India chess federation: top players, ratings and statistics

Top players

1 Praggnanandhaa R GMBorn 2005 2763
2 Erigaisi Arjun GMBorn 2003 2746
3 Anand, Viswanathan GMBorn 1969 2739

Rank	नाम	रेटिंग	Born
4	Gukesh D GM	Rating 2710	Born 2006
5	Nihal Sarin GM	Rating 2709	Born 2004
6	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi GM	Rating 2693	Born 1994
7	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. GM	Rating 2677	Born 1999
8	Pranav, V GM	Rating 2677	Born 2006
9	Pranesh M GM	Rating 2674	Born 2006
10	Harikrishna, Pentala GM	Rating 2648	Born 1986
11	Karthikeyan, Murali GM	Rating 2647	Born 1999
12	Aryan Chopra GM	Rating 2646	Born 2001
13	Sadhwani, Raunak GM	Rating 2645	Born 2005
14	Mendonca, Leon Luke GM	Rating 2629	Born 2006
15	Puranik, Abhimanyu GM	Rating 2622	Born 2000
16	Aditya Mittal GM	Rating 2621	Born 2006
17	Pranav Anand GM	Rating 2606	Born 2006
18	Bharath Subramaniyam H GM	Rating 2603	Born 2007
19	Iniyan, Pa GM	Rating 2581	Born 2002
20	Adhiban, B. GM	Rating 2574	Born 1992
21	Vaibhav, Suri GM	Rating 2569	Born 1997
22	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar GM	Rating 2562	Born 1983
23	Narayanan S L GM	Rating 2557	Born 1998
24	Karthik Venkataraman GM	Rating 2556	Born 1999
25	Sethuraman, S.P. GM	Rating 2556	Born 1993

1 Erigaisi Arjun GMBorn 2003 2740
2 Praggnanandhaa R GMBorn 2005 2730
3 Nihal Sarin GMBorn 2004 2712

Rank	नाम	रेटिंग	Born
4	Anand, Viswanathan GM	Rating 2694	Born 1969
5	Gukesh D GM	Rating 2686	Born 2006
6	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi GM	Rating 2625	Born 1994
7	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. GM	Rating 2612	Born 1999
8	Aryan Chopra GM	Rating 2598	Born 2001
9	Harikrishna, Pentala GM	Rating 2595	Born 1986
10	Pranav, V GM	Rating 2592	Born 2006
11	Sadhwani, Raunak GM	Rating 2592	Born 2005
12	Narayanan S L GM	Rating 2570	Born 1998
13	Lalit Babu M R GM	Rating 2566	Born 1993
14	Chanda, Sandipan GM	Rating 2565	Born 1983
15	Pranesh M GM	Rating 2552	Born 2006
16	Mendonca, Leon Luke GM	Rating 2548	Born 2006
17	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar GM	Rating 2536	Born 1983
18	Gupta, Abhijeet GM	Rating 2533	Born 1989
19	Puranik, Abhimanyu GM	Rating 2530	Born 2000
20	Sethuraman, S.P. GM	Rating 2526	Born 1993
21	Karthikeyan, Murali GM	Rating 2524	Born 1999
22	Adhiban, B. GM	Rating 2523	Born 1992
23	Ashwin, Jayaram GM	Rating 2513	Born 1990
24	Sasikiran, Krishnan GM	Rating 2509	Born 1981
25	Vaibhav, Suri GM	Rating 2508	Born 1997

1 Erigaisi Arjun GMBorn 2003 2766
2 Nihal Sarin GMBorn 2004 2721
3 Praggnanandhaa R GMBorn 2005 2712

Rank	नाम	रेटिंग	Born
4	Anand, Viswanathan GM	Rating 2706	Born 1969
5	Sadhwani, Raunak GM	Rating 2678	Born 2005
6	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi GM	Rating 2677	Born 1994
7	Gukesh D GM	Rating 2659	Born 2006
8	Narayanan S L GM	Rating 2630	Born 1998
9	Harikrishna, Pentala GM	Rating 2620	Born 1986
10	Aryan Chopra GM	Rating 2603	Born 2001
11	Pranesh M GM	Rating 2589	Born 2006
12	Pranav, V GM	Rating 2582	Born 2006
13	Puranik, Abhimanyu GM	Rating 2566	Born 2000
14	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. GM	Rating 2562	Born 1999
15	Mitrabha, Guha GM	Rating 2558	Born 2001
16	Bharath Subramaniyam H GM	Rating 2546	Born 2007
17	Lalit Babu M R GM	Rating 2541	Born 1993
18	Ghosh, Diptayan GM	Rating 2537	Born 1998
19	Goutham Krishna H IM	Rating 2533	Born 2010
20	Gupta, Abhijeet GM	Rating 2528	Born 1989
21	Karthikeyan, Murali GM	Rating 2528	Born 1999
22	Mendonca, Leon Luke GM	Rating 2520	Born 2006
23	Adhiban, B. GM	Rating 2519	Born 1992
24	Gopal G.N. GM	Rating 2511	Born 1989
25	Sethuraman, S.P. GM	Rating 2503	Born 1993

1 Koneru, Humpy GMBorn 1987 2518
2 Divya Deshmukh GMBorn 2005 2488
3 Dronavalli, Harika GMBorn 1991 2453

Rank	नाम	रेटिंग	Born
4	Vaishali, Rameshbabu GM	Rating 2452	Born 2001
5	Modipalli Deekshitha WCM	Rating 2436	Born 2012
6	Savitha Shri B IM	Rating 2405	Born 2007
7	Vantika Agrawal IM	Rating 2402	Born 2002
8	Kalyani Sirin WIM	Rating 2401	Born 2010
9	Pratitee Bordoloi WIM	Rating 2393	Born 2013
10	Rakshitta Ravi WGM	Rating 2364	Born 2005
11	Padmini, Rout IM	Rating 2344	Born 1994
12	Aamuktha Guntaka WIM	Rating 2338	Born 2012
13	Velpula Sarayu WGM	Rating 2338	Born 2006
14	Shubhi Gupta WFM	Rating 2335	Born 2010
15	Sahithi Varshini M FM	Rating 2318	Born 2007
16	Kulkarni Bhakti IM	Rating 2316	Born 1992
17	Mahalakshmi, M WGM	Rating 2304	Born 1998
18	Charvi A FM	Rating 2296	Born 2014
19	Sachi Jain WIM	Rating 2288	Born 2009
20	Soumya, Swaminathan IM	Rating 2266	Born 1989
21	Pandey Srishti WIM	Rating 2263	Born 2001
22	Priyanka Nutakki WGM	Rating 2261	Born 2002
23	Niharika Challa WFM	Rating 2252	Born 2000
24	Sharma Isha WGM	Rating 2252	Born 2000
25	Srija, Seshadri WGM	Rating 2243	Born 1997

1 Dronavalli, Harika GMBorn 1991 2438
2 Koneru, Humpy GMBorn 1987 2431
3 Divya Deshmukh GMBorn 2005 2400

Rank	नाम	रेटिंग	Born
4	Vaishali, Rameshbabu GM	Rating 2396	Born 2001
5	Savitha Shri B IM	Rating 2350	Born 2007
6	Vantika Agrawal IM	Rating 2318	Born 2002
7	Gomes, Mary Ann WGM	Rating 2279	Born 1989
8	Sahithi Varshini M FM	Rating 2272	Born 2007
9	Padmini, Rout IM	Rating 2232	Born 1994
10	Kulkarni Bhakti IM	Rating 2216	Born 1992
11	Priyanka Nutakki WGM	Rating 2158	Born 2002
12	Mahalakshmi, M WGM	Rating 2157	Born 1998
13	Pujari, Rucha WIM	Rating 2147	Born 1994
14	Mohota, Nisha IM	Rating 2134	Born 1980
15	Rakshitta Ravi WGM	Rating 2133	Born 2005
16	Tarini Goyal WIM	Rating 2127	Born 2001
17	Pandey Srishti WIM	Rating 2126	Born 2001
18	Sharma Isha WGM	Rating 2117	Born 2000
19	Soumya, Swaminathan IM	Rating 2111	Born 1989
20	Prishita Gupta FM	Rating 2106	Born 2011
21	Chitlange Sakshi WIM	Rating 2097	Born 2000
22	Nandhidhaa, P V WGM	Rating 2096	Born 1996
23	Sharvaanica A S WFM	Rating 2084	Born 2015
24	Shubhi Gupta WFM	Rating 2082	Born 2010
25	Ivana Maria, Furtado WIM	Rating 2075	Born 1999

1 Koneru, Humpy GMBorn 1987 2386
2 Dronavalli, Harika GMBorn 1991 2355
3 Divya Deshmukh GMBorn 2005 2345

Rank	नाम	रेटिंग	Born
4	Vaishali, Rameshbabu GM	Rating 2345	Born 2001
5	Vantika Agrawal IM	Rating 2330	Born 2002
6	Charvi A FM	Rating 2315	Born 2014
7	Savitha Shri B IM	Rating 2233	Born 2007
8	Rakshitta Ravi WGM	Rating 2229	Born 2005
9	Sahithi Varshini M FM	Rating 2209	Born 2007
10	Padmini, Rout IM	Rating 2206	Born 1994
11	Sunyuktha C M N WFM	Rating 2206	Born 2000
12	Priyanka Nutakki WGM	Rating 2200	Born 2002
13	Sneha Halder WFM	Rating 2186	Born 2009
14	Kulkarni Bhakti IM	Rating 2172	Born 1992
15	Mahalakshmi, M WGM	Rating 2164	Born 1998
16	Pandey Srishti WIM	Rating 2154	Born 2001
17	Kheerthi Ganta WFM	Rating 2145	Born 2007
18	Mrudul Dehankar WIM	Rating 2132	Born 2004
19	Tarini Goyal WIM	Rating 2127	Born 2001
20	Nandhidhaa, P V WGM	Rating 2119	Born 1996
21	Saranya, J WFM	Rating 2115	Born 1995
22	Pujari, Rucha WIM	Rating 2104	Born 1994
23	Arpita, Mukherjee WIM	Rating 2088	Born 2001
24	Chitlange Sakshi WIM	Rating 2075	Born 2000
25	Vishwa Vasnawala WIM	Rating 2075	Born 2006

1 Gukesh D GMBorn 2006 2710
2 Pranav, V GMBorn 2006 2677
3 Pranesh M GMBorn 2006 2674

Rank	नाम	रेटिंग	Born
4	Mendonca, Leon Luke GM	Rating 2629	Born 2006
5	Aditya Mittal GM	Rating 2621	Born 2006
6	Pranav Anand GM	Rating 2606	Born 2006
7	Bharath Subramaniyam H GM	Rating 2603	Born 2007
8	Samant Aditya S GM	Rating 2554	Born 2006
9	Aswath, S IM	Rating 2540	Born 2008
10	Vaz, Ethan IM	Rating 2525	Born 2011
11	Ilamparthi A R GM	Rating 2523	Born 2009
12	Mayank Chakraborty GM	Rating 2511	Born 2009
13	Aarav Dengla GM	Rating 2506	Born 2009
14	Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy IM	Rating 2494	Born 2010
15	Md Imran IM	Rating 2485	Born 2009
16	Prraneeth Vuppala GM	Rating 2475	Born 2007
17	Vedant Rupeshbhai Varasada CM	Rating 2475	Born 2010
18	Sathvik Adiga IM	Rating 2470	Born 2011
19	Shahil Dey IM	Rating 2460	Born 2007
20	Harsh Suresh IM	Rating 2459	Born 2007
21	Goutham Krishna H IM	Rating 2457	Born 2010
22	Apoorv Kamble IM	Rating 2454	Born 2009
23	Sriram Adarsh Uppala IM	Rating 2446	Born 2010
24	Vyom Malhotra CM	Rating 2438	Born 2014
25	Modipalli Deekshitha WCM	Rating 2436	Born 2012

1 Gukesh D GMBorn 2006 2686
2 Pranav, V GMBorn 2006 2592
3 Pranesh M GMBorn 2006 2552

Rank	नाम	रेटिंग	Born
4	Mendonca, Leon Luke GM	Rating 2548	Born 2006
5	Goutham Krishna H IM	Rating 2483	Born 2010
6	Bharath Subramaniyam H GM	Rating 2475	Born 2007
7	Pranav Anand GM	Rating 2464	Born 2006
8	Aditya Mittal GM	Rating 2449	Born 2006
9	Mayank Chakraborty GM	Rating 2407	Born 2009
10	Prraneeth Vuppala GM	Rating 2406	Born 2007
11	Ilamparthi A R GM	Rating 2405	Born 2009
12	Apoorv Kamble IM	Rating 2384	Born 2009
13	Aarit Kapil FM	Rating 2380	Born 2015
14	Harsh Suresh IM	Rating 2373	Born 2007
15	Aswath, S IM	Rating 2371	Born 2008
16	Vaz, Ethan IM	Rating 2358	Born 2011
17	Savitha Shri B IM	Rating 2350	Born 2007
18	Samant Aditya S GM	Rating 2339	Born 2006
19	Aakash G FM	Rating 2333	Born 2010
20	John Veny Akkarakaran FM	Rating 2330	Born 2008
21	Ajjesh J R CM	Rating 2319	Born 2008
22	Borgaonkar Akshay IM	Rating 2316	Born 2009
23	Jaiveer Mahendru FM	Rating 2305	Born 2009
24	Madhvendra Pratap Sharma FM	Rating 2290	Born 2013
25	Md Imran IM	Rating 2278	Born 2009

1 Gukesh D GMBorn 2006 2659
2 Pranesh M GMBorn 2006 2589
3 Pranav, V GMBorn 2006 2582

Rank	नाम	रेटिंग	Born
4	Bharath Subramaniyam H GM	Rating 2546	Born 2007
5	Goutham Krishna H IM	Rating 2533	Born 2010
6	Mendonca, Leon Luke GM	Rating 2520	Born 2006
7	Vaz, Ethan IM	Rating 2484	Born 2011
8	Pranav Anand GM	Rating 2481	Born 2006
9	Md Imran IM	Rating 2432	Born 2009
10	Sathvik Adiga IM	Rating 2429	Born 2011
11	Mayank Chakraborty GM	Rating 2425	Born 2009
12	Ilamparthi A R GM	Rating 2418	Born 2009
13	Aditya Mittal GM	Rating 2393	Born 2006
14	Aswath, S IM	Rating 2390	Born 2008
15	Samant Aditya S GM	Rating 2388	Born 2006
16	Jake Shanty IM	Rating 2370	Born 2011
17	Lad Mandar Pradip IM	Rating 2346	Born 2006
18	Prraneeth Vuppala GM	Rating 2346	Born 2007
19	Sahib Singh IM	Rating 2340	Born 2008
20	Arnav Agrawal FM	Rating 2335	Born 2010
21	Arpith S Bijoy FM	Rating 2332	Born 2008
22	Aarav Dengla GM	Rating 2326	Born 2009
23	Shaik Sumer Arsh FM	Rating 2319	Born 2008
24	Charvi A FM	Rating 2315	Born 2014
25	Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy IM	Rating 2306	Born 2010

1 Modipalli Deekshitha WCMBorn 2012 2436
2 Savitha Shri B IMBorn 2007 2405
3 Kalyani Sirin WIMBorn 2010 2401

Rank	नाम	रेटिंग	Born
4	Pratitee Bordoloi WIM	Rating 2393	Born 2013
5	Aamuktha Guntaka WIM	Rating 2338	Born 2012
6	Velpula Sarayu WGM	Rating 2338	Born 2006
7	Shubhi Gupta WFM	Rating 2335	Born 2010
8	Sahithi Varshini M FM	Rating 2318	Born 2007
9	Charvi A FM	Rating 2296	Born 2014
10	Sachi Jain WIM	Rating 2288	Born 2009
11	Tejaswini G WIM	Rating 2212	Born 2007
12	Rajanya Datta WCM	Rating 2209	Born 2008
13	Sharvaanica A S WFM	Rating 2206	Born 2015
14	Sneha Halder WFM	Rating 2197	Born 2009
15	Sri Darshini T WFM	Rating 2190	Born 2012
16	Arshiya Das FM	Rating 2183	Born 2010
17	Sherali Pattnaik FM	Rating 2172	Born 2010
18	Bhat Sannidhi Ramakrishna	Rating 2165	Born 2009
19	Marksim Karki Abirami, Sriiyukthaa WFM	Rating 2146	Born 2015
20	Prishita Gupta FM	Rating 2129	Born 2011
21	Nivedita V C WFM	Rating 2119	Born 2011
22	Amulya Guruprasad WFM	Rating 2113	Born 2008
23	Arushi Severin Helen D Silva	Rating 2109	Born 2010
24	Vishwa Vasnawala WIM	Rating 2109	Born 2006
25	Kheerthi Ganta WFM	Rating 2103	Born 2007

1 Savitha Shri B IMBorn 2007 2350
2 Sahithi Varshini M FMBorn 2007 2272
3 Prishita Gupta FMBorn 2011 2106

Rank	नाम	रेटिंग	Born
4	Sharvaanica A S WFM	Rating 2084	Born 2015
5	Shubhi Gupta WFM	Rating 2082	Born 2010
6	Vishwa Vasnawala WIM	Rating 2066	Born 2006
7	Sneha Halder WFM	Rating 2046	Born 2009
8	Pratitee Bordoloi WIM	Rating 2039	Born 2013
9	Maitreyi Mondal WFM	Rating 2022	Born 2012
10	Nihira Koul WCM	Rating 2012	Born 2011
11	Kalyani Sirin WIM	Rating 2007	Born 2010
12	Aamuktha Guntaka WIM	Rating 1998	Born 2012
13	Velpula Sarayu WGM	Rating 1986	Born 2006
14	Arshiya Das FM	Rating 1979	Born 2010
15	Pavithra R V	Rating 1973	Born 2013
16	Nivedita V C WFM	Rating 1965	Born 2011
17	Drishtee Ghosh WCM	Rating 1957	Born 2009
18	Mrittika Mallick WFM	Rating 1950	Born 2008
19	Saranya Devi Narahari WFM	Rating 1947	Born 2012
20	Aaradhya Das WCM	Rating 1946	Born 2014
21	Charvi A FM	Rating 1945	Born 2014
22	Tejaswini G WIM	Rating 1943	Born 2007
23	Shybi Binoj	Rating 1937	Born 2008
24	Sachi Jain WIM	Rating 1931	Born 2009
25	Keerti Shree Reddy WFM	Rating 1928	Born 2007

1 Charvi A FMBorn 2014 2315
2 Savitha Shri B IMBorn 2007 2233
3 Sahithi Varshini M FMBorn 2007 2209

Rank	नाम	रेटिंग	Born
4	Sneha Halder WFM	Rating 2186	Born 2009
5	Kheerthi Ganta WFM	Rating 2145	Born 2007
6	Vishwa Vasnawala WIM	Rating 2075	Born 2006
7	Aamuktha Guntaka WIM	Rating 2063	Born 2012
8	Mrittika Mallick WFM	Rating 2052	Born 2008
9	Kalyani Sirin WIM	Rating 2051	Born 2010
10	Sherali Pattnaik FM	Rating 2047	Born 2010
11	Maitreyi Mondal WFM	Rating 2042	Born 2012
12	Nivedita V C WFM	Rating 2030	Born 2011
13	Samhita Pungavanam WCM	Rating 2030	Born 2014
14	Velpula Sarayu WGM	Rating 1993	Born 2006
15	Dhruvi Shrikant Panigrahi WCM	Rating 1985	Born 2012
16	Sachi Jain WIM	Rating 1978	Born 2009
17	Arshiya Das FM	Rating 1976	Born 2010
18	Saranya Devi Narahari WFM	Rating 1974	Born 2012
19	Sharvaanica A S WFM	Rating 1973	Born 2015
20	Shubhi Gupta WFM	Rating 1956	Born 2010
21	Yasaswi Krishna Bommi WFM	Rating 1955	Born 2011
22	Nihira Koul WCM	Rating 1954	Born 2011
23	Anishka Vikram WFM	Rating 1946	Born 2007
24	Prishita Gupta FM	Rating 1937	Born 2011
25	Kirthika B WCM	Rating 1922	Born 2011

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Statistics

Registered players: 209,692
Active players: 172,160
Rated in Classical: 57,414
Rated in Rapid: 42,863
Rated in Blitz: 18,695
Women: 36,735
Juniors (under 20): 113,685

Rating spread, Classical

8,130

5,700

2,737

1,308

789

414

267

168

133

120

69

29

13

5

Active players in each band of 100 rating points.

Show as a table

1400 to 1499: 8,130
1500 to 1599: 5,700
1600 to 1699: 2,737
1700 to 1799: 1,308
1800 to 1899: 789
1900 to 1999: 414
2000 to 2099: 267
2100 to 2199: 168
2200 to 2299: 133
2300 to 2399: 120
2400 to 2499: 69
2500 to 2599: 29
2600 to 2699: 13
2700 and above: 5

Titles

96GM
171IM
200FM
172CM
15WGM
47WIM
81WFM
73WCM

Arbiters with a FIDE title: 2,158
Trainers with a FIDE title: 473

123

players from this federation have claimed their NCR, their National Chess Rating, on 8by8verse.

FIDE rating list, October 2026. Titles are counted as FIDE lists them on that date.

Officials

Nitin NarangPresident
Patel Dev AHonorary Secretary
Dharmendra, KumarTreasurer
Anil Kumar, RaizadaVice President
Barua, DibyenduVice President
Raghvendra SinghaniaVice President
Anantha D PVice-President
Mahaveer RankaVice President
Repo RonyaVice President
Prasanta KunduJoint Secretary
Soibam Mangijao SinghJoint Secretary
Lalthlamuana HJoint Secretary
Thakur, SanjeevJoint Secretary
Manish Kumar (Ranchi)Joint Secretary
Shenvi, NitinRating Officer

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