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Saksham Upadhyay
🇮🇳FIDE 88122190· Male· India· Born in 2014
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Saksham Upadhyay, a 12-year-old Indian player, is rated 1950 — just 4 short of his peak of 1954 (Feb 2025, age 11) and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players under 12. He is on a steady climb with +28 Elo over the past 12 months. 40 rated games in the past year (≈49/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open A, 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Juniors U16, and 31stAbuDhabiInternationalChess Festival-Open A. Also played 3 rapid (including KICA Rapid Tournament 2025) and 4 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #73 in U10 and #12 nationally in U12.
Current rating
1950
Standard
Rpd2024·Blz2003
All-time high
1954
−4 pts below
Feb 2025 · age 11
Feb 2025 · age 11
Activity
48
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
40 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#25 · Indian players under 12 · of 2,542
Career timeline
8 entries2025
100 career games
at age 11
May 2025
12th Indian U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1954
Feb 2025
Best 12-month gain (+685 Elo)
1269 → 1954
Feb 2025
All-time peak 1954
at age 11 · −4 from today
Feb 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 10
Dec 2024
73rd U10 player worldwide
at age 10 · rated 1885
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+121
1829 → 1950
Tournaments
4
35 games
Score
24.5/ 3570.0%
22W5D8L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsAkshobhya Damodar KattiCM2,048·Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open A·R4·+25.4
3.[W]vsSalim Al Amri Salim MohammedFM2,023·Muscat Nights International Chess Championship 2026 - Open A·R9·+24.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/9 | #60 | 1985 | +27.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/8 | #8 | 1806 | -34.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #24 | 1973 | +24.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 9/8 | #1 | 2481 | +102.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMithilesh Ranjithkumar
🇮🇳IND·1940
+2 −9 =1
12 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsEzhil Aadhav Kaladharan
🇮🇳IND·1707
+5 −4 =1
10 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsAhmad Alrefae
🇰🇼KUW·1853
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsIbrahim Adly
🇪🇬EGY
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsDennis Poliquit
🇵🇭PHI·2018
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Jul 2025
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Rankings
/
India
#917
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,393
in continent
World
#36,655
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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