Top Chess Players in India

GM Arjun Erigaisi 2751 | #10

India

Arjun Erigaisi is an Indian grandmaster, one of a quartet of star Indian players born between 2003 and 2006—the others being GMs Gukesh D, Praggnanandhaa R, and Nihal Sarin—who all made major leaps into the world elite in the 2022-23 time period. In October 2024, Arjun reached a live...

GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 2741 | #11

India

GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu is an Indian grandmaster who had one of the greatest youth careers in chess history. Praggnanandhaa, who only turned 18 years old in 2023, is one of the youngest grandmasters and world championship candidates ever. He is the first of a historic quartet of contemporary young...

GM Gukesh Dommaraju 2732 | #14

India

The player's full name is Gukesh Dommaraju and they confirmed to Chess.com that they prefer to be called by their first name, Gukesh. Indian GM Gukesh Dommaraju is the current world chess champion, defeating GM Ding Liren in the FIDE World Championship on December 12, 2024. He is the youngest undisputed...

GM Nihal Sarin 2723 | #20

India

GM Nihal Sarin is an Indian chess prodigy who became a grandmaster at the age of 14. He won several youth championships on his way, including the the U-10 World Blitz Championship in 2013 and the U-10 World Youth Chess Championship in 2014, where he scored 9/11. He was also the world under-18 champion,...

GM Vidit Gujrathi 2708 | #27

India

The player's full name is Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Vidit. Vidit Gujrathi is an Indian super GM who has won the under-14 world championship, 2018 Tata Steel Challengers, and the 2019 Biel tournament. In 2023 he became...

GM Aravindh Chithambaram

India

The player's full name is Aravindh Chithambaram V R and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Aravindh.Aravindh Chithambaram is an Indian grandmaster. He won the national championship in consecutive years, 2018 and 2019. In August 2023, he entered the top...

GM Harikrishna Pentala 2676 | #39

India

The player's full name is Harikrishna Pentala and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Harikrishna. Harikrishna Pentala is an Indian grandmaster and one of the best chess players in that nation’s history. Early Life And Career Grandmaster 2700 Club Recent...

GM Pranav Venkatesh

India

The name Venkatesh is his father's name and the player should be referred to by his name, Pranav. GM Pranav Venkatesh, also known as Buddy Pranav, is an Indian chess grandmaster and one of the youngest grandmasters in the world. Pranav earned the title in 2022 after securing his third norm at the 2022...

GM Karthikeyan Murali 2648 | #57

India

Bio coming soonThe name Murali is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Karthikeyan

GM Raunak Sadhwani 2642 | #64

India

The player's full name is Raunak Sadhwani and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Raunak.Raunak Sadhwani is an Indian chess grandmaster. A prodigy, he earned the GM title at the age of just 13, making him the ninth-youngest in history as (of April 2021). Raunak...

GM Aryan Chopra

India

Bio coming soonThe name Chopra is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Aryan.

GM Pranesh M

India

The player should be referred to by the given name, Pranesh.

GM Aditya Mittal 2617 | #96

India

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

GM Abhimanyu Puranik

India

GM Abhimanyu Puranik is an Indian grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup. The player's full name is Abhimanyu Puranik and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Abhimanyu.

GM Pranav Anand

India

The name Anand is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Pranav.

GM Leon Luke Mendonca

India

GM Leon Luke Mendonca is an Indian chess grandmaster. He earned the title in 2021. In 2024, Leon won the Tata Steel Challengers Tournament. The name Mendonca is a patronymic, Luke is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Leon.

GM Karthik Venkataraman 2594 | #124

India

GM Karthik Venkataraman is an Indian grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

GM Iniyan P

India

P stands for Paneerselvam, which is his father's name. The player should be referred to by his given name, Iniyan.

GM Bharath Subramaniyam

India

GM Bharath Subramaniyam is an Indian chess grandmaster. He earned the title in 2022 at the age of 14. The player should be referred to by his given name, Bharath.

GM Narayanan S L

India

The player's full name is Narayanan S.L. In this name, S stands for his father's name Sunilduth, L stands for his mother's name Lyna and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their full name, Narayanan S.L.Narayanan S.L. is an Indian grandmaster who won the Asian U-16 title...

GM Diptayan Ghosh

India

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

GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly 2561 | #172

India

The name Shekhar is his father's name, Ganguly is a patronymic, and the player should be referred to by his name, Surya.GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly from India is a participant in the 2022 Tata Steel Challengers tournament.

GM Sasikiran Krishnan

India

Full bio coming soonThe name Krishnan is his father's name, and the player should be referred to by his name, Sasikiran.

GM Sethuraman S P 2551 | #195

India

The player's full name is Sethuraman S.P and they confirmed to Chess.com that they preferred to be called by their first name, Sethuraman. S. P. Sethuraman is an Indian grandmaster and Asian chess champion. He won the Asian U-12 championship in 2004 and became World U-16 Champion in 2009. He became...

GM Sankalp Gupta

India

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