We are proud to announce that India recently achieved the 50 grandmaster-mark! The golden milestone was achieved by GM Thejkumar M.S of Karnataka.
Please note decisions on titles applications approved by the Executive Board in Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey:
| GM | |
| Anurag, Mhamal | YES |
| Puranik, Abhimanyu | YES |
| Thejkumar, M. S. | YES |
| IM | |
| Chandra Prasad, Dhulipalla Bala | YES |
| Prince, Bajaj | YES |
| Raja, Harshit | YES |
| Rakesh, Kumar Jena | YES |
| WIM | |
| Vantika Agrawal | YES |
| IA | |
| Tapas Kumar, Mohanty | YES |
| Teli Rajendra | YES |
| Winston G. | YES |
| Madhav Viswanathan Baba | YES |
| FA | |
| Amit Kumar Biswas | YES |
| Anuj Singari | YES |
| Aranganatham C | YES |
| Bhabesh Mohanty | YES |
| Deepak Kumar Narendra | YES |
| Ganesh Chockalingam Pillai | YES |
| Hemprakash Barsagahe | YES |
| Mohapatra Santosh Kumar | YES |
| Prabhat Ranjan Kumar | YES |
| Rathi Pavan | YES |
| Sohani Vivek Suhas | YES |
| Vikas Sahu | YES |
| Karthik Shetty | YES |
Certificate :National Team in Raipur ,Chhattisgarh from 16-22 March 2026 
Certificate :Senior National Arbiter Seminar cum Examination at Guwahati 2025 on 20 & 21 Sept 2025 
Fide Arbiter Seminar 2026-27 
Final Report – Senior National Arbiters’ Seminar and Examination, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on 14 & 15 March 2026. 
Final Report :SNA Seminar and Exam held in Ranchi on 21 & 22 Feb 2026