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ENG · 23 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1827 (Mar 2026)

Best performance: 2030 at V Mindsports International Festival 2025 - 2nd Night Blitz(Best of 2025)

World #=34689 live, down 339#34,350 publishedEngland #=533

NOV26 Rating

1822

Live Rating

1822.0

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 202618220
Oct 202618220
Sep 202618220
Aug 202618220
Jul 202618220
Jun 20261822-5
May 202618270
Apr 202618270
Mar 20261827+1
Feb 202618260
Jan 20261826+12
Dec 20251814+1

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 2 games (1 win, 1 draw), since May 6. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 206 blitz games on record, the latest on May 6.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
Brainstormchess FIDE Blitz Grand Prix 2026 - 2nd Blitz - 6th MayMay 6TPR 17964½/9

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 169 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2016–2026

#OpponentRating
1, WGM Elvira Berend, Nov 2025 · 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Blitz 2, 2260
2, Zain Patel, Aug 2025 · V Mindsports International Festival 2025 - 2nd Night Blitz, 2075
3, Branko Bijeljic, Sep 2024 · UK Open Blitz 2024 - London Qualifier, 2003

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 39 of 206 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 18 of 18 games.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...d6 or 1...e5.

All openings (2 as White, 3 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense580%
King's Gambit Accepted450%

9 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

1 of 23 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: 1796 over 8 rated games

MonthGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
May84½17531796

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

Rated near Varun Sahdev · Blitz

World

  1. #=34689Daymer Alberto Mena Mena1822.0
  2. #=34689Enzo Baroli Bernardo1822.0
  3. #=34689Varun Sahdev1822.0
  4. #=34689Arben Alhasa1822.0
  5. #=34689Roy Sumit1822.0

England

  1. #=531Tom Balmond1823.0
  2. #=533Cedric Demarcus1822.0
  3. #=533Varun Sahdev1822.0
  4. #535Krish V1821.6
  5. #=536Michael T Harris1821.0

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