Divya Deshmukh becomes 88th GM of India, 4th Indian female GM, 13th from Maharashtra; Check updated l
Full l of Indian Grandmasters: Monday evening has been a special one for Indian teenage chess prodigy Divya Deshmukh, who clinched the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 title after brushing aside compatriot Koneru Humpy in tiebreaks of the title-clash in Batumi. The 19-year-old thus qualified for the 2026 Candidates Tournament and became the 88th Grandmaster of India.
Her triumph also made her only the fourth Indian female GM after Humpy, Harika Dronavalli and R. Vaishali. She is also the 44th female to get a Grandmaster title.
Divya handed defeats to some of the biggest names in the chess fraternity for the biggest title of her career. The 2024 World Junior Champion beat the likes of Zhu Jiner, Harika, and former World Champion Tan Zhongyi to come through a very tough bracket before beating India No. 1 Humpy.
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Divya didn’t have a single GM norm ahead of the World Cup, nor did she meet the required rating (a standard 2500) to be eligible for the coveted title but her World Cup win helped her circumvent all the usual FIDE requirements as she becomes the latest Grandmaster of India, and the 13th from Maharashtra.
The five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand is the first GM from India.
FULL L OF INDIAN GRANDMASTERS
GM
Name
State
1
Viswanathan Anand
Tamil Nadu
2
Diendu Barua
West Bengal
3
Praveen Thipsay
Maharashtra
4
Abhijit Kunte
Maharashtra
5
Krishnan Sasikiran
Tamil Nadu
6
Pentala Harikrishna
Andhra Pradesh
7
Koneru Humpy
Andhra Pradesh
8
Surya Shekhar Ganguly
West Bengal
9
Sandipan Chanda
West Bengal
10
Ramachandran Ramesh
Tamil Nadu
11
Tejas Bakre
Gujarat
12
Magesh Chandran Panchanathan
Tamil Nadu
13
J. Deepan Chakkravarthy
Tamil Nadu
14
Neelotpal Das
West Bengal
15
Parimarjan Negi
Delhi
16
Geetha Narayanan Gopal
Kerala
17
Abhijeet Gupta
Delhi
18
Subramanian Arun Prasad
Tamil Nadu
19
Sundararajan Kidambi
Tamil Nadu
20
R. R. Laxman
Tamil Nadu
21
Sriram Jha
Delhi
22
Deep Sengupta
West Bengal
23
Baskaran Adhiban
Tamil Nadu
24
S. P. Sethuraman
Tamil Nadu
25
Harika Dronavalli
Andhra Pradesh
26
M. R. Lalith Babu
Andhra Pradesh
27
Vaibhav Suri
Delhi
28
M. R. Venkatesh
Tamil Nadu
29
Sahaj Grover
Delhi
30
Vidit Gujrathi
Maharashtra
31
M. Shyam Sundar
Tamil Nadu
32
Akshayraj Kore
Maharashtra
33
V. Vishnu Prasanna
Tamil Nadu
34
Debashis Das
Odisha
35
Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury
West Bengal
36
Ankit Rajpara
Gujarat
37
Chithambaram Aravindh
Tamil Nadu
38
Karthikeyan Murali
Tamil Nadu
39
Ashwin Jayaram
Tamil Nadu
40
Swapnil Dhopade
Maharashtra
41
S. L. Narayanan
Kerala
42
Shardul Gagare
Maharashtra
43
Diptayan Ghosh
West Bengal
44
Priyadharshan Kannappan
Tamil Nadu
45
Aryan Chopra
Delhi
46
Srinath Narayanan
Tamil Nadu
47
Himanshu Sharma
Haryana
48
Anurag Mhamal
Goa
49
Abhimanyu Puranik
Maharashtra
50
M. S. Thejkumar
Karnataka
51
Saptarshi Roy
West Bengal
52
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
Tamil Nadu
53
Nihal Sarin
Kerala
54
Arjun Erigaisi
Telangana
55
Karthik Venkataraman
Andhra Pradesh
56
Harsha Bharathakoti
Andhra Pradesh
57
P. Karthikeyan
Tamil Nadu
58
Stany G.A.
Karnataka
59
N. R. Visakh
Tamil Nadu
60
Gukesh D
Tamil Nadu
61
P. Iniyan
Tamil Nadu
62
Swayams Mishra
Odisha
63
Girish A. Koushik
Karnataka
64
Prithu Gupta
Delhi
65
Raunak Sadhwani
Maharashtra
66
G. Akash
Tamil Nadu
67
Leon Luke Mendonca
Goa
68
Arjun Kalyan
Tamil Nadu
69
Harshit Raja
Maharashtra
70
Raja Rithvik R.
Telangana
71
Mitrabha Guha
West Bengal
72
Sankalp Gupta
Maharashtra
73
Bharath Subramaniyam
Tamil Nadu
74
Rahul Srivatshav
Andhra Pradesh
75
Pranav V
Karnataka
76
Pranav Anand
Karnataka
77
Aditya Mittal
Maharashtra
78
Koustav Chatterjee
West Bengal
79
Pranesh M
Tamil Nadu
80
Vignesh N. R.
Tamil Nadu
81
Sayantan Das
West Bengal
82
Prraneeth Vuppala
Telangana
83
Aditya Samant
Maharashtra
84
Rameshbabu Vaishali
Tamil Nadu
85
Shyaam Nikhil P.
Tamil Nadu
86
Srihari L R
Tamil Nadu
87
Harikrishnan A Ra
Tamil Nadu
88
Divya Deshmukh
Maharashtra
