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Ganguly, Surya Shekhar

Ganguly, Surya Shekhar

GM🇮🇳

FIDEFIDE 5002150· Male· India· Born in 1983

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Surya Shekhar Ganguly, a 43-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2568 and ranked 23rd among Indian players, and 245th worldwide. He has held steady between 2550 and 2575 for 16 months. 70 rated games in the past year (≈73/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 23rd Bangkok Chess Club Open 2026, PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL - CHALLENGERS TOURNAMENT 2026, and FIDE World Cup 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 1 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2676 was reached at age 33 (Jul 2016); he also reached World #55 in Mar 2010 and spent 31 months in the world top 100.

Awarded GM in 2003 (age 20) and IM in 2001 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #11 in U20 and World #17 in U18.

Current rating

2568

Standard

Rpd2545·Blz2491

All-time high

2676

108 pts below
Jul 2016 · age 33

Activity

66

games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo

70 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#23

#23 · Indian players · of 19,102
31 months in World top 100 (2008–2019)

Career timeline

28 entries
2024
14th 40-45 player worldwide
at age 41 · rated 2598
Nov 2024
2020
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2635 → returned at 2625
Mar 2020
2019
31 months in world top 100
since Jul 2008
Oct 2019
Re-crossed 2650
at age 36
Sep 2019
Re-crossed 2650
at age 36
Apr 2019
2018
Re-crossed 2650
at age 35
May 2018

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
FIDE World Cup 2025 · Nov 2025 · +2.3 Elo

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Apr 20267/9#62605+7.4
Round-Robin
Feb 20264/9#82511-7.2
Knockout
Nov 20252.5/4R1282724+9.0
Open Swiss
Sep 20257.5/11#392401-13.8
Open Swiss
Aug 20257/9#52609+6.8
Open Swiss
Jul 20256.5/9#162561+0.3

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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India
#23
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#69
in continent
World
#245
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
1
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2,751
2
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2,739
3
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2,733
4
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2,732
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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23🇮🇳Ganguly, Surya Shekhar2,568
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
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,733
8
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
9
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2,731
10
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2,729
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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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245🇮🇳Ganguly, Surya Shekhar2,568