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Chess in India
Governing bodyAll India Chess Federation
International competitions

Chess has risen in popularity in India in the last few decades primarily due to the popularity and efforts of chess Grandmaster and former 5-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand.

It is believed that chess originated from chaturanga in ancient India. The All India Chess Federation is the formal governing body, and more generally the robust institutional chess "ecosystem" of the country has been deemed (by the BBC) as one of the best, if not the best, in the world.[1]

Current rankings

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Open

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As per FIDE's October 2024 rankings.[2]

# Title Player World Rank Rating Age
1 GM Arjun Erigaisi 3 2797 21 years, 103 days
2 GM Gukesh Dommaraju 5 2794 18 years, 200 days
3 GM Viswanathan Anand 11 2751 55 years, 4 days
4 GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 12 2746 19 years, 127 days
5 GM Vidit Gujrathi 22 2726 30 years, 52 days
6 GM Aravindh Chithambaram 33 2698 25 years, 95 days
7 GM Pentala Harikrishna 42 2688 38 years, 219 days
8 GM Nihal Sarin 58 2668 20 years, 155 days
9 GM Raunak Sadhwani 66 2659 18 years, 359 days
10 GM S. L. Narayanan 95 2640 26 years, 340 days

Women

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As per FIDE's October 2024 rankings.[3]

# Title Player World Rank Rating Age
1 GM Koneru Humpy 6 2530 37 years, 259 days
2 IM Divya Deshmukh 11 2501 19 years, 6 days
3 GM Harika Dronavalli 13 2493 33 years, 338 days
4 GM Vaishali Rameshbabu 15 2487 23 years, 177 days
5 IM Tania Sachdev 54 2396 38 years, 117 days
6 IM Vantika Agrawal 58 2392 22 years, 78 days
7 Sarayu Velpula 76 2370 18 years, 349 days
8 IM Bhakti Kulkarni 82 2363 32 years, 210 days
9 WGM Savitha Shri Baskar 99 2348 17 years, 325 days
10 IM Padmini Rout 100+ 2328 30 years, 345 days

Medal table

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Team

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Tournament Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
Olympiad M 1 0 2 3
F 1 0 1 2
X 1 0 1 2
World Team Championship M 0 0 1 1
F 0 1 0 1
Asian Games M 0 1 1 2
F 0 1 0 1
X 1 0 0 1
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games M 0 0 3 3
F 0 0 1 1
X 1 2 2 5
Asian Team Championship M 3 6 4 13
F 0 5 3 8
World Mind Sports Games X 0 1 0 1
Total 8 17 19 44

Individual

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Tournament Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
World Championship M 5 5 0 10
F 0 1 6 7
World Rapid
World Blitz
M 2 2 2 6
F 1 2 2 5
World Cup M 2 1 0 3
F 0 0 0 0
Olympiad M 4 4 1 9
F 3 3 4 10
Asian Games M 0 0 0 0
F 1 0 1 2
World Team Championship M 3 0 4 7
F 2 5 4 11
Asian Team Championship M 20 15 14 49
F 6 17 10 33
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games M 2 0 2 4
F 2 0 2 4
Total 53 55 46 154
  • Updated till September 2024

Olympiad

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Open

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Medal Event Team Points
Bronze 2014 Tromsø Parimarjan Negi
Panayappan Sethuraman
Sasikiran Krishnan
Adhiban Baskaran
Musunuri Rohit Lalit Babu
17
Bronze 2022 Chennai Gukesh Dommaraju
Nihal Sarin
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
Adhiban Baskaran
Raunak Sadhwani
18
Gold 2024 Budapest Gukesh Dommaraju
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
Arjun Erigaisi
Vidit Gujrathi
Pentala Harikrishna
21
Medal Event Player Category
Silver 2004 Calvià Viswanathan Anand Best performance rating
Silver 2012 Istanbul Abhijeet Gupta Board 4
Silver 2014 Tromsø Sasikiran Krishnan Board 3
Gold 2022 Chennai Gukesh Dommaraju Board 1
Gold Nihal Sarin Board 2
Silver Arjun Erigaisi Board 3
Bronze Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu Board 3
Gold 2024 Budapest Gukesh Dommaraju Board 1
Gold Arjun Erigaisi Board 3

Women

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Medal Event Team Points
Bronze 2022 Chennai Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli
Vaishali Rameshbabu
Tania Sachdev
Bhakti Kulkarni
17
Gold 2024 Budapest Harika Dronavalli
Vaishali Rameshbabu
Divya Deshmukh
Vantika Agrawal
Tania Sachdev
19
Medal Event Player Category
Silver 2000 Istanbul Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi Board 1
Silver 2002 Bled Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi Board 1
Silver 2008 Dresden Mary Ann Gomes Board 5
Bronze 2012 Istanbul Tania Sachdev Board 3
Gold 2014 Tromsø Padmini Rout Board 5
Bronze 2022 Chennai Vaishali Rameshbabu Board 3
Bronze Tania Sachdev Board 4
Bronze Divya Deshmukh Board 5
Gold 2024 Budapest Divya Deshmukh Board 3
Gold Vantika Agrawal Board 4

Online

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Medal Event Team
Gold 2020 Viswanathan Anand
Vidit Gujrathi
Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli
Nihal Sarin
Divya Deshmukh
Pentala Harikrishna
Aravindh Chithambaram
Bhakti Kulkarni
Vaishali Rameshbabu
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
Vantika Agrawal
Bronze 2021 Viswanathan Anand
Vidit Gujrathi
Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli
Nihal Sarin
Vaishali Rameshbabu
Pentala Harikrishna
Adhiban Baskaran
Tania Sachdev
Bhakti Kulkarni
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
Savitha Shri Baskar

World Championship

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Open

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Year Player Result Score
1995 Viswanathan Anand Silver 7.5
1998 Viswanathan Anand Silver 3
2000 Viswanathan Anand Gold 3.5
2005 Viswanathan Anand Silver 8.5
2007 Viswanathan Anand Gold 9
2008 Viswanathan Anand Gold 6.5
2010 Viswanathan Anand Gold 6.5
2012 Viswanathan Anand Gold 8.5
2013 Viswanathan Anand Silver 3.5
2014 Viswanathan Anand Silver 4.5
2024 Gukesh Dommaraju Gold 7.5

Women

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Year Player Result Score
2004 Koneru Humpy Bronze Semifinalist
2008 Koneru Humpy Bronze Semifinalist
2010 Koneru Humpy Bronze Semifinalist
2011 Koneru Humpy Silver 2.5
2012 Harika Dronavalli Bronze Semifinalist
2015 Harika Dronavalli Bronze Semifinalist
2017 Harika Dronavalli Bronze Semifinalist

World Rapid and Blitz Championships

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Rapid
Medal Event Player
Gold 2003 Cap d'Agde Viswanathan Anand
Bronze 2014 Dubai Viswanathan Anand
Gold 2017 Riyadh Viswanathan Anand
Blitz
Medal Event Player
Silver 2007 Moscow Viswanathan Anand
Silver 2009 Moscow Viswanathan Anand
Bronze 2017 Riyadh Viswanathan Anand

Women

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Rapid
Medal Event Player
Bronze 2012 Batumi Koneru Humpy
Gold 2019 Moscow Koneru Humpy
Bronze 2022 Almaty Savitha Shri Baskar
Silver 2023 Samarkand Koneru Humpy
Blitz
Medal Event Player
Silver 2022 Almaty Koneru Humpy

World Team Championship

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Open

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Medal Event Team Points
Bronze 2010 Bursa Pentala Harikrishna
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Sasikiran Krishnan
Geetha Narayanan Gopal
Subramanian Arun Prasad
Adhiban Baskaran
13
Medal Event Player Category
Gold 2010 Bursa Surya Shekhar Ganguly Board 3
Bronze Subramanian Arun Prasad Board 5
Bronze 2017 Khanty-Mansiysk Vidit Gujrathi Board 1
Bronze Adhiban Baskaran Board 2
Gold 2019 Astana Adhiban Baskaran Board 1
Gold Surya Shekhar Ganguly Board 3
Bronze 2022 Jerusalem S. L. Narayanan Board 3

Women

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Medal Event Team Points
Silver 2021 Sitges Harika Dronavalli
Vaishali Rameshbabu
Tania Sachdev
Bhakti Kulkarni
Mary Ann Gomes
13
Medal Event Player Category
Silver 2009 Ningbo Eesha Karavade Board 3
Gold 2011 Mardin Koneru Humpy Best performance rating
Gold Koneru Humpy Board 1
Silver Harika Dronavalli Board 2
Bronze 2013 Astana Mary Ann Gomes Board 4
Silver Soumya Swaminathan Board 5
Bronze 2015 Chengdu Koneru Humpy Board 1
Silver Harika Dronavalli Board 2
Bronze 2017 Khanty-Mansiysk Eesha Karavade Board 3
Silver 2021 Sitges Harika Dronavalli Board 1
Bronze Mary Ann Gomes Board 5

Asian Team Championship

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Medal Event Team
Bronze 1983 New Delhi Dibyendu Barua
Pravin Thipsay
Pabitra Mohanty
Syed Nasir Ali
Mohamed Rafiq Khan
Neeraj Kumar Mishra
Silver 1986 Dubai Vaidyanathan Ravikumar
Arun Vaidya
Ahanthem Meetei
Viswanathan Anand
Devaki Prasad
Balottam Verma
Bronze 1989 Genting Highlands Viswanathan Anand
Pravin Thipsay
Lanka Ravi
Raja Ravi Sekhar
Dibyendu Barua
N. Sudhakar Babu
Bronze 1999 Shenyang Sasikiran Krishnan
Pravin Thipsay
Abhijit Kunte
Devaki Prasad
G. B. Prakash
Silver 2003 Jodhpur Sasikiran Krishnan
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Pentala Harikrishna
Dibyendu Barua
Abhijit Kunte
Bronze 2003 Jodhpur Neelotpal Das
Sriram Jha
Lanka Ravi
Dinesh Kumar Sharma
Roktim Bandyopadhyay
Gold 2005 Esfahan Sasikiran Krishnan
Abhijit Kunte
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Sundararajan Kidambi
Sandipan Chanda
Silver 2008 Visakhapatnam Sasikiran Krishnan
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Abhijit Kunte
Geetha Narayanan Gopal
Abhijeet Gupta
Gold 2009 Kolkata Pentala Harikrishna
Sasikiran Krishnan
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Parimarjan Negi
J. Deepan Chakkravarthy
Silver 2012 Zaozhuang Sasikiran Krishnan
Pentala Harikrishna
Parimarjan Negi
Abhijeet Gupta
Geetha Narayanan Gopal
Silver 2014 Tabriz S. P. Sethuraman
Adhiban Baskaran
Sasikiran Krishnan
Parimarjan Negi
Musunuri Rohit Lalit Babu
Gold 2016 Abu Dhabi Adhiban Baskaran
S. P. Sethuraman
Vidit Gujrathi
Sasikiran Krishnan
Deep Sengupta
Silver 2018 Hamadan Adhiban Baskaran
S. P. Sethuraman
Sasikiran Krishnan
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Abhijeet Gupta
Medal Event Player Category
Silver 1977 Auckland Nasiruddin Ghalib Board 6
Bronze 1981 Hangzhou Manuel Aaron Board 1
Gold Tiruchi Natesan Parameswaran Board 2
Bronze 1983 New Delhi Dibyendu Barua Board 1
Gold Pravin Thipsay Board 2
Silver 1986 Dubai Ahanthem Meetei Board 3
Gold Viswanathan Anand Board 4
Silver Devaki Prasad Board 5
Gold 1987 Singapore Devaki Prasad Board 5
Gold 1989 Genting Highlands Viswanathan Anand Board 1
Bronze Dibyendu Barua Board 5
Gold N. Sudhakar Babu Board 6
Bronze 1991 Penang P. D. S. Girinath Board 1
Bronze 1993 Kuala Lumpur Jayant Suresh Gokhale Board 6
Bronze 1999 Shenyang Abhijit Kunte Board 3
Gold G. B. Prakash Board 5
Bronze 2003 Jodhpur Sasikiran Krishnan Board 1
Gold Pravin Thipsay Board 2
Gold Lanka Ravi Board 3
Silver Dinesh Kumar Sharma Board 4
Silver Abhijit Kunte Board 5
Silver 2005 Esfahan Sasikiran Krishnan Board 1
Bronze Abhijit Kunte Board 2
Gold Surya Shekhar Ganguly Board 3
Silver Sundararajan Kidambi Board 4
Silver Sandipan Chanda Board 5
Silver 2008 Visakhapatnam Sasikiran Krishnan Board 1
Silver Surya Shekhar Ganguly Board 2
Bronze Abhijit Kunte Board 3
Gold Geetha Narayanan Gopal Board 4
Silver Abhijeet Gupta Board 5
Bronze 2009 Kolkata Pentala Harikrishna Board 1
Gold Sasikiran Krishnan Board 2
Gold Surya Shekhar Ganguly Board 3
Gold Parimarjan Negi Board 4
Bronze J. Deepan Chakkravarthy Board 5
Gold 2012 Zaozhuang Parimarjan Negi Board 3
Gold Abhijeet Gupta Board 3
Gold 2014 Tabriz Sasikiran Krishnan Board 3
Silver Parimarjan Negi Board 4
Bronze Musunuri Rohit Lalit Babu Board 5
Silver 2016 Abu Dhabi Adhiban Baskaran Board 1
Bronze S. P. Sethuraman Board 2
Gold Vidit Gujrathi Board 3
Silver Sasikiran Krishnan Board 4
Silver 2018 Hamadan Adhiban Baskaran Board 1
Gold S. P. Sethuraman Board 2
Gold Sasikiran Krishnan Board 3
Bronze Abhijeet Gupta Board 5

Women

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Medal Event Team
Bronze 1999 Shenyang Bhagyashree Thipsay
Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
Swati Ghate
Shahnaz Safira
Bronze 2003 Jodhpur Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
Nisha Mohota
Aarthie Ramaswamy
Harika Dronavalli
Silver 2005 Esfahan Nisha Mohota
Mary Ann Gomes
Swati Ghate
Anupama Gokhale
Silver 2008 Visakhapatnam Harika Dronavalli
Nisha Mohota
Tania Sachdev
Aarthie Ramaswamy
Silver 2009 Kolkata Harika Dronavalli
Eesha Karavade
Tania Sachdev
Soumya Swaminathan
Kruttika Nadig
Silver 2012 Zaozhuang Harika Dronavalli
Eesha Karavade
Tania Sachdev
Mary Ann Gomes
Padmini Rout
Silver 2014 Tabriz Harika Dronavalli
Tania Sachdev
Eesha Karavade
Mary Ann Gomes
Padmini Rout
Bronze 2018 Hamadan Harika Dronavalli
Vaishali Rameshbabu
Eesha Karavade
Padmini Rout
Aakanksha Hagawane
Medal Event Player Category
Silver 1999 Shenyang Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi Board 2
Silver Swati Ghate Board 3
Silver Shahnaz Safira Board 4
Bronze 2003 Jodhpur Subbaraman Meenakshi Board 1
Silver Swati Ghate Board 2
Silver Anupama Gokhale Board 3
Gold Harika Dronavalli Board 4
Bronze Sai Meera Ravi Board 4
Silver 2005 Esfahan Nisha Mohota Board 1
Silver Mary Ann Gomes Board 2
Gold Swati Ghate Board 3
Silver 2008 Visakhapatnam Harika Dronavalli Board 1
Silver Nisha Mohota Board 2
Silver Tania Sachdev Board 3
Gold Aarthie Ramaswamy Board 4
Bronze Tejaswi Kanuri Board 4
Gold 2009 Kolkata Harika Dronavalli Board 1
Silver Tania Sachdev Board 3
Bronze Padmini Rout Board 3
Bronze Bhakti Kulkarni Board 4
Silver Kruttika Nadig Board 5
Bronze 2012 Zaozhuang Tania Sachdev Board 3
Silver Padmini Rout Board 5
Gold 2014 Tabriz Harika Dronavalli Board 1
Silver Tania Sachdev Board 2
Bronze Mary Ann Gomes Board 4
Silver Padmini Rout Board 5
Silver 2016 Abu Dhabi Harika Dronavalli Board 2
Gold Soumya Swaminathan Board 4
Silver 2018 Hamadan Harika Dronavalli Board 1
Bronze Eesha Karavade Board 3
Bronze Padmini Rout Board 4
Bronze Aakanksha Hagawane Board 5

World Cup

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Medal Event Player
Gold 2000 Shenyang Viswanathan Anand
Gold 2002 Hyderabad Viswanathan Anand
Silver 2023 Baku Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu

Asian Games

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Men's team standard

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Medal Event Team
Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Pentala Harikrishna
Sasikiran Krishnan
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Geetha Narayanan Gopal
Adhiban Baskaran
Silver 2022 Hangzhou Gukesh Dommaraju
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
Vidit Gujrathi
Arjun Erigaisi
Pentala Harikrishna

Women's team standard

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Medal Event Team
Silver 2022 Hangzhou Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli
Vaishali Rameshbabu
Vantika Agrawal
Savitha Shri Baskar

Mixed team standard

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Medal Event Team
Gold 2006 Doha Sasikiran Krishnan
Pentala Harikrishna
Koneru Humpy

Women's individual rapid

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Medal Event Team
Gold 2006 Doha Koneru Humpy
Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Harika Dronavalli

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

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Men's individual standard

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Medal Event Team
Bronze 2017 Ashgabat Sasikiran Krishnan

Women's individual standard

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Medal Event Team
Bronze 2007 Macau Harika Dronavalli

Mixed team standard

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Medal Event Team
Silver 2007 Macau Sasikiran Krishnan
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
J. Deepan Chakkravarthy
Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli
Tania Sachdev

Men's individual rapid

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Medal Event Team
Gold 2007 Macau Sasikiran Krishnan
Bronze 2009 Vietnam Sasikiran Krishnan

Men's team rapid U-23

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Medal Event Team
Bronze 2017 Ashgabat Karthikeyan Murali
Diptayan Ghosh

Women's individual rapid

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Medal Event Team
Gold 2007 Macau Harika Dronavalli
Bronze 2009 Vietnam Harika Dronavalli

Women's team rapid

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Medal Event Team
Bronze 2017 Ashgabat Padmini Rout
Tania Sachdev

Mixed team rapid

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Medal Event Team
Gold 2007 Macau Sasikiran Krishnan
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
J. Deepan Chakkravarthy
Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli
Tania Sachdev
Bronze 2009 Vietnam Pentala Harikrishna
Parimarjan Negi
Sasikiran Krishnan
Harika Dronavalli
Tania Sachdev
Eesha Karavade

Men's individual blitz

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Medal Event Team
Gold 2007 Macau Sasikiran Krishnan

Men's team blitz

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Medal Event Team
Bronze 2017 Ashgabat Sasikiran Krishnan
Surya Shekhar Ganguly

Men's team blitz U-23

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Medal Event Team
Bronze 2017 Ashgabat Diptayan Ghosh
Vaibhav Suri

Women's individual blitz

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Medal Event Team
Gold 2007 Macau Koneru Humpy

Mixed team blitz

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Medal Event Team
Silver 2007 Macau Sasikiran Krishnan
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Subramanian Arun Prasad
Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli
Subbaraman Meenakshi
Bronze 2009 Vietnam Pentala Harikrishna
Laxman Rajaram
Sasikiran Krishnan
Harika Dronavalli
Tania Sachdev
Eesha Karavade

World Mind Sports Games

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Mixed pairs blitz

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Medal Event Team
Silver 2008 Beijing Sasikiran Krishnan
Tania Sachdev

Performance records

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Firsts

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National award recipients

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Year Recipient Award Gender
1991–1992 Viswanathan Anand Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male
1961 Manuel Aaron Arjuna Award Male
1980–1981 Rohini Khadilkar Arjuna Award Female
1983 Dibyendu Barua Arjuna Award Male
1984 Pravin Thipsay Arjuna Award Male
1985 Viswanathan Anand Arjuna Award Male
1987 Devaki Prasad Arjuna Award Male
1987 Bhagyashree Thipsay Arjuna Award Female
1990 Anupama Gokhale Arjuna Award Female
2000 Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi Arjuna Award Female
2002 Krishnan Sasikiran Arjuna Award Male
2003 Koneru Humpy Arjuna Award Female
2005 Surya Shekhar Ganguly Arjuna Award Male
2006 Pentala Harikrishna Arjuna Award Male
2007 Harika Dronavalli Arjuna Award Female
2009 Tania Sachdev Arjuna Award Female
2010 Parimarjan Negi Arjuna Award Male
2013 Abhijeet Gupta Arjuna Award Male
2022 Bhakti Kulkarni Arjuna Award Female
2022 R Praggnanandhaa Arjuna Award Male
2023 R Vaishali Arjuna Award Female
2021 Abhijit Kunte Dhyan Chand Award Male
2006 Koneru Ashok Dronacharya Award Male
2023 RB Ramesh Dronacharya Award Male

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23vn7x4012o
  2. ^ "Chess Rankings India Open". ratings.fide.com. World Chess Federation (FIDE).
  3. ^ "Chess Rankings India Female". ratings.fide.com. World Chess Federation (FIDE).
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