Vishwanathan Anand, being the first "Indian Grandmaster" in Chess, has come a long way and yet rules the roost in Chess. Humpy Koneru is a well known Indian chess player. She is the youngest woman to become an international grandmaster in the field of Chess. Gauri Shankar is an Indian chess player, who in his career has drawn and defeated many International Masters. He won 23 junior medals by the time he was 13. Umakant Sharma is currently serving 10 years bad after he was caught red handed cheating during a chess championship. Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman, a remarkable Indian Chess Player, holds the greatest number of medals in the Chess Olympiads by an Indian. Abhijit Kunte is skilful player of chess who was born in the year 1977 in Pune. Hetul Shah is one of the youngest chess talents in India. He was born in the year 1999. Ivana Maria Furtado is an Indian chess prodigy. She is also a Woman FIDE Master. Padmini Rout is a young prodigy in Indian chess arena. She has also won five Asian and four national titles. Abhijeet Gupta is an Indian chess player who became the youngest national junior (under 19) champion at the age of 13 Magesh Panchanathan is an Indian born, Dallas-based chess Grandmaster who has frequently distinguished himself in several international tournaments. Soumya Swaminathan is young prodigy in chess and was born in the year 1989. Sandipan Chanda is a renowned Indian chess player and a grandmaster title holder. His current FIDE rating is 2595and the number of matches he has played is 485. Tania Sachdev is an Indian female chess player, who holds the titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She is the biggest chess talent from north India in womens chess. Male Chess players in India played almost vital role in bringing the pride of the country in the international level in Chess. Aman Sharma, SL Narayanan, Debashis Das, Akshayraj Kore and Sahaj Grover are the newest grandmaster in the last decade. Surya Shekhar Ganguly is a chess prodigy from West Bengal and became Grandmaster at the age of 11. Moheschunder Bannerjee is a popular name in Indian chess who mainly played with traditional rules. Rohini Khadilkar is an Indian Chess player and is a Woman International Master in chess. Sahaj Grover is an Indian chess player from Delhi and an International master of chess. Sahaj Grover started playing when he was three and half years old. Parimarjan Negi is the youngest Indian chess player to earn the Grandmaster title. He is also the youngest International Master in the world. Praveen Mahadeo Thipsay is an Indian grandmaster who has won many chess championships. The second grandmaster, Dibyendu Barua, won Gold Medal in the 2nd board in Chess Olympiad held in the year1990. Arjun Vishnuvardhan is an Indian chess player and an International Master. He is the youngest Keralite ever to achieve the FIDE International Master title. Geetha Narayanan Gopal is one of the youngest players from India and has made his country proud by winning the title of Chess Grandmaster in 2007. Ridhi Nimdia born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, is one of the youngest chess players from India. Darpan Inani is an Indian chess player hailing from Vadodara. He is also the youngest to win the National blind chess championships. Female Chess Players in India are promoting themselves in the world chess by winning many national and international tournaments. Pendyala Harikrishna is one of the youngest chess Grandmasters of India and has received the Arjuna Award in 2006 and ranked No. 8 in Asia. Srinath Narayanan is a chess prodigy who is a FIDE master. He has brought huge laurels for his country at a very young age. Krishnan Sasikiran is an Indian chess prodigy who earned the Grandmaster title at a young age of 19. Krishnan Sasikiran also won the Politiken Cup in 2003. Manuel Aaron is a renowned Indian chess player who holds the honour of being the title the first International master from India. Mir Sultan Khan was probably the first Asian Grandmaster according to modernistic rules. He was considered to be among the best chess players of his time. Dronavalli Harika is a talented chess player who won many awards representing India at various levels. Aarthi Ramaswamy was born in 1981 and was grandmaster in chess. Vidit Santosh Gujrathi is an emerging chess player from India. He attained the title of a Grandmaster only at the age of 19. Akshayraj Kore is Indian chess player who earned fame after winning Invitational IM Norm Round Robin Chess Tournament in Luhansk, Ukraine. He is the 32nd Indian Grandmaster in Chess. |