Top rapid chess players in India

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

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
201	Premshankar B U IND	2141	0	#6043	2011
202	CMChidvilash Sai Surapaneni IND	2139	0	#6075	2008
203	Devnani Kush IND	2135	0	#6134	2002
204	IMNisha Mohota IND	2134	0	#6141	1980
205	WGMRakshitta Ravi IND	2133	0	#6167	2005
206	Bhoir Paras Dilip IND	2132	−47	#6184	2009
207	FMVandan Alankar Sawai IND	2132	+87	#6185	2011
208	FMShah Dev IND	2131	0	#6204	2007
209	FMSriansh Das IND	2131	0	#6206	2009
210	IMHarshad S IND	2131	+31	#6208	2006
211	IMP.D.S. Girinath IND	2130	0	#6217	1968
212	FMKshatriya Nitin Vekhande IND	2130	0	#6223	2009
213	FMRam Aravind L N IND	2129	0	#6242	2003
214	CMSarveshwaran V IND	2129	−7	#6243	2007
215	WIMPandey Srishti IND	2126	0	#6278	2001
216	IMK. Ratnakaran IND	2124		#6303	1981
217	FMSiddhanth Poonja IND	2124		#6307	2012
218	CMVyom Malhotra IND	2124	+58	#6308	2014
219	Garv Rai IND	2124	+5	#6311	2007
220	IMApaar Saxena IND	2120	0	#6384	2012
221	IMAjay Karthikeyan IND	2119	0	#6397	2004
222	WGMSharma Isha IND	2117	0	#6429	2000
223	IMSameer Kathmale IND	2114	0	#6458	1993
224	IMSourath Biswas IND	2114	0	#6466	2005
225	FMChitre Arush IND	2113	0	#6476	2010
226	IMDaaevik Wadhawan IND	2113	−26	#6479	2009
227	FMNawin J J IND	2113	0	#6480	2003
228	IMVikramaditya Kulkarni IND	2112		#6484	1982
229	FMGajwa Ankit IND	2112	−21	#6485	1997
230	FMArun Kataria IND	2112	0	#6489	2006
231	CMShashish Subbiah IND	2112	0	#6490	2011
232	IMMoksh Amit Doshi IND	2109	0	#6528	2003
233	FMAarav Sinha IND	2109	0	#6529	2009
234	CMKolla Bhaavan IND	2108		#6542	2011
235	FMShaik Sumer Arsh IND	2108	0	#6543	2008
236	FMPrishita Gupta IND	2106	0	#6569	2011
237	IMAvinash Ramesh IND	2105	0	#6583	2004
238	CMPimpalkhare Vedant IND	2104	0	#6591	1997
239	Vignesh B IND	2101	0	#6631	2004
240	IMSomak Palit IND	2098		#6659	1986
241	FMDinesh Rajan M IND	2098	0	#6662	2004
242	WIMChitlange Sakshi IND	2097	0	#6671	2000
243	WGMP V Nandhidhaa IND	2096	0	#6680	1996
244	FMMehta Naitik R IND	2096	0	#6687	2004
245	IMKrishnan P. Saravana IND	2094	−14	#6705	1990
246	CMHari Ganesh T IND	2092	0	#6736	2007
247	CMShah Rishab IND	2090	0	#6758	2003
248	IMSaha Suvrajit IND	2086		#6791	1976
249	FMSamyak Dharewa IND	2086	0	#6794	2009
250	FMNagarkatte Vedant IND	2086	−2	#6795	2005
251	IMGarv Gaur IND	2086	−33	#6796	2007
252	WFMSharvaanica A S IND	2084	0	#6814	2015
253	FMMadhesh Kumar S IND	2083	0	#6826	2012
254	FMShah Jeet IND	2083	−28	#6828	2006
255	WFMShubhi Gupta IND	2082	+80	#6836	2010
256	FMS. Krishnan Ram IND	2081		#6842	1983
257	CMSalunke Siddhant IND	2081	0	#6845	2012
258	FMSoham Datar IND	2077	0	#6878	1994
259	FMJaidambareesh N R IND	2077	0	#6886	2008
260	FMAarav Sarbalia IND	2076	0	#6894	2013
261	N. Lokesh IND	2074	0	#6913	1992
262	FMOjas Kulkarni IND	2066	0	#6989	1999
263	WIMVishwa Vasnawala IND	2066	0	#6991	2006
264	Sri Sai Baswanth P IND	2065	0	#6999	1998
265	FMAdvik Amit Agrawal IND	2065	0	#7000	2015
266	FMP. Maheswaran IND	2064		#7002	1986
267	CMUtkrisht Tuli IND	2063	0	#7018	2009
268	Mayukh Majumder IND	2063	+13	#7019	2012
269	FMHarshit Pawar IND	2061	0	#7037	2007
270	WIMAakanksha Hagawane IND	2060	0	#7043	2000
271	CMVedant Rupeshbhai Varasada IND	2060	0	#7044	2010
272	IMDhruva Thota IND	2060	0	#7045	2009
273	IMSriram Adarsh Uppala IND	2059	0	#7054	2010
274	FMRitvik Krishnan IND	2059	0	#7058	2007
275	FMShreyas Seshadri Nallore IND	2058	0	#7067	2008
276	FMPriansh Das IND	2058	0	#7069	2009
277	FMTanmay Rajbongshi IND	2057	0	#7077	2011
278	WGMManisha Mohanty Kiran IND	2054	0	#7102	1989
279	FMDaakshin Arun IND	2054	0	#7106	2009
280	FMPrasannaa.s IND	2052	0	#7121	1997
281	Jagesia Daksh IND	2052	+66	#7124	2009
282	FMRaghav V IND	2050	+13	#7141	2010
283	FMNishant Abhijeet Jawalkar IND	2050	+67	#7142	2010
284	FMJoydeep Dutta IND	2049		#7148	1988
285	FMAarav A IND	2049	0	#7153	2013
286	WFMSneha Halder IND	2046	0	#7176	2009
287	FMBhuvan Krishna Prasanth IND	2044	0	#7195	2012
288	Nassir Wajih IND	2042		#7209	1967
289	FMAniruddha Deshpande IND	2040	0	#7220	1989
290	FMPatil Priyanshu IND	2040	+17	#7225	2002
291	CMJagreet Misra IND	2040	−68	#7226	2012
292	WIMPratitee Bordoloi IND	2039	0	#7235	2013
293	FMNayak Rajesh IND	2039	0	#7236	1996
294	CMAshish Chaudhari IND	2039	+17	#7237	2007
295	FMSwayham P Das IND	2035	0	#7278	2008
296	FMMajumder Shrayan IND	2033	0	#7293	2002
297	FMVihaan Dumir IND	2032	−82	#7300	2010
298	WIMMukherjee Arpita IND	2031	0	#7305	2001
299	Daksh Goyal IND	2029	0	#7331	2008
300	FMP. Phoobalan IND	2027		#7350	1984

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