Top 10 Indian Chess PLayers

Top 10 Indian Chess PLayers

10] Abhijeet Gupta

– Third Indian to win the 2008 World Junior Chess Championship – Five-time winner of the Commonwealth Chess Championship

9]  Aravindh Chithambaram

– Two-time winner of the Indian Chess Championship in 2018 and 2019. – Indian U19 Chess Champion at the age of 12.

8] S.L Narayana

– Member of the India 'A' team that placed fourth at the Chess Olympiad in Chennai. – Attained the Grandmaster title in 2015, being the 41st Grandmaster from India.

7] Nihal Sarin

– U-18 World Youth Championship winner (2020, online rapid format). – Gold Medalist, FIDE Online Chess Olympiad (2020, Indian team). – Grandmaster title achieved at age 14.

6] R Praggnanandhaa

– 2013: World Youth Chess Championship Under-8 title winner, becoming FIDE Master at age 7. – 2015: World Youth Chess Championship Under-10 title winner.

5] Arjun Erigaisi

– India's 54th chess grandmaster in August 2018 at age 14 years, 11 months, 13 days. – Winner of the 2022 Indian National Championship.

4] Harikrishna Pentala

– Commonwealth Champion in 2001 – World Junior Champion in 2004 – Asian Individual Champion in 2011

3] Vidit Santosh Gujrathi

– January 2013: Became India's 30th grandmaster. – Among four Indians to surpass 2700 Elo rating. – Defeated Magnus Carlsen, five-time world champion

2] Gukesh D

– Winner of Asian School Chess Championships (Under-9, 2015) and World Youth Chess Championships (Under-12, 2018). – Secured five gold medals at the 2018 Asian Youth Chess Championships

1] Viswanathan Anand

– First Indian grandmaster in 1988. – Arjuna Award in 1985. – Padma Shri  in 1987

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