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IND · 22 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2723 (Feb 2026)

Best performance: 2834 at FIDE World Team Blitz Chess Championship 2026 - Stage 2(Best of 2026)

World #15 live#15 publishedIndia #2

NOV26 Rating

2721

Live Rating

2721.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

0

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Official blitz rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 202627210
Oct 202627210
Sep 202627210
Aug 202627210
Jul 20262721-2
Jun 202627230
May 202627230
Apr 202627230
Mar 202627230
Feb 20262723+18
Jan 20262705+24
Dec 202526810

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 2 games (2 wins), since Jun 21. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 6 games, Jun 20 – Jun 21.

From 517 blitz games on record, the latest on Jun 21.

Blitz games since the November list

No rated blitz games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
FIDE World Team Blitz Chess Championship 2026 - Stage 2Jun 20 – Jun 21TPR 28346½/9

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Best wins · Blitz

From 503 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2013–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Hikaru Nakamura, Dec 2022 · TATA Steel Chess India Blitz-2022, 2909
2, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, Dec 2019 · FIDE Open World Blitz Championship 2019, 2826
3, GM Vladislav Artemiev, Dec 2023 · FIDE Open World Blitz Championship 2023, 2799

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 171 of 517 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 31 of 85 games, 1.Nf3 in 27, 1.e4 in 19.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...e5 or 1...c5, and 1.d4 with 1...Nf6 or 1...d5.

All openings (8 as White, 10 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Queen's Pawn Game1867%
Zukertort Opening1557%
Sicilian Defense1060%
English Opening667%
Queen's Gambit Declined580%

19 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

3 of 42 events · All years

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by month

2026: 2722 over 37 rated games

MonthGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
Jun191325322665
Jan181126972777

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Nihal Sarin · Blitz

World

  1. #13GM Javokhir Sindarov2725.0
  2. #14GM Yangyi Yu2722.0
  3. #15GM Nihal Sarin2721.0
  4. #16GM Xiangzhi Bu2717.0
  5. #17GM Levon Aronian2714.0

India

  1. #1GM Erigaisi Arjun2766.0
  2. #2GM Nihal Sarin2721.0
  3. #3GM Praggnanandhaa R2712.0
  4. #4GM Viswanathan Anand2706.0
  5. #5GM Raunak Sadhwani2678.0

Live ratings projected from the NOV26 published list · Not affiliated with FIDE