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Raunak Sadhwani
R Sadhwani 
Photo courtesy of laprovincia.es  

Number of games in database: 815
Years covered: 2016 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2681 (2611 rapid, 2654 blitz)
Overall record: +164 -101 =190 (56.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 360 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (111) 
    B90 B40 B32 B33 B31
 Ruy Lopez (38) 
    C65 C67 C77 C84 C70
 Giuoco Piano (34) 
    C50 C53
 Queen's Pawn Game (33) 
    A45 D02 A46 D00 A40
 Sicilian Najdorf (32) 
    B90 B92 B95 B94 B97
 English, 1 c4 e5 (24) 
    A28 A20 A29 A21
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (49) 
    B90 B47 B67 B31 B40
 Caro-Kann (38) 
    B12 B10 B13 B18 B11
 Queen's Pawn Game (36) 
    E10 A45 A41 D02 A50
 Ruy Lopez (36) 
    C65 C67 C60 C84 C85
 King's Indian (32) 
    E71 E92 E94 E90 E62
 English, 1 c4 e5 (20) 
    A28 A20 A29 A21
Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Tahbaz vs R Sadhwani, 2025 0-1
   R Sadhwani vs A Suleymanli, 2023 1-0
   B Jacobson vs R Sadhwani, 2022 0-1
   E Kovalevskaya vs R Sadhwani, 2020 0-1
   R Sadhwani vs Rapport, 2023 1-0
   R Sadhwani vs P Ponkratov, 2023 1-0
   R Sadhwani vs S Sjugirov, 2019 1-0
   R Sadhwani vs A Sarana, 2019 1-0
   R Sadhwani vs A Mikaelyan, 2022 1-0
   J B Bjerre vs R Sadhwani, 2022 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Innsbruck Open-A (2021)
   19th Spilimbergo Open (2021)
   London Classic Masters (2024)
   Serbia Open Masters (2023)
   Julius Baer Challenge (2022)
   MPL Indian Chess Tour #1 (2022)
   Bundesliga 2024/25 (2024)
   Dubai Open-A (2024)
   Benasque Open (2023)
   Aeroflot Open (2020)
   Sunway Sitges Open (2019)
   Gibraltar Masters (2019)
   Pro Chess League (2018)
   PRO League Group Stage (2019)
   Chennai Olympiad (2022)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Chess Stars 5.0 Blitz
   B Assaubayeva vs R Sadhwani (Jun-30-25) 0-1, blitz
   R Sadhwani vs Lagno (Jun-30-25) 1-0, blitz
   Goryachkina vs R Sadhwani (Jun-30-25) 0-1, blitz
   Y Hou vs R Sadhwani (Jun-30-25) 0-1, blitz
   R Sadhwani vs Karjakin (Jun-30-25) 1-0, blitz

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RAUNAK SADHWANI
(born Dec-22-2005, 19 years old) India

[what is this?]

International Master (2018) Grandmaster (2019). Indian chess player and Grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he achieved the title of Grandmaster at age 13. He is the 9th youngest player in history and the 4th youngest Indian to become a Grandmaster.

Raunak was U-10 Commonwealth Champion in 2015 in New Delhi, India.

Grandmaster at the age of 13 years 9 months 27 days.

References / Sources

(1) http://ratings.fide.com/view_source...

Wikipedia article: Raunak Sadhwani

Last updated: 2021-12-20 15:03:51

Try our new games table.

 page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 815  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. R Sadhwani vs T S Ravi  0-14320169th Mayors Cup OpenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
2. R Sadhwani vs G Koushik  ½-½3920169th Mayors Cup OpenC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
3. S Ahmed vs R Sadhwani  1-03320169th Mayors Cup OpenB40 Sicilian
4. G Aradhya vs R Sadhwani  ½-½232016Abu Dhabi MastersE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
5. R Sadhwani vs R Sardana  0-1872016Abu Dhabi MastersC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
6. A L Muthaiah vs R Sadhwani  1-0562016Abu Dhabi MastersA04 Reti Opening
7. A M Al Ghamdi vs R Sadhwani  ½-½302016Abu Dhabi MastersB42 Sicilian, Kan
8. R Sadhwani vs R Srinath  1-0672016Abu Dhabi MastersC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
9. R Sadhwani vs H Raja  1-0562016Abu Dhabi MastersB06 Robatsch
10. P Iniyan vs R Sadhwani  1-0662016Abu Dhabi MastersE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
11. R Sadhwani vs I Ivanisevic  0-1962016Sunway Sitges OpenB49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
12. R Sadhwani vs R Cifuentes  ½-½452016Sunway Sitges OpenC41 Philidor Defense
13. S Bromberger vs R Sadhwani  1-0422016Rilton Cup 2016/17E46 Nimzo-Indian
14. R Sadhwani vs Axel Berglind  ½-½572016Rilton Cup 2016/17B97 Sicilian, Najdorf
15. F Grafl vs R Sadhwani 1-0442016Rilton Cup 2016/17A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
16. R Sadhwani vs A Henderson de La Fuente  1-0262016Rilton Cup 2016/17C41 Philidor Defense
17. H Sorensen vs R Sadhwani  0-1522017Rilton Cup 2016/17D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
18. R Sadhwani vs P Balcerak  0-1482017Rilton Cup 2016/17B83 Sicilian
19. T Luukkonen vs R Sadhwani  1-0502017Rilton Cup 2016/17B10 Caro-Kann
20. R Sadhwani vs L Carlsson  1-0922017Rilton Cup 2016/17B06 Robatsch
21. F Bracker vs R Sadhwani  ½-½512017Rilton Cup 2016/17B12 Caro-Kann Defense
22. N Das vs R Sadhwani  1-0282017Delhi OpenB10 Caro-Kann
23. S Nitin vs R Sadhwani  1-0262017Delhi OpenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
24. R Sadhwani vs Lenderman  ½-½762017PRO League Group StageC01 French, Exchange
25. M Arnold vs R Sadhwani  1-0402017PRO League Group StageB10 Caro-Kann
 page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 815  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-24-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Another prodigy. Here's his IoM rd. 4 game yesterday:

White: Aryan Tari (2618). Black: Sadhwani (2438)

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Be4 6.f3 Bh7 7.e6 Qd6 8.exf7+ Kxf7 9.Bd3 e5 10.dxe5 Qxe5+ 11.Ne2 Nd7 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Kf2 Bd6 14.Bxh7 Rxh7 15.Qd3 Ngf6 16.Bf4 Qe7 17.g5 hxg5 18.hxg5 Rxh1 19.Rxh1 Bxf4 20.Nxf4 Ne5 21.Qf5 Qd7 22.g6+ Kg8 23.Qg5 Qd6 24.Kg2 Nc4 25.Nd1 Qb4 26.c3 Ne3+ 27.Kg3 Qe7 28.Kh3 Nxd1 29.Rxd1 Qe3 30.Qg3 Re5 31.Ng2 Rh5+ 32.Nh4 Qe6+ 33.Kg2 Re5 34.Rd2 Qe7 35.Kf1 Nh5 36.Qg4 Qe8 37.Ng2 Qe6 38.Qxe6+ Rxe6 39.c4 Nf6 40.Nf4 Re5 41.cxd5 Nxd5 42.Kf2 Kf8 43.Nd3 Re7 44.Rc2 Ke8 45.Rc4 Kd7 46.Nf4 Re5 47.Nd3 Re7 48.Nf4 Nf6 49.Rd4+ Kc7 50.Ne2 Nd5 51.Nf4 Nf6 52.Ne2 a5 53.Ng3 Rd7 54.Rf4 Kd8 1/2-1/2

Oct-24-18  Nisjesram: He gave a scare to anand too in the first round , however, eventually lost.

"Sadhwani is ridiculously underrated ", said anand after the game

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Oct-11-19  BIDMONFA: Raunak Sadhwani

SADHWANI, Raunak
http://www.bidmonfa.com/sadhwani_ra...
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Oct-12-19  Imran Iskandar: This kid is one to watch for in the coming years.
Oct-13-19  wordfunph: soon to be a GM.
Aug-21-21  Albertan: Thé GM won thé Spilimbergo chess tournament:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...

Aug-25-21  Albertan: Sadhwani’s best game video:

https://www.chess.com/video/player/...

Dec-20-21  Whitehat1963: I expect this kid to become one of Firouzja’s challengers 10 years from now.

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