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Saravana, Krishnan P.
IM🇮🇳FIDE 5018382· Male· India· Born in 1990
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Krishnan P. Saravana, a 36-year-old Indian International Master, is rated 2200 and sitting in the top 2% of Indian players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has slipped back 31 Elo over the past 12 months. 137 rated games in the past year (≈65/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 33rd RCC STS INTERNATIONAL FIDE RATED CLASSICAL CHESS CUP, Warrior Chess Academy - International 2nd FIDE Open Chess Tournament, and "Late Shri Vasudeva V Dempo Memorial" Fide Rating Chess Tournament. Also played 7 rapid (including Festival Caissa - Sceptre Rapid FIDE Rating Chess Tournament) and 5 blitz events (including Yerevan Open 2025 (blitz)) recently. His peak of 2396 was reached at age 27 (Oct 2017, Indian #73 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2018 (age 28). At junior level, he reached #7, #10, #3, #8 and #8 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2200
Standard
Rpd2112·Blz2233
All-time high
2396
−196 pts below
Oct 2017 · age 27
Oct 2017 · age 27
Activity
86
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
137 past 12 mo · ≈11/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#318 · Indian players · of 19,102
Career timeline
27 entries2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 35
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 35
May 2025
2022
Re-crossed 2200
at age 32
Dec 2022
2020
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 2312 → returned at 2340
Feb 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2300
at age 29
Aug 2019
2018
1,000 career games
at age 28
Sep 2018
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Best result
Eight Square Chess Academy - 1st International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament 2025perf 2386 (+93) · 8.5/9 · #1
Top opponent
21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'A') · Jun 2025 · +16.7 Elo
Evolution
-72
2272 → 2200
Tournaments
14
128 games
Score
87/ 12868.0%
71W32D25L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsLevan PantsulaiaGM2,551·21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'A')·R10·+16.7
2.[W]vsMd ImranIM2,470·Eight Square Chess Academy - 1st International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament 2025·R8·+14.7
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsChandra Prakash S1,866·Warrior Chess Academy - International 2nd FIDE Open Chess Tournament·R5·-17.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7.5/9 | #3 | 2140 | -1.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6.5/8 | #12 | 2134 | -6.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7/9 | #3 | 2065 | -12.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7/10 | #25 | 2180 | -12.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/10 | #39 | 2180 | -22.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/9 | #56 | 2177 | -23.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/9 | #60 | 2235 | -15.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7/9 | #10 | 2216 | -4.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 8.5/9 | #1 | 2386 | +21.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsR.R. LaxmanGM
🇮🇳IND·2245
+3 −10 =5
18 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsDeepan Chakkravarthy J.GM
🇮🇳IND·2404
+0 −8 =3
11 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsS. NitinIM
🇮🇳IND·2332
+4 −1 =4
9 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsShyaam Nikhil PGM
🇮🇳IND·2446
+2 −3 =4
9 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsBalasubramaniam RamnathanIM
🇮🇳IND·2057
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
India
#318
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,315
in continent
World
#8,164
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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