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{{see also|List of Indian chess players}}
[[Chess]] has risen in popularity in India in the last few decades primarily due to chess [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] and former 5-time [[World Chess Championship|World Champion]] [[Viswanathan Anand]].

It is believed that chess originated from [[Chaturanga]] of ancient India. The [[All India Chess Federation]] is the governing body for chess in India.

==Player statistics==
===Men===
The Top 10 Indian grand masters as of May 2020 are listed below.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?country=INDtops=0&ina=2&country=IND |title=Federations Ranking: India|publisher=World Chess Federation (FIDE)|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>

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| header    = Some of the Top Indian Players
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| caption_align = center

| image1    = VishyAnand09.jpg
| width1    = 139
| caption1  = [[Viswanathan Anand]] <br> Rank 15 <br>{{age|1969|12|11}} years

| image2    = PentalaHarikrishna13.jpg
| width2    = 110
| caption2  = [[Pendyala Harikrishna|P Harikrishna]] <br>Rank 21 <br>{{age|1986|5|10}} years

| image3    = Parimarjan-Negi.jpg
| width3    = 133
| caption3  = [[Parimarjan Negi]] <br>Rank 138 <br>{{age|1993|2|9}} years

| image4    = Krishnan-Sasikiran.jpg
| width4    = 159
| caption4  = [[Sasikiran Krishnan]] <br> Rank 118 <br>{{age|1981|1|7}} years
}}

[[Viswanathan Anand]] is currently No. 15 in the [[FIDE World Rankings]] and the former World Champion. Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grand master and former world chess champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating of 2800, a feat he first achieved in 2006

===Women===
The Top 10 women Indian chess players are listed below as of November 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?tops=1&ina=2&country=IND|title=Federations Ranking: India, Women|publisher=World Chess Federation (FIDE)|access-date=November 24, 2013}}</ref>
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| header    = Indian women players in FIDE Top 100
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| image1    = Humpy Koneru.jpg
| width1    = 110
| caption1  = [[Koneru Humpy]] <br>Rank 3 <br> {{age|1987|3|31}} years

| image2    = HarikaDronavalli12.jpg
| width2    = 90
| caption2  = [[Dronavalli Harika]] <br>Rank 26 <br> {{age|1991|1|12}} years

| image3    = Tania Sachdev.jpg
| width3    = 99
| caption3  = [[Tania Sachdev]] <br>Rank 42 <br>{{age|1986|8|20}} years

| image4    = Gomes mary ann 20081119 olympiade dresden.jpg
| width4    = 107
| caption4  = [[Mary Ann Gomes]]<br> Rank 61 <br>{{age|1989|9|19}} years

| image5    = Eesha Karavade 2011.jpg
| width5    = 132
| caption5  = [[Eesha Karavade]] <br>Rank 78 <br> {{age|1987|11|21}} years

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==Total medals won by Indian Chess Team in Major tournaments==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Competition 
! Gold
! Silver
! Bronze
! Total 
|-
|[[World Team Chess Championship|World Team Championship]]
|0
|1
|1
|2
|-
|[[Board games at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|2
|0
|2
|4
|-
|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|Asian Team Championship]]
|3
|11
|7
|21
|-
| Total || '''5''' || '''12''' || '''10''' || '''27'''
|- 
|}

==See also==
*[[List of Indian chess players]]
*[[Indian chess]]
*[[All India Chess Federation for the Blind]]
*[[Chess Players Association of India]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.aicf.in All India Chess Federation]

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