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Aaryan Varshney
GM🇮🇳FIDE 45048975· Male· India· Born in 2005
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Aaryan Varshney, a 21-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2538 — his current career high and ranked 31st among Indian players, and 364th worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +102 Elo over the past 12 months. 133 rated games in the past year (≈80/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 7th DDDBCA Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026 (Above 1600 for all & Only DDDBCA Student above 1400), Andranik Margaryan Memorial - Round Robin (GM norm), and "2nd Bhilwara" International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament-2025. Also played 8 rapid (including National Rapid Chess Championship 2025-26) and 4 blitz events (including NATIONAL BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025-26) recently. He reached World #371 in May 2026.
Awarded GM in 2026 (age 21), IM in 2024 (age 19), and FM in 2018 (age 13). At junior level, he reached World #30 in U20, World #77 in U18, World #85 in U16, World #32 in U14, World #32 in U12 and #20 nationally in U10.
Current rating
2538
Standard
Rpd2294·Blz2274
All-time high
2538
at best
Apr 2026 · age 21
Apr 2026 · age 21
Activity
47
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
108 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#31
#31 · Indian players · of 19,243
Career timeline
22 entries2026
Peak World rank: #371
at age 21 · rated 2538
May 2026
GM title awardedGM
at age 21 · 2026 1st FIDE Council
May 2026
Peak Indian rank: #27
at age 21 · rated 2538
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2538
at age 21
Apr 2026
10-month rising streak
+102 Elo
Apr 2026
2025
30th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2507
Dec 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Best result
7th DDDBCA Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2026 (Above 1600 for all & Only DDDBCA Student above 1400)perf 2747 (+209) · 9/9 · #1
Top opponent
Open International d'Aix en Provence - Trophee Dole 2025 - Tournoi Masters (p2100 elo) · Jul 2025 · +3.0 Elo
Evolution
+102
2436 → 2538
Tournaments
14
112 games
Score
98/ 11287.5%
88W20D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 9/9 | #1 | 2747 | +8.6 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 7/9 | #1 | 2657 | +15.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 9/8 | #1 | 2587 | +6.4 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 7/9 | #1 | 2601 | +11.1 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 8.5/8 | #1 | 2675 | +3.5 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7.5/9 | #5 | 2126 | -7.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6/5 | #69 | 2382 | +4.0 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsGuha MitrabhaGM
🇮🇳IND·2525
+0 −1 =6
7 games·last met Oct 2025
View head-to-head →
vsAjay Santhosh ParvathareddyIM
🇮🇳IND·2503
+6 −0 =1
7 games·last met Jul 2025
View head-to-head →
vsDaaevik WadhawanIM
🇮🇳IND·2356
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
vsKoustav ChatterjeeGM
🇮🇳IND·2484
+1 −2 =3
6 games·last met Dec 2022
View head-to-head →
vsV PranavGM
🇮🇳IND·2661
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Nov 2022
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
India
#31
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#90
in continent
World
#364
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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