classicalINDFIDE 25659766Born 2009
- 52GMSahaj Grover2493classicalINDFIDE 5021103Born 1995
- 53IMV S Rathanvel2492classicalINDFIDE 25002112Born 2001
- 54GMDivya Deshmukh2490classicalINDFIDE 35006916Born 2005
- 55GMRohith Krishna S2489classicalINDFIDE 46617051Born 2005
- 56GMKoustav Chatterjee2484classicalINDFIDE 25073060Born 2003
- 57GMSundar M. Shyam2478classicalINDFIDE 5019141Born 1992
- 58IMNeelash Saha2476classicalINDFIDE 5094160Born 2002
- 59IMAjay Santhosh Parvathareddy2476classicalINDFIDE 25998676Born 2010
- 60IMJubin Jimmy2474classicalINDFIDE 46686614Born 2006
- 61GMDeep Sengupta2473classicalINDFIDE 5008352Born 1988
- 62GMJayaram Ashwin2472classicalINDFIDE 5018137Born 1990
- 63GMSandipan Chanda2468classicalINDFIDE 5004225Born 1983
- 64IMNitish Belurkar2466classicalINDFIDE 5084768Born 2001
- 65GMRahul Srivatshav P2466classicalINDFIDE 25059653Born 2002
- 66IMSriram Adarsh Uppala2461classicalINDFIDE 33319782Born 2010
- 67IMHarsh Suresh2457classicalINDFIDE 45018464Born 2007
- 68IMAnuj Shrivatri2456classicalINDFIDE 35070924Born 2004
- 69GMHarika Dronavalli2453classicalINDFIDE 5015197Born 1991
- 70GMSrihari L R2453classicalINDFIDE 46617116Born 2005
- 71IMHimal Gusain2451classicalINDFIDE 5033861Born 1993
- 72IMSiva Mahadevan2448classicalINDFIDE 25043153Born 2001
- 73GMMishra Swayams2446classicalINDFIDE 5028183Born 1992
- 74GMMagesh Chandran Panchanathan2444classicalINDFIDE 5007429Born 1983
- 75IMMuthaiah AL2442classicalINDFIDE 5092442Born 1999
- 76IMApoorv Kamble2441classicalINDFIDE 25683012Born 2009
- 77IMGarg Aradhya2440classicalINDFIDE 25006746Born 2000
- 78GMShardul Gagare2439classicalINDFIDE 5037883Born 1997
- 79FMPanesar Vedant2439classicalINDFIDE 35033018Born 2003
- 80IMGoutham Krishna H2433classicalINDFIDE 25983504Born 2010
- 81GMG.A. Stany2429classicalINDFIDE 5029104Born 1993
- 82IMKushagra Mohan2429classicalINDFIDE 25033638Born 2004
- 83CMDeboushnik De2429classicalINDFIDE 25768778Born 2007
- 84GMShyaam Nikhil P2428classicalINDFIDE 5024218Born 1992
- 85IMAyush Sharma2428classicalINDFIDE 45010943Born 2005
- 86IMDhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad2426classicalINDFIDE 25005812Born 1996
- 87IMAudi Ameya2424classicalINDFIDE 25034430Born 1999
- 88IMTeja S. Ravi2422classicalINDFIDE 5017220Born 1993
- 89Garv Rai2416classicalINDFIDE 35049593Born 2007
- 90IMDalvi Aakash Sharadchandra2415classicalINDFIDE 25033220Born 2002
- 91IMMohamed Anees M2415classicalINDFIDE 35065815Born 2003
- 92IMShahil Dey2413classicalINDFIDE 35062352Born 2007
- 93FMAayush Bhattacherjee2412classicalINDFIDE 35029070Born 2007
- 94IMSoham Kamotra2412classicalINDFIDE 46647490Born 2004
- 95GMSayantan Das2408classicalINDFIDE 5034426Born 1997
- 96IMSathvik Adiga2408classicalINDFIDE 25745700Born 2011
- 97FMJake Shanty2408classicalINDFIDE 33478066Born 2011
- 98IMShete Sammed Jaykumar2407classicalINDFIDE 5073421Born 1999
- 99IMVignesh Advaith Vemula2405classicalINDFIDE 25792059Born 2009
- 100IMAaditya Dhingra2404classicalINDFIDE 25678191Born 2006
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About this ranking
Who is the highest-rated chess player representing India?
Erigaisi Arjun leads the classical list at 2757.
How many active rated chess players represent India?
19,387 active players representing India have a current FIDE classical rating in this ChessEver snapshot.
How are the India chess rankings ordered?
Players are ordered by FIDE classical rating, highest first. The default ranking excludes players marked inactive by FIDE. Equal ratings are ordered consistently by FIDE ID. Federation represents the player's FIDE federation, not necessarily citizenship.