Top Chess Players in India - Side 7

FM Raghav V

IM Utsab Chatterjee

WGM Rakshitta Ravi 2321 | #1516

FM Tanmay Chopra

IM Bhakti Kulkarni

The name Kulkarni is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by her name, Bhakti.Kulkarni Bhakti is an Indian international master. She won the 2011 Asian Junior Girls Chess Championship and the 2016 Asian Women Chess Championship.

FM Aarav Sinha

FM Aakash G 2312 | #1618

FM Jain Jeet 2312 | #1618

IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman 2311 | #1635

The name Subbaraman is her father's name and the player should be referred to by her name, Viajayalakshmi

FM Jaiveer Mahendru 2311 | #1635

FM Priansh Das 2311 | #1635

FM Pavan Karthikeya Varma Gunturi 2309 | #1662

FM Jinan Jomon 2309 | #1662

FM Arnav Maheshwari 2309 | #1662

FM Pranav K P 2308 | #1680

FM Bagwe Gaurang

GM Sriram Jha

FM Ja Gireman 2307 | #1694

IM Mushini Ajay

GM P Karthikeyan 2306 | #1708

FM Soham Datar

IM Vishal Sareen

FM Aarit Kapil

CM Aarit Kapil is an Indian chess prodigy. He made headlines in 2025 when he drew GM Magnus Carlsen in a Titled Tuesday game at nine years old. In March 2026, he became the youngest player to reach a 3000 blitz rating on Chess.com. The next month, Aarit earned his first norm toward becoming an...

FM Adharsh K

FM Potawad Anirudhha