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The list of top 30 Indian Chess players of all time, starting with the Grandmasters, and we hope you love reading about them as much as we enjoyed compiling their stories! India now boasts 88 chess Grandmasters as of July 2025! Discover the full list, including new GM Divya Deshmukh & rising stars. An amazing moment in Indian Chess – there are 12 players in the World top 100 rankings! Starting from R. Praggnanandhaa as the India no.1 and World no.4 with a rating of 2779, to Aryan Chopra who is World no. 96 with a live rating of 2634. India has over 30,000 players rated by FIDE, the International Chess Federation. As of July 2025, the top 10 active Indian chess players have an average rating of 2725, the 2nd highest in the world, behind the United States.
