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Narayanan S L
GM🇮🇳FIDE 5058422· Male· India· Born in 1998
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Narayanan S L, a 28-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2581 and ranked 19th among Indian players, and 210th worldwide. He has slipped back 31 Elo over the past 12 months. 142 rated games in the past year (≈86/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A, 19th international chess tournament "In Memory of Georgy Agzamov" Open-A, and Aeroflot Open 2026. Also played 5 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 4 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2695 was reached at age 26 (Mar 2024); he also reached World #39 in May 2024 and spent 40 months in the world top 100.
Previously known as Narayanan.S.L (until Mar 2013). Awarded GM in 2016 (age 18) and IM in 2014 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #7 in U20, World #13 in U18, World #12 in U16, World #5 in U14, World #71 in U12 and World #67 in U10.
Current rating
2581
Standard
Rpd2556·Blz2647
All-time high
2695
−114 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 26
Mar 2024 · age 26
Activity
104
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
106 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#19
#19 · Indian players · of 19,243
40 months in World top 100 (2021–2025)
40 months in World top 100 (2021–2025)
Career timeline
26 entries2025
Re-crossed 2600
at age 27
Oct 2025
Re-crossed 2600
at age 27
Jun 2025
40 months in world top 100
longest streak 40 months · since Oct 2021
Jan 2025
2024
Peak World rank: #39
at age 26 · rated 2695
May 2024
All-time peak 2695
at age 26 · −126 from today
Mar 2024
2022
Peak Indian rank: #4
at age 24 · rated 2658
Feb 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-16
2597 → 2581
Tournaments
14
106 games
Score
69.5/ 10665.6%
40W59D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6.5/7 | #2 | 2634 | +5.1 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6.5/7 | #1 | 2690 | +6.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #52 | 2415 | -14.3 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7/10 | #6 | 2577 | -2.9 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/9 | #82 | 2421 | -21.7 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #90 | 2614 | +0.1 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7.5/10 | #7 | 2519 | -6.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #107 | 2549 | -0.9 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 3/6 | R64 | 2599 | -1.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 5.5/7 | #11 | 2660 | +6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAbhimanyu PuranikGM
🇮🇳IND·2603
+3 −2 =11
16 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsErigaisi ArjunGM
🇮🇳IND·2761
+4 −3 =7
14 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsDavid NavaraGM
🇨🇿CZE·2639
+4 −5 =4
13 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsN Krishna TejaIM
🇮🇳IND·2337
+6 −1 =5
12 games·last met Aug 2018
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vsParham MaghsoodlooGM
🇮🇷IRI·2706
+2 −7 =2
11 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
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India
#19
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#58
in continent
World
#210
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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