Chess in India

Chess has risen in popularity in India in the last few decades primarily due to chess Grandmaster and former 5-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand.

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

Chess in India
Viswanathan Anand
Governing body	All India Chess Federation

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

• Viswanathan Anand is the world No. 15, with a rating of 2753
• Harika Dronavalli is the female world No. 2, with a rating of 2553

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 Name	Standard Rating
Anand V	2753
Vidit G	2736
Harikrishna P	2726
Adhiban B	2659
Sasikiran K	2647
Sethuraman S.P.	2644
Aravindh C	2641
Parimarjan N	2639
Surya Shekhar G	2635
Nihal S	2620

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

#	Player	Birth year	GM Title	Rating	World rank[n 1]
1	Viswanathan Anand	1969	1988	2816	1
2	Pentala Harikrishna	1986	2001	2732	20[3]
3	Vidit Gujrathi	1994	2013	2726	24[4]
4	Baskaran Adhiban	1992	2010	2701	212
5	Abhijeet Gupta	1989	2008	2634	151
6	Surya Shekhar Ganguly	1983	2003	2619	188
7	Koneru Humpy	1987	2002	2613	208
8
9	Sasikiran Krishnan	1981	2000	2666	85
10	Chanda Sandipan	1983	2003	2597	256

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

#	Player	Birth year	Title	Rating	World rank[n 2]
1	Humpy Koneru	1987	GM	2618	3
2	Dronavalli Harika	1991	GM	2484	26
3	Tania Sachdev	1986	WGM	2441	42
4	Mary Ann Gomes	1989	WGM	2414	61
5	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi	1979	IM	2399	70
6	Eesha Karavade	1987	IM	2380	78

Blind players

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

#	Player	Birth year	Rating	State	World rank[n 3]
1	Kishan Gangolli	1992	2054	Karnataka
2	Darpan Inani	1994	2022	Gujarat
3	Charudatta Jadhav		1998	Maharashtra
4	Kaustubh Khare		1982	Maharashtra
5	Oza Rajesh	1977	1861	Maharashtra
6	Shah Swapanil	1966	1860	Karnataka
7	Makhwana Ashwin K		1858	Maharashtra
8	Krishna Udupa	1972	1853	Karnataka

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. "Harikrishna, Pentala FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
4. "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 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.

External links

• All India Chess Federation