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Grover, Sahaj
GM🇮🇳FIDE 5021103· Male· India· Born in 1995
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Sahaj Grover, a 31-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2490 and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +33 Elo over the past 12 months. 67 rated games in the past year (≈76/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include HUN Team 1st Div. Charousek R Memorial Group 2025-26 R 10, SixDays Budapest February 2026 - GM-C, and Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 1st League Open. He took a 26-month break between Feb 2020 and May 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2532 was reached at age 17 (Jan 2012, Indian #14 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2012 (age 17), IM in 2010 (age 15), and FM in 2005 (age 10). At junior level, he reached World #16 in U20, World #7 in U18, World #5 in U16, World #5 in U14, World #9 in U12, World #33 in U10 and World #26 in U8.
Current rating
2490
Standard
Rpd2492·Blz2421
All-time high
2532
−42 pts below
Jan 2012 · age 17
Jan 2012 · age 17
Activity
72
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
67 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#54 · Indian players · of 19,102
Career timeline
27 entries2023
Re-crossed 2500
at age 28
Nov 2023
2020
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 2504 → returned at 2505
Feb 2020
2018
Re-crossed 2500
at age 23
Jun 2018
2016
Re-crossed 2500
at age 21
Mar 2016
2015
Re-crossed 2500
at age 20
Dec 2015
16th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2526
Apr 2015
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+25
2465 → 2490
Tournaments
7
48 games
Score
30.5/ 4863.5%
20W23D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #74 | 2469 | -0.3 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 7/9 | #1 | 2611 | +14.9 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #26 | 3165 | +3.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 6/9 | #8 | 2547 | +10.9 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #3 | 2460 | 0.0 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #7 | 2378 | -10.3 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/9 | #18 | 2503 | +5.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAbhijeet GuptaGM
🇮🇳IND·2540
+1 −4 =9
14 games·last met Jan 2015
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vsDaniel CawderyIM
🇿🇦RSA·2312
+2 −1 =8
11 games·last met May 2019
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vsRodwell MakotoIM
🇿🇼ZIM·2325
+5 −1 =3
9 games·last met May 2019
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vsDeep SenguptaGM
🇮🇳IND·2488
+0 −5 =3
8 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsKeith KhumaloCM
🇿🇦RSA·2179
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Mar 2022
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Rankings
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India
#54
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#167
in continent
World
#663
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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