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Narayanan S L

Narayanan S L

GM🇮🇳

FIDEFIDE 5058422· Male· India· Born in 1998

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Narayanan S L, a 28-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2569 and ranked 21st among Indian players, and 241st worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2569 and 2649 over the past 2 years. 133 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

2569

Standard

Rpd2546·Blz2647

All-time high

2695

126 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 26

Activity

106

games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo

133 past 12 mo · ≈11/mo
classical only
Very active

Signature stat

#21

#21 · Indian players · of 19,102
40 months in World top 100 (2021–2025)

Career timeline

26 entries
2025
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

Activity & highlights

Best result
FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
perf 2680 (+63) · 6/11 · #41
Top opponent
vs Yangyi YuGM 2,726
FIDE World Cup 2025 · Nov 2025 · +1.5 Elo
Evolution
-31
26002569
Tournaments
13
109 games
Score
64/ 10958.7%
39W63D7L

Last 12 months — tournaments

11 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Apr 20266/9#522415-14.3
Open Swiss
Mar 20267/10#62577-2.9
Open Swiss
Feb 20264.5/9#822421-21.7
Team
Feb 20261/2#902614+0.1
Open Swiss
Dec 20257.5/10#72519-6.8
Team
Dec 20250.5/1#1072549-0.9
Knockout
Nov 20253/6R642599-1.0
Team
Sep 20255.5/7#112660+6.8
Open Swiss
Sep 20256/11#412680+13.9
Open Swiss
Aug 20254.5/9#242639+5.4
Worst Elo result: Aeroflot Open 2026 (-21.7 Elo, finished #82).

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Rankings

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India
#21
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#67
in continent
World
#241
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
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India
1
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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21🇮🇳Narayanan S L2,569
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,780
2
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2,776
3
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2,753
4
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2,751
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,733
8
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2,732
9
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2,731
10
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2,729
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World
1
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2,840
2
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3
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4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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10
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241🇮🇳Narayanan S L2,569