Top chess players in India

Live FIDE ratings, updated as games are played · October 2026

India has 20,381 rated players. The highest rated is GM Praggnanandhaa R at 2763.

Country ranking

#2 of 184

top 10 average 2703.9

Grandmasters

Moved since the October list

2,346

OCT26·20,381 players·Updated 08:55 UTC

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1#7		GMPraggnanandhaa R IND · 21	2763	27632763.0	–	-8
2#12		GMErigaisi Arjun IND · 23	2746	27462746.0	–	-27
3#14		GMViswanathan Anand IND · 57	2739	27392739.0	–	-4
4#=28		GMGukesh DWC IND · 20	2710	27102710.0	–	-42
5#30		GMNihal Sarin IND · 22	2709	27092709.0	–	+9
6#36		GMSantosh Gujrathi Vidit IND · 32	2693	26932693.0	–	-23
=7#=42		GMV Pranav IND · 20	2677	26772677.0	–	+36
=7#=42		GMChithambaram VR. Aravindh IND · 27	2677	26772677.0	–	-34
9#44		GMPranesh M IND · 20FIDE 2674	2674	26772676.9	+2.9	+44
10#686	6	GMRaunak Sadhwani IND · 21FIDE 2645	2645	26482648.3	+3.3	+4
11#=691	1	GMPentala Harikrishna IND · 40	2648	26482648.0	–	-49
12#=711	1	GMMurali Karthikeyan IND · 27	2647	26472647.0	–	-15
13#=731	1	GMAryan Chopra IND · 25	2646	26462646.0	–	+20
14#93		GMLeon Luke Mendonca IND · 20	2629	26292629.0	–	+9
15#104		GMAbhimanyu Puranik IND · 26	2622	26222622.0	–	+7
16#=105		GMAditya Mittal IND · 20	2621	26212621.0	–	-3
17#=139		GMPranav Anand IND · 20	2606	26062606.0	–	+25
18#=146		GMBharath Subramaniyam H IND · 19	2603	26032603.0	–	+30
19#=1931	1	GMPa Iniyan IND · 24	2581	25812581.0	–	-18
20#2058	8	GMB. Adhiban IND · 34FIDE 2574	2574	25782577.5	+3.5	+19
21#=2302	2	GMSuri Vaibhav IND · 29	2569	25692569.0	–	+1
22#=2412	2	GMSurya Shekhar Ganguly IND · 43	2562	25622562.0	–	-11
23#=2672	2	GMNarayanan S L IND · 28	2557	25572557.0	–	-60
=24#=2733	3	GMKarthik Venkataraman IND · 27	2556	25562556.0	–	-23
=24#=2733	3	GMS.P. Sethuraman IND · 33	2556	25562556.0	–	-16

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