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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 72 Elo over the past 12 months. 137 rated games in the past year (≈64/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
85
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
109 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#320 · Indian players · of 19,243
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
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Best result
17TH KIIT INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL-2026 (CAT-A 1900 & Above)perf 2356 (+156) · 7/10 · #15
Top opponent
Evolution
-70
2270 → 2200
Tournaments
13
119 games
Score
80.5/ 11967.6%
65W31D23L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsDiptayan GhoshGM2,573·17TH KIIT INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL-2026 (CAT-A 1900 & Above)·R6·+17.9
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
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 7/10 | #15 | 2356 | +41.0 |
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·2398
+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·2435
+2 −3 =4
9 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsBalasubramaniam RamnathanIM
🇮🇳IND·2065
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
India
#320
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,318
in continent
World
#8,192
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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