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Daggupati, Balaji

GM🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 2090759· Male· United States of America· Born in 2005

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Balaji Daggupati, a 21-year-old American Grandmaster, is rated 2459 and sitting in the top 1% of American players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2450 and 2500 for 2 years. 28 rated games in the past year (≈67/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship, 2025 U.S. Masters, and 2025 Texas Collegiate Super Finals. His peak of 2513 was reached at age 18 (Mar 2023, American #38 at the time).

Awarded GM in 2022 (age 17), IM in 2021 (age 16), and FM in 2017 (age 12). At junior level, he reached World #27 in U20, World #15 in U18, World #16 in U16, World #18 in U14, World #3 in U12, World #47 in U10 and World #14 in U8.

Current rating

2459

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2513

−54 pts below
Mar 2023 · age 18

Activity

39

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 1%

#58 · American players · of 5,026

Career timeline

23 entries
2024
27th U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2490
May 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2500
at age 18
Aug 2023
All-time peak 2513
at age 18 · −54 from today
Mar 2023
Peak American rank: #38
at age 18 · rated 2507
Feb 2023
2022
15th U18 player worldwide
at age 17 · rated 2507
Nov 2022
Crossed 2500
at age 17
Oct 2022

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Isik CanGM 2,552
2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship · Jan 2026 · +1.3 Elo
Evolution
+6
2453 → 2459
Tournaments
4
28 games
Score
18.5/ 2866.1%
14W9D5L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAnastasya ParamzinaWGM2,133·91st Southwest Open·R9·-8.7
2.[L]vsSam Luger2,248·2025 U.S. Masters·R6·-7.7
3.[L]vsJose Gabriel Cardoso CardosoGM2,518·2025 Texas Collegiate Super Finals·R4·-4.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship
Open Swiss
Jan 20264/6#222433+1.5
2025 U.S. Masters
Open Swiss
Nov 20256/9#192425-1.7
2025 Texas Collegiate Super Finals
Team
Oct 20252/4#142451-0.5
91st Southwest Open
Swiss
Aug 20256.5/9#22456+7.1

Most-Played Opponents

vsJosiah StearmanIM
🇺🇸USA·2477
+4 −4 =3
11 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsAndrew HongGM
🇺🇸USA·2592
+1 −4 =3
8 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsAbhimanyu MishraGM
🇺🇸USA·2638
+3 −0 =5
8 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsVladimir BelousGM
🇷🇺RUS·2468
+0 −0 =7
7 games·last met Feb 2023
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vsMilind MaitiFM
🇺🇸USA·2256
+6 −0 =1
7 games·last met Jun 2022
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Rankings

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United States of America
#58
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#112
in continent
World
#928
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
United States of America
1
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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2,696
7
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9
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10
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58🇺🇸Daggupati, Balaji2,459
Americas
1
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2,792
1
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2,792
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
4
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,742
5
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
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2,696
7
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
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112🇺🇸Daggupati, Balaji2,459
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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9
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928🇺🇸Daggupati, Balaji2,459