List of Chess Grandmasters in India

According to the FIDE, as of September 2020, India has 66 Grandmasters, 125 International Masters, 20 Woman Grandmasters, and 42 Woman International Masters, and a total of 33,028 rated players. As of July 2020, India has 66 Grand Masters. In1987, the Indian chess wizard Vishwanad Anand became the first Indian Grand Master and rule the international chess scene for next decades. 33 years later G Akash from Chennai became the 66th Grand Master on July 2020. Let’s try to familiarize with the prominent list of chess grandmasters in India from Anand to Akash.

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List of Top Chess Grandmasters in India 2020

FIDE, the world chess organization, awards the chess title Grand Master (GM). For any Chess player, being a Grandmaster is the highest title he/ she can reach. Once a player becomes a chess grandmaster, the title is held for life. The chess grandmaster’s title is open to men and women players, even though women have separate Women grandmasters rankings.

India got her first grandmaster in 1984, and have to wait nearly for a decade to see a spike in the list. But with the availability of high-quality guidance, now more players are following Vishwanad Anand’s legacy. Still, we are way behind in the number of Grandmasters because Chess is indeed originated from our land.

(source: ESPN India)

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How to become a Chess Grand Master?

To achieve a Grand Master (GM) title, chess players usually need to achieve norms in internationally rated tournaments. To get 1 GM-norm, a player has to fulfil the following criteria:

• The player must play at least 9 games in the tournament (with some exceptions).
• The player has to play against at least two players from federations other than his/ her own federation (with some exceptions you can find in the FIDE Handbook).
• At least 50% of the player’s opponents have to be titled-players.
• At least 1/3 (with a minimum of 3 opponents) of the opponents have to be Grandmasters.
• The minimum rating of the player’s opponents is 2380.
• The Performance Rating of the player who wants to achieve the GrandMaster norm has to be at least 2600 FIDE points.

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Best Chess Grandmasters in India

India has 66 GrandMasters. The legacy of Indian GrandMasters is started from the Viswanath Anand, the undisputed World Chess champion from 2007 – 2013. Continuing his bequest, Akash from Chennai, TamilNadu became the 66th and the lastest Grand Master from India in July 2020.

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Indian GrandMasters List

• Gukesh D has become India’s youngest GM at 12 years, 7 months and 17 days in January 2019.

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