Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi

Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury, a 44-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2222 and sitting in the top 2% of Indian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has held steady between 2200 and 2250 for 2 years. 25 rated games in the past year (≈67/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2nd Late Shri Dhiraj Singh Raghuvanshi Memorial Fide Rating Open Chess Tournament, Classical FIDE Rated Tournament ( Chess for Everyone), and "Late Shri Vasudeva V Dempo Memorial" Fide Rating Chess Tournament. Also played 4 rapid (including Festival Caissa - Sceptre Rapid FIDE Rating Chess Tournament) and 3 blitz events (including Festival Caissa - Navaratna Blitz FIDE Rating Chess Tournanament) recently. He took a 12-month break between May 2022 and Jun 2023. His peak of 2500 was reached at age 31 (Jun 2013); he also reached Indian #18 in Apr 2003.

Awarded GM in 2013 (age 31) and IM in 2004 (age 22). At junior level, he reached World #95 in U20.