Chess in India

Chess in India
Viswanathan Anand
Country	India
Governing body	All India Chess Federation
National team	India

Chess has risen in popularity in India in the last few decades primarily due to chess Grandmaster and former World Champion Viswanathan Anand.

As of August 2015, the FIDE World Rankings of the top Indian male and female chess players:

• Viswanathan Anand is the world No. 2, with a rating of 2816
• Koneru Humpy is the female world No. 3, with a rating of 2579

It is believed that the game originated from India as a successor to Chaturanga or Shatranj. The All India Chess Federation is the governing body for chess in India.

Player statistics

As of November 2013

FIDE, the World Chess Federation, lists 32 active Indian grandmasters, 8 woman grandmasters, 58 international masters and 7 woman international masters.^[1]

Men

The Top 10 Indian grandmasters as of July 2014 are listed below.^[2]

Indian players in FIDE Top 100

Viswanathan Anand
Rank 2
46 years

P Harikrishna
Rank 20
30 years

Parimarjan Negi
Rank 78
23 years

Sasikiran Krishnan
Rank 85
35 years

#	Player	Birth year	GM Title	Rating	World rank[n 1]
1	Anand, ViswanathanViswanathan Anand	1969	1988	2816	2
2	Harikrishna, PendyalaPendyala Harikrishna	1986	2001	2740	20
3	Krishnan, SasikiranSasikiran Krishnan	1981	2000	2666	85
4	Negi, ParimarjanParimarjan Negi	1993	2006	2645	127
5	Gupta, AbhijeetAbhijeet Gupta	1989	2008	2634	151
6	Ganguly, Surya ShekharSurya Shekhar Ganguly	1983	2003	2619	188
7	Humpy, KoneruKoneru Humpy	1987	2002	2613	208
8	Adhiban, B.B. Adhiban	1992	2010	2610	212
9	Gujrati, Vidit SantoshVidit Santosh Gujrati	1994	2013	2602	242
10	Sandipan, ChandaChanda Sandipan	1983	2003	2597	256

Viswanathan Anand is currently No. 2 in the FIDE World Rankings and the former World Champion. Anand is considered a hero by many Indians. His rise in the world chess stage has inspired a whole generation of young Indians to take up the game of Chess.

Women

The Top 10 women Indian chess players are listed below as of November 2013.^[3]

Indian women players in FIDE Top 100

Koneru Humpy
Rank 3
29 years

Dronavalli Harika
Rank 26
25 years

Tania Sachdev
Rank 42
30 years

Mary Ann Gomes
Rank 61
27 years

Eesha Karavade
Rank 78
29 years

#	Player	Birth year	Title	Rating	World rank[n 2]
1	Koneru, HumpyHumpy Koneru	1987	GM	2618	3
2	Harika, DronavalliDronavalli Harika	1991	GM	2484	26
3	Sachdev, TaniaTania Sachdev	1986	IM	2441	42
4	Gomes, Mary AnnMary Ann Gomes	1989	WGM	2414	61
5	Vijayalakshmi, SubbaramanSubbaraman Vijayalakshmi	1979	IM	2399	70
6	Karavade, EeshaEesha Karavade	1987	IM	2380	78

Blind players

The Top blind Indian chess players are listed below as of October 2013.^[4]

#	Player	Birth year	Rating	State	World rank[n 3]
1	Gangolli, KishanKishan Gangolli	1992	2054	Karnataka
2	Inani, DarpanDarpan Inani	1994	2022	Gujarat
3	Jadhav, CharudattaCharudatta Jadhav		1998	Maharashtra
4	Khare, KaustubhKaustubh Khare		1982	Maharashtra
5	Rajesh, OzaOza Rajesh	1977	1861	Maharashtra
6	Swapanil, ShahShah Swapanil	1966	1860	Karnataka
7	Ashwin K, MakhwanaMakhwana Ashwin K		1858	Maharashtra
8	Udupa, KrishnaKrishna Udupa	1972	1853	Karnataka

References

1. "General ratings statistics for India". World Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved November 24, 2013.
2. "Federations Ranking: India". World Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved November 24, 2013.
3. "Federations Ranking: India, Women". World Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved November 24, 2013.
4. "AICFB". Retrieved November 24, 2013.

External links

• All India Chess Federation

Indian chess players – Wikipedia book

Notes

1. Active players only
2. Active female players only
3. Blind players only