by Check out the top Indian male chess players as of August 2024. From veterans who have long held their place among the elite to young prodigies like Arjun, Praggnanandhaa who are rapidly climbing the ranks, these players are achieving significant milestones, winning prestigious tournaments, and earning respect across the international chess community.
Top 100 India Male chess players STANDARD Rating for August 2024
| Rank | Player Name | Current Rating |
| 1 | Erigaisi Arjun | 2778 |
| 2 | Gukesh D | 2766 |
| 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | 2751 |
| 4 | Praggnanandhaa R | 2749 |
| 5 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | 2720 |
| 6 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 2703 |
| 7 | Harikrishna, Pentala | 2692 |
| 8 | Nihal Sarin | 2668 |
| 9 | Sadhwani, Raunak | 2653 |
| 10 | Narayanan S L | 2649 |
| 11 | Puranik, Abhimanyu | 2649 |
| 12 | Karthikeyan, Murali | 2624 |
| 13 | Mendonca, Leon Luke | 2621 |
| 14 | Aryan Chopra | 2619 |
| 15 | Negi, Parimarjan | 2612 |
| 16 | Pranav, V | 2598 |
| 17 | Pranesh M | 2598 |
| 18 | Vaibhav, Suri | 2594 |
| 19 | Aditya Mittal | 2591 |
| 20 | Gupta, Abhijeet | 2583 |
| 21 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 2583 |
| 22 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | 2579 |
| 23 | Sethuraman, S.P. | 2571 |
| 24 | Karthik Venkataraman | 2568 |
| 25 | Ghosh, Diptayan | 2568 |
| 26 | Bharath Subramaniyam H | 2566 |
| 27 | Gopal G.N. | 2556 |
| 28 | Pranav Anand | 2552 |
| 29 | Harsha Bharathakoti | 2550 |
| 30 | Iniyan, Pa | 2547 |
| 31 | Sankalp Gupta | 2546 |
| 32 | Mitrabha, Guha | 2537 |
| 33 | Aronyak Ghosh | 2535 |
| 34 | Adhiban, B. | 2532 |
| 35 | Vignesh N R | 2526 |
| 36 | Koustav Chatterjee | 2524 |
| 37 | Visakh N R | 2517 |
| 38 | Raja Rithvik R | 2516 |
| 39 | Sengupta, Deep | 2516 |
| 40 | Narayanan, Srinath | 2516 |
| 41 | Gusain, Himal | 2511 |
| 42 | Grover, Sahaj | 2507 |
| 43 | Shyam, Sundar M. | 2502 |
| 44 | Rahul Srivatshav P | 2501 |
| 45 | Srihari L R | 2500 |
| 46 | Lalit Babu M R | 2494 |
| 47 | Girish, A. Koushik | 2492 |
| 48 | Das, Sayantan | 2491 |
| 49 | Chanda, Sandipan | 2488 |
| 50 | Raja Harshit | 2482 |
| 51 | Muthaiah AL | 2482 |
| 52 | Rathanvel, V S | 2474 |
| 53 | Samant Aditya S | 2472 |
| 54 | Rohith Krishna S | 2472 |
| 55 | Aswath, S | 2470 |
| 56 | Neelash Saha | 2470 |
| 57 | Harikrishnan.A.Ra | 2468 |
| 58 | Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran | 2461 |
| 59 | Ilamparthi A R | 2458 |
| 60 | Prraneeth Vuppala | 2456 |
| 61 | Gagare, Shardul | 2456 |
| 62 | Swayams, Mishra | 2456 |
| 63 | Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad | 2450 |
| 64 | Ayush Sharma | 2449 |
| 65 | Aaditya Dhingra | 2448 |
| 66 | Goutham Krishna H | 2446 |
| 67 | Sahib Singh | 2445 |
| 68 | Bhattacharyya Soham | 2444 |
| 69 | Shyaam Nikhil P | 2442 |
| 70 | Krishna C R G | 2442 |
| 71 | Jubin Jimmy | 2441 |
| 72 | Stany, G.A. | 2439 |
| 73 | Panesar Vedant | 2436 |
| 74 | Swapnil, S. Dhopade | 2433 |
| 75 | Nitish Belurkar | 2432 |
| 76 | Mayank Chakraborty | 2425 |
| 77 | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | 2423 |
| 78 | Kaustuv, Kundu | 2419 |
| 79 | Harsh Suresh | 2418 |
| 80 | Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H. | 2418 |
| 81 | Ravi, Teja S. | 2416 |
| 82 | Akash G | 2415 |
| 83 | Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh | 2413 |
| 84 | Aradhya, Garg | 2412 |
| 85 | Prithu Gupta | 2412 |
| 86 | Borgaonkar Akshay | 2412 |
| 87 | Senthil Maran K | 2411 |
| 88 | Audi Ameya | 2407 |
| 89 | Harshavardhan G B | 2401 |
| 90 | Ajay Karthikeyan | 2401 |
| 91 | Sharan, Rao | 2401 |
| 92 | Das, Arghyadip | 2401 |
| 93 | Anuj Shrivatri | 2400 |
| 94 | Bharadia Yash | 2397 |
| 95 | Aaryan Varshney | 2395 |
| 96 | Aditya Vikram Paul | 2394 |
| 97 | Bitan, Banerjee | 2394 |
| 98 | Arhan Chethan Anand | 2394 |
| 99 | Vaz, Ethan | 2392 |
| 100 | Aarav Dengla | 2390 |
