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Sadhwani, Raunak
GM🇮🇳FIDE 35093487· Male· India· Born in 2005
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Raunak Sadhwani, a 21-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2638 and ranked 11th among Indian players, and 84th worldwide. He has slipped back 34 Elo over the past 12 months. 71 rated games in the past year (≈92/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The XXIII Karpov International Chess Tournament, Aeroflot Open 2026, and Generation match. Also played 5 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 3 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2681 was reached at age 20 (Jul 2025, World #44 at the time); he has been in the world top 100 for 31 months and counting.
Awarded GM in 2020 (age 15), IM in 2018 (age 13), FM in 2017 (age 12), and CM in 2015 (age 10). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U16, World #4 in U20, World #4 in U18, World #3 in U14, World #3 in U12, World #6 in U10 and #32 nationally in U8.
Current rating
2638
Standard
Rpd2576·Blz2648
All-time high
2681
−43 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 20
Jul 2025 · age 20
Activity
80
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
71 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#11
#11 · Indian players · of 19,102
World top 100 since Nov 2023
World top 100 since Nov 2023
Career timeline
30 entries2026
31 months in world top 100 (ongoing)
longest streak 31 months · since Nov 2023
May 2026
2025
Peak World rank: #44
at age 20 · rated 2681
Jul 2025
All-time peak 2681
at age 20 · −43 from today
Jul 2025
4th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2675
Jan 2025
2024
Peak Indian rank: #8
at age 19 · rated 2677
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 2650
at age 19
Aug 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-34
2672 → 2638
Tournaments
8
62 games
Score
34.5/ 6255.6%
13W43D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #6 | 2607 | -4.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6.5/9 | #14 | 2642 | +0.8 |
Match | Feb 2026 | 2/4 | drew | 2692 | +3.2 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 2.5/4 | R128 | 2546 | -3.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6/11 | #34 | 2634 | -3.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/7 | #37 | 2543 | -12.9 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #48 | 2501 | -17.5 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #6 | 2644 | -4.5 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVladislav ArtemievGM
🇷🇺RUS·2641
+2 −7 =10
19 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsNigel D ShortGM
🇬🇧ENG·2594
+11 −2 =4
17 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsTeimour RadjabovGM
🇦🇿AZE·2689
+2 −3 =8
13 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsPraggnanandhaa RGM
🇮🇳IND·2733
+1 −9 =3
13 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsLeon Luke MendoncaGM
🇮🇳IND·2613
+8 −2 =2
12 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
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India
#11
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#31
in continent
World
#84
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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