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Sethuraman, S.P.

Sethuraman, S.P.

GM🇮🇳

FIDEFIDE 5021596· Male· India· Born in 1993

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S.P. Sethuraman, a 33-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2551 and ranked 27th among Indian players, and 304th worldwide. He has held steady between 2550 and 2575 for 14 months. 68 rated games in the past year (≈100/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 19th international chess tournament "In Memory of Georgy Agzamov" Open-A, Kazakhstan Open Cup 2025, and 62nd National Chess Championship -2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Rapid Rating Chess Tournament 2026) and 2 blitz events (including Shakti Grandeur 9.0 International Open Fide Blitz Rating Chess Tournament 2026) recently. His peak of 2673 was reached at age 25 (Sep 2018, World #69 at the time); he spent 12 months in the world top 100.

Awarded GM in 2011 (age 18) and IM in 2007 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #13 in U20, World #9 in U18, World #13 in U16, World #5 in U14, World #5 in U12 and World #41 in U10.

Current rating

2551

Standard

Rpd2526·Blz2503

All-time high

2673

−122 pts below
Sep 2018 · age 25

Activity

105

games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo

50 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Very active

Signature stat

#27

#27 · Indian players · of 19,243
12 months in World top 100 (2016–2019)

Career timeline

28 entries
2024
Re-crossed 2600
at age 31
Feb 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2600
at age 30
Nov 2023
Re-crossed 2600
at age 30
Sep 2023
2020
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2644 → returned at 2628
Mar 2020
2019
12 months in world top 100
since Mar 2016
Jan 2019
2018
Peak World rank: #69
at age 25 · rated 2673
Sep 2018

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
Oskemen Open 2025 MASTERS
perf 2677 (+108) · 6.5/9 · #4
Top opponent
vs Richard RapportGM 2,715
Oskemen Open 2025 MASTERS · Jul 2025 · +2.0 Elo
Evolution
-3
2554 → 2551
Tournaments
5
60 games
Score
32/ 6053.3%
25W28D7L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAleksey GrebnevGM2,632·Kazakhstan Open Cup 2025·R9·+6.1
2.[W]vsSanan SjugirovGM2,620·Kazakhstan Open Cup 2025·R10·+5.9
3.[W]vsIlamparthi A RGM2,500·Oskemen Open 2025 MASTERS·R8·+4.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
19th international chess tournament "In Memory of Georgy Agzamov" Open-A
Open Swiss
Mar 20266.5/10#102504-5.6
Kazakhstan Open Cup 2025
Round-Robin
Dec 20255.5/11#72563+1.0
62nd National Chess Championship -2025
Open Swiss
Sep 20257.5/11#332379-16.2
Almaty Region Open - Qonaev CUP 2025 (MASTERS)
Open Swiss
Aug 20256/9#92592+3.2
Oskemen Open 2025 MASTERS
Open Swiss
Jul 20256.5/9#42677+14.5
Worst Elo result: 62nd National Chess Championship -2025 (-16.2 Elo, finished #33).

Most-Played Opponents

vsSantosh Gujrathi ViditGM
🇮🇳IND·2708
+3 −8 =6
17 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsB. AdhibanGM
🇮🇳IND·2550
+1 −7 =8
16 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsP. KarthikeyanGM
🇮🇳IND·2306
+5 −3 =6
14 games·last met May 2026
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vsR.R. LaxmanGM
🇮🇳IND·2245
+8 −3 =3
14 games·last met Jun 2024
View head-to-head →
vsDeep SenguptaGM
🇮🇳IND·2488
+9 −2 =2
13 games·last met Aug 2023
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Rankings

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India
#27
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#77
in continent
World
#304
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
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3
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4
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5
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2,723
6
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7
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8
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9
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Asia-Pacific
1
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2,777
1
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2,777
3
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2,761
4
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2,753
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,735
8
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2,733
9
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2,732
10
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2,731
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World
1
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2,841
2
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4
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2,761
9
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9
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304🇮🇳Sethuraman, S.P.2,551