Top rapid chess players in India

The highest-rated active players from India on FIDE's October 2026 rapid list.

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
101	IMMd Imran IND	2278	0	#2815	2009
102	IMChinna Reddy C.H. Mehar IND	2275	0	#2871	1995
103	FMVivaan Vishal Shah IND	2272	0	#2943	2012
104	FMKadam Om Manish IND	2272	0	#2946	2008
105	IMSrihari L IND	2267	0	#3041	2004
106	FMPanesar Vedant IND	2266	+57	#3067	2003
107	IMUtsab Chatterjee IND	2266	0	#3069	2003
108	GMDeepan Chakkravarthy J. IND	2265	0	#3080	1987
109	IMAudi Ameya IND	2259	0	#3237	1999
110	N. Sanjay IND	2258	0	#3249	1974
111	IMNitish Belurkar IND	2258	0	#3250	2001
112	IMGarg Aradhya IND	2258	+9	#3258	2000
113	IMKrishnater Kushager IND	2257	0	#3284	2002
114	IMAjay Santhosh Parvathareddy IND	2256	0	#3305	2010
115	IMManish Anto Cristiano F IND	2254	0	#3360	2005
116	IMRajdeep Sarkar IND	2253	0	#3384	2001
117	FMAansh Nandan Nerurkar IND	2253	0	#3386	2012
118	IMShete Sammed Jaykumar IND	2252	0	#3408	1999
119	FMM. Kunal IND	2251	0	#3434	1991
120	IMShahil Dey IND	2245	0	#3574	2007
121	Bhattacharyya Soham IND	2244	0	#3598	2005
122	FMSharnarthi Viresh IND	2243	0	#3629	2010
123	GMM. S. Thejkumar IND	2242	0	#3644	1981
124	GMRaahul V S IND	2240	0	#3698	2003
125	IMJain Kashish Manoj IND	2240	0	#3702	2005
126	FMSayantan Dutta IND	2237	0	#3761	1987
127	GMP. Karthikeyan IND	2237	0	#3762	1990
128	IMHimal Gusain IND	2237	+12	#3763	1993
129	GMAarav Dengla IND	2237	0	#3778	2009
130	FMGahan M G IND	2235	+46	#3819	1994
131	IMMohammad Nubairshah Shaikh IND	2233	0	#3883	1998
132	IMRout Padmini IND	2232	0	#3908	1994
133	CMManmay Chopra IND	2231	0	#3942	2007
134	FMAvirat Chauhan IND	2231	0	#3944	2014
135	FMJihan Tejas Shah IND	2230	0	#3963	2009
136	IMViani Antonio Dcunha IND	2228	0	#3999	1995
137	FMBagwe Gaurang IND	2228	+113	#4006	2008
138	GMJha Sriram IND	2227	−1	#4019	1976
139	FMPranav K P IND	2226	+13	#4059	2009
140	GMSaptarshi Roy Chowdhury IND	2223	0	#4134	1982
141	IMSanket Chakravarty IND	2220	0	#4232	2004
142	FMAditya Varun Gampa IND	2220	0	#4234	2006
143	IMKarthik Rajaa IND	2219	0	#4259	2001
144	FMSingh Ojasva IND	2219	−8	#4260	2005
145	IMSoham Kamotra IND	2219	−11	#4264	2004
146	GMR.R. Laxman IND	2217	+5	#4315	1983
147	FMVaibhav Jayant Raut IND	2212	+12	#4466	2002
148	Gaikwad Manas IND	2210	0	#4546	2010
149	IMV A V Rajesh IND	2208	0	#4595	1995
150	IMMohapatra Sidhant IND	2207	0	#4627	1998
151	IMS. Nitin IND	2204	0	#4720	1992
152	IMDalvi Aakash Sharadchandra IND	2204	−11	#4732	2002
153	Ram Parab IND	2203	0	#4773	2010
154	IMSenthil Maran K IND	2201	0	#4838	1998
155	FMAadik Theophane Lenin IND	2201	0	#4840	2012
156	FMArnav Maheshwari IND	2200	0	#4873	2007
157	IMLad Mandar Pradip IND	2200	0	#4874	2006
158	IMAaditya Dhingra IND	2195	0	#4996	2006
159	IMParab Ritviz IND	2194	0	#5015	1999
160	Anustoop Biswas IND	2194	0	#5016	2000
161	FMArpith S Bijoy IND	2194	+4	#5028	2008
162	FMTanmay Chopra IND	2192	0	#5076	2004
163	FMNagare Kaivalya Sandip IND	2188	0	#5149	2007
164	IMNamitbir Singh Walia IND	2188	−2	#5150	2005
165	IMJake Shanty IND	2185	0	#5209	2011
166	IMSrijit Paul IND	2183	0	#5249	2001
167	IMShah Sagar IND	2182	0	#5267	1990
168	CMVelavaa Ragavesh IND	2182	0	#5275	2009
169	FMRosh Jain IND	2182	−17	#5276	2011
170	FMJval Saurin Patel IND	2182	0	#5277	2011
171	FMReyan Md. IND	2180	0	#5323	2011
172	FMArnav Agrawal IND	2180	+26	#5328	2010
173	IMMushini Ajay IND	2179	0	#5347	1998
174	IMPanda Sambit IND	2171	0	#5509	2004
175	IMTeja S. Ravi IND	2170	−18	#5525	1993
176	IMM Chakravarthi Reddy IND	2170	0	#5534	1996
177	IMSahib Singh IND	2170	0	#5535	2008
178	IMVignesh Advaith Vemula IND	2169	0	#5551	2009
179	FMAditya Vikram Paul IND	2168	0	#5578	2007
180	CMSharnarthi Shlok IND	2166	0	#5616	2009
181	FMMahish S A IND	2163	0	#5678	2011
182	FMSarbartho Mani IND	2163	0	#5682	2016
183	IMManush Shah IND	2162	0	#5691	1997
184	IMJ Sai Agni Jeevitesh IND	2162	−1	#5692	1998
185	IMMohamed Anees M IND	2160	0	#5741	2003
186	IMNikhil Dixit IND	2159	0	#5750	1998
187	FMSaurabh Anand IND	2158	−6	#5768	2002
188	WGMPriyanka Nutakki IND	2158	0	#5771	2002
189	Nirmal E P IND	2157	0	#5782	1982
190	Nithin Babu IND	2156	0	#5803	2000
191	FMGawai Siddhant IND	2152	0	#5872	2007
192	FMJain Jeet IND	2151	0	#5884	2000
193	M Siddarth IND	2150	0	#5902	1997
194	IMSathvik Adiga IND	2149	0	#5926	2011
195	FMPotawad Anirudhha IND	2147	0	#5950	2005
196	Syed Abdul Khader IND	2145		#5976	2012
197	IMRohit S IND	2144	+9	#5990	2007
198	Ahaz E U IND	2142	+56	#6018	2010
199	FMT.S. Venkataramanan IND	2141	0	#6033	1973
200	CMVihaan Karthikeya N IND	2141	0	#6042	2010

Ratings from FIDE's official October 2026 list. The +/− column is the change from the previous month. Inactive players are not ranked.