Vignesh N

Vignesh N, a 21-year-old Indian player, is rated 1938 and sitting in the top 5% of Indian players. He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 2 years. 24 rated games in the past year (≈48/year long-term). Recent appearances: 16 th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2025 for Sakthi Group Dr.N.Mahalingam Trophy and Sri M.S.Venkataraman Memorial 10th International Fide Rating Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 4 rapid (including NALLU Memorial 3rd International Open Fide Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2024) and 1 blitz events (including Eight Square Chess Academy - 1st International FIDE Rated BLITZ Open Chess Tournament 2026) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 30 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 32 months (2022–2025). His peak of 2005 was reached at age 14 (Feb 2019).

At junior level, he reached #69, #52, #64, #29, #36, #42 and #94 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.