The inaugural list of title holders (as of Jan 1, 2025) below was computed using either:
- Consistent performance (as defined above) during Jan 2023 – Dec 2024, covering 21 tournaments, or
- Consistent performance (as defined above) during any two-year period between Jan 2015 – Dec 2022.
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National Grandmasters (NGM)
Aditya Iyengar
Madhav Gopal Kamath
Mohan Chunkath*
Nakul Prabhu*
Sherwin Rodrigues
Udayan Grover
Varisht Hingorani*
National Masters (NM)
Carolann Pais*
Charles Carnerio*
Douglas Lobo*
Hriday Samtani
Ishika Shivalingaiah
Manju Sood*
Rahil Parkar
Samrath Singh Bhatia
Sanjoy Gupta
Selwyn Lobo
Sunny Bhatia
Vraj Jain*
National Experts (NE)
Amit Sood
Arindam Basu
Bhushan Pradhan
Kala Ganesh
Mangala Bhandarkar
Nidhi Singhvi*
Pankaj Bolaki
R Nalini*
Radhika Mahalingaiah*
Rajiv Antao*
Rajeev Menon
Rustom Deboo
Siddharth Nithyanand
Suchindra Potnis
Sudhir Kamath
Sumeet Sachdev*
Sujana Somasekar
*Players marked with an asterisk were awarded their titles retrospectively based on performance in any two-year window between Jan 2015 and Dec 2022