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Raunak Sadhwani
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Raunak Sadhwani

IndiaBorn 2005 (age 21)FIDE ID 35093487

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2635
FIDE

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2645
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Raunak Sadhwani's classical titles

0 classical titles, 2 medals, newest first

  • Chess Olympiad 2022Bronze, 1st reserve board · India
  • Chess Olympiad 2022Bronze, team · India 2

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 51 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Ruy Lopez570%
Sicilian Defense570%
Italian Game367%
English Opening350%
Queen's Gambit Declined250%

Ruy Lopez

With White: 5 games, won 2, drew 3, lost 0 · 70%

VariationGamesScore
Berlin Defense250%
Cozio Defense1100%
Open1100%
Closed150%

Sicilian Defense

With White: 5 games, won 3, drew 1, lost 1 · 70%

VariationGamesScore
French Variation383%
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack1100%
Najdorf Variation10%

Italian Game

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

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation275%
Two Knights Defense150%

English Opening

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

VariationGamesScore
King's English Variation250%
Anglo-Indian Defense150%

Queen's Gambit Declined

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

VariationGamesScore
Austrian Defense150%
Exchange Variation150%

Ruy Lopez

With Black: 4 games, won 1, drew 3, lost 0 · 63%

VariationGamesScore
Berlin Defense463%

Italian Game

With Black: 3 games, won 0, drew 3, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation250%
Giuoco Pianissimo150%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 2 games, won 2, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Richter-Rauzer Variation1100%
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack1100%

French Defense

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

VariationGamesScore
Exchange Variation150%
Advance Variation150%

Queen's Gambit Declined

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

VariationGamesScore
Exchange Variation150%
Modern Variation150%

Recent events

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EventPlace+/−+/−
Romanian Team Chess Championships 202610 Oct 20263½/5+2+3
FIDE World Cup 20255 Nov 20252½/4−3−3
FIDE Grand Swiss 202515 Sep 2025=27th−4−6
Fujairah Global 202530 Aug 2025=35th−13−13
German Bundesliga 2024/2527 Apr 20258/11+6+8

Best wins

OpponentRating
GMM. Karthikeyan5 Nov 2024 · Chennai Grandmasters 20242625
GMA. Demchenko14 Sep 2025 · FIDE Grand Swiss 20252620
GMJ. Hammer7 Sep 2025 · FIDE Grand Swiss 20252618
GML. Mendonca27 Aug 2025 · Fujairah Global 20252606
GMJ. Pechac24 Nov 2023 · Austrian Bundesliga 20232571

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMD. KadricLast 16 May 2024 · Sharjah2020
GML. MendoncaLast 27 Aug 2025 · Fujairah Global 20252110
FMD. BarrishLast 2 Nov 2025 · FIDE World Cup 20252110
GMR. HovhannisyanLast 5 Nov 2025 · FIDE World Cup 20252020
GMA. GiriLast 25 Oct 2023 · FIDE Grand Swiss 20231010

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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.