Just several days after the publication of the official July FIDE Top 100 chess players rating list – with Pragg as the top Indian player and with 7 players above the 2700 elo mark – Indian players continue to send shockwaves through the ratings.
Aryan Chopra, playing the Aktobe Open – Dvorkovich Memorial, has entered the Top 100 rating list on the live ratings for the first time in his career. Previously Aryan Chopra has reached the 101st position in the November 2024 rating list.
With Aryan Chopra in the list, this makes a total of 12 Indian chess players in FIDE World Top 100
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#4 Praggnanandhaa R (also #1 junior / news)
#5 Arjun Erigaisi
#6 Gukesh D
#13 Viswanathan Anand
#24 Aravindh Chithambaram
#26 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
#30 Pentala Harikrishna
#37 Nihal Sarin
#45 Raunak Sadhwani
#76 Murali Karthikeyan
#94 Puranik Abhimanyu
#96 Aryan Chopra
This makes 12% of the FIDE World Top 100 composed of Indian players. And the number can still grow as Leon Mendonca, SL Narayanan, Pranav V, and Pranesh M are at the gates of entering top 100.
