Top Chess Players in India - Page 2

GM Aaryan Varshney

2538 | #220

GM Adhiban Baskaran

2536 | #228

The player's full name is Adhiban Baskaran and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Adhiban. Baskaran Adhiban is an Indian grandmaster. His biggest accomplishments include being the 2009 Indian Champion and the 2008 World Under-16 Champion. He also won the...

GM Koneru Humpy

2535 | #230

The name Koneru is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by her name, Humpy. GM Koneru Humpy is one of the top female chess players in the world and has been so for most of her career. The former Indian chess prodigy has spent just one month outside of the top five women in the world since...

GM Raja Rithvik R

2535 | #230

Bio coming soon.

IM Aronyak Ghosh

The name Ghosh is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Aronyak.IM Aronyak Ghosh is an Indian international master who qualified for the 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship.

GM Lalith Babu M R

The player's full name is M.R Lalit Babu and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Lalit Babu.

GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal

2529 | #244

The name Geetha Narayanan is his father's name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Gopal.

GM Aditya Samant

The name Samant is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Aditya.

GM Visakh N R

The initials are derived from his father and the person should be referred to by the given name, Visakh.

GM Ilamparthi A R

2525 | #253

GM Prraneeth Vuppala

IM Ethan Vaz

IM Aswath S

2517 | #268

GM Vignesh N R

The initials NR are derived from his father and the player should be referred to by his name, Vignesh.

GM A Ra Harikrishnan

GM Harsha Bharathakoti

2512 | #277

GM Harsha Bharathakoti is an Indian chess grandmaster, who earned the title in 2019. The name Bharathakoti is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Harsha.

GM Divya Deshmukh

Divya Deshmukh is an Indian grandmaster. She is India's 2022 women's chess champion and the 2023 Asian women's chess champion. In 2024, she won the women's under-20 world championship at the age of 18. Divya scored 9.5/11 points at the 45th Chess Olympiad, winning the individual gold medal on the third...

IM Mayank Chakraborty

2508 | #285

GM Aarav Dengla

2506 | #290

GM Mitrabha Guha

The name Guha is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Mitrabha.

GM Harshit Raja

2494 | #324

The name Raja is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Harshit.

GM S Rohith Krishna

2493 | #326

Bio coming soon.

IM Rathanvel V S

2492 | #331

The initials are derived from his father and the player should be referred to by his name, Rathanvel V S

IM Harshavardhan G B

2492 | #331

The initials are dervied from his father and the player should be referred to by his name Harshavardhan GB

GM Sahaj Grover

The name Grover is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Sahaj.