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Bansal, Saahil
🇬🇧FIDE 438316· Male· England· Born in 2005
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Saahil Bansal, a 21-year-old English player, is rated 2019 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +42 Elo over the past 12 months. 26 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include 2025-26 4NCL Division 3 Bishops Rounds 7-8, 17th Northwick Park Congress - U2400, and Hampshire Chess Congress 2025 - Open. Also played 7 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 5 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool B) recently.
At junior level, he reached #20, #11, #17, #22 and #31 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2019
Standard
Rpd1923·Blz1837
All-time high
2019
at best
Apr 2026 · age 21
Apr 2026 · age 21
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#24,656
#24,656 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
13 entries2026
All-time peak 2019
at age 21
Apr 2026
2025
20th English U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2016
Sep 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 20
Sep 2025
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2022
11th English U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1940
Aug 2022
2021
17th English U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1884
Oct 2021
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+40
1979 → 2019
Tournaments
5
22 games
Score
12/ 2254.5%
8W8D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #14 | 2158 | +7.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/5 | #19 | 1988 | -3.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/5 | #6 | 2008 | -0.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #24 | 2014 | -0.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/8 | #56 | 2174 | +37.2 |
Rankings
/
England
#400
out of 3,845 players
Europe
#18,182
in continent
World
#24,656
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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