Ratings

SAI rating system update initiated on 24th April, 2026

SAI has been using the old Linrat rating system from 2011. However, WESPA has moved to a new RJR system. We have initiated the process of transitioning the SAI rating system to the RJR algorithm. In order to accomplish this, we have introduced the ‘Transitional Rating’ in the Ratings Table.

This will be a two-step process.

Step 1 – Rating shift by 300 points for all players to align with the WESPA scale. All newbie ratings will start from 800 now.
⁠Step 2 – Adoption of the RJR rating system after monitoring the rating changes for a period of 3 months.

You will see the Transitional Rating (Trans. Rating) along with the current SAI rating till the Kolkata Open, after which we will adopt the Transitional Rating as the steady state SAI rating.

RANK	NICK	STATE	NAME	GAMES PLAYED	OLD RATING	NEW RATING	TRANS. RATING	LAST PLAYED
1	ABHA	OSI	Akshay Bhandarkar	750	1762	1783	2083	20260419
	ISID	OS	Irfan Siddiqui	552	1726	1726	2026	20260126
2	MGOP	DEL	Madhav Gopal Kamath Jr. (NGM)	1217	1681	1699	1999	20260419
3	VHIN	MUM	Varisht Hingorani (NGM)	1515	1661	1661	1961	20260412
4	SROD	MUM	Sherwin Rodrigues (NGM)	2120	1635	1635	1935	20260329
5	UGRO	PUN	Udayan Grover (NGM)	2862	1608	1608	1908	20260329
6	SMAN	BLR	Suyash Manchali Jr. (NM)	601	1618	1601	1901	20260419
7	CCAR	OSI	Charles Carneiro (NM)	919	1554	1554	1854	20241116
8	SSIN	MUM	Samrath Singh Bhatia (NM)	1273	1546	1546	1846	20260412
9	AIYE	MUM	Aditya Iyengar (NGM)	1081	1542	1511	1811	20260419
10	GJAY	BLR	Goutham Jayaraman	682	1511	1511	1811	20250613
11	SGUP	BLR	Sanjoy Gupta (NM)	1876	1473	1503	1803	20260419
12	ISHI	BLR	Ishika Shivalingaiah (NM)	1098	1525	1485	1785	20260419
13	AKRI	CHN	A Krishnan	665	1472	1472	1772	20260126
14	MCHU	CHN	Mohan Chunkath (NGM)	1366	1464	1464	1764	20251221
15	RPAR	OSI	Rahil Parkar (NM)	813	1463	1463	1763	20260215
16	SNIT	BLR	Siddharth Nithyanand (NE)	868	1406	1459	1759	20260419
17	SSOM	BLR	Sujana Somasekar (NM)	1260	1425	1454	1754	20260419
18	NPRA	MUM	Nakul Prabhu (NGM)	1632	1453	1453	1753	20260329
19	HSAM	MUM	Hriday Samtani (NM)	822	1443	1443	1743	20260412
	MTAN	OS	Michael Tang	493	1427	1427	1727	20260126
20	DLOB	GOA	Douglas Lobo (NM)	1544	1426	1426	1726	20250425
21	RRAW	BLR	Rajveer Rawlin	646	1400	1400	1700	20250613
22	CPAI	MUM	Carolann Pais (NM)	1632	1391	1391	1691	20260308
23	SBHA	DEL	Sunny Bhatia (NM)	2135	1385	1386	1686	20260419
24	PBOL	BLR	Pankaj Bolaki (NE)	830	1375	1375	1675	20260412
	RJON	OS	Raghu Jonnalagedda	74	1366	1366	1666	20260126
25	SAMA	OSI	Shaila Amalean	429	1362	1362	1662	20260126
26	PKAM	GOA	Pramit Kamath	659	1232	1336	1636	20260419
27	RDEB	MUM	Rustom Deboo (NE)	979	1315	1332	1632	20260419
	SSAC	OS	Sumeet Sachdev (NE)	937	1376	1330	1630	20260419
28	MSOO	BLR	Manju Sood (NM)	1008	1343	1325	1625	20260419
29	RANT	GOA	Rajiv Antao (NE)	1472	1318	1318	1618	20260126
30	SS	BLR	Shubha S (NE)	644	1312	1286	1586	20260419
31	SKAM	DEL	Sudhir Kamath (NE)	1670	1337	1283	1583	20260419
32	ASOO	PUN	Amit Sood (NE)	809	1283	1283	1583	20260126
33	SMAN	BLR	Samarth Manchali Jr.	401	1271	1281	1581	20260419
34	NBHA	MUM	Neeta Bhatia	927	1177	1256	1556	20260419
35	EARO	DEL	Ekansh Arora	288	1245	1245	1545	20250817
36	RMEN	HYD	Rajeev Menon (NE)	1327	1265	1241	1541	20260419
37	NSIN	PUN	Nidhi Singhvi (NE)	1352	1240	1240	1540	20260329
38	VS	BLR	Vignesh S (NE)	1074	1284	1237	1537	20260419
39	TEAS	CHN	Triambak Eashwar	274	1234	1234	1534	20260329
40	MBHA	PUN	Mangala Bhandarkar (NE)	2251	1226	1226	1526	20260329
41	DSHA	BLR	Danish Shahna (NE)	1171	1220	1220	1520	20260126
42	JFER	GOA	Jacky Fernandes	1337	1260	1216	1516	20260419
43	ASHA	MUM	Anvay Shah	276	1198	1198	1498	20260412
44	KGAN	MUM	Kala Ganesh (NE)	2008	1214	1196	1496	20260419
45	SBIJ	MUM	Sanjay Bijlani	825	1190	1190	1490	20260412
46	RTAN	OSI	Rohaina Tanveer	662	1185	1185	1485	20260126
47	SLOB	GOA	Selwyn Lobo (NM)	788	1309	1181	1481	20260419
48	GPAT	BLR	Gajanan Patil	458	1163	1178	1478	20260419
49	EGHO	DEL	Ela Ghose	565	1150	1174	1474	20260419
50	SPOT	BLR	Suchindra Potnis (NE)	873	1172	1172	1472	20260412
51	VPAT	GUJ	Vimisha Patel	1095	1170	1170	1470	20260329
52	PMUK	BLR	Prithwiraj Mukherjee	409	1165	1165	1465	20240815
53	ABAS	KOL	Arindam Basu (NE)	655	1139	1139	1439	20260329
54	ADE	MUM	Alan De Mello	212	1139	1139	1439	20260215
55	SAHM	HYD	Shaikh Ahmed	2198	1128	1128	1428	20260126
56	BPRA	MUM	Bhushan Pradhan (NE)	2626	1261	1126	1426	20260419
57	AHUS	BLR	Abid Hussain	771	1123	1123	1423	20260126
58	VSRI	KER	Venkataraman Sridev	209	1120	1120	1420	20250522
59	SBHA	DEL	Sushanto Bhattachary	906	1119	1119	1419	20251109
60	AGEO	BLR	Abel George Mathew Jr.	81	1105	1105	1405	20260126
	KBUD	OS	Kessen Budhoo	66	1104	1104	1404	20260126
61	SGUP	DEL	Shreyas Gupta	105	1102	1102	1402	20250713
62	RSIN	MUM	Rehet Singh Bhatia	1174	1095	1095	1395	20260412
63	KRG	DEL	Komal RG	658	1028	1094	1394	20260419
64	RNAL	BLR	R Nalini (NE)	1189	1084	1084	1384	20260412
65	PKAR	PUN	Priya Karkhanis	621	1079	1079	1379	20250720
66	NSIV	BLR	Nirupama Sivaraman	156	983	1064	1364	20260419
67	SNUK	HYD	Swagat Nukala	790	1023	1062	1362	20260419
68	AGOY	DEL	Ahana Goyal Jr.	363	1055	1055	1355	20260322
69	MBAK	PUN	Meena Bakhru	477	1054	1054	1354	20250720
70	VRAM	MUM	V Ramachandran	1637	1053	1053	1353	20260412
71	HSOO	BLR	Harsh Sood	273	1052	1052	1352	20260126
72	JBUD	CHN	Jyothi Budhia	251	1048	1048	1348	20260126
73	DCHA	BLR	Dipankar Chatterjee	886	1043	1043	1343	20260126
74	SMER	MUM	Sonal Merchant	345	1031	1031	1331	20260412
75	RMAH	BLR	Radhika Mahalingaiah (NE)	1147	1009	1018	1318	20260419
76	RVIS	CHN	Raman Viswanathan	329	1018	1018	1318	20260126
77	VBRA	PUN	Virendra Braganza	630	1015	1015	1315	20260329
78	RSIN	KOL	Rajnikant Singh	388	1002	1002	1302	20260126
79	ANAM	KER	Asha Namdev Kamath	1263	927	994	1294	20260419
80	PANA	OSI	Pradyot Anand	103	994	994	1294	20250123
81	AJOT	MUM	Aarush Jotwani Jr.	257	993	993	1293	20241011
	KWAR	OS	Kaveri Warriar	113	993	993	1293	20260126
82	MKAL	PUN	Meena Kalyan	685	990	990	1290	20260126
83	PPER	MUM	Patrick Pereira	644	977	977	1277	20240929
84	GRAM	MUM	Ganesh Ramakrishnan	464	969	969	1269	20260126
85	ADAL	MUM	Anika Dalwani Jr.	207	965	965	1265	20250817
86	NRUP	MUM	Nikheel Ruparel	1395	959	959	1259	20260126
87	ASHI	BLR	Abhijit Shilotri	1327	960	956	1256	20260419
88	IPOD	MUM	Ishika Poddar	196	954	954	1254	20260412
89	LD’S	BLR	Lennie D’Souza	1477	953	953	1253	20260126
90	RCHA	MUM	Ritu Chadha	1676	928	943	1243	20260419
91	GBHA	BLR	Gaurav Bhargava	955	941	941	1241	20260322
92	NBID	DEL	Neelanjana Bid	262	941	941	1241	20260329
93	AWAH	BLR	Abdul Waheed	881	934	934	1234	20260412
94	AAGG	DEL	Archana Aggarwal	924	917	917	1217	20260322
95	MKHA	BLR	Mayank Khandelwal	487	913	913	1213	20260126
96	HBHA	MUM	Harvinderjit Bhatia	1139	771	909	1209	20260419
97	KNAN	GUJ	Kavit Nanavati	29	899	899	1199	20251221
98	PRAM	BLR	Pranav Ramkumar	57	894	894	1194	20260126
99	SRAM	BLR	Saraswathi Ramm	996	884	884	1184	20260412
100	MAGA	BLR	Monica Agarwala	403	882	882	1182	20260126
101	YDIG	GUJ	Yuvraj Dighe	77	867	867	1167	20250629
102	VRAM	MUM	Viji Ramachandran	1499	864	864	1164	20260412
103	JROD	GOA	Joe Rodrigues	1290	964	863	1163	20260419
104	ALAT	RAJ	Arvind Lath	582	862	862	1162	20260126
105	VSIN	DEL	Vihaan Singhvi Jr.	70	853	853	1153	20241011
106	VPAN	DEL	Vimarsh Pandita	128	833	833	1133	20260126
107	MHIN	MUM	Mimi Hingorani	334	820	820	1120	20260412
108	SKHA	BLR	Suhaas Khandelwal Jr.	349	819	819	1119	20260126
109	TBIN	DEL	Tanvi Binani	123	819	819	1119	20251005
110	RKOU	CHN	Ramchander Koushik	51	815	815	1115	20251221
111	RSAN	MUM	Rekha Sanzgiri	1090	814	814	1114	20260308
112	MARO	DEL	Manit Arora Jr.	94	814	814	1114	20260322
113	NSHA	PUN	Neena Shahani	944	804	804	1104	20250720
114	PPRA	KER	Pallavi Praveen	104	807	800	1100	20260419
115	ASHA	DEL	Abhay Sharma	110	799	799	1099	20250330
116	NSON	GUJ	Nandini Sonthalia	58	787	787	1087	20260215
117	HQUR	HYD	Hyder Quraishi	1726	779	779	1079	20260126
118	KPAR	BLR	Krieshna Parmar	231	775	775	1075	20260412
119	NMAH	KOL	Neha Maheshwari	144	774	774	1074	20240517
120	SSUB	GOA	Sudharsha Subbiah	142	772	772	1072	20250425
121	SSAH	DEL	Shalini Sahdev	341	761	761	1061	20260322
122	AGRO	PUN	Aruna Grover	2622	752	752	1052	20260329
123	SGAN	MUM	Srushti Gandhi	397	738	738	1038	20260215
124	LTHO	KER	Lucy Thomas Thannick	88	735	735	1035	20260126
125	JPHI	GUJ	Jayamary Philip	48	728	728	1028	20250613
126	DRAT	GUJ	Dhaval Rathod	428	718	718	1018	20260215
127	VKAN	GUJ	Viral Kansara	151	710	710	1010	20260215
128	KSAS	GUJ	Kalpana Sastry	201	696	696	996	20260215
129	APHI	GUJ	Arockia Philip Raj	47	692	692	992	20250613
130	CGON	PUN	Caryl Gonsalvez	931	689	689	989	20251109
131	SNAD	BLR	Shailaja Nadig	190	688	688	988	20250613
132	TJOS	KER	Teresa Joseph	78	670	670	970	20251109
133	HSHA	BLR	Hema Shah	185	668	668	968	20260126
134	MRAM	PUN	Mahesh Ramanathan	44	663	663	963	20240705
135	ULAL	MUM	Utkarsh Lal Jr.	88	658	658	958	20260412
136	CBOL	BLR	Chandru Bolaki	72	649	649	949	20260126
137	MARO	DEL	Mohit Arora	91	645	645	945	20260322
138	AKRI	BLR	Abhyuday Krishna	43	641	641	941	20250123
139	AGUP	DEL	Amay Gupta Jr.	49	624	624	924	20251005
140	KAWA	BLR	Kedarnath Awati	138	620	620	920	20260329
141	STAL	DEL	Shiv Talwar Jr.	94	617	617	917	20260110
142	ANIT	BLR	Abhishek Nithyanand	30	607	607	907	20250123
143	MHAZ	ASM	Madhulekha Hazarika	275	603	603	903	20260126
144	JSAS	GUJ	Jayant Sastry	118	599	599	899	20260215
145	ALAL	MUM	Archana Lalwani	74	593	593	893	20260412
146	KSIN	RAJ	Khanak Singhvi Jr.	31	591	591	891	20251005
147	PAST	DEL	Prakhar Asthana	66	579	579	879	20251123
148	AKAN	GUJ	Ark Kansara Jr.	121	569	569	869	20260104
149	SDIX	DEL	Swapnil Dixit	67	568	568	868	20251123
150	DGAR	DEL	Dev Garg	140	553	553	853	20241116
151	ANEI	DEL	Anjana Neira Dev	88	552	552	852	20251005
152	MPEE	MUM	Mehjabeen Peeradina	279	551	551	851	20260412
153	BSAR	MUM	Bhushan Sarmalkar	568	550	542	842	20260419
154	RTAN	MUM	Raksha Tanna	103	540	540	840	20260412
155	PKSH	PUN	Priya Kshirsagar	274	537	537	837	20240705
156	AMAH	GUJ	Arjun Maheshwari Jr.	72	535	535	835	20240815
157	ACHO	MUM	Aditya Choudhury	29	535	535	835	20260126
158	AHIR	DEL	Akshay Hiremath	253	534	534	834	20260322
159	SDAN	BLR	Suguna Dandi	131	519	519	819	20260126
160	RGOM	BLR	Rama Gomatam	80	516	516	816	20250613
161	ACHO	MUM	Arnab Choudhury	29	513	513	813	20260126
162	CCOE	PUN	Caroline Coelho	138	500	510	810	20260419
163	AKAP	MUM	Aria Kapadia Jr.	158	504	504	804	20260412
164	SJAI	DEL	Sharv Jain Jr.	71	501	501	801	20260126
165	SCOE	GOA	Sylvia Coelho	1477	500	500	800	20250720
166	BGAN	BLR	Bhanumathi Ganesh	110	500	500	800	20260126
167	JSAT	BLR	Jayakishore Satla	62	500	500	800	20260126
168	RMOH	GUJ	Remya Mohan	44	500	500	800	20260215
169	BSAT	BLR	Bhuvanesh Satla	38	500	500	800	20240622
170	ASAB	DEL	Aparajita Sabesan	34	500	500	800	20251005
171	YKAR	DEL	Yekrittha Karthik Jr.	27	500	500	800	20250921
171	KAGA	DEL	Kreday Agarwal Jr.	27	500	500	800	20251005
172	SWEL	PUN	Snehal Welde	24	500	500	800	20250720
	JIBR	HYD	Junaid Ibrahim Ziaee	19	500	500	800	20241213
	TBAG	DEL	Tavishi Bagga Jr.	19	500	500	800	20250115
	PGOE	DEL	Panya Goel Jr.	19	500	500	800	20260222
	AKOS	OSI	Ashwini Koshti	17	500	500	800	20240705
	TN	BLR	Tashvi N Jr.	15	500	500	800	20260126
	JKJ	CHN	Jishnu KJ Jr.	13	500	500	800	20260126
	SRAI	DEL	Shweta Raina	7	500	500	800	20250921
	MJHA	MUM	Manish Jhaveri	7	500	500	800	20260412
	PSAC	MUM	Priti Sachdev	7	500	500	800	20260412
	STHO	KER	Sherin Thomas Thanni	6	500	500	800	20241213

OS = Overseas foreign player (no rank)
OSI = Indian National currently residing overseas (ranked)
<20 games have a provisional rating (no rank)
Jr – Is a Junior (below 18 years of age) player
Titles displayed are:
NGM: National Grandmaster
NM: National Master
NE: National Expert
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