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Sareen, Vishal

Sareen, Vishal

IM🇮🇳

FIDEFIDE 5000599· Male· India· Born in 1973

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Vishal Sareen, a 53-year-old Indian International Master, is rated 2271 and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has slipped back 44 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include IM turnir Ptuj 2, First Saturday 2026 April - IM, and 2nd Skillcraft International Open Classical FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Nikunj Agarwal Memorial International FIDE rated Rapid Chess Tournament) and 1 blitz events (including Nikunj Agarwal Memorial International FIDE rated Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. He had 8 career breaks: 20 months (2007–2009), 32 months (2011–2014), 13 months (2014–2015), 39 months (2015–2018), 36 months (2018–2021, COVID-19 included), 25 months (2021–2023), 12 months (2023–2024) and 13 months (2024–2026). His peak of 2409 was reached at age 31 (Apr 2004, Indian #20 at the time).

Awarded IM in 2004 (age 31).

Current rating

2271

Standard

Rpd2245·Blz2169

All-time high

2409

138 pts below
Apr 2004 · age 31

Activity

13

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 1%

#231 · Indian players · of 19,102

Career timeline

21 entries
2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2315 → returned at 2305
Dec 2024
2nd Indian 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2330
Oct 2024
2023
1st Indian 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 2330
Dec 2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2330 → returned at 2315
Nov 2023
2021
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 2339 → returned at 2330
Sep 2021
2018
3rd Indian 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 2354
Dec 2018

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Rudolf SerticIM 2,346
First Saturday 2026 April - IM · Apr 2026 · +1.1 Elo
Evolution
-44
23152271
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
12.5/ 2550.0%
6W13D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Swiss
Apr 20264.5/10#42186-16.2
Round-Robin
Apr 20263.5/9#82160-17.7
Open Swiss
Dec 20254.5/6#1021848-10.2
Worst Elo result: First Saturday 2026 April - IM (-17.7 Elo, finished #8).

Rankings

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India
#231
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#914
in continent
World
#5,039
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
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3
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4
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5
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2,723
6
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2,708
7
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2,692
8
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2,676
9
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2,657
10
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2,648
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231🇮🇳Sareen, Vishal2,271
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,780
2
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2,776
3
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2,753
4
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2,751
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,733
8
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2,732
9
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2,731
10
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2,729
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914🇮🇳Sareen, Vishal2,271
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
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5039🇮🇳Sareen, Vishal2,271