Players
Abhimanyu Puranik
Photo: Biel International Chess Festival
GM

Abhimanyu Puranik

IndiaBorn 2000 (age 26)FIDE ID 5061245

Luft classical

25002600270028002023202420252026
Monthly Luft ratings, now 2624
FIDE

FIDE classical

17502000225025002750200920122015201820212024
Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2616
Luft

Trophy cabinet

No classical titles on record yet.

Luft classical rating

Not ranked yet: the Luft classical rating needs at least 10 classical games in top events over the last year.

Openings

Their most-played, from 63 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Sicilian Defense875%
English Opening450%
Ruy Lopez367%
King's Indian Attack350%
Queen's Gambit Declined333%

Sicilian Defense

With White: 8 games, won 5, drew 2, lost 1 · 75%

VariationGamesScore
Najdorf Variation692%
Taimanov Variation150%
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack10%

English Opening

With White: 4 games, won 1, drew 2, lost 1 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
King's English Variation225%
Anglo-Indian Defense1100%
Agincourt Defense150%

Ruy Lopez

With White: 3 games, won 1, drew 2, lost 0 · 67%

VariationGamesScore
Closed1100%
Morphy Defense150%
Berlin Defense150%

King's Indian Attack

With White: 3 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 1 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Main line350%

Queen's Gambit Declined

With White: 3 games, won 0, drew 2, lost 1 · 33%

VariationGamesScore
Exchange Variation250%
Ragozin Defense10%

Queen's Gambit Declined

With Black: 4 games, won 3, drew 1, lost 0 · 88%

VariationGamesScore
Exchange Variation383%
Ragozin Defense1100%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 3 games, won 2, drew 1, lost 0 · 83%

VariationGamesScore
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack2100%
Godiva Variation150%

French Defense

With Black: 3 games, won 2, drew 1, lost 0 · 83%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation275%
Advance Variation1100%

Queen's Pawn Game

With Black: 2 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 0 · 75%

VariationGamesScore
London System1100%
Colle System150%

Semi-Slav Defense

With Black: 2 games, won 0, drew 2, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Stoltz Variation150%
Normal Variation150%

Recent events

See all
EventPlace+/−+/−
41st European Chess Club Cup 202623 Oct 20263½/5−6−6
European Chess Club Cup 202525 Oct 20255/6+7+7
FIDE Grand Swiss 202515 Sep 2025=72nd+2+4
Fujairah Global 202531 Aug 2025=35th−7−5
Chennai Grand Masters 202515 Aug 20256/9+4+8

Best wins

OpponentRating
GMP. Maghsoodloo16 May 2024 · Sharjah2732
GMV. Fedoseev8 Sep 2025 · FIDE Grand Swiss 20252731
GML. Mendonca8 Aug 2025 · Chennai Grand Masters 20252606
GMA. Gupta27 Jul 2024 · Dole France Throphy Nextlane Grand Prix 20242587
GMPranesh M.5 Nov 2024 · Chennai Grandmasters 20242580

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
C. IbarraLast 31 Jul 2023 · FIDE World Cup 20232200
P. SvidlerLast 3 Aug 2023 · FIDE World Cup 20232011
GMB. AdhibanLast 7 Aug 2025 · Chennai Grand Masters 20252020
GMP. IniyanLast 15 Aug 2025 · Chennai Grand Masters 20252101
GMYu YangyiLast 7 Sep 2025 · FIDE Grand Swiss 20252020

Compare Luft

GMAbhimanyu PuranikIndia

Pick a player to compare with Abhimanyu Puranik

How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.