{"id":13433539,"date":"2020-10-09T07:30:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T02:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/?p=13433539"},"modified":"2020-10-09T10:05:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T04:35:38","slug":"chess-grandmasters-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/chess-grandmasters-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Chess Grandmasters in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s try to familiarize with the prominent list of chess grandmasters in India from Anand to Akash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/0x3b\/ow4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Attempt free GK mock tests to ace your preparation\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>List of Top Chess Grandmasters in India 2020<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>FIDE, the world <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ratings.fide.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chess<\/a><\/strong> 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&#8217;s title is open to men and women players, even though women have separate Women grandmasters rankings.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s legacy. Still, we are way behind in the number of Grandmasters because Chess is indeed originated from our land.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13593362 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/i-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"list of grandmasters\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/i-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/i.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(source: ESPN India)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/0x3b\/ow4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Entri! Crack Competitive Exams!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>How to become a Chess Grand Master?<\/h3>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"1\">\n<li>The player must\u00a0play at least 9 games in the tournament (with some exceptions).<\/li>\n<li>The player has to play against at least\u00a0two players from federations other than his\/ her own federation (with some exceptions you can find in the FIDE Handbook).<\/li>\n<li>At least\u00a050% of the player\u2019s opponents have to be titled-players.<\/li>\n<li>At least 1\/3 (with a minimum of 3 opponents) of the opponents have to be Grandmasters.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0minimum rating of the player\u2019s opponents is 2380.<\/li>\n<li>The Performance Rating of the player who wants to achieve the GrandMaster norm has to be at least 2600 FIDE points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/top-chess-players-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TOP 10 CHESS PLAYERS IN THE WORLD<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Best Chess Grandmasters in India<\/h3>\n<p>India has 66 GrandMasters. The legacy of Indian GrandMasters is started from the Viswanath Anand, the undisputed World Chess champion from 2007 \u2013 2013. Continuing his bequest, Akash from Chennai, TamilNadu became the 66th and the lastest Grand Master from India in July 2020.<\/p>\n<table dir=\"ltr\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"94\" \/>\n<col width=\"132\" \/>\n<col width=\"177\" \/>\n<col width=\"110\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;SL No&quot;}\"><strong>SL No<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Name&quot;}\"><strong>Name of the Player<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;State&quot;}\"><strong>State<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Year of becoming GM&quot;}\"><strong>Year of becoming GrandMaster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1}\">1<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;1. Vishy Anand&quot;}\">Vishwanath Anand<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1987}\">1987<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2}\">2<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;2. Dibyendu Barua&quot;}\">Dibyendu Barua<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;West Bengal&quot;}\">West Bengal<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1991}\">1991<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:3}\">3<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;3. Pravin Thipsay&quot;}\">\u00a0Pravin Thipsay<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Maharashtra&quot;}\">Maharashtra<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1997}\">1997<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:4}\">4<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;4. Abhijit Kunte&quot;}\">Abhijit Kunte<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Maharashtra&quot;}\">Maharashtra<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2000}\">2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:5}\">5<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;5. K Sasikiran&quot;}\">K Sasikiran<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2000}\">2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:6}\">6<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;6. P Harikrishna&quot;}\">P Harikrishna<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Andhra Pradesh&quot;}\">Andhra Pradesh<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2001}\">2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:7}\">7<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;7. K Humpy&quot;}\">K Humpy<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Andhra Pradesh&quot;}\">Andhra Pradesh<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2002}\">2002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:8}\">8<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;8. Surya Sekhar Ganguly&quot;}\">Surya Sekhar Ganguly<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;West Bengal&quot;}\">West Bengal<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2003}\">2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:9}\">9<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;9. Sandipan Chanda&quot;}\">Sandipan Chanda<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;West Bengal&quot;}\">West Bengal<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2003}\">2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:10}\">10<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;10. R B Ramesh&quot;}\">R B Ramesh<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2004}\">2004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:11}\">11<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;11. Tejas Bakre&quot;}\">Tejas Bakre<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Gujarat&quot;}\">Gujarat<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2004}\">2004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:12}\">12<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;12. P Magesh Chandran&quot;}\">P Magesh Chandran<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2006}\">2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:13}\">13<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;13. Deepan Chakravarthy&quot;}\">Deepan Chakravarthy<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2006}\">2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:14}\">14<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;14. Neelotpal Das&quot;}\">Neelotpal Das<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;West Bengal&quot;}\">West Bengal<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2006}\">2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:15}\">15<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;15. Parimarjan Negi&quot;}\">Parimarjan Negi<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Delhi&quot;}\">Delhi<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2006}\">2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:16}\">16<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;16. G N Gopal&quot;}\">\u00a0G N Gopal<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Kerala&quot;}\">Kerala<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2007}\">2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;17. Abhijeet Gupta&quot;}\">\u00a0Abhijeet Gupta<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Rajasthan&quot;}\">Rajasthan<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2008}\">2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;18. S Arun Prasad&quot;}\">\u00a0S Arun Prasad<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2008}\">2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;19. S Kidambi&quot;}\">\u00a0S Kidambi<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2009}\">2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;20. R R Laxman&quot;}\">\u00a0R R Laxman<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2009}\">2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;21. Sriram Jha&quot;}\">Sriram Jha<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Delhi&quot;}\">Delhi<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2010}\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;22. Deep Sengupta&quot;}\">Deep Sengupta<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;West Bengal&quot;}\">West Bengal<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2010}\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;23. B Adhiban&quot;}\">B Adhiban<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2010}\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;24. S P Sethuraman&quot;}\">S P Sethuraman<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2011}\">2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;25. Harika D&quot;}\">Harika D<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Andhra Pradesh&quot;}\">Andhra Pradesh<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2011}\">2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;26. Lalith Babu M R&quot;}\">Lalith Babu M R<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Andhra Pradesh&quot;}\">Andhra Pradesh<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2012}\">2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;27. Vaibhav Suri&quot;}\">Vaibhav Suri<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Delhi&quot;}\">Delhi<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2012}\">2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;28. M R Venkatesh&quot;}\">M R Venkatesh<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2012}\">2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;29. Sahaj Grover&quot;}\">Sahaj Grover<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Delhi&quot;}\">Delhi<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2012}\">2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;30. Vidit Gujrathi&quot;}\">Vidit Gujrathi<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Maharashtra&quot;}\">Maharashtra<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2013}\">2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;31. Shyam Sundar M&quot;}\">Shyam Sundar M<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2013}\">2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;32. Akhshayraj Kore&quot;}\">Akhshayraj Kore<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Maharashtra&quot;}\">Maharashtra<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2013}\">2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;33. Vishnu Prasanna&quot;}\">\u00a0Vishnu Prasanna<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2013}\">2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/0x3b\/ow4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Entri to Ace your Preparation for Competitive Exams!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Indian GrandMasters List<\/h3>\n<table dir=\"ltr\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"94\" \/>\n<col width=\"132\" \/>\n<col width=\"177\" \/>\n<col width=\"110\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;SL No&quot;}\"><strong>SL No<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Name&quot;}\"><strong>Name of the Player<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;State&quot;}\"><strong>State<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Year of becoming GM&quot;}\"><strong>Year of becoming GrandMaster<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;34. Debashis Das&quot;}\">Debashis Das<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Odisha&quot;}\">Odisha<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2013}\">2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;35. Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury&quot;}\">Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;West Bengal&quot;}\">West Bengal<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2013}\">2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;36. Ankit Rajpara&quot;}\">Ankit Rajpara<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Gujarat&quot;}\">Gujarat<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2014}\">2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;37. Aravindh Chithambaram&quot;}\">Aravindh Chithambaram<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2015}\">2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;38. Karthikeyan Murali&quot;}\">Karthikeyan Murali<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2015}\">2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;39. Ashwin Jayaram&quot;}\">Ashwin Jayaram<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2015}\">2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;40. Swapnil S Dhopade&quot;}\">\u00a0Swapnil S Dhopade<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Maharashtra&quot;}\">Maharashtra<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2015}\">2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;41. S L Narayanan&quot;}\">\u00a0S L Narayanan<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Kerala&quot;}\">Kerala<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2015}\">2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>42<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;42. Shardul Gagare&quot;}\">Shardul Gagare<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Maharashtra&quot;}\">Maharashtra<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2016}\">2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;43. Diptayan Ghosh&quot;}\">Diptayan Ghosh<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;West Bengal&quot;}\">West Bengal<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2016}\">2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>44<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;44. Priyadharshan K&quot;}\">Priyadarshan K<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2016}\">2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;45. Aryan Chopra&quot;}\">Aryan Chopra<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Delhi&quot;}\">Delhi<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2017}\">2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;46. Srinath Narayanan&quot;}\">Srinath Narayanan<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2017}\">2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;47. Himanshu Sharma&quot;}\">Himanshu Sharma<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Haryana&quot;}\">Haryana<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2017}\">2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;48. Anurag Mhamal&quot;}\">Anurag Mhamal<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Goa&quot;}\">Goa<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2017}\">2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;49. Abhimanyu Puranik&quot;}\">Abhimanyu Puranik<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Maharashtra&quot;}\">Maharashtra<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2017}\">2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;50. Thejkumar M S&quot;}\">Thej Kumar M S<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Karnataka&quot;}\">Karnataka<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2017}\">2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>51<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;51. Saptarshi Roy&quot;}\">Saptarshi Roy<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;West Bengal&quot;}\">West Bengal<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2018}\">2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;52. R Praggnanandhaa&quot;}\">R Praggnanandhaa<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2018}\">2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;53. Nihal Sarin&quot;}\">Nihal Sarin<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Kerala&quot;}\">Kerala<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2018}\">2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>54<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;54. Erigaisi Arjun&quot;}\">Erigaisi Arjun<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Telangana&quot;}\">Telangana<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2018}\">2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;55. Karthik Venkataraman&quot;}\">Karthik Venkataraman<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Telangana&quot;}\">Telangana<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2018}\">2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>56<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;56. Harsha Bharathakoti&quot;}\">Harsha Bharathakoti<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Telangana&quot;}\">Telangana<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2018}\">2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;57. P Karthikeyan&quot;}\">P Karthikeyan<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2018}\">2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>58<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;58. Stany G A&quot;}\">Stany G A<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Karnataka&quot;}\">Karnataka<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2018}\">2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;59. Visakh N R&quot;}\">Visakh N R<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2019}\">2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;60. Gukesh D&quot;}\">Gukesh D<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2019}\">2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>61<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;61. P Iniyan&quot;}\">P Iniyan<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Tamil Nadu&quot;}\">Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2019}\">2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>62<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;62. Swayams Mishra&quot;}\">Swayams Mishra<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Odisha&quot;}\">Odisha<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2019}\">2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>63<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;63. Girish Koushik&quot;}\">Girish Koushik<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Karnataka&quot;}\">Karnataka<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2019}\">2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>64<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;64. Prithu Gupta&quot;}\">Prithu Gupta<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Delhi&quot;}\">Delhi<\/td>\n<td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:2019}\">2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>65<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"f\">\u00a0<\/span>Raunak Sadhwani<\/td>\n<td>Maharashtra<\/td>\n<td>2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>66<\/td>\n<td>G Akash<\/td>\n<td>Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<td>2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li>Gukesh D has become India&#8217;s youngest GM at 12 years, 7 months and 17 days in January 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/0x3b\/ow4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Entri! Crack Competitive Exams!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Entri wishes you all the best for all your upcoming examinations.\u00a0 Start your Preparation today itself. Entri will help you with thousands of questions. Attempt mock tests, analyze yourselves to improve your success rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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