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Hemanth Raam
🇮🇳FIDE 5084580· Male· India· Born in 2000
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Hemanth Raam, a 26-year-old Indian player, is rated 2249 — just 19 short of his peak of 2268 (Feb 2024, age 24) and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +37 Elo over the past 12 months. 44 rated games in the past year (≈69/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 42nd Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai, Airport IM-Turnier 2025, and Forintos Gyozo Memorial IM. Also played 1 rapid event (including 7th SHAASTRA Rapid FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2026) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 26 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 20 months (2024–2025).
At junior level, he reached #42, #13, #21, #20, #28 and #29 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2249
Standard
Rpd1941·Blz2006
All-time high
2268
−19 pts below
Feb 2024 · age 24
Feb 2024 · age 24
Activity
50
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
44 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#257 · Indian players · of 19,102
Career timeline
21 entries2024
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2212 → returned at 2250
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 24
Feb 2024
All-time peak 2268
at age 24 · −19 from today
Feb 2024
2023
Best 12-month gain (+262 Elo)
1944 → 2206
Dec 2023
Re-crossed 2200
at age 23
Oct 2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 23
Aug 2023
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
35th Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennaiperf 2365 (+115) · 6/9 · #2
Evolution
+37
2212 → 2249
Tournaments
5
44 games
Score
22.5/ 4451.1%
12W21D11L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsCarlomagno OblitasIM2,321·35th Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai·R8·+12.0
2.[W]vsMukund Hemant AgarwalFM2,312·35th Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai·R7·+11.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJaiveer MahendruFM2,247·42nd Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai·R1·-10.1
3.[L]vsMikulas ManikGM2,251·42nd Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai·R9·-9.9
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 2.5/9 | #10 | 2132 | -30.2 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #4 | 2340 | +21.2 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 4.5/9 | #5 | 2235 | -3.4 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 4.5/8 | #5 | 2299 | +11.0 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #2 | 2365 | +38.2 |
Worst Elo result: 42nd Tamil Nadu IM Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament - Chennai (-30.2 Elo, finished #10).
Rankings
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India
#257
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,025
in continent
World
#5,854
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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