Top rapid chess players in India

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

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMErigaisi Arjun IND	2740	−5	#4	2003
2	GMPraggnanandhaa R IND	2730	0	#8	2005
3	GMNihal Sarin IND	2712	+14	#10	2004
4	GMViswanathan Anand IND	2694	−27	#17	1969
5	GMGukesh D IND	2686	0	#21	2006
6	GMSantosh Gujrathi Vidit IND	2625	+1	#59	1994
7	GMChithambaram VR. Aravindh IND	2612	+8	#91	1999
8	GMPentala Harikrishna IND	2595	0	#118	1986
9	GMV Pranav IND	2592	−2	#125	2006
10	GMRaunak Sadhwani IND	2592	0	#126	2005
11	GMNarayanan S L IND	2570	0	#169	1998
12	GMLalit Babu M R IND	2566	0	#180	1993
13	GMSandipan Chanda IND	2565	0	#184	1983
14	GMPranesh M IND	2552	+18	#216	2006
15	GMLeon Luke Mendonca IND	2548	−3	#223	2006
16	GMSurya Shekhar Ganguly IND	2536	0	#261	1983
17	GMAbhimanyu Puranik IND	2530	0	#278	2000
18	GMS.P. Sethuraman IND	2526	0	#288	1993
19	GMMurali Karthikeyan IND	2524	0	#295	1999
20	GMB. Adhiban IND	2523	0	#299	1992
21	GMJayaram Ashwin IND	2513	0	#344	1990
22	GMKrishnan Sasikiran IND	2509	0	#361	1981
23	GMSuri Vaibhav IND	2508	0	#367	1997
24	GMGuha Mitrabha IND	2504	0	#385	2001
25	GMKarthik Venkataraman IND	2487	0	#449	1999
26	IMGoutham Krishna H IND	2483	−6	#463	2010
27	GMDiptayan Ghosh IND	2478	0	#485	1998
28	GMAronyak Ghosh IND	2476	0	#493	2003
29	GMBharath Subramaniyam H IND	2475	0	#498	2007
30	GMGopal G.N. IND	2472	0	#508	1989
31	GMPranav Anand IND	2464	0	#555	2006
32	GMPa Iniyan IND	2463	0	#561	2002
33	GMAditya Mittal IND	2449	0	#646	2006
34	GMSundar M. Shyam IND	2448	0	#652	1992
35	GMHarika Dronavalli IND	2438	+23	#723	1991
36	GMRaja Harshit IND	2436	0	#735	2001
37	GMMishra Swayams IND	2435	0	#742	1992
38	GMRaja Rithvik R IND	2435	0	#750	2004
39	GMHumpy Koneru IND	2431	−4	#783	1987
40	GMVishnu Prasanna. V IND	2429	0	#799	1989
41	GMSrinath Narayanan IND	2424	0	#859	1994
42	GMSankalp Gupta IND	2419	0	#916	2003
43	GMSrihari L R IND	2417	0	#942	2005
44	GMVisakh N R IND	2415	0	#957	1999
45	GMHarikrishnan.A.Ra IND	2414	0	#965	2001
46	GMMayank Chakraborty IND	2407	0	#1037	2009
47	GMPrraneeth Vuppala IND	2406	0	#1047	2007
48	GMIlamparthi A R IND	2405	0	#1058	2009
49	GMMagesh Chandran Panchanathan IND	2400	0	#1110	1983
50	GMDivya Deshmukh IND	2400	−19	#1116	2005
51	GMArjun Kalyan IND	2399	0	#1127	2002
52	GMRameshbabu Vaishali IND	2396	0	#1143	2001
53	GMDibyendu Barua IND	2395	0	#1152	1966
54	GMDeep Sengupta IND	2384	0	#1273	1988
55	IMApoorv Kamble IND	2384	0	#1275	2009
56	GMVignesh N R IND	2381	0	#1310	1998
57	IMSiva Mahadevan IND	2381	0	#1311	2001
58	IMBanerjee Bitan IND	2380	0	#1317	1993
59	FMAarit Kapil IND	2380	−4	#1321	2015
60	IMShankar Gauri IND	2376	0	#1355	1992
61	IMNeelash Saha IND	2373	0	#1380	2002
62	IMDhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad IND	2373	0	#1382	1996
63	IMHarsh Suresh IND	2373	0	#1383	2007
64	IMS Aswath IND	2371	0	#1405	2008
65	IMBandyopadhyay Roktim IND	2370	0	#1413	1977
66	IMV S Rathanvel IND	2358	0	#1557	2001
67	IMEthan Vaz IND	2358	0	#1558	2011
68	IMHari Madhavan N B IND	2356	−1	#1581	2003
69	IMSavitha Shri B IND	2350	0	#1652	2007
70	Anadkat Kartavya IND	2348	0	#1676	2004
71	IMAnuj Shrivatri IND	2345	0	#1716	2004
72	GMRohith Krishna S IND	2344	0	#1737	2005
73	IMKushagra Mohan IND	2342	0	#1768	2004
74	GMM.R. Venkatesh IND	2340	0	#1792	1985
75	GMShyaam Nikhil P IND	2335	+2	#1862	1992
76	GMSayantan Das IND	2333	0	#1897	1997
77	FMAakash G IND	2333	0	#1906	2010
78	IMSubhayan Kundu IND	2330	0	#1946	2001
79	FMJohn Veny Akkarakaran IND	2330	+53	#1957	2008
80	GMAkash G IND	2327	0	#1986	1996
81	IMAdarsh Tripathi IND	2321	0	#2082	2005
82	CMAjjesh J R IND	2319	+36	#2119	2008
83	IMVantika Agrawal IND	2318	0	#2131	2002
84	IMBorgaonkar Akshay IND	2316	0	#2160	2009
85	GMHarshavardhan G B IND	2315	0	#2180	2003
86	IMAyush Sharma IND	2314	0	#2195	2005
87	IMMuthaiah AL IND	2310	0	#2240	1999
88	GMAaryan Varshney IND	2308	−1	#2279	2005
89	IMKhamparia Akshat IND	2307	0	#2288	1989
90	FMJa Gireman IND	2306	0	#2304	1997
91	FMJaiveer Mahendru IND	2305	+31	#2326	2009
92	GMSharma Himanshu IND	2296	0	#2474	1983
93	IMKundu Kaustuv IND	2292	+10	#2536	1999
94	IMRao Sharan IND	2292	+6	#2537	2000
95	FMMadhvendra Pratap Sharma IND	2290	0	#2580	2013
96	IMWagh Suyog IND	2289	0	#2600	2000
97	IMSouhardo Basak IND	2289	0	#2603	2007
98	IMArghyadip Das IND	2285	0	#2668	1985
99	IMN Krishna Teja IND	2282	0	#2739	1998
100	IMKrishna C R G IND	2282	0	#2740	1991

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