The best female Chess players are:
10. Padmini Rout
Padmini Rout who was born in 1994, is an Indian chess player holding the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She’s a four-time National Women’s Champion (2014-2017) and the 2018 Asian Individual Women’s Champion. She also represented India at prestigious tournaments like the Women’s Chess Olympiad, Women’s World Team Chess Championship, and Women’s Asian Team Chess Championship.
9. Savitha Shree B
Savitha Shri B, born in 2007, is a young chess player from Tamil Nadu, India, and a rapidly rising star in Indian chess. She earned the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 2023, the highest title awarded to female chess players. She is a three-time National Champion in her age category. She played Under-12 World Champion in 2019 and also achieved a rating gain of 300 points in two months by participating in strong tournaments in Spain.
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8. Kulkarni Bhakti
Bhakti Kulkarni is an International Master (IM) of chess from Goa, India, she was born in 1992. She achieved the Asian Junior Chess Championship in 2011, the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 2012, topped the international women’s chess tournament Open Vysočina in the Czech Republic in 2013, Asian Chess Women’s Championship in 2016, the International Master (IM) title in 2019, also secured a silver medal with the Indian Women’s team at the World Team Championships in 2021, Won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Chess Championships in 2021, Arjuna Award, bronze medal with the Indian Women’s team at the Chess Olympiad in 2022
7. Tania Sachdeva
Tania Sachdev, born in 1986, is a formidable Indian chess player who holds the titles of both International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She was introduced to the game by her parents at a very young age which is just six years old, she took the chess world by storm, winning her first international title at the Asian Junior Girls Championship in 1998. She won many titles like National Women’s Premier Chess Champion (2006, 2007), Asian Women’s Chess Champion (2007), Commonwealth Women’s Chess Champion (2016, 2018, 2019) and more.
6. Vantika Agrawal
Vantika Agrawal is from Delhi, and started playing chess at a very young age and quickly showed her talent. She is a rising star in Indian chess, currently holding the title of International Master (IM) and boasting a FIDE rating of 2408. She became a Woman FIDE Master (WFM) in 2015 and a Woman International Master (WIM) in 2017. Vantika reached the prestigious Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in August 2021, becoming India’s 21st female WGM.
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5. Divya Deshmukh
Divya Deshmukh is a young Indian chess player making waves in the world of chess. She was born in 2005 and has already achieved the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and currently boasts a FIDE rating of 2420 (as of 2023). She has also achieved the title of Tata Steel Chess India Rapid 2023 Champion, the 2023 Asian Continental Chess Championship in which she took 5th place, and Multiple National Titles.
4. Velpula Sarayu
Velpula Sarayu was born in Warangal, Telangana, India in 2006. She proved herself at a very young age by winning National Under-11 and Under-13 Girl’s titles. She also earned a Women Candidate Master(WCM) title in 2019. In August 2023, entered the Pontevedra Open in Spain with a FIDE rating of 1845. She stunned the world with a grandmaster-level performance, scoring 6.5/9 and earning 536 rating points.
3. Vaishali Rameshbabu
Vaishali is a 22-year-old chess player from Chennai, India. She is the younger sister of Famous chess player Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. She earned the title of International Master (IM) IN 2015. In December 2023, Vaishali crossed the 2500 FIDE rating, putting herself on track to becoming India’s third female Grandmaster after Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli. At the age of 12, Vaishali defeated future World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in a simul exhibition. Along with her brother Praggnanandhaa, they became the first-ever sister-brother pair to qualify for the respective Candidates Tournaments, marking a historic moment in chess history.
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2. Dronavalli, Harika
Harika Dronavalli, born in 1991, is a powerhouse Indian chess player and Grandmaster (GM) titleholder. She is a three-time bronze medalist in the Women’s World Chess Championship (2012, 2015, 2017), National Women’s Chess Champion (2009), FIDE Women’s Grand Prix event winner (2016), Arjuna Award for Chess (2007-08), Padma Shri Award (2019), Multiple National Level Championship titles including Women’s A’ and B’, Junior Girls, and Sub-Junior Girls titles.
1. Koneru Humpy
Koneru Humpy was born in 1987, is an Indian chess grandmaster known as one of the country’s greatest chess players. In 2002, at the age of 15 years and 1 month, she became the youngest woman ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster, breaking the record set by Judit Polgar. Humpy has claimed multiple championship titles throughout her career, including the World Junior Girls’ Championship in 2001, the FIDE Women’s Rapid Chess Championship in 2019, and the Cairns Cup International Women’s Chess Championship in 2020.
