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Sairam, Pranav
🇺🇸FIDE 30951330· Male· United States of America· Born in 2007
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Pranav Sairam, a 19-year-old American player, is rated 2129 — just 16 short of his peak of 2145 (Nov 2025, age 18) and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +136 Elo over the past 12 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 February BayAreaChess Real FIDE Championship - MXA, 2026 Daniel Naroditsky Memorial New Year Open - MXA, and 2025 U.S. Masters. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 December Mechanics' Weekend - Rapid 1800 and Over) and 2 blitz events (including 2026 Cornerstone New Year's Classic - Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #41, #44, #44, #25 and #48 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2129
Standard
Rpd2151·Blz2026
All-time high
2145
−16 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 18
Nov 2025 · age 18
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 6%
#12,868 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2026
41st American U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2134
Feb 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
44th American U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2145
Nov 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 18
Nov 2025
All-time peak 2145
at age 18 · −16 from today
Nov 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 18
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+115
2014 → 2129
Tournaments
7
35 games
Score
25/ 3571.4%
21W8D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/4 | #6 | 2068 | -4.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/3 | #21 | 2507 | +5.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/9 | #146 | 2124 | -16.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/5 | #2 | 2509 | +46.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/7 | #1 | 2125 | +42.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/3 | #4 | 2696 | +42.4 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2/2 | #15 | 2590 | +21.2 |
Rankings
/
United States of America
#411
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#1,348
in continent
World
#12,868
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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