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The list of top 10 active players as of December 2023. [1] [2] [failed verification] The top 100 players of the world include 9 Indian players, amongst them Viswananthan Anand at Rank 10. [3] The top 100 women players of the world include 10 Indian players, amongst them Koneru Humpy at Rank 3. [4]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Indian chess players. It includes Indian chess players that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Indian female chess players"
This list of female chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and have an article on the English Wikipedia. It includes the preceding lists of Grandmasters and International Masters. FIDE title abbreviations: GM – grandmaster; IM – International Master; FM – FIDE Master; WGM – Woman Grandmaster
Vaishali Rameshbabu (born 21 June 2001) is an Indian chess grandmaster. [1] [2] She emerged victorious in the Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2023, securing qualification for the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024. She won the bronze medal at Women's World Blitz Chess Championship 2024. She is the elder sister of chess grandmaster Praggnanandhaa ...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) was established in 1924 as the governing body of competitive chess. At the time, the term "grandmaster" was already being informally used to describe the world's leading chess players since the players competing in the Championship section of the Ostend 1907 chess tournament were referred to as "grandmasters" in reference to them all having previously ...
Indian female chess players (43 P) Σ. Indian chess biography stubs (56 P) Pages in category "Indian chess players" The following 152 pages are in this category, out ...
She is the reigning Nationals Women Chess Champion in 2024. Nandhidhaa won an individual Gold in Asian Chess Championship held at New Delhi on 3 November 2022, making her only the 9th Indian Women to clinch the Asian Gold. She scored an unbeaten and impressive 7.5/9 to clinch the title, thereby also qualifying for the Women's Chess World Cup 2023.
The rise of chess in modern India is often credited to Anand, whose dominance from the late 1990s to the early 2010s inspired a generation of players. His success, coupled with the growth of digital platforms and widespread grassroots training programs, has fueled a chess boom, making India one of the leading nations in the sport.