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Iniyan, Pa
GM🇮🇳FIDE 25002767· Male· India· Born in 2002
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Pa Iniyan, a 24-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2573 — just 28 short of his peak of 2601 (Nov 2025, age 23) and ranked 20th among Indian players, and 230th worldwide. He has held steady between 2575 and 2600 for 7 months. 140 rated games in the past year (≈123/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026, V Open Chess Menorca 2026, and 52 Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez de La Roda 2026. Also played 4 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 5 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached World #156 in Nov 2025.
Awarded GM in 2019 (age 17) and IM in 2017 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #11 in U20, World #13 in U18, World #7 in U16, World #11 in U14, World #15 in U12, World #40 in U10 and World #9 in U8.
Current rating
2573
Standard
Rpd2463·Blz2442
All-time high
2601
−28 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 23
Nov 2025 · age 23
Activity
140
games / yr avg. · ≈12/mo
104 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#20
#20 · Indian players · of 19,243
Career timeline
26 entries2025
Peak World rank: #156
at age 23 · rated 2601
Nov 2025
Crossed 2600
at age 23
Nov 2025
All-time peak 2601
at age 23 · −14 from today
Nov 2025
Peak Indian rank: #16
at age 23 · rated 2578
Apr 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2500
at age 22
Jun 2024
2022
11th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2556
Sep 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+15
2558 → 2573
Tournaments
12
104 games
Score
76/ 10473.1%
55W42D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2706 | +12.4 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6/9 | #18 | 2535 | -4.3 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6.5/9 | #6 | 2239 | -14.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/9 | #3 | 2550 | -1.3 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7/9 | #10 | 2482 | -1.9 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/9 | #8 | 2529 | -5.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #11 | 2546 | -3.4 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 2/4 | R128 | 2553 | -2.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 9/11 | #1 | 2537 | +2.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/8 | #12 | 2651 | +6.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGuha MitrabhaGM
🇮🇳IND·2525
+3 −3 =5
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsRaahul V SGM
🇮🇳IND·2402
+7 −1 =3
11 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsDeepan Chakkravarthy J.GM
🇮🇳IND·2398
+5 −3 =2
10 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsAbhimanyu PuranikGM
🇮🇳IND·2603
+2 −7 =1
10 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsV S RathanvelIM
🇮🇳IND·2492
+3 −3 =4
10 games·last met Aug 2024
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Rankings
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India
#20
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#62
in continent
World
#230
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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