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Aarav Dengla
GM🇮🇳FIDE 45059756· Male· India· Born in 2009
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Aarav Dengla, a 17-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2506 — his current career high and ranked 3rd among Indian players under 18, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +140 Elo over the past 12 months. 77 rated games in the past year (≈79/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include GM i IM Round Robin "Festival saha Bijeljina 2026" GM1 "Izvor Banja Dvorovi", GM MIX Bijeljina 2026, and GM1_Festival saha "Bijeljina 2025". Also played 2 rapid (including FIDE World Junior Rapid Championship (Open U20) 2025) and 2 blitz events (including FIDE World Junior Blitz Championship (Open U20) 2025) recently. He reached Indian #44 in Mar 2026.
Awarded GM in 2026 (age 17), IM in 2024 (age 15), and FM in 2022 (age 13). At junior level, he reached World #13 in U18, World #15 in U16, World #8 in U14, World #10 in U12, World #3 in U10 and World #5 in U8.
Current rating
2506
Standard
Rpd2223·Blz2303
All-time high
2506
at best
Feb 2026 · age 17
Feb 2026 · age 17
Activity
67
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
77 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#3
#3 · Indian players under 18 · of 1,391
Career timeline
20 entries2026
13th U18 player worldwide
at age 17 · rated 2506
May 2026
GM title awardedGM
at age 17 · 2026 1st FIDE Council
May 2026
Peak Indian rank: #44
at age 17 · rated 2506
Mar 2026
Crossed 2500
at age 17
Feb 2026
All-time peak 2506
at age 17
Feb 2026
2025
15th U16 player worldwide
at age 16 · rated 2480
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Best result
S: Zupanja Celebrates Chess- 70 Years of Pride and Tradition- GM Tournament 1perf 2613 (+133) · 7/9 · #1
Top opponent
Evolution
+140
2366 → 2506
Tournaments
10
77 games
Score
53/ 7768.8%
32W42D3L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsMilovan RatkovicGM2,481·GM i IM Round Robin "Festival saha Bijeljina 2026" GM1 "Izvor Banja Dvorovi"·R3·+4.6
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsGoran DjurovicIM2,356·S: Zupanja Celebrates Chess- 70 Years of Pride and Tradition- GM Tournament 3·R2·-6.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 7/9 | #2 | 2626 | +17.3 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7/9 | #2 | 2628 | +17.8 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2569 | +11.9 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/5 | #269 | 2266 | -9.1 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/8 | #34 | 2376 | -10.7 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1/2 | #167 | 2199 | -6.7 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/9 | #11 | 2396 | +5.3 |
Round-Robin | Jun 2025 | 5/9 | #4 | 2442 | +19.2 |
Round-Robin | Jun 2025 | 5.5/8 | #4 | 2539 | +37.8 |
Round-Robin | Jun 2025 | 7/9 | #1 | 2613 | +57.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
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India
#46
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#144
in continent
World
#546
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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