Recent Indian Chess Grandmasters:

 Recent Indian Chess Grandmasters: 

72nd: Mitrabha Guha (West Bengal) 
71st: Sankalp Gupta (Maharashtra) 
70th: Raja Rithvik (Telangana) 
69th: Harshit Rap (Maharashtra) 
68th: Arjun Kalyan (Tamil Nadu) 
67th: Leon Mendonca (Goa) 
66th: G Akash (Tamil Nadu)

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