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[[File:44th Chess Olympiad 2022 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|370x370px|Stamp depicting the [[44th Chess Olympiad]], the first hosted by India, in Chennai.]]
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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=A Game of Thrones - How Chess Conquered the World |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/a-game-of-thrones-how-chess-conquered-the-world-salar-jung-museum/fgUhNlxUQVZ2Kg?hl=en |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}</ref>

In the contemporary era, India has emerged as a major chess power, excelling in international tournaments and the country currently has the [[All India Chess Federation|second best federation]] in the world with a 2721 top-ten rating.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Chess Federations FIDE Open> |url=https://ratings.fide.com/top_federations.phtml |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref> The country holds multiple [[Chess Olympiad]] victories in both the men's and women's sections<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-23 |title=India's dominant Chess Olympiad win reminds Viswanathan Anand of Soviet teams |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/chess-olympiad-viswanathan-anand-interview-gold-medal-soviet-teams-2605112-2024-09-23 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> and has crowned two World Chess Champions: [[Viswanathan Anand]], a five-time champion who revolutionized Indian chess, and [[Gukesh Dommaraju|Gukesh D]], the current reigning champion.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-09-22 |title=68 years in the making: Olympiad golds mark milestones in Indian chess history |url=https://www.espn.in/chess/story/_/id/41379777/milestones-indian-chess-history-2024-olympiad-gold-gukesh-viswanathan-anand-manuel-aaron-subbaraman-vijayalakshmi |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>

The rise of chess in [[History of India (1947–present)|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.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23vn7x4012o | title=Gukesh Dommaraju: How the Indian teenager became youngest world chess champion | date=13 December 2024 }}</ref>

== Early history ==
{{See also|Chaturanga|History of chess}}
[[File:Radha-Krishna chess.jpg|thumb|252x252px|Hindu deity Krishna and Radha playing [[chaturanga]], which laid the foundation for modern chess]]
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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Alfarsi |first=Haroun |date=2024-05-23 |title=History and Origins of Chess: From India to Persia and Europe |url=https://www.profolus.com/topics/history-origins-of-chess-game/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Profolus |language=en-us}}</ref>

As trade and cultural exchanges flourished along the [[Silk Road]], Chaturanga spread to [[Iran|Persia]], where it evolved into [[Shatranj]]. The game underwent further refinements in the [[Muslim world|Islamic world]] and [[Middle Ages|medieval Europe]], ultimately transforming into the modern chess we recognize today.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />

== 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|Eluru, Andhra Pradesh]]. In 1956, India made its debut at the [[12th Chess Olympiad]] in Moscow.<ref name=":1" /> Then, [[Manuel Aaron]] achieved the feat as the first Indian to become an [[International Master]], in 1961.

In 1977, [[Rohini Khadilkar]] became the first female player to compete in the [[Indian Chess Championship]]. Some players objected to her being in the tournament because she was female. Her father wrote to the [[FIDE|World Chess Federation]] president, [[Max Euwe]], and Euwe ruled that female players could not be barred from open chess events.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20201118095131/https://www.espn.com/chess/story/_/id/30265331/gender-trenders-queens-gambit-how-india-women-chess-pioneers-fought-patriarchal-system-won</ref>

[[File:Viswanathan Anand 08 14 2005.jpg|thumb|Former World Champion [[Viswanathan Anand|Vishwanathan Anand]] is credited with popularizing chess in modern India. ]]
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 Chess Championship|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.<ref name=":1" />

[[Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi|Subbaraman Vijayalaksmi]] became the country's first [[Woman International Master]] in 1996. She then became India's first [[Woman grandmaster|Woman Grandmaster]] in 2001. Soon, in 2002 [[Koneru Humpy]] became the youngest female player ever, and the first Indian female player, to achieve the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]], aged 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, a record only since surpassed by [[Hou Yifan]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240803195020/https://www.localsamosa.com/people-culture/chess-grandmasters-of-india-6264939</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/humpy-emerges-winner-at-elekes/articleshow/11312648.cms|title=Humpy emerges winner at Elekes|date=29 May 2002|access-date=7 September 2023|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> 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 [[44th Chess Olympiad|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.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-21 |title=World Chess Championship: Viswanathan Anand's glittering legacy that shaped India's golden generation |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/world-chess-championship-viswanathan-anand-d-gukesh-indian-chess-golden-generation-13837311.html |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref>

In 2024, [[Gukesh Dommaraju|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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-05 |title=World Chess Championship 2024 recap: Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest ever undisputed world champion - The Mancunion |url=https://mancunion.com/2025/02/05/world-chess-championship-2024-recap-gukesh-dommaraju-becomes-youngest-ever-undisputed-world-champion/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=mancunion.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIDE Ratings and Statistics |url=https://ratings.fide.com/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-13 |title=Gukesh Dommaraju: How the Indian teenager became youngest world chess champion |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23vn7x4012o |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-16 |title=D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi lead the way as the golden generation of Indian chess finally comes of age in 2024 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/d-gukesh-arjun-erigaisi-lead-the-way-as-the-golden-generation-of-indian-chess-finally-comes-of-age-2024-year-in-review-13844764.html |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref>

Note should be made here of the singular phenomenon of [[Sultan Khan (chess player)|Mir Sultan Khan ]] (1903-1966), who was born in Mitha Tiwana, then in British India, now in Pakistan. In 1929 he won the all-India Chess Championship, and in 1929 he accompanied a rich Indian to London as a servant. From 1930 to 1933, Sultan Khan stunned the chess world by winning the British Championship thrice in four years, and defeating players like [[Jose Raul Capablanca|Capablanca]], [[Savielly Tartakower|Tartakower]] and [[Rubinstein|Akiba Rubinstein]]. He was never heard from again after 1933. Chess did not have formal titles at the time, but there is no doubt he would have ranked in the top 10 or 20 players. In 2024, FIDE posthumously awarded him the title of Honorary Grandmaster.

==Current rankings==
===Open===
As per [[FIDE]]'s June 2025 rankings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chess Rankings India Open |url=https://ratings.fide.com/rankings.phtml?country=IND&gender=M | website=ratings.fide.com |publisher=World Chess Federation (FIDE)}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! #
! Title
! Player
! World Rank
! Rating
! Age
|-
| 1
| GM
| [[Arjun Erigaisi]]
| 3
| 2782
| {{Age in years and days nts|2003|09|03|df=y}}
|-
| 1
| GM
| [[Gukesh Dommaraju]]
| 5
| 2776
| {{Age in years and days nts|2006|05|29|df=y}}
|-
| 3
| GM
| [[Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu]]
| 7
| 2767
| {{Age in years and days nts|2005|08|10|df=yes}}
|-
| 4
| GM
| [[Aravindh Chithambaram]]
| 11
| 2749
| {{Age in years and days nts|1999|9|11|df=yes}}
|-
| 5
| GM
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| 15
| 2743
| {{Age in years and days nts|1969|12|11|df=yes}}
|-
| 6
| GM
| [[Vidit Gujrathi]]
| 25
| 2720
| {{Age in years and days nts|1994|10|24|df=yes}}
|-
| 7
| GM
| [[Pentala Harikrishna]]
| 30
| 2707
| {{Age in years and days nts|1986|5|10|df=yes}}
|-
| 8
| GM
| [[Nihal Sarin]]
| 33
| 2696
| {{Age in years and days nts|2004|07|13|df=yes}}
|-
| 9
| GM
| [[Raunak Sadhwani]]
| 50
| 2672
| {{Age in years and days nts|2005|12|22|df=yes}}
|-
| 10
| GM
| [[Karthikeyan Murali]]
| 70
| 2656
| {{Age in years and days nts|1998|01|10|df=yes}}
|}

===Women===
As per [[FIDE]]'s June 2025 rankings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chess Rankings India Female |url=https://ratings.fide.com/rankings.phtml?country=IND&gender=F | website=ratings.fide.com |publisher=World Chess Federation (FIDE)}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! #
! Title
! Player
! World Rank
! Rating
! Age
|-
| 1
| GM
| [[Koneru Humpy|Humpy Koneru]]
| 6
| 2543
| {{Age in years and days nts|1987|3|31|df=yes}}
|-
| 2
| GM
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
| 13
| 2483
| {{Age in years and days nts|1991|1|12|df=yes}}
|-
| 3
| GM
| [[Vaishali Rameshbabu]]
| 14
| 2481
| {{Age in years and days nts|2001|6|21|df=yes}}
|-
| 4
| IM
| [[Divya Deshmukh]]
| 18
| 2463
| {{Age in years and days nts|2005|12|9|df=yes}}
|-
| 5
| IM
| [[Tania Sachdev]]
| 47
| 2396
| {{Age in years and days nts|1986|8|20|df=yes}}
|-
| 6
| IM
| [[Vantika Agrawal]]
| 58
| 2388
| {{Age in years and days nts|2002|9|28|df=yes}}
|-
| 7
| IM
| [[Bhakti Kulkarni]]
| 82
| 2356
| {{Age in years and days nts|1992|5|19|df=yes}}
|-
| 8
| IM
| [[Padmini Rout]]
| 91
| 2352
| {{Age in years and days nts|1994|1|5|df=yes}}
|-
| 9
| WGM
| [[P. V. Nandhidhaa]]
| 98
| 2343
| {{Age in years and days nts|1996|4|10|df=yes}}
|-
| 10
| IM
| [[Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi]]
| 100+
| 2311
| 
|}

==National and international records==
* First National Champion: [[Ramchandra Sapre]] (1955)
* First Indian International Master: [[Manuel Aaron]] (1961)<ref name=":1" />
* First Indian Grandmaster: [[Viswanathan Anand]] (1988)<ref name=":1" />
* First Indian Woman Grandmaster: [[Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi]] (2001)<ref name=":1" />
* First Indian participation in a Chess Olympiad: 1956, [[12th Chess Olympiad]] at [[Moscow]]<ref name=":1" />
* First Blind Chess Olympiad hosted by India: 2012, 14th [[Blind Chess Olympiad]] in [[Chennai]]
* First Indian [[Asian Senior Chess Championship|Asian Senior Chess Champion]]: Wazeer Ahmad Khan, 6th Asian Seniors at [[Lar, Iran|Lar]] in 2015
* First [[Chess Olympiad]] hosted in India: 2022, [[44th Chess Olympiad]] in Chennai<ref name=":1" />
* 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)<ref name=":1" />
* Youngest winner of the Candidates Tournament: [[Gukesh D]] at the age of 17 ([[Candidates Tournament 2024|2024]])<ref name=":1" />
* Youngest World Champion: Gukesh D at the age of 18
* [[R Praggnanandhaa|Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa]] and his sister [[Vaishali Rameshbabu|Vaishali]] are the first brother-sister duo to earn GM titles and to qualify for the Candidates Tournament

==Medal table==
===Summary - Team===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Tournament !! Team !! {{World1}} !! {{World2}} !! {{World3}} !! Total
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Chess Olympiad|Olympiad]]
|M
|1
|0
|2
|3
|-
|F
|1
|0
|1
|2
|-
|X
|1
|0
|1
|2
|-
|rowspan=2|[[World Team Chess Championship|World Team Championship]]
|M
|0
|0
|1
|1
|-
|F
|0
|1
|0
|1
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Board games at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|M
|0
|1
|1
|2
|-
|F
|0
|1
|0
|1
|-
|X
|1
|0
|0
|1
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games]]
|M
|0
|0
|3
|3
|-
|F
|0
|0
|1
|1
|-
|X
|1
|2
|2
|5
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|Asian Team Championship]]
|M
|3
|6
|4
|13
|-
|F
|0
|5
|3
|8
|-
|[[World Mind Sports Games]]
|X
|0
|1
|0
|1
|-
! colspan=2|Total
! 8
! 17
! 19
! 44
|}

===Summary - Individual===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Tournament !! Gender !! {{World1}} !! {{World2}} !! {{World3}} !! Total
|-
|rowspan=2|[[World Chess Championship|World Championship]]
|M
|5
|5
|0
|10
|-
|F
|0
|1
|6
|7
|-
|rowspan=2|[[World Rapid Chess Championship|World Rapid]]<br>[[World Blitz Chess Championship|World Blitz]]
|M
|2
|2
|2
|6
|-
|F
|1
|2
|2
|5
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Chess World Cup|World Cup]]
|M
|2
|1
|0
|3
|-
|F
|1
|1
|0
|2
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Chess Olympiad|Olympiad]]
|M
|4
|4
|1
|9
|-
|F
|3
|3
|4
|10
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Board games at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|M
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
|F
|1
|0
|1
|2
|-
|rowspan=2|[[World Team Chess Championship|World Team Championship]]
|M
|3
|0
|4
|7
|-
|F
|2
|5
|4
|11
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|Asian Team Championship]]
|M
|20
|15
|14
|49
|-
|F
|6
|17
|10
|33
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games]]
|M
|2
|0
|2
|4
|-
|F
|2
|0
|2
|4
|-
! colspan=2|Total
!54
!56
!46
!154
|}

* Updated till July 2025

== Olympiad ==

=== Open ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Medal
! Event
! Team
! Points
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[41st Chess Olympiad|2014 Tromsø]]
| <small>[[Parimarjan Negi]]<br />[[S. P. Sethuraman|Panayappan Sethuraman]]<br />[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Adhiban Baskaran]]<br />[[M. R. Lalith Babu|Musunuri Rohit Lalit Babu]]</small>
| 17
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[44th Chess Olympiad|2022 Chennai]]
| <small>[[Gukesh Dommaraju]]<br />[[Nihal Sarin]]<br />[[Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu]]<br />[[Adhiban Baskaran]]<br />[[Raunak Sadhwani]]</small>
| 18
|-
| {{World1}}
| [[45th Chess Olympiad|2024 Budapest]]
| <small>[[Gukesh Dommaraju]]<br />[[Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu]]<br />[[Arjun Erigaisi]]<br />[[Vidit Gujrathi]]<br />[[Pentala Harikrishna]]</small>
| 21
|}

=== Open Individual ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event
! Player
! Category
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[36th Chess Olympiad|2004 Calvià]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| Best performance rating
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[40th Chess Olympiad|2012 Istanbul]]
| [[Abhijeet Gupta]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[41st Chess Olympiad|2014 Tromsø]]
| [[Sasikiran Krishnan]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{World1}}
| rowspan=4|[[44th Chess Olympiad|2022 Chennai]]
| [[Gukesh Dommaraju]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{World1}}
| [[Nihal Sarin]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[Arjun Erigaisi]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{World1}}
| rowspan=2|[[45th Chess Olympiad|2024 Budapest]]
| [[Gukesh Dommaraju]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{World1}}
| [[Arjun Erigaisi]]
| Board 3
|}

===Women===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Medal
! Event
! Team
! Points
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[44th Chess Olympiad|2022 Chennai]]
| <small>[[Koneru Humpy]]<br />[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Vaishali Rameshbabu]]<br />[[Tania Sachdev]]<br />[[Bhakti Kulkarni]]</small>
| 17
|-
| {{World1}}
| [[45th Chess Olympiad|2024 Budapest]] 
| <small>[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Vaishali Rameshbabu]]<br />[[Divya Deshmukh]]<br />[[Vantika Agrawal]]<br />[[Tania Sachdev]]</small>
| 19
|}

=== Women Individual ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event
! Player
! Category
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[34th Chess Olympiad|2000 Istanbul]]
| [[Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[35th Chess Olympiad|2002 Bled]]
| [[Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[38th Chess Olympiad|2008 Dresden]]
| [[Mary Ann Gomes]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[40th Chess Olympiad|2012 Istanbul]]
| [[Tania Sachdev]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{World1}}
| [[41st Chess Olympiad|2014 Tromsø]]
| [[Padmini Rout]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{World3}}
| rowspan=3|[[44th Chess Olympiad|2022 Chennai]]
| [[Vaishali Rameshbabu]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[Tania Sachdev]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[Divya Deshmukh]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{World1}}
| rowspan=2|[[45th Chess Olympiad|2024 Budapest]]
| [[Divya Deshmukh]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{World1}}
| [[Vantika Agrawal]]
| Board 4
|}

===Online===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Medal
! Event
! Team
|-
| {{World1}}
| [[FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020|2020]]
| <small>[[Viswanathan Anand]]<br />[[Vidit Gujrathi]]<br />[[Koneru Humpy]]<br />[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Nihal Sarin]]<br />[[Divya Deshmukh]]<br />[[Pentala Harikrishna]]<br />[[Aravindh Chithambaram]]<br />[[Bhakti Kulkarni]]<br />[[Vaishali Rameshbabu]]<br />[[Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu]]<br />[[Vantika Agrawal]]</small>
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021|2021]]
| <small>[[Viswanathan Anand]]<br />[[Vidit Gujrathi]]<br />[[Koneru Humpy]]<br />[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Nihal Sarin]]<br />[[Vaishali Rameshbabu]]<br />[[Pentala Harikrishna]]<br />[[Adhiban Baskaran]]<br />[[Tania Sachdev]]<br />[[Bhakti Kulkarni]]<br />[[Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu]]<br />[[Savitha Shri Baskar]]</small>
|}

==World Championship==
===Open===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Year
! Player
! Result
! Score
|-
| [[Classical World Chess Championship 1995|1995]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| {{World2}}
| 7.5
|-
| [[FIDE World Chess Championship 1998|1998]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| {{World2}}
| 3
|-
| [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2000|2000]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| {{World1}}
| 3.5
|-
| [[FIDE World Chess Championship 2005|2005]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| {{World2}}
| 8.5
|-
| [[World Chess Championship 2007|2007]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| {{World1}}
| 9
|-
| [[World Chess Championship 2008|2008]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| {{World1}}
| 6.5
|-
| [[World Chess Championship 2010|2010]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| {{World1}}
| 6.5
|-
| [[World Chess Championship 2012|2012]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| {{World1}}
| 8.5
|-
| [[World Chess Championship 2013|2013]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| {{World2}}
| 3.5
|-
| [[World Chess Championship 2014|2014]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| {{World2}}
| 4.5
|-
| [[World Chess Championship 2024|2024]]
| [[Gukesh Dommaraju]]
| {{World1}}
| 7.5
|}

===Women===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Year
! Player
! Result
! Score
|-
| [[Women's World Chess Championship 2004|2004]]
| [[Koneru Humpy]]
| {{World3}}
| Semifinalist
|-
| [[Women's World Chess Championship 2008|2008]]
| [[Koneru Humpy]]
| {{World3}}
| Semifinalist
|-
| [[Women's World Chess Championship 2010|2010]]
| [[Koneru Humpy]]
| {{World3}}
| Semifinalist
|-
| [[Women's World Chess Championship 2011|2011]]
| [[Koneru Humpy]]
| {{World2}}
| 2.5
|-
| [[Women's World Chess Championship 2012|2012]]
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
| {{World3}}
| Semifinalist
|-
| [[Women's World Chess Championship 2015|2015]]
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
| {{World3}}
| Semifinalist
|-
| [[Women's World Chess Championship 2017|2017]]
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
| {{World3}}
| Semifinalist
|}

==World Rapid and Blitz Championships==
===Open===
;Rapid
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event
! Player
|-
| {{World1}}
| [[World Rapid Chess Championship|2003 Cap d'Agde]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[World Rapid Chess Championship|2014 Dubai]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]] 
|-
| {{World1}}
| [[World Rapid Chess Championship|2017 Riyadh]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
|}

;Blitz
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event
! Player
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[World Blitz Chess Championship|2007 Moscow]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[World Blitz Chess Championship|2009 Moscow]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[World Blitz Chess Championship|2017 Riyadh]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
|}

===Women===
;Rapid
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event
! Player
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[World Rapid Chess Championship|2012 Batumi]]
| [[Koneru Humpy]]
|-
| {{World1}}
| [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2019|2019 Moscow]]
| [[Koneru Humpy]]
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2022|2022 Almaty]]
| [[Savitha Shri Baskar]]
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2023|2023 Samarkand]]
| [[Koneru Humpy]]
|-
| {{World1}}
| [[World Rapid Chess Championship 2024|2024 New York]]
| [[Koneru Humpy]]
|}

;Blitz 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event
! Player
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[World Blitz Chess Championship 2022|2022 Almaty]]
| [[Koneru Humpy]]
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[World Blitz Chess Championship 2024|2024 New York]]
| [[Vaishali Rameshbabu]]
|}

==World Team Championship==
===Open===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Medal
! Event
! Team 
! Points
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[World Team Chess Championship|2010 Bursa]]
| <small>[[Pentala Harikrishna]]<br />[[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]<br />[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Geetha Narayanan Gopal]]<br />[[Subramanian Arun Prasad]]<br />[[Adhiban Baskaran]]</small>
| 13
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event
! Player
! Category
|-
| {{World1}}
| rowspan=2|[[World Team Chess Championship|2010 Bursa]]
| [[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[Subramanian Arun Prasad]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{World3}}
| rowspan=2| [[World Team Chess Championship|2017 Khanty-Mansiysk]]
| [[Vidit Gujrathi]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[Adhiban Baskaran]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{World1}}
| rowspan=2| [[World Team Chess Championship|2019 Astana]]
| [[Adhiban Baskaran]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{World1}}
| [[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[World Team Chess Championship|2022 Jerusalem]]
| [[S. L. Narayanan]]
| Board 3
|}

===Women===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Medal
! Event
! Team 
! Points
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[World Team Chess Championship|2021 Sitges]] || <small>[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Vaishali Rameshbabu]]<br />[[Tania Sachdev]]<br />[[Bhakti Kulkarni]]<br />[[Mary Ann Gomes]]</small>
| 13
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event
! Player
! Category
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[World Team Chess Championship|2009 Ningbo]]
| [[Eesha Karavade]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{World1}}
| rowspan=3| [[World Team Chess Championship|2011 Mardin]]
| [[Koneru Humpy]]
| Best performance rating
|-
| {{World1}}
| [[Koneru Humpy]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{World3}}
| rowspan=2| [[World Team Chess Championship|2013 Astana]]
| [[Mary Ann Gomes]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[Soumya Swaminathan (chess player)|Soumya Swaminathan]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{World3}}
| rowspan=2| [[World Team Chess Championship|2015 Chengdu]]
| [[Koneru Humpy]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{World2}}
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[World Team Chess Championship|2017 Khanty-Mansiysk]]
| [[Eesha Karavade]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{World2}}
| rowspan=2| [[World Team Chess Championship|2021 Sitges]]
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{World3}}
| [[Mary Ann Gomes]]
| Board 5
|}

==Asian Team Championship==
===Open===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Medal
! Event
! Team 
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|1983 New Delhi]]
| <small>[[Dibyendu Barua]]<br />[[Pravin Thipsay]]<br />[[Pabitra Mohanty]]<br />[[Syed Nasir Ali]]<br />[[Mohamed Rafiq Khan]]<br />[[Neeraj Kumar Mishra]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|1986 Dubai]]
| <small>[[Vaidyanathan Ravikumar]]<br />[[Arun Vaidya]]<br />[[Ahanthem Meetei]]<br />[[Viswanathan Anand]]<br />[[Devaki Prasad]]<br />[[Balottam Verma]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|1989 Genting Highlands]]
| <small>[[Viswanathan Anand]]<br />[[Pravin Thipsay]]<br />[[Lanka Ravi]]<br />[[Raja Ravi Sekhar]]<br />[[Dibyendu Barua]]<br />[[N. Sudhakar Babu]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|1999 Shenyang]]
| <small>[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Pravin Thipsay]]<br />[[Abhijit Kunte]]<br />[[Devaki Prasad]]<br />[[G. B. Prakash]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2003 Jodhpur]]
| <small>[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]<br />[[Pentala Harikrishna]]<br />[[Dibyendu Barua]]<br />[[Abhijit Kunte]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2003 Jodhpur]]
| <small>[[Neelotpal Das]]<br />[[Sriram Jha]]<br />[[Lanka Ravi]]<br />[[Dinesh Kumar Sharma]]<br />[[Roktim Bandyopadhyay]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2005 Esfahan]]
| <small>[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Abhijit Kunte]]<br />[[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]<br />[[Sundararajan Kidambi]]<br />[[Sandipan Chanda]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2008 Visakhapatnam]]
| <small>[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]<br />[[Abhijit Kunte]]<br />[[Geetha Narayanan Gopal]]<br />[[Abhijeet Gupta]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2009 Kolkata]]
| <small>[[Pentala Harikrishna]]<br />[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]<br />[[Parimarjan Negi]]<br />[[J. Deepan Chakkravarthy]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2012 Zaozhuang]]
| <small>[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Pentala Harikrishna]]<br />[[Parimarjan Negi]]<br />[[Abhijeet Gupta]]<br />[[Geetha Narayanan Gopal]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2014 Tabriz]]
| <small>[[S. P. Sethuraman]]<br />[[Adhiban Baskaran]]<br />[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Parimarjan Negi]]<br />[[M. R. Lalith Babu|Musunuri Rohit Lalit Babu]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2016 Abu Dhabi]]
| <small>[[Adhiban Baskaran]]<br />[[S. P. Sethuraman]]<br />[[Vidit Gujrathi]]<br />[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Deep Sengupta]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2018 Hamadan]]
| <small>[[Adhiban Baskaran]]<br />[[S. P. Sethuraman]]<br />[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]<br />[[Abhijeet Gupta]]</small>
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event
! Player
! Category
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|1977 Auckland]]
| [[Nasiruddin Ghalib]]
| Board 6
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| rowspan=2|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|1981 Hangzhou]]
| [[Manuel Aaron]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Tiruchi Natesan Parameswaran]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| rowspan=2|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|1983 New Delhi]]
| [[Dibyendu Barua]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Pravin Thipsay]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| rowspan=3|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|1986 Dubai]]
| [[Ahanthem Meetei]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Devaki Prasad]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|1987 Singapore]]
| [[Devaki Prasad]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| rowspan=3|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|1989 Genting Highlands]]
| [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Dibyendu Barua]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[N. Sudhakar Babu]]
| Board 6
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|1991 Penang]]
| [[P. D. S. Girinath]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|1993 Kuala Lumpur]]
| [[Jayant Suresh Gokhale]]
| Board 6
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| rowspan=2|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|1999 Shenyang]]
| [[Abhijit Kunte]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[G. B. Prakash]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| rowspan=5|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2003 Jodhpur]]
| [[Sasikiran Krishnan]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Pravin Thipsay]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Lanka Ravi]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Dinesh Kumar Sharma]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Abhijit Kunte]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| rowspan=5|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2005 Esfahan]]
| [[Sasikiran Krishnan]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Abhijit Kunte]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Sundararajan Kidambi]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Sandipan Chanda]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| rowspan=5|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2008 Visakhapatnam]]
| [[Sasikiran Krishnan]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Abhijit Kunte]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Geetha Narayanan Gopal]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Abhijeet Gupta]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| rowspan=5|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2009 Kolkata]]
| [[Pentala Harikrishna]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Sasikiran Krishnan]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Parimarjan Negi]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[J. Deepan Chakkravarthy]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| rowspan=2|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2012 Zaozhuang]]
| [[Parimarjan Negi]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Abhijeet Gupta]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| rowspan=3|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2014 Tabriz]]
| [[Sasikiran Krishnan]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Parimarjan Negi]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[M. R. Lalith Babu|Musunuri Rohit Lalit Babu]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| rowspan=4|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2016 Abu Dhabi]]
| [[Adhiban Baskaran]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[S. P. Sethuraman]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Vidit Gujrathi]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Sasikiran Krishnan]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| rowspan=4|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2018 Hamadan]]
| [[Adhiban Baskaran]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[S. P. Sethuraman]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Sasikiran Krishnan]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Abhijeet Gupta]]
| Board 5
|}

===Women===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Medal
! Event
! Team 
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|1999 Shenyang]]
| <small>[[Bhagyashree Thipsay]]<br />[[Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi]]<br />[[Swati Ghate]]<br />[[Shahnaz Safira]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2003 Jodhpur]]
| <small>[[Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi]]<br />[[Nisha Mohota]]<br />[[Aarthie Ramaswamy]]<br />[[Harika Dronavalli]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2005 Esfahan]]
| <small>[[Nisha Mohota]]<br />[[Mary Ann Gomes]]<br />[[Swati Ghate]]<br />[[Anupama Gokhale]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2008 Visakhapatnam]]
| <small>[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Nisha Mohota]]<br />[[Tania Sachdev]]<br />[[Aarthie Ramaswamy]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2009 Kolkata]]
| <small>[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Eesha Karavade]]<br />[[Tania Sachdev]]<br />[[Soumya Swaminathan (chess player)|Soumya Swaminathan]]<br />[[Kruttika Nadig]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2012 Zaozhuang]]
| <small>[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Eesha Karavade]]<br />[[Tania Sachdev]]<br />[[Mary Ann Gomes]]<br />[[Padmini Rout]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2014 Tabriz]]
| <small>[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Tania Sachdev]]<br />[[Eesha Karavade]]<br />[[Mary Ann Gomes]]<br />[[Padmini Rout]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Asian Team Chess Championship|2018 Hamadan]]
| <small>[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Vaishali Rameshbabu]]<br />[[Eesha Karavade]]<br />[[Padmini Rout]]<br />[[Aakanksha Hagawane]]</small>
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event
! Player
! Category
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| rowspan=3|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|1999 Shenyang]]
| [[Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Swati Ghate]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Shahnaz Safira]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| rowspan=5|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2003 Jodhpur]]
| [[Subbaraman Meenakshi]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Swati Ghate]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Anupama Gokhale]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Sai Meera Ravi]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| rowspan=3|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2005 Esfahan]]
| [[Nisha Mohota]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Mary Ann Gomes]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Swati Ghate]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| rowspan=5|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2008 Visakhapatnam]]
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Nisha Mohota]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Tania Sachdev]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Aarthie Ramaswamy]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Tejaswi Kanuri]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| rowspan=5|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2009 Kolkata]]
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Tania Sachdev]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Padmini Rout]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Bhakti Kulkarni]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Kruttika Nadig]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| rowspan=2|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2012 Zaozhuang]]
| [[Tania Sachdev]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Padmini Rout]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| rowspan=4|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2014 Tabriz]]
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Tania Sachdev]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Mary Ann Gomes]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Padmini Rout]]
| Board 5
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| rowspan=2|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2016 Abu Dhabi]]
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
| Board 2
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Soumya Swaminathan (chess player)|Soumya Swaminathan]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| rowspan=4|[[Asian Team Chess Championship|2018 Hamadan]]
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
| Board 1
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Eesha Karavade]]
| Board 3
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Padmini Rout]]
| Board 4
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Aakanksha Hagawane]]
| Board 5
|}

==World Cup==
===Open===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event
! Player
|-
|{{World1}}
|[[Chess World Cup 2000|2000 Shenyang]]
|[[Viswanathan Anand]]
|-
|{{World1}}
|[[Chess World Cup 2002|2002 Hyderabad]]
|[[Viswanathan Anand]]
|-
|{{World2}}
|[[Chess World Cup 2023|2023 Baku]]
|[[Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu]]
|}

===Women===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event
! Player
|-
|{{World1}}
|[[Women's Chess World Cup 2025|2025 Batumi]]
|[[Divya Deshmukh]]
|-
|{{World2}}
|[[Women's Chess World Cup 2025|2025 Batumi]]
|[[Koneru Humpy]]
|-
|}

==Asian Games==
===Men's team standard===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Medal
! Event
! Team
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Chess at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's team standard|2010 Guangzhou]]
| <small>[[Pentala Harikrishna]]<br />[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]<br />[[Geetha Narayanan Gopal]]<br />[[Adhiban Baskaran]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Chess at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's team standard|2022 Hangzhou]]
| <small>[[Gukesh Dommaraju]]<br />[[Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu]]<br />[[Vidit Gujrathi]]<br />[[Arjun Erigaisi]]<br />[[Pentala Harikrishna]]</small>
|}

===Women's team standard===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Chess at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's team standard|2022 Hangzhou]]
| <small>[[Koneru Humpy]]<br />[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Vaishali Rameshbabu]]<br />[[Vantika Agrawal]]<br />[[Savitha Shri Baskar]]</small>
|}

===Mixed team standard===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Chess at the 2006 Asian Games – Mixed team standard|2006 Doha]]
| <small>[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Pentala Harikrishna]]<br />[[Koneru Humpy]]</small>
|}

===Women's individual rapid===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Chess at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's individual rapid|2006 Doha]]
| [[Koneru Humpy]]
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Chess at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's individual rapid|2010 Guangzhou]]
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
|}

==Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games==
===Men's individual standard===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Chess at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|2017 Ashgabat]]
| [[Sasikiran Krishnan]]
|}

===Women's individual standard===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Chess at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|2007 Macau]]
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
|}

===Mixed team standard===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Chess at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|2007 Macau]]
| <small>[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]<br />[[J. Deepan Chakkravarthy]]<br />[[Koneru Humpy]]<br />[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Tania Sachdev]]</small>
|}

===Men's individual rapid===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Chess at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|2007 Macau]]
| [[Sasikiran Krishnan]]
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Chess at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games|2009 Vietnam]]
| [[Sasikiran Krishnan]]
|}

===Men's team rapid U-23===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Chess at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|2017 Ashgabat]]
| <small>[[Karthikeyan Murali]]<br />[[Diptayan Ghosh]]</small>
|}

===Women's individual rapid===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Chess at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|2007 Macau]]
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Chess at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games|2009 Vietnam]]
| [[Harika Dronavalli]]
|}

===Women's team rapid===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Chess at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|2017 Ashgabat]]
| <small>[[Padmini Rout]]<br />[[Tania Sachdev]]</small>
|}

===Mixed team rapid===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Chess at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|2007 Macau]]
| <small>[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]<br />[[J. Deepan Chakkravarthy]]<br />[[Koneru Humpy]]<br />[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Tania Sachdev]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Chess at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games|2009 Vietnam]]
| <small>[[Pentala Harikrishna]]<br />[[Parimarjan Negi]]<br />[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Tania Sachdev]]<br />[[Eesha Karavade]]</small>
|}

===Men's individual blitz===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Chess at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|2007 Macau]]
| [[Sasikiran Krishnan]]
|}

===Men's team blitz===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Chess at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|2017 Ashgabat]]
| <small>[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]</small>
|}

===Men's team blitz U-23===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Chess at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|2017 Ashgabat]]
| <small>[[Diptayan Ghosh]]<br />[[Vaibhav Suri]]</small>
|}

===Women's individual blitz===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia1}}
| [[Chess at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|2007 Macau]]
| [[Koneru Humpy]]
|}

===Mixed team blitz===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Medal
! Event 
! Team
|-
| {{Asia2}}
| [[Chess at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|2007 Macau]]
| <small>[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]]<br />[[Subramanian Arun Prasad]]<br />[[Koneru Humpy]]<br />[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Subbaraman Meenakshi]]</small>
|-
| {{Asia3}}
| [[Chess at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games|2009 Vietnam]]
| <small>[[Pentala Harikrishna]]<br />[[Laxman Rajaram]]<br />[[Sasikiran Krishnan]]<br />[[Harika Dronavalli]]<br />[[Tania Sachdev]]<br />[[Eesha Karavade]]</small>
|}

==National award recipients==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" style="width:12%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:22%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1991–1992
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Viswanathan|Anand}}
| [[Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna|Khel Ratna Award]] || Male
|- {{anchor|ChessAA}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1961
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Manuel |Aaron}}
| [[Arjuna Award]] || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1980–1981
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rohini |Khadilkar}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1983
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dibyendu |Barua}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1984
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pravin |Thipsay}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1985
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Viswanathan |Anand}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1986
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Raghunandan Vasant |Gokhle|nolink=1}}
| [[Dronacharya Award]] || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1987
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Devaki |Prasad}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1987
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bhagyashree |Thipsay}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1990
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anupama |Gokhale}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2000
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Subbaraman |Vijayalakshmi}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2002
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Krishnan |Sasikiran}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2003
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Koneru |Humpy}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2005
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Surya Shekhar |Ganguly}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2006
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pentala |Harikrishna}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2006
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Koneru|Ashok|nolink=1}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2007
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Harika |Dronavalli}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2009
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Tania |Sachdev}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2010
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Parimarjan |Negi}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2013
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Abhijeet |Gupta}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2022
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bhakti|Kulkarni}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2022
! scope="row" | {{sortname|R|Praggnanandhaa}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2023
! scope="row" | {{sortname|R|Vaishali}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2021
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Abhijit|Kunte}}
| [[Dhyan Chand Award]] || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2023
! scope="row" | {{sortname|RB|Ramesh}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2024
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gukesh|Dommaraju}}
| [[Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna|Khel Ratna Award]] || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2024
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vantika|Agrawal}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|}

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.aicf.in All India Chess Federation]
* [https://www.indianculture.gov.in/rarebooks/history-chess-time-early-invention-game-india-till-period-its-establishment-western-and The History of Chess: from the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India till the Period of its establishment in Western and Central Europe]

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