Chess in India
| Chess in India | |
|---|---|
| Governing body | All India Chess Federation |
International competitions | |
Olympiad  x10  x7  x9World Championship x5 x6World Cup x2 x1World Team Championship x0 x1 x1Asian Games  x2  x2  x2Asian Team Championship x3 x11 x7 | |
Chess has risen in popularity in India in the last few decades primarily due to chess Grandmaster and former 5-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand.
It is believed that chess originated from Chaturanga of ancient India. The All India Chess Federation is the governing body for chess in India.
Leading players
[edit]Open
[edit]As per FIDE published rating on 1 September 2024.[1]
| # | Title | Player | World Rank | Rating | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Arjun Erigaisi | 4 | 2778 | 21 years, 27 days |
| 2 | GM | Gukesh Dommaraju | 7 | 2764 | 18 years, 124 days |
| 3 | GM | Viswanathan Anand | 11 | 2751 | 54 years, 294 days |
| 4 | GM | Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu | 12 | 2750 | 19 years, 51 days |
| 5 | GM | Vidit Gujrathi | 24 | 2720 | 29 years, 342 days |
| 6 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram | 33 | 2698 | 25 years, 19 days |
| 7 | GM | Pentala Harikrishna | 41 | 2686 | 38 years, 143 days |
| 8 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 59 | 2668 | 20 years, 79 days |
| 9 | GM | Raunak Sadhwani | 70 | 2659 | 18 years, 283 days |
| 10 | GM | S. L. Narayanan | 93 | 2640 | 26 years, 264 days |
Women
[edit]As per FIDE published rating on 1 September 2024.[2]
| # | Title | Player | World Rank | Rating | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 6 | 2530 | 37 years, 183 days |
| 2 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 11 | 2502 | 33 years, 262 days |
| 3 | GM | Vaishali Rameshbabu | 12 | 2498 | 23 years, 101 days |
| 4 | IM | Divya Deshmukh | 15 | 2483 | 18 years, 296 days |
| 5 | IM | Tania Sachdev | 58 | 2386 | 38 years, 41 days |
| 6 | Sarayu Velpula | 63 | 2381 | 18 years, 273 days | |
| 7 | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 75 | 2370 | 22 years, 2 days |
| 8 | IM | Bhakti Kulkarni | 84 | 2363 | 32 years, 134 days |
| 9 | WGM | Savitha Shri Baskar | 91 | 2348 | 17 years, 249 days |
| 10 | WGM | P. V. Nandhidhaa | 2330 | 28 years, 155 days |
Medal table
[edit]Team
[edit]| Tournament | Team | |
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympiad | M | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| X | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| World Team Championship | M | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Asian Games | M | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| F | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| X | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Asian Team Championship | M | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| F | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Total | 7 | 14 | 13 | 34 | |
Individual
[edit]| Tournament | Gender | |
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championship | M | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| F | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| World Rapid World Blitz |
M | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| F | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| World Cup | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Olympiad | M | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| F | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Asian Games | M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| World Team Championship | M | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| F | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
| Total | 23 | 23 | 18 | 64 | |
- Updated till September 2024
Olympiad
[edit]Open
[edit]| Medal | Event | Player | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
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2004 Calvià | Viswanathan Anand | Best performance rating |
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2012 Istanbul | Abhijeet Gupta | Board 4 |
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2014 Tromsø | Sasikiran Krishnan | Board 3 |
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2022 Chennai | Gukesh Dommaraju | Board 1 |
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Nihal Sarin | Board 2 | |
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Arjun Erigaisi | Board 3 | |
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Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu | Board 3 | |
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2024 Budapest | Gukesh Dommaraju | Board 1 |
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Arjun Erigaisi | Board 3 |
Women
[edit]| Medal | Event | Player | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
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2000 Istanbul | Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi | Board 1 |
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2002 Bled | Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi | Board 1 |
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2008 Dresden | Mary Ann Gomes | Board 5 |
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2012 Istanbul | Tania Sachdev | Board 3 |
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2014 Tromsø | Padmini Rout | Board 5 |
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2022 Chennai | Vaishali Rameshbabu | Board 3 |
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Tania Sachdev | Board 4 | |
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Divya Deshmukh | Board 5 | |
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2024 Budapest | Divya Deshmukh | Board 3 |
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Vantika Agrawal | Board 4 |
Online
[edit]World Championship
[edit]Open
[edit]| Year | Player | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 Classical | Viswanathan Anand |
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7.5 |
| 1998 FIDE | Viswanathan Anand |
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3 |
| 2000 FIDE | Viswanathan Anand |
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3.5 |
| 2005 FIDE | Viswanathan Anand |
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8.5 |
| 2007 | Viswanathan Anand |
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9 |
| 2008 | Viswanathan Anand |
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6.5 |
| 2010 | Viswanathan Anand |
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6.5 |
| 2012 | Viswanathan Anand |
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8.5 |
| 2013 | Viswanathan Anand |
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3.5 |
| 2014 | Viswanathan Anand |
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4.5 |
| 2024 | Gukesh Dommaraju | TBA | TBA |
Women
[edit]| Year | Player | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Koneru Humpy |
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Semifinalist |
| 2008 | Koneru Humpy |
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Semifinalist |
| 2010 | Koneru Humpy |
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Semifinalist |
| 2011 | Koneru Humpy |
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2.5 |
| 2012 | Harika Dronavalli |
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Semifinalist |
| 2015 | Harika Dronavalli |
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Semifinalist |
| 2017 | Harika Dronavalli |
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Semifinalist |
World Rapid and Blitz Championships
[edit]Open
[edit]- Rapid
| Medal | Event | Player |
|---|---|---|
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2003 Cap d'Agde | Viswanathan Anand |
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2014 Dubai | Viswanathan Anand |
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2017 Riyadh | Viswanathan Anand |
- Blitz
| Medal | Event | Player |
|---|---|---|
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2007 Moscow | Viswanathan Anand |
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2009 Moscow | Viswanathan Anand |
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2017 Riyadh | Viswanathan Anand |
Women
[edit]- Rapid
| Medal | Event | Player |
|---|---|---|
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2012 Batumi | Koneru Humpy |
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2019 Moscow | Koneru Humpy |
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2022 Almaty | Savitha Shri Baskar |
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2023 Samarkand | Koneru Humpy |
- Blitz
| Medal | Event | Player |
|---|---|---|
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2022 Almaty | Koneru Humpy |
World Team Championship
[edit]Open
[edit]| Medal | Event | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
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2010 Bursa | Pentala Harikrishna Surya Shekhar Ganguly Sasikiran Krishnan Geetha Narayanan Gopal Subramanian Arun Prasad Adhiban Baskaran |
13 |
| Medal | Event | Player | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
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2010 Bursa | Surya Shekhar Ganguly | Board 3 |
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Subramanian Arun Prasad | Board 5 | |
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2017 Khanty-Mansiysk | Vidit Gujrathi | Board 1 |
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Adhiban Baskaran | Board 2 | |
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2019 Astana | Adhiban Baskaran | Board 1 |
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Surya Shekhar Ganguly | Board 3 | |
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2022 Jerusalem | S. L. Narayanan | Board 3 |
Women
[edit]| Medal | Event | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
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2021 Sitges | Harika Dronavalli Vaishali Rameshbabu Tania Sachdev Bhakti Kulkarni Mary Ann Gomes |
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| Medal | Event | Player | Category |
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2009 Ningbo | Eesha Karavade | Board 3 |
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2011 Mardin | Koneru Humpy | Best performance rating |
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Koneru Humpy | Board 1 | |
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Harika Dronavalli | Board 2 | |
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2013 Astana | Mary Ann Gomes | Board 4 |
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Soumya Swaminathan | Board 5 | |
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2015 Chengdu | Koneru Humpy | Board 1 |
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Harika Dronavalli | Board 2 | |
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2017 Khanty-Mansiysk | Eesha Karavade | Board 3 |
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2021 Sitges | Harika Dronavalli | Board 1 |
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Mary Ann Gomes | Board 5 |
World Cup
[edit]| Medal | Event | Player |
|---|---|---|
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2000 Shenyang | Viswanathan Anand |
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2002 Hyderabad | Viswanathan Anand |
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2023 Baku | Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu |
Asian Games
[edit]Men's team standard
[edit]Women's team standard
[edit]| Medal | Event | Team |
|---|---|---|
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2022 Hangzhou | Koneru Humpy Harika Dronavalli Vaishali Rameshbabu Vantika Agrawal Savitha Shri Baskar |
Mixed team standard
[edit]| Medal | Event | Team |
|---|---|---|
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2006 Doha | Sasikiran Krishnan Pentala Harikrishna Koneru Humpy |
Women's individual rapid
[edit]| Medal | Event | Team |
|---|---|---|
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2006 Doha | Koneru Humpy |
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2010 Guangzhou | Harika Dronavalli |
Performance records
[edit]Firsts
[edit]- First National Champion: Ramchandra Sapre (1955)
- First Indian International Master: Manuel Aaron (1961)
- First Indian Grandmaster: Viswanathan Anand (1988)
- First Indian Woman Grandmaster: Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (2001)
- First Indian participation in a Chess Olympiad: 1956, 12th Chess Olympiad at Moscow
- First Blind Chess Olympiad hosted by India: 2012, 14th Blind Chess Olympiad in Chennai
- First Indian Asian Senior Chess Champion (65+): Wazeer Ahmad Khan, 6th Asian Seniors at Lar in 2015
- Youngest Indian Grandmaster: Gukesh D at the age of 12 (2018)
- First Chess Olympiad hosted in India: 2022, 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai
- Maximum number of Indian National Championship wins: 9 by Manuel Aaron
- Maximum number of Indian National Championship (Women) wins: 6 by Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
- Maximum number of Indian National Championship (Blind) wins: 6 by Kishan Gangolli
- Youngest winner of the Candidates Tournament: Gukesh D at the age of 17 (2024)
National award recipients
[edit]| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–1992 | Viswanathan Anand | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Male |
| 1961 | Manuel Aaron | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1980–1981 | Rohini Khadilkar | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1983 | Dibyendu Barua | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1984 | Pravin Thipsay | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1985 | Viswanathan Anand | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1987 | Devaki Prasad | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 1987 | Bhagyashree Thipsay | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 1990 | Anupama Gokhale | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2000 | Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2002 | Krishnan Sasikiran | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2003 | Koneru Humpy | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2005 | Surya Shekhar Ganguly | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2006 | Pentala Harikrishna | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2007 | Harika Dronavalli | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2009 | Tania Sachdev | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2010 | Parimarjan Negi | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2013 | Abhijeet Gupta | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2022 | Bhakti Kulkarni | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2022 | R Praggnanandhaa | Arjuna Award | Male |
| 2023 | R Vaishali | Arjuna Award | Female |
| 2021 | Abhijit Kunte | Dhyan Chand Award | Male |
| 2006 | Koneru Ashok | Dronacharya Award | Male |
| 2023 | RB Ramesh | Dronacharya Award | Male |
See also
[edit]- List of Indian chess players
- Indian chess
- All India Chess Federation for the Blind
- Chess Players Association of India
References
[edit]- ^ "Federations Ranking: India". ratings.fide.com. World Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Federations Ranking: India, Women". World Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 24 November 2013.
External links
[edit]- All India Chess Federation
- The History of Chess: from the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India till the Period of its establishment in Western and Central Europe
