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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 2026 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +47 Elo over the past 12 months. 28 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). 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 4 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
2026
Standard
Rpd1923·Blz1837
All-time high
2026
at best
Jun 2026 · age 21
Jun 2026 · age 21
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#23,744
#23,744 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
100th English 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2026
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2026
at age 21
Jun 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
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+47
1979 → 2026
Tournaments
6
24 games
Score
13.5/ 2456.3%
9W9D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 1.5/2 | #38 | 2152 | +6.8 |
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
#388
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#17,480
in continent
World
#23,744
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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