Women underrepresented in Indian chess, only 2 woman grandmasters

Globally, there are 1770 male grandmasters but only 41 female. There are 3,891 male international masters compared to 134 women with the same title

Women remain under-represented in Indian chess, though India has better numbers than is seen globally.

There are 40 male grandmasters for every woman who has the title in India. The global ratio is 43. Similarly, there are 14 male international masters for every woman who achieves the title in India. It is 29 globally.

Women are a minority at the top. There are only two women grandmasters in India (Harika Dronavalli and Koneru Humpy). The number of Indian male grandmasters is 79, as per the latest available International Chess Federation (FIDE) data. Numbers may have slightly changed since India has added a