# Chess in India

Chess has a deep-rooted history in India, widely believed to have originated from the game of chaturanga during the Gupta Empire in circa 6th century CE. Over centuries, it evolved and spread across the world, influencing modern chess as we know it today.
In the contemporary era, India has emerged as a major chess power, excelling in international tournaments and currently boasting the second best federation on the planet with a 2721 top-ten rating. The country holds multiple Chess Olympiad victories in both the men's and women's sections and has crowned two World Chess Champions: Viswanathan Anand, a five-time champion who revolutionized Indian chess, and Gukesh D, the current reigning champion.
The rise of chess in modern India is often credited to Anand, whose dominance from the late 1990s to the early 2010s inspired a generation of players. His success, coupled with the growth of digital platforms and widespread grassroots training programs, has fueled a chess boom, making India one of the leading nations in the sport. The country now has a robust chess ecosystem, supported by the All India Chess Federation (AICF) and a network of state associations, academies, and online communities.

## Early history

Chess originated in India with its earliest known form, chaturanga, dating back roughly 1,500 years to the 6th century, during the Gupta Empire. Chaturanga is considered the earliest precursor to modern chess because it had key features that would appear in later variations: different pieces possessing different powers and victory depending on the fate of one piece, the king.
As trade and cultural exchanges flourished along the Silk Road, Chaturanga spread to Persia, where it evolved into Shatranj. The game underwent further refinements in the Islamic world and medieval Europe, ultimately transforming into the modern chess we recognize today.

## Modern history

Modern chess in India began officially with the formation of All India Chess Federation in 1951. This was soon followed by the first Indian Chess Championship held in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh. In 1956, India made its debut at the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow. Then, Manuel Aaron achieved the feat as the first Indian to become an International Master, in 1961.
In 1988, 19-year old Viswanathan Anand of Chennai became India's first Grandmaster. He then embarked on a journey to become the first Indian to qualify for the Candidates Tournament, win the Candidates in 1995, 1998 and then finally become the World Champion in 2000 by beating Spain's Alexei Shirov. He would go on to defend the title for more than a decade, until he lost the Championship to Magnus Carlsen in 2013. In 1997, the All India Chess Federation for the Blind was formed with the intention of promoting chess amongst the country's visually impaired people.
Subbaraman Vijayalaksmi became the country's first Woman International Master in 1996. She then became India's first Woman Grandmaster in 2001. Soon, Koneru Humpy of Andhra Pradesh became the youngest woman ever in history to become GM in 2002, aged 15, a record she held till 2008. India's first Chess Olympiad medal was a bronze in 2014. In 2022, India won bronze medals in the Open and Women category in the first Chess Olympiad hosted by India at Chennai. The nation's first Olympiad gold was then clenched in both categories at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest.
In 2024, Gukesh D made history by becoming the youngest player to win the Candidates Tournament, subsequently clinching the World Chess Championship title with a narrow one-point victory over Ding Liren.
As of December 2024, India boasts 85 chess grandmasters, with 13 ranked among the world's top 100 players. The country has over 30,000 rated players actively participating in officially sanctioned tournaments nationwide. This robust participation has solidified India's status as a chess superpower, with its top 10 players achieving an average Elo rating of 2721, ranking second globally.

## Current rankings
### Open

As per FIDE's October 2024 rankings.
| # | Title | Player | World Rank | Rating | Age |
| 1 | GM | Arjun Erigaisi | 4 | 2801 | 21 years, 188 days |
| 2 | GM | Gukesh Dommaraju | 5 | 2777 | 18 years, 285 days |
| 3 | GM | Viswanathan Anand | 10 | 2750 | 55 years, 89 days |
| 4 | GM | Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu | 14 | 2741 | 19 years, 212 days |
| 6 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram | 21 | 2729 | 25 years, 180 days |
| 6 | GM | Vidit Gujrathi | 25 | 2721 | 30 years, 137 days |
| 7 | GM | Pentala Harikrishna | 36 | 2695 | 38 years, 304 days |
| 8 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 44 | 2687 | 20 years, 240 days |
| 9 | GM | Raunak Sadhwani | 56 | 2666 | 19 years, 78 days |
| 10 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | 78 | 2651 | 27 years, 59 days |

### Women

As per FIDE's October 2024 rankings.
| # | Title | Player | World Rank | Rating | Age |
| 1 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 6 | 2530 | 37 years, 344 days |
| 2 | IM | Divya Deshmukh | 11 | 2501 | 19 years, 91 days |
| 3 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 13 | 2493 | 34 years, 57 days |
| 4 | GM | Vaishali Rameshbabu | 15 | 2487 | 23 years, 262 days |
| 5 | IM | Tania Sachdev | 54 | 2396 | 38 years, 202 days |
| 6 | IM | Vantika Agrawal | 58 | 2392 | 22 years, 163 days |
| 7 | | Sarayu Velpula | 76 | 2370 | 19 years, 68 days |
| 8 | IM | Bhakti Kulkarni | 82 | 2363 | 32 years, 295 days |
| 9 | WGM | Savitha Shri Baskar | 99 | 2348 | 18 years, 44 days |
| 10 | IM | Padmini Rout | 100+ | 2328 | 31 years, 64 days |

## National and international records

* First National Champion: Ramchandra Sapre (1955)
* First Indian International Master: Manuel Aaron (1961)
* First Indian Grandmaster: Viswanathan Anand (1988)
* First Indian Woman Grandmaster: Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (2001)
* First Indian participation in a Chess Olympiad: 1956, 12th Chess Olympiad at Moscow
* First Blind Chess Olympiad hosted by India: 2012, 14th Blind Chess Olympiad in Chennai
* First Indian Asian Senior Chess Champion: Wazeer Ahmad Khan, 6th Asian Seniors at Lar in 2015
* First Chess Olympiad hosted in India: 2022, 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai
* Maximum number of Indian National Championship wins: 9 by Manuel Aaron
* Maximum number of Indian National Championship (Women) wins: 6 by Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
* Maximum number of Indian National Championship (Blind) wins: 6 by Kishan Gangolli
* Youngest Indian Grandmaster: Gukesh D at the age of 12 (2018)
* Youngest winner of the Candidates Tournament: Gukesh D at the age of 17 (2024)
* Youngest World Champion: Gukesh D at the age of 18
* Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and his sister Vaishali are the first brother-sister duo to earn GM titles and to qualify for the Candidates Tournament

## Medal table
### Summary - Team

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

### Summary - Individual

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

## Olympiad
### Open

| Event | Team | Points |
| 2014 Tromsø | Parimarjan Negi Panayappan Sethuraman Sasikiran Krishnan Adhiban Baskaran Musunuri Rohit Lalit Babu | 17 |
| 2022 Chennai | Gukesh Dommaraju Nihal Sarin Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu Adhiban Baskaran Raunak Sadhwani | 18 |
| 2024 Budapest | Gukesh Dommaraju Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu Arjun Erigaisi Vidit Gujrathi Pentala Harikrishna | 21 |

### Open Individual

| Event | Player | Category |
| 2004 Calvià | Viswanathan Anand | Best performance rating |
| 2012 Istanbul | Abhijeet Gupta | Board 4 |
| 2014 Tromsø | Sasikiran Krishnan | Board 3 |
| 2022 Chennai | Gukesh Dommaraju | Board 1 |
| 2022 Chennai | Nihal Sarin | Board 2 |
| 2022 Chennai | Arjun Erigaisi | Board 3 |
| 2022 Chennai | Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu | Board 3 |
| 2024 Budapest | Gukesh Dommaraju | Board 1 |
| 2024 Budapest | Arjun Erigaisi | Board 3 |

### Women

| Medal | Event | Team | Points |
| | 2022 Chennai | Koneru Humpy Harika Dronavalli Vaishali Rameshbabu Tania Sachdev Bhakti Kulkarni | 17 |
| | 2024 Budapest | Harika Dronavalli Vaishali Rameshbabu Divya Deshmukh Vantika Agrawal Tania Sachdev | 19 |

### Women Individual

| Event | Player | Category |
| 2000 Istanbul | Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi | Board 1 |
| 2002 Bled | Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi | Board 1 |
| 2008 Dresden | Mary Ann Gomes | Board 5 |
| 2012 Istanbul | Tania Sachdev | Board 3 |
| 2014 Tromsø | Padmini Rout | Board 5 |
| 2022 Chennai | Vaishali Rameshbabu | Board 3 |
| 2022 Chennai | Tania Sachdev | Board 4 |
| 2022 Chennai | Divya Deshmukh | Board 5 |
| 2024 Budapest | Divya Deshmukh | Board 3 |
| 2024 Budapest | Vantika Agrawal | Board 4 |

### Online

| Medal | Event | Team |
| | 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 |
| | 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
### Open

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

### Women

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

## World Rapid and Blitz Championships
### Open
#### Rapid

| Event | Player |
| 2003 Cap d'Agde | Viswanathan Anand |
| 2014 Dubai | Viswanathan Anand |
| 2017 Riyadh | Viswanathan Anand |

#### Blitz

| Event | Player |
| 2007 Moscow | Viswanathan Anand |
| 2009 Moscow | Viswanathan Anand |
| 2017 Riyadh | Viswanathan Anand |

### Women
#### Rapid

| Event | Player |
| 2012 Batumi | Koneru Humpy |
| 2019 Moscow | Koneru Humpy |
| 2022 Almaty | Savitha Shri Baskar |
| 2023 Samarkand | Koneru Humpy |

#### Blitz

| Medal | Event | Player |
| | 2022 Almaty | Koneru Humpy |

## World Team Championship
### Open

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

### Women

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

## Asian Team Championship
### Open

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

### Women

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

## World Cup

| Event | Player |
| 2000 Shenyang | Viswanathan Anand |
| 2002 Hyderabad | Viswanathan Anand |
| 2023 Baku | Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu |

## Asian Games
### Men's team standard

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

### Women's team standard

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

### Mixed team standard

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

### Women's individual rapid

| Medal | Event | Team |
| | 2006 Doha | Koneru Humpy |
| | 2010 Guangzhou | Harika Dronavalli |

## Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
### Men's individual standard

| Medal | Event | Team |
| | 2017 Ashgabat | Sasikiran Krishnan |

### Women's individual standard

| Medal | Event | Team |
| | 2007 Macau | Harika Dronavalli |

### Mixed team standard

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

### Men's individual rapid

| Medal | Event | Team |
| | 2007 Macau | Sasikiran Krishnan |
| | 2009 Vietnam | Sasikiran Krishnan |

### Men's team rapid U-23

| Medal | Event | Team |
| | 2017 Ashgabat | Karthikeyan Murali Diptayan Ghosh |

### Women's individual rapid

| Medal | Event | Team |
| | 2007 Macau | Harika Dronavalli |
| | 2009 Vietnam | Harika Dronavalli |

### Women's team rapid

| Medal | Event | Team |
| | 2017 Ashgabat | Padmini Rout Tania Sachdev |

### Mixed team rapid

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

### Men's individual blitz

| Medal | Event | Team |
| | 2007 Macau | Sasikiran Krishnan |

### Men's team blitz

| Medal | Event | Team |
| | 2017 Ashgabat | Sasikiran Krishnan Surya Shekhar Ganguly |

### Men's team blitz U-23

| Medal | Event | Team |
| | 2017 Ashgabat | Diptayan Ghosh Vaibhav Suri |

### Women's individual blitz

| Medal | Event | Team |
| | 2007 Macau | Koneru Humpy |

### Mixed team blitz

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

## National award recipients

| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 1991–1992 | Viswanathan Anand | Khel Ratna Award | 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 |