FIDE, a chess governing body , publishes the rating list of chess players at the beginning of each month. In the list for March 2024, five Indians are in the World top 20 list. They are Vishy Anand, Arjun Erigaisi, D.Gukesh, R.Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi.
Among the women players, Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh, Dronavalli Harika, andR.Vaishali feature in the list. Humpy is no 5 in the list, Harika is no 11, Vaishali is no 14 and Divya is World no 38.
Vishy Anand is back in the World top 10.and is India’s no 1 again. Arjun Erigaisi is India’s no 2 player.
India is currently at no 2 in terms of the average rating of top 10 players and are just 9 Elo points behind the USA.
