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Viraj Upadhyay

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FIDEFIDE 33496234· Male· India· Born in 2012

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Viraj Upadhyay, a 14-year-old Indian player, is rated 2045 — his current career high and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players under 14, and in the top 10% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +171 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent appearances: Sahovski turnir prijateljstva Elemir 2025 and SK Radnicki Open do 2300. He took a 34-month break between Aug 2022 and Jul 2025.

At junior level, he reached World #31 in U10 and #43 and #7 nationally in U14 and U12.

Current rating

2045

Standard

Rpd1710·Blz1773

All-time high

2045

at best
Apr 2026 · age 14

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 1%

#50 · Indian players under 14 · of 3,809

Career timeline

9 entries
2026
43rd Indian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2045
Apr 2026
Best 12-month gain (+171 Elo)
1874 → 2045
Apr 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 14
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2045
at age 14
Apr 2026
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 12
Mar 2024
2023
7th Indian U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1790
Jan 2023

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
Sahovski turnir prijateljstva Elemir 2025
perf 2117 (+134) · 5/8 · #6
Top opponent
vs Radivoj PerisicFM 2,217
Sahovski turnir prijateljstva Elemir 2025 · Jul 2025 · +11.7 Elo
Evolution
+126
1919 → 2045
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
8.5/ 1653.1%
6W5D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Sahovski turnir prijateljstva Elemir 2025
Swiss
Jul 20255/8#62117+64.0
SK Radnicki Open do 2300
Swiss
Jun 20253.5/7#72020+44.8

Rankings

/
India
#616
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,782
in continent
World
#21,359
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
1
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2,761
2
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2,739
3
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
4
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
🇮🇳Nihal SarinFollow Nihal SarinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,723
6
🇮🇳Vidit, Santosh GujrathiFollow Santosh Gujrathi ViditTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
7
🇮🇳Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.Follow Chithambaram VR. AravindhTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,692
8
🇮🇳Harikrishna, PentalaFollow Pentala HarikrishnaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,676
9
🇮🇳Karthikeyan, MuraliFollow Murali KarthikeyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,661
9
🇮🇳Pranav, VFollow V PranavTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,661
...
616🇮🇳Viraj Upadhyay2,045
Asia-Pacific
1
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
1
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
3
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
4
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
5
🇮🇳Anand, ViswanathanFollow Viswanathan AnandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇨🇳Ding, LirenFollow Liren DingTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,738
7
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
8
🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, IanFollow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,733
9
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
10
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2,731
...
2782🇮🇳Viraj Upadhyay2,045
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
21359🇮🇳Viraj Upadhyay2,045