Starting in August 2023, Gukesh D briefly held the top spot. However, halfway through the month, Anand reclaimed the top spot with a difference of just three points. With 2754 ratings, GM Viswanathan Anand is the top Indian player. Gukesh D is ranked second with 2751 ratings, followed by Vidit Gujrathi in third place with 2723 ratings. Here is the top 100 Indian chess players as of 20 August 2023.
AUGUST 2023 : RANK STANDARD RATING INDIA # Name Title Fed Rating B-Year 1 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2754 1969 2 Gukesh D GM IND 2751 2006 3 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi GM IND 2723 1994 4 Harikrishna, Pentala GM IND 2711 1986 5 Praggnanandhaa R GM IND 2707 2005 6 Erigaisi Arjun GM IND 2704 2003 7 Nihal Sarin GM IND 2684 2004 8 Narayanan.S.L GM IND 2656 1998 9 Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. GM IND 2645 1999 10 Aryan Chopra GM IND 2641 2001 11 Mendonca, Leon Luke GM IND 2628 2006 12 Gupta, Abhijeet GM IND 2625 1989 13 Sadhwani, Raunak GM IND 2624 2005 14 Karthikeyan, Murali GM IND 2618 1999 15 Negi, Parimarjan GM IND 2617 1993 16 Puranik, Abhimanyu GM IND 2611 2000 17 Sasikiran, Krishnan GM IND 2604 1981 18 Sethuraman, S.P. GM IND 2591 1993 19 Vaibhav, Suri GM IND 2588 1997 20 Pranav, V GM IND 2588 2006 21 Adhiban, B. GM IND 2587 1992 22 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar GM IND 2583 1983 23 Aditya Mittal GM IND 2577 2006 24 Gopal G.N. GM IND 2573 1989 25 Ghosh, Diptayan GM IND 2568 1998 26 Harsha Bharathakoti GM IND 2563 2000 27 Karthik Venkataraman GM IND 2562 1999 28 Koneru, Humpy GM IND 2553 1987 29 Narayanan, Srinath GM IND 2552 1994 30 Lalit Babu M R GM IND 2547 1993 31 Koustav Chatterjee GM IND 2546 2003 32 Visakh N R GM IND 2540 1999 33 Aronyak Ghosh IM IND 2538 2003 34 Pranav Anand GM IND 2529 2006 35 Raja Harshit GM IND 2522 2001 36 Sankalp Gupta GM IND 2522 2003 37 Samant Aditya S IM IND 2511 2006 38 Arjun Kalyan GM IND 2509 2002 39 Mitrabha, Guha GM IND 2505 2001 40 Pranesh M GM IND 2503 2006 41 Raja Rithvik R GM IND 2502 2004 42 Iniyan, P GM IND 2502 2002 43 Vignesh N R GM IND 2501 1998 44 Dronavalli, Harika GM IND 2500 1991 45 Girish, A. Koushik GM IND 2499 1997 46 Shyam, Sundar M. GM IND 2497 1992 47 Rathanvel, V S IM IND 2491 2001 48 Chanda, Sandipan GM IND 2491 1983 49 Das, Sayantan GM IND 2489 1997 50 Grover, Sahaj GM IND 2488 1995 51 Prraneeth Vuppala IM IND 2485 2007 52 Bharath Subramaniyam H GM IND 2482 2007 53 Rahul Srivatshav P GM IND 2481 2002 54 Swapnil, S. Dhopade GM IND 2479 1990 55 Sengupta, Deep GM IND 2474 1988 56 Stany, G.A. GM IND 2472 1993 57 Shyaamnikhil P IM IND 2467 1992 58 Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran GM IND 2466 1983 59 Gagare, Shardul GM IND 2461 1997 60 Jubin Jimmy IM IND 2460 2006 61 Muthaiah AL IM IND 2458 1999 62 Aaditya Dhingra CM IND 2457 2006 63 Akash G GM IND 2456 1996 64 Vaishali, Rameshbabu IM IND 2452 2001 65 Swayams, Mishra GM IND 2452 1992 66 Sammed Jaykumar, Shete IM IND 2451 1999 67 Ravi, Teja S. IM IND 2450 1993 68 Deepan Chakkravarthy J. GM IND 2446 1987 69 Aayush Bhattacherjee FM IND 2444 2007 70 Harikrishnan.A.Ra IM IND 2437 2001 71 Neelash Saha IM IND 2435 2002 72 Venkatesh, M.R. GM IND 2434 1985 73 Sharan, Rao FM IND 2430 2000 74 Vantika Agrawal IM IND 2430 2002 75 Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh IM IND 2430 1998 76 Ajay Karthikeyan IM IND 2429 2004 77 Nitish Belurkar IM IND 2425 2001 78 Rohith Krishna S IM IND 2423 2005 79 Anuj Shrivatri IM IND 2420 2004 80 Sidhant, Mohapatra IM IND 2420 1998 81 Gusain, Himal IM IND 2419 1993 82 Hari Madhavan N B IM IND 2418 2003 83 Viani Antonio Dcunha IM IND 2415 1995 84 Harshavardhan G B IM IND 2413 2003 85 Das, Arghyadip IM IND 2413 1985 86 Vishnu Prasanna. V GM IND 2411 1989 87 Krishnater Kushager IM IND 2411 2002 88 Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad IM IND 2410 1996 89 Prasanna Raghuram Rao IM IND 2410 1994 90 Srihari L R IM IND 2407 2005 91 Krishna C R G IM IND 2405 1991 92 Audi Ameya IM IND 2403 1999 93 Panda Sambit IM IND 2402 2004 94 Moksh Amit Doshi IM IND 2401 2003 95 Akshat, Khamparia IM IND 2401 1989 96 Jinan Jomon IND 2400 2004 97 Kushagra Mohan IM IND 2397 2004 98 Sahib Singh FM IND 2397 2008 99 Bitan, Banerjee IM IND 2397 1993 100 Aradhya, Garg FM IND 2395 2000
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