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Saksham Upadhyay

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FIDEFIDE 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

Activity

48

games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo

40 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 1%

#25 · Indian players under 12 · of 2,542

Career timeline

8 entries
2025
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

Best result
1St National Council for Culture Chess Tournament 2025
perf 2481 (+550) · 9/8 · #1
Top opponent

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Jan 20263.5/9#601985+27.2
Open Swiss
Aug 20256/8#81806-34.0
Open Swiss
Aug 20256/9#241973+24.8
Open Swiss
Jul 20259/8#12481+102.4
Worst Elo result: 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Juniors U16 (-34.0 Elo, finished #8).

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Rankings

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India
#917
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,393
in continent
World
#36,655
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
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3
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2,735
4
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2,732
5
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2,723
6
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2,708
7
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2,692
8
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2,676
9
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2,661
9
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917🇮🇳Saksham Upadhyay1,950
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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4393🇮🇳Saksham Upadhyay1,950
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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36655🇮🇳Saksham Upadhyay1,950