Anuj Shrivatri Becomes India’s 100th Chess Grandmaster: Complete List of All 100 Indian GMs

No.GrandmasterYearStateNotableAchievement1Viswanathan Anand1988Tamil Nadu15. world champion; India’s first GM2Dibyendu Barua1991West BengalSecond GM3Praveen in India Thipsay1997MaharashtraFirst Maharashtra GM4Abhijit Kunte2000MaharashtraDominant force in the national circuit5Krishnan Sasikiran2000Tamil0Asian Champion60Tamil01 Pradesh Former Junior World Champion; former top 10 player7Koneru Humpy2002Andhra PradeshFirst Indian woman to win open GM title; World Rapid Champion8Surya Shekhar Ganguly2003West BengalSix-time Indian National Champion9Sandipan Chanda2003West Bengal Competed in World Cup matches10Ramachandran Ramesh2004Tamil NaduDronacharya award-winning coach11Tejas Bakre2004Gujarat2 Gujarat1First Chan Panchanathan2006Tamil NaduTop collegiate competitor in USA13J Deepan Chakkravarthy2006Tamil Nadu Regular Contender for National Championship14Neelotpal Das2006West BengalContributor to Bengal Chess15Parimarjan Negi2006DelhiBecame to GM Gopal2007KeralaFirst GM from Kerala17Abhijeet Gupta2008Delhi2008 World Junior Champion18Subramanian Arun Prasad2008Tamil NaduProminent coach and tournament player19Sundararajan Kidambi2009Tamil Nadu Known for opening set-up, aggressive attack20Ku R Lax play21Sriram Jha2010Delhi Contributor to North Indian chess22Deep Sengupta22Deep Sengupta2010West BengalFormer World Youth Champion (U-12)23Baskaran Adhiban2010Tamil Nadu Nicknamed ‘The Beast’24S P Sethuraman2011Tamil National Champion;Tamil NaduFormer Olympic Team Member25Harika Dronavalli2011Andhra PradeshMulti Women’s World Championship Bronze Medalist26M R Lalith Babu2012Andhra PradeshCommonwealth Chess Champion27Vaibhav Suri2012DelhiStrong National Tournament Specialist28M R2Tajamilpen2O1 Grover2012Delhi World Champion Youth (U-10)30Vidit Gujrathi2013Maharashtra2024 Candidates Participant31M Shyam Sundar2013Tamil NaduElite Chess Coach32Akshayraj Kore2013MaharashtraActive in North American Circuit Praachsan203Guke Vishnu D34Debashis Das2013OdishaFirst GM of Odisha35Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury2013West BengalLongstanding Bengali chess player36Ankit Rajpara2014GujaratSecond GM from Gujarat37Chithambaram Aravindh2014world No NaduReach1Tamil; multiple national champion38Karthikeyan Murali2015Tamil NaduTwo-time national champion39Ashwin Jayaram2015Tamil NaduCompeting in classical and rapid chess40Swapnil Dhopade2015MaharashtraSuccessful transition to coaching41S L Narayeranulala2015 Gagare2016MaharashtraStrong national competitor43Diptayan Ghosh2016Western BengalPrevious East Indian competitor44Priyadharshan Kannappan2016Tamil NaduKnown for coaching and chess literature45Aryan Chopra2016Delhi Won title GM24617 at 14 years and nine months GM24617 NaduCoach and captain of national team47Himanshu Sharma2017HaryanaFirst GM from Haryana48Anurag Mhamal2017GoaFirst GM from Goa49Abhimanyu Puranik2017MaharashtraConsistent 2600+ player50M S Thejkumarka2017Kartataptarkashi Roy2018West BengalBengal Chess Contributor52Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu2018Tamil Nadu2023 World Cup Finalist; Olympic Gold Medalist53Nihal Sarin2018KeralaBlitz and Miracle Chess in Rapid Chess54Arjun Erigaisi2018TelanganaCrossed 2800 Elo; world No. 155 candidateKarthik Venkataraman2018Andhra Pradesh2022 Indian National Champion56Harsha Bharathakoti2018Andhra PradeshAsia Circuit Tactical Player57P Karthikeyan2018Tamil NaduTamil Nadu Open Chess Circuit Contributor Tents GK A208European Chess Circuit A208 Competitor59N R Visakh2019Tamil NaduPart One of India’s sibling GM duo60Gukesh Dommaraju2019Tamil NaduYoungest Undisputed World Chess Champion61P Iniyan2019Tamil NaduIndian National Champion in 202562SwayamsOdishaMishrair Koushik2019KarnatakaMultiple State Rapid Chess Champion64Prithu Gupta2019Delhi Achieved GM title in 1565Raunak Sadhwani2019MaharashtraCrossed 265066G Akash2020Tamil Nadu Achieved in216 GM menu during pandemic Europe during COVID lockdown to complete title68Arjun Kalyan2021Tamil NaduBalances academics and chess69Harshit Raja2021Maharashtra Achieved final standard at Bielu Chess Festival70Raja Rithvik R2021Product of TelanganaFIDE and AICF support camp71Sankalp across Macutharashtra tournaments72Mitrabha Guha2021West Bengal Contributor to Bengal Chess73Bharath Subramaniyam2022Tamil Nadu Title achieved at Vergani Cup, Italy74Rahul Srivatshav P2022Telangana Title achieved at Cattolica Chess Festival75Pramil NadIDEF202 World Champion Anand2022Karnataka Under-16 World Champion77Aditya Mittal2022Maharashtra Achieved title at El Llobregat Open, Spain78Koustav Chatterjee2023West BengalBalanced board trials with rapid progress GM79Pranesh M2023Tamil title RViton atuAch8 Stockholm R2023Tamil NaduPart of GM sibling duo with Visakh81Sayantan Das2023West Bengal Achieved title at Cannes Open82Prraneeth Vuppala2023Telangana Achieved title at Baku Open, Azerbaijan83Aditya Samant2023Maharashali Switzerland title at MaharashaliAchie8 Rameshbabu2024Tamil NaduGrand Swiss winner; sister Praggnanandhaa85Shyaam Nikhil P2024Tamil NaduWaited 12 years for title formalities86Srihari L R2025Tamil Nadu Achieved title at Asian Singles Championship, UAE87Harikrishnan A Ra2025Tamil Nadu Achieved title at La85Mashharash Festival, France085Mashharasha, France08 FIDE Women’s World Cup89Rohith Krishna S2025Tamil Nadu Achieved title at Almaty Masters, Kazakhstan90Ilamparthi AR2025Tamil Nadu Achieved title at Bijeljina Open, Bosnia91V S Raahul2025Tamil Nadu Achieved title at AdelhiyAsa209 ChampionshipsDhne2 Andranik Margaryan Memorial, Armenia93Aarav Dengla2026Maharashtra Achieved title at GM Mix Bijeljina, Bosnia94Mayank Chakraborty2026AssamIndia’s 94th GM95Aronyak Ghosh2026West BengalIndia’s 95th Eazthan29aGM9th GM97Harshvardhan GB2026Tamil NaduIndia 97th GM98S Ashwath2026Tamil NaduIndia 98th GM99V Rathnavel2026Tamil NaduIndia 99th GM100Anuj Shrivatri2026Madhya’ Prade; won the 7th ASEAN Plus Individual Open Chess Championship