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Saksham Rautela

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FIDEFIDE 35046977· Male· India· Born in 2004

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Saksham Rautela, a 22-year-old Indian International Master, is rated 2295 and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is currently in the 2250–2300 range. 16 rated games in the past year (≈72/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship, 60th American Open, and 2025 Texas Collegiate Super Finals. He took a 26-month break between Apr 2020 and Jul 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2480 was reached at age 16 (Apr 2020); he also reached Indian #42 in Mar 2022.

Awarded IM in 2020 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #14 in U18, World #10 in U16, World #43 in U14, World #89 in U12 and #17, #27 and #60 nationally in U20, U10 and U8.

Current rating

2295

Standard

Rpd2301·Blz2276

All-time high

2480

−185 pts below
Apr 2020 · age 16

Activity

20

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 1%

#216 · Indian players · of 19,243

Career timeline

22 entries
2023
17th Indian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2366
Jan 2023
2022
Peak Indian rank: #42
at age 18 · rated 2480
Mar 2022
2021
14th U18 player worldwide
at age 17 · rated 2480
Feb 2021
2020
IM title awardedIM
at age 16 · 2020 3rd FIDE Council meeting
Oct 2020
10th U16 player worldwide
at age 16 · rated 2480
Aug 2020
Crossed 2400
at age 16
Apr 2020

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Luka BudisavljevicGM 2,494
2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship · Jan 2026 · +2.6 Elo
Evolution
-20
2315 → 2295
Tournaments
3
16 games
Score
8.5/ 1653.1%
6W5D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[D]vsLuka BudisavljevicGM2,494·2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship·R6·+2.6
2.[D]vsOleksii BilychIM2,447·60th American Open·R4·+1.9
3.[W]vsLeo Q Wang1,994·60th American Open·R5·+1.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship
Open Swiss
Jan 20262/6#992050-16.0
60th American Open
Open Swiss
Nov 20255.5/9#102218-5.3
2025 Texas Collegiate Super Finals
Team
Oct 20251/1#232523+0.8
Worst Elo result: 2026 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship (-16.0 Elo, finished #99).

Rankings

/
India
#216
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#799
in continent
World
#4,278
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
...
216🇮🇳Saksham Rautela2,295
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
🇻🇳Le, Quang LiemFollow Quang Liem LeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,731
...
799🇮🇳Saksham Rautela2,295
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
...
4278🇮🇳Saksham Rautela2,295