Vivaan Vijay Saraogi

Vivaan Vijay Saraogi, a 15-year-old Indian Candidate Master, is rated 2163 — just 1 short of his peak of 2164 (Jan 2025, age 14) and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players under 16, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +120 Elo over the past 12 months. 49 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include ODISHA OPEN (THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTERS CHESS FESTIVAL 2025-26 Category 'A' 1900 & Above), 16 th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2025 for Sakthi Group Dr.N.Mahalingam Trophy, and Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament (Category - A Above 2000). Also played 2 rapid (including 1st VNIT Nagpur International FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament - 2025 Category D (Blitz)) recently. He took a 26-month break between Feb 2020 and May 2022 (COVID-19 included).

Awarded CM in 2023 (age 12). At junior level, he reached World #97 in U14, World #28 in U12, World #78 in U10, World #16 in U8 and #35 nationally in U16.